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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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Public Inquiry
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 Blow to Miliband as Reeves Signals Support for North Sea Drilling and Union Boss Calls for Him to Be... Tue Sep 30, 2025 17:36 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves has signalled support for drilling in the North Sea in a blow to Ed Miliband ? as the boss of the Unite union calls on Keir Starmer to sack the "disastrous" Net Zero Secretary.
The post Blow to Miliband as Reeves Signals Support for North Sea Drilling and Union Boss Calls for Him to Be Sacked appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Wes Streeting Says Nigel Farage is ?Racist? Tue Sep 30, 2025 15:30 | Will Jones
Health Secretary Wes Streeting?has said Nigel Farage is "racist", joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in using the insult of the Reform party and its leader.
The post Wes Streeting Says Nigel Farage is “Racist” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday March 08, 2008 18:22 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 09, 2008 05:25)
When presented with a Bill from Congress today, a bill that would have outlawed waterboarding amongst other criminal acts, President Bush simply vetoed it. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday March 08, 2008 18:11 by On behalf of: Mairtin MacMaolain   text 1 comment (last - monday march 10, 2008 11:33)
A vigil against war will begin on Monday 10th March outside the GPO in Dublin. It will start at 17.00 and last until 19.00. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday March 08, 2008 11:57 by Cael   text 16 comments (last - sunday march 23, 2008 15:30)
Personally, the biggest problem I see with private property is that western society has not been able to put any limit on it. It has become, or always was, psychotic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday March 08, 2008 11:10 by Cael   text 3 comments (last - sunday march 16, 2008 02:10)
People on a special diet allowance are being short changed
by the Department of Social and Family Affairs because
their entitlement has not increased for the past ten years,
a spokesman for Sinn Féin Poblachtach said today.
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limerick / housing / press release Saturday March 08, 2008 03:07 by RSF
A spokesperson for Republican Sinn Fein, who is also a member of an advisory committee working with the Regeneration Boardin the Southside of Limerick said that while some City Counllors are complaining about a lack of information
the reality is that the City Council abandoned many housing estates down the years

"Attempts by some members of Limerick City Council to
place obstacles in the way of the new Regeneration Boards
must be condemned. " read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / news report Saturday March 08, 2008 01:25 by Marvin A. Gaye   text 32 comments (last - sunday march 16, 2008 00:26)
Left wing activist and Labour Youth member Dan O'Neill has been elected Deputy President of UCD Students Union, Dan beat physiotherapy student Isobel O'Connor by over 400 votes. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / news report Friday March 07, 2008 23:41 by Terry   text 4 comments (last - monday march 10, 2008 14:54)   image 5 images
Sacred Ireland are asking Minister John Gormley to halt all works in the Tara Valley pending results of new advanced engineering and sophisticated archeological surveys to be conducted on the Hill of Rath Lugh. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Friday March 07, 2008 17:51 by Tracy Donegan   text 3 comments (last - monday march 10, 2008 13:23)
Tokophobia is a debilitating fear of childbirth which in many cases is so profound that it can lead to a complete avoidance of pregnancy or a pregnancy filled with terror and anxiety. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday March 07, 2008 16:08 by Sarah Lundberg
Themed Reading and Independent Publisher Market - Food For Thought - A celebration of Chocolate and Other Food Groups in Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 at 6.30pm

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Parvin Ardalan
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday March 07, 2008 14:33 by pat c   text 14 comments (last - tuesday april 08, 2008 21:46)   image 1 image
Here is an Amnesty International article on Parvin Ardalan and how she was prevented from leaving Iran.

Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme Prize in Stockholm. She said that after she boarded a plane at Tehran airport she was told that she was not permitted to leave the country. "They took my passport and said I could get it back after 72 hours," she said. "The only reason for this move is to prevent me from taking part in the ceremony."
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dublin / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 07, 2008 14:29 by Sara   text 63 comments (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 00:52)   image 1 image
The Anti Nazi League is calling on RTE Late Late Show to withdraw its invitation to Holocausr Revisionist David Irving for tonight's show
An Emergency Protest Picket is to be held at 8.30pm tonight (Friday 7th March at RTE's Montrose TV entrance to oppose Irving's appearance.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday March 07, 2008 13:54 by Cael   text 37 comments (last - monday march 17, 2008 14:40)
A plan by Westminster MP and Stormont Assembly member Gerry Adams to hold a commemoration for an IRA woman in the Long Gallery at Parliament Buildings could be viewed as an insult to her memory, a spokesman for Sinn Féin Poblachtach said today.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday March 07, 2008 12:20 by Sean Crudden
Does psychiatric back-up improve the effectiveness of an army? Will it help to mitigate the effects of war? Is all war madness? Are psychiatrists and mental health professionals colluding in a chaotic and destructive adventure? read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 07, 2008 11:02 by Des   text 13 comments (last - sunday march 09, 2008 22:58)
Foreign kictchens bought instead oof our own. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Friday March 07, 2008 08:21 by Oscar   text 3 comments (last - thursday march 13, 2008 09:06)
Hugh Geraghty Memorial Lecture

‘Celtic Communists and British Imperialists’

(Scottish Nationalist Encounters with Ireland)

By Bob Purdie

Date: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Venue: Liberty Hall
Time: 8.00p.m.

Run in conjunction with the Cle Club
Lecture will be followed by the CLE CLUB Folk/ Traditional Music Session at 9-30 p.m.

Admission Fee to Lecture/Session €5-00 read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 06, 2008 23:00 by Native   text 22 comments (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 16:49)   image 5 images
There was a bomb attack on a United States military target, an army recruitment office, in New York City this morning.

At about 9AM Irish time (4AM in New York) an explosive device was detonated at the office in Manhattan.

The incident is reminiscent of IRA attacks on British army recruitment offices. In May 1990, for example, a British soldier was killed when a bomb exploded at an office in Wembley in London, and many other attacks were mounted against such places over the course of the conflict.

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galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday March 06, 2008 16:59 by Alan M.   text 5 comments (last - thursday march 27, 2008 23:35)   image 1 image   1 attached file
We all enjoy the Sunday papers - war, occupation, terror, spending cuts, corruption and climate change. What they fail to present us with is a meaningful alternative, a response to the bad news, a project we can all get stuck into - one which can liberate us both as individuals and as a society. read full story / add a comment
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national / sci-tech / news report Thursday March 06, 2008 16:16 by ANM   text 91 comments (last - tuesday september 30, 2008 19:19)   image 2 images
Politics.ie, the popular internet discussion chat board, has been taken offline in what is said to be a serious hacking incident. Users of the site complained that personal information and private messages had been hacked into earlier this week, and some also complained that their avatars (the colourful flag or party emblem they use to indentify each other) had been changed without their permission.

Yesterday at lunchtime the site stopped loading onto users' computers, with all requests timing out. People have speculated that productivity in certain government departments has since shot up. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday March 06, 2008 16:11 by larry sweeney
larry sweeneys land has been illegally embargoed for 6 yrs because of ill founded proceedings in cavan circuit court. read full story / add a comment
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