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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

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offsite link Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? Mon Oct 06, 2025 19:30 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's peace plan for Gaza might yet succeed, but why on earth does Tony Blair feature, asks Professor Ramesh Thakur. Does Trump not realise how globally toxic the Blair brand is?
The post Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Stupidologiology Mon Oct 06, 2025 18:15 | James Alexander
William Davies has written an article titled 'Stupidology' which Prof James Alexander summarises as: 'Trump is stupid. Brexit was stupid. I am not stupid. Neither are my friends. Why do stupid people have power?'
The post Stupidologiology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Backlash as Nando?s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ?Nanny State? Rules Mon Oct 06, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
Nando's has sparked a backlash after restricting customers to a single glass of Coca-Cola Classic under new 'nanny state' Government rules aimed at cutting sugar consumption.
The post Backlash as Nando’s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ‘Nanny State’ Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Nudge? Has a New Evil Twin: ?Stochastic Terror? Mon Oct 06, 2025 13:30 | Nick Rendell
'Nudge' has a new evil twin, says Nick Rendell: 'stochastic terror'. When all else fails, the Left foments the conditions for random political violence and then sits back and waits for someone to pick off Trump or Farage.
The post ‘Nudge’ Has a New Evil Twin: ‘Stochastic Terror’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The?Green Party?has committed itself to "abolishing landlords" after party members at its conference in Bournemouth passed a motion to seek the "effective abolition of private landlordism".
The post Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Time to Act. Erosion of Fundamental Freedoms - Campaign to Fight back

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday August 20, 2020 23:35author by 1 of indy Report this post to the editors

It is time to stand up and be counted. It is now or never

Tracey O’ Mahony is an Irish Barrister-at-Law is like many is concerned about the serious erosion of our fundamental freedoms in the last six months.

At the start of this Covid crisis, many thought it was just a virus and if they followed government we would soon get back to normal life. Clearly that is not the case. Instead the "experts" tell us this will continue indefinitely into the future, we have surrendered our rights to experts, bureaucrats and polticans and the global economy is being destroyed. Not only that all forms of social interaction -the very essence of being human - have been severely and continue to be curtailed and now we are told we will have to be tracked, monitored, forcefully tested, DNA sampled and vaccinated.

The penny is beginning to drop that the powers that be don't plan on allowing society to go back to the old ways. They took about the new normal and frankly it looks pretty ugly.

So Tracey O'Mahony is someone who is finally taking a stand and doing something about it. She has started a GoFund-Me page to finance the campaign. Already the woke crowd have attacked her in an effort to discredit her. But there has been no criticism of any sort from these types and they act like pure sheep which is a very dangerous thing to happen because powerful people always take advantage of sheep and often slaughter when they are finished with them.

Here is the blurb from her GoFund Me page which can be found here https://www.gofundme.com/f/erosion-of-fundamental-freedoms She has almost reached her target of €50,000 in just 4 days but that is not the point so much as the fact that at long last things are beginning to stir.

My name is Tracey O’ Mahony and I am a Barrister-at-Law, like many of you I have become increasingly concerned with the Irish Government’s erosion of our fundamental human rights through the introduction of Covid-19 related laws, since March of this year.

Since the enactment of the Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act, 2020 on 20 March 2020 (which was rushed through both houses of the Oireachtas in 48 hours), the Irish Government have sought to increase their control over the Irish public through the introduction of laws which have:

· determined for what reason you could leave your home (in violation of your right to freedom of movement and assembly); · determined what businesses could remain open (in violation of your right to earn a living); · determined that you could travel no further than 2km from your home for exercise (in violation of your right to freedom of movement) and in circumstances where our ports and airports remained open; · determined that schools must close (in violation of the right to education for your children); · determined that Churches must close (in violation of your right to practise your religion); · determined that you must wear a face covering in order to use public transport and in order to gain entry to indoor retail outlets (in violation of your right to bodily integrity).

In simple terms these restrictions have and will lead to:

  • · the elderly dying alone (without any family or friends present) in nursing homes and hospitals;
  • · funerals with only a priest present;
  • · families being legally prevented from visiting one another for several months;
  • · children being denied access to schooling and the social interaction that is so vital in those early years;
  • · businesses being legally required to close resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs;
  • · unemployment (including those receiving emergency coronavirus jobless benefit) reaching almost 30% (this was up from 4.8% before Covid-19);
  • · hospitals cancelling vital medical procedures;
  • · reduction in tax receipts – which will result in a reduction in services and funds needed to sustain the most vulnerable in our society (such as reduced funds towards combating homelessness, access to public healthcare, access to education etc);
  • · increase in deaths from suicide, depression and domestic violence; and
  • · increase in deaths from undiagnosed medical conditions and late commencement of medical treatment
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Many valid questions have been raised (but continue to go unanswered) surrounding the science and medicine (or lack thereof) behind much of the Government restrictions. I, like many of you, have spent much time contemplating how to respond to the unjust interference with our human rights. I have given thought to initiating a legal challenge on the restrictions on movements, or mandatory masks, or the closure of schools and churches, however, I feel the gravest interference with our human rights is yet to happen.

