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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 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 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.
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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.
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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 Friday March 21, 2003 13:11 by iosaf
it is dangerous because of climate conditions. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 12:55 by as do many other kids
The Following is a first hand account by 'G' a fifteen year old scottish school pupil of the protests in edbinburgh yesterday. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 12:43 by Uncle Samuel
Invasion force pushes into Iraq US and British troops have been trying to secure Iraq's southern oil fields US and British troops advanced deep into Iraq early on Friday. US Marines have reached Iraq's only deep-water port at Umm Qasr in the south-east, having overcome some early resistance as they crossed the border from Kuwait. British troops also say they have taken control of key oil installations on the al-Faw peninsula. Fierce fighting has been reported around the big oil fields in northern Iraq, which US special forces are trying to secure, according to Western intelligence. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 11:19 by Bradley Burston   text 3 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 16:21)
Even if the Iraqi president is killed or captured, could the American people still be facing years of war, in Iraq or elsewhere? The issue was raised in Israel well before the assault began, prompted by remarks earlier this week by former prime minister Shimon Peres. "The war in Iraq is just the beginning," Peres told Israel Channel One Television. "Problems of the first magnitude can be expected therafter, as well: Iran, North Korea, and Libya. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 11:14 by the guardian
America's $400bn war bill The US is spending more on this war than it raises in taxes, paving the way for a nasty surprise for its taxpayers, writes Randeep Ramesh Thursday March 20, 2003 War costs, but it is unclear who will pick up the tab. George Bush is not financing this campaign through taxation. Instead the president is cutting taxes - sending a welfare cheque to the wealthy - and raising military spending. The slowdown in the American economy has seen many states, who have to balance their budgets, cut back on social spending. The White House made it clear that there would be no federal bail out for these programmes. The president is reheating Reaganomics - cutting back on welfare, overcompensating with defence spending and offering big tax cuts to the rich at the expense of the poor. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 10:53 by black frank   text 4 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 13:16)
Over a thousand arrested in San Fransisco anti-war actions. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 10:37 by Uncle Samuel   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2003 10:50)
Region braces for red alert, war Plans: Agencies anticipate possible terror; ports, other facilities to be guarded. By Bill Hillburg From our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Should war with Iraq erupt, Southern Californians could find themselves living in a world of restricted travel, constrained trade, closed schools and public buildings, canceled events and hypersecurity. "It certainly would be incumbent upon us to take into consideration military involvement as we determined the level of protection we needed for homeland security. We'd be foolish if we didn't,' said Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge. The nation Monday moved to condition orange (a high threat of terrorist attack) shortly after President Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq or face U.S. military action. A move to condition red (severe risk of attack) is not being ruled out. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 10:33 by CNET News   text 20 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 13:07)
Israel's top government censor has warned Web sites in her country not to publish sensitive information about the war with Iraq. Chief Censor Rachel Dolev sent a letter on Wednesday to "scoop" news sites, instructing editors to seek government permission before publishing information about "materials that could pose a threat to the security of the State of Israel and its residents." Dolev's letter warned the sites, including Rotter.net and Fresh.co.il, not to publish the locations of any missile strikes, information about Israeli Cabinet deliberations or information about Israeli wartime cooperation with other governments such as that of the United States. Israel has ranked poorly in a press-freedoms index created by advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, ranking below the Palestinian National Authority, Zambia and Cambodia. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned what it called "attempts by the (Israel Defense Forces) to intimidate the press from covering the IDF's widening military read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 10:20 by Media watcher   text 4 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2003 11:08)
Anyone see the BBC news last night? It showed hundreds of school children from the schoolchildren against war group protesting outside the US Embassy in Belfast. It showed them climbing over and tearing down the barriers, boys and girls to get at the US Building. You could see the real anger in their eyes against the war. Then you seen dozens of huge riot police going at them with their batons drawn. These schoolchildren made their voices heard and I hope the trade union people who are rallying today with the schoolchildren take a lesson from them and make sure their voices are heard also. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 06:05 by rocket vids   text 4 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 10:16)
Over 3000 people gathered outside the American embassy in Dublin early Tuesday evening to show their solidarity with the people of iraqui in their time of need. People also chanted anti-government slogans an this time they had a particular edge to them due to the governments latest blinding obedience to every demand of the most right wing American government in recent history. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 05:44 by tiny tim   text 11 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 13:07)
"Saddam Hussein refused to comply with seventeen Security Council resolutions over twelve years. Iraq is ruled by an evil and cruel military dictatorship. It is a regime which tolerates no dissent and no protest. It is a regime which has engaged in territorial aggression and genocide against its own people." - Bertie Ahern read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 05:41 by tiny tim   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2003 09:27)
The why the Government wants to let planes land at Shannon read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 05:31 by William Thomas
It is time to boycott US goods, dump US dollars and buy Euros or gold... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 02:04 by Analyst   text 3 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 14:08)
Might be an interesting vehicle of expression - don't know if it has been tried before, but I've never heard of it so maybe it's worth a try.... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 21, 2003 01:47 by Irish Abroad for Peace   text 4 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 12:33)
--Irish Abroad - Fax Phone Email Action against US use of Irish Airspace The government is issuing a statement today about continuing to allow America to use our Air Space during the Iraq Invasion. Let them know that Irish neutrality should be a decision for the Irish people not the government, Ring - Email - Fax the Oireachtas to register your objections. Oireactas Contact numbers Phone: 353 (0) 1 618 3000, Fax: + 353 (0) 1 618 4118 For queries about Parliamentary Debates: debatesinfo@oireachtas.ie read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 20, 2003 23:27 by The Guardian   text 8 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 12:36)
Royal Marine Commandos take Al Faw peninsula · 3 Commando Brigade seizes Red Beach area · US and UK marines hold Iraqi border town · Baghdad palace bombed read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 20, 2003 23:26 by peeler watcher   text 8 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2003 11:18)
Big brave armed PSNI pigs set their dogs on wee kids protesting outside the American embassy on Queen st. WHAT NEXT PLASTIC BULLETS maybe? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 20, 2003 23:02 by A. O' H.   text 2 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 12:41)
Speaking on the Sean Hannity Show on ABC radio today Congressman Pete King said that Bush had shown terrific leadership, had stood up to the French and had shown that the US will not be bound by the endless process of the UN. King said that Bush was committed to winning the war with a minimum loss of AMERICAN life. The Congressman said that anti-war critics, Susan Sarandon and the French were trying to undermine America. He said Bush will achieve a solid victory with a minimum of AMERICAN casualties. King is a close friend of Gerry Adams and has played a key role in assimilating Sinn Fein into the Anglo-American power structure. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 20, 2003 22:57 by Guernica Unveiled
Highly mobile black blocs have the pigs at a disadvantage. They are converging, separating and then reconverging. Protests are scheduled to go on through the night. Police are trying to control the crowds and catch the Black Blocs using horses and motorbikes. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 20, 2003 22:46 by robby   text 10 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 09:18)
Irelands troops on front line read full story / add a comment
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