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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

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offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

offsite link 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.

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.

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Master of puppets

category international | anti-war / imperialism | opinion/analysis author Tuesday September 18, 2007 13:17author by Seán Ryan Report this post to the editors

Bush's puppet exposed and incinerated.

Al Qaeda not in Iraq.
Oops
Oops

Last Thursday Bush went on TV to speak about 'success' in Iraq. This was a dramatic change for the president of Genocide. Up until this broadcast, the American public and indeed the world at large was lead to believe that 'victory' was the goal of the American War Machine. - When victory mutates into success: - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84209

Initially, it had been Bush's intention to praise the efforts of his latest puppet in Iraq, Sheik Abu Risha the self proclaimed leader of all the Iraqi tribes. Unfortunately for Bush, his puppet was blown up a few hours before the broadcast. Bush instead went on TV and shed a few crocodile tears for his puppet and blamed Al Qaeda for the killing. Bush and Co. were never ones to let such a thing go when it can be used for propaganda.

Sheik Abu Risha wasn't a Sheik. Big surprise. Al Qaeda didn't off this puppet either.

In his televised farce, Bush tells his sheeplike audience that the Anbar province has been taken away from Al Qaeda, that they had up until then had their flag planted there. Yeah the surge was a success alright. Unfortunately for Bush and his propaganda, simple logic tells another story. Indeed if simple logic is not enough, a brave cameraman has got the proof of this farce on video. In doing the reconcilliation deal, Bush has formed an alliance with the Sunni Sheiks in the Anbar province. Interestingly, immediately after this deal was done, Al Qaeda dissapeared overnight. American troops can now walk in areas where days before they were afraid to send tanks. These Skeiks had also proclaimed that the false Sheik Abu Risha was not welcome. It's not hard to figure out who exposed and then offed the puppet. The Sheiks were not amused at the millions the false Sheik had received for reconstruction. It should also be pointed out that the surge had nothing whatsoever to do with bringing calm. Money and power for the Sheiks was the solution.

Meanwhile the Government of Iraq is going bugshit over Bush and his penchant for giving war criminals power and arms. It would appear that the Sunni Sheiks have been ethnically cleansing the Shia out of all areas. Those not butchered are forced to flee to camps, where there is no aid from any source. Indeed in the video I've linked to, it can be seen that the American military have taken a house formerly owned by a Shia family, as a new base. In this video, US soldiers tell the cameraman that the guards loyal to the Sunni sheiks that they are talking to were formerly shooting at them, that a short while back they were the insurgents.

Cameraman Rick Rowley, who went to Iraq and took some very large risks, may be the journalist who finally gets Bush's head on a platter. Rowley may also be the beginning with regard to the mainstream media finally starting to do their jobs.

Video part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naJQc6vFlFY&eurl=http%3A...99%2F
Video part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsQ6twcWevY&eurl=http%3A...99%2F

Bush’s Fake Sheik Whacked:
The Surge and the Al Qaeda Bunny by Greg Palast - http://www.gregpalast.com/bushs-fake-sheik-whacked-the-...-1848

What does all this say about the Irish dimension with regard to their support of Bush and his lies?

What will Bertie say? Will the Greens say nothing?

The French and Iranians are currently talking tough. War has been mentioned. It seems that France is pushing the propaganda on behalf of the US. They must be believed, afterall, remember that they didn't support Bush's invasion of Iraq. Times are getting desperate. Bush, in my opinion must now speed up his plans to invade Iran because his days are numbered. http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=14685
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/07091867790226...8.htm

