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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
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
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.
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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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The WHO Pandemic Accords Consolidate the Power of the Covid Clerisy on a Global Scale Thu Oct 02, 2025 19:07 | Ramesh Thakur
The WHO Pandemic Accords, the first part of which came into effect last month, consolidate the power of the Covid clerisy on a global scale, warns Professor Ramesh Thakur. Expect more of the same.
The post The WHO Pandemic Accords Consolidate the Power of the Covid Clerisy on a Global Scale appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Teaching Assistant Sacked for ?Manhandling? Pupil to Stop Him Running into Road Thu Oct 02, 2025 17:27 | Will Jones
A teaching assistant was fired after grabbing a special needs pupil to stop him from running out of school and into a busy road.
The post Teaching Assistant Sacked for “Manhandling” Pupil to Stop Him Running into Road appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The True Hidden Purpose of ?Sex Education? Thu Oct 02, 2025 15:00 | Steven Tucker
A quarter of parents believe their child has been taught something inappropriate in sex education. Like choking and rimming. Why? It all goes back to the neo-Marxists of the Frankfurt School, says Steven Tucker.
The post The True Hidden Purpose of ‘Sex Education’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Manchester Synagogue Terror Attack: Two Dead After Yom Kippur Rampage Thu Oct 02, 2025 12:43 | Will Jones
Two people have been killed and three are in a serious condition after a suspected terror attack at a synagogue in Manchester, where a car was driven into a crowd on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
The post Manchester Synagogue Terror Attack: Two Dead After Yom Kippur Rampage appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Badenoch Vows to Scrap Climate Change Act Thu Oct 02, 2025 11:03 | Will Jones
Kemi Badenoch will promise today to scrap the "failed" Climate Change Act ? which enshrines the Net Zero target in law ? if the Conservatives regain power.
The post Badenoch Vows to Scrap Climate Change Act appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Another well-detailed report from Rudiger. It seems like a mistrial when the accused can't offer video evidence. Best wishes to Maura, Niall, Naoise, & all the campaigners. Be with you soon.
Thank you for all your detailed court reports. It's important that somebody discloses what's going on in Mayo for people like me, not living in Mayo or even Ireland. All the best to my fellow campaigners, especially Niall.
How can this be called a "Court report" or "well-detailed" when the author of the original post writes:
"Overall I can’t give a judgement on the assault charge against Ms Harrington as I wasn’t in court for the hearing and didn’t see the incident on the day ..."
I would have thought that the very least that would be required for a "court report" to be compiled is that the author actually turned up at the court and witnessed the case. It's this sort of sloppy presumption that undermines the case against Shell that is made by S2S and others.
Just in reply to "Same as Usual" to clarify my attendance in court. I was in court yesterday and that is why it is titled "Court Report of Maura Harrington's jailing". I wasn't in court for the hearing of the assault charge in the January and so I didn't write a court report for that day.
Although I don't really see how my attendance or not in court "undermines the case against Shell that is made by S2S and others".
The Irish govt.ministers who are travelling abroad for St.Patricks day should be confronted in every country they visit.They squandered our wealth,gave away our natural resources to ROYAL DUTCH SHELL/STATOIL, then jail people of conscience who oppose them.The jailing of MAURA HARRINGTON was a political decision.Send The beggars home ,SHAME them.
Note to Indymedia editors:
This is the article that should be featured. It has actual information about what happened. The other featured article just states Maura Harrington has been imprisoned without any further information.
Whilst I think it awful that anyone would be sent to prison for slapping a guard, the unfortunate reality of any struggle is that if a protestor raises their hand to a cop they can expect the full force of the law to come down upon them. The way people are reacting on this site, you would think they are shocked and surprised that she has been imprisoned.
I have a mate who punched a guard after he verbally abused his mother (called because his younger brother was caught nicking a fuckin Mars bar) and he got a 20 day suspended prison sentence.
This is happening everyday in marginal communities across Ireland. Why dont 'activists' organise vigils/ protests outside the courts every day to highlight the legal injustice working class communities in Ireland face every day.
The Gardaí have been throwing people around with impunity; at the McGrath's Pier invasion, I saw Gards throw Maura (a tiny woman) like a dry branch onto the side the road, as well as other non-violent protestors. They then proceeded to supervise the installation of a steel Portakabin at the pierhead, breaking all Health & Safety regulations by riding on a JCB which they were using as a weapon against the people there.
