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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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British Steel Industry Faces ?Existential Threat? as EU Hikes Tariffs to 50% Despite Starmer?s ?EU R... Wed Oct 08, 2025 17:23 | Will Jones
Britain?s Net Zero-ravaged steel industry is facing an "existential threat" as the EU threatens the UK with tariffs of up to 50% despite Keir Starmer's recent 'EU reset' giveaway on fishing rights and youth mobility.
The post British Steel Industry Faces “Existential Threat” as EU Hikes Tariffs to 50% Despite Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’ Giveaway appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun Wed Oct 08, 2025 15:27 | Ferro
The public's indifference to art has never been greater. No wonder, says Ferro: it's all just tired Left-progressive politics by another means. But the fightback for real art that moves the human soul has begun.
The post The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV Wed Oct 08, 2025 13:00 | James Alexander
Not until Leo XIV did we have a picture of a holy man staring at an ice cube with his hand on it, respectfully gazing as if imagining the whisky that could go with such a rock, says Prof James Alexander.
The post Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations Wed Oct 08, 2025 11:17 | Sallust
Sir Lenny Henry has called for Britain to pay ?18 trillion in reparations to black people, arguing in a new book that high rates of black crime and unemployment are "all because of the slave trade".
The post Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? Wed Oct 08, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Britain's political class is addicted to X, but how representative Is the platform? According to recent YouGov polls, only 1 in 6 people uses X daily, and most people view it unfavourably.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 271.30pm tallies update PBP candidates
PBP candidates top the poll, set for at least 3 seats possibly up to five or six
In Dun Laoghaire, Richard Boyd Barrett is topping the poll. Ballyfermot Brid Smith tops the poll
Joan Collins (Crumlin/Walkinstown) looks set to hold her seat with 16% of tally 2nd behind Lab in 4 seater
Ballybrack (5 seater): Hugh Lewis is on 15.8% with 2131 votes and looks strong to take last seat in a battle for the last seat with one of the FF candidates (Lab 41% between 2 candidates FG 25% between 2; Greens on 5%, SF on 4%
Gino Kenny (Clondalkin) on 1070 votes is running 7th in a six seater on 1st preferences, ahead of other independents but behind 2 SF. This will be a nail biter depending on preferences.
Tina McVeigh (Dublin South West InnerCity) beat the Greens with 640 votes on the tallies giving a terrific 8.3% for a first time out.
Bryce Evans in Rathmines with 620 votes is on about 4%
Martin O'Sullivan running a creditable 3% for first outing in Artane/Whitehall
Colm Stephens a disappointing around 2% Dublin North Inner City in very crowded field
Syd Stevens in Dundalk will unfortunately be eliminated early on.
Dublin:
Mitchell 26.43%
De Rossa 18.4%
Eoin Ryan 14.1%
MLM 13.2%
Joe Higgins 11.1%
PMK 3.4%
EB 4.4%
CS 3.6%
DDB 4.4%
Joe Higgins is taking over 22% in Fingal
Socialist Party Local elections -
Clare Daly to top the poll in Swords
Mick Barry to top the poll in Cork North Central
Mick Murphy on 10% in Tallaght Central with two LP candidates - the three are fighing out the last two seats.
Socialist Party will win one seat in Mulhuddart - haven't heard about the second one.
Jow Higgins will to the poll in Castleknock.
The radical left is polling well, both PBP and SP, well done all.
swp.ie is giving rolling coverage on its website
The left look set to win a seat in Cabra/Glasnevin also. Cieran Perry is on 14.2%, ahead of the FG candidate on 13.5% and the SF candidate on 10% . He's looking good for the third seat, with Maurice Ahern and the SF candidate fighting for the final seat.
Any word on how John O'Neill (ISN) is doing?
Accordng to swp.ie JO'N is on about 450 (2.something%)
Terry Kelleher (SP) elected to the Balbriggan Town Council. Frank Gallagher (SP) in a fight for the last seat in Drogheda North Borough Council.
Well done to Terry and to all SP candidates. Hope there is more success tomorrow with European Election.
In a local election which saw the left perform extremely well, the People Before Profit Alliance won 5 Local Election Seats.
http://www.peoplebeforeprofit.ie/node/146
Results from the local elections are indeed good, with numbers of radical small groups and independents getting in as a reward for their dedication to local issues that matter. Good also that Dublin North Central voters have endorsed the community ideals of the late Tony Gregory by electing his long-serving election agent. And Joe Higgins, not yet elected at this moment, has received more votes than predicted in those questionable opinion polls.
Celebrate over your pints and cuppas, in pubs and cafes; but please please please get a sense of proportion about your influence in Irish society, which huddles in the middle of a FF-FG lower case conservatism.
I was pissed off by sectarian comments on a few threads of indymedia during the electioneering. Small groups expend too much time and verbal energy criticising each other and plotting against each other's potential influence on a range of issues. Sometimes I think wryly that CIA funding fuels this inter-group bickering and rabid suspicion. Think carefully about this as you chat over coffee and pints.
Cllr. Davy Walsh (WP) Waterford North held his seat and former councillor Ted Tynan finally got re-elected in Cork North East. Recounts ongoing in Cork North Central (Jackie Connolly) and Waterford East (Joe Tobin). Willie Moore (Waterford South) missed out by 50 votes.
