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Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
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This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!
This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".
According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.
People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza
Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support
With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza
China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty
A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.
The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
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News Round-Up Mon Sep 29, 2025 01:10 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer Sun Sep 28, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Reform UK's mass deportation plan as "racist", warning that Nigel Farage's idea of kicking out hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants would "tear Britain apart".
The post Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression A... Sun Sep 28, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The NHS is under fire for defending cousin marriage as a cultural "benefit" despite the serious health risks, claiming it brings "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages".
The post Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression Against Women appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? Sun Sep 28, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A cronyism row has hit the Government after it emerged Tony Blair secretly lobbied for his tech billionaire backer, who gave him ?257 million and could rake in millions from Labour's digital ID cards.
The post Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Isl... Sun Sep 28, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Steve Reed, the Communities Secretary, has made it clear he?s unsympathetic to his predecessor's plan to roll out an official definition of Islamophobia, telling newspapers he'll block it if it stifles free speech.
The post Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Islamophobia appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 5 4 3 2 1Yeah I read it and posted it off to my dad who read it. So it's a while since I read it but it was a good read for someone, like me, who Rossport isn't a central organsing priority. I'm sticking with the war (rememebr the war?) and Irish complicity in it
-primarily Shannon Airport facilitatimg troop movement
-Shannon Airport refueling CIA kidnap/tortutre flights
-1,000+ Irish mercanieries in Iraq (Phoenix 'zine)
-Raytheon/Derry
-the latest recent recession rush of 26 county lads rushing to join the British Army to be cannon fodder in Afghanistan
So I avoid campaign surfing but that doesn't mean I can't (with limited resources) reach out to other NVDA campaigns.
In the case of Rossport I do my best to support NVDA and direct democracy and I think campaigns should be prioritised y the broader network (who may have like me other organsing priorities) when folks are in jail (eg. Rossport 5), facing loss of liberty (Raytheon 9 earlier this year) or risking liberty or life (Rossport crew presently).
There's a page and half (sounds like an old Cadbury's ad!) quote by my good self in Mick's book about how to survive and thrive in jail as consequence of NVDA so I guess it is safe to assume that the book does indeeed support NVDA. I sold my 6th. copy of Micks' book yesterday withinn 10 seconds of being resupplied by an Afri cyclist outside the Royal Dublin (to a French anarchist guy I use to work with at homeless shelter).
The poiint I'm trynig to make here is that distribution of radical literature is major hassle in a near monopolised sector. Over the last 30 years of activism I have self produced dozen of 'zines, 3 pamphlets and had 2 books published (by small time publishers who are now extinct and there is a present attempt by christian anarchists in Aotearoa/New Zealand to republish my U.S. prison diary from Gulf War 1). Writing a book is major work, getting a book published is major work and then distribution is a 3rd. job. You're usually exhausted after each stage.
So yes this is a little experiment in radical book distribution in these trying times (for activism and soon the broader economy). The experiment is going well so far but it is work. In a few weeks we wll have 500 copies of Harry Browne's "Hammered by the Irish" to be distributed in Ireland so the experiment will continue on that fornt.
As in any broad campaign there are different positions (eg in this in Green Party/Government position, Shell to Sea, Shell to the town down the road, Dismantle Shell as a threat to the planet etc etc) this is to be expected and not to be silenced or scared of or people with different positions to be blanked. The right of tendency should be repected.
Hopefully Mick's and Harry's books will contribute to an internal and external debate around what Shell (and now the irish Navy) are doing in Rossport, U.S. military (and Irish Army) are doing at Shannon etc
Have you read the book Ciaron? He doesn't exactly advocate protests at the site, so I'm wondering why you think it is such a good analysis.
Well I sold my 5 books in 3 days
-one to a WSM head did the deal in Stephens Green shopping mall ( a revolutionary act in itself given the privatisation of the market place, security guard didn't seem impressed!)
-one to a Colombian
-two to older Irish folks
-one to a guy from work.
Going to Afri today to get another 5, so if you see me in the street
(big hair, small country, hard to miss)
and you want a copy of post-Mohawk Mick's excellent book.
It's 10 bucks
otherwise you can pick one up form Afri's office in Phibsborough
and I assume Connoly Books
Thanx G and must get my hands on a copy of that book Ciaron, sounds great.
Managed to hitch a lift up to this event. Very kind of Afri to offer another lift, the last time they offered we were detained by Special Branch under Section 26 (36?, whatever!) of the Offences against the State Act on the way to the St. Bridges Festival in Kildare (the SB boyz thought we were heading to Shannon cos we talk a right turn in Dublin, go figure?)
Robbie McVeigh of local anti-Raytheon group F.E.IC. gave a good introduction after an opening song and Mike delivered a wonderful speech about the Rossport campaign, also an update on the face off happening their presently and his book. About 20 folks from various backgrounds (environmentalists, WSM, Unionist, republican, punk,student, pensioner etc) gathered and the quality of discussion that followed was high.
As a contribution to the Rossport campaign - I'm buying 5 of these books at a time and will carry one with me, so if you want to buy one and see me...it's 10 bucks!
It's a good book. My dad just read. He's 80 and left Ireland in '49 and he liked it. Great present for anyone you know fromMayo anywhere and/or want to change the world!