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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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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 23, 2025 01:12 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong Mon Sep 22, 2025 17:35 | Dr David Bell
The Covid response was not an error, and it was not the result of rushing to counter an unknown pathogen. It was a lot of people, mostly professionals, systematically doing what they knew was wrong, says Dr David Bell.
The post The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link School Accused of ?Brainwashing? Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book ?Blaming Them for The... Mon Sep 22, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A parent has accused a secondary school of "brainwashing" after?he learned that 14 year-old pupils were told to read a book that "blames them for their white skin" ? and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.
The post School Accused of “Brainwashing” Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book “Blaming Them for Their White Skin” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for ... Mon Sep 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage?today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill "by ?234bn", and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with 'settled status' by bringing in stricter visa tests.
The post No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for Those Who Fail Under Crackdown on ‘Settled Status’ Migrants appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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International - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

December 18, 2013 Third Global Day of Action

category international | racism & migration related issues | event notice author Monday December 16, 2013 19:02author by RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE! Report this post to the editors

December 18, 2013
Third Global Day of Action
for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People
MORE THAN EVER UNITED TO AFFIRM AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS
OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE!

Para ver lo que el mundo organiza cliquee en Activities 2013
To see what the world organizes click on Activities 2013
Per vedere ciň che il mondo organizza cliccare su Activities 2013
Pour voir ce que le monde organise cliquez sur Activities 2013
Um zu sehen, wie die Welt organisiert klicken Sie auf Activities 2013
لنرى ما ينظم العالم انقر على Activities 2013
看到什么样的世界组织点击 Activities 2013

On December 18, 1990 the U.N. General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

The objective of this Convention, the result of nearly two decades of debate and compromise, was precisely to guarantee the protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families.

It's been 23 years since the approval of this convention, and unfortunately the safeguards and the rights of migrants, refugees and displaced people continues to be a goal to reach.

The countries of the "North" (Europe, U.S., Canada) of the world have yet to undersign the Convention. Yet,in many of the countries where the Convention has been ratified already, it is not applied nor respected. It is therefore necessary to continue the struggle for it to be adopted by more and more countries around the world but especially to make sure that signing the convention is not a pure formality.

The violations of human rights that occur daily around the world against migrants highlight the urgency for building alternatives of struggle. These alternatives should be used to demand and achieve respect for the rights of migrants, refugees and displaced people.

These violations occur in different places and at different levels. They are “daily bread” along migration routes and in the temporary, on-transit locations that many times simply become permanent stops.

On these territories violence is brutal and deadly, as demonstrated by the retention of migrant from Sub-Sahara by the government of North Africa supported by the European Fortress. The same is true in the northern border of Mexico where horrible massacres are committed by the complicity between the mafias and the state.

On these routes migrating human beings are forgotten or are killed or simply disappear, and no government says anything about it. On the contrary they are blamed for their own victimization. Most of the times, their corpses are not even recoverable.

The rights of migrants are violated at the receiving countries where they are not considered to be human beings or workers who should be subject to the protection of the law.

They are simply seen as cheap labor to be exploited or enslaved (this is very common among domestic workers, but also for others). Thus these workers can be deprived of their freedom against any logic of law. When these abusive states don't have more use for cheap labor, the workers can be expelled and deported to places where they risk their lives.

In almost all states, the character of migrants are simply criminalized. They are presented to the local population as criminals, such as people who steal their jobs, who are responsible for the crisis and insecurity of towns; they become scapegoats used by governments to divert attention from the real culprits of global crisis.

We, the associations and organizations of migrants and solidarity organizations want to make a strong statement this December 18, 2013, by holding our Third Global Day of Action for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People. We seek to stops this continuous massacre of workers in desperate search for jobs around the world and the ongoing violation of human rights. We want our message to reach international institutions, states and governments, but also civil societies around the world.

Migrations are offering us the opportunity to redesign a new world, a world in which rights are not a privilege of those who are born in certain geographical areas but something that's applicable to all people and therefore no person should risk their lives for a better future.

We want a world where migrating or not migrating is a choice and not an obligation.

We don't want a world in which freedom of movement is designed only for merchandise for profits, but also where people can move freely, and establish residence where they choose without being forcibly displaced.

We want a world where all human beings have the right to a dignified job and where countries respect the fact that human beings have rights not only in the places where they were born but over and beyond those borders.

We want a world where no human being, no worker is illegal.

December 18, 2013
Third Global Day of Action
for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Displaced People

Info : info@globalmigrantsaction.org

Related Link: http://globalmigrantsaction.org/index.php?mysection=English
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