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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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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday February 24, 2008 23:54 by Wagtog   text 4 comments (last - friday march 07, 2008 01:08)
Photojournalist Marc Vallée has accepted an apology and out-of-court
settlement from the Metropolitan Police today, further to issuing
proceedings against Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of Police for the
Metropolis for "Battery" (assault) and breaches of the Human Rights Act,
relating to freedom of expression and assembly. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday February 24, 2008 21:07 by P. Bowman   text 2 comments (last - monday february 25, 2008 15:42)
Labour Youth is organizing a talk, "Venezuela and the South American Revolution", in Galway this Tuesday, 26th Feb, at 8pm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday February 24, 2008 17:27 by seosamh an chnoic   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 21:14)
I spent about 10 years involved in voluntary community initiatives like local publishing, charity concerts, youth concerts. My motivation at that time was intensely political and leftist. I believed that the economy was a machine run by the merciless logic of profit and that any involvement in it meant unacceptable compromise. Therefore, my own political principles meant that I marginalised myself from any formal involvement with it.

On the sidelines, from my Comfortable And Quite Elevated Chair of Ideological Analysis, it was crystal clear to me that Community Development was just a con-job. It was a ploy by The Elite to sap the revolutionary vigour of the people and co-opt potential revolutionaries. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Sunday February 24, 2008 12:33 by Anti Fascist   text 4 comments (last - tuesday february 26, 2008 01:13)
Latest in series of talks by Harry Owens to accompany the photographic exhibition on veterans of the SCW. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday February 23, 2008 17:59 by Adele - PG4   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 24, 2008 04:29)
Hi everyone
Today the Pine Gap 4 were aquitted under the Special Defence Undertakings Act of 1952.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday February 23, 2008 11:55 by Martin O'Neill
Just Books aims to create a Working-class Resource and Solidarity Centre in Belfast, opening in May, and run on direct democratic lines. Like the original Just Books we aim to provide titles on a range of topics. We are appealing for supporters to take out standing orders of £10 or 15 euros a month to achieve this aim. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday February 22, 2008 20:24 by Niall Harnett   text 12 comments (last - wednesday february 27, 2008 18:59)
Just a few questions for you Garda Superintendent John Gilligan, in light of the following:

1) Recent functions that you and other Gardaí have been performing in your role as ‘police service providers’ for the Shell Corrib Gas Project development at Bellanaboy and the surrounding areas.

2) ‘The new era in the modernisation and development of the Garda Síochána, focusing on the three public imperatives of the Garda Síochána Corporate Strategy; public safety, public confidence and transparent public accountability.’

3) Your solemn oath on appointment to An Garda Siochana that you will faithfully discharge the duties of a member of the Garda Síochána with fairness, integrity, regard for human rights, diligence and impartiality, upholding the Constitution and the laws and according equal respect to all people, and while continuing to be a member, you will to the best of your skill and knowledge discharge all your duties according to law. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday February 22, 2008 17:43 by Des Derwin
DCTU Campaign for a Decent Public Health Service

There will be a 'volunteers' meeting' for those who would like to help make the 29th March march (see below) a success, on Thursday (28th February) at 6.00 p.m. in Liberty Hall. If you can spare some time between now and 29th March, any contribution appreciated, leafleting, postering, organising a local meeting, getting the word around, etc. you will be very welcome. read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / event notice Friday February 22, 2008 13:10 by PaddyK2
Political Discussion Society debate on Lisbon Treaty: 8pm - O'Flaherty Theatre, NUI Galway - Monday Feb 25th 2008 read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 21, 2008 16:32 by Cael   text 6 comments (last - thursday february 21, 2008 19:42)
The drastic reduction in the Irish fishing fleet leaves
hundreds of crewmen without any form of redundancy
payment, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin said today read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 16:14 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 13, 2008 12:43)
Yet again the US Occupation Forces have launched an attack on The Iraq Freedom Congress.

