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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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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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Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

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offsite link Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? Sat Nov 22, 2025 15:00 | Noah Carl
Is the era of cheap internet surveys over? A new paper demonstrates that AIs can now be "trivially programmed" to answer online surveys in ways that are essentially indistinguishable from humans.
The post Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History Sat Nov 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
We're a week away from the most painful Budget in history thanks largely to the eye-watering cost of lockdown. Yet Baroness Hallett says next time the Government must be ready to go harder and faster. This is insanity.
The post Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:00 | Charlotte Gill
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
The post Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran Sat Nov 22, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
The Crown Prosecution Service is appealing against the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who was convicted of burning the Quran in a protest, reigniting fears Britain could introduce blasphemy laws by the back door.
The post CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border C... Sat Nov 22, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
World Kindness Day may have passed you by. But it won't have passed by your children, whose school will have been sure to teach that climate action and open borders are essential elements of 'kindness', says Steven Tucker.
The post World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border Cults appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Leafletting debate at City Hall, Galway, Last night

category galway | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday November 12, 2003 13:10author by Orla Ni Chomhrai - DFSAAauthor email nichomhrai at eircom dot net Report this post to the editors

Last night the Environment committee at City Hall discussed an amendement to the litter pollution bye-law. The result of this was is that now only a ban on commercial leafletting is being proposed. This amended proposal still needs to go to the City Council to be voted on.

Orla

author by Fintan Lanepublication date Thu Nov 13, 2003 03:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Keep up the good work folks. It's vital for every part of the country that they don't get away with this.

author by Orla Ni Chomhraipublication date Wed Nov 12, 2003 18:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A campaign against bin tax is getting going in Galway. More on that again. In the meantime here is some info from a meeting at city hall in Galway.


http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=62113

author by pat cpublication date Wed Nov 12, 2003 15:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Keep up the good work. How did the anti Bin Tax meeting go?

author by Orla Ni Chomhrai - DFSAApublication date Wed Nov 12, 2003 13:45author email nichomhrai at eircom dot netauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Defend Free Speech, Assembly and Activity Comment on Bye-Law debate

Galway, Wednesday, 12th November



At last nights meeting of the Environment SPC at the City Hall there was a discussion of the litter pollution bye-law, which, in its original draft, would have prohibited all advertising leaflets on the streets. Michael Burke, acting director of services at City Hall proposed an amendment which would have excluded 'advertisments announcing any event or issues of a religious, cultural, educational, political, social, recreational or sporting character, not being an event promoted or carried on for commercial purposes." from the ban. This was in answer to the many concerns raised by the original proposal which people argued would place a great restiction on political, educational, cultural, and community groups trying to advertise a meeting or event and it was felt that this would greatly restrict freedom of expression.

Michael Burkes proposed amendment was discussed last night. Councillor Catherine Connolly (Labour Party) proposed a change in the wording of the amendment to make it simpler. This was a technical and practical question rather than one about the spirit of the law, as both proposals are essentially the same in spirit.

Her proposal, which was accepted by the commitee, was just to simply prohibit commercial leaflets. This leaves out the need to have an exemption list, where it might be difficult to fit a group under any named category. This still needs to be voted on by the City Council.

Basically we feel that the concerns raised by our members and oursleves about the Litter Pollution Bye-Law were taken on board by City Hall, and that this was reflected in Michael Burke's proposal, and the discussion and proposed amendment last night. We hope that this issue will be resolved by the next Council meeting (what was proposed last night still needs to be voted on at the City Council). We hope that our concerns will also be addressed in regard to the Parks and Open Spaces Bye-Laws which will be discussed by another committee.

The Defend Free Speech Assembly and Activity Campaign will be continuing with the campaign against the Parks and Open Spaces Bye-Laws. This set of bye-laws propose placing restrictions on busking, filming, assembly, social and sporting activities. We will be out on the street on Thursday, and Donnacha O Briain the award winning director of "The Revolution will not be Televised" about the coup against the Venezualan leader Chavez, is joining us. Other artists and musicians will also be there, at Moons Corner (outside Brown Thomas) at 1pm. The Irish filming team were in Venezuala doing a documentary on Chavez at the time of the coup and captured the events on film. The Galway Alliance Against War is screening the Directors Cut of 'The Revolution Will not be Televised' in An Taibhdhearc Thursday evening at 8pm.

Orla Ní Chomhraí

Defend Free Speech, Assembly and Activity Campaign.

 
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