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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
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News Round-Up Thu Oct 09, 2025 01:07 | 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.
Two-Tier Justice on Full Display as Epping Protesters Get Longer Sentences Than Sex Attacker Whose C... Wed Oct 08, 2025 19:36 | Will Jones
Two-tier justice was on full display as three Epping protesters received longer prison sentences than the asylum seeker whose sex attack on a child they were protesting about, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Two-Tier Justice on Full Display as Epping Protesters Get Longer Sentences Than Sex Attacker Whose Crime They Were Protesting appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
British Steel Industry Faces ?Existential Threat? as EU Hikes Tariffs to 50% Despite Starmer?s ?EU R... Wed Oct 08, 2025 17:23 | Will Jones
Britain?s Net Zero-ravaged steel industry is facing an "existential threat" as the EU threatens the UK with tariffs of up to 50% despite Keir Starmer's recent 'EU reset' giveaway on fishing rights and youth mobility.
The post British Steel Industry Faces “Existential Threat” as EU Hikes Tariffs to 50% Despite Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’ Giveaway appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun Wed Oct 08, 2025 15:27 | Ferro
The public's indifference to art has never been greater. No wonder, says Ferro: it's all just tired Left-progressive politics by another means. But the fightback for real art that moves the human soul has begun.
The post The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV Wed Oct 08, 2025 13:00 | James Alexander
Not until Leo XIV did we have a picture of a holy man staring at an ice cube with his hand on it, respectfully gazing as if imagining the whisky that could go with such a rock, says Prof James Alexander.
The post Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Crowd gathers before dawn on Wednesday.
Powerful & Poignant Speech by Willie.
Cops Out!
Mile long march to Bellanaboy.
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Plant hirer to Shell TJ Carey declines the invitation to join the picket.
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Speaking from the heart.
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Vincent reminding the community not to rise to police bait.
Gardaí facilitate Shell.
Jerry Cowley TD addresses the crowd ...
... with Willie Corduff.
Shameful behaviour here again by Gardaí in deliberately provoking protesters while at the trailer having tea and sandwiches after today's action.
Not impressed.
keep it up. all is not lost, resistance MUST continue.
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Despite the rain ...
the daily early morning starts ...
and ...
the injuries ...
We forget our troubles, and dance.
many thoughts and feelings of solidarity from america. wish i could be on the line with ye. i wear my shell to sea badge proudly everyday and try and tell as many folks as i can whats going on in mayo.
Secret society mentality prevailing here unfortunately. People who fully support shell to sea but cannot attend rallies every day are treated with suspicion when they do attend a rally or a meeting. Please recognise that not everybody can attend at times stated by campaigners and welcome those that attend when they can. Impossible to find out what is going on. Are there rallies at the weekends now? many supporters from far away are being encouraged to visit bellanaboy from the websites and when they visit bellanaboy and rossport at the weekend - being the only time they are able to - they find nothing there!!! nothing to see except two security men behind the gate. Ridiculous situation.
The NIFC has been helping publicise the struggle in Rossport for quite some time now and we are the only Irish organisation here in America that has been vocal in our support of the community in Mayo, and have used our resources to help keep people informed about what is going on there.
We view it as an more obvious than usual attack on community that the fatcats in leinster house couldnt care less about as well as an anti-ecological monster being put in in an ecologically pristine landscape. The reasons we support and promote the EIRE NUA and SAOL NUA programmes is because they bring power down to the lowest level, only through the way put forward in these documents can communities have a say in how they are run, genuine power to the people, not just a slogan.
This August. some members of the NIFC were back home. One of the many things we accomplished was visiting the people of Mayo who are active in oposition to Shell. A video was made showing just how pristine this area is and how a refinery here will destroy it all. interviews with the Corduff family and others directly involved.
You can view this short video by visiting our website www.irishfreedom.net
Just scroll down the site to latest Rossport news, there uis a link to the video at the bottom.
