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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.

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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

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offsite link What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine Fri Nov 21, 2025 17:00 | Anonymous
Read what happened when an Extinction Rebellion meeting was disrupted by a protester. Seems they can give it out but have no intention of putting up with it themselves.
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offsite link Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? Fri Nov 21, 2025 15:00 | Mark Durie
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The post Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema Fri Nov 21, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
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offsite link The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
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offsite link Debunking the BBC?s Claim That Pakistan?s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change Fri Nov 21, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
If the BBC's Standards Committee, which is reviewing the corporation's coverage of climate change, wants a good example of bias, it should take a look at its report of recent floods in Pakistan, says Paul Homewood.
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Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

The EU Services Directive...A Race To The Bottom?

category dublin | eu | event notice author Friday December 02, 2005 18:43author by pat c Report this post to the editors

Conference on EU Services Directive (December 6, Dublin)

I am posting this on Indymedia because I am opposed to The EU Services Directive - not as a supporter of Proinsias De Rossa. In light of the Irish Ferries developments this conference is indeed timely. However the time thats its being held at will prevent many from attending.

If you are a genuine activist and have disagreements past or present with Labour then please do not derail this event listing by raising off topic subjecs, the trolls will do that anyway.

Discuss the Directive and attend the conference if you can and suggest concrete ways in which ordinary trade unionists can oppose the neo liberals.

pat c

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Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa is holding a conference on the proposed EU Services Directive on the morning of Tuesday, 6th December, 9am - 1pm, at the European Parliament offices at Molesworth St. Dublin 2.

Conference on EU Services Directive (December 6, Dublin)

Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa is holding a conference on the proposed EU Services Directive on the morning of Tuesday, 6th December, 9am - 1pm, at the European Parliament offices at Molesworth St. Dublin 2.

Speakers will include Anne Van Lancker MEP(Socialists-Belgium), Rapporteur in the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee on the proposal, Peter McLoone (President, ICTU), Jack O'Connor (General-President SIPTU) and others (tbc).

The conference will assess the implications of the proposal for public services, workers' right and consumer protection and outline the changes that need to be made by the European Parliament, which is voting on the issue in mid-January, and by the Council of Ministers.

To register, please contact the Labour European Office at 01 - 874 6109, pderossa@europarl.eu.int.

Further details available at www.derossa.com and www.labour.ie

Related Link: http://www.derossa.com
author by pat cpublication date Fri Dec 02, 2005 19:19author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Here is the latest (that I can find) statement by the SP on the Directive. (I cant give an exact link to this piece, everythin comes up as http://www.socialistparty.net/ )

Maybe others could post the positions of different organisations.

"Jack O'Connor also recently spoke about the EU services directive (which is being championed by former Minister of Finance Charlie McCreevy) that will allow employers "to transport workers from one end of the EU to the other and impose the 'going rate' in the member state with the poorest conditions applicable". The neo-liberal agenda, to privatise our public services, dismantle the welfare state, to drive down wages and introduce "flexible" working conditions and attacks on pension rights is being pursued by multinational companies and governments all over the world.

Governments across Europe have gone further down the road in implementing this agenda, but their vicious attacks are being resisted by millions. The rejection of the EU constitution in France and Holland was a rejection of neo-liberalism. The failure of Schroeder's Social Democrats or Merkel's CDU to gain a majority in the German elections was another rejection of this agenda. Major strike movements have taken place in France, Spain, Greece, Germany and most recently Belgium, which despite its right-wing union leaders support for "social partnership" had a general strike in October. "

author by pat cpublication date Fri Dec 02, 2005 19:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

This seems to be the latest SF stance.

"Mary Lou McDonald MEP has today expressed her 'deep dissatisfaction with the politics and policies of Charlie McCreevy' and said that he was 'promoting an EU which advocated social dumping.'

Ms McDonald made her comments after Commissioner McCreevy was 'invited' to address the European Parliament this morning regarding controversial remarks he made regarding Sweden's social model.

Ms McDonald is due to meet with Mr McCreevy later today and will raise the issue with him, as well as the Irish Ferries dispute and the EU Services Directive.

Speaking today Ms McDonald said:

"Today Mr McCreevy confirmed our worst suspicions that the EU will oversee the undermining of social protections and workers rights. Little wonder that the Irish Trade Union movement is reluctant to re-enter partnership talks. "

Related Link: http://www.sinnfein.ie/gaelic/news/detail/11663
 
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