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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 Labour Has Turned Britain?s Constables into Commissars Sat Sep 27, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
As yet another scandalous arrest over a tweet shows how Labour has turned Britain's constables into commissars, the public are right to draw a link between this clampdown on speech and 'two-tier Keir', says Laurie Wastell.
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offsite link Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A major poll has put Nigel Farage on track to be Britain's next Prime Minister with 311 MPs as Labour is set to lose more than 250 seats and the Tories are pushed into fourth.
The post Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech Sat Sep 27, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
Tempting though it is, Donald Trump and his allies should refrain from trying to cancel their political opponents. Free speech is one of the core values that the defenders of Western civilisation should uphold.
The post Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? Sat Sep 27, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Can the radical Left ? increasingly wedded to violence to achieve its unpopular ideals ? actually be trusted with free speech, or will it just keep using it to call for and celebrate our deaths, asks Steven Tucker.
The post Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Sep 27, 2025 00:54 | 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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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday January 21, 2009 13:17 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 22, 2009 14:42)
Three men have been detained in a cross-border operation targeting Republicans in Counties Monaghan and Fermanagh. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday January 21, 2009 03:41 by Ethiopian Women Human Rights Alliance
A popular Ethiopian woman political leader in her early thirties has been thrown in prison for life under very harsh conditions. Her crime is speaking her mind on the legal process. As lawyers appear to shy away for fear of government reprisals, please give her your moral support. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 23:49 by Peadar O' Donnell   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 21, 2009 13:00)
There was a large turnout at a Public Meeting in Ballyshannon in County Donegal to support Palestine read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 22:56 by éirígí PRO   text 23 comments (last - saturday january 24, 2009 20:45)   image 2 images   video 2 video files
éirígí activists today reminded the Twenty-Six County establishment that Ireland doesn't stop at the border. read full story / add a comment
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international / arts and media / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 22:22 by themuralists   image 2 images
Just before Christmas The Bogside Artists published a small book for children called Travels with Li Po. The book written by one of the trio, William Kelly has caused much controversy because its resemblance to Harry Potter is, for many who have read it, conspicuously obvious. A lawyer who was shown the list of parallels between the Harry Potter series and this book was "flabbergasted". read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday January 20, 2009 21:00 by Joe Moore   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 22, 2009 20:28)
Boycott Israel demo and march Cork Saturday 24th January. Protest will assemble at 1.00pm in Daunt's Square-the junction of Patrick St and Grand Parade. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday January 20, 2009 20:16 by Eugene Mc Cartan
BAILING OUT THE RICH

The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland, at its first meeting of the new year on the 17th January , called on the labour movement to resist any and all attempts to place the burden of the growing economic crisis on the backs of workers, small businesses, family farmers, pensioners, the sick, and the youth. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 16:48 by Amnesty International   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 21, 2009 00:16)   image 6 images
Amnesty International marks the 7th Anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay with a major protest in O'Connell Street, Dublin and in Shannon on the 11th January 2009. Protesters wore the symbolic orange jumpsuits. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 15:31 by gazasympathiser   text 31 comments (last - friday january 30, 2009 16:29)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The poll currently running on the RTE webpage shows the "majority" believe that Israel was only defending itself !?

