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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

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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 Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass... Mon Oct 06, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
A bonkers new book claims 1970s sitcoms hide occult codes about damp and decay ? whether it's satire or sincere, it perfectly exposes academia's mouldy absurdity, says Steven Tucker.
The post Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass Pretentious British Academia by Accident or on Purpose? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Oct 06, 2025 01:21 | 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 Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? Sun Oct 05, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Elon Musk is taking on 'Wokepedia' with Grokipedia, an AI-powered encyclopedia aiming to cut bias, fix errors and add missing context.
The post Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Pope Leo ? a Chip Off the Old Block (of Ice) Sun Oct 05, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
Pope Leo XIV is basically Francis 2.0 ? soft on migration, preaching LGBTQWERTY wokery and now going 'full Greta' by blessing Arctic ice like it's holy water, says Dr Roger Watson.
The post Pope Leo ? a Chip Off the Old Block (of Ice) appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Should we Abandon Liberal Democracy in Favour of the Singaporean Model? Sun Oct 05, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
For those who think liberal democracy is the best form of government, Singapore poses a challenge. It's a technocratic, one-party state characterised by ruthless central planning. Yet it's been astonishingly successful.
The post Should we Abandon Liberal Democracy in Favour of the Singaporean Model? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Gaza Solidarity March Dublin 2009

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Saturday January 03, 2009 23:47author by Richard Whelan - none Report this post to the editors

Photo essay

Thousands have been protesting all over the world against the current military attacks on one of the most densely populated parts of the world - The Gaza Strip.

Today in solidarity thousands marched from the central bank to Kildare street and EU offices and finishing at GPO, Dublin

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Thousands have been protesting all over the world against the current military attacks on one of the most densely populated parts of the world - The Gaza Strip.

Today in solidarity thousands marched from the central bank to Kildare street, EU offices and finishing at GPO, Dublin

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Praying for peace while young boy looks on
Praying for peace while young boy looks on

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   more images from protest     Richard Whelan    Sat Jan 03, 2009 23:54 
   Fantastic     Acid    Sun Jan 04, 2009 00:03 
   more images from protest today by richard whelan     Richard Whelan    Sun Jan 04, 2009 00:04 
   Kids     Diarmo    Sun Jan 04, 2009 00:19 
   Free Gaza     Conor.M    Sun Jan 04, 2009 01:12 
   Last IPSC march I attend     Ashamed    Sun Jan 04, 2009 01:26 
   This is Crazy !     Vincent    Sun Jan 04, 2009 01:29 
   ??     Pat    Sun Jan 04, 2009 02:55 
   Not sure either     Palestinian Liberation Supporter and militant    Sun Jan 04, 2009 03:29 
 10   what am i supporting?     disappointed hippy    Sun Jan 04, 2009 09:09 
 11   Positive messages     Stephen    Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:58 
 12   flags     james    Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:58 
 13   James     Observer    Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:32 
 14   L5I Statement: Victory to the Gaza resistance!     Darren C    Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:45 
 15   Darren     Observer    Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:52 
 16   Responses     Ciaron    Sun Jan 04, 2009 13:15 
 17   Some more images from the demonstration and interesting links     Andrew    Sun Jan 04, 2009 13:27 
 18   Questions     Ferg    Sun Jan 04, 2009 13:57 
 19   Responses to comments     Kev    Sun Jan 04, 2009 14:03 
 20   Unecessary rage on display.     Vincent    Sun Jan 04, 2009 14:33 
 21   Palestinian's comment     Palestinian    Sun Jan 04, 2009 14:36 
 22   Some more photos....     Shay    Sun Jan 04, 2009 14:48 
 23   Realities     Andrew    Sun Jan 04, 2009 15:41 
 24   No more flag burnings, please .     Vincent    Sun Jan 04, 2009 15:41 
 25   Kids dressed in military fatigues     Tom    Sun Jan 04, 2009 16:35 
 26   free gaza     Conor.M    Sun Jan 04, 2009 17:34 
 27   Not the Israeli flag!     Coilín    Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:09 
 28   if i burnt this flag....     redjade    Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:33 
 29   Saturday's march     Annie    Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:44 
 30   Are there any reports of the protest at the Spire     Justin Morahan    Sun Jan 04, 2009 19:47 
 31   Own Goal     Fitz    Sun Jan 04, 2009 20:44 
 32   Just a thought     Dusty corners    Mon Jan 05, 2009 00:23 
 33   Flags and rags     Coilín    Mon Jan 05, 2009 13:07 
 34   Perception is everything     Susan    Mon Jan 05, 2009 14:21 
 35   But not all entirely all wrong?     Coilín    Mon Jan 05, 2009 15:42 
 36   On the Flag Burnings,etc     Greg Timony    Mon Jan 05, 2009 17:10 
 37   Don't let the Crazies dictate the media image     redjade    Mon Jan 05, 2009 17:29 
 38   On the Flag Burnings again     Greg    Mon Jan 05, 2009 18:56 
 39   Free speech / tactical issues     Coilín    Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:19 
 40   Don't burn the Israeli flag, even if Israel is burning humans.     Layla    Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:10 
 41   Disgusted     JOHNNY    Sat Jan 17, 2009 17:24 
 42   What rubbish     Kael    Sat Jan 17, 2009 18:24 
 43   Palestine     john    Tue Jul 23, 2013 18:47 
 44   Civil War     Fred    Mon Jul 29, 2013 22:12 


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