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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 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations Wed Oct 08, 2025 11:17 | Sallust
Sir Lenny Henry has called for Britain to pay ?18 trillion in reparations to black people, arguing in a new book that high rates of black crime and unemployment are "all because of the slave trade".
The post Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? Wed Oct 08, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Britain's political class is addicted to X, but how representative Is the platform? According to recent YouGov polls, only 1 in 6 people uses X daily, and most people view it unfavourably.
The post How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists Wed Oct 08, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Last week Hugh Grant, one of several celebrities behind press censorship campaign group Hacked Off, announced a joint campaign with 38 Degrees, a radical climate activist group. Charlotte Gill investigates what's going on.
The post Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Choice Ireland picket rogue crisis pregnancy agency, WRC.

category dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | feature author Tuesday August 21, 2007 10:18author by Niav - Choice Ireland (personal capacity) Report this post to the editors

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Choice Ireland staged a protest outside the Women’s Resource Centre, a rogue pregnancy counselling agency on 50 Upper Dorset Street on Saturday, 18th August 2007. Choice Ireland is a diverse group of Pro-Choice activists campaigning for free, safe and legal abortion services in Ireland.

Rogue crisis pregnancy counselling agencies advertise themselves as providers of legitimate pregnancy counselling services but they are known to use manipulative tactics, provide misleading information and intimidate women. The sole purpose of these agencies is to stop women from travelling outside the State to terminate a pregnancy. When Choice Ireland activists attended this agency, they were told that having an abortion would increase their risk of developing breast cancer, becoming an alcoholic and abusing children. These are blatant lies designed to scare vulnerable women in a crisis pregnancy situation.

Related Links: Choice Ireland Founding Documents · Report of previous protest outside this agency

I arrived at Dorset Street at quarter to 12 and was surprised to meet four bemused garda with crash barriers who didn’t seem to know why they were there. A male employee of the WRC was on a step ladder erecting a sign to cover the name of the clinic. A larger sign to cover the name of the clinic was not erected. This sign had been erected at previous pickets and reads “Saving women from abortion, profiteers, cancer & suicide”. The WRC is not saving any women. In fact, they are putting women’s lives at risk by giving them false medical information.

Approximately 30 pro choice activists attended the demonstration at noon today. Activists held placards reading “This agency gives false medical information”, “Safe and legal abortion now” and “Pro-Woman, Pro-Child, Pro-Choice” and held a banner reading “This ‘clinic’ lies to women”. Despite the rain, we were happy to draw attention to the existence of this agency. Choice Ireland’s call for regulation of crisis pregnancy agencies has received much support and media coverage over the last few days. This is not the first time we have picketed this agency. Pickets have taken place on 8th March, 24th March and 21st April this year. For a detail history of this agency see http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81414 for more background information.

Two employees of the WRC spent the duration of the picket telling us the truth about abortion. Their ‘truth’ however is not actually based on facts and research but is influenced by their staunch religious beliefs. By telling the truth about abortion, they are doing women a favour, the male employee argued. If you want to do women in Ireland a favour, then trust them to decide their fate.

The people behind these agencies are anti sex, anti contraception, anti choice and anti women. If you have attended a rogue agency and have first hand experience of the ‘counselling’ you received please contact Choice Ireland If you know of a rogue agency operating in your locality please tell us about it. The Majella Life and Education Crisis Pregnancy Centre is based in Limerick. It is a rogue agency and was established by Human Life International Ireland.

With regard to rogue pregnancy counselling agencies Choice Ireland believe that the Government should bring forward statutory regulation for all pregnancy advice and counselling services, prescribing minimum codes of practice and standards, to ensure that they do not impart misleading and incorrect advice. In addition, it should be mandatory for all services to register with a recognised authority. In addition, it should be mandatory for all services to register with a recognised authority. Under the terms of the 1995 Regulation of Information Act, non-directive agencies may only provide information on a face to face basis and there is an obligation to provide information on all options. Pregnancy advice and counselling services which do not provide abortion information are not restricted in any way. In addition, the government should introduce legislation to extend the protection available in trade and business situations in respect of trade description in advertising and false and misleading statements regarding services to those which do not require payment or profit such as pregnancy counselling services. This would outlaw the deceptive practices currently employed by rogue crisis pregnancy counselling agencies to mislead and manipulate women through the advertising and promotion of their services.

