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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
Public Inquiry >>
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Last Retry Saturday September 27, 2025 19:40
Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder Sat Sep 27, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The terrorism charge against a?Kneecap rapper over his 'support for Hezbollah'?has been dropped after police and prosecutors failed to get the consent of the Attorney General in time.
The post Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Labour Has Turned Britain?s Constables into Commissars Sat Sep 27, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
As yet another scandalous arrest over a tweet shows how Labour has turned Britain's constables into commissars, the public are right to draw a link between this clampdown on speech and 'two-tier Keir', says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Has Turned Britain’s Constables into Commissars appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A major poll has put Nigel Farage on track to be Britain's next Prime Minister with 311 MPs as Labour is set to lose more than 250 seats and the Tories are pushed into fourth.
The post Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech Sat Sep 27, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
Tempting though it is, Donald Trump and his allies should refrain from trying to cancel their political opponents. Free speech is one of the core values that the defenders of Western civilisation should uphold.
The post Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? Sat Sep 27, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Can the radical Left ? increasingly wedded to violence to achieve its unpopular ideals ? actually be trusted with free speech, or will it just keep using it to call for and celebrate our deaths, asks Steven Tucker.
The post Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Monday December 22, 2008 11:02
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paulJotoole at eircom dot net
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Thanks for that Paul - we simply get coarsened to the sufferings inflicted on Iraq, & need reminding.
Please keep on with sending shoes, virtual shoes (pictures), etc., to Bush & Biffo, with your comments.
Saddam's only weapons of mass destruction, including poison gas for Halabja, were sold him by UK & US, & there seems to have been a question of unpaid bills on them - the rest were Weapons of Mass Deception.
And one that hopefully others will copy.
I think I'll have to send one to Cowen and Co as well in the new year.
I'd recommend that people check out the YouTube video linked to below, and also check out http://www.shannonwatch.org
Slán agus beannacht,
Tim.
but what a long, strange trip it's been.
it's nearly over
Mr. Bush.... Good riddens!
Nollaig Shona
A well writen letter, full of undeniable and inescapable truths. Any appologist for the west's imperial escapades should hang their heads in shame.
Good ridance to Bush. When he doesn't have the assumed mantel of the leader of the world and though unlikely, I hope when he has the spare time to reflect on his actions he does at least one decent thing in his life. That is to end it!!
Remember Bush didn't start this war all by himself, so it's not gonna end the day he leaves, and the dead won't come back when Obama takes office (even though some think he is the Messiah).
We shouldn't make any asusmptions about the changeover. There's plenty going on, and still a war in Afghanistan, so keep those shoes going, and let it also be a warning to the next president.
Here's to Paul for writing the letter, I found his song on YouTube. Very good stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q57_A9dr4mE
Obama is being hailed as the fulfilment of Martin Luther Kings Dream and the turning of a new leaf in US forigen policy.. Nothing could be further from the truth,
-hope springs on futile ground.
People here in Ireland love Clinton and without acknowledging his horrible record , continnue to love him. It is a sad indictment of the human being when we need so much to adore leadership and justify their actions.
Clintons job in office was to destroy Columbia, and destroy any African attempt to gain access to cheap retro-viral drugh treating Aids sufferers to ensure the pharmacutical industry stays obscenely profitable so he bombed the only pharma-retro viral factory in Africa in the Sudan. How many has he killed?. How many could have been saved?? Millions is the running estimate. What was his 'reasons' for the attack??? You guessed it ....W M fucking D. Who is obamas staff ??- nearly all x clintonites, Sanction loving, kid killing neo-con facists
If Anyone thinks Obama is a breadth of fresh air they must have inhaled to much agent orange.
Mabey Obama needs to be sent shoes also along with...
Cowen- minister for forigen affairs when we helped invade Iraq.
Aherne- Taoiseach when we helped invade a sovrigen country and kill anything that moved
Mary O;Rourke- The lovley lovable cuddly sweet oul dear who signed the overflight and landing papers to allow this atrocity to happen.
O'Dea- Minister for Defense, invested up to his nuts in Petrel Resources- 410% profit post invasion.
Harney- minister for trade/ enterprise. Her friends the Mcelvaddy Bros. made millions on re-fuelling the war on Iraq, are now on the board of Knock airport trying to convince toe locals that rendition flights would be great for the local economy..
In fact every one of them that sit in Dail Eireann, Those who support bush/Obama and those who support by remaining silent---which is EVERY ONE OF THEM..
Merry Christmas to them all and their families, I only hope that their day may be tarnished by a reflection of their accomplishments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the total devistation they ALL helped bring in destroying a nation of 24 million people.....I bet they all condemn Hitler but dont relate this to their actions.
Hi Paul,,
This is an excellent letter and a great effort by you. I've added your letter to my own blog, thanks for putting the effort into writing it, it'll save me having to do it.
Now, to find a pair of runners that smell enough to send to Bush.
Mark.
The Pentagon announced that Obama has asked thousands of right wing hawks remain on in their positions. Not only is Defense Secretary Robert Gates being kept on but the entire right wing concensus in the Pentagon is also remaining at the behest of Uncle Tom Obama. Obama has also picked a National Security team comprised entirely of pro Israeli right wingers.
Change?