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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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Public Inquiry
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 Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
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offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough Sun Sep 21, 2025 09:00 | Sallust
Thirteen volunteers say they have been forced out by the National Trust, which told them their "attitude and values" did not align with the charity's "respectful and inclusive culture".
The post National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / arts and media / other press Sunday September 23, 2007 08:40 by Miriam Cotton
Shawn Pogatchnik of AFP fillets Ahern's testimony for the Inquirer with a minium of fuss. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Sunday September 23, 2007 07:30 by Aktionsbündnis Münsterland gegen Atomanlagen

More than 100 anti-nuclear activists from six European countries met in Dortmund, Germany, on Saturday (22 Sep) for a uranium conference, reported the Aktionsbündnis Münsterland gegen Atomanlagen on IndyMedia Germany. They were from Russia, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary and Germany itself. The conference was called by more than 40 German and international groups and organisations. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday September 23, 2007 00:15 by Rafael Uzcategui   text 5 comments (last - tuesday september 25, 2007 01:42)
* A member of the editorial collective of El Libertario (www.nodo50.org/ellibertario; in Spanish & English) prepared this article for the 6th edition of the Costa Rican (A) journal La Libertad [September 2007; http://revistalalibertad.blogspot.com] in response to an inconsistent effort to establish impossible affinities between Chavism and Anarchism. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Sunday September 23, 2007 00:04 by Setanta
Problems with your Solicitor ?
Meetings are being held all over Ireland by victims of the legal profession society.
Help is there for you at these meetings, and we encourage you to speak out if you have suffered in any way from unscrupulous Solicitors. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday September 22, 2007 23:55 by Tech1.0
Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and author ( http://www.murder-in-samarkand.com/ ), has had his blog site shut down at the request of the potential Arsenal chairman, Alisher Usmanov. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday September 22, 2007 22:15 by Saoirse
When you become a member of the freeconomy community, not only do you get jobs done for free, you also get to learn new skills, teach fellow freeconomists your skills and in the process meet loads of really great people read full story / add a comment
offaly / environment / event notice Saturday September 22, 2007 19:22 by June Kelly
Westmeath Enviros Reach Out to Farmers
at Ploughing Championships in Tullamore on Wed, 26th September 2007

Members of the Westmeath Environmental Group will be at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore to highlight the dangers of genetically modified crops on Wednesday, 26th September 2007.

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international / arts and media / other press Saturday September 22, 2007 14:16 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 22, 2007 14:30)
In any other circumstance an eyewitness would be regarded by journalists as a reliable source of information. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Saturday September 22, 2007 10:11 by Oscar   text 8 comments (last - tuesday october 09, 2007 06:30)
Official Launch of Eoin Neeson's book on 1916;
In Cork November 2007 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 22, 2007 05:51 by Miriam Cotton   text 11 comments (last - sunday april 06, 2008 14:58)
In what is being described as another Bloody Sunday, a report from the UK Independent describes the murdering spree which the US based firm of mercenaries, Blackwater, indulged in last weekend. Eyewitnesses described an unprovoked assault on peaceful citizens going about their business. Was this retaliation for a bomb that had gone off elsewhere in the city? Observers are anticipating a Widgery-style explanation and coverup. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday September 21, 2007 20:03 by Laurence Cox   text 5 comments (last - thursday september 27, 2007 22:59)
How can Irish society be changed? What political, social and cultural agents are working for real transformation, and how can we support their development? This symposium brings together activists, researchers, and people involved in alternative cultures in an open discussion around all these issues:

- how human needs are frustrated in this society;
- the creative ways in which ordinary people respond and resist;
- the everyday forms of culture that people develop in order to meet these needs and support each other;
- and the processes of political organisation and social change that sometimes develop out of this. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Friday September 21, 2007 18:19 by Laura Broxson
ANTI-VIVISECTION & ANTI-FUR LEAFLETING SESSIONS TUES. 25th read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday September 21, 2007 17:44 by Social Gaff
What is the deal with Seomra Spraoi? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday September 21, 2007 14:37 by RogerC   text 2 comments (last - monday september 24, 2007 16:29)
To mark the first day of sustained industrial action. NIPSA classroom assistants are holding a march and Rally in Belfast.
12.30 assemble Writers square, Donegall st (facing St Anne's cathedral)
1.00 March to Custom House Sq
1.30 Rally read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday September 21, 2007 12:11 by Residents Against Racism
Dįil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin
12.30 pm, Wednesday 26 September read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday September 20, 2007 22:09 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 3 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 19:22)
The circus continues in relation to Bertie's cash lodgements and handouts - I will return to this in a minute....

But first I would like to point out the cutbacks in Sligo Hospital as reported today and as Drumm, the new God to Health said 'there are new limits now'. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / other press Thursday September 20, 2007 19:00 by NIFC
This segments primary focus was on the ongoing effort to save Tara valley from destruction and the upcoming protests planned for Dublin,New York, California and Illinois. read full story / add a comment
dublin / summit mobilisations / event notice Thursday September 20, 2007 14:35 by Comhlamh   text 2 comments (last - wednesday september 26, 2007 14:20)
Reclaiming Power will facilitate activists from Ireland and the Global South to share their experiences of resistance.

Saturday 13th October
2:00pm – 5:30pm
North Star Hotel / Amiens St. [Opposite Connolly Station and near Busaras]

A joint venture from Africa Centre, Comhlįmh and Debt and Development Coalition Ireland

Program: http://comhlamh.org/assets/files/pdfs/Reclaiming%20Powe...er%20(Web).pdf
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dublin / summit mobilisations / event notice Thursday September 20, 2007 14:30 by Comhlamh
Five Wednesday evenings starting on the 14th of November, 7.00pm to 9.00pm

International trade rules have a massive impact on people in developing countries, whether they are farmers, workers or families just trying to make a living in the context of globalisation. Yet the rules of the global economy have been set up to serve the interests of big business, not people’s needs. Since around ten years a global movement is campaigning for trade rules that put people and the environment before the interests of big business. read full story / add a comment
galway / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday September 20, 2007 14:04 by Labour Youth   text 10 comments (last - monday october 01, 2007 12:04)
Ten students who are SIPTU members working in Eye Cinema at Wellpark in Galway have been suspended after voting for industrial action. The SIPTU shop steward has been sacked following the ballot.
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