I believe plans are afoot to erode the Right to Bodily Integrity.

Those of us who value freedom are (in my view) known for responding to threats in a reactive and uncoordinated manner (some people may not like that I have stated this, but I believe in calling a spade a spade) – in many cases, being the architects of our own downfall. That said, we now have a window of opportunity to change how we respond, and we can, at least in this endeavour, be in front of the curve, rather than behind it. So, if you have been asking yourself for the past six months what you can do to prepare, respond and fight back – please support this campaign.

Let us use this time wisely and not look back in five or ten years and wish we had done more to preserve, for our children, the freedoms we have taken for granted. It is my hope also, that this campaign will encourage others to establish similar campaigns.

What Do I Intend To Do

1) Promote the Right to Bodily Integrity through the following initiatives:

  • · Engaging researchers / counsel to investigate the law around the Right to Bodily Integrity and review the process by which laws have been implemented in other countries (most notably within the EU) which diminish the Right to Bodily Integrity
  • · Engaging lawyers in preparation for a legal or other challenge to a diminishment of the Right to Bodily Integrity, whether through laws or other means
  • · Engaging medical and/or scientific researchers / subject matter experts to review data and prepare papers to highlight the dangers that might be associated with eliminating or diminishing the Right to Bodily Integrity
  • · Promoting awareness of the consequences to a diminishment of the Right to Bodily Integrity, through preparation of papers for dissemination to the public
  • · Holding of events and the purchase of equipment, as necessary, to promote awareness around the importance of the Right to Bodily Integrity and other constitutional and legal protections
  • · Advertising and marketing of upcoming events to promote awareness around the importance of the Right to Bodily Integrity, which might include (without limitation) billboard advertising, newspaper advertising, social media advertising

2) Investigate misrepresentation and inaccuracies (to include engaging researchers / counsel) in the publication of information by the media surrounding Covid-19 and preparing official complaints to issue to Press Council of Ireland, Office of The Press Ombudsman.

3) Investigate and collating data on nonsensical Covid-19 guidelines and law and prepare awareness papers for dissemination to members of the public and preparing official complaints (which may include engaging researchers / legal counsel).

4) The establishment of a legal entity and website dedicated to the publication of information, which will be freely available to the public, on their rights under the Irish Constitution and at law and the provision of template documents that may be used in pursuit of enforcing those rights.

So What Do We Need From You?

1) Donations. I appreciate, especially in the current uncertain climate, that finances are scarce, however, I know of no lawyer, researcher, scientist or doctor who is investigating the validity of the government narrative full time and this, in part, is the making of our demise. We must acknowledge that we are fighting against the machines of government, media and NGO’S – all of whom work relentlessly to achieve a common goal. If we are to have success in reclaiming our freedoms, we must engage others to work full time on matters that concern us and to do this we need your financial support, noting that no amount is too small.

2) Publicity and Support – we ask that you please share this page with your family and friends and advise them that if they have any reservations about any action or inaction undertaken by the Irish Government during Covid-19, that this is the mechanism by which we can make the Irish Government accountable, but to do this we require widespread support.

In order to ensure transparency and accountability for all funds donated and the manner in which all funds will be spent, all donations made will, when drawn down, go directly into a client account held by our solicitors, who shall report regularly on the manner in which funds are spent (noting also that part of the funds generated shall be used to pay for any such legal/banking/reporting services). Furthermore, any funds donated which exceed the funds required to carry out the above activities, shall be donated to Health Freedom Ireland.

Finally, for completeness, I wish to confirm that I shall not be drawing any funds for any services I undertake, the purpose of this campaign is to allow me to engage and pay others to carry out tasks that I do not have the time, knowledge or expertise to undertake myself.

I also confirm that we will keep you informed throughout the process as to our progress and use of funds.
And finally a video message from Tracey herself

Related Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/erosion-of-fundamental-freedoms

Caption: Video Id: jNRbabLdyzo Type: Youtube Video
Go Fund Me: Challenging the Narrative


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