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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 Trump?s UN Speech: The Climate Emperor Now Stands Exposed Sun Sep 28, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
Trump's UN speech was a masterclass in speaking unfashionable truth. The climate emperor now stands exposed and the world must face up to the reality that it has bought into a dangerous delusion, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Trump’s UN Speech: The Climate Emperor Now Stands Exposed appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Sep 28, 2025 00:29 | Will Jones
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 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.
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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.

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national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 16:37 by RCPI   1 attached file
Date: Tuesday November 11th 2008, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Venue: The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No.6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

This public meeting aims to provide clear and concise information on the management, control and prevention of asthma as well as addressing the social and behavioural attitudes towards asthma today. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 15:13 by Laura Broxson
SAY NO TO ANIMAL TESTING! read full story / add a comment
Aren't you excited?
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 14:20 by eif   text 13 comments (last - friday december 12, 2008 12:31)   image 7 images
The RAG Collective are launching issue III of our fantastic magazine 'the Rag'.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday October 23, 2008 11:32 by éirígí PRO   image 1 image
éirígí spokesperson Seán Mac Brádaigh has said that unionist scaremongering around next week’s demonstration against the British military parade in Belfast city centre undermines the right to peaceful protest. read full story / add a comment
The Syrius Trio.  From left Jane O'Hara, Bobby Chen, Elizabeth Cooney.
louth / arts and media / news report Thursday October 23, 2008 10:24 by Sean Crudden   image 1 image
The venue in Ravensdale, Co Louth, is a little difficult to find on a dark Autumn evening. However the effort was very worthwhile. The small concert hall is fashioned on the first floor from an old stable. The lighting was dim and warm with the added touch of two candelabra on either side of the platform and I think there were flowers as well. There was seating for about 70 people and the room was almost full by the time the concert started at 8.00 p.m. last night. A glass of wine could be had at the interval. I opted for a cup of coffee in a different room and made the acquaintance of Patrick Barrow and his grandson William from Monasterboice. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 10:19 by Mark C
Across the world on Nov. 5th different groups will perform actions against commercial influences in education (including the paying of fees for third level education). This Event Notice is a call for those who are not performing actions on that day to send a "Live Greeting of Solidarity" to those who are. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 09:25 by Craigavon Trades Council
Craigavon & District Council of Trade Unions present the inaugural Jim Haughey Memorial Lecture read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Thursday October 23, 2008 05:44 by A Questioning Catholic waiting for change   text 39 comments (last - friday december 05, 2008 18:51)
This is a wonderful site run by an Irish Priest who believes in giving the full story of happenings within the Church in Ireland and worldwide and not the spin often given by those high up the ranks who give the watered down version or spin. There are interesting things to read about the Church worldwide every day even if you are not an active member of the Church or even a Catholic for that matter. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday October 23, 2008 04:47 by Ciaron   text 1 comment (last - monday october 27, 2008 11:37)
Monday morning will see massive nonviolent direct action taking place at Adermaston - Britain's nuclear weapons factory.
Friends from Catholic Worker and Plowshares will be joining hundreds of others in an attempt to nonviolently shut down Aldermaston.
We will try to incorporate solidaritywith this direct action into this week's Monday GPO anti-war vigil Background on Monday's Aldermaston blockade see http://blockawe.blogspot.com and http://www.tridentploughshares.org US/UK went to war in Iraq to dismantle WMD...meanwhile Aldermaston continues to produce WMD. Go figure?
*The blockade is due to go down in the morning. If anyone has the energy for a simultaneous solidarity action in the morning at the British embassy in Dublin - contact Ciaron read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 23:42 by D.Farrell   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 08, 2009 16:52)   image 2 images
Residents living close to a new apartment complex on Basin Lane in the south west inner city area of Dublin came together tonight(22 Oct 2008) to attend a public meeting organised by People Before Profit to discuss the health implications to the public posed by the installation of mobile phone masts in areas of dense population. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 23:31 by Paula Geraghty   text 8 comments (last - friday october 24, 2008 02:17)   image 29 images
Over 15,000 took part in today's historic march of predominantly pensioners outside the Dail to keep the universal Medical Card for the over 70's.
Because of their action, solidarity, resiliance, anger and refusal to give in everything will be much different in Ireland. Photoessay from this protest below. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 18:43 by NMI   text 5 comments (last - friday october 24, 2008 17:04)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Between ten and twelve thousand people turned out in bright sunshine today to demonstrate against the Green Party/Fainna Fáil plan to impose fees for third level education.

FF Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe called for consideration of re-imposition of fees earlier this year, and "registration fees" were massively increased in the recent budget. He has signalled that he intends to introduce legislation on third level fees in the new year. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 17:25 by Grupo Raíces   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 23, 2008 10:23)   image 3 images   1 attached file
Around 30 people met last Thursday 16th of October at the very heart of Dublin, the GPO, to stage a demo in solidarity with the Colombian popular and indigenous organisations in struggle for various demands, who have been met with full force by the repressive and dictatorial regime of Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 22, 2008 15:36 by Kerry Fleck   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 23, 2008 00:24)
Trade Union Friends of Palestine have organised a picket of the EU Offices in Belfast

Lunchtime picket
at the E.U. OFFICES,
Windsor House, Bedford Street, BELFAST.
On Friday, 24 October 2008,
from 12.00pm to 2.00pm.
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mayo / crime and justice / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 14:09 by -d-   text 5 comments (last - thursday october 23, 2008 10:15)
Wednesday, 15 October, 2008, Martin McDonnell of Glenamoy appeared in front of Judge Clein in the Ballina Courthouse. Garda Egan and Sergeant Gill, the prosecuting Gardai, asked the judge to activate McDonnell’s suspended jail sentences stemming from two counts of trespassing on Shell property. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 22, 2008 13:36 by jmullee
A protest by mainly the elderly at the budgeted means-testing for medical card for the over-70s.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday October 22, 2008 06:17 by gar
Jewish settlers have been caught on camera punching and kicking two news photographers and a British woman who was helping Palestinians pick olives near a West Bank town.The Israeli police responded to the situation on Saturday by stopping the harvest.
The scuffle near the town of Hebron was the latest in a series of incidents blamed on settlers trying to disrupt the annual harvest which provides a livelihood for many Palestinians.
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international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday October 22, 2008 06:07 by gar
An angry Chinese lawyer accused Microsoft of perpetrating the biggest ever hacker attack in response to the software giant's controversial move to trigger hourly screen blackouts on computers using pirated copies of Windows XP.
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international / animal rights / event notice Tuesday October 21, 2008 23:55 by Ciaran   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 28, 2008 02:39)   image 1 image
Novartis are Swiss based with offices all over the world. This company is one of Huntingdon's biggest customers and have used them hundreds of times.

Monday the 27th of October is being dedicated to this notorious HLS customer.
Demo from 1 o'clock to 2 o'clock at Regus House read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday October 21, 2008 23:30 by Marxism 2008 team
2008 has seen a crisis of capitalism not seen since the 1930’s. The workings of the market, once universally worshipped, have imploded and are wrecking people’s lives across the globe. Alongside this, the so called “war on terror” pursued by the same market fundamentalists, has brought death and havoc in Iraq and now, in Afghanistan, it threatens to spill over to new and deadlier frontiers. Never has it been so important to develop alternatives to the madness of the system. read full story / add a comment
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