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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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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
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Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? Mon Oct 06, 2025 19:30 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's peace plan for Gaza might yet succeed, but why on earth does Tony Blair feature, asks Professor Ramesh Thakur. Does Trump not realise how globally toxic the Blair brand is?
The post Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Stupidologiology Mon Oct 06, 2025 18:15 | James Alexander
William Davies has written an article titled 'Stupidology' which Prof James Alexander summarises as: 'Trump is stupid. Brexit was stupid. I am not stupid. Neither are my friends. Why do stupid people have power?'
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Backlash as Nando?s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ?Nanny State? Rules Mon Oct 06, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
Nando's has sparked a backlash after restricting customers to a single glass of Coca-Cola Classic under new 'nanny state' Government rules aimed at cutting sugar consumption.
The post Backlash as Nando’s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ‘Nanny State’ Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
?Nudge? Has a New Evil Twin: ?Stochastic Terror? Mon Oct 06, 2025 13:30 | Nick Rendell
'Nudge' has a new evil twin, says Nick Rendell: 'stochastic terror'. When all else fails, the Left foments the conditions for random political violence and then sits back and waits for someone to pick off Trump or Farage.
The post ‘Nudge’ Has a New Evil Twin: ‘Stochastic Terror’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The?Green Party?has committed itself to "abolishing landlords" after party members at its conference in Bournemouth passed a motion to seek the "effective abolition of private landlordism".
The post Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jim Farrell of IRMS Security for Shell spotted on alert for the first time this year.
Unite at Glengad
Over Shell’s gate ...
because this land ...
... is our land
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Security appear in numbers for the first time this year.
Onwards
Hi Mum, Hi Dad
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Security Guard on left known to be aggressive see clip below and end of clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42R0JLGfxGI
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Erris Women are brave, there's no doubt about that.
A little birdie slips under the net
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Well done to all concerned,thats right you tell them!!!! unidentified uniformed thugs on a PUBLIC BEACH in CO MAYO.
Say it loud ,say it clear ,the natural resources belong to the IRISH PEOPLE, dont allow our childrens rights to be stolen from us.
We are IRISH CITIZENS not SHELL SUBJECTS!!!
These brave Erris people are struggling for our land and human rights, against a murderous multinational and corporate thuggery that threaten us all. Come to Erris to support their cause, and to preserve the land for those children and wildlife.
Well done to everyone involved, you are truly tenacious. What a scumbag that paramilitary was to attack a man on crutches; these men really are the dregs of whatever society they came from. It reminds me of the recruitment ads for the Black and Tans, "tough men wanted for a dirty job in Ireland". A dirty job surely, but I'm not sure how tough that little prick that likes grabbing people by the throat really is if it's disabled people he picks on.
Respect to all opposing corporate land-grabbing - bad cess to the thugs.
Eamon Ryan knows all about the Aarhus agreement, he also knows that ireland is the only one of 82 signitaries that has not ratified it, thereby denying the Irish people the right to seek international law. Fianna Fail have decades of practice at fooling the Irish people and they are still at it. Shame on the people for letting them.
WE all abhore violence but i believe that when a private security thug uses violence on peacefull citizens those citizens have the right to protect themselves. The Gardai are not protecting you, the judiciary is denying you justice and the media under Fianna Fail control likewise, and they say that we are a democracy, is that not fooling you.
IT IS TIME TO REVOLT.
What little credibility Ryan had left in all this has been shot to pieces by his actions this week once again on behalf of Shell. It has merely highlighted the ongoing contempt both Shell and their government fellow travelers have for the community in Erris by setting up another mediation process which now appears like the Peter Cassels stunt, to be one big cynical PR ploy to fool people into thinking they give a damn about anything but facilitating big oils profits.
As I have remarked before on Indymedia,
The Greens have been infected by a disease its called F/Fail, they have turned Yellow.
Wake up call to the " GREENER GREENS" .Dump your leader or the electorate will dump you.Gormley & Ryan are already " Spoken for " within the ranks of Fianna Fail.-Abhorance is the only word that can describe the latest actions of Eamon Ryan,to allow SHELL,STATOIL,MARATHON [who will sell out to EXXON] To destroy forever EUROPE'S last remaining pristine area.Wake up call to the rest of IRELAND.Dont allow this to happen,our country needs people of conscience to make their voices heard and that time is NOW!!!!
In reply to MARGARET.
"Dump your leader or the electorate will dump you."
That is not looking very likley!
In the most recent Red C poll shows The Green Party gained a point to 7 per cent, Sinn Féin dropped 4 points to 10 per cent and Independents were on 10 per cent, a fall of 2 per cent.