It isn't just 'working-class' people who get the butt-end of Garda 'law & order' - anyone who defends their rights & lands is liable to Garda attack, & the danger from Shell's raw gas pipeline & polluting refinery threatens people of all classes, ages, & opinions.
We were very sorry that Maura Harrington has been imprisoned on a minor matter. Concerning the violence the Garda have carried out over the years in Rossport and got away with, it is one rule for them and another for anti Shell Protestors like Maura.
Maura, we are thinking of you and hope your stay will not be too traumatic. We know you will make fruitful use of your enforced stay.
For more than 30 years the majority of Irish people have known about Fianna Fail political corruption and we chose to ignore it, we are now reaping the reward for our inaction. Our Country is going down the tubes, our police and judiciary are corrupt as is the police ombudsman quango and most of the other institutions set up by Fianna fail. Our opposition parties are choosing to ignore what is happening in our society they all fail to realise that when the public lose respect for the Gardai' judicary and political system the public will seek ways to repay their crimes against the people.
The problems relating to "Judicial Tyranny" -- of the kind that are probably responsible for Maura Harrington ending up in jail -- were foreseen by some leading lawyers a long time ago.
For example, Thomas Jefferson (Principal Author of the American Declaration of Independence), viewed "with alarm the subversion of the judiciary and its independence of the nation", and devoted the final part of his life trying to prevent it: with only very limited success unfortunately, as far as the present day situation is concerned.
Among Thomas Jefferson's many thoughts on this crucially important political and social issue was the following:
"It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also; in theory only, at first, while the spirit of the people is up, but in practice, as fast as that relaxes. Independence can be trusted nowhere but with the people in mass." (From: http://www.restore-government-accountability.com/judici....html )
No "trial by jury" in Maura Harrington's case, and consequently no possibility of restrictions of any kind being imposed (in court) by the "people in mass" on Judge Mary Devins decision.
See also "Judicial Tyranny, Separation of Powers, Republic of Ireland":
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Judicial+Tyranny%2...earch
Any citizen who is put at risk of being criminalised and/or being imprisoned by the State should (in my view) be automatically empowered to demand a "trial by jury": if that is what the individual put at risk so wishes.
Otherwise, we have an extremely dangerous breeding ground for both judicial tyranny -- and, far worse, STATE TYRANNY as well -- right here in the Republic of Ireland: and, as Maura Harrington's present situation (in jail that is) all too clearly shows, the nefarious incubator is already producing some very nasty and socially destructive output (as I see things at least).
Trial by Jury - The Final Legal Check on Tyranny:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Trial+by+Jury+-+Th...earch
Article 38.2 of Bunreacht na hEireann (the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland) states that "minor offences may be tried in courts of summary jurisdiction" -- that is "trial by judge" (without a jury).
And, to make matters even worse, there is no definition of what a "minor" offence is in Bunreacht na hEireann.
The waters get even muddier if you try to find a definition in the "Citizens Information" web site (which I assume is a Government site); it says: "The distinction between the constitutional concepts of minor and non-minor offences equates more or less with the statutory distinction drawn between summary and indictable offences." (Taken from http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/justice/cr...cases )
What a mess? What a recipe for State Tyranny?
From http://www.fff.org/freedom/1295e.asp (and with Maura Harrington in mind):
"Ordinary citizens have been — and still are — outgunned by wealthy, powerful, special interests whose fortunes too often depend upon forcing people to observe laws that are not in the public interest."
"America's Founders were worried that the central government they created might someday grow too powerful and begin to pass laws which would violate the rights of the sovereign people. But they had an 'ace in the hole' — a magic bullet — that they believed would suffice to hold this new, experimental government in check. That was the right to a trial by a jury of one's peers."
No such worries it seems for the Founders of the Republic of Ireland??? -- and now look at us.
One of the main blockages we are up against is a grossly ill infromed populace.
State/Corporate media ensure this treachery is buried, only appearing with a story when it has some form of a negative which they can spin against Shell to Sea or anyone who questions the 'reality' of the situation.
One plausible antidote to this would be a nationwide campaign advertising the websites which have accurate info on the situation.
Otherwise our efforts and awareness remain within the domain of the activists and isolation will remain the name of the game for the state and shell.
Information is power let us spread the news of the rotten deal, the deal to end all deals.
Lets hope Dennis O'Brien sticks it to all the rotten Irish Media, its well overdue a complete overhaul.
The economics of the media require further synergies. This means we could see the emergence of one key media conglomerate in the independent sector to rival RTÉ. What odds that Denis O’Brien will control INM, Communicorp and TV3?