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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 Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer Sun Sep 28, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Reform UK's mass deportation plan as "racist", warning that Nigel Farage's idea of kicking out hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants would "tear Britain apart".
The post Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression A... Sun Sep 28, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The NHS is under fire for defending cousin marriage as a cultural "benefit" despite the serious health risks, claiming it brings "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages".
The post Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression Against Women appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? Sun Sep 28, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A cronyism row has hit the Government after it emerged Tony Blair secretly lobbied for his tech billionaire backer, who gave him ?257 million and could rake in millions from Labour's digital ID cards.
The post Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Isl... Sun Sep 28, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Steve Reed, the Communities Secretary, has made it clear he?s unsympathetic to his predecessor's plan to roll out an official definition of Islamophobia, telling newspapers he'll block it if it stifles free speech.
The post Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Islamophobia appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer put a ?295,000 Surrey field in a trust for his parents, so it wasn't part of their estate ? even though he has said "those in charge of taxation can't also be seeking to avoid it."
The post Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty break the siege of Gaza

category galway | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Sunday August 24, 2008 16:34author by TD - Free Palestine Campaign Report this post to the editors

“The world has not forgotten the people of this land. Today, we are all from Gaza”

Despite all odds, with scrambled radio and jammed phones courtesy of dirty tricks, a seasick passenger, in rough waves with a storm brewing, the small boats, the SS Free Gaza and the SS Liberty, successfully landed in Gaza early yesterday evening, breaking the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.They left Cyprus on Thursday morning, sailing over 350 kilometers through choppy seas. They made the journey despite threats that the Israeli government would use force to stop them. They continued sailing although they lost almost all communications and navigation systems due to outside jamming by some unknown party. They arrived in Gaza to the cheers and joyful tears of hundreds of Palestinians who came out to the beaches to welcome them.
Cartoon by the Brazilian artist;  Carlos Latuff
Cartoon by the Brazilian artist; Carlos Latuff

Two small boats, 42 determined human rights workers, one simple message: “The world has not forgotten the people of this land. Today, we are all from Gaza.”

The boats carried a consignment of 200 hearing aids for Gazan children whose hearing was damaged by the sonic booms deliberately created by low-flying israeli F-16 fighter jets breaking the sound barrier, "creating thunderous shock waves which shake buildings, break windows, blow off doors, and cause widespread panic, fear, and hysteria" (see Related Link), this collective punishment starting in late September 2005 after the withdrawal of Israeli colonising "settlers" from Gaza

Back then, Eyad Sarraj, a Palestinian psychiatrist, described the attacks as terrorising the population and resulting in an array of psychosomatic effects ranging from anxiety attacks, seizures and nausea to nosebleeds and miscarriages.

"Although it is not lethal, it can lead to death indirectly, of unborn children, it can lead to highly traumatising effects on children particularly, and adults too.Repeated attacks of that kind have resulted in widespread bedwetting and behavioural changes, depression and anxiety symptoms, in both children and adults. I have seen children who have changed completely after being subjected to sonic booms, from sociable to clingy and anxious, crying all the time. Some of them do not eat or sleep as they used to. Older children have difficulty concentrating, while others became violent."

The Palestinian Ministry of Health says there was a 30-40% increase in the number of spontaneous miscarriages during the period 27-29 October, 2005, when the use of the sonic boom was at its peak.

Dr Mauia Hassanayn of the Palestinian Ministry of Health added that 77 people, mainly children and elderly women, were taken to the hospital in December 2005 suffering from nausea and shock. Some of the more serious cases involved internal bleeding in the brain and five pregnant women aborting their babies. (Related Link).

Far from the Israeli created hell that is Gaza, yesterday afternoon, Ireland's gay community with commendable SWP participation, paraded in strength and panache through Galway in their annual parade, this time highly politicized in comparison with previous parades.

For videos of the two boats arriving in Gaza (you need QuickTime to watch them), see http://www.freegaza.org/index.php?module=latest_news&id...a3825

Related Link: http://www.middleeastinfo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=8510

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Sylvia and Elena (with baby)
Sylvia and Elena (with baby)

