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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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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine Tue Oct 07, 2025 17:59 | Patrick Ussher
Scientists are at last uncovering the links between ME (aka Chronic Fatigue), Long Covid and Long Vaccine. It's a breakthrough that promises treatments that target the underlying cause, says Patrick Ussher.
The post Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as ?Angry? Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of S... Tue Oct 07, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Footballer turned property developer Gary Neville?is facing a furious backlash after he ordered builders to take down a Union Jack, saying that "angry, middle-aged white men" were using flags to divide the country.
The post Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as “Angry” Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of Suppressing Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jenrick Stands by Claim he ?Did Not See a White Face? During Birmingham Visit Tue Oct 07, 2025 13:43 | Will Jones
Robert Jenrick has stood by comments he made complaining of not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham neighbourhood, saying it is one of the "worst integrated places" he has been to.
The post Jenrick Stands by Claim he “Did Not See a White Face” During Birmingham Visit appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Conservative Party Members Want Pact With Reform, Poll Finds Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Conservative Party members want a pact with Reform UK, a poll has found ? and half say they don't want Kemi Badenoch leading them into the next election.
The post Conservative Party Members Want Pact With Reform, Poll Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Britain Needs a New Backbone Tue Oct 07, 2025 09:00 | Clive Pinder
When 60% of British 18-24s tell a pollster that "Israel treats Palestinians the way the Nazis treated the Jews", it's a red flag, says Clive Pinder. The UK needs a new backbone ? and a government not in hock to Muslims.
The post Britain Needs a New Backbone appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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What is wrong in Irish prisons?

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis author Tuesday June 21, 2011 14:47author by Brian Flannery - Justice Report this post to the editors

Irish Prisons

In the last 10 years, numbers have risen drastically with people being incarcerated in prisons throughout Ireland.

We need a complete overhaul in the way our prisons are run. The latest report by Judge Reilly, Inspector of Prisons were shocking and indicated that many laws have been in fact been breached viz a viz basic human rights.

Ireland's prison numbers now are the highest since the Troubles and you can go back as far as the War of independence to actually get a clearer picture of how high the numbers are in present times. Numbers flotate on a daily basis. But data research from the Department of Justice, if you can actually believe them, will tell you on a technical basis that numbers have exceeded over 6,500 + in some weeks of the year. These numbers are a reflection on Society as a whole. I will state clearly and categorically that certain prisoners must be contained for the safety of the public i.e. crimes like murder, rape, extortion, drug related and gangland. Sadly the numbers on these crimes only make up around 40% of the total prison numbers. Today, I would like to ask, as I have down the years - Do we really feel it is necessary to put people into prison for parking fines, dog licenses, barring orders, and small debts? I say it is wrong.

The cost to the Irish taxpayer is approximately 95,000 e. p.a. to keep one prisoner locked up. How do we change this? Is it environmental? Is it certain areas as John Lonergan, former governor, keeps spouting out i.e. inner city Dublin/third generation/same families who end up in Mountjoy. The same for Cork, Waterford, Galway and Clare. We now have more research completed in relation to prisons in Ireland. This has cost the Irish taxpayer multiple millions yet I ask again why are the numbers the highest now than those ever seen before.

Penal Reform in this country is run under the auspices of Charity/Non profit organisations. Its main financier is Chuck Feeney Atlantic Philantropics yet it has not shown any leadership or motivation to change the conditions of prisoners which are stark and draconian, particularly in Mountjoy and Cork. I believe there isn't one ex prisoner involved in any research relating to Irish penal reform. I again ask the question why? Education is a way forward. Moyross & Southill in Limerick is a perfect example of how people are totally alienated by society and this is why they have a deep contempt for the system. I would only wish we could see people who have been through the penal system given a voice in relation to a way forward and especially in relation to how penal reform is operating in this country.

