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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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offsite link Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours Fri Sep 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Labour has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating as Andy Burnham fuels rumours he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership by refusing to commit to serving a full term as Greater Manchester Mayor.
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offsite link Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of ?Misguided Attempts at ... Fri Sep 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Oxford and Cambridge universities have?failed to get into the top three in the Times's prestigious annual university ranking for the first time, with experts blaming "misguided attempts at equality".
The post Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of “Misguided Attempts at Equality” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
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offsite link Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
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category national | crime and justice | opinion/analysis author Sunday February 20, 2005 16:02author by Sean Crudden - imperoauthor address Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Co Louthauthor phone 087 9739945 Report this post to the editors

Who Is the Fairest of Them All?

Micheal ("Prince Charming") McDowell has admirers - as I know from canvassing on the doorsteps in Navan - but who is the greatest establishment politician of recent decades?
Sean Crudden
Sean Crudden

Although I am actively involved in politics since 1987 - mainly through membership of The Progressive Democrats political party - it is very seldom that anyone ever asks me about my opinion on political matters. So the other night between awake and asleep I asked myself the question "who was the most important minister of government since 1975?"

Of course we have had various prime ministers since that time including the great Charles Haughey as well as countless other powerful members of government such as Ray Burke once was (and I include them all in my reckoning).

However the conclusion I came to (and I came to it quite quickly) was that the greatest of all in that time was Mervyn Taylor. A quiet member of the Jewish fraternity who never rose above the ranks of junior minister he was responsible for setting up The Council for The Status of People with Disability which was in its hey-day around 1994. People in his constituency in Dublin will know far more about Mervyn Taylor than I do and if there are readers of indymedia who wish to refresh their minds about him I suggest that they do a "google" on him and save me the trouble.

Of course Micheál McDowell whom Martin McGuinness rightly termed today on The News at One "The Minister for Bypassing Justice" is now (to quote his full title) Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Although he is (at least in title) minister for equality he unashamedly a few months ago poured cold water and scorn on the whole concept of equality - obviously oblivious to the hurt this caused to the nascent hopes and prayers of disabled people for the recognition they are due.

The Peace Process was the big project of the last few decades but the jury, for me, is still out on who contributed what and when and what will be the final result - if there is ever a final result in my lifetime. Currently the same McDowell and his backer Dermot Ahern - like troublemakers at a football match which their side is losing - are trying to wreck Sinn Fein without a care in the world for the peace process which a few months ago was almost a holy grail.

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author by Linda Clarkepublication date Mon Feb 21, 2005 03:57author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Sorry Mr Crudden I was in bed early to night after reading your comment and after serious thought I came to the conclusion that Peter Savage was the best politician as he done plenty of good things in Cooley. Peter sure knows how to charm the voters especially the female ones and that includes me. I Love Peter Savage as he is the best man to hit politics since Frank Aiken as he does a lot of good things and still does. As they say "make love not war"!

Peter can win an election without posters. He has the right tool for the job and is good at using it and working it around the ballot box. Vote Savage number one every time.

Love to you Sean from

Linda

author by Ellepublication date Mon Feb 21, 2005 13:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"Although I am actively involved in politics since 1987 - mainly through membership of The Progressive Democrats political party - it is very seldom that anyone ever asks me about my opinion on political matters" - could this be because no-one gives a f$$k about your opinion of political matters? Might I suggest sleeping tablets the next time your sleep is troubled?

BTW - Mervyn Taylor is a Jew, he is not a member of the Jewish Fraternity any more than Michael McDowell is a member of the Catholic fraternity - you silly man!

author by Sean Cruddenpublication date Fri Feb 25, 2005 15:42author address author phone 087 9739945Report this post to the editors

Bobby Sands resisted the might of Great Britain from the confines of a prison cell - he resisted to the point of death. That is why he qualifies - for me - as the greatest politician of the age.

Margaret Thatcher has impressed the gullible Irish ever since that time with her Neo-Darwinian gospel of aggression and greed. Many young people have swallowed this political gospel hook line and sinker. To be candid, to old man like me they are tiring and annoying to listen to on radio and TV and even on indymedia. The prevailing political strategy seems to me to be to create a mob and to rule the mob. The chosen methodology seems to be gutter politics and a dirty rush to judgement. The immediate aim to wreck and destroy is not far removed from the ultimate aim to pillage and to burn.

The cry of the hunger strikers was "What do we want? - Political Status! When do we want it? - Now!" If he were alive today I think Bobby Sands would be in the vanguard against the pack, the horde, the marauders of the right wing in Ireland today. He would be striking for calm, rational, community, democratic, totally inclusive politics.

 
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