Support for Fianna Fáil was at 28 per cent, up five points since the last such poll. Fine Gael support was up by one point to 31 per cent, while the Labour Party fell five points to 17 per cent.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0329/...7.htm
It seems the Greens are more popular now that when they came to power in 07, then they had 5% support in a red c poll http://www.redcresearch.ie/documents/SBPMar2009PollRepo...t.pdf
This goes to show we must redouble our efforts to educate people around the country about exactly what kind of tactics the Greens now stand over. As Trevor Sargent said:
"The witnessing of the demonstration that took place indicated to me that the government has to ask itself how we have come to this point where Gardaí are engaged in activities which themselves need investigation. It is a disgrace for people to be manhandled and beaten in the way that the community has been in that area."
"The root cause of this problem goes right back to the way in which the giveaway deals were done for exploration licences and it is comparable, in historic terms, with the Act of Union of 1800, in the way a dodgy deal can be made to look legitimate."
The then Green Party leader hit the nail on the head. We have to keep educating people. More youtube videos, more DVDs, more camcorders at the protests. If people are left ignorant, we will have no-one but ourselves to blame if they vote again for the men of violence.
PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES ACT 2004
30.—(1) An individual who is a member of a prescribed category
of licensees shall, when providing a security service, wear an identity
badge.
(2) An individual shall not—
(i) wear an identity badge relating to another individual,
or
(ii) with intent to deceive, make or use a badge purporting
to be an identity badge, alter an identity
badge or use an altered identity badge.
(3) An individual who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding \3,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.
(4) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subsection
(1) for the defendant to prove that he or she had a reasonable excuse
for not complying with the subsection concerned.
(5) In this section—
‘‘identity badge’’ means a badge—
(a) which clearly indicates the licence number of the licensee
concerned,
(b) whose form, content and size are as prescribed for identity
badges to be worn by members of the prescribed category
of licensees concerned, and
(c) which, when worn, is clearly visible;
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Identity badges.
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That law only applies to irish registered security companies,IRMS is not Irish.
Irish Law is applicable in Ireland. Non-Irish security service have to register with the Private Security Authority just like Irish companies and have to comply with the Private Security Act 2004.
IRMS is Irish. It's based in Naas. Both of its co-founders are Irish. Its African subsidiary is the only non-Irish part of it (apart from its violence-loving employees).
The state is being overrun by criminality,and the cops will not, or do not have the bottle to face them down,this is a real threat to the State.
But the brave lads and lassies in their blue uniform, head to Glengad to claim their overtime, and other perks,and commit acts of brutality on peaceful campaigners, campaiging for what in lawfully ours, and theirs.
And they call themselves Irish citizens,they should bow their heads in shame.
Gormless and his motely crew stand idly by,obey thy Master F/Fail.
Is the land currently in the ownership of shell? Even if you believe they don't have a right to claim ownership.
If they do in fact own the land are you not tresspassing on private property?
Is the net that is shown covering the bank shell's property? If so are you not committing criminal damage of their property?
Just wondering watched the video and it's not very clear.
'Legality' in Erris seems to be whatever SHell & their cops & judges say it is. SHell care nothing for land or its rightful ownership - see the invasion of private land at Pollatomish/McGrath's Pier on June 11 2007. SHell may own the net, but it's there illegally, & is removed to protect the wildlife whose home it has been for time beyond memory. God bless the people with the courage to resist the tyranny of FF & Big Oil to protect the rights & resources of the people of Ireland. Victory to Shell to Sea!
Well done everyone,always inspiring!!
Also great work on the footage as always and the calm way you dealt with the situ-
Hired muscle will not win the day.
The answer to "query" can only be given when the people of Ireland see the document,
[if there is one] when a corrupt politican [who served a jail sentence],was involved in a "deal" with the oil companies that gave away our natural resources.This deal must be shown to the Irish people,let us all decide if that deal was fair.Our constitution cleary states that the natural resources belong to Irish people.we have a duty to protect our constitution.In the meantime we must also protect our special ares of conservation.
I have been following this story for some time , sometimes i am unsure what exactly went on or is going on here , and thats me being truthful ok .
For the Llfe of me i cannot come to terms the fact of ,where is Enda Kenny and what is his views thus far , We are led to believe the same King Kenny
is in a position to bring prosperity peace and longivity to ideas in regard to Ireland's future ,so what the hell is really going down here ,when the S.2.S
SAGA is still ongoing , please explain ,and thank you .Bearing in mind he is supposed to know everything it would be nice to receive an explanation .
To me, it seems close to unbelievable that an extremely important "oil and gas deal" (with truly massive long-term implications for the future of the WHOLE nation), and which very significantly involved a former Minister for Justice (Ray Burke) who later ended up in jail because he was found guilty of crime which directly involved serious CORRUPTION, would not be publicly re-visited in a very open and spirited manner.
