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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 RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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offsite link Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder Sat Sep 27, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The terrorism charge against a?Kneecap rapper over his 'support for Hezbollah'?has been dropped after police and prosecutors failed to get the consent of the Attorney General in time.
The post Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post Labour Has Turned Britain’s Constables into Commissars appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday November 24, 2008 14:41 by éirígí PRO
The recent release of Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed movie Hunger has led to a renewed interest in both the 1981 Hunger Strike and the broader prison struggle of the 1970s and 1980s.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday November 24, 2008 12:50 by events@lasc.ie   image 1 image
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday November 23, 2008 23:07 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - monday november 24, 2008 09:56)   image 2 images
It was thought that George W Bush and his immediate family would being going into exile in Paraguay after January 20th 2009 - but Paraguay had the misfortune of recently electing a left of centre government.

Thus, George had to make new plans.... read full story / add a comment
carlow / arts and media / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 22:56 by Sarah Lundberg
with Donal Moloney and Jean O'Brien read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 22:46 by Sarah Lundberg
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Last Wednesday Series Reading and Open Mic, 7.30
Cassidy's Bar, Westmoreland St, Dublin 2, Readers will include
Dublin writer and Phantom FM DJ Steve Conway; New Zealand poet Ross Hattaway; Dublin poet Eamon Lynskey; Waterford writer Donal Moloney; Dublin writer Oran Ryan
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 22:42 by Sarah Lundberg
At Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1, Wednesday 26th November, 1.15. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 21:36 by Laura Broxson
Get active for animal rights! read full story / add a comment
Workers Solidarity Movement
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 20:53 by WSM - Lucy Parsons Branch   text 3 comments (last - wednesday december 10, 2008 13:59)   image 2 images
When: Wednesday the 3rd December 2008 at 8pm
Venue: Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. (See map attached)
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Draft Enda Kenny Election Poster
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday November 23, 2008 19:32 by Hilary   text 6 comments (last - monday november 24, 2008 11:34)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Political Quiz:

You were the Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance during the last few years. There is a massive economic crash landing happening because of your policies, which focused economic activity on selling houses to each other rather than building up things like education, culture, home grown industry etc. What do you do now?

1.Make the poor pay- strip funding from pensioners, students, schoolkids and the under-priviliged.

2.Blame the international situation.

3.Blame the people who voted against Lisbon.

4. Put your hands up, admit your mistakes, and invest in basic services which will make the recession a bit more bearable for everyone.

(hint- this is Fianna Fáil remember...)

Anyway, at least he's not Enda Kenny. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / news report Sunday November 23, 2008 17:10 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - monday november 24, 2008 10:23)   image 9 images
Tales from the promised land is about what do you do when the promised changes don't come.
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Glengad Beach & Cliff Face
mayo / environment / news report Sunday November 23, 2008 17:04 by A   text 9 comments (last - wednesday november 26, 2008 20:58)   image 17 images
While Glengad and Shell issues have largely gone from the public eye, and indeed things have quietened down some what, that's not to say that stuff hasn’t been going on, it just doesn’t always make the media.

The last few months have seen a few developments since the Solitaire left our shores. read full story / add a comment
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday November 23, 2008 16:57 by Gway head   text 13 comments (last - saturday november 29, 2008 23:51)   image 1 image
It was probably the most important anti-war action to happen in Ireland this century – and it was certainly the most daring.

At Shannon Airport five people took on the might of the US military – and put a Navy war-plane out of action. Even more amazingly, they ultimately convinced a jury that to do so was not a crime.

But the story of the Shannon Five has hardly been told, until now. For the first time, a new book reveals the inside story of an intrepid act of peacemaking. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday November 23, 2008 16:08 by @   text 1 comment (last - monday november 24, 2008 11:35)   image 1 image
Greece – Commemoration day of the student revolt in 1973 turns to Riot read full story / add a comment
Marchers gather for protest on Grand Parade
national / education / feature Sunday November 23, 2008 15:24 by Miriam   text 28 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 15:59)   image 25 images
The weather was good and the march got under way promptly at 12. Traffic into the city had been very heavy so it was obvious there was going to be a good turnout but nobody expected so many to come. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday November 22, 2008 20:24 by SOAW   text 1 comment (last - monday november 24, 2008 18:26)
Thousands Gather this Weekend at Fort Benning, Georgia/ USA to say:
Yes We Can Stop Torture and Close the School of Assassins
Advocates for Justice in the Americas Look Forward with Hope read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday November 22, 2008 15:03 by Scully   text 4 comments (last - sunday may 24, 2009 19:27)   image 1 image
Inspired by the recent climate camps in Britain, there have been some meetings to discuss the possibility of having a similar camp in Ireland in 2009. There have been two of these meetings so far (one in Dublin and one in Cork).

The camp's purpose will be to address diverse social justice, environmental, climate issues and to be a catalyst for movement building in this country. The guiding principles of 'Direct Action' and non-hierarchical consensus based decision making will apply. We are appealing for people to get involved, and help make it happen. We are currently still at the discussion stages, so now is a good time to get involved and be part of the decision making process of what the main focus of the camp will be. We intend to make this camp as inclusive as possible.
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dublin / education / news report Saturday November 22, 2008 01:16 by Paul   text 5 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 20:46)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
In the first Free Education for Everyone protest in Trinity, around 150 students turned up to send a clear message of opposition to fees to Batt O’Keeffe, the Minister for Education. However, in the second SU leader betrayal of the week, the Students’ Union President, Cathal Reilly welcomed O’Keeffe to the college with a handshake and a smile. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday November 21, 2008 21:25 by Contaminated Crow
Powerlines, landfills, incineration, a telemast, a marina and a Bio Park read full story / add a comment
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday November 21, 2008 21:06 by GAAW   text 10 comments (last - sunday may 31, 2009 13:37)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
The Galway Alliance Against War marked the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan yesterday, Thursday 20th November and called on the Irish government to withdraw Irish troops from this occupied country. Ireland’s involvement in this conflict does not stop at Shannon airport. Irish officers are presently working alongside NATO forces in Kabul and some of those soldiers are known to come from Galway’s Liam Mellows barracks. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday November 21, 2008 18:25 by Emilio de Lima (Ed.)   image 1 image
He criticized the conduction of economic policy by Brazilian Central Bank. "The CB is throwing money in the market without taking a specific concern with the change in the economic model, with public investment." Our concern is to analyze the crisis from the perspective of individuals, of the nation, and not from the perspective of the market, because the market heralds want to read full story / add a comment
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