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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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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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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.

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link Vance is Right: The West is Stagnating Due to Mass Immigration Thu Nov 27, 2025 19:00 | Dr James Allan
J.D. Vance is right to tell Britain and Canada they're stagnating due to mass immigration, says Professor James Allan. And that's without even considering the massive social upheaval and increase in crime.
The post Vance is Right: The West is Stagnating Due to Mass Immigration appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Starmer Scraps Workers? Rights Reforms Championed by Rayner Thu Nov 27, 2025 17:24 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has abandoned workers' rights reforms championed by Angela Rayner that would allow workers to sue for unfair dismissal on day one of their employment following a business backlash.
The post Starmer Scraps Workers’ Rights Reforms Championed by Rayner appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Forced Out for Saying Fireman Thu Nov 27, 2025 15:30 | Will Jones
A hero firefighter of 27 years service praised for his bravery was disciplined for not telling off colleagues for using the term 'fireman' and has now lost an unfair dismissal case.
The post Forced Out for Saying Fireman appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Andrew Marr Claims ?Britain Has Never Been More Right-Wing?. He Couldn?t Be More Wrong Thu Nov 27, 2025 13:48 | David Goodhart
Andrew Marr has claimed he's "never known a more Right-wing Britain". A dumbfounded David Goodhart patiently walks through the legacy of Blair and New Labour to explain why Marr couldn't be more wrong.
The post Andrew Marr Claims “Britain Has Never Been More Right-Wing”. He Couldn’t Be More Wrong appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Covid Lockdowns ?Stopped Babies Learning How to Speak? Thu Nov 27, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Covid lockdowns have been linked to a surge in babies and toddlers suffering?from speech and other developmental issues, the largest study to date has found.
The post Covid Lockdowns “Stopped Babies Learning How to Speak” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 22, 2011 17:26 by SLH   text 6 comments (last - monday june 27, 2011 12:01)
News is breaking of the death of anti-apartheid campaigner Kader Asmal. He was a founder member of both the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. read full story / add a comment
All pics © Michael Gallagher 2011 - No unauthorised use permitted.
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 20, 2011 23:49 by Michael Gallagher   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 22, 2011 23:33)   image 5 images
Brian Haw RIP
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday June 19, 2011 13:04 by indignant   text 9 comments (last - tuesday june 21, 2011 15:42)   image 1 image
It would be nice to see tributes to Mr Haw today, so that his work is not (as it were) in vain.

http://www.brianhaw.tv/index.php read full story / add a comment
Angelus Novus by Paul Klee
international / arts and media / news report Thursday June 16, 2011 19:39 by Oswald Bastable   image 1 image
Introducing a new cultural website.

After the death of England’s best-loved alcoholic gambling bigot, the queen mother, the Daily Mail rather ludicrously suggested that the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square should be given over permanently to a statue of her. The Guardian impishly proposed the potential responses of contemporary artists to the challenge. For Antony Gormley, we got ‘the angel of the south’: a steel sculpture of an old lady, complete with cane, handbag, absurd hat and enormous aeroplane wings.

This is how one pictures the angel of contemporary culture. Her eyes stare at hordes of tourists, bemused consumers of Britain’s heritage industry. Her existence is a cheap trick, a grandiose prosthesis grafted onto a piece of idiotic kitsch. Nobody any more is quite sure if she is a serious endeavour or a mischievous joke; the work of a dedicated artisan or of an industry. Unlike Benjamin’s angel,* she does not want to stay behind but to take flight from this shabby existence. Unfortunately, she is riveted to the plinth. These rivets are what we call capitalism.
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J15-Catalan police used agent provocateurs in attempt to destroy M15 peaceful revolutionary movement
international / anti-capitalism / news report Thursday June 16, 2011 09:02 by #SpanishRevolution   text 16 comments (last - tuesday june 21, 2011 10:46)   image 17 images   video 3 video files
The M15 peaceful revolutionary movement in Spain has had profound success and has grown and still is growing. It has inspired similar things to happen in further afield, as Bob Dylan sang "The times they are a changin".

Yesterday we saw on the streets of Barcelona, the second sinsister move by the Catalan state / region, the first being the well publicised extreme violent action by the Mossos (Catalan police) on M27. What we saw was the open use of "agents provocateurs" in an attempt to split the movement, discredit the movement, give fuel to those (politicians, media...) who wish to see this #SpanishRevolution come to a quick end.

