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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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Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 20:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent

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

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Starmer?s Grooming Gangs Inquiry in Crisis as Chairman Candidate Quits Tue Oct 21, 2025 14:46 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer's?grooming gangs?inquiry has been plunged into fresh turmoil after one of the candidates to lead it withdrew from the process, a day after two gang victims quit the liaison panel amid worries of a cover-up.
The post Starmer’s Grooming Gangs Inquiry in Crisis as Chairman Candidate Quits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Union President-Elect Ousted After Celebrating Charlie Kirk?s Shooting Tue Oct 21, 2025 10:50 | Will Jones
George Abaraonye, the?President-Elect of the Oxford Union,?has been ousted following outrage over his celebration of Charlie Kirk's shooting after 70% of members voted to remove him.
The post Oxford Union President-Elect Ousted After Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Shooting appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is Starmer So Determined That Israeli Football Fans Descend on an Area That?s Now 70% Muslim? Tue Oct 21, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
Starmer is perversely determined that Israeli football fans will attend their team's match in Birmingham, even though the area is now 70% Muslim and mini-Israel-Gaza violence is a serious danger, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Why is Starmer So Determined That Israeli Football Fans Descend on an Area That’s Now 70% Muslim? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Windless Week Leaves Britain Totally Dependent on Imported Electricity Tue Oct 21, 2025 07:00 | Paul Homewood
A windless week exposes that the UK is now totally dependent on importing electricity at times of stress. This is hardly the 'energy security' that Ed Miliband continually warbles on about, says Paul Homewood.
The post Windless Week Leaves Britain Totally Dependent on Imported Electricity appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Oct 21, 2025 01:23 | 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.

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National - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

A Workers Rally

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice author Tuesday February 24, 2009 23:55author by Socialist Party Report this post to the editors

Public Meeting

Socialist Party

A Workers Rally

Thursday 26 February 7.30pm
Wynns Hotel Middle Abbey Street Dublin

Speakers
Joe Higgins
Cllr Ruth Coppinger - ASTI
Denis Keane - CPSU Executive
John McCamley - Dublin Bus SIPTU Shopsteward
Donie Fell - Waterford Crystal worker
SR Technics Speaker

(Union speakers in a personal capacity)

All Welcome

Related Link: http://www.socialistparty.net
author by trade unionistpublication date Tue Feb 24, 2009 23:57author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I heard Joe Higgins on the Pat Kenny show last week debating against Ulick McEvaddy. Joe was very good I will be along to hear him on Thursday.

author by Stabilo Bosspublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 13:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

It's not good that these meetngs clash, given the great unity of purpose and attendance at the 14th February meeting in the Davenport:

Next General Meeting of Public Service Alliance,

Date:Thursday Feb 26.

Time: 8.15PM.

Venue: Teachers Club, Parnell Sq, Dublin 1.

author by sp memberpublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 13:27author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The organisers of the public service alliance meeting should have communicated their decision to have a meeting to sp members in the public sector unions and then there wouldn't have been a clash!

author by Jerry Corneliuspublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 15:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

SP members were present at the meeting which decided the date for the next NPSA meeting.

The NPSA meeting will discuss the co-ordination of further action in the Public Service and how best to counter the ICTU burocrats. I doubt if Joe Higgins, Denis Keane or Terry Kelleher would wish to see this meeting postponed.

author by Mark P - Socialist Party (personal capacity)publication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 15:27author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yes, it's unfortunate that meetings clash. Unfortunately this happens fairly regularly and is sometimes inevitable. Demanding that any group postpone a meeting at a day and a half's notice is obviously not a runner however. So there will be two meetings on on Thursday evening. Given the degree of interest in this issue at the moment that shouldn't be a problem - I suspect that there will be more people at the two meetings combined than would be able to fit into either venue alone.

author by Pritt Stickpublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 16:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Jerry Cornelius claims that members of the Socialist Party were present at the meeting which decided there should be a meeting on Thursday night of the public sector workers group. That is not true. No one from the Socialist Party was at the meeting which took that decision.
The Socialist Party decided to have its meeting weeks ago, before Paddy Healy's public service group even existed.
If there is a clash then its an unfortunate co-incidence, but isn't the Socialist Party's fault!

author by Jerry Corneliuspublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 16:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Given Marks response above I think I could be forgiven for thinking that you were just stirring things up.

The date & time for Thursdays meeting was decided with the agreement of SP members who were present at the first meeting.

author by Pritt Stickpublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 17:13author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Jerry, I asked one of the SP members who was at the first meeting and they said that it wasn't agreed at that meeting.

author by Jerry Corneliuspublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 17:16author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The SP members involved agreed to this date and time please get the person you are quoting to post in here using his name.

Given that a named SP member has posted here already I presume you are just a shitstirrer.

author by A Word To The Wisepublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 17:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Pritt you are not doing the SP any favours. First of all its not Paddy Healys Group. Over 100 people attended the founding meeting.

Either :

1. The SP have no sizable involvement in a large group of Public Sector Union activists and were unable to influence a meeting time or they were not even in attendance when it was decided on.

Or:

2. The meeting time decided upon suited the majority of those present and the SP members realised that the best option was to go ahead with it even though it clashed with the SP rally. Advancing the interests of the Working Class came before the meeting.

Knowing some genuine activists in the SP I would say that scenario 2 is the most likely one.

author by Stephen Boyd - Socialist Partypublication date Wed Feb 25, 2009 18:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There were no members of the Socialist Party present at the NPSA meeting which decided to organise this Thursday nights NPSA meeting in the Teachers Club.

Members of the Socialist Party first heard about this meeting by email on Friday 20 February.

The Socialist Party had already organised its public meeting before last Friday and had posters up in the city advertising the rally.

This is nothing more than a coincidence and not as some would like to believe an attempt by the Socialist Party to be sectarian.

author by Liampublication date Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Cutting through the nonsense here. Main thing question Stephen is: why were there no members of the Socialist Party present at the NPSA meeting which decided to organise the Thursday nights NPSA meeting in the Teachers Club?

Why did the SP on foot of a 100+ strong public service workers meeting in the Davenport not take part in the following meeting which decided on the Thursday night meeting- was it not a priority for the SP?

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