Support the communities of Rossport and Bellanaboy
Support Eire Nua
Please visit www.shelltosea.com for information and contacts in the area and around the country. If advance warning is given all visitors will be welcomed and updated on the situation here in Mayo.
Try the link below for contact list
Just bringing to your attention our new short video on the situation in Mayo and its background. It's here at Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLpDmh4BU8w
Please watch, comment and rate. If you like it, feel free to pass the link around, or link to it or embed on your Livejournal, etc. Just credit us if you do.
It's important to break through the wall of propaganda in the media and get the word out both nationally and internationally. People need to know what the state and the gardaí are up to in Mayo.
Ná géill slí!
This is the Shell/Government PR line, reproduced without even the slightest variation. If in the unlikely event you are not an employee/hack or either of the above, your post shows no capacity even to vary the unsubtantiated nonsense you keep vomiting up. But that's the key to propaganda: repeat a lie often enough and it becomes true. Good job Martin. But you're not fooling anyone except yourself.
The comments by the troll "Martin" above are sheer state propaganda. Careful use of phraseology like "tree huggers" is a dead giveaway, as recently used about the M3 protesters. The implicit threat is also present about what the gardaí might do to the protesters is they don't "behave". This is carefully planted to demoralise and confuse, but are rather clumsy. Sorry Martin, we're not buying.
Actually he is so brain-washed by the FF/PD branch of neo-liberal globalised
capitalism that he probably believes what he is saying- which is both sad and
worrying. Worrying, cos he's going to crack, when the weight of lies
propounded by the State machine take their toll, sad because he thinks its
OK for Gardai to man-handle women, especially when they are protesting
against state abuse of community rights and the crony interests of such
white trash as Noel Dempsey.
Dear Martin. You should consider a transfer to eh, where's left, eh , well Germany's Berlin wall is gone , eh, maybe some remote parts of Russia where Stazi tactics are still practised on the People.
Luckily for us in dear old Ireland we have a Constituted Soverign Republic to protect People from lackey new world order robocops like yourself.
For Martin
What will happen if, under the terms of the New World Order (or some other such fascist delusion for example), Herr McDowell TD is instructed that Republic of Ireland law has be brought into line with the Military Commissions Act of 2006 - which I gather was passed by the US Congress on September 27th last?
Among other things, I understand this brand-new-from-the box piece of legislation will enable the executive branch (i.e. the US Government) to designate US citizens, foreign nationals and other world citizens as unlawful enemy combatants effectively stripping them of their citizenship. This allows legal torture, and detention of all designates for an unlimited period of time. This negates all provisions contained within the Geneva Convention, the Bill of Rights and the 4th amendment. Convictions are based upon secret evidence are delivered before a military court while the defendant is declined a jury of his peers. This bill can also apply to political SUBVERSIVES, DISSIDENTS and ANYONE who disagrees with the president, as detailed in Bill, HR 6616.
At odds with the Constitution (Bunreacht na hEireann)? Who cares - certainly not Herr McDowell surely?
With Minister for Justice McDowell, producing new law of this kind would be a "labour of love" I suspect - not to mention the absolute certainty of earning bags of "brownie points" for himself with his Bilderberg chums?
On Friday morning, I pointed out to Sergeant MY28 that one of the Gardai (a very large one) had no identification numbers displayed. Having already harassed us earlier, sergeant MY28 now told me that the gardai don't have to wear their numbers. I told him that they did. He said that "No they don't, what if he forgot them this morning?". This is a very dangerous situation, and one which needs to be watched carefully. I would like to make a formal complaint, but fear the consequences of putting my name on the letter. The sergeant at the Usher Quay protest yesterday aslo wasn't wearing any numbers. Watch out for this and keep a record.
