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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

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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 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.
The post Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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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National - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Nation-wide list of Republican Movement Easter Commemorations

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice author Tuesday March 16, 2010 04:43author by RM - Republican Sinn Fein Report this post to the editors

Complete List of Republican Easter Commemorations



Please attend your local Easter Commemoration!

NATION-WIDE LIST OF REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT EASTER COMMEMORATIONS

1916 - 2010

ANTRIM

Easter Sunday, Belfast, Republican Plot, Milltown Cemetery
Assemble 11:30 am at Cemetery gates
Speaker: Fergal Moore

ARMAGH

Holy Saturday, Ballymacnab, wreath-laying ceremony at 7:30 pm, Ballymacnab Chapel

Easter Saturday, Lurgan, 2pm Assemble at Kilwilkee Mural
Speaker: Cáit Trainor

Easter Sunday, Keady, wreath-laying ceremony at 1pm at the Grave of Vol. Eddie Dynes in the main graveyard.

Easter Sunday, Armagh City, Assemble 3:45pm at banbrook Hill (Northern Bar). March to St. Patrick's cemetery for commemoration
Speaker: Des Dalton

*Function in Shillelagh's Bar (Wolly Tom's), Nursery Road 6pm onwards
featuring Live Music from Ciarán Murphy and raffles on night. Great Craic All Welcome! *

CARLOW

Easter Saturday, wreath-laying ceremony at the Grave of Tony Ruane, Carlow Cemetery at 3:30pm.

CLARE

Easter Monday Commemoration, Drumcliffe Cemetery, Ennis, 4pm

CORK

Easter Sunday, Assemble at Wilton Roundabout, 2pm. Parade to Republican Plot, St. Finbarr's Cemetery.
Speaker: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Wreath laying ceremony will be held at the monument on Mallow Bridge on Good Friday at 2.pm assemble at the Clock House 1.15pm.
Main Speaker: Des Long

DERRY

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Cuchulainn Memorial, City Cemetery, Derry City, Assemble at 12 noon.

Wreath-laying ceremonies at the following on Easter Sunday morning: The Loup Cemetery, 9am, at the Grave of Brigadier Sean Larkin; and the Grave of Tommy Toner in Dungiven, 10:15am at the graves of Vol.s Kealy, O'Carolan and Kilmartin and Hunger striker Kevin Lynch.

Donegal

Holy Saturday, Doneyloup, Castlefin, 7:30pm

Clady Bridge at 11:30 am

Easter Sunday , Drumboe, Assemble at Johnson's Corner 2:30pm
Speaker: Emmet Walsh

Easter Monday Commemoration, Bundoran, 2pm, Assemble at Republican Garden.

Wreath-laying ceremonies throughout the County

DOWN

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Newry, 10:30 am, St. Mary's Cemetery
Speaker: Des Dalton

DUBLIN

Holy Saturday, wreath-laying ceremony, Balbriggan Bridge, 2pm.

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Deansgrange Cemetery, 1pm.

Easter Monday Commemoration, Assemble at Garden of Remembrance
for march to the GPO, O'Connell Street, Dublin
Speaker: Des Dalton

FERMANAGH

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Roslea, 2:30pm

GALWAY

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Galway City, Assemble at the Cathedral for parade to Liam Mellows Memorial, Eyre Square, 11am

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Republican Plot, Donaghpatrick, Headford Assemble at Queally's Cross, Cahirlistrane, 3pm.

Good Friday 5:30pm: Wreath-laying ceremony at the Workhouse Tuam.

Easter Saturday 7pm: Wreath-laying ceremony Kilcummin cemetery Oughterard

GLASGOW

Easter Sunday Commemoration and Function details from SAOIRSE sellers.

KERRY

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Cahersiveen, Assemble 2:30pm at the Monument, The Square.

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Tralee, Assemble at Denny Street at 2pm for parade to Republican Plot, Rath Cemetery.

Killarney wreath-laying ceremony at the Republican Monument

Easter Monday Commemoration, Listowel Republican Plot, assemble at Graveyard gates at 2:30pm.

KILDARE

Easter Sunday Commemoration, The Republican Plot, Grey Abbey Cemetery, Kildare Town, 12 Noon.

