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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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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.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Sep 19, 2025 01:07 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture Thu Sep 18, 2025 19:00 | Noah Carl
The Right has spent much of the last decade railing against cancel culture, and was arguably winning the debate. It would be a mistake to abandon that position now.
The post We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech Thu Sep 18, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Donald Trump?urged?Keir Starmer?to deploy the military to stop the Channel small boats crisis that is "destroying" the country, drill in the North Sea and uphold free speech at a tense joint press conference today.
The post Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday March 12, 2010 10:34 by Amnesty International - Ireland   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 13, 2010 19:48)
Amnesty International is reiterating its call on the Israeli government to cease constructing or expanding illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) after a plan to build 1,600 new Israeli settler homes in East Jerusalem was officially approved. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday March 12, 2010 01:56 by Con Lee
SERIOUS street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in Athens yesterday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday March 12, 2010 00:17 by éirígí PRO
éirígí, the socialist republican party, have announced details of a protest in opposition to the docking of a massive British warship in Dublin Port. The protest which will take place this Saturday, March 13th will assemble at 2pm at Seabank House, East Wall Road, Dublin 3. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 11, 2010 18:21 by éirígí PRO
éirígí, the socialist republican party, have announced details of a protest in opposition to the docking of a massive British warship in Dublin Port. The protest which will take place this Saturday, March 13th will assemble at 2pm at Seabank House, East Wall Road, Dublin 3. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Thursday March 11, 2010 17:58 by religiousabusetruth   text 1 comment (last - friday march 26, 2010 09:48)
Protest on Easter Sunday by religiousabusetruth@gmail.com
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international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Thursday March 11, 2010 17:42 by Drew
The following excerpts are from an interview by the Iranian student’s newspaper Bazr (issue 45-February 2010) with Shahrzad Mojab. This long interview is on the current political and social situation in Iran. The section excerpted here concerns the woman question and the role of Iranian women in the recent struggle that we are reprinting on the occasion of 8th March, International Women’s Day. Shahrzad Mojab is an Iranian women activist and researcher who left Iran in 1983. She is the author of numerous papers and books on Iranian women, Kurdish women, and women in war zones. Mojab is currently a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada.

Translation by A WorldTo Win News Service.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday March 11, 2010 16:05 by Jack Lane   text 13 comments (last - monday march 29, 2010 07:00)
As part of the project to reconcile Protestant Ulster to Catholic Ireland President McAleese goes to Gallipoli to honour the invaders of Turkey in the Great War. These Irishmen died in pursuit of British Imperial aims in the Middle East and the expansion of the Empire across Moslem lands. Dr Pat Walsh argues that, no matter how laudable an aim, we should not attempt to unite our divided land through a process which celebrates the conquest of other lands, the deaths and destruction of other citizens, and glorifies militarism in a way that gives it encouragement today. Dr Walsh does this by examining the real reasons for the war on Turkey that led Irishmen to their deaths at Gallipoli, the propagandist and racist view of the Moslem world that came out of that war, and the tragic and catastrophic consequences of it that persist to this day in the regions that were added to the British Empire through it - Iraq and Palestine included.

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mayo / crime and justice / event notice Thursday March 11, 2010 14:04 by AB
Frances Black has confirmed that she will play at the concert in Castlerea on Satuday 13th March. The concert will begin at 2 and run until 6. Several artists have confirmed they will be there. Bring a picnic and help bring down the walls with music! read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday March 11, 2010 11:26 by don mac namara   text 12 comments (last - thursday march 25, 2010 18:59)
A request to Green Party re travel arrangements for members has met with obfuscation and obscurantinism. Is this the party who espoused transparency , eschewed cronyism etc read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday March 10, 2010 23:55 by Shannonwatch
Seven Years of Occupation and Suffering in Iraq ... Seven Years of Daily War Support at Shannon Airport.
Voice your Protest at the Shannon Vigil on March 14th, 2 - 3pm (gathering just before airport entrance/security checkpoint) read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday March 10, 2010 23:38 by Gregor Kerr   text 4 comments (last - wednesday march 17, 2010 09:56)
Since the middle of January civil and public servants have engaged in a work-to-rule in an attempt to force a reversal of the pay cuts announced by the government in the December budget. Across the country workers in government offices, colleges, schools, hospitals etc. are taking action, which they hope will result in a change of government policy. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday March 10, 2010 22:36 by Fintan Lane   text 6 comments (last - sunday may 30, 2010 21:01)
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 10/3/10
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international / environment / other press Wednesday March 10, 2010 21:04 by Disillusioned   text 2 comments (last - friday march 12, 2010 09:49)
Dr Rogers says “It is unfortunate that my original report is being interpreted in this way,”
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday March 10, 2010 09:56 by Red Banner
Issue 39 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is available now from bookshops or the address above, priced €2 / £1.50. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday March 10, 2010 09:05 by Republican Sinn Féin
The Hillsborough Agreement is no international role model to solve national conflicts, Dieter Blumenfeld, press officer of the Republican Sinn Féin International Relations Bureau said. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday March 09, 2010 18:46 by Republican Network for Unity Dublin   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 14, 2010 14:15)
SMASH SECTION 44!

END BRITISH POLICING IN IRELAND! read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Monday March 08, 2010 23:07 by Terry Flynn
How to achieve balance in life by John J May read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Monday March 08, 2010 17:00 by Republican Network for Unity   text 7 comments (last - monday may 17, 2010 02:01)
“Are we seeing a test case, to be followed by others in which respected Republicans, who speak out against Stormont, are then threatened with decades old charges? Are the new supergrass laws and wing at Maghaberry part of this strategy? Are the new partnerships and constabulary boards making the constabulary accountable or Sinn Fein accomplices after the fact?” read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday March 08, 2010 15:17 by Seven Towers Agency
Reading with Seamus Cashman, Anamaria Crowe Serrano, Ross Hattaway, Eamonn Lynskey, Philip Cohen, Brendan Devlin, Anne Morgan read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 08, 2010 12:54 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International Ireland has called on the Irish Government to mark International Women’s Day by backing a global campaign for a single high-powered UN agency to protect women’s rights. read full story / add a comment
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