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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 Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression A... Sun Sep 28, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The NHS is under fire for defending cousin marriage as a cultural "benefit" despite the serious health risks, claiming it brings "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages".
The post Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression Against Women appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? Sun Sep 28, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A cronyism row has hit the Government after it emerged Tony Blair secretly lobbied for his tech billionaire backer, who gave him ?257 million and could rake in millions from Labour's digital ID cards.
The post Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Isl... Sun Sep 28, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Steve Reed, the Communities Secretary, has made it clear he?s unsympathetic to his predecessor's plan to roll out an official definition of Islamophobia, telling newspapers he'll block it if it stifles free speech.
The post Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Islamophobia appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer put a ?295,000 Surrey field in a trust for his parents, so it wasn't part of their estate ? even though he has said "those in charge of taxation can't also be seeking to avoid it."
The post Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Digital ID: What is it Good For? Sun Sep 28, 2025 09:00 | Anonymous IT Reporter
Digital ID hasn't even been launched and it has already achieved its goal. You see, everyone was talking about fiscal black holes, small boats and Andy Burnham. Now all they're talking about is Brit Card.
The post Digital ID: What is it Good For? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday September 28, 2008 14:40 by Sarah Lundberg


To celebrate Poetry Day, The Seven Towers Agency is having an impromptu reading in Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1

from 1pm with Oran Ryan, Ross Hattaway, Doog Wood, Noel Ó Briain, Catherine Ann Cullen Liam Aungier

Drop by to celebrate! read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday September 28, 2008 14:34 by Sarah Lundberg

As a sports columnist for a Dublin daily, journalist Eamon Carr watched the unfolding drama of the 2002 World Cup finals firsthand in Japan. Yet against the intense public spectacle of media attention following the controversial departure of Ireland captain Roy Keane, Carr followed his own private journey - a lifelong quest to visit the shrines and places of the famed poet Matsuo Basho, recognized master of haiku. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Saturday September 27, 2008 20:43 by Over The Edge
03 Oct, 2008
The Huston Film School and the Burren College of Art presents a symposium on commonality and difference in the arts
11am - 5.30pm (Bus departs NUIG Quadrangle and Huston School of Film at 10am).

Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan.
Speakers include: Timothy Emlyn Jones, Kevin Higgins, Emmet Kiernans, Mary McPartlan,, Aine Phillips, Rod Stoneman, Larry Thomas. read full story / add a comment
Knute Skinner reading at last years festival
galway / arts and media / press release Saturday September 27, 2008 20:34 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
The second outing of the literary festival, 'The Forge At Gort,' will take place in Gort, Co. Galway, on March 27th and 28th, 2009, organised by The Western Writers' Centre, Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maud, Galway. Last year saw the inauguration of the festival, which is based in the concept of the W.B.Yeats' poem which mentions the still extant forge in Gort's main street. The festival included workshops, readings, and a lecture on a Brazilian poet. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 27, 2008 20:23 by Contaminated Crow
Water extraction, wind farm, telemast. rehabilitation at last at Gortmore and latest from the National Miners Group read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday September 27, 2008 20:05 by wageslave   text 7 comments (last - wednesday october 01, 2008 18:24)   video 1 video file   audio 2 audio files
The entire media seems to be singing in unison on one of the biggest potential movements of public funds into private hands. And it looks like they might get away with it too. surely there's a better way? Here's one suggestion I came up with in all of 5 minutes to get the ball rolling. I invite your hopefully much better suggestions in the comments read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday September 27, 2008 17:03 by CÓB   1 attached file
Dé Sathairn 11 Deireadh Fómhair

Beidh mórshiúlta tacaíochta ó cheantair dhifriúla ag
teacht le chéile ag Cearnóg an Bhainc

Iarthar na cathrach: Ag imeacht ar 11.45,
Cultúrlann Mac Adam Ó Fiaich, 216 Bóthar na bhFál

Tuaisceart na cathrach: Ag imeacht ar 12.00,
Teach Mhic Reachtain, 156 Bóthar Aontroma, barr An Lóiste Úir

Oirthear agus Deisceart: Ag imeacht ar 12.00,
An Droichead, Sráid Cooke, Íochtar Ormeau

1in, Cearnóg an Bhainc (taobh thiar do Primark)
Ceiliúradh, Siamsaíocht agus Craic
Mórshiúl timpeall na cathrach ag pilleadh chun na cearnóige read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 27, 2008 14:41 by New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)
It was Mr. Obama who seemed more aligned with President Bush's current policy of authorizing American special forces to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border into Pakistan's tribal areas that Al Qaeda and the Taliban have used as a sanctuary. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday September 27, 2008 12:55 by Martin O'Sullivan
Public meeting
Financial meltdown - the end of capitalism?