Easter Monday, wreath-laying ceremony at Republican Plot, St. Corban's Cemetery, Naas, at 12 Noon

Wreaths will be laid throughout the county

KILKENNY

Holy Saturday, Assemble at 12:45pm at Roe's carpark, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny for Commemoration

LAOIS

Wreath-laying ceremony at Barrowhouse Cemetery at Graves of Vol.s William Connor and James Lacey, 10:30am. A Wreath-laying ceremony will also take place at the 1798 Monument, Portarlington.

LEITRIM

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Fenagh Cemetery, at Grave of Vol. Jack McLaughlin at 3pm.

LIMERICK

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Assemble at the Munster Fair Tavern, Mulgrave Street, 2:45pm for parade to Republican Plot, Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery.

LONDON

Easter Monday Commemoration, Hendon Cemetery, Holder's Hill Road, Hendon, 12:30am, Assemble at entrance at 12:15.

LONGFORD

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Legan Cemetery, at Grave of Vol. Patrick Farrell, 3pm.

LOUTH

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Dundalk, The Republican Plot, St. Patrick's Cemetery, 2pm.

MAYO

Easter Monday Commemoration, Kilkelly, 12 Noon, Assemble at Church Gate and parade to the East Mayo Brigade Memorial on the main Sligo-Galway Road.

MEATH

Easter Sunday wreath-laying ceremonies at the Grave of Fian Seamus Fox, Drumree, County Meath, 12 Noon, Summerhill, 1pm; Ballinlough Cemetery, Kells, 2pm; Easter Monday, at Grave of Vol. George McDermott, Ardbraccan, County Meath, 2pm.

MONAGHAN

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Urbleshanny Cemetery, Scotstown, at the Grave of Vol. Seamus McElwain, at 2pm.

NEW YORK

Easter Sunday Commemoration, at the Grave of Joe Stynes, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York (East 233rd Street & Webster Avenue) National Irish Freedom Committee, More information: www.irishfreedom.net

Followed by Mass & Breakfast at 10am, Celebrant: Msgr. Patrick Moloney,
Sponsored by FoIF, Sean Óglaigh Na hÉireann, Bronx Gaelic League, at the Green Tree Riverdale Ave & W. 259th St, Riverdale, Bronx, NY.

OFFALY

Easter Sunday, wreath-laying ceremonies throughout the County.

ROSCOMMON

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Ballinlough, 12 Noon, parade to IRA Memorial

Elphin, parade to County Roscommon Memorial after 11:30 Mass.

Easter Sunday County Commemoration, Granlahan Cemetery at the Grave of Vol. Michael J. Keane, Ballinlough, 3pm.

SLIGO

Sligo Town, Easter Sunday, wreath-laying ceremony at Republican Plot, Sligo Cemetery.

TIPPERARY

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Hunger Strike Memorial, Banba Square,
Nenagh, 10am.

TYRONE

Holy Saturday, wreath-laying ceremony at Edendork, Co. Tyrone at the Grave of Fian James McCaughey, 10am.

Holy Saturday, Carrickmore at the Grave of Frank Ward at 6pm.

WATERFORD

Holy Saturday, wreath-laying ceremony at Statue on quay, Waterford City, 3pm.

WESTMEATH

Holy Saturday, Commemoration at the Grave of Paddy Dermody, Fore, 4pm.

Easter Sunday, wreath-laying ceremonies throughout the County.

WEXFORD

Easter Sunday Commemoration, Republican Plot, St. Ibar's Cemetery, Crosstown, Assemble at Cresent Quay, Wexford at 3pm.

*Function after in Brown's Pub*

Mass for all who died for Ireland, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe Street, 11am.

WICKLOW

Holy Saturday, 3pm, wreath-laying at Hollywood Cemetery, West Wicklow

REMEMBER IRELAND'S PATRIOT DEAD - WEAR AN EASTER LILY

author by Anti-elitistpublication date Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

This seems to be a list of Republican Sinn Fein/CIRA supporter events that are taking place, not the republican movement, or is RSF still doing its best to be elitist and claiming to still be the one and only true republican movement despite there being organisations that are far more capable the RSF such as 32CSM and RNU

author by Reddypublication date Mon Mar 29, 2010 16:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

What time on easter Sunday is the Sligo one at? Wouldnt mind going to it

author by new lodge socialistpublication date Wed Mar 31, 2010 08:50author address author phone Report this post to the editors

It seems for some the confused ideas of Adams still linger, his movements idea of creating a version 'republicanism ' where its built to suit yourself is best evidenced by the multitude of 'republican movements' who are currently doing the rounds on this island. As an independent socialist, who might not technically be republican in the capital R sense, there is no doubt that Rsf is (in the capital R sense). This puts them ahead ideologically of the others who by and large are simply more militant version of Adams/Pira, ie: eirigi politically, 32csm in 'the other way'.