In another poor move; the occupying troops has made another attempt to eliminate the voice of freedom from Iraq by raiding the IFC headquarter in Baghdad on 12 February when they forced themselves in, verbally and physically assaulted the guards and stood them out in the rain for several hours. It is understood from the many previous incidents that these attempts are not to look for weapons or investigations regarding terrorist activities; but in fact they are to intimidate and eliminate any voice that objects the occupation and its puppets.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 14:42 by John Cornford   text 3 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 23:36)
James Turley writes on how in Respect Chris Bambery claimed that Secularism ‘justifies’ islamophobia. Yet now Socialist Worker demands separation of church and state.

Bambery writes on islamophobia in media and establishment reactions to the speech. The Sun’s “bash the bishop” campaign and David Blunkett’s reference to something “external to this country” is a breath away from “there ain’t no black in the union jack”. The article implies that the pro-islam stance of the SWP has hardened since the break with Galloway. He writes that in spite of talk of muslim ‘backwardness’, many of the foundations of science were commonplace in islamic culture by the middle ages. True -science would not be doing well without the concept of zero. But it buys into the logic of the ‘clash of civilisations’. The idea of religions competing in some cosmic dog-show for the prize of ‘most progressive’ is ridiculous in itself without Bambery on the judges’ panel. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday February 21, 2008 13:48 by observer   text 107 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 18:37)
What No fanfare. I'm suprised at the lack of comment. I would have assumed as Time for Change are simply a left wing election vehicle they would have been crowing proudly at their excellent election result in the NIPSA GC election. NIPSA Unity on the other hand I would expect to be more pragmatic and modest. Let's face it they do have a lot to be modest about!! read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Thursday February 21, 2008 12:48 by Eve   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 27, 2008 13:05)
Day of Action at Bellanaboy read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 12:10 by tomeile   text 5 comments (last - wednesday march 24, 2010 09:54)
Catherine Nevin’s appeal against her conviction for murder began in the Court of Appeal yesterday. Ms Nevin was convicted in 2000 of the murder of her husband Tom at their pub, Jack White's Inn, Brittas Bay, on March 19, 1996. The appeal will be based on evidence that prosecutors failed to disclose at her original trial that witnesses , William McClean and former provos Gerry Heapes and John Jones ,were long-standing police informers . Nevin’s lawyer ,Anne Fitzgibbon , is seeking access to classified documents including security files which indicate that Mr McClean was a suspect in the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974.
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westmeath / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday February 21, 2008 02:52 by charlie donnelly
A night of music and craic to aid Cabhair, the Republican prisoners dependants fund..

ALL ARE WELCOME read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Wednesday February 20, 2008 16:29 by indyjourno   text 2 comments (last - thursday february 21, 2008 18:09)
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou Mc Donald has this afternoon expressed her
"anger and incredulity" over the European Parliaments vote today NOT to
respect the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / press release Wednesday February 20, 2008 16:09 by John Murray   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 28, 2008 11:33)
'Big Lie' of No campaign will be exposed before Referendum vote
Issued : Wednesday 20 February, 2008
Statement by Proinsias De Rossa MEP
Vice-President, European Socialist Group read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday February 20, 2008 09:15 by Martin O'Sullivan   text 4 comments (last - thursday february 21, 2008 00:57)
8pm Wed 20 Feb in the Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin 2.
Speaker: Brian Kelly (Lecturer in US History, Quenns University Belfast and author of Race, Class and Power in the Alabama coalfields)

Will a Democrat President end the war?
Written by ALAN MAASS from US paper socialistworker.org

MILLIONS OF people voted in the Super Tuesday primaries for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the hopes that a Democratic president will end the U.S. war on Iraq. But as ALAN MAASS shows, the record of the Democratic Party when it comes to war and peace is reason to think again.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday February 19, 2008 23:14 by Just Books Collective   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 01, 2008 00:23)
Just Books Collective presents

Ethel MacDonald 'An Anarchist's Story'

This drama-documentary tells the story of Ethel MacDonald a forgotten legend
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