Only in the Republic of Ireland could such foolish, misguided, and socially disastrous complacency thrive?
Also, and among the "Irish people" with "a duty to protect our Constitution", none feature more strongly in this crucially important responsibility than the members of our Judiciary (which of course forms one-third of our Government).
Article 34.5.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann reads as follows:
"Every person appointed a judge under this Constitution shall make and subscribe the following declaration:
'In the presence of Almighty God I, --------- --------- , do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of my knowledge and power execute the office of Chief Justice (or as the case may be) without fear or favour, affection or ill-will towards any man, and that I will uphold the Constitution and the laws. May God direct and sustain me.' "
Hand on heart, can the members of our Judiciary (including in particular Judge Mary Devins) truthfully and honestly claim to be upholding our Constitution in a responsible and sensible manner: having due regard for the known corruption relating to Ray Buke (referred to above), and for Article 10 of Bunreacht na hEireann?
Article 34.5.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Article+34.5.1+of+...f&oq=
The filthy rotten corrupt deal must be torn up and renegotiated to the benefit of the Constitutional owners of Irish resources, the People of Ireland.
This issue was a live one in the last election yet the people of Mayo still voted for FF & FG, both parties explicitly in favour of the pipeline, and not vocal about changing anything about the current nature of the project. The one S2S supporting candidate Jerry Crowley was given the heave ho.
I'm not saying that the general election/Dail is everything - but surely it acts as some barometer of support for the project amongst the community in Co. Mayo. And having a voice in the Dail does make a difference, it gives a cause publicity to the general population who otherwise think that any struggle is finished. Joe Higgins' presence is missed IMHO.
Regrettably I wouldnt be surprised if the same result in Mayo happens next time.
The public wants what the public gets...
The people of Mayo have only been asked once what they want in this regard. Here are the results:
http://www.corribsos.com/uploads/nuachtmayopollrossport...D.pdf
People still vote for the men of (state) violence because they have excellent bullshit machines, that never stop. I don't hear any of these politicians falling over themselves to praise Shell because they know it would cost them votes to so plainly ally themselves with mass murderers. More prudent to distract people away from the issue.
I think voters nationwide should boycott the next election (keeping in mind perhaps that the word "boycott" has strong and useful links with Mayo): unless they can find someone to vote for who they can really trust to openly and honestly stand up for the needs and rights of the actual voters who elected them -- for their full term in office that is, and regardless of what their party leaders might later demand (assuming such candidates are not "independents", which I believe might be a much safer bet in the next election).
The only thing "party politics" seems to be good for these days is putting on childish and largely meaningless Punch-and-Judy type shows in Dail Eireann -- the main purpose of which appears to be distract voters away from the REALLY IMPORTANT issues, and into a state of hypnotic like complacency whereby they can be hoodwinked left, right, and centre into believing almost anything, and without they even being aware of it: until it's too late to do anything about the painful consequences of all the trickery and corruption going on backstage.
I think we've all had more than enough now of the "elected dictatorship" style of bogus democracy where the "elected representatives" (so called) very rapidly abandon the people who voted for them, in favour of "big business" interests largely owned and run by people who are not even Republic of Ireland citizens: which, as the ShellToSea situation very clearly demonstrates, can all too easily expose voters (and their families) for YEARS to a really perverse "rule of law" arrangement that involves bullying and tyranny at the hands of their own police force and judges (who are being paid from our own tax payers money to protect them) -- in addition to having to watch the whole nation being robbed blind and stupid of their oil and gas assets.
For all we know, the oil and gas assets in question might be vast, and far in excess of what those-in-the-know are letting on?
If, for example, there were huge lakes of oil under the Western Atlantic Ocean, accessible from Republic of Ireland territorial waters, and which might dwarf those under Saudi Arabia, why should we (as a nation) have to watch our Government (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial) give away such massive resources in return for nothing to our nation and our people?
Worse still, we might in addition have to watch the "big banking" global cartel use such profits to finance yet more wars of various kinds, which are widely reported to be by far the most profitable of all their business activities -- and in more ways than one, when all the banker's political and media influence and associated legal skulduggery is taken account of.
And we might of course even get drawn into one or more such wars ourselves, allowing for the unconstitutional way Shannon Airport is being used at the present time by the vast United States military machine?
For many reasons, it seems to me that our oil and gas reserves are well worth fighting for: and fighting extremely HARD for; and, that the activists in Mayo are doing a mighty fine job, and setting a truly first-class example for the rest of our nation.
Many hands make light work, and I hope and pray that many more of our citizens will peacefully join in and stridently support the Mayo protestors in every way they reasonably can: particularly at the next election.
It's not much, but a vote is all the poke we have at democracy - if we boycott elections, that could make it easier for the swine to get in again - & people endured a lot to get the vote for all.