If you are in a crisis pregnancy situation, you should consider all your options – parenting, adoption and abortion. If you would like to talk to a counsellor about your crisis pregnancy you can contact the Irish Family Planning Association on 1850 49 50 51 and make an appointment.

If you would like more information or to get involved you can visit our website http://www.choiceireland.blogspot.com You can contact us on choiceireland@gmail.com Choice Ireland meetings take place every Thursday evening at 7 pm in Seomra Spraoi, 4 Mary’s Abbey.

Related Link: http://www.choiceireland.blogspot.com

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   That sign     Passerby    Sat Aug 18, 2007 19:22 
   Scientists Say Abortion Pill No Riskier Than Surgical Termination     pat c    Sat Aug 18, 2007 19:43 
   All free speech is equal, but some is more equal than others?     E.Goldstein    Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:24 
   Euphemisms     Equality    Sun Aug 19, 2007 13:11 
   Sunday Tribune     de Selby    Sun Aug 19, 2007 20:10 
   Tribune stories links     anon    Sun Aug 19, 2007 22:53 
   Important issues affecting the young female ignored     Sceptic    Sun Aug 19, 2007 23:37 
   Responce.     Don.    Mon Aug 20, 2007 01:13 
   Like the US     Democracy    Mon Aug 20, 2007 09:34 
 10   not once was a liberal abortion regime mentioned     Equality    Mon Aug 20, 2007 09:54 
 11   Photos of saturdays demo     Niav    Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:31 
 12   More photos of Saturdays demo     Niav    Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:37 
 13   More photos     Niav    Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:40 
 14   Manly men.     Don.    Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:32 
 15   Dail     Godot    Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:43 
 16   Some points     Mark P    Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:55 
 17   Increasing support for abortion rights     Niav    Mon Aug 20, 2007 13:37 
 18   poll     ck    Mon Aug 20, 2007 13:46 
 19   Poll Results     Niav    Mon Aug 20, 2007 14:16 
 20   For equaity     Sceptic    Mon Aug 20, 2007 14:35 
 21   Political classes     equality    Mon Aug 20, 2007 14:41 
 22   Pro Child.     John    Mon Aug 20, 2007 15:13 
 23   anti women     dr nick    Mon Aug 20, 2007 18:35 
 24   anti-women?     Godot    Mon Aug 20, 2007 19:58 
 25   Picket at the Rogue Agency on Dorset St     bríd    Mon Aug 20, 2007 22:17 
 26   Picket at the Rogue Agency on Dorset St     bríd    Mon Aug 20, 2007 22:20 
 27   Solidarity!     Johnny    Tue Aug 21, 2007 03:22 
 28   Anti-Woman     Anne    Tue Aug 21, 2007 07:06 
 29   Stop shouting     Plato    Tue Aug 21, 2007 08:00 
 30   slight rejoinder     Praxia    Tue Aug 21, 2007 09:13 
 31   You want proof Plato?     W.    Tue Aug 21, 2007 09:55 
 32   Equality of income     Sceptic    Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:30 
 33   on pay inequality     krossie    Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:43 
 34   Cheers and a small note     Chris Murray    Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:21 
 35   Actually....     Fiery S    Tue Aug 21, 2007 14:35 
 36   another thread     CMurray    Tue Aug 21, 2007 15:16 
 37   Not clear cut.     Geraldine Rooney    Tue Aug 21, 2007 15:34 
 38   still nor clear-cut     dill    Tue Aug 21, 2007 17:39 
 39   My Choice......tolerance!     Eva    Tue Aug 21, 2007 20:11 
 40   But...     Ois    Tue Aug 21, 2007 20:49 
 41   but...ois     bedazzled    Wed Aug 22, 2007 00:17 
 42   Bedazzled     AM    Wed Aug 22, 2007 06:52 
 43   Jebus     Prochoice unapologetic Feminazi    Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:58 
 44   Derailing discussion     C Murray    Wed Aug 22, 2007 14:00 
