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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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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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offsite link The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud Wed Sep 24, 2025 13:19 | Mary Gilleece
After working with over 100 SEND children, Mary Gilleece has finally met a child with actual special needs. But there isn't enough money to support him because ?11 billion is being blown on bogus diagnoses.
The post The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner?s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:12 | Will Jones
Violet Affleck,?the daughter of Hollywood stars?Jennifer Garner?and?Ben Affleck, was at the?UN?on Tuesday to push for mask mandates, saying the world was irresponsible for returning to 'business as usual' after Covid.
The post Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat Wed Sep 24, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Rupert Lowe has called for halal and kosher meat to be banned. But there's a problem with his argument: he doesn't mention factory farming?a far greater evil.
The post The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying Wed Sep 24, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
As New York hosts Climate Week NYC ? "the world?s largest climate event" ? the absence of any major global leaders speaks volumes, says Tilak Doshi. Mugged by reality, the Net Zero dream is dying.
The post The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Sep 24, 2025 01:05 | 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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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday August 23, 2004 12:17 by Martin O'Sullivan   text 1 comment (last - monday august 23, 2004 15:35)
28 Aug 2004
7-30pm in Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Amal Murkus - one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, makes her Irish Debut read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday August 22, 2004 23:38 by james wsm cork   text 16 comments (last - tuesday january 04, 2005 11:57)
Protestors walk the Old Head of Kinsale in first mass trespass in over one year. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday August 22, 2004 15:38 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday august 23, 2004 23:05)
The protest will take place at the Turkish Embassy, 11 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge,
Dublin on Monday 23rd August from 6.00-7.00pm.

All welcome read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2004 16:49 by Ciaran Weafer - UCDSU   text 30 comments (last - friday august 27, 2004 11:38)
Much debate has been taking place over the last few days regarding the success, or not, of the occupation of the department of education on Tuesday. By engaging in an occupation we are taking a particular stance. It is a form of direct action which means that the action has a direct effect on the people involved. You take a stance, issue demands, and do not move until those demands are met or you are forcibly removed. If your demands are met you have been victorious if you are removed the fight moves to another day but the victory lies in the fact that you have shown an unflinching belief in your tactics and what you stand for and a commitment to continue to bring the fight to the powers that be. Anything less is a failure. As such the occupation of Tuesday last was, in this regard a failure. read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Friday August 20, 2004 12:47 by WSM   text 11 comments (last - tuesday september 07, 2004 17:08)
Cork WSM open meeting
The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism

Thursday, September 2nd
8pm
Independent Workers' Union hall,
55 North Main Street, Cork read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 20, 2004 08:11 by Hilaal
Details have just emerged of the death on 29 May last of British oil executive Michael Hamilton , at his inquest. 21 others died in the same attack. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 19, 2004 20:24 by Donal   text 5 comments (last - tuesday august 31, 2004 05:51)
Yesterday the Freedom March (which is marching along the route of the illegal apartheid wall in the West Bank) reached the Qalandya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Thursday August 19, 2004 17:57 by pc
doing fnb at rear of ilac entrance centre at 3 oclock on sunday read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday August 19, 2004 13:45 by D   text 16 comments (last - sunday august 22, 2004 15:04)
Last night South Belfast ARN meeting was attended by local residents and trade unionists, as well as between fifteen to twenty representatives of various local community organisations and support groups from around South Belfast. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 18, 2004 18:56 by Joan   text 11 comments (last - saturday september 05, 2009 20:09)
Last Saturday afternoon (14/8/04), up to 15 gardai descended on a lone Traveller family, whose trailer was parked just off the South Link Road in Cork City. When the gardai threatened to have the trailer towed away, the mother locked herself into it to prevent it being moved. The gardai broke off the perspex window at the back of the trailer in an attempt to enter it. At this stage, the woman, who is receiving medical attention for depression, took a bread knife and attempted to cut her wrists. Fortunately, the knife was quite blunt and did little damage read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 18, 2004 13:11 by Free the Old Head
As "right to roam" campaigners prepare for another People's Picnic at the Old Head of Kinsale this Sunday a US golfing magazine gives us a rare insight into the mentality of the golf club's ultra-rich owners, the O'Connor Brothers. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday August 18, 2004 02:45 by zapatist   text 16 comments (last - friday august 20, 2004 18:42)
The so called "monday-protests" in Germany (which led to the end of former GDR in 1990) are coming up again: this time with the aim to fight the social cuts planned by the Schröder government read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday August 18, 2004 01:02 by Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
The IPSC is holding a demonstration at the Israeli Embassy, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, from 1pm to 2pm on Thursday the 19th of August, in support of Palestinian prisoners who have commenced a hunger strike this week in protest at the conditions in which they are held in Israeli prisons. More details can be read in the press release below. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 17, 2004 20:47 by Mark Grehan
RAR meeting 8 o'clock Teachers Club, Parnell square. Come get involved in Residents Against Racism and help in our campaigns. All welcome read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday August 17, 2004 15:33 by person outside   text 40 comments (last - friday august 20, 2004 15:48)
After the OECD Leak, and a governement trying to sneak fees in through the backdoor, students take action...
Word has just come through that a large scale occuaption is underway at the Department of Education. Students from various colleges affiliated to USI gathered today around noon in the city and made plans for the occupation. Over forty students are involved. A number of rooms in the building have been occupied, seriously disrupting the work of the department. Around twenty students are outside the buidling itself, but inside the grounds of the department itself. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 17, 2004 12:38 by Sean
Does stigma arise from lack of truth, clarity and precision in language? read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 17, 2004 11:16 by Claire
This festival explodes into life in 27th, 28th and 29th August with over 100 events taking place in 35 venues throughout Dun Laoghaire. Ireland's leading intercultural festival – this is a dazzling weekend of internationally renowned acts and local talent - music, film, circus, theatre, dance, club nights, markets, exhibitions, workshops and kid’s activities. With over 70% free to the public; on the streets, in the parks, on the harbour and in the venues…a vibrant carnival atmosphere is guaranteed. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 17, 2004 11:14 by Claire   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 24, 2004 13:24)
This festival explodes into life in 27th, 28th and 29th August with over 100 events taking place in 35 venues throughout Dun Laoghaire. Ireland's leading intercultural festival – this is a dazzling weekend of internationally renowned acts and local talent - music, film, circus, theatre, dance, club nights, markets, exhibitions, workshops and kid’s activities. With over 70% free to the public; on the streets, in the parks, on the harbour and in the venues…a vibrant carnival atmosphere is guaranteed. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 17, 2004 03:44 by Ezez   text 2 comments (last - friday august 20, 2004 02:40)
The 'Gaztetxe' Euskal Jai (derelict house, occupied and made into a self-substaining cultural centre run by the Basque youth ) in Irunea (Euskal Herria, The Basque Country), is being attacked by the police with the intention of demolishing it. Bulldozers are charging against the building putting the resisting people inside, who have chained themselves to the building, in great danger as the house may collapse at any moment. The Spanish seem to be learning from their Israeli counterparts! read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday August 16, 2004 15:52 by IAWM Waterford   text 5 comments (last - tuesday august 17, 2004 13:46)
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