The loss of the Gerry Cowley (not Jerry Crowley) seat in the last election has become something of an urban myth, in that Shell
supporters and many journalists, if there's a difference, have pointed to his support for Shell to Sea as being the reason for the collapse
in his vote. For the record, and only for the record, here are the facts, once again:
The reason Gerry was elected in 2002 was because of a strong vote in his own area, as would be expected, allied to a massive vote in
the Ballina electoral area due to his regular presence in the town and the absence of a strong local F.F canditate. His support in Erris
was marginal. In 2007, Fianna Fail targeted his Ballina vote and canvassed furiously with a readymade F.F contender with a strong
tradition in Ballina politics, namely Dara Calleary. Gerry Cowley got something like 70 votes in the Rossport polling area, as opposed to
5 in 2002. He lost something like 3000 votes directly to Dara and the game was up. His vote in Erris in general held up across the
board. Dara was in, and the fact that he's been as much use as a one-legged man at an arse-kicking party is totally immaterial in
modern day Irish politics.
I only bring this up because we hear that, in the next couple of weeks, tugs and dredgers bound for Erris will be turning up in Killybegs
There will be no voice for the people of Kilcommon in Leinster House. The policy of Government appears to be 'ignore it til it's over'
In other words, we are a disenfranchised people attempting to prevail against a huge Multinational and our own Government. I'm telling
every arse-licking toady who's helped facilitate this scandal that the blood is on your hands, and yours only.
IThe fact that Beverly made it to the Dail is in itself an argument for some sort of benign dictatorship!!
So really what you are saying 'fearboig ' is simple , we did not even need the 52mill. Euro Computers at the cliff hanging election of Gerry and ''The Lads ''
with such a close count ''to the wire '' thanks be to jazus they did break down when they did , They are all the same ,every single one of them ,
as for the computers that broke down ,they are stored with the ''Raiders of The Lost Ark '' stuff somewhere at a location near you .........
Still Costing Money ........
If we don't boycott the kind of elections whereby those who get elected are allowed to falsely claim to have a "mandate" to do whatever they like (in effect) -- regarding the extremely important matter of what the voters who elected them would wish them to do regarding the issues which arise during their term of office -- then we end up with an "elected dictatorship" I believe: which dishonestly masquerades as "democracy".
Such falsehoods can only be satisfactorily sustained by the dishonest politicians involved if a reasonably large numbers of voters actually take the trouble to vote - say 50% or more. Such percentages is what gives the dishonest politicians credibility for their "democracy" sham.
If only 5% voted (say) would these good-for-nothing (except corruption) timewasters, and money-wasters, be then able to convincingly claim in public (as they often do) that they had a "mandate" from the people?
Of course the best answer BY FAR would be to find candidates to vote for who can be trusted to reliably and responsibly stand up for the needs and rights of the people who voted for them: but, can such people be easily found -- having due regard for all the very powerful forces of corruption which are driving our political and legal systems at the present time?
Personally, I believe it might still be possible to find the odd such honest and decent "person of principle" here and there who is willing to stand for election; but, when and where such people genuinely cannot, for one reason or another, be found in a community, I think the people of such communities would be better off to stay at home on election day: rather than run the risk of providing credibility for a "bad egg", who could cause untold damage by acting corruptly behind the scenes, while publicly playing the role of a democratically "elected representative" in front of the media and elsewhere, and endlessly spouting cunning lies to beat the band -- for the purpose of fooling as many people as they possibly can.
Anyway, and whatever happens in the future, I still feel we have much to be grateful for regarding all that the Shell To Sea protestors have so far achieved in the uphill battle against the mountain of political, legal, and corporate corruption that society generally is at present up against; and long may they be able to keep up and increase their growing challenge as far as I'm concerned.
I can see the day when we the electorate will be advertising for the best brains in the country to represent our interests , in the newspapers or other ,
just imagine the standards we will expect , it can and will happen sooner rather than later , interesting theory , any comments ?
Does Enniscrone have a blue flag beach? well its being sullied with the presence of IRMS Security Thugs on a daily basis doing their workout to be ready to beat the living daylights out of the people of ERRIS. Should you wish to speak to them ,you will need a translator or several..NOT good for tourism,not good for SLIGO politicans either, are you listening MR .DEVINS?
Now we have KILLYBEGS waiting for the big SHELL boats,
Enniscrone hosting SHELLS thugs [no place for kids]
ERRIS people protecting The environment,their health and safety, their jobs and livilihoods
The political opposition parties in hiding .[We must now assume that they too were "aiding and abetting" when The dirty rotton gas deal was done ,when our GAS &OIL was given away.
Looks like there is nothing else left but "CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE"..LETS DO IT !!!!!
You've got it, Margaret. Those who love the land will defend it.