Joan Collins (PBPA) & Brid Smith (PBPA) celebrate their election to Dublin City Council for Crumlin/Kimmage and Ballyfermot/Drimnagh in the RDS yesterday.
Joan Collins (PBPA) & Brid Smith (PBPA) celebrate their election in the RDS
Looks like Joe has a good chance.
"Please tell me which one of the following was the main reason why you decided to give your first preference vote tothat candidate in the European Parliament elections"
Joe Higgins:
Personality / qualities - 48%
Policies - 29%
Party - 18 %
Dermot Looney took the 4th seat in Tallaght Central. Unfortunately Mick Murphy lost out.
Cian O'Callaghan took the 2nd seat in Howth-Malahide.
Good result for two first time candidates
I am looking at the Mayo Council results and seeing mostly FG and FF (no surprise there, honestly).
There's one or two SF'ers, but what are the independents like? Are they in favour of the terminal?
Seamus Healy's list of five Workers and Unemployed Action Group all got elected onto Clonmel Borough Council.The WUAG and Labour now control 7 of the 12 seats there.
2 WUAGs elected onto Sth Tipp Co. Council.
1 WUAG elected to Carrick-on-Suir town Council as far as I Know
Frank Gallagher (SP) has been elected in Drogheda.
Thanx alot Paul Williams et al, your BS has worked its magic in Erris Co. Mayo.
Higgins takes third Dublin seat as MEP
Higgins takes third Dublin seat as MEP
Higgins takes third Dublin seat as MEP, beating Eoin Ryan shortly after 5am this morning.
In the Dun Laoire ward of DLRD CC PBPA got 22.8% of the vote but only one seat. Labour got 16.2% of the vote but two council seats!
If RBB had taken a running mate rather than go for being elected on the first count then PBPA, going on the figures, would very likely have won two seats in that ward.
That result for PBFA illustrates the quirky mathematics that sometimes surfaces in the PR multiseat system. Anyway, good luck to all those left and antiestablishment candidates who did so well.
Statistician, I don't think that you can just go on the number of votes received by a left candidate and assume that a second candidate could have been brought home.
There are a number of wards where the left topped the poll by a very long way, including Dun Laoghaire, Swords, Castleknock etc. Unfortunately converting that into a second seat is extraordinarily difficult for parties with limited resources. "Vote management" along the lines routinely employed by the main right wing parties is a tricky thing to pull off and you'd be surprised by how many people won't necessarily transfer to a second candidate.
I suspect that Richard would have crushed a second People Before Profit Alliance candidate on first preferences and then the transfer would have been too patchy to pull the second candidate into the reckoning. It still would have been worth trying though, and at the very least would have helped get a second candidate some profile for the future. It is however easy to be wise in retrospect.
Congratulations to Richard and the other candidates of the PBPA and of the Workers Party who managed to get elected, by the way.
Dublin Central elected 2 left Independent candidates in O'Sullivan & Perry. A very good result.
Seems that PBPA cost the SP a council seat inTallaght. Dunne who stood for PBPA was never in with a chance of winning a seat and if he had not stood then SP councillor would have been re-elected.
Den Bun:
Pat Dunne had every right to stand, given that he had a base in Greenhills and that base was moved into the ward. It is much too simplistic to suggest that the people who voted for him would necessarily have voted for Mick Murphy, apart from the people who transferred on to him anyway. Elections are not that simple.
The Socialist Party and People Before Profit had a voting pact in the ward and encouraged their supporters to transfer to each other.
The ward boundaries were redrawn and Mick Murphy had never previously represented Greenhills. Pat Dunne had previously run there and was a popular local candidate. The other popular local candidate in the area was (now Cllr) Dermot Looney of Labour, running for the first time. In areas were Dunne did well Looney typically did better, with the two of them getting up to 60/70% of the local boxes.
Dunne's transfers went to more to Looney than Murphy, and if he hadn't ran those #1 votes in Greenhills would've most likely gone to Looney than Murphy.
Both Dunne and Looney ran excellent campaigns in Greenhills and the surrounding areas, putting SP in the shade there. Looney and Dunne both deserve praise for their work on the ground, both in and out of electoral politics.
Both of them had every right to run in that area, and they are both a credit to the area and their respective organisations. Unfortunately Greenhills is too small to get a council seat out of it, and Looney's #1 vote spread right across the constituency (partially thanks to his leaflets, internet campaign and his membership of the Labour Party)
He missed in the South by 50 no1s to get the transfers. His mate died a few days before the election so he stopped the campaign Wednesday I think. Lovely young man. Marie
In the South Ward Quota was 746 Mr. Tobin only reached a total of 249 before he was eliminated on the 4th count. He was short of the quota by 497 votes.
In the West Ward Quota was 776 Mr. Tobin only reached a total of 164 votes and was eliminated after the 2nd count. He was short of the quota by 612 votes.
The facts can be checked out by going to google and entering "local election results 2009" and Wicklow comes up as first on the list.
We should all congratulate the other young person who did so well in the elections SIMON HARRIS of Greystones who topped the poll in Greystones and won a seat on the Greystones and Wicklow County Council and also in the Greystones Electoral Area.
Great to see a young 22 year old and his running mate age 20 having such great success in the local elections.
We need new fresh young people like that. They are our future.