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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

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

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offsite link British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class Sat Nov 22, 2025 17:00 | Finlay McLaren
The BBC's Director of Comedy wants to "save the sitcom". But the sitcom is only endangered because most of them stopped being funny. As To the Manor Born reminds us, British comedy has lost its class, says Finlay McLaren.
The post British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 21:01 by Eoin Meany   text 4 comments (last - sunday april 27, 2003 02:37)
A man said to be George Bush has appeared on the US station, Fox News. The man appeared to be crossing a lawn followed by a small dog, with a building that looked like the White House in the background. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 20:10 by mick mccullagh   text 8 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 12:36)
International Cannabis Action May 3rd 2003 3rd celebration of civil disobedience in Bushy Park 2pm Bushy Park Terenure read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 17:12 by Alan MacSimoin   text 12 comments (last - thursday april 24, 2003 13:46)
Residents Against Racism is a non-party organisation which has been campaigning since the mid-1990s. It publicises and confronts state racism, and offers help to people fighting deportation from Ireland. To raise funds for leaflets/posters/postage/etc. RAR is hosting a pub quiz on Thursday April 24th from 8pm in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. All welcome read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 16:28 by economic sanctions   text 4 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 18:17)
CONSUMER REACTION TO WAR Britain could lose many millions of pounds worth of business in France because of a possible consumer boycott prompted by the Iraq war, according to a poll. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 12:44 by passing poster   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 22, 2003 21:51)
This was taken from the Sunday Herald on Tuesday the 15th of April, i dont know the url, it was sent to me via an email, to my knowledge this has not been posted here yet. So... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 12:08 by Eoin Dubsky   text 3 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 09:34)
Some 25 people from Ireland are participating today in the Really Big Blockade of Britain's Trident nuclear weapons submarine base in Faslane, Scotland. I spoke to them on the phone from the Faslane Fuel Depot this morning, and they are in high spirits. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 11:20 by not a trot   text 5 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 19:17)
any geeks have ideas what's going on? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 11:11 by Joe Sheahan   text 15 comments (last - sunday april 27, 2003 02:39)
Cuban dictator imprisons 100 opposition read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 09:53 by Labourareabossesparty   text 8 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 18:32)
Allegations about George Galloway appeared in yesterdays British papers claiming that he has been bankrolled by the Saddam Regime. It is widely believed that the allegations were planted by the Blairite spin machine in an attempt to move on expekking George Galloway. Galloway has lead Labour bankbench opposition to the war and Blair. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday April 22, 2003 08:00 by joe ranii   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 22, 2003 18:38)
Continued heavy losses and heightened public revulsion for their actions may be nudging the FARC leadership towards suing for peace. However, while fervently wishing for peace and reconciliation, Colombians will be wary of any peace process that replicates the failed strategy of discredited former president Andres Pastrana. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 22:47 by EM   text 10 comments (last - thursday april 22, 2004 16:32)
Some 150 Israeli commandoes are currently inside Iraq on a mission to assassinate 500 Iraqi scientists, a retired French general told the French TV Channel 5 on Friday, April 18. He asserted that Israel was seeking to liquidate 500 Iraqi armament scientists who were involved in the country’s biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, reported the Israeli Maariv newspaper which carried the news. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 22:42 by Avi H.   text 6 comments (last - tuesday april 22, 2003 17:39)
Biased reporting from Palestinian Areas is the norm. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 22:39 by Pat c   text 5 comments (last - friday july 16, 2004 15:16)
Behind the dykes of the flat, northernmost German province of Schleswig-Holstein, the Frisian minority struggles for the future of it’s language. The North Frisian Institute has just published last year's financial results and this year's budget, and while last year showed a deficit of 28,000 Euro, this year's budget has an increased deficit of 36,000 Euro – even though one part-time staff member has already been laid off earlier this year. 'We have to save so much that the Institute will suffer and I do not know whether it will be able to recover,' says Tede Boysen, chairperson of the institute, to Eurolang. The Language Institute provides books and educational materials as well as conducting academic research and is the sole institution in the language area to provide such work. The North Frisian minority is estimated to be 10.000 active speakers with nine different dialects.

This article was originally written by Brigitte Alfter from Eurolang. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 21:04 by Niall Meehan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 11:50)
The courts found in 1992 and 1993 that RTE operated a system of self-censorship. The following articles outline how it worked and how RTE became legally and ethically exposed on the issue. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 21:00 by Ciaron O'Reilly
Jonah House is a resistance community based in Baltimore. It was founded by Liz McAlister & the late Phil Berrigan in 1975 out of the expperiences of the draft board raid movement of the ant-Vietnam period. It pretty much gave rise to the plowshares movement in 1980 and has nourished many plowshares communities. Bill Frankel-Streit was arrested with me on the eve of the last Gulf War disarming a B-52 Bomber in upstate New York - it was put oout of action for the length of the Gulf War. We all received a year in prison. Bill is back in jail for resisting this war. The 3 Dominican nuns have recently been found guilty of sabotage for a weapons inspection and a disarmament action on an ICBM missile silo in Colarado. Every Easter Jonah House and Catholic Worker comunities gather in D.C. to carry oput nonvioelnet resistance at the White House, read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 19:33 by rasta never fail I   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 22, 2003 18:36)
MI5 agent Martin Ingrams, reveals that extreme right wing neo nazi smack addled loyalist murderer Billy Wright was one of theirs. This claim is contained in some of the Stevens' 3 dossiers of evidence gathered over 14 years of investigation. According to Stevens 3, MI5/FRU/Special branch have around 400 agents placed within both loyalist and republican paramilitary groups. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 14:34 by Adomnan   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 18:32)
Today it has been announced that Cllr. Vincent McDowell has joined Labour read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 13:49 by E. Goldstein   text 7 comments (last - monday april 21, 2003 22:36)
Most normal people tend to take a position on something like the War based on their unspoken values or prejudices, then try to rationalise that position post-facto. Most normal people, unfortunately, also take rational criticism of such a position as a direct attack on their egos. And in fairness, most normal people also get a kick out of insulting their opponents, especially in an anonymous forum such as this (mea culpa). This article is not meant to start a pissing contest between pro- and ant-war people; I would genuinely like these topics argued about intelligently and honestly by all. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 13:26 by Ailin   text 3 comments (last - monday april 21, 2003 18:43)
"There is an end to fudge in the current process in the Six Counties, we have been told; now there must be clarity and the Provos have been cornered," said Ruairi Ó Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Féin. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 21, 2003 12:55 by Mick Finnegan   text 5 comments (last - tuesday april 22, 2003 18:30)
Right of reply refused by RTE after Justice Minister allegations (audio 5 mins). Anti-war activist supports murder, gassing, butchery says unchallenged McDowell. RTE refuses Right of Reply to Anti-war activist accused of supporting, gassing civilians, machine-gunning opponents and butchering human beings. Complaint sent to irish Broadcasting Complaints Commission. Audio on: http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=64450&group=webcast read full story / add a comment
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