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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.
The Saker >>
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
Public Inquiry >>
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News Round-Up Thu Sep 25, 2025 00:46 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
?Serious Safety Concerns? as Trans Criminals Remain in Women?s Prison Despite Supreme Court Ruling Wed Sep 24, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Male trans criminals are still being held in a women's prison despite the Supreme Court ruling that sexes must be segregated, with the independent monitor reporting serious safety and welfare concerns.
The post “Serious Safety Concerns” as Trans Criminals Remain in Women’s Prison Despite Supreme Court Ruling appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Antidote to Western Education Wed Sep 24, 2025 17:10 | Paul Frijters
Western education, riddled with progressive fads, has been grinding down the spirits of young people for decades. Now, a group of dissenting academics has decided to do something about it, says Professor Paul Frijters.
The post The Antidote to Western Education appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Trump?s UN Rallying Cry for the Defence of Western Civilisation Wed Sep 24, 2025 15:24 | Will Jones
End open borders. Stop importing criminals. Fight Islamism. Stand up for Christianity. End ruinous Net Zero policies. Because otherwise Europe is "going to Hell". Trump was on hard-hitting form at the UN this week.
The post Trump’s UN Rallying Cry for the Defence of Western Civilisation appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud Wed Sep 24, 2025 13:19 | Mary Gilleece
After working with over 100 SEND children, Mary Gilleece has finally met a child with actual special needs. But there isn't enough money to support him because ?11 billion is being blown on bogus diagnoses.
The post The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10these companies don't even make much money and any jobs they create are very shit minimum wage jobs that often leave people (who are not completely sociopathic ) psychologically scarred. Who needs this type of industry in this country. Close down these awful places. They lower us all as a society, as a species and as human beings. Surely we are better than this. Aren't we??
im not advocating cruelty to animals either,but releasing them without forethought,is never a good idea,people will not understand your motives,when published and they will think it is BS..not to mention the fact,the mink are destroying wildlife and local businesses..
exactly how are the mink "destroying local businesses"?? (steady on with the hyperbole!) Have they gotten jobs in the banks and refused to lend or what??
These animals will likely just make their way into the local ecosystem and their numbers will reach an equilibrium with the food supply. Lets be honest, There's fuck all wildlife left in Ireland for them to kill anyway after years of neglect in government policies, except loads of rabbits and crows. Fish? good luck to the mink finding many of those either. Most of them will just die off from hunger or being run over by cars. Still slightly better than being trapped in tiny cages and gassed though..
If there is truly such a problem with mink, well then exactly why have our government given a private company (in fact, several!) permission to breed such a dangerous alien species within our borders in large numbers purely for profit? You can't have it both ways?
Laura Broxson makes a number of unsubstantiated points in her press release starting with the first sentence - which gives the impression that Donegal is in the grip of a " frenzied mass hysteria" over the release of these predators into the wild .
Mink “are portrayed as invincible, man-eating beasts”
Mink have been made “ scapegoats for the decline of certain native species in Ireland” .
Mink “are fed liquefied fish organs which they have to lick through the bars of their cages” .
“By the farmers’ own admission in recent media interviews, they still illegally keep 5 mink per cage”
“The U.K. has a wild mink population of about 40,000 – and it’s not an issue.”
Whether true or false , Broxson has made no attempt to offer substantiation for any of the above assertions .
''Lets be honest, There's fuck all wildlife left in Ireland for them to kill anyway after years of neglect in government policies, except loads of rabbits and crows. Fish?,,so like ' laura bronson ' , you too..are saying it is okay to kill what is left of our wildlife,and there is not f all wildlife in ireland,you say lets be honest,but there is no truth in any of your statements,if you get up at about 5 o clock,in a wooded area,or on a farm,you can see a lot of wildlife,such as foxes and badgers,hedgehogs etc..
Hmm. sounds like the mink aren't really causing any problems then are they? You can't have it both ways can you?
People are entitled to be concerned about the release of these animals into the wild .To dismiss such legitimate concern as " frenzied mass hysteria" and to claim as Ms Broxson does that “nature always balances itself, it’s humans who create problems” can lead to the impression that those opposed to cruelty towards animals are misanthropes .That isn't necessarily the case of course , but it is a perception that is out there especially in country areas - and it's a percep[tion that hunting enthusiasts are careful to exploit in order to present themselves as socially-minded and responsible . At this very moment James Murrin from the local Killibegs gun club is making such a case . "We've been working flat out. The farm itself has a gang out trying to catch the mink but if it wasn't for us I don't know what would be done about it. Nobody is bothering to help us," , Currin told the Donegal Democrat last week. http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalnews/Parents-afrai...41.jp
I agree with Laura B when she says that people should think logically about the situation . So let's get this into proportion .The introduction of wild minks isn’t going to bring extinction to the native Donegal wildlife overnight , and in all probability babies won’t be dragged out of their cots by minks in any great numbers . But that’s not the same as saying that people’s concerns amount to “lunacy”.
