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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 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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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine Fri Nov 21, 2025 17:00 | Anonymous
Read what happened when an Extinction Rebellion meeting was disrupted by a protester. Seems they can give it out but have no intention of putting up with it themselves.
The post What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? Fri Nov 21, 2025 15:00 | Mark Durie
First they were 'Asian' grooming gangs, then 'Pakistani'. But the most important thing to grasp is that almost all of them ? 87% of convictions ? are Muslim, says Mark Durie. This must not be covered up.
The post Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema Fri Nov 21, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
The post Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
The post The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Debunking the BBC?s Claim That Pakistan?s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change Fri Nov 21, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
If the BBC's Standards Committee, which is reviewing the corporation's coverage of climate change, wants a good example of bias, it should take a look at its report of recent floods in Pakistan, says Paul Homewood.
The post Debunking the BBC’s Claim That Pakistan’s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 16:09 by O. O'C.
Foreign Minister Michael Martin and other Irish Euro-federalists are already planning to subvert the Lisbon Treaty referendum result by urging the other EU States to continue with their ratification process instead of telling them that Ireland cannot ratify the Lisbon Treaty as it stands, and that further ratifications elsewhere are therefore pointless, and the Treaty must be reopened. read full story / add a comment
cork / crime and justice / news report Friday June 13, 2008 15:03 by Coillte Watch   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 01:59)
Coillte in breach of Planning laws on Nowen Hill, Dunmanway, Co. Cork read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:47 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 15:23)   image 1 image
Repression of womens rights activists continues in Iran. This report is from women who live in Iran. Full text at link.

Eight women’s rights activists were arrested today, on the anniversary of the national day of solidarity of Iranian women (22nd of Khordaad, June 12). Those arrested are: Aida Saadat, Nahid Mirhaj, Nafiseh Azad, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Jelve Javaheri, Jila Baniyagoub, Sarah Loghmani and Farideh Ghaeb. These women were arrested outside the Rahe Abrisham Gallery, where a seminar was scheduled to take place in honor of the anniversary of the day of solidarity of Iranian women.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:39 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - friday june 13, 2008 17:20)
James Turley, CPGB, writes on how the warmongers have stepped up their threats towards Iran. He says only principled opposition to both US/UK/Israeli Imperialism and to the Iranian Regime will win over mass support to the anti war movement. Full text at link.

Communists unequivocally oppose any imperialist action against Iran. It is clear to all that the invasion of Iraq has been a catastrophe for the Iraqi people, no matter what US and British propaganda says. It is also clear that this catastrophe has real roots in the objective dynamics of recent capitalist development and the relative decline of US global hegemony in the face competition from China and Europe - and so any subsequent adventure in Iran is likely to have similar results.

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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday June 13, 2008 14:24 by jim travers   text 2 comments (last - friday june 13, 2008 16:29)
The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish electorate has not only told politicians, in what now appears to be a unified one party state made up of Labour, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, that the Irish people will not tolerate any interference to our Constitution by unknown bureaucrats in the EU. read full story / add a comment
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international / eu / feature Friday June 13, 2008 13:36 by paul o toole   text 184 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 15:36)   image 46 images   1 attached file
Ballots are being counted around the country and early indications show that the majority of those who voted have rejected the reformed constitution known as the Lisbon Treaty. Follow Indymedia's contributors reports and analysis here. Add your own. First Tally on Lisbon in Berties Constituency -60/40 against First tally...60%-NO 40%YES. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 13:18 by Campaign Against EU Constitution   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 22:44)

The Irish people have spoken. Contrary to the predictions of social and political turmoil, we believe that hundreds of millions of people across Europe will welcome the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. The proposals to further reduce democracy, to militarise the EU and to let private business take over public services have been rejected. Lisbon is dead. Along with the EU Constitution from which it came, it should now be buried. read full story / add a comment
Poems from Guantánamo - The Detainees Speak
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday June 13, 2008 12:35 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Over The Edge in association with Amnesty International
presents the Galway launch of
'Poems from Guantánamo–The Detainees Speak' read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 12, 2008 18:42 by Anti Imperialist   text 21 comments (last - monday june 16, 2008 18:29)   image 4 images
Ógra Shinn Féin will participate in the protests against George Bush and US lead War in Iraq when he is expected in Belfast next Monday 16th June.

