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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

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles 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.

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offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent

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

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Asa Briggs Embodied Everything Wrong With the Modern Age Wed Oct 15, 2025 19:15 | James Alexander
Adam Sisman's new biography of Asa Briggs is an unintentional revelation, says Professor James Alexander. It shows how the feted historian was an overrated time-server who embodied everything wrong with the modern age.
The post Asa Briggs Embodied Everything Wrong With the Modern Age appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot Wed Oct 15, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Mozart will be played by British-Japanese actor Will Sharpe in Sky's woke reboot of Amadeus, sparking criticism that the period drama will be "historically inaccurate and misleading".
The post Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting ?Put the Zios in the Ground? Wed Oct 15, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A University of Oxford student has been arrested and suspended by the university after he led chants for Gaza to "make us proud" and "put the Zios in the ground".
The post Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting “Put the Zios in the Ground” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene Wed Oct 15, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
An illegal immigrant from Sudan attempted to kidnap a schoolgirl off the street in Swindon in a terrifying attack before bystanders heroically intervened.
The post Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:22 | Will Jones
The UK has lost control of its borders, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said, as she calls for "international cooperation" in a tacit admission that Britain has surrendered its sovereignty to foreign courts.
The post UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Unite Calls On Members To Vote Left

category national | politics / elections | feature author Thursday January 13, 2011 15:47author by Jerry Cornelius Report this post to the editors

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Jimmy Kelly of UNITE calls on Voters to VOTE LEFT

The UNITE trade union, the second largest union in the Republic of Ireland has called on all working people to vote for a left wing government in the general election likely to be held in March.

“Workers should use their vote in the upcoming general election to bring about a left-wing government for the first time in the history of the state,” said Jimmy Kelly, Regional Secretary of Unite the union.

UNITE is an affiliate member of the Labour Party, and is encouraging the party to look left for coalition partners rather than to the old order of Fine Gael.

“The Left has never been stronger. Recent polls put the combined strength of the Labour Party and Sinn Fein at 40 percent. This is substantially higher than either of the right-wing parties. With the support of other left parties and progressive independents, a Left government is now a distinct possibility.”

“We need to remove Fianna Fáil from government and keep their political half brothers Fine Gael out too. A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for more Fianna Fáil policies. They will support massive cuts to public services, privatisation, more job losses across all sectors, and social welfare cuts. There is nothing to be gained by helping Fine Gael back into office.”

“While competition for votes and seats between Left parties is to be expected, we should remember that progressives have more in common with each other than they do with either of the civil war parties.”

“For the first time we have an opportunity to move away from out of touch and outdated politics based on history rather than ideology. We can produce a legacy of genuine alternative views between right and left, social democracy and neo-liberalism. Right wing politics based on the markets has failed utterly. UNITE will be calling on its members, trade unionists and all workers to use their votes to maximise Left wing seats. We urge them to vote for, and transfer to, Left wing candidates.”

“The electorate will decide what the next government will be. We all have an opportunity to elect the first Left government in the history of the state.”

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Further information:

UNITE Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly 087 9003217

UNITE (Ireland) Press Office Rob Hartnett 086 3851955

www.unitetheunion.org/ireland

www.twitter.com/Unite_Union_Ire

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   it's not looking all that great Jerry     V for vendetta    Wed Jan 12, 2011 14:36 
   and with labour winkin at kenny..     opus diablos    Wed Jan 12, 2011 15:38 
   Labour openly don't care about improving society for the better     V for vendetta    Wed Jan 12, 2011 20:56 
   clarification     protest voter    Thu Jan 13, 2011 16:01 
   well spotted, pv     opus diablos    Thu Jan 13, 2011 16:16 
   I'm really not sure     p v    Thu Jan 13, 2011 16:55 
   Vote left all the way     francis hughes    Thu Jan 13, 2011 18:07 
   Definition of Hope     rianorr    Thu Jan 13, 2011 21:09 
   alternative definition..     opus diablos    Fri Jan 14, 2011 14:15 
 10   Left illusions on the road to hell     protest voter    Fri Jan 14, 2011 14:31 
 11   'Abandon hope...     opus diablos    Fri Jan 14, 2011 15:37 
 12   I might just get away..     opus diablos    Fri Jan 14, 2011 16:15 
 13   Mr     Gerard Murphy    Fri Jan 14, 2011 16:30 
 14   Reply to PV     Des    Fri Jan 14, 2011 16:53 
 15   V is absolutely correct ?     protest voter    Fri Jan 14, 2011 17:41 
 16   Jimmy Kelly     PV    Fri Jan 14, 2011 17:53 
 17   SWP     Des    Fri Jan 14, 2011 18:08 
 18   A little historic perspective says things have been worse...opus     p v    Fri Jan 14, 2011 18:09 
 19   Please come to one of those business parks.     Anna    Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:46 
 20   should we believe gilmore???,pv     opus diablos    Sun Jan 16, 2011 13:19 
 21   business parks     pv    Sun Jan 16, 2011 15:34 
 22   Well Paid Incompetents.     Peadaar    Sun Jan 16, 2011 15:57 
 23   believing Gilmore or not...??     opus diablos    Sun Jan 16, 2011 16:28 
 24   Reply to Peadaar     Des    Sun Jan 16, 2011 19:03 
 25   to the waffle brigade     PV    Sun Jan 16, 2011 19:21 
 26   get real. There will be no socialist revolution here so lets be pragmatic     V for vendetta    Sun Jan 16, 2011 22:33 
 27   yeah yeah     PV    Sun Jan 16, 2011 23:28 
 28   @ PV     V for vendetta    Sun Jan 16, 2011 23:42 
 29   “get real. There will be no socialist revolution here so lets be pragmatic” v4v     PV    Mon Jan 17, 2011 09:22 
 30   lets be pragmatic...     opus diablos    Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:02 
 31   China is not going to come to Ireland's rescue     PV    Mon Jan 17, 2011 14:48 
 32   Bondholders     Des    Mon Jan 17, 2011 15:22 
 33   its not about China acting the cavalry, pv..     opus diablos    Mon Jan 17, 2011 15:27 
 34   replies     PV    Mon Jan 17, 2011 17:50 
 35   Slavish     Peadaar.    Mon Jan 17, 2011 17:52 
 36   @pv     opus diablos    Tue Jan 18, 2011 14:39 
 37   @opus     PV    Tue Jan 18, 2011 20:20 
 38   "there you are"     PV    Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:44 
 39   I think, pv,...     opus diablos    Wed Jan 19, 2011 13:27 
 40   Marxist Alternative ???     Maddser    Thu Jan 20, 2011 07:45 
 41   capitalism is leading to war     PV    Thu Jan 20, 2011 14:25 
 42   you forgot a bit though, pv     opus diablos    Thu Jan 20, 2011 15:27 
 43   opus     PV    Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:10 
 44   no serious argument     opus diablos    Fri Jan 21, 2011 13:08 
 45   How to use the elections to present a revoltuionary socialist perspective     Alan Davis    Thu Jan 27, 2011 14:26 
 46   presentation skills for the post - ipod generation     pv    Thu Jan 27, 2011 16:50 


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