I have my own disagreements with them, but on republicanism they are the RM and there is no way around that no matter how it may infuriate.

Rsf are the Republican Movement which has always been around and have always existed. I'm not alone in this as a socialist, as socialists around the world from Turkey to Palestine recognise Rsf as, even far all its faults, as the revolutionary republican current in Ireland. I would also include IRSP as,again there is a strong ideological framework in how and why they operate. neither are in reaction to the GFAs shortcomings but on ideas that pre exist it.

I could also point out that in my reading of this site one cannot help but notice that Rsf comrades don't seem to occupy themselves to snipe on posts these other more capable (who somehow aren't capable enough organise more than a handful of 1916 rising commemorations) but that might be indicative that they hold something else that these others do not possess: confidence.

author by Rockite - Nonepublication date Sat Apr 03, 2010 02:51author address Limerickauthor phone not relevantReport this post to the editors

Irish nationalism, and loyalism, from their first expression to this very day, have been bedevilled by informers and spies. Many times over the centuries,all forms of organised nationalism, pacifist or forceful, have been betrayed time and time and time again by perverted elements within such organisations and groups. It is an ignoble fact of life that Irish secret societies (including loyalist -pro-British) have never been free of the in-built native traitor-informer.

Today, we only have to look at the current crop of organisations to see the truth of this assertion. What is most shameful, those in positions of trust at the very heart and head of the organisations have been exposed as traitors- even those responsible for preventing such treaachery; and having the power of life or death over their own rank-and-file members!

Any faith or trust in any such organisation, be it loyalist or republican-nationalist, is not possible in such circumstances. Support or membership of such movements is dangerous and life-threatening, not least the danger from ones comrades and friends.That has been proved time and again. Just who can you trust?

That is the one and only reason why such Irish movements and secret societies, whatever their allegiances, will never succeed in their aims,and never have in the past centuries!

We hear of our '700 years' occupation.' No wonder! It was not for the want of trying that nationalism failed! And when partial freedom came,the administration of our sad country was, and has become worse than it was under British rule! Traitors of a different sort ensured this fact.

I am certain that these assorted secret, movements are fated to fail and fail again - splintering into various offshoots when they run out of road or credibility; as is happening at this time.

Is there anything more telling than the plethora of republican designations such as "official,provisional,real, continuity?"

It reminds one of the Rocky films - 1,2,3 - ad infinitum.

Old disillusioned Republicans never die, they just rise from the ashes like the phoenix - born-again with a new brand and a new name - over and over and over again- for eternity.

As for the loyalists -they don't bear talking about.

The most scurrilous and reprehensible fact of all,however, is the fact that former members of the various organisations have slipped so easily into base crime, drug-pushing, smuggling, and other common criminality.

No wonder modern Republicanism and Loyalism can never depend for their existence on the noble credibility, respect and honourable idealism of their political ancestry - be it Tone, Pearse and Brugha or Carson and the loyalist pantheon of iconic leaders. They were personally men of honour and loyalty - but their movements were also bedevilled by spies and informers.

It is time to acknowledge the reality and realist that the existence of informers in all such organisations means that they are doomed from the start; it has always been so, and always will be so. Only a blinkered fool would become involved in such treacherous organisations.

Read the various republican sites and see the hatred expressed for former comrades-in-arms!! Same as after the Treaty, and just as bitter, now that the second wave of gunmen has entered the Dail! I presume that they can now be designated (as the Free-Staters were the second wave of Tans) the 'third wave of Tans?'

And it will happen again in the future with a fresh crop! Don't believe me? Read the history books!

Bíodh ciall agaibh,in ainm Dé!

author by anti-zionistpublication date Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I share your concern Rockite , but the Easter Rising wasn’t betrayed by informers.They say that you’re never more than ten metres from a rat , but that shouldn’t stop you from going about your everyday business, surely.

 
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