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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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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5The Code of Practice on the Prevention and Management of Workplace Bullying, 2007 at http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Work_Safely/Workplace_Health/Bull...ying/ states that "4.5 Monitoring: The policy should include a commitment to monitoring and recording incidents of bullying at work. Statistics and information gathered from such monitoring should be recorded and used to assist the employer take corrective action or achieve continuous improvement in their bullying prevention policy and procedure."
It is up to employees and unions to force non-compliant employers to collect statistics and to make them available, using Freedom of Information requests and publishing the results if necessary.
"Statistics" could include direct measures like the number of complaints and their outcomes, the number of employment appeals or legal cases, the amount spent on legal fees and settlements. They could also include indirect indicators of stress like days of sick leave, number of staff on long-term sick leave, number of staff on stress-related leave and staff turnover rates. The Code of Practice would ideally specify a minimum set of comparable measures.
Comparing these statistics between companies in similar industries quickly identifies employers with systemic bullying problems. For an example see the Irish Universities Litigation League tables at http://www.iol.ie/~stuartneilson/bullying/bullying_iesc...c.htm - "Bullying of Academics" is going one step on and publishing FoI results collected by its members at http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/index.html.
I was bullied by a manager for over 12 months. I made a formal complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman with regards to the way the Council dealt with my Grievance and Appeal. I was informed that they were unable to investigate personnel matters. The Grievance was based on Bullying and Oppressive Behaviour the witnesses where not questioned on these matters.
There are public policy issues beyond my individual dispute in the way in which the system is administered, the inability for a grievance to be addressed fairly and dispassionately, the need for the equivalent of an ombudsman to be able to investigate such contested cases.
There are 34 County Councils and 238 District Councils in England, 32 in Scotland and 22 in Wales. How many employees have been subjected to Bullying and Oppressive Behaviour by managers who have in effect dealt with the matters internally and reached the required result the council wishes to achieve. Local councils investigate there own complaints, which I feel is a conflict of interest.
I feel this matter needs addressing and the way to achieve this is through Legislation in the House of Commons, by introducing a Local Government Bill, or Parliament to extend the powers of the Local Government Ombudsman to include personnel issues. Could you please raise these issues in the house of Lords.
Please sign the petition. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/08Bullying/ . When you complete the petition - it will email you a link which you have to click to actually have your name added to the list. Please do remember to check your spam folder if your email doesn't appear and make sure your name is on the list!
Thank you for your assistance.
The health and safety authority can offer little more than asking an organisation for their anti bullying statement.
In terms of being a culture save yourself not the organisation or the people in it. It is a tough thing to say and goes against everything I believe in. But thats the truth, when your alone you are alone, and where its a culture you are screwed. The organisation simple will not tollerate what you may want or need to do.
The truth is the health and safety authority simply will not be there for you in any meaningful way, the anti bullying centre in trinity may offer you counselling but won't do a whole lot.
In the end to a large extent where it has been organisational harasment, its your word (the trouble maker) against everyone elses.
Some times all you can do is save yourself...
I would love to be a part of a body that is proactive in suporting individuals who are harassed by an organisation. I believe that if its found to have occured accross an organisation, this should be criminalised and emotional and psychological abuse should carry the same weight as a physical asault....
I am affraid however that we live in a country where the many are ruled by the few, and this change will not come easy. The culture is a stucture of the culture we live in, where being right just isnt enough.
Until we are prepaired to make the changes that are needed people will continue to suffer and feel vulnerable.
I am sorry if I sound negative.... But for someone who has experienced this, it just is...
My experiences have left me hate filled and not liking the workplace much.
I would love to set up an organisation that stops these cultures of harrasment.
To a large extent we live in a country that has continued to ignore psychological injury and is doing nothing to look at the psychological wellbeing of the nation.
Bullying has been endemic in the gards and the civil service and therby ignored or at worse perpetuated by the government (the culture of tight lips and backhanders)...
It is time for the health and safety authority and the anti bullying centre to have the government extend their powers and draft stonger legislation, to untie their hands............
Your one recourse should not be the labour court or the rights commissioner, for which you have only limited time for recourse, so if the organisation can continue to harras you for an extended period after you leave, you have nothing.......
These powers need to be extended, just as if it were a crime that was commited.......
My goodness , i thought for one moment you were referring to Big Soap Fans who bully their Partners following a ''rivetting'' episode of
Eastenders or God Forbid ''Corry'' and the usual high standard of acting involved in the making of such anti family trash'
Same episodes will guide the ''Family '' over the holiday period and straight into the NU YEAR ,craftily written to have an impact like never before.
Who am i fooling ,i was recently in a public house in Dublin ,i counted 17 males glued into ''Corry'' and Eastenders was to follow' they were more
than likely there as they had no home to go to but are now following episodes like sheep to a slaughter ,i wont say house as it is probably ''GONE''
while The Applicant begins its NU LIFE thanks to the high standard of acting re the above mentioned.
Sorry u were on about work and bullying in the workplace so it is only fair to mention the Parish Priest of North Wicklow ( Bray ) who systematically
set up the Parish Secretary and almost drove the Lady to Bray Head for a one way walk , ( It is known to have happened how a poor lady went for a
walk up Bray Head and was '''found'''' 14 months later ) however that was NOT THE CASE.
The Former Parish Priest ,who from the pulpit broke down in front of his parishioners citing ILLNESS for his Breakdown has not been seen in an age
. Keep up the good work and dont be pushed out of your job and good luck to you .
Michael above referred to bullying but there was also sexual harassment and unfair dismissal and the abuse of work practices amongst FAS staff who were illegally put into a full time person's job for over 7 months when she was unfairly dismissed and all of this happened in a Catholic Church in Bray.
If you check out the two links below one highlights the FAS aspect of things - Supervisor was known to have porn in the workplace but HE remained there for another 2 years while the person who complained about his actions (a female) was fired.
This is the subject of an Equality Tribunal hearing shortly.
There is an appeal in to the Unfair Dismissal - Parish Priest did not pay the award for unfair procedures. In any case it was a prejudiced hearing the might of the Catholic Church up against a poor unfortunate soul 'abused' by the Church when she was unfairly dismissed. Parish Priest also lost the case before the Rights Commissioner for giving the employee NO CONTRACT FOR 3 YEARS!!!! He did pay that award. All the photocopies from the hearings and case can be seen at the links below.
There is very little remedy for the worker in Ireland. Power of the employer money etc., wins the day.
We only had to take a look at Prime Time the other night to see the abuses that abound in our fair land.
Hopefully some of those named and shamed will have their heads roll shortly.
It is time these uncaring hard nosed people got their just desserts. The wheel turns slowly but it turns. In my case over 3 years but it is getting there.
One word of advice - NEVER EVER GIVE IN to the Bullies. KEEP UP THE FIGHT forever!!
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