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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 BREAKING: Hamit Coskun?s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court Fri Oct 10, 2025 14:13 | Will Jones
Hamit Coskun's criminal conviction for burning a copy of the Quran while shouting "f*** Islam" in a protest outside the Turkish consulate in London has been overturned by the Crown Court in a victory for free speech.
The post BREAKING: Hamit Coskun’s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link It?s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again Fri Oct 10, 2025 13:26 | Dr David McGrogan
Nearly 80% of Britain's 'Establishment' is Left-wing. No wonder our 'independent' judges keep making lunatic decisions. It's time they were made accountable to voters once again, says Dr David McGrogan.
The post It’s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Donald Trump Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize Despite Bringing Peace to the Middle East Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Donald Trump was today snubbed by Nobel Peace Prize judges ? who instead awarded the prize to a Venezuelan politician ? despite the President bringing peace to the Middle East.
The post Donald Trump Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize Despite Bringing Peace to the Middle East appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails Fri Oct 10, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The technocrats are falling across the West as their ideology founders on reality. The cracking of the Net Zero consensus, like the end of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, is a moment of hope, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
The post The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His ... Fri Oct 10, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 54 of the Sceptic: Alexander Adams on dissident art, the tyranny of the Arts Council England and his new exhibition: Power and Intimacy.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His New Exhibition appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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NIPSA General Council Elections

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | opinion/analysis author Saturday April 29, 2006 03:59author by Patrique - NIPSA Report this post to the editors

Uncivil Servant - The Truth

Uncivil Servant stand accused of playing politics at General Council. Uncivil Servant does not have anyone on General Council.

I read a recent thread concerning the daring deeds of Amanda Allaway, and the comments. Many of the comments seemed to think that Uncivil Servant had an alliance with TFC on the council.

Uncivil Servant does not have anyone on the General Council. Branch 8 had two members, now one, but they are not in Uncivil Servant.

The Uncivil Servant stance is that it does not matter who leads the union if there is no-one to lead. 95% did not vote in the General Council election, and I recently saw one sheet of paper containing 28 branches, 21 of which were not at conference. That is 75%.

If the membership is that apathetic, who cares who is on General Council?

We need a Branch Development officer to activate Branches, get the members interested, and get them involved. You need to build the Rank and File.

Then you will have someone to lead.