Well they have failed, their agents were caught on camera, watch the video, all is VERY VERY clear - Who are they real violent ones in this situation. M15 movement remains peaceful. We are winning. read full story / add a comment
acampadaBCN: take the square > take the parliament
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday June 15, 2011 10:03 by #SpanishRevolution   text 12 comments (last - sunday june 19, 2011 13:20)   image 15 images   video 6 video files
helicopters, gunshots, lines of riot vans screaming around, police cordoned hi speed car cavalcade blocked in streets and turned away by protestors, old guys in the streets giving that sideways hand shake... A month into the #SpanishRevolution and things are really heating up. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday June 14, 2011 13:06 by abu ali
videos, photos and graphs on spanishrevolution
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international / education / news report Tuesday June 14, 2011 11:22 by Caz
ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) linked to LCE Architects, who ‘educate’ Libyan youth.

Minutes from the Brent Youth Parliament meeting, 22 July 2008, relating to the ARK Academy in Brent, is distributed to LCE Architects, who build schools in Libya read full story / add a comment
This could be your hospital
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 13, 2011 19:01 by Angry Dubliner   text 4 comments (last - friday june 17, 2011 13:16)   image 5 images
19June: People of the world, rise up!!!
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday June 12, 2011 12:52 by #Globalrevolution   text 5 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2011 12:54)   image 14 images   video 5 video files
We are the outraged, the anonymous, the voiceless. We were there, silent but alert, watching. Not gazing upward at the powers that be, but looking from side to side for the right time to unite with each other.

No political party, association or trade union represents us. Nor do we want them to, because each and every one of us speaks for her or himself. Together, we want to design and create a world where people and nature come first, before economic interests. We want to design and build the best possible world. Together we can and we will. Unafraid read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Friday June 10, 2011 16:00 by Frank   text 12 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2011 23:44)   image 13 images
Wednesday and Thursday saw a serious of occupations and actions against the drilling compound at Aghoos in Mayo as part of the ongoing campaign against Shell. The events culminated in an eight-hour lock-on and a nine hour occupation of machinery which stopped all work for the day. Over thirty people were involved in the events. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 10, 2011 10:22 by DD   video 1 video file
While in previous years the weather has been typically sunny and dry – apart from the unforgettable rain, cold and high winds of 1991 – it is sobering to remember that the original famine walk occurred in weather that would have been worse than that experienced this year, taking place in bitterly cold and hail storm conditions in March 1849.
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday June 10, 2011 09:49 by abu ali
txts, videos, photos on south europe revolts read full story / add a comment
international / education / news report Friday June 10, 2011 00:12 by Caz
ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) of the John Adam St Gang read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 06, 2011 10:48 by Costas A.   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 09, 2011 08:16)   image 1 image
Last night in Athens, took place the bigest gathering i ever witnesed myself in 37 years. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / news report Saturday June 04, 2011 11:24 by Costas A.
Abuse of human rights!! read full story / add a comment
The old City Arts building - another wasted NAMA building
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 02, 2011 23:20 by Mick   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 04, 2011 10:31)   image 2 images
Join us on June 11th for the launch of the Campaign for the Old City Arts Building (COCAB). Our aim is to take back the Old City Arts building, 23-25 Mosse St (near Tara dart station) which has been abandoned for nearly a decade and is now part of the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA). We want the building to be opened up for use as an educational and cultural space, managed collectively by anyone who wants to take part, independent of private or state institutions. We also want to broaden this by demanding that the NAMA legislation be changed so that all disused NAMA buildings can be used by the citizens for social and cultural projects, social housing or (in the case of undeveloped land) community gardens. It is clear that the politics of ‘elected representatives’ has completely failed in the context of the crisis- only people power and direct action can bring real change. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 31, 2011 21:09 by Contrarian   text 36 comments (last - tuesday june 21, 2011 14:49)   image 5 images
PA President Mahmoud Abbas tells Arab League Conference that future Palestinian state is to be Israeli free. read full story / add a comment
Puerta del Sol: mass assemblies are the engine of the movement
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday May 29, 2011 17:01 by Mick   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 31, 2011 16:14)   image 1 image
It began on the 15th of May in the form of demonstrations across Spain with an estimated attendance of 150,000. This initial demonstration was organized by a new group called Real Democracy Now (RDN), a loosely organized collective which focused on expressing the feeling of outrage among the Spanish population without recourse to traditional left ideology. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 29, 2011 16:28 by Cormac Mac Gall   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2011 00:19)
The municipal elections in the Basque Country last week gave Bildu, a coalition of social democratic parties and Abertzale Left candidates, overwhelming victory, now having the majority of town councils of any party across the Basque Country and in one of its major cities, while coming first in one of the four southern (Spanish-ruled) provinces, second and third in another two. read full story / add a comment
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