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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 Guardian Claims The Traitors is Racist Because Two Black People Were Voted Off Sat Jan 10, 2026 17:00 | Will Jones
A Guardian writer has claimed that The Traitors TV show is racist because two black contestants were voted off, despite two white contestants also getting the axe.
The post Guardian Claims The Traitors is Racist Because Two Black People Were Voted Off appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reform Accuses Reeves of ?Flagrant Racism? After She Conflates Being British and White Sat Jan 10, 2026 15:00 | Will Jones
Reform UK has accused Rachel Reeves of "flagrant racism" after she conflated being British and being white as she claimed that Nigel Farage would?take benefits away?from people because of their skin colour.
The post Reform Accuses Reeves of “Flagrant Racism” After She Conflates Being British and White appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UK Threatened With Sanctions if Starmer Bans X Sat Jan 10, 2026 13:00 | Will Jones
Britain has been threatened with sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk?s X over its?AI tool undressing women and children.
The post UK Threatened With Sanctions if Starmer Bans X appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UAE Cuts Funding for Citizens to Study in UK Over Concerns About Islamic Radicalisation on Campuses Sat Jan 10, 2026 11:00 | Will Jones
The United Arab Emirates has cut funding for its citizens to study at British universities over concerns about Islamic radicalisation on campuses as the Muslim Brotherhood continues to be unproscribed in the UK.
The post UAE Cuts Funding for Citizens to Study in UK Over Concerns About Islamic Radicalisation on Campuses appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Evidence of Myocarditis ? But the Coroner Dismisses Covid Vaccines and Blames Alcohol Sat Jan 10, 2026 09:00 | Dr Roger Watson
Prof Roger Watson reports from an inquest, where despite evidence of myocarditis the coroner dismisses a role for the Covid vaccines and blames alcohol. Yet the deceased's blood alcohol levels were too low to cause death.
The post Evidence of Myocarditis ? But the Coroner Dismisses Covid Vaccines and Blames Alcohol appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Pat "the Picket" Allen in Cork Prison after Homeless Protest

category cork | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Tuesday December 18, 2007 16:14author by Fintan Lane - ISN Report this post to the editors

Pat Allen, known to many as "Pat the Picket" (because of his tireless social justice campaigning), is today sitting in Cork Prison following a protest against homelessness in the city.
Pat on protest duty on the Old Head of Kinsale, August 2007
Pat on protest duty on the Old Head of Kinsale, August 2007

Yesterday, Pat held one of his regular protests outside Cork City Hall - this time to condemn the local authorities relative inaction on the issue of the homeless. He highlighted the number of homeless who have died in the past few years.

Dressed as Santa Claus, he was aiming to contrast the goodwill around Christmas time with the distress endured by the city's homeless.

As Pat was protesting, the Gardai intervened and ultimately arrested him for alleged criminal damage. He was later remanded in custody to Cork Prison and is expected to appear in the District Court again on Thursday.

Phone callers to the Prendeville Show on Cork's 96FM voiced their concern this morning about the imprisonment of Pat the Picket, a colourful, popular and much cherished character in the city.

At present, I have no more details, so anybody with updates, please post below. One hopes Pat will be released soon, if it hasn't already happened.

Anybody who is available should also try to get to the District Court on Thursday morning to show solidarity with Pat.

Pat the Picket (right) at an anti-war protest in 2004
Pat the Picket (right) at an anti-war protest in 2004

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Pat     cropbeye    Tue Dec 18, 2007 19:25 
   endangered health     Chrissie    Tue Dec 18, 2007 22:27 
   What would Pat do?     gravy    Wed Dec 19, 2007 03:43 
   Request for postal address     Ciaron    Wed Dec 19, 2007 05:16 
   Support Pat Allen - he supported us!     John Jefferies    Wed Dec 19, 2007 07:44 
   Pat has been there for everybody else     Fintan Lane    Wed Dec 19, 2007 09:32 
   Pat is the essence of solidarity     Mary Kelly    Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:39 
   protest to much     jerry 2623    Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:26 
   Thank you     Fintan    Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:39 
 10   patism     leesider    Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:48 
 11   nice one     Con Carroll    Wed Dec 19, 2007 13:12 
 12   Leesider     me    Wed Dec 19, 2007 14:02 
 13   Support for Pat     Aragon    Wed Dec 19, 2007 15:25 
 14   Time of Court Appearance     Fintan Lane    Wed Dec 19, 2007 15:39 
 15   show us the work     leesider    Wed Dec 19, 2007 18:24 
 16   Support Pat     Biker    Wed Dec 19, 2007 18:35 
 17   free pat now !!     Rion    Wed Dec 19, 2007 20:42 
 18   Solidarity from Rossport     JM    Thu Dec 20, 2007 00:51 
 19   Give it a rest     another leesider    Thu Dec 20, 2007 09:25 
 20   Question     Statin the Obvious    Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:26 
 21   strategy     lulu    Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:45 
 22   Pat is out     Fintan Lane    Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:05 
 23   Rock on Pat! Glad you are outside!     Mary Kelly    Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:55 
 24   Welcome Back to Minimum Security Pat!     Ciaron    Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:07 
 25   Brief court report and photos     John Jefferies    Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:55 
 26   Well done Pat     Cathal    Thu Dec 20, 2007 18:15 
 27   Welcome Out Pat.     Niall    Thu Dec 20, 2007 22:27 
 28   protest to much?????????????????     g    Sat Dec 29, 2007 18:16 
 29   thank you dearly friends     Pat the Picket Allen    Fri Jan 11, 2008 23:46 
 30   Final hours.     Paul allen    Mon Nov 08, 2010 13:27 
 31   RIP     Éire Gaelach    Wed Nov 10, 2010 20:44 
 32   Pat the Picket Allen RIP     John Jefferies    Wed Nov 10, 2010 21:10 
 33   slán a chara.     gav    Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:17 
 34   Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a Anam..     anon    Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:24 
 35   slán a chara.     corkonian.    Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:43 
 36   good causes     simon    Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:53 
 37   Slán anois , a Chara.     Sharon.    Fri Nov 12, 2010 23:11 
 38   Sympathies     Ciaron    Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:04 
 39   Pat the picket     cropbeye@yahoo.com    Sat Nov 13, 2010 16:34 
 40   Rest in Peace     Deirdre Clancy    Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:31 


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