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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

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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 Small Boat Migrant Takes Eight-Week Holiday Back to Afghanistan Thu Sep 25, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
An Afghan granted asylum after arriving in the UK on a small boat took an eight-week holiday in the country from which he had fled.
The post Small Boat Migrant Takes Eight-Week Holiday Back to Afghanistan appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers ?Demand Removal of Two-Chil... Thu Sep 25, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Cabinet Ministers are ramping up the pressure on Rachel Reeves to spend even more on welfare by lifting the two-child benefit cap, sparking warnings that Britain is entering an "economic doom loop".
The post Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers “Demand Removal of Two-Child Benefit Cap” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Every Adult in Britain to Be Forced to Have a Digital ID Card Under New Keir Starmer Plan Thu Sep 25, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Every adult in Britain will be forced to have a Government-issued digital ID card under "dystopian" proposals designed to tackle illegal immigration set to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer. Papers, please!
The post Every Adult in Britain to Be Forced to Have a Digital ID Card Under New Keir Starmer Plan appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Watch: Boris Defends the Boriswave Thu Sep 25, 2025 14:10 | Will Jones
To add to Kemi Badenoch's woes, Boris Johnson has popped up to defend his massive 'Boriswave' of immigration, asking "Who do you want to kick out?" It's not helping, Boris.
The post Watch: Boris Defends the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Richard Dawkins: ?Trans Women Are Women? Slogan is Scientifically False Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The slogan 'trans women are women' is scientifically false and harms the rights of women,?Richard Dawkins?has said in a new book warning that scientific truth must prevail over "personal feelings".
The post Richard Dawkins: ‘Trans Women Are Women’ Slogan is Scientifically False appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 13:26 by Teachers United
Teachers have voted to take industrial action, which may include a strike, over education cuts and the pension levy.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday March 07, 2009 11:47 by K   image 1 image
The Aim: 120,000 people to stand side by side all around the 120 kilometer edge of GAZA ,from all parts of this world,from all colors and creeds and any walk of life ,and show solidarity and hope to those who are suffering. read full story / add a comment
Bob Doyle Commemoration
dublin / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday March 07, 2009 10:45 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 07, 2009 15:39)   image 1 image
Bob Doyle (1916-2009) Commemoration
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international / crime and justice / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 04:42 by dissident   text 1 comment (last - monday march 09, 2009 14:03)
Reports are just coming in over the wires that the website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has been hacked.A dummy page , (http://www.unodc.net/Jobs.html) has been uploaded.which has a message everyone with an interest in drugs policy should read, and then act upon. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 03:15 by Jonathan Head   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 07, 2009 03:54)   video 2 video files
Freedom of expression

When asked to explain what kind of content had brought about the charge, the police refused to comment, saying it was too sensitive.

But one officer, who did not want to be named, told the BBC it was comments about the monarchy posted by readers on the website at the end of last year that were at issue.

The Thai authorities have been increasingly intolerant of perceived criticism of the monarchy in recent months.

Thousands of websites have been blocked, and a number of people charged and arrested, including a well-known academic, who fled to Britain before he could be detained.

However the use of the severe lese-majeste law has provoked widespread condemnation around the world, and a campaign by academics to have the law changed.

By instead invoking the new computer crimes law - passed just 18 months ago - the authorities may be hoping to stifle debate about the monarchy without stirring up another outcry over freedom of expression in Thailand.

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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 06, 2009 22:27 by Paddy Hackett   text 7 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 01:05)   video 3 video files
Paddy Hackett writes:
The world capitalist economy has plunged into a sustained economic depression. The signs are that this depression shall be deep and prolonged. The principal way by which capitalism can come out of the depression is by reducing both the living standards and employment conditions of the working class. The only other solution is social revolution involving the seizure of power by the working class from the capitalist class necessitating the establishment of a world communist federation. read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / news report Friday March 06, 2009 19:51 by Feminist   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 07, 2009 16:29)   video 2 video files
Ógra Shinn Féin have produced the following short film for International Women's Day (Monday 8 March '09).