Brian Flannery

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   selfish screws....     ex-prisoner.    Tue Jun 21, 2011 16:39 
   Department of Justice Control     Sean Holmes    Fri Jun 24, 2011 13:11 
   Shame on the legal system and the state of our prisons     John Moran    Sat Jun 25, 2011 15:45 
   System works for the elite     Eddie Staunton    Sun Jun 26, 2011 14:17 
   Get Active?     Diarmuid Breatnach    Sun Jun 26, 2011 21:12 
   Changes are urgently needed     Aidan Gogarty    Mon Jun 27, 2011 15:35 
   The Shambles of the Prisons is created by the legal network     Shane McCann    Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:30 
   screws run the gaols     ex prisoner    Thu Jun 30, 2011 00:34 
   Inhumane conditions     Sean    Thu Jun 30, 2011 16:20 
 10   Prisons of Shame     Eddie Brazil    Fri Jul 01, 2011 16:01 
 11   Cork Prison in tatters     Eoin Cronin    Wed Jul 06, 2011 14:40 
 12   Who is Accountable for the State of Our Prisons     Brian Flannery    Sat Jul 09, 2011 13:41 
 13   repeated warnings     al    Mon Jul 18, 2011 01:04 
 14   @ Al....     Serf    Mon Jul 18, 2011 03:06 
 15   Not bad     al    Tue Jul 19, 2011 01:25 
 16   1 more     al    Tue Jul 19, 2011 01:28 
 17   Conditions are worsening in our prisons     Brian Flannery    Tue Jul 19, 2011 14:20 
 18   perhaps we should legalise then al? what do you think??     Serf    Sat Jul 23, 2011 17:20 
 19   prison overcrding     brian Flannery    Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:50 
 20   Selective classes in Penal Reform     Shane Mc Cann    Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:39 
 21   Penal Reform and cronyism     Brian Flannery    Mon Oct 03, 2011 14:06 
 22   Selected elite classes     shane mc Cann    Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:14 
 23   gotta go further     opus diablos    Fri Oct 21, 2011 14:36 
 24   Gotta go way further     Country Boy    Fri Oct 21, 2011 16:23 
 25   maith fear, CB     opus diablos    Fri Oct 21, 2011 20:05 
 26   They should pay too     Country Boy    Fri Oct 21, 2011 20:46 
 27   dont get me wrong, CB..     opus diablos    Fri Oct 21, 2011 21:12 
 28   TV crisis in our prisons     Brian Flannery    Sun Oct 23, 2011 13:34 
 29   just scanned..     opus diablos    Sun Oct 23, 2011 14:37 
 30   Conditions in Cork and Mountjoy     Brian Flannery    Tue Oct 25, 2011 13:56 
 31   What is wrong - Irish Prisons?     Brian Flannery    Sat Nov 19, 2011 14:26 
 32   @brian F     wageslave    Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:44 
 33   Thanks for reply     Brian Flannery    Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:51 
 34   Management of Mountjoy & Taking Responsibility     Shane McCann    Thu Nov 24, 2011 14:08 
 35   prisoners' rights     Phil    Fri Nov 25, 2011 04:12 
 36   Stop the rot and waste of human potential by un-necessary incarceration     Brian Flannery    Sat Nov 26, 2011 15:37 
 37   Jail Journal     Phil    Sun Nov 27, 2011 01:39 
 38   Prisons     Paddy Garry    Tue Nov 29, 2011 15:08 
 39   Budget: what about waste & bureaucracy     Brian Flannery    Tue Dec 06, 2011 15:17 
 40   Irish Times Friday     Brian Flannery    Sun Jan 08, 2012 14:26 
 41   Salaries and quangos     Shane McCann    Tue Jan 10, 2012 14:13 
 42   Tagging of Prisoners     Brian Flannery    Sun Apr 15, 2012 13:40 
 43   What is wrong? Irish Prisons     Brian Flannery    Thu May 10, 2012 13:18 
 44   What's wrong in Irish Prisons     Tony Doyle    Sat May 12, 2012 15:42 
 45   justice system is just one big charade     lefty    Sun May 13, 2012 21:40 
 46   Conditions in Cork Prison     Brian Flannery    Fri May 18, 2012 13:35 
 47   Frank Short and the abuse of the Innocent     Brian Flannery    Wed May 30, 2012 13:23 
 48   Justice and releases due     Shane McCann    Sun Jun 10, 2012 14:26 
 49   FG would rather let the rapists out to make way for more political policing prisoners and debt defaulters.     poor person    Sun Jun 10, 2012 15:13 
 50   What is wrong in Irish Prisons; Juveniles who really cares?     Brian Flannery    Tue Oct 30, 2012 14:21 
 51   Prisons Report on St Patrick’s Institution     T    Tue Oct 30, 2012 22:06 
 52   What is wrong in Irish prisons     Brian Flannery    Fri Nov 02, 2012 14:46 
 53   Juveniles Lock Down 22 hrs     ex prisoner    Sat Nov 03, 2012 14:46 
 54   Shatter's 'Shattered Promises'     Brian Flannery    Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:41 
 55   Irish Justice system is a mess..     anonymous    Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:46 
 56   Tonight's Prime Time, RTE1     Brian Flannery    Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:16 
 57   Fairytale Prison RTE 1 Last Week: Tonight could it be Reality?     Brian Flannery    Mon Feb 25, 2013 14:15 
 58   Prisons are always full.     A Living Saint.    Mon Feb 25, 2013 23:33 
 59   The truth again hidden who wrote the Script     Brian Flannery    Tue Feb 26, 2013 13:14 
 60   They say a country ought to be judged by how it treats its vulnerable     Brian Flannery    Mon Jun 10, 2013 15:35 
 61   Mr Y: Alleged Rape in prison. 40.2.2 Constitution. Right to bodily integrity. Challenge     Brian Flannery    Tue Jul 16, 2013 16:26 
 62   overcrowded prisons not enough staff..     Ciara    Tue Jul 16, 2013 16:33 
 63   Rape is the point.     morpheus    Tue Jul 16, 2013 20:02 
 64   Rape in our prisons: the hidden part of the sentence imposed     Comyn    Sun Jul 21, 2013 14:54 
 65   Rape is wrong; it is a violation of bodily integrity, it is about abuse of power     Comyn    Thu Jul 25, 2013 16:17 
 66   Society is judged on how it treats its vulnerable     Brian Flannery    Wed Jul 31, 2013 16:04 
 67   Incarceration for fines! What next?     Brian Flannery    Sun Aug 25, 2013 15:55 
 68   Prison: another death in Mountjoy prison     Forster    Sat Aug 31, 2013 15:56 
 69   'Dear Lags - Please come back to jail'. Easy find them if they draw dole surely     Brian Flannery    Tue Sep 03, 2013 15:23 
 70   John Waters fails to pay fine & gets into prison; reports dirty holding cell     Prison media    Thu Sep 05, 2013 14:22 
 71   23 hours locked up for young offenders     Comyn    Fri Sep 06, 2013 16:01 
 72   Mental Health bereft; Where to? Prison or mental health hospital or the streets?     Edmund Ffrench    Wed Sep 18, 2013 16:01 
 73   Prisoners, at home in Ireland but in prisons abroad too     Comyn    Mon Dec 23, 2013 16:19 
 74   Enough is Enough     modnarblue    Sun May 29, 2016 22:01 


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