http://www.rte.ie/news/

Obviously the hasbaraniks are out in force voting early and often. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday January 20, 2009 15:12 by J   text 15 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 08:47)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The election of Barrack Obama created a buzz all over the world. Some commentators even lost the run of themselves and tried to convince us that the one of the most important events in human history had just happened. People everywhere celebrated Obama’s victory in a way that they would not have done were it a new government in their own countries. This is barely surprising, if we take into account that decisions taken by the rulers in Washington DC carry a heavy load of consequences for millions of people across the five continents. read full story / add a comment
leitrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 20, 2009 13:37 by J. Dunne   text 1 comment (last - friday january 23, 2009 18:14)   image 1 image
Fund Raiser for Emergency Medical Aid for Gaza read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 20, 2009 11:56 by Shane OCURRY   image 1 image
It reads more like the adoring parish gazette piece about the bell ringer retiring after 30 years of good Christian service, than objective reporting about the significant, and highly unusual development of a Chief Constable being called to give evidence before an Inquiry into the murder of a solicitor in circumstances that are suggestive of a security force cover-up, if not actual collusion in the murder. It is hard to imagine how anyone could have heaped more praise onto the north of Ireland's former security top-dog. read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 20, 2009 11:42 by Bernie Wright   text 13 comments (last - tuesday february 03, 2009 00:09)   image 1 image
For a number of years (4 at least) Circus Vegas and other Irish Circuses with animals,( American Circus, Sydney, New York etc,) have been the target of the ALF (Animal Liberation Front) who repeatedly removed or destroyed their signs on a regular basis.
This was due to their use and abuse of both Wild and domestic animals in their shows.
The Vegas Circus told us as we demonstrated at their circus that they had signs damaged to the tune of over 2000 euro a few years ago. This circus is owned by some of the Courtneys Brothers from Wexford.

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 20, 2009 11:02 by Idiot-Buster
Galway University's Law Society "is excited to host our most controversial panel discussion yet." read full story / add a comment
national / education / press release Tuesday January 20, 2009 09:33 by Mark C   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 29, 2009 16:23)   image 1 image
Every area of business is getting in on the act: targetting students, that captive audience of impressionables. In this latest attempt, AIB asks students to build a bank in their school, and of course AIB will give the students all the help they need. (Campaign for Comercial-Free Education (CCFE) does not think the banks are in the best position to be giving financial advice at the moment.) read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday January 20, 2009 07:14 by Miriam   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 20, 2009 10:06)
Morgan Kelly, Professor of Economics at UCD has delivered a scathing criticism of Cowen's decision to rescue Anglo Irish Bank - and describes how Cowen and Lenihan went against advice of the Central Bank and their own experts in the Department of Finance - fully aware of what it would do to the citizens of the state.

The reality is that Anglo has no importance in the Irish financial system. It existed purely as a vehicle for a few politically connected individuals to place reckless bets on the commercial property market. These property speculators may be of systemic importance to the finances of Fianna Fáil, but their significance ends there.

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galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 19, 2009 17:30 by TD
In a powerful Counterpunch article, human rights activist, Caoimhe Butterly, working in Jabaliya and Gaza City as a volunteer with ambulance services and as co-coordinator for the Free Gaza Movement vividly describes the abattoir and war crime scene that is now Gaza: The bodies in their blood-soaked white shrouds cover the entire floor space of the Shifa hospital morgue. Some are intact, most horribly deformed, limbs twisted into unnatural positions, chest cavities exposed, heads blown off, skulls crushed in. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday January 19, 2009 16:45 by Jenny   text 21 comments (last - wednesday january 21, 2009 23:08)   image 7 images
A video which uses the names of the people who have signed an open letter calling for the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, combined with footage from Al Jazeera shot in Gaza suring the Israeli attack and invasion will be projected onto buildings a number of times this evening in Dublin in protest at the attack on Gaza, and in protest at the 'PR attack' being conducted in ireland by an Israeli minister. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 19, 2009 11:35 by John Mearsheimer
John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, co-author of the paper (available online) and subsequent book (with Stephen Walt) _The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy_, presents a concise timeline description and absolutely the clearest account of the true reason behind Israel's wanton atrocities in Gaza.

Mearsheimer argues that diminishing Hamas or stopping their rockets are subsidiary goals for Israel, to Israel's more central goal of controlling all of historical Palestine via an "Iron Wall" policy that would permanently subjugate the Palestinian people

Mearsheimer points out that this goal cannot be achieved, and certainly not by the brutal method of a total war on the Palestinian people. The likely outcome even in the case of relative Israeli success is a permanent Apartheid, which itself will [thankfully] doom Israel as a chauvinistically and exclusionary "Jewish State" [and its racist state ideology of Zionism]. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Monday January 19, 2009 10:01 by *   text 3 comments (last - monday january 19, 2009 16:48)
FRIDAY January 23rd, 2009
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The CENTRAL HOTEL
Exchequer St, Dublin 2

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