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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

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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 Is the ?Friend-Enemy Distinction? Right-Wing Critical Race Theory? Tue Sep 30, 2025 13:00 | Noah Carl
Perfectly neutral institutions will never be attainable, argues Noah Carl, but that doesn?t mean that reasonably neutral institutions aren?t worth striving for.
The post Is the ‘Friend-Enemy Distinction’ Right-Wing Critical Race Theory? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe Has Never Looked More Pathetic Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:27 | Will Jones
With Trump's announcement of a peace plan backed by both Israel and Arab leaders, Europe, with its toothless alternative proposal to reward terror, has never looked more pathetic or weaker on the global stage.
The post Europe Has Never Looked More Pathetic appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Down The Tylenol Rabbitol Tue Sep 30, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
President Trump says Tylenol in pregnancy may cause autism. Wes Streeting says don't listen to Trump, he's a politician. But what does the science say? Professor James Alexander goes down the Tylenol rabbitol.
The post Down The Tylenol Rabbitol appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link I Smell a Rat in the BBC?s Claims of Climate Change ?Ratmageddon? Tue Sep 30, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Rodent populations in the US and Britain have exploded, and the BBC inevitably blames climate change. But Ben Pile smells a rat. After all, there are much more likely explanations than slightly milder weather.
The post I Smell a Rat in the BBC’s Claims of Climate Change ‘Ratmageddon’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 30, 2025 00:41 | 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.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday March 25, 2008 11:54 by 1 of Bookfair Organising Group   text 27 comments (last - thursday april 10, 2008 17:22)   image 13 images   audio 2 audio files
The Dublin Anarchist Bookfair – held this year on the weekend of 14th and 15th March – has firmly established itself as the biggest and most exciting event on the political left in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday March 25, 2008 11:40 by Rachel Dempsey   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 01, 2008 18:43)
An exciting opportunity to sing with those from other cultures living in Dublin and to share songs together in a supportive and safe environment. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 25, 2008 10:21 by Jim   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 07, 2009 20:42)
Two intellectually lazy revisionist views have gained ground in the popular Irish historical mythology in relation to the Easter Rising.

1) That the Easter Rising was a a deliberate romantic blood sacrifice by rebels who knew in advance that they would fail.

2) That the Easter Rising was a terrorist act. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday March 25, 2008 09:38 by MC   text 3 comments (last - sunday april 13, 2008 08:34)
A Belfast Screening of "Route Irish"

7.30pm, Fri, 11 April
Friends Meeting Place,
22 Marlborough Park North, (off Lisburn Road).
Map here... http://tinyurl.com/ypb639

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clare / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 24, 2008 23:04 by John Lannon   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2008 11:20)   image 6 images   1 attached file
The monthly Shannon vigil to highlight the airport’s involvement in acts of torture and war was held on Easter Sunday, 23 March 2008. Once again it was a dignified affair, attended by members of Amnesty International, Cosantori Siochana, and a wide cross section of public support. read full story / add a comment
Re-enacting the first raising of the Citizens Army flag by Molly O'Reilly
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 24, 2008 22:17 by Michael Gallagher   text 11 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 21:32)   image 12 images
All photographs copyright: Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission.

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New Jersey
international / anti-capitalism / feature Monday March 24, 2008 21:50 by Andrew   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 29, 2008 22:38)   image 5 images
I spent the last month Greyhounding around the USA speaking about anarchism in Ireland. Fourteen cities, 20+ meetings in thirty days in cities with populations from thirty thousand to over eight million. On my travels I used the opportunity to record interviews with many of the local anarchists who were organizing the meetings which I edited on the bus and posted to indymedia.ie once I hit my next wi-fi signal. I've collated these interviews below, over two hours of audio in all. read full story / add a comment
The Usual Suspects
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 24, 2008 20:53 by Michael Gallagher   image 5 images
All photographs copyright to Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission. read full story / add a comment
Bristol's St Patrick's Day protesters take to the forecourts.
mayo / anti-capitalism / news report Monday March 24, 2008 20:51 by maria walsh   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2008 16:33)   image 1 image
One Shell garage was shut during the morning rush hour and drivers were turned away from a second when protesters in Bristol, England took to the forecourts in support of the Rossport community in Mayo.
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Robert Menard of RSF & identified CIA agent attacks the International Olympic Commitee & abuses press privileges.
international / arts and media / news report Monday March 24, 2008 19:08 by Fu Manchu   text 2 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 23:23)   image 2 images
Commercial news organisations are already carrying the story that earlier today three "pro-Tibetans" were arrested at Mount Olympus, Greece after attempting to disrupt the beginning of the Olympic Torch route. But most newspapers & TV portals will not highlight the specific group responsible for the action; Reporters Sans Frontiers or RSF members used their press privileges to bypass tight security & wave their banner. By doing so they have endangered press privileges & cast any doubt aside as to the true nature of the supposed "pro-Tibetan" nature of the recent global mobilisation against the Olympiad (first) & Peoples' Republic of China (second). read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Monday March 24, 2008 18:49 by Laura Broxson
Say 'No' to Animal Circuses! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday March 24, 2008 16:29 by Ed W   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2008 20:21)

Right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia killed four more civilians this month. If the western media had done its job during the recent border confrontation between the government of Alvaro Uribe and its neighbours, the death squads might have thought twice before adding to their bloody hit-list read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday March 24, 2008 12:03 by Gitmo
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE / Alex Gibney, 2007, 106 mins., Not Rated)
"Powerful. One of the really pivotal, indespensible documentaries of
this decade. It will stand as an important historical record." - A.O.
SCOTT, THE N Y TIMES read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment / news report Monday March 24, 2008 10:38 by Rayo   text 35 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 23:19)
PEOPLE in Sligo must put pressure on local representatives to keep the Racecourse site at Cleveragh a green area, says Deputy Mayor and Independant Socialist Cllr Declan Bree. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday March 24, 2008 08:41 by Ramor Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 27, 2008 12:23)
Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road? Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road sheltered only by rough structures made from palm tree fronds in the punishing tropical heat and torrential downpours? And why would anyone do it for four long years? read full story / add a comment
An attempt to move a Friend of Tara demonstrator
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 23, 2008 20:21 by Michael Gallagher   text 17 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 19:10)   image 19 images
All photos copyright Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday March 23, 2008 18:04 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 20 comments (last - sunday october 21, 2012 14:45)
As you read the posting below, I would suggest you check Inydymedia coverage on two topics: Brain Injury writtten Michelle Clarke and the posting of Mr. Justice Barr's Report and the shooting dead of John Carthy...... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday March 23, 2008 13:16 by sean moraghan
"My name is Ailbhe. I have recently returned from the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria. You are probably aware of the Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara. I will give a short informal talk on the matter, showing you my pictures etc."

Everybody welcome to this talk, which will take place in the Imperial Hotel Bar, basement, Tuesday 25th March @7.30

Presented in association with Tralee SWP.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday March 23, 2008 12:58 by Irish Basque Committees
1916 Dublin. Irish republicans rise up in arms against the British Empire and proclaim the Irish Republic.

Young Basque nationalists send telegrams to congratulate the brave rebels. read full story / add a comment
Ahmadinejad declares victory
international / miscellaneous / news report Sunday March 23, 2008 12:52 by Bazooka Joe   text 5 comments (last - monday march 24, 2008 18:48)   image 1 image
Legislative election results emerging from Iran today show the consolidation of conservative power and the Revolutionary Guard base of President Ahmadinejad. This is an outright failure for the international sanctions and the associated propaganda drive carried out on the insistence of the US through the UN and a myriad trolls. read full story / add a comment
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