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Last ...     TD    Sun Aug 24, 2008 16:41 
   heroic action     Mary Kelly    Sun Aug 24, 2008 19:45 
   humanitarian     jenny    Sun Aug 24, 2008 20:27 
   Fantastic     Alan Lonergan    Sun Aug 24, 2008 22:06 
   Ahoy Sr. Anne Montgomery!     Ciaron    Mon Aug 25, 2008 07:10 
   Update!     TD    Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:35 
   Jubilation!     Sandra K    Mon Aug 25, 2008 13:17 
   breaking the blockade     Con Carroll    Mon Aug 25, 2008 15:01 
   breaking the seige     Con Carroll    Mon Aug 25, 2008 15:23 
 10   derek graham ss. free gaza     jenny    Mon Aug 25, 2008 18:16 
 11   Update!     TD    Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:52 
 12   Oops!     TD    Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:00 
 13   Gremlins!     TD    Tue Aug 26, 2008 14:20 
 14   True courage . . .     Fred Johnston    Tue Aug 26, 2008 17:40 
 15   Laila Shaheen, Jeff Halper and Carlos Latuff     Michael Ryan    Tue Aug 26, 2008 17:43 
 16   gaza     eva ,damian    Tue Aug 26, 2008 20:59 
 17   gaza     gaza    Tue Aug 26, 2008 21:08 
 18   gaza     gaza    Tue Aug 26, 2008 21:12 
 19   gaza     eva ,damian    Tue Aug 26, 2008 21:17 
 20   No siege was broken     avi15    Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:13 
 21   Aid     Tom    Thu Aug 28, 2008 14:11 
 22   Reply to Avi . . .     Fred Johnston    Thu Aug 28, 2008 14:52 
 23   leaving gaza     jenny    Thu Aug 28, 2008 16:49 
 24   back safe     jenny    Fri Aug 29, 2008 20:43 
 25   Begining of the End of the Occupation!     Gaza Hope    Fri Aug 29, 2008 20:43 
 26   Free Gaza & Liberty Arrive In Cyprus With Palestinians On-board     MichaelY    Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:40 
 27   Well done to the valiant crew on a successful humanitarian voyage     Jacqueline Fallon    Sun Aug 31, 2008 14:24 
 28   Israel fires on unarmed peace activists.     Reporter12    Mon Sep 01, 2008 09:46 
 29   Denied entry into both by Israel and Egypt     JayCeeme    Wed Sep 03, 2008 15:16 
 30   Confused     Mitch    Wed Sep 03, 2008 16:52 
 31   trying to put positive spin on failure     joywol    Thu Sep 04, 2008 00:10 
 32   SS boats in GAZA     Sean Og    Thu Sep 04, 2008 09:17 
 33   Sonic booms as a terrorist weapon.     Reporter12    Thu Sep 04, 2008 17:53 
 34   Reporter12,     Eli    Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:50 
 35   Some links regarding Israel's use of Sonic Boom as a weapon     Mark C    Fri Sep 05, 2008 16:06 
 36   Still Confused     Mitch    Fri Sep 05, 2008 17:41 
 37   Red Herrings aside.     Reporter12    Mon Sep 08, 2008 13:03 
 38   The Next Phase.     Reporter12    Tue Sep 09, 2008 09:41 
 39   The Next Phase     CeeJayme    Tue Sep 09, 2008 13:37 
 40   Occupied and imprisoned by whom?     Vincent    Tue Sep 09, 2008 16:50 
 41   Occupied & Imprisoned by whom     CeeJayme    Tue Sep 09, 2008 18:29 
 42   See no Evil - Hear no evil.     Vincent    Tue Sep 09, 2008 19:36 
 43   Blaming the Palestinians for the occupation.     Reporter12    Thu Sep 11, 2008 01:19 
 44   Lauren's lies embarrassingly exposed     JoyWol    Thu Sep 11, 2008 23:13 
 45   Who is embarrassing who ?     Vincent    Sun Sep 14, 2008 21:39 
 46   More good Siege-busting news     Reporter12    Tue Sep 16, 2008 17:24 
 47   The Terror attacks continue     Reporter12    Wed Sep 17, 2008 16:58 
 48   Phase2 of the mission to free Gaza.     Reporter12    Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:05 
 49   You read it wrong.     Corrector12    Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:59 
 50   Who is Embarrasing Who     JayCeeme    Thu Sep 25, 2008 00:24 
 51   Disgraceful attack on decency     Vincent    Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:05 
 52   Concentration camps     DenisMac    Thu Sep 25, 2008 20:37 
 53   Concentration Camps     JayCeeme    Thu Sep 25, 2008 21:46 
 54   Embarrassing and Shameful realities.     Vincent    Sat Sep 27, 2008 15:37 
 55   Embarrasing and Shameful Realities     JayCeeme    Sat Oct 04, 2008 18:39 
 56   Pathetic !     Vincent    Sun Oct 05, 2008 14:18 
 57   Embarrasing & Shameful realities     JayCeeme    Sun Oct 05, 2008 22:36 
 58   Sorry ?     Vincent    Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:12 
 59   These are the billions....     Contrarian    Mon Oct 06, 2008 13:45 
 60   Could you possibly be more wrong ?     Vincent    Mon Oct 06, 2008 17:14 
 61   Embarrasing & Shameful     JayCeeme    Tue Oct 07, 2008 21:40 
 62   Gaza blockaded by Egypt     Sean Og    Wed Oct 08, 2008 00:50 
 63   Free Gaza go again     Gerry    Thu Oct 23, 2008 02:48 
 64   Gaza -cowiouser and cowiouser     Sean Og    Sun Oct 26, 2008 09:10 


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