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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.

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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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offsite link Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer ?From the Bottom of my Heart? After Winn... Sat Sep 20, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Somalian migrant living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has thanked Keir Starmer?"from the bottom" of his heart after winning the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds as he prepares to settle in Yorkshire.
The post Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer “From the Bottom of my Heart” After Winning Right to Stay in UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Shell to Sea Galway St Patrick's Day

category galway | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday March 25, 2010 17:18author by Kevin Rattigan - Galway Shell to Seaauthor email galwayshelltosea at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

St Patrick’s Day saw Galway Shell to Sea organise a city-wide day of action and outreach. Massive crowds flocked to the city for the culmination of the Galway St. Patrick’s week festival and parade. The all-Ireland Irish language marathon “Rith 2010” also finished in the city centre on the same day. Given all this, Galway S2S felt such an opportunity was not to be missed to inform people about the plight of Rossport and the war Shell, Statoil and Vermillion Oil are waging against its residents with full support of the Irish State. The abhorrent jailing of Pat O’ Donnell was much publicised also. Over 400 copies of the excellent “Someday Independent” were distributed, along with copies of the Afri documents, DVDs and more. 6 banners were hung throughout the city’s busiest intersections, including directly over the parade route.
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At one point, one particularly pig-headed member of the Garda Síochana took a copy of the Someday Independent from the hands of a Shell to Sea activist, only to scrunch it up and throw it in the bin in front of us. Upon being confronted about this, he became increasingly hostile and eventually told the same activist that he was either going to take a €50 fine or be arrested for a public order offense and face court! Not wanting to land in Mill St. on St. Patricks Day, the fine was begrudgingly accepted-despite the fact that NO offence had occurred. Political policing, sure the Gardai have plenty of practice at it. The commotion caused by the Gardai’s attempt to criminalise us only created more interest in our issue, providing a further clear example of the Gardai’s overall antagonistic attitude towards the public that day. Despite this set back, the day was a huge success and the Shell to Sea message was met with some great support, despite the corporate media’s sustained attempts to demonise us.
The Rith 2010 slogan, “ní neart go cur le chéile” applies to us in all walks of life and through building and active S2S group here in Galway, we aim to prove this and to achieve justice for the Rossport community once and for all.

Ba ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig a d'eagraigh Shell Chun Sáile Ghaillimh gníomhaíochtaí agus poiblíocht ar fud na cathrach. Shlógaigh na sluaite chuig an chathair le haghaidh buaic na Féile Pádraig i nGaillimh. Chríochnaigh an ''Rith 2010'' i lár na cathrach ar an lá céanna freisin. Dá bharr seo ar fad, chinn Shell Chun Sáile Ghaillimh nach bhféadfaí ach an deis iontach sin a thapú le daoine a chur ar an eolas maidir le cruachás Ros Dumhach agus an cogadh atá ar bun ag Shell, Statoil agus Vermillion Oil in éadan mhuintir na háite le lántacaíocht an stáit. Rinneadh móran poiblíochta fosta ar phriosúntacht náireach Pat O'Donnell. Scaipeadh 400 cóip den ''Someday Indepenent'' ar dóigh, chomh maith le cóipeanna na gcáipéisí Afri, dlúthdhioscaí agus tuilleadh. Crochadh sé mheirige in airde ar fud na gcrosbhealach ba ghnóthaí sa chathair, díreach os cionn slí na paráide san áireamh.

Ag pointe amháin, thóg amadán glan de chuid an Gharda Síochána cóip den ''Someday Independent'' as lámha gníomhaí Shell Chun Sáile, agus chaith ansin sa bhosca brúscair díreach os ár gcomhair. Agus dúshlán s'aige a thógáil d'éirigh sé níos gangaidí agus faoi dheireadh dúirt leis an ghníomhaí go nglacfadh sé le fíneáil 50 euro nó a bheith gafa as cion oird phoiblí agus a dhul chun na cúirte! Gan a bheith ag iarraidh landáil ar Shráid an Mhuillinn ar lá 'le Pádraig, glacadh go drogalllach leis an fhíneáil – d'ainneoin nach ndearnadh coir ar bith! Póilíneacht pholaitiúil, leoga tá moll mór taithí ag na Gardaí chuige sin. Spreag an raic a chruthaíodh le hiarracht na nGardaí coirpigh a dhéanamh dínn níos mó suime i bhfeachtas s'againne, rud a thaispeáin aríst eile sampla soiléir de mheon binbeach na nGardaí i leith an phobail i gcoitinne an lá sin. D'ainneoin an dul ar gcúl seo, rath mór a bhí ar an lá agus fáiltíodh le tacaíocht mhór roimh theachtaireacht Shell Chun Sáile, d'ainneoin iarracht leanúnach an mheáin chumarsáide chorparáideach muid a dhamnú.

Baineann an ghairm ag Rith 2010 '' Ní neart go cur le chéile'' linn ar fad na slíte beatha uilig atá againn agus le grúpa gníomhach Shell Chun Sáile thógáil anseo i nGaillimh, tá sé de chuspóir againn sin a chruthú agus ceartas a bhaint amach do phobal Ros Dumhach faoi dheireadh thiar thall.

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author by Chrissiepublication date Thu Mar 25, 2010 22:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Great work from Galway! That Garda showed the public what he's made of...so much for community relations.

author by old codger - pensionerpublication date Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

As usual you folks have done a great service for the people THANK YOU.
I hope that Garda's name and number was recorded, someday they will be held accountable for their abuse.

author by Trodaípublication date Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:06author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Gníomh thar barr! Guím gach rath ar Shell Chun Sáile Ghaillimh, tá sár-jab a dhéanamh agaibh!

 
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