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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
Public Inquiry >>
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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.
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.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15I am not sure how to take this news, I have just read it.
This move warrants serious discussions by all on the left. If it's possible, could a spokesperson from both sides (CIL and SWP) make a contribution here and put us in the picture with all the facts?
As is pointed out above, if the conditions for a new appetite for creating a revolutionary mindset in people is imminent -and it seems more than likely to happen sooner than we expected- well isn't this the time that ALL the left got together and prepare for the inevitable.
It should no longer be the call of certain individuals in certain parties/groups to dictate the pace and the development and coming together of all the left parties/groupings and individuals.
Yes, we know there are differences, but if the revolutionary left is serious about their poliltics, well then shouldn't the differences be put aside for the moment at least? Isn't it in all our interests to at least call a conference with left unity being at the top of the agenda?
And by a conference I dont mean a two hour slagging match or digging up of old wounds about the shortcomings of certain people. I also don't mean a conference to highlight comparisons of achievments -or lack of- in the past. Although mistakes have been made by all sides, isn't it time to learn from these? The biggest mistake I think is us not making a serious effort to bring the left together once and for all.
Can you all put your differences aside and get together for one big conference?
If the efforts by all parties/groupings where put into this as much as they put into their own conferences, well the least it would do is guarentee a full attendance.
The prize for unity is huge...it will pull together all the genuine left in this country, something that hasn't been seen for a long time, which in turn will be in a position to recruit, teach and prepare workers for the battles ahead - AS ONE POWERFUL UNIT!
Otherwise, what we will have is a scattering of activists of all parties/groupings and individuals, overworked and lacking real leadership, picking up the odd new member here and there -as is the case now. But the big difference is there will be a lot more opportunities about for new people to get involved, but without the co-ordination, organisation and unification to achieve that to it's full potential.
It's long past time for the juvenile pettyness and cheap point scoring to stop. We are all facing towards the same goal, isn't it time we started to play as a team?
Good preparation is the food of victory!
"lacked the credibility of the Socialist Party’s campaign based on years of hard work on the ground."
Credibility didn't get JH elected though did it?
In the UK the wheels are fast coming off the wagon that is RESPECT. The SWP mothership is now going through a left turn. How long before we see the same in Ireland? How long does PBP have?
Who are we talking about here? If Joan Collins and co. haven't committed, you're only talking about three independent Trotskyists: Young, Meehan, Derwin. I doubt if Seamus Healy in Tipp is interested and the ISN ditched the Campaign for an Independent Left ages ago.
So, the 'gain' for the SWP is a phantom branch of PBPA with three members.
Am I wrong?
I doubt very much if any of the three you mentioned would touch an SWP front like the PBPA. They have all had their fingers burned by the SWP both in the recent past and over the decades. God knows how many fake TU campaigns were set up by the SWP not to mention that broad left alliance that the SWP set up and then cynically dropped around 2000.
Who if anyone other than the SWP is in the "PBPA" branch then? Based on the evidence so far it looks like yet another SWP phantom creation.
Stories like this appear cause a lot of heat but light when the main protagonists do not comment. The story is here and there will probably be a lot of guesswork comments until and unless someone from either the SWP or the CIL posts a comment.
This is not a case of feeding the trolls, the story is up and it looks as if its staying up so informed comments would really help.
Before we all get carried away, can someone calculate what percentage of the electorate is represented by this grand alliance and how many Dail seats it will translate into?
Less than 1% and None
Leftie mentioned some individuals, and Robert Ching said that they wouldn't touch PBP.
On the contrary - at least two of them are centrally involved in organising this latest move.
Left-Eye Lopez tells us that two of the three individuals I mentioned are involved in this venture. These three generally act together, so they are probably all involved. This, of course, just underlines what I said in the first place: this story is hyperbole.
Particularly after their split from Red Banner (now kept going by those who remained), the three lads were at a loose end. They had tried to tie themselves in with the Collins/Connolly crew but weren't seen as the movers and shakers they'd like to be. Joan Collins and Dermot Connolly don't NEED them.
If anybody bothered to follow the political meanderings of Young/Meehan/Derwin, it was obvious they would end up in the SWP front PBP, as they clearly have.
However, this story remains hyperbole because these three have nobody around them. They represent nothing beyond themselves. The acquisition of three talkative Trotskyists is hardly a major gain for PBP and the SWP.
Meanwhile, it is clear that CIL has finally faded from existence. Requiescat in pace.
Joan Collins has been persuaded to speak at the Teachers Club meeting. The SWP/PBP speaker will be Richard Boyd Barrett. The fact that the PBP speaker is not from Dublin Central, but is instead the best TD Dun Laoghaire never had (!) underlines that the SWP see this initiative as having more than just local implications, whatever the CIL people think about it. The SWP see Collins' involvement in the meeting as a sign that they have finally won over the CIL - which may prove to be over-optimistic as far as the Collins faction is concerned.
Soon after this metting at least one CIL person will be appointed to the National Committee of PBP. But to maintain the impression of the CIL still existing, he (or possibly they) will sit on the committee 'in a personal capacity'.
Another way around the situation is if the likes of Irish Republican Socialist Party, Eirigi and Irish Socialist Network
were to join the P.B.P along with the number of Independant Left mentioned they could out flank the Socialist Workers
so that the Socialist Workers in their new minority position will be put in the postion that they will have to have a
change of heart and start to operate in a maner of partnership and open democratic accountability or else they
will have to create a crises and then walk away as the have walked away from a lot of other campagains and
organisations.
It’s amazing that Joan Collins would pick a time like this to join PBP. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84810
With all the hassle with Respect in England showing the SWP at their worst it’s a poor reflection on someone I would have respect for http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84921
The other gobshites like Meehan and Conlan wouldn’t care once they are getting some attention but I would expect more from Collins and even Connolly. Even with all the history of the SWP trying to leech off campaigns like the IAWM, the bin tax, GR etc… some people are either too desperate or stupid to learn the lessons.
"but I would expect more from Collins and even Connolly."
Please!
Connolly is an opportunist who would still be in the Labour Party had she been nominated ahead of Michael D in the last GE. She is perfect for the SWP. A controlling harpy with a superiority complex to boot.
I can see why you thought of her, but I think the reference above was, in fact, to the bould Dermot Connolly, a man you'd expect to have more sense than to entangle himself with this latest SWP front.