Solidarity
I'm local too and due to work can't attend all the pickets and rallies. Despite this I've alway received a warm welcome from ShellToSea people at Bellanboy. Think about it! - Why would they turn away support when at the end of the day people power will win!!. As john said too, plenty of info at shelltosea.com.
Just wanted to share something regarding the filming of protestors by Gardaí. Under Section 4 of the Data Protection Acts of 1988 and 2003, you have the right to apply for a copy of any footage taken of you while protesting. Not sure about the practicalities regarding Bellinaboy, esp regarding the flagrant breaches of rights which we have witnessed so far. However, this might discourage acts of intimidation such as filming if done in sufficient numbers.
Do Gardai have the same rights to seek copies of videotape footage of them under the same law from protesters filming them?
The Gardaí are a State organization and as such are bound by the Data Protection Act. The same law does not apply to the entitlement of Gardaí to seize footage.
Photos from Thursday
Protesting at Dawn
Angry protestors
Extra Gardai arrive in buses
About 200 turn up to the protest
Protestors of all ages
More photos from Thursday's protest
Burn slowly in Hell Shell
Gardai
Remember Ken Sara-wiwa
Long term benefits for Erris
Snakes!
In keeping with the very professional non aggressive conduct of the Garda their bus driver rams gate of bellanaboy .
Gadra bus reverses into gate to loud applause
tut tut
It`s only a matter of time
meanwhile back at the camp a new addition to the wonderfull facilitys,a punch bag with TD wriiten on it ...
Rainbow above camp ,pots of gold at the end of it but for whom ?
Hey there all you honest citizens up there in Ballinaboy. keep up the peacefull protest to protect your lands and your families for as long as it takes for our government to wake up and do their job. I understood that id numbers that OUR gaurds wear are part of their uniform, if it is then why are these officers allowed on duty without full uniform. Also, do the gaurds with the video cameras want to join the campaign, it seems they might. I am sure they would be very welcome if they stood up for JUSTICE. How long are the local polititions and government members in that area going to hide behind their positions and say there is nothing they can do. IRISH GOVERNMENT STAND UP FOR YOUR PEOPLE AS THEY HAVE STOOD UP FOR YOU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQpVWpJSF0
Its great to see the pictures of resistance on indie media,
could this be posted on the international sites?
everyone i speack to is supportive ,
and though many says things like money talks they all support the campagin.
it will be a long one .Global,capitalism is 'mans' worst enemy,
but people are taking the power.
good one
It's a crime against humanity for the people of Ballinaboy to be subjected to such force by our own gaurds, our own government in order to protect their families. Yes some people say that these protesters are stopping other Irish citizens from going to their place of work, but they do this to protect their future health and the health of their families. When are people going to wake up to this fact. When is OUR government going to wake up to this fact. I would like to put this question out to our President 'where do your loyalties lie?' Is it with the Multi nationals that are going to strip our resources to shreds to line their own pockets and the pockets of foriegn governments, or is with Your people that put you in office because they believed you would preserve and protect them and their families. Maybe now that the Bertie saga is coming to an end, the polititions will take notice of the real problems that ordinary people are faced with and STOP this abuse of honest, hard working people. I believe I heard on the radio today that Mr mc Doole wants to put the Bertie saga behind him and get on with running the country. I just hope he does not mean into the ground.If anyone can answer the following question I would be most grateful, 'who an earth gave the go ahead to send 180 or so gaurds, in uniform, on buses, in the dead of night to close off the roads in Ballinaboy and who do we send the e-mails to and the letters to and make the phone calls to,. to complain this disgraceful behavour. When I say on the television the other night the way ordinary people were being treated by our own police force I was disgusted to say the least. Then on Questions and Answers I think it was John Garavan and John egan spoke face to face and john egan from SH HELL said it was the first time that he understood what SHELL TO SEA was all about, then John Garavan said thats was strange because SHELL TO SEA had being campaigning for so long but SH. HELL were not listening. Well done John Garavan. KEEP UP THE CAMPAIGN