Wednesday October 1st 8pm
Smyth’s pub Fairview
Speaker Melisa Halpen read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Friday September 26, 2008 22:35 by 345   video 1 video file
Galway Social Space (www.galwayspace.org) will host a barter fair from 7pm to 9pm on Monday at 24 Middle Street. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 26, 2008 17:29 by Irish Film Institute
The theme of the year-long campaign marking the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights informs our six-week evening course this term. With a range of titles covering aspects of human rights, the Anniversary is an ideal opportunity for us to engage with filmmakers and human rights practitioners on the significance of this genre of filmmaking.

Our course will feature six documentaries, previously unscreened in Ireland. Each evening, a special guest from the world of film or human rights will speak on the film and their own work. The course will be of interest to IFI members and friends, film enthusiasts, human rights workers and all who are interested in challenging and provocative cinema.
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The only remaing hosptial on Cork's Northside
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday September 26, 2008 15:49 by Peter Sullivan   image 2 images
Cork hospitals are under attack with major cuts planned ... Meanwhile Beacon Medical Group's planned 'Co-location' hospital in Cork draws nearer. It would seem like high-time to call in the union and put manners on a few people ... but where is Joe?
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kildare / environment / press release Friday September 26, 2008 12:07 by Miriam Mulcahy and Anne Davidson
In a major decision released on 23rd September, the Information
Commissioner Emily O'Reilly has directed Kildare County Council to
turn over to the Hill of Allen Action Group documents concerning
planning at Roadstone's quarry that the Council has fought to keep
secret for more than a year. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Friday September 26, 2008 00:43 by Ciaran Long   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 09, 2008 11:56)

IRISH SHAC DEMO AT 12-30 on MONDAY 29th September 2008.to unite with SHAC Global Day of Action against NYSE, NYSE Euronex and their shareholders -
Monday 29th September 2008

NYSE Global Day of Action
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 25, 2008 21:04 by John   text 14 comments (last - monday october 06, 2008 14:20)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
In a period of mass unemployment in 1920's Germany fascism came to power despite not only the presence of mass Communist and Social Democratic parties but also of significant anti-fascist street fighting. Why did the left fail and what was the attraction of fascism. What about fascist movements today, do they represent a similar threat? Can we even agree a single definition of what fascism is? read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 19:28 by n
Frightening. This is the Feedback Loops that Worry Anyone Interested in Global Warming.
It was like an August Day today On My Fagbreaks. Not Very Normal. All These Distracting Crises! read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 19:20 by John Carmody   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 27, 2008 04:20)   video 1 video file
Hey, everyone!

PETA have just released a brand-new video that asks a simple question: "Whose skin are you in?" And they want you to be the first to see it. Before you read any further, please watch the video. They are trying to get to 1 million views on YouTube, and they need your help to really get people thinking about this important animal rights issue!

They want you to add the video to your favorites and rate it highly, and most importantly, they want you to get other people to watch the "Whose Skin Are You In?" video! You can embed the video using the code provided here and forward it to your friends.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 15:43 by tomeile   text 4 comments (last - monday september 29, 2008 15:31)
With the prospect of financial meltdown across the world , the crisis in American ruling circles over how to grab Iranian oil supplies takes on new urgency . John Bolton , neo-con ex US ambassador to the United Nations , writes in today's New York Daily News on the choices an incoming US president will face - either “regime through support of the widespread discontent across Iran with the mullahs” , or “ the targeted use of force against Iran's nuclear program."

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday September 25, 2008 15:41 by Maryam Namazie
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain presents its first international conference:

Political Islam, Sharia Law, And Civil Society

Date: Friday 10 October 2008 International day against the Death Penalty

Time: 10am-6pm (Registration begins at 9am)

Venue: Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4RL (Closest station: Holborn) read full story / add a comment
Behrooz Karimizadeh and Kaveh Abbasian
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday September 25, 2008 15:11 by Mark Fischer   text 1 comment (last - monday october 06, 2008 16:00)   image 2 images
Invitation to attend a Press Conference on Iran
Behrooz Karimizadeh and Kaveh Abbasian

IBehrooz Karimizadeh, one of the prominent leaders of the student movement in Iran, who has recently been released after enduring over four months of imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Iranian security forces; Kaveh Abbasian, the spokesperson for the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students in Iran, who was subjected to months of persecution, are holding a public Press Conference in London. During this Press Conference they will elaborate on the latest political situation in Iran and will answer questions put to them.
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