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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

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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 Exaltation of the Cross Tue Sep 23, 2025 15:00 | Chris Larkin
Church leaders are too quick to condemn Tommy Robinson and the Unite the Kingdom march, says Chris Larkin. We don't know what Jesus would have made of our politics, but we can?t just assume he?d have been a Lib Dem voter.
The post The Exaltation of the Cross appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Council Insists Women Be Called ?People With Ovaries? Tue Sep 23, 2025 13:27 | Will Jones
Bristol City Council has been accused of offending women with "virtue-signalling madness" after insisting that women be called "people with ovaries" and claiming that defining sex as biological "misgenders trans people".
The post Council Insists Women Be Called “People With Ovaries” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jimmy Kimmel?s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comme... Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:04 | Will Jones
Jimmy Kimmel's comeback after his Charlie Kirk comments has been dealt a massive blow with ABC affiliates refusing to air it in nearly 40 major markets after Disney announced the liberal talk host will return Tuesday.
The post Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comments appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave Tue Sep 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
When Nigel Farage announced on Monday that Reform would end benefits for migrants and abolish settled status, Left-wing MPs rushed to denounce him. Labour will regret defending the Boriswave, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off Whe... Tue Sep 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Suddenly, green activists have started getting outraged at the billions wasted paying wind farms to switch off when it's too windy. The hypocrisy and chutzpah beggars belief, says Ben Pile.
The post Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off When it’s Too Windy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / eu / news report Monday September 14, 2009 14:29 by DSF   text 4 comments (last - monday september 21, 2009 15:57)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Speaking during a Sinn Féin canvass in Dublin city centre today Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams yesterday urged voters to reject the Lisbon Treaty '”in order to build a Fairer Ireland and a Better Europe”.

Membersof the party distributed leaflets in Dublin city centre asking people to reflect on why they were being asked to vote again. Responses varied, with most people saying they were going to vote the same way they did last year. However a worrying number of people were confused by the government's campaign on the treaty, and were unclear on the status of the so-called guarantees. read full story / add a comment
And no reductions for sharing either!
national / housing / news report Monday September 14, 2009 14:25 by PoorPerson   text 12 comments (last - tuesday september 22, 2009 13:10)   image 1 image
Single persons seeking rent allowance can now look forward to being net 7-8% worse off than previously was the case thanks to new rates.
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Monday September 14, 2009 13:25 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Women and the European Union
Paper presented by Deirdre Uí Bhrógáin,
National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland,
to Desmond Greaves Summer School, 2009 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 14, 2009 10:52 by Seami Mac   text 3 comments (last - monday september 14, 2009 19:27)
Last week the BBC reported that three men on trial for possesion of an armoured piercing mortor has been under observation by British special forces read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday September 13, 2009 14:29 by Paula Geraghty   text 2 comments (last - tuesday september 15, 2009 08:25)
Not everyone could get to the impressive Shannon Peace conference organised by the IAWM and PANA.
Go knock yourself out. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday September 12, 2009 21:40 by Brian
On September 19th there will be a protest outside the Canadian Embassy in Dublin to show support for Canadian Marc Emery. Marc is a well-known activist, Vancouver retail store owner, and editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine. He was raided by Canadian police and the US DEA on July 29th, 2005, and arrested for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet. read full story / add a comment
Stop NAMA
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday September 12, 2009 20:41 by Labour Party   image 1 image
The Labour Party are organising a protest against NAMA on Wednesday Sept 16 outside Leinster House at 1pm. read full story / add a comment
They are a nation & their language is spoken by ten million. But this referenda was only supposed to include a few thousands.
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday September 12, 2009 19:55 by susan Boyle   text 6 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 01:14)   image 3 images
In what could have seemed like a typical storm in a tea-cup about a fortnight ago & in my opinion didn't merit comment or reporting then, a village consultation in Catalonia has evinced EU parliament cross party condemnation of the Spanish state. The leaders of the EU conservatives, socialists, greens and liberals have expressed their concern at the continued operation of the Spanish Falange party. Manfred Weber leads the conservative block in the EU parliament he has said "this demonstration celebrates a brutal and inhuman totalitarian system in which thousands of European died and it must be stopped" or Bernhard Rapkay leader of the German socialists in the EU "we must punish any European who uses fascist symbols".

What could have caused that?

The story really is extraordinarily interesting, ironic, though provoking & of interest to Welsh, Scot or any referendum voter. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / press release Saturday September 12, 2009 18:29 by Daithi Byrne   image 2 images
Sinn Féin and Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin in Lucan and Clondalkin held a day of action against the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty. Pickets were held at the constituency offices of Green party TD Paul Gogarty and Fianna Fail TD John Curran. Two large banners were erected on both offices by Ógra activists, which invited large support from passers by. read full story / add a comment
Almeida top right
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 15:52 by IshtarCelt   text 5 comments (last - thursday october 08, 2009 11:26)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
One of the original protagonists of the Cuban revolution, Juan Almeida Bosque, has died of heart failure at the age of 82, according to state media.

Almeida was one of several vice-presidents in the Council of State under Raul Castro.

He was the only black commander in the Cuban leadership.

From a poor Havana neighbourhood, Almeida was in the group of guerrillas led by Fidel Castro which eventually seized power in Cuba in 1959. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 15:29 by Contaminated Crow
A quarry, turfcutting, asbestos waste, a landfill, a compost plant, pylons and four telemasts read full story / add a comment
Leafetting and being hassled inside
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 14:16 by David L   text 10 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 15:38)   image 4 images
As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 12:20 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 14:30)   image 2 images
NAMA is nothing short of straight class robbery – robbery from ordinary workers in order to shore up the property developers and big bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. It can be described as unfair, it can be described as immoral but in reality it’s naked capitalism at work. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday September 12, 2009 10:04 by Conor
Meet at the gates of Stephans Green park/top of Grafton street, Friday 25 September at 6pm.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday September 11, 2009 17:54 by Gregor Kerr
Dublin City North branch of the Irish National Teachers Organisation expresses support for striking MTL dockers read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 16:50 by Anna Marley
Galway Sinn Féin activists will tomorrow call on members of the public to spin the wheel of misfortune, and predict the dismal realities that will come into being if the neo-liberal agenda of the current government remains unchallenged.

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 14:02 by Amnesty Galway
Galway Book Launch ‘60 years, 30 perspectives: Ireland and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’

With Colm O’ Gorman Executive Director Amnesty International Ireland and Speakers From the Irish Centre for Human Rights NUIG
Amnesty International Freedom Café 2-3 Middle St. Galway.
Friday 18th Sept 6.30 PM
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dublin / eu / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 12:39 by Vote No To Lisbon Campaign
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The authors
dublin / arts and media / news report Friday September 11, 2009 12:27 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 00:32)   image 4 images   audio 1 audio file
Last night saw the launch of a new history of the Offical IRA and the Workers Party called ‘The Lost Revolution’ by Brian Hanley and Scott Miller. Over 250 people including many ex and current members of the Workers Party as well as members of just about every other left and republican group crammed into the hall for the launch. This is an audio recording of the introduction to the book given by Diarmaid Ferriter followed by each of the authors speaking about the book. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 12:24 by Vote No To Lisbon Campaign
We are holding 2 city centre stalls and leafletting sessions today. read full story / add a comment
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