 45   take yr choice     cable    Wed Aug 22, 2007 14:27 
 46   Back in the USSA...     word watcher    Wed Aug 22, 2007 14:57 
 47   womens right to choose     Anne Boelyn    Wed Aug 22, 2007 16:15 
 48   Debate     Niav    Wed Aug 22, 2007 17:19 
 49   thats some good logic     Godot - an evil oppressiv eman    Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:52 
 50   motherhood & apple pie     cable    Thu Aug 23, 2007 16:19 
 51   re: Fiery S     T    Fri Aug 24, 2007 21:52 
 52   Better debate required     shoegirl    Wed Aug 29, 2007 23:00 
 53   Pro choice? Ye'll never know until it's too late     regretful    Thu Aug 30, 2007 14:05 
 54   It works both ways, regretful...     G.H.    Thu Aug 30, 2007 19:24 
 55   Shoegirl     AM    Fri Aug 31, 2007 06:53 
 56   abbey family planning     Elisa O'D    Fri Aug 31, 2007 20:03 
 57   to regretful     maria g    Fri Aug 31, 2007 22:11 
 58   went to Rachel's Vineyard     Candida    Sat Sep 01, 2007 08:52 
 59   sure you did     maria    Sat Sep 01, 2007 18:25 
 60   Beware of silentnomoreawareness and Rachel's VIneyard     GH    Sat Sep 01, 2007 18:28 
 61   Anyone who goes to those sites can see     GH    Sat Sep 01, 2007 18:36 
 62   who's damaging who?     mrs doubtfire    Sat Sep 01, 2007 22:30 
 63   Needs to be said     not regretful    Sat Sep 01, 2007 22:33 
 64   That's why we need abortion on the health service     SLI supporter    Sat Sep 01, 2007 22:35 
 65   equality     Gaz B -(A)-    Sun Sep 02, 2007 00:21 
 66   Mrs Doubtfire     AM    Sun Sep 02, 2007 07:58 
 67   come on gaz     John Cage    Mon Sep 03, 2007 15:19 
 68   just to clarify candida...?     dr nick    Mon Sep 03, 2007 15:24 
 69   well...     Godot    Mon Sep 03, 2007 15:40 
 70   states interest?     Gaz B -(A)-    Mon Sep 03, 2007 18:18 
 71   Morals and ethics and carnal forbearance...     John Cage    Mon Sep 03, 2007 19:39 
 72   please clarify     gemma    Mon Sep 03, 2007 19:44 
 73   cuckoo     Gaz B -(A)    Mon Sep 03, 2007 20:18 
 74   Meaning     Plato    Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:39 
 75   In response to John Cage     C Murray    Tue Sep 04, 2007 13:32 
 76   1st comment in reply to gaz     John Cage    Tue Sep 04, 2007 14:35 
 77   Ms Harney will realise by now     Duty of care    Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:07 
 78   To AM     shoegirl    Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:57 
 79   Plato Re: Figure     Gaz B -(A)-    Tue Sep 04, 2007 22:51 
 80   Yes     Plato    Wed Sep 05, 2007 09:13 
 81   message to regretful     Chris    Thu Sep 06, 2007 15:59 
 82   re above comment     C Murray    Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:53 
 83   ditto     Chris McCabe    Sun Sep 09, 2007 16:43 
 84   new up date to there new place     NEW PLACE    Thu Feb 26, 2015 23:24 
 85   contrary to popular belief,abortionists don't care....     Rua    Fri Feb 27, 2015 09:06 
 86   does nurses skin colour make a difference?     racistwatch    Fri Feb 27, 2015 18:04 
 87   you see racism even when its not there,is it ur full time job or something??     Rua    Fri Feb 27, 2015 19:02 
 88   racist relates skin colour and accent to lack of empathy in nursing profession     racistwatch    Sat Feb 28, 2015 13:08 
 89   how do you deduct im a racist from mentioning shes black,if she was an irish nurse i would have mentioned shes irish..Would u have called me a racist then?Probably not...Time to examine your own behaviour...     Rua    Sat Feb 28, 2015 19:17 
 90   keep digging Rua you racist     racistwatch    Sun Mar 01, 2015 00:50 
 91   racist accusations usually come from rabid extreme lunatics like yourself     Rua    Sun Mar 01, 2015 15:47 
 92   Nature is full of colour.     Rational Ecologist    Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:59 


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