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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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link Lord Brooke and the Malthusian Mind Virus in Our Time Mon Sep 29, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
Lord Brooke's wild House of Lords speech about abortion, gays and climate change wasn't just odd ? Tilak Doshi shows it's the same old Malthusian doom-mongering that elites have been peddling for centuries.
The post Lord Brooke and the Malthusian Mind Virus in Our Time appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 29, 2025 01:10 | 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.

offsite link Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer Sun Sep 28, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Reform UK's mass deportation plan as "racist", warning that Nigel Farage's idea of kicking out hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants would "tear Britain apart".
The post Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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international / miscellaneous / other press Friday July 11, 2008 00:25 by Andrei Zhdanov   text 43 comments (last - thursday august 07, 2008 12:05)
Galway Branch of the Socialist Workers Party have strongly condemned a poem by Kevin Higgins. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / gender and sexuality / feature Thursday July 10, 2008 19:41 by Andrew   text 9 comments (last - sunday july 20, 2008 18:20)   image 9 images
Yesterday Choice Ireland picketed the WRC on Dorset street - they intend to picket every Saturday (1pm) this month to highlight "the lies, bullying, and manipulation of the WRC". read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 18:41 by pat c
Noam Chomsky writes on the oil robbery taking place in Iraq. No-bid contracts written by the oil corporations with the aid of U.S. officials, triumphed over offers from 40 other companies, including those in China, India and Russia. Chomsky also deals with the occupation and aggression towards Iran. Full text at link.

The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq — questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that the population has little if any role in determining the future of their country. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday July 10, 2008 18:36 by Ciaron   text 10 comments (last - wednesday september 03, 2008 12:53)
Catholic Workers are presently gathering in Worcester, Mass. , USA. The event is being organised by the Mustard Seed community in Worcester. Founding community member, longtime CW, Scott Schaeffer Duffy was in Dublin for the first Pitstop Ploughshares trial in 05. Scott, his family and community are longtime resisters at Raytheon whose headquarters are nearby. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday July 10, 2008 17:43 by Diarmuid
The DIBC and Éirigí organised a joint picket on Saturday (5th) , supported by other organisations and individuals, to protest the ill-treatment and torture of Basque political prisoners by the Spanish and French states. Over 530 Basque political prisoners are being systematically dispersed by the two states throughout their territories but away from their homeland and their families. Many prisoners and detainees complain of being ill-treated and some of being tortured. Meanwhile, political prisoners are having to serve longer sentences unless they renounce their former activiities and allegiances. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 17:40 by Tara Finglas
Irish Aid is launching a Pilot Virtual Online Volunteering programme for 20 volunteers over 6 months. The purpose of this exercise is to increase awareness of online volunteering using experiences gained through this pilot programme. Virtual Online Volunteers will be linked with developmental NGOs through the UNV Online Volunteering Service to work for sustainable development on various projects around the world. read full story / add a comment
Road widened with Coillte land on the right
mayo / environment / news report Thursday July 10, 2008 16:03 by A   text 28 comments (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 15:12)   image 22 images
Mayo County Coucil are currently "widening" and strengthen an 8km road from the Bellanaboy refinery to the proposed landfall area in Glengad. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 14:35 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday july 11, 2008 08:54)
Yassamine Mather analyses the likely effects of any sanctions on Iran and makes it clear that ordinary Iranians will suffer rather than the regime. Full text at link.

In the next few days the US Senate will consider what has been labelled an ‘Iran war resolution’ calling on the president to “initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities ...” The resolution calls, among other things, for the prohibition of the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products and “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran”. read full story / add a comment
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national / housing / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 14:20 by Seomra Spraoi   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 17:14)   image 3 images
As the search for a new premises continues,Seomra Spraoi cordially invites you
to an evening of musical entertainment,craic and frolics in the Lower Deck,Portobello.
Do join us!
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DUGGAN 4  FREEHOLDER
international / politics / elections / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 13:58 by Duggan for Freeholder   image 1 image
At a time where most Irish immigrants are returning home to Ireland. This well assimilated naturalized American from Dublin
is breaking new ground. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 13:25 by BreakingNews.ie
More than two-thirds of Irish voters found the No campaign in the Lisbon Treaty referendum more convincing, according to a poll conducted by the European Commission. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 13:12 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 05, 2008 15:23)
Amnesty raises the case of four youths who face imminent execution in Iran. Full text at the link.

Iran executed 16-year-old Mohammad Hassanzadeh, an Iranian Kurd on 10 June 2008 for a crime committed when he was 14. Four other juvenile offenders are at risk of execution between 11 and 25 July. 24 international and regional human rights organizations called on the head of Iran’s judiciary to suspend these four executions immediately. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 12:33 by MichaelY   text 19 comments (last - saturday september 13, 2008 14:56)   image 1 image
Dublin - Teachers Club

Sunday July 20th 11.00 - 17.30

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Forum Poster
limerick / miscellaneous / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 12:31 by Cian Prendiville   image 1 image
The campaign against co-location at Limerick's Regional hospital and to save St.John’s, Ennis and Nenagh A&Es is stepping up in the next days and weeks.

- Limerick Socialist Party handing in 4,500 petitions on Thursday, July 17th.
- Campaign for a Real Public Health Service public health forum on Tuesday, July 29th
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national / eu / news report Thursday July 10, 2008 12:24 by Seán Mac Brádaigh   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 18:58)
éirígí have produced a video on the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty and their contribution to it. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 11:01 by Miriam
Pilger discusses five different examples of the British military's savage inhumanity. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 09:43 by Margaretta D'Arcy

RE-TELLING RALAHINE by Margaretta D’Arcy & John Arden

1.00 pm, Sunday 13th July 2008 Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway Admission Free
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 09:29 by john   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 10, 2008 12:46)
The Victims of the Irish Legal Profession have received a letter from the Minister of Justice read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 04:16 by Anonymous
A Global Protest Against the Church of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 02:26 by F.E.I.C.   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 10, 2008 15:20)
Feic Vigil at Raytheon Derry
Friday 11 July, 5pm Branch Rd.
off Buncrana Rd. Derry

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