We must be prepared to tell our government the facts, when they begin the next stage of their fawning adoration of Bush and his plan for domination and genocide.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Video of Bush     Seán Ryan    Tue Sep 18, 2007 13:33 
   Nobody here will say nada about nada     atomised    Tue Sep 18, 2007 14:25 
   Re Military Keynesianism     MichaelY    Tue Sep 18, 2007 15:42 
   Great article Sean. Iraq in Focus! (small thought on the blurred Iran thing)     iosaf    Tue Sep 18, 2007 16:45 
   One man's meat...     Seán Ryan    Tue Sep 18, 2007 16:57 
   Anti Bush but Cheerleading for whom?     Sceptic    Tue Sep 18, 2007 19:56 
   Read what was written before you attempt to disprove     Seán Ryan    Tue Sep 18, 2007 21:59 
   Suspect sources and logic     Sceptic    Tue Sep 18, 2007 22:18 
   Dubious logic     Seán Ryan    Tue Sep 18, 2007 22:24 
 10   Palastt and the BBC     Sceptic    Tue Sep 18, 2007 22:47 
 11   Not so vivid imagination     Seán Ryan    Wed Sep 19, 2007 00:02 
 12   Good one     Fearbolg    Wed Sep 19, 2007 00:14 
 13   Harney's mouthpiece     Jim O'Sullivan    Wed Sep 19, 2007 08:08 
 14   News bona fides     Sceptic    Wed Sep 19, 2007 21:22 
 15   septic     Jim O'Sullivan    Thu Sep 20, 2007 08:03 
 16   Evasion of reasonable questions by Jim O'Sullivan.     Sceptic    Fri Sep 21, 2007 00:25 
 17   Nonsense     Jim O'Sullivan    Fri Sep 21, 2007 08:26 
 18   Answer the question     Fairplayer    Fri Sep 21, 2007 14:08 
 19   Self defence?     Jim O'Sullivan    Sat Sep 22, 2007 07:59 
 20   The question     Sceptic    Sat Sep 22, 2007 09:20 
 21   Circles     Jim O'Sullivan    Sat Sep 22, 2007 09:34 
 22   Moral equivalence again     Sceptic    Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:09 
 23   No notion of the facts     Jim O'Sullivan    Sat Sep 22, 2007 19:21 
 24   Where did the ideas and extremism of AQ come from?     Sceptic    Tue Sep 25, 2007 18:48 
 25   Waffle     Jim O'Sullivan    Tue Sep 25, 2007 20:06 
 26   Racist?     Sceptic    Tue Sep 25, 2007 20:36 
 27   Dehumanise the enemy?     Jim O'Sullivan    Tue Sep 25, 2007 20:59 
 28   Dehuamize     Sceptic    Wed Sep 26, 2007 17:21 
 29   septic again ...sigh     wageslave    Thu Sep 27, 2007 02:17 
 30   Any end?     Jim O'Sullivan    Thu Sep 27, 2007 13:48 
 31   For wageslave     Sceptic    Thu Sep 27, 2007 20:15 
 32   The Mosque and bunker bombings:     Sceptic    Thu Sep 27, 2007 20:33 
 33   Still at it     Jim O'Sullivan    Thu Sep 27, 2007 21:02 
 34   Sceptic's Schlock     Seán Ryan    Thu Sep 27, 2007 21:22 
 35   to septic     wageslave    Fri Sep 28, 2007 00:14 
 36   weapons today vs those of WWII     wageslave    Fri Sep 28, 2007 00:23 
 37   Analogues     Sceptic    Fri Sep 28, 2007 20:21 
 38   whoops..apocalypse     wageslave    Sat Sep 29, 2007 00:55 
 39   The smoking gun     Seán Ryan    Sat Sep 29, 2007 03:48 
 40   Sanctions strengthened Saddam's grip     Seán Ryan    Wed Oct 03, 2007 01:46 
 41   * Boot! *     wageslave    Thu Oct 04, 2007 00:24 
 42   Basics     Jim O'Sulivan    Thu Oct 04, 2007 08:21 
 43   Don't keep blaming the US for Saddam - there is a very thin foundation for it.     Sceptic    Sat Oct 06, 2007 04:44 
 44   Attack on Qassim     Jim O'Sullivan    Sat Oct 06, 2007 08:58 
 45   Qassim     Sceptic    Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:18 
 46   More facts     Jim O'Sullivan    Sun Oct 07, 2007 09:49 
 47   The denoument of General Qassim     Sceptic    Sun Oct 07, 2007 23:45 
 48   More facts     Jim O'Sullivan    Mon Oct 08, 2007 09:48 
 49   Qassim     Sceptic    Mon Oct 08, 2007 20:27 
 50   BBC describes Al Qaeda as a fiction     Seán Ryan    Tue Oct 09, 2007 06:54 
 51   last throw of the dice.     Jim O'Sullivan    Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:48 


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