Uncivil Servant's relationship with TFC is somewhat strained, to put it mildly. They are not really on speaking terms, so it would be difficult to form an alliance.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Rewrite     .    Sat Apr 29, 2006 09:59 
   Uncivil-The Truth     Patrique    Sat Apr 29, 2006 15:00 
   Role of Time For Change     A    Sat Apr 29, 2006 16:25 
   splits and trolls     stroppy    Sat Apr 29, 2006 19:17 
   Uncivil-the truth     patrique    Sat Apr 29, 2006 23:24 
   Uncivil-The truth     Patrique    Sun Apr 30, 2006 00:00 
   Uncivil-The Truth     Patrique    Sun Apr 30, 2006 00:50 
   TFC and elections     A    Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:35 
   Telling Fibs Continuously     stroppy    Sun Apr 30, 2006 21:17 
 10   Solidarity     A    Mon May 01, 2006 10:12 
 11   Telling Fibs Continuously     stroppy    Mon May 01, 2006 11:23 
 12   Uncivil-The Truth     Patrique    Mon May 01, 2006 16:18 
 13   party on     stroppy    Tue May 02, 2006 01:23 
 14   ambush?     Rogue    Tue May 02, 2006 09:57 
 15   Apathy amongst member     A    Tue May 02, 2006 14:06 
 16   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Tue May 02, 2006 22:32 
 17   A pathetic     stroppy    Tue May 02, 2006 23:28 
 18   Vitriol     Rogue    Wed May 03, 2006 09:54 
 19   Top Tip For Trots     Brer Rabbitte    Wed May 03, 2006 10:17 
 20   Love it     Above the Parapet    Fri May 05, 2006 21:31 
 21   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Fri May 05, 2006 22:23 
 22   Love it     Above the Parapet    Sat May 06, 2006 01:04 
 23   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Sun May 07, 2006 00:09 
 24   Trot This Out!     King Tickle Toby    Tue May 09, 2006 10:33 
 25   Lying?     Geoff Cowden    Tue May 09, 2006 14:13 
 26   uncivil - the truth     Patrique    Tue May 09, 2006 19:02 
 27   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Tue May 09, 2006 19:06 
 28   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Tue May 09, 2006 19:10 
 29   Time for the truth     Ordinary Member    Tue May 09, 2006 22:07 
 30   "..the truth? you can't handle the truth"     K    Tue May 09, 2006 22:21 
 31   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Tue May 09, 2006 22:30 
 32   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Tue May 09, 2006 22:38 
 33   it's just " K "     K    Tue May 09, 2006 23:49 
 34   Reflections on balloons     The Giant Rat Of Sumatra    Sun May 14, 2006 13:45 
 35   Stand down,Patreeeeek     The Men In Grey Suits    Sun May 14, 2006 14:42 
 36   The 4 little pigs (sponsored by TFC)     K    Sun May 14, 2006 20:10 
 37   the down fall of branch 8     all power corrupts    Mon May 15, 2006 18:11 
 38   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 18:37 
 39   the down fall of branch 8     all power corrupts    Mon May 15, 2006 19:08 
 40   unvcivil- the truth     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 19:19 
 41   uncivil - the truth     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 19:24 
 42   uncivil- the truth     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 19:30 
 43   nipsa pay dispute     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 19:53 
 44   uncivil-the truth     Patrique    Mon May 15, 2006 20:25 
 45   Patrique     Princess Nipsa    Mon May 15, 2006 23:24 
 46   General Council elections     Neutral    Tue May 16, 2006 00:27 
 47   'all power corrupts'     Another rep    Tue May 16, 2006 00:51 
 48   Show yourselves     Geoff Cowden    Tue May 16, 2006 13:14 
 49   Elections     Nipsa 'member'    Tue May 16, 2006 17:26 
 50   NIPSA elections     Sunbed Sam    Tue May 16, 2006 20:54 
 51   Nipsa Elections     Barney    Tue May 16, 2006 22:44 
 52   having a tough time     Carmel    Tue May 16, 2006 22:48 
 53   carmel     stroppy    Tue May 16, 2006 23:43 
 54   the real world     a member - remember them?    Wed May 17, 2006 02:03 
 55   Internal politics?     amother member    Wed May 17, 2006 11:52 
 56   Laughing all the way to the right..     By Any Means Necessary    Wed May 17, 2006 16:13 
 57   supporters     Referee    Wed May 17, 2006 18:25 
 58   Response to second last contribution     The masses    Sun May 21, 2006 13:58 
 59   A Joke Too Clever For Trots     Spinoza    Sun May 21, 2006 14:20 
 60   Time For More Exclamation Marks!!!!!!     Ernest Trotter    Sun May 21, 2006 15:06 
 61   shame     Brian stewart    Mon May 22, 2006 13:09 
 62   uncivil servant     Patrique    Mon May 22, 2006 19:59 
 63   Game of croquet,old sports?     Ralph Cholmondeley-Fetherstonhaugh    Thu May 25, 2006 21:12 
 64   conservative club     Patrique    Fri May 26, 2006 00:42 
 65   The rare talent of compressing a mass of profound thought     Apothegm    Thu Jun 01, 2006 13:36 
 66   Way Forward     Al Satian(deceased)    Sat Jun 03, 2006 14:39 
 67   election     Optimist    Fri Dec 01, 2006 19:42 
 68   Secret memo to Harkin House     Aois Discreidimh    Tue Dec 05, 2006 22:12 
 69   song     patrique    Sun Dec 10, 2006 17:28 
 70   The End????     (Im alright) Jack    Thu Dec 14, 2006 23:12 
 71   The begining of the end????     (Im alright) Jack    Fri Dec 15, 2006 00:59 
 72   Towards A More Spiritual Path     Mustapha Lager    Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:50 
 73   branch 8     straight not curious    Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:58 
 74   e-mails?     straight not curious    Sat Dec 16, 2006 13:27 
 75   in hiding     broken record    Sun Dec 17, 2006 02:00 
 76   Answers     (Im alright) Jack    Mon Dec 18, 2006 20:53 
 77   merry christmas from the bolton collaborator     my only crime is disloyalty    Tue Dec 19, 2006 16:07 
 78   Bolton Wanderers 0 Branch 8 4ever     Trade Unionist    Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:20 
 79   Branch Elections.... Wow!     Hugh Murphy.    Wed Dec 20, 2006 18:11 
 80   CowaBUNGa!     S Allardyce    Wed Dec 20, 2006 20:06 
 81   Bolton Wanderer 0 Branch 8 4ever     Trade Unionist    Wed Dec 20, 2006 22:42 
 82   How the West Was Lost     Patrique (CD Reviewer Extraordinaire), Or Not.    Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:44 


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