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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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offsite link The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails Fri Oct 10, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The technocrats are falling across the West as their ideology founders on reality. The cracking of the Net Zero consensus, like the end of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, is a moment of hope, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
The post The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His ... Fri Oct 10, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 54 of the Sceptic: Alexander Adams on dissident art, the tyranny of the Arts Council England and his new exhibition: Power and Intimacy.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His New Exhibition appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Oct 10, 2025 00:47 | 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 Teenagers Must Be Warned About the Dystopia Being Built Around Them Thu Oct 09, 2025 19:00 | Mike Fairclough
Mike Fairclough was a nationally feted headteacher before he was cancelled during Covid for speaking out against the tyranny. Now he has written a novel to warn teens about the dystopian world being built around them.
The post Teenagers Must Be Warned About the Dystopia Being Built Around Them appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Italy to Ban Burka Thu Oct 09, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Italy is to ban the burka as part of new legislation against "Islamic separatism" that includes strengthening penalties for forced marriages and stricter financial regulation of Muslim organisations.
The post Italy to Ban Burka appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday January 02, 2006 23:39 by RobbieS   text 6 comments (last - wednesday january 18, 2006 02:48)   audio 1 audio file
dublin / housing / feature Sunday November 27, 2005 13:47 by Elaine   text 25 comments (last - saturday july 22, 2006 14:30)   audio 1 audio file
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday October 31, 2005 00:41 by Robbie Sinnott   text 2 comments (last - monday october 31, 2005 01:34)   audio 1 audio file
international / sci-tech / news report Friday October 28, 2005 05:07 by RobbieS   text 5 comments (last - wednesday may 03, 2006 15:21)   audio 1 audio file
I'd like to know more about Media Lab (MIT). I thought MLE had shut down on Jan 14th this year through lack of funding.

Luckily, I recorded a lecture given by Gary McDerby (Principal Rsearch Scientist at Media Lab Europe) in April 2004, and what I heard, I found to be disconcerting

– coming to an appliance near you. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday October 22, 2005 18:11 by Robbie Sinnott   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 17, 2008 12:49)   audio 1 audio file
With the construction of the China-Tibet railway this week, the destruction of Tibet reaches a new level.

Studio interview with Yungchen Lhamo (from Tibet) and Neil Steedman (Tibet Support Group Ireland). mp3 (22mins, FM-friendly).

To listen on broadband (immediately - depending on your player settings/preferences), left-click the next link.

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/yungchenradioedit.mp3

to download on any connection, right-click etc.
The above link is also the radio edit, suitable for rebroadcasting on FM.

The same interview is segmented at lower resolution for immediate access for all sorts of internet connections lower down, and synopsis given under those headings. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday October 20, 2005 03:03 by Robbie Sinnott   text 9 comments (last - friday october 21, 2005 19:43)   audio 1 audio file
18 min phone interview mp3 (128kbps - Fm-friendly).

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http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/nuria.mp3

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday October 18, 2005 19:33 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group   text 142 comments (last - tuesday november 15, 2005 01:39)   audio 1 audio file
Immigration police seized several families across Ireland this morning (Tue Oct 18th) and brought them to Dublin for summary deportation. Among those detained was the family of a writer. He had sent them to Ireland so that they would be safe from the repercussions of his writings which are critical of drug dealers in the country in which he resides. An attempted blockade of the Garda National Immigration Bureau premises in Dublin has resulted in arrests and is ongoing. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday October 16, 2005 20:03 by Robbie Sinnott   text 2 comments (last - monday october 17, 2005 22:31)   audio 1 audio file
In this interview, Mark also outlines the background to the Ploughshares movement, to the Catholic Worker and explores the meaning of religion in a time of perpetual war. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday October 15, 2005 03:12 by Robbie Sinnott   audio 1 audio file
18 min phone interview (mp3, 128kbps)
click here to listen on broadband,
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/2005.10.13-asha.mp3
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday October 13, 2005 01:17 by Robbie Sinnott   text 7 comments (last - wednesday november 23, 2005 01:09)   audio 1 audio file
This 25 min mp3 soundscape can be heard directly on broadband by clicking
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/2004.10.11-columbusday.mp3

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It was recorded at the US Embassy, October 11th, 2004, to mark a fitting commemoration of Columbus Day and its significance.

The vigil was organised by the Pit Stop Ploughshares/Dublin Catholic Worker who are on trial at the Four Courts on october 24th 2004 for disarming a US navy plane in a non-violent action at Shannon Warport.

Sustained organisation of events such as this over the past three years show that the action against the warplanea was no stunt, but a logical direct action manifestation of consistent anti-war morality.

original link:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=66842&search_text=Columbus%20Day

Pit Stop Ploughshares Website: read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday October 12, 2005 18:03 by R. Isible   text 3 comments (last - sunday october 23, 2005 11:43)   audio 1 audio file
Anthony McIntyre (IRA man held in the Maze prison in N.Ireland for 17 years) comments on the new UK "anti-terror" legislation to Oliver King (Guardian UK's Political Editor). The audio is formatted in mp3 and lasts for approximately 5 minutes and 5.8M in size. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday October 12, 2005 01:28 by Robbie Sinnott   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 12, 2005 23:48)   audio 1 audio file
a 17min mp3 interview with eye-witnesses (128kbps/FM broadcastable).

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday October 10, 2005 00:30 by RobbieS   audio 1 audio file
an mp3 interview (11.16min) with Áine Ní Ghiollagáin of Cúram.

Click http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/2005.9.29.c__ram.mp3 to hear directly on broadband, or right-click...to download in any connection. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday October 08, 2005 18:31 by Robbie Sinnott   audio 1 audio file
2 .mp3 interviews (128kbps - FM-broadcastable).

click the below links to lsten on broadband directly, or right click them to download on any connection.

Part 1: 14 mins
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/2005.9.19-9.christina__dennis___james.mp3

Part 2: 12 mins
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/2005.9.19-12._christina__dennis___james__ii_.mp3

That such integrity, optimism and informed analysis can flourish within an environment of suffocating media and authoritarian state/junta, is testamemt to the indefatigability of human warmth. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / feature Sunday October 02, 2005 23:28 by dunk   text 17 comments (last - tuesday october 25, 2005 16:13)   audio 1 audio file
Photos and interviews with homeless people campigning to improve their situation and highlighting the current crisis that exists on our streets. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Monday September 05, 2005 05:05 by Robbie Sinnott   audio 1 audio file
Felix Ouolewemen from the Delta Province, Nigeria, and Vincent McGrath of Erris, discuss the impact of Shell et. al., on their respective communities. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday September 04, 2005 03:55 by Robbie Sinnott   audio 1 audio file
mp3 15 minute interview 128kbps copyleft.

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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday September 03, 2005 02:26 by Robbie Sinnott   audio 1 audio file
An interview with Robyn Banks, an anarchist from San Francisco Ca., and Nestor McNab - an anarchist with the WSM in Dublin who spent many years in Italy.

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international / eu / news report Sunday August 28, 2005 22:31 by Robbie Sinnott   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 28, 2005 22:37)   audio 1 audio file
Barry Finnegan of DAPSE gives a 13 minute analysis of the undemocratic nature of the EU when negotiating away public ownership, and then gives a three minute response to some questions. read full story / add a comment
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