We hope you enjoy, and promote this celebration of women in struggle, past and present.
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Capoeira Exercises
dublin / education / event notice Friday March 06, 2009 16:39 by Martin Giannini   image 1 image
We at Cultivate believe in justice and human rights, we fight for the environment, we teach about more sustainable solutions, we promote Open Source and Free Speech.... and like most Change Agents, Cultural Creatives, Campaigners, etc., our bodies get tired, our minds get burned out.... We need also to come together to celebrate and to move! This is integral to the kind of systemic, wholistic, sustainable shift that we're all looking for in society. And so join us.... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday March 06, 2009 14:41 by Richard Walsh   text 3 comments (last - sunday march 08, 2009 20:26)
Remarks made by Fianna Fáil's Mary Hanafin today and by Fine Gael's Joe McHugh in the recent past that cross-border dole claimants should be targeted amounts to an attack on the least well-off, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin has said.
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national / environment / event notice Friday March 06, 2009 13:06 by Scully   text 5 comments (last - monday april 06, 2009 14:21)


Seomra Spraoi

Saturday 14th of March

Doors Open 8pm

Doors Closed 12am read full story / add a comment
Harpist Siobhán Armstrong
national / arts and media / press release Friday March 06, 2009 12:56 by Fred Johnston   image 2 images
The literary town of Gort, Co. Galway, will see its second 'Forge at Gort' literature festival kick off on Friday, March 27th, at Sullivan's Royal Hotel, Gort, with a reading by renowned writer, critic and poet, Ulick O'Connor. A host of novelists, poets and musicians are due for this year's festival, which is organised by the Western Writers' Centre, Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude, Galway. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday March 06, 2009 12:28 by Martin O'Sullivan
Stop bus cuts Public meeting
Hilton hotel (clarehall)
Thurs 12th march @ 8:00pm

Speakers:
Owen mc cormack Bus workers action group)
Martin o’sullivan (people before profit)
087 82 89 243 read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Friday March 06, 2009 12:09 by Gareth Murphy   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 23, 2009 12:48)
Please see below email that has been sent signed by both the CYM and Labour Youth to all Green Party TD's, MEP's, Senators and Cllr's.

We will be increasing the pressure we can exert in the coming weeks.

Email 6th March 2009 read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality / news report Friday March 06, 2009 10:59 by Aileen O’Carroll   text 5 comments (last - monday march 03, 2014 00:57)   image 1 image
There are a few ways in which International Women's Day can be approached. It can be ignored. This is what mostly happens in the mainstream media. Unlike Valentines Day and Mothers Day, cards aren't given and presents aren't bought. With no profit to be made out of it, the day is not exactly one that jumps out and grabs the attention.
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international / miscellaneous / press release Friday March 06, 2009 10:28 by Richard Walsh   text 1 comment (last - monday march 16, 2009 08:23)
RSF have said that the revelation this morning that RUC Supremo Hugh Orde ordered the redeployment of special units of the British Crown Forces demonstrates that they were correct in stating that the renaming of 'Operation Banner' to 'Operation Helvetic' was meaningless. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / news report Friday March 06, 2009 07:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 2 comments (last - sunday march 08, 2009 19:55)   image 1 image
A new media project is coming to Dublin soon. Beginning in March/April 2009, Inner City News will arrive in your locality. Focusing on our new publication with enthusiasm, our goal is to inform communities -to the best of our ability- on all that is happening in their areas.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday March 05, 2009 22:36 by Gregor Kerr
A public meeting to be held as part of the 2009 Anarchist Bookfair will bring together a representative of Waterford Crystal workers, an Executive member of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) and a representative of the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Campaign to discuss how workers – public and private – and students can unite against “government attempts to pin the blame for the financial crisis on the backs of ordinary workers”.
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International Womens Day
national / gender and sexuality / feature Thursday March 05, 2009 22:33 by mechano/mechana   text 9 comments (last - wednesday march 11, 2009 14:48)   image 2 images   video 6 video files
According to Wikipedia International Women's Day started in the States in 1909, spread to Copenhagen and other parts of Europe and by 1911 was being celebrated by over 1 million people. Its an official holiday in many countries throughout the world and though it doesn't have this status in Ireland it is being marked by a number of groups and events over the next few days. Heres a selection from the events listed on Indy's Events Calendar. read full story / add a comment
kerry / politics / elections / event notice Thursday March 05, 2009 22:31 by pbp tralee
Come along to the official launch of PbP candidate Sean Moraghan's Tralee Town Council election campaign,

and let’s start talking about how we can fight the cutbacks, and bring change to the political landscape of Tralee!

"A la Lucha!" read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday March 05, 2009 20:12 by Edward Horgan
An important peace forum is being held at the Park Inn Hotel at Shannon airpport on Sat 21 March.
Among other objectives, this peace forum is intended to initiate the process of establishing accountability for Ireland's shameful complicity in the deaths of over one million people in Afghanistan and Iraq. read full story / add a comment
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