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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 News Round-Up Sat Sep 20, 2025 01:09 | Toby Young
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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday July 09, 2008 17:24 by Student   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 11:34)
Today UCD Social Work students learned they would have to pay 1,200 more in their second year for the same course Trinity offers.It now costs 7,200e to attend a course where we attend lectures for only 14 weeks in the year and are required to work for nothing for a further 14 weeks. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday July 09, 2008 17:09 by by   text 7 comments (last - friday july 18, 2008 14:33)
In one of the last cases which finally should put the "Madrid 11th Bombing conspiracy theorists" beyond the pale of credibility, a court in Madrid has cleared 4 police officers in the forensic division of manipulating evidence. Their evidence which was exposed as flawed during the M11 trial had contributed to a conspiracy theory supported by elements of the right and far right during many years. They were subsequently charged with falsification but now are free and have been termed "honest policemen".

The court has decided that an administrative error led to the inclusion of "boric acid" in their report on the explosives and the intention of the charged men was not to falsely implicate ETA in the supply or procurement of the explosives used. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Wednesday July 09, 2008 16:12 by liz c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 19:53)
Now in the aftermath of a No vote the real reasons for the treaty are increasingly being made public despite the difficulty in getting these topics on the agenda even now as the Irish government 'reflects'. The rejection of the treaty has caused a headache for those politicians who favour EU unification, a unified EU military and further free trade liberalization. The French presidency is attempting to push through as much as possible on militarisation without full ratification. Apparently it was true that french white papers on defence were held over until after our referendum. Little good it did them. One of Sarkozy's problems is that military action undertaken by sub-groups of EU states without the need of agreement from all states has been scuppered by the Irish No as 'Structured co-operation' in Article 48 would have allowed for this and an EU military budget but Nice does not. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 08, 2008 22:00 by Free Iran
On the 9th anniversary of the courageous students uprising, in accordance with all Iranian and international pro-freedom and human rights groups and individuals we will gather to express our opposition to the inhuman and murderer regime of Iran.
Wednesday 9th July
1 o'clock Leinster House
For further details please email: FreeIran.ie@gmail.com read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Tuesday July 08, 2008 15:03 by polly tix   text 4 comments (last - tuesday october 21, 2008 17:40)
'Skype or even Firefox might be declared illegal in Europe if they are not certified by an administrative authority', Foundation for a Free Internet Infrastructure (FFII) read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Tuesday July 08, 2008 09:37 by Anne Fitzgerald   text 2 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 09:39)
Confirmation that radioactive brine has been leaking for two decades from a German underground deposit for nuclear waste is yet another blow to the idea that nuclear power can safely increase electricity generation and simultaneously reduce emissions. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 17:23 by Sarah Lundberg
30 July 7.30pm, Last Wednesday Series Reading and Open Mic event Featuring

Steve Conway, Quincy R Lehr, Donal Moloney, Noel Ó Briain, Oran Ryan,

and Last Wednesday regulars - Bob Shakeshaft, Eamon Lynsky, among others. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 17:17 by Sarah Lundberg
Sunday 20 July, 3pm, Cassidys of Westmoreland St, Dublin 2

Fiesta de Palabras - Spanish Themed Festival of Words - with writers reading from works based in Spanish speaking parts of the world. (To help you get into the mood for Summer Holidays - or ease out of holidays already taken!)

Featured readers are John Liddy, Kieran Furey, Rosiin Tierney, Anna Maria Crowe Serrrano, Oran Ryan and Donal Moloney
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 17:09 by Sarah Lundberg
At Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1, Wednesday 16 July at 1.15 read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 17:05 by Sarah Lundberg
At 4pm on Thursday 10 July 2008, featuring Seamus Cashman, Catherine Ann Cullen, Veronica O'Doherty, Colm Lundberg read full story / add a comment
kerry / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 16:57 by sean moraghan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 16:51)
Three speakers will visit Tralee to argue for a new move to the Left, following the defeat of the Lisbon Treaty.

**Francois Duval is a French activist who has been involved in forming a new Left party.

**Kieran Allen is a university lecturer and sociologist who has spoken in Tralee on a number of occassions. He has written books on Ireland's so-called Celtic Tiger and "The Corporate Takeover of Ireland".

**Dermot Connolly is a member of the Campaign for an Independent Left read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 14:25 by Paul Bowman   text 38 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2008 12:21)
As the morning of Friday 13th of June grew towards midday, the government and ... realised with mounting horror that they had not only lost the referendum for the Lisbon treaty, but had lost badly. In the end, with a turnout higher than both Nice referendums and European elections, the Irish electorate had cast more No votes, than the number that elected the FF government last year. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday July 07, 2008 13:38 by Lauren Foley
Lauren Foley, Justice for Justin Foley Campaign Managers' views on the lack of assistance in highlighting Health and Safety in the workplace on what would have been the 27th birthday , today 7/7/08,of her brother Justin who died aged 21 due to a tragic workplace fatality on the 3rd of December 2002. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 12:57 by Cliona Flanagan   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 18:34)
Orange and Green politicians sometimes find it incredibly easy to come together, especially when it’s to stop progress.

In May a joint letter was sent to every Westminster MP, signed by the leaders of the DUP, Sinn Fein, the SDLP and UUP opposing plans to extend British abortion law to Northern Ireland. Ironically, when it comes to a woman’s right to choose the Unionist parties are at one with nationalists in rejecting British rule in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday July 07, 2008 12:07 by Nessa Ní Chasaide
Thursday 10th July , 7pm
Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1

Debt and Development Colaition Ireland have decided to establish a new campaigning group that will meet once per month in the evening time in Dublin. The theme of the group will be 'Unjust South-North Resource Flows' so we will focus on planning campaigns against the unjust transfer of wealth from the South to the North.
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international / summit mobilisations / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 12:06 by Mark C
This is a poem made up of acrostics that I wrote after the G8 meetings last year documenting my thoughts on the indvidual countries that make up 'The Group of Eight". Feel free to add your own creative writing/work (and/or comments). read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday July 07, 2008 11:16 by Rededge   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 18:33)
Local government workers are taking strike action in what could be a very significant dispute 16,17th July. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Monday July 07, 2008 10:52 by J-Red
A fight song for all who raise their voices in dissent
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday July 07, 2008 03:31 by D. Fahey   text 5 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 22:37)
The rise of the BNP in Britain is linked to Labour's failure to address social and economic inequality. Fascism is on the rise across Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday July 06, 2008 17:54 by Howard Holby
The EU’s plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’ (=’alive’) has so far enjoyed the full support of the Irish Government and recently entered the stage where it turned out that “We didn’t need full vote on Lisbon: FG”
(http://www.independent.ie/national-news/we-didnt-need-f....html)

This essentially means that the Government is considering the option to finally discard the referendum NO, and to effectively overthrow the Constitution of Ireland by ratifying a new constitution, the Lisbon Treaty, on behalf of the people of Ireland.
“The official decision on Lisbon should enter into legal force + comments”
(http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88222)

1. The plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’
2. What the poll results really reveal
3. Democracy: luxury or obligation? read full story / add a comment
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