Martin Walker, Greater Manchester conservation officer for Lancashire Wildlife Trust assured locals in Bolton that there was no need for the public to worry "unnecessarily" about minks after sightings of the predators in the local rivers and waterways were reported some time ago :
"These animals people have seen probably are mink, but there is no need to worry. If they were provoked, they could probably give a nasty nip, but they don't just jump on people."
Mr Walker did say, however, that minks do pose a danger to other wildlife and that they have a history of attacking and EATING OTTERS and water voles.
Perhaps in the light of Mr Walker’s statement which can be read here, http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/1999/8/....html Laura Broxson should review her suggestion that , because the mink is part of the otter family , concerns over minks in the wild are unfounded .
I don't agree with animal testing or exploitation. I don't agree with breeding mink for their fur as it is just an uneccessary "status symbol" for rich people. However the action of releasing these animals will have an effect on the local eco system. Just as releasing and large ammount of any species would. I can understand the motives but maybe a better thought out strategy instead of the scatter gun approach would of been better.
funny, nobody seems to place any blame on the company that actually brought these creatures to the area in the first place for a purely selfish profit motive but the fact is these creatures should never have been here in the first place. Its easy to attack protesters for releasing them from inhumane conditions but why is nobody saying anything about the real culprits behind this situation?
“ Its easy to attack protesters for releasing them from inhumane conditions but why is nobody saying anything about the real culprits behind this situation?”
I think that is a good point ,but one that should be addressed to supporters of the mink release . Those who think that release of thousands of mink into the wild was crazy will quickly tell you that the reason so few are talking negatively about the mink farm involved in this action –an action which was presumably partly taken to publicize the ill treatment of farm minks - is that the majority rightly or wrongly regard the release of mink into the wild as a greater crime than the breeding of minks for fur coats.
Whatever about the liberty being enjoyed by the hungry mink at the moment , this was terrible publicity for the opponents of mink farming . There have even been sympathetic media interviews with Connie Anderson, the co-director of the farm ,something that would have undoubtedly disgusted newspaper readers and TV audiences before the action. As I wrote yesterday , this sort of action plays into the hands of the vested interests that want to denigrate the opponents of cruelty to animals .
Most people are opposed to fur farming . I haven’t been able to find figures for Ireland ,but Opinion polls commissioned by RESPECT FOR ANIMALS in 1996 and 1997 consistently revealed 76 per cent of the UK population wanted fur farming banned . http://www.infurmation.com/press_detail.php?id=90
Catlady wrote on this site two years ago , “Campaigners are having success all the time as more and more shops bow to public opinion and stop selling the stuff.” The release will in my opinion set back the causes that the likes of Bernie Wright ,Catlady and Laura B herself have been campaigning for - just as surely as it will set back the work of bird conservationists . How do you by the way explain this to the likes of bird conservationists ? By telling them that they have ";no right to play God". Perhaps ,but who gives Ms Braxson that right ?
“Western Donegal contains some of the most threatened bird species in all of Ireland, and indeed is the last Irish refuge for the internationally important Red-throated Diver, of which only 4-8 breeding pairs remain. Ground nesting birds are especially vulnerable to mink predation and their potential increase in numbers as a result of this release poses a particularly serious threat.”
In the Birdwatch Ireland article that the above quote comes from , and which is linked to below, you can read how the conservation magazine commends on its front page the Killybegs gun club as well as the local anglers association for assisting the owners of the farm to capture or kill the escaped predators .
http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/News/Irresponsibleminkre....aspx
After a mink release in England in 1998 Respect for Animals spokesman Mark Glover said: "This is a disaster, I can't believe anyone seriously involved in the campaign against the fur trade would be involved in this. It's a disaster for the campaign, and it's a disaster for the mink, which will be shot or run over in huge numbers";
Are there no anti-fur groups in Ireland that would come out with such a clear statement ? One would expect most people in Ireland to be at best either baffled or embarrassed by the words used by Laura Broxson to justify the releases ; people living in south Donegal might find them imperious : “The new programme for government has agreed to a phase-out ban on fur farming, set for completion in 2012 – but this is too far away.”
Regretfully anti-fur trade campaigners in Ireland have chosen to justify the action using arguments like those of MinkowskiSpace in his comment above . The only point I’d make to MinkowskiSpace is that , as somebody living at the opposite side of the country to Donegal , I sincerely hope that the group who released these minks into the wild never decide to join the Campaign to Close Sellafield .