The protest will highlight their anger over the ongoing US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 12, 2008 16:03 by tomeile
An Iranian woman ,Vahab, writes on the impact an Israeli or American attack would have on her country and addresses the western use of women's rights in Iran to justify war . read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 12, 2008 16:00 by Sara   text 5 comments (last - friday june 13, 2008 14:11)   image 1 image   1 attached file
Dublin City Council officials have refused permission to the irish anti war movement to erect posters advertising a protest against the visit of George Bush to Belfast, due to take place this Monday June 16th.
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday June 12, 2008 13:31 by old fashioned Green   text 4 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 07:31)
these are the main reasons why I and many Green party members are voting no to Lisbon and why we refused to campaign for a yes vote.
Reason no 1: REACH
Reason no 2: Nuclear power
Reason no 3: EU Corruption
Reason no 4: EU Police state. read full story / add a comment
donegal / miscellaneous / press release Thursday June 12, 2008 12:27 by Juno   text 1 comment (last - friday july 11, 2008 04:58)
Fine Gael's Joe McHugh says that it is time the Government addressed the decline of coastal communities. read full story / add a comment
'Lost in the Gaeltacht' by Caroline Lynch
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 12, 2008 10:49 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Over The Edge presents a reading by poets Caroline Lynch, Drucilla Wall, Neil McCarthy, Terry McDonagh & Charlene Speeren at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway on Friday, June 27th, 8pm. read full story / add a comment
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derry / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday June 12, 2008 02:09 by Goretti Horgan   text 39 comments (last - wednesday june 25, 2008 17:14)   image 8 images
The 9 anti-war activists who occupied the arms manufacturer Raytheon's offices and destroyed its computers have been acquitted by a jury in Belfast. Derry Anti War Coalition calls on the office of the Attorney General and the Crown Prosecution Service, in light of the jury's verdict of 'not guilty' to criminal damage charges, to institute an investigation into the activities of Raytheon at its various plants across the UK, with a view to determining whether Raytheon is a criminal enterprise.

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Setting off from CUH
cork / anti-capitalism / feature Thursday June 12, 2008 02:00 by Kevin and Ray   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 19:34)   image 7 images
IMPACT union workers in Cork staged a lunchtime protest as part of their ongoing work to rule ... read full story / add a comment
Signs replaced on Clare St.
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 12, 2008 01:53 by Sean Clinton   text 23 comments (last - thursday september 03, 2009 23:16)   image 10 images
Limerick City Council claim signs erected by the Lisbon Campaign for Middle East Justice and Peace (LCMEJP) were an "incitement" The Council removed at least 5 large "No to Lisbon" referendum signs from locations around the city between the 26th May and the 11th June without informing anyone. Gardai in Henry st., Roxboro and Mary St. stations have been investigating this matter for over four weeks. The story was covered in the Limerick Leader two weeks in a row and in the Limerick Independent and the Irish Times but Council officials never thought it appropriate to contact the Gardai, LCMEJP or the printers event though contact details were on the signs. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 12, 2008 00:24 by liz c   text 11 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 12:10)
in Dublin city centre particularly in the last few days. people aren't just saying they're voting No they're vehemently No and they're saying we could win this ...A lot of people have stopped by the CAEUC stall at the GPO to chat and debate, farmers, fishermen, taxi drivers, disgruntled fiannna failers etc. etc. really varied. it's amazing to hear people talking about politics like this, not just the treaty but the EU and where it's going. it feels like people are really getting into this. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 22:52 by Lantern
Accusations of homicides and grevious bodily harm in private hospitals in Milan. Nine workplace deaths in one day and harrassment of Rom in Milan and Rome. All this in the past week in Italy read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday June 11, 2008 22:51 by The Progressive Film Club
Days of Glory, a film directed by Rachid Bouchareb on at the The Progressive Film Club, New Theatre 43 East Essex Street Dublin.
Where would you get this quality of films in such a fabulous setting? read full story / add a comment
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