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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

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Lockdown Skeptics

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Hundreds of pro-Palestine students chanted "from the river to the sea" ? an antisemitic slogan calling for the destruction of Israel ? during protests on the second anniversary of?Hamas's October 7th attacks.
The post Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Students Sing Antisemitic Chants on October 7th Anniversary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine Tue Oct 07, 2025 17:59 | Patrick Ussher
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offsite link Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as ?Angry? Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of S... Tue Oct 07, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Footballer turned property developer Gary Neville?is facing a furious backlash after he ordered builders to take down a Union Jack, saying that "angry, middle-aged white men" were using flags to divide the country.
The post Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as “Angry” Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of Suppressing Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jenrick Stands by Claim he ?Did Not See a White Face? During Birmingham Visit Tue Oct 07, 2025 13:43 | Will Jones
Robert Jenrick has stood by comments he made complaining of not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham neighbourhood, saying it is one of the "worst integrated places" he has been to.
The post Jenrick Stands by Claim he “Did Not See a White Face” During Birmingham Visit appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Conservative Party Members Want Pact With Reform, Poll Finds Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Conservative Party members want a pact with Reform UK, a poll has found ? and half say they don't want Kemi Badenoch leading them into the next election.
The post Conservative Party Members Want Pact With Reform, Poll Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Gaza : "Overwhelming" response to the Galway Palestine Children's Appeal

category galway | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Monday February 02, 2009 18:56author by TD - Free Palestine Campaign Report this post to the editors

“The acts of solidarity by ordinary people have been breathtaking” (Dr. Philomena McKenna)

Last Saturday, members of the Galway Palestine Children's Appeal were "overwhelmed" by the public response to their appeal for humanitarian aid for the children and people of Gaza - expecting one 40ft container to be filled with medical supplies, household goods, non perishable food, clothes and toys, a further two had to be ordered and to ease the pressure, a request was broadcast by the local radio station, Galway Bay FM, for donors to procrastinate their visit to the drop-off point at the Black Box theatre until the delivery of the third container - this morning, at 7AM two of the stuffed containers started their journey of mercy and there is a large stockpile of aid awaiting the arrival of the third.

Including an operating table from Letterkenny Hospital, medical staff in the west donated money and supplies and businesses such as the Galway Radisson Hotel gifted 100 duvets and pillows.

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Apart from the humanitarian assistance, last Saturday, in an effort to encourage them to ethically source their food stuffs and goods outside Israel, activists from the Free Palestine Campaign, picketed two establishments, Woodie's DIY and Tesco's, manned an information stall in Shop Street for eight hours, gathered signatures for a boycott petition and gave out flyers providing information on what retail outlets and Israeli products to shun and abhor. Unfortunately, the management of Woodie's DIY store in the Headford Rd, didn't display the same largesse of spirit towards the picket as shown to the Palestine Children's Appeal: "Woodie's are not only donating tools, but have helped us while we were loading a very heavy operating table" ( Dr Philomena McKenna) behaved quite shabbily when security and police were called to the last two Saturday's to shift us with overt intimidation, low abuse; "Haven't ye anything else better to do" (a Guard, last Saturday week) and attempts, in vain, to pull the wool over our eyes with spurious claims to a public area being "private property" (See Video).

As an Israeli company, Amdocs is part of multinational consortium bidding for an Eircom multi-million euro Eircom contact for a new computer billing system, a petition to the Board of Eircom, downloaded from the Irish Anti-War Movement's website http://irishantiwar.org/ was presented to the pedestrians on Shop Street for signing and such was the, again, overwhelming, response we ran out of petition forms, shortly, they will be mailed to Eircom's IT Director Gerry Quinn.

Related Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0202/1232923381515.html

From L to R: Dr Philomena McKenna, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin of the Galway Palestine Children’s Appeal and Niall Farrell of Galway Alliance Against War
From L to R: Dr Philomena McKenna, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin of the Galway Palestine Children’s Appeal and Niall Farrell of Galway Alliance Against War

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author by Leonapublication date Mon Feb 02, 2009 20:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Many thanks to the people of Galway and West of Ireland for their huge support and solidarity with Gaza and Palestine.
Saturday 31 of January 2009 was a landmark point in this support as Black Box theatre in Galway was overloaded with items donated to the people of Gaza.

Related Link: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/index2b.asp
author by Justin Morahanpublication date Tue Feb 03, 2009 14:06author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Great video, great posters, great hearts in Galway. Keep up the brilliant work.

author by 50 Centpublication date Tue Feb 03, 2009 16:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Galway Radisson Hotel gifted 100 duvets and pillows ?

Apart from the generosity of the common people this act by a large busines is really quite moving . Three cheers for everybody involved and aslo for the Raddison Galway.

author by John hursonpublication date Fri Feb 06, 2009 01:33author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Fair play to all involved.
Heading out to Gaza next week with a lorry load of blankets and clothes.
I'm joining a "Lifeline To Gaza Aid Convoy" organised by George Galloway MP.
There are 90 vehicles confirmed to going, so it should be some trip.
Tyrone To Gaza.....

John Hurson

author by Fred Johnstonpublication date Sun Feb 08, 2009 15:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Perhaps instead of tossing awards at Bertie Ahern, the good students of NUIGalway might think more properly to award and honour people like yourselves who have undertaken to demonstrate, picket and organise on behalf of the people of Gaza, whom the Israeli administration wishes, in the face of the world, to annihilate. I am deeply sorry not to have been with you on this occasion, as I have been ill, as some of you know. Hopefully companies will follow the Radisson example and contribute. God bless all who took part in this.

author by pronsiaspublication date Tue Feb 24, 2009 21:11author address author phone Report this post to the editors

congratulations to all the people of the 32 counties for their support for palestine, john and greg are legends!!!! Tyrone to gaza, quare wee jaunt
Ireland has done itself proud

author by UK Muslimpublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 22:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Just like to say 'Thank You' to the the people of Galway and the Irish people for all the donations and gifts for the children of Gaza.

You are a people with good hearts. May god bless you all and reward you for your efforts

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