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offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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

offsite link 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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff Wed Oct 01, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Eurostar has unveiled its first gender-neutral uniform, introducing a collection featuring skirts, trousers and Dr Martens boots designed to be "interchangeable and made to fit all genders".
The post Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fact-Checking Starmer?s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis Wed Oct 01, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has claimed that Brexit created the small boats crisis and the migrant boats should be called 'Farage boats'. This is nonsense, says David Barrett, and even Oxford University's Migration Observatory agrees.
The post Fact-Checking Starmer’s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is ?Pandemic Preparedness? a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? Wed Oct 01, 2025 15:43 | Dr David Bell
Why is 'pandemic preparedness' a major theme of the US Government's new 'America First' Global Health Strategy, asks Dr David Bell. There are some sound public health principles in there, but the 'pandemic' con lives on.
The post Why is ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ?Forever? Wed Oct 01, 2025 13:22 | Will Jones
With energy bills heading skywards and renewable energy investment on the ropes, Ed Miliband's conference crowd-pleaser was to pledge a law to ban fracking 'forever' ? and sabotage a future Reform administration.
The post Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ‘Forever’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage ?Once Flirted With Hitler Youth? Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:21 | Will Jones
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has been forced to row back on his bizarre claim that Nigel Farage "once flirted with the Hitler Youth", which Farage has denied.
The post Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage “Once Flirted With Hitler Youth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Marine expert denies saying Corrib project could kill

category international | environment | other press author Wednesday March 10, 2010 21:04author by Disillusioned - The Truth Report this post to the editors

conflicting accounts of advice given

Dr Rogers says “It is unfortunate that my original report is being interpreted in this way,”

Dr Alex David Rogers is a distinguished scientist and marine biologist, he is now the Principal Investigator of the biodiversity and evolution programme at British Antarctic Survey (BIOFLAME). He has published over 40 papers on marine ecology, population genetics and phylogenetics, including a book on the marine animals and plants of Britain. http://www.savethehighseas.org/rogers.cfm
He is also a supporter of The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) is an alliance of over 60 international organizations working to promote the conservation of biodiversity on the high seas. The coalition is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to institute a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling in order to protect seamounts, cold-water corals and vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems.
Dr Rogers has repeatedly been quoted by Pat O’Donnell and others as the scientist who advised him (O’Donnell) that if the Corrib gas project went ahead “people would die. The fisherman said the biologist told him he and his family would have to pack their bags because people would die if the project went ahead.
You can hear Mr O’ Donnell repeat this claim seven minutes into this award winning documentary “Pipe Down” http://www.vimeo.com/8668733
However now Dr Rogers has denied that he made the claim, and alleges his report has been misrepresented.
The doctor’s main concern was mercury contamination, but he believed the concerns were addressed through monitoring of shellfish around the discharge pipe from Corrib.
A story carried in this week’s Western People carries a denial from Mr Rogers that he told O’Donnell people would die because of the project, in a reply to a business man worried about the impact the project would have on his business and the fishing industry in Erris, Dr Rogers told him nobody would die from eating Mayo seafood products and told him to look at his original report to Mr O’Donnell, Dr Rogers went on to say “It is unfortunate that my original report is being interpreted in this way,”

Related Link: http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story/?trs=eyojsnaumh
author by Citizenpublication date Thu Mar 11, 2010 00:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

well pat was lucky to survive the masked attack on his boat by dodgy IRMS employees linked to right wing fascists and a planned violent coup in Bolivia. Willie corduff was equally lucky to survive his brutal attack (still waiting for an investigation). And several people I know were very badly assaulted by gardai when they visited corrib to express their democratic right to protest. Its a wonder nobody has died because of this project yet! And the mercury in the shellfish may only give minor brain damage to the babies of pregnant foreigners who buy erris fish after shell get their way and stop bothering to care about the environment a la niger delta etc etc., but it probably won't actually kill anyone. Of course, if the high pressure pipe bursts and the locals don't get away within the estimated 30 seconds then this project Might just kill one or two people!!!

author by observerpublication date Fri Mar 12, 2010 09:49author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I have just concluded a review of the ECCR Report on Shell in the Niger Delta Feb. 2010. It can be found at the ECCR website. It is 92 pages long and right through its five case studies there is a Shell trend of patronage over ecological protection. Monitoring or obeying the law is not a strong point of Shell which has avoided all censures against gas flaring. One even needs to take care when reading about gas gathering plants - it turns out that it is non-associated gas while the dangerous to health oil-related gas is put on the long finger because it costs more to harvest and use. Profit wins the day. A Niger Delta case is taking place at the Hague against Shell brough by 4 people whose story of sheer survival in a Shell production area makest the saddest of reading. Details at Friends of the Earth Netherlands. As Dr. Rogers claims the danger is dependent on the monitoring exercise. The State and Shell have a weak record to date in doing its decision-making on the Corrib project and one wonders how far we can trust the monitoring exercise. That is the problem for Erris and with Shell's record to date how far indeed can we trust...

 
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