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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 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 Fact-Checking Starmer?s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis Wed Oct 01, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has claimed that Brexit created the small boats crisis and the migrant boats should be called 'Farage boats'. This is nonsense, says David Barrett, and even Oxford University's Migration Observatory agrees.
The post Fact-Checking Starmer’s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is ?Pandemic Preparedness? a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? Wed Oct 01, 2025 15:43 | Dr David Bell
Why is 'pandemic preparedness' a major theme of the US Government's new 'America First' Global Health Strategy, asks Dr David Bell. There are some sound public health principles in there, but the 'pandemic' con lives on.
The post Why is ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ?Forever? Wed Oct 01, 2025 13:22 | Will Jones
With energy bills heading skywards and renewable energy investment on the ropes, Ed Miliband's conference crowd-pleaser was to pledge a law to ban fracking 'forever' ? and sabotage a future Reform administration.
The post Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ‘Forever’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage ?Once Flirted With Hitler Youth? Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:21 | Will Jones
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has been forced to row back on his bizarre claim that Nigel Farage "once flirted with the Hitler Youth", which Farage has denied.
The post Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage “Once Flirted With Hitler Youth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link I?m a Meteorologist. The Met Office Has Serious Questions to Answer Over the Accuracy of its Tempera... Wed Oct 01, 2025 09:00 | Andrew Sibley
Chartered Meteorologist Andrew Sibley says the Met Office has serious questions to answer over the accuracy of its temperature measurements. Instrument changes and urban growth cast major doubt on recent warming trends.
The post I’m a Meteorologist. The Met Office Has Serious Questions to Answer Over the Accuracy of its Temperature Measurements appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / consumer issues / news report Sunday February 03, 2008 22:09 by Houyhnhnm   text 31 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2011 23:33)   image 6 images
The Irish language name for Smithfield Square in Dublin is Margadh na Feirme, which reflects the fact that the area has been a market for a very long time. Cattle were once driven in from Meath and sold on the square, as well as poultry and other livestock. Horses have always been traded here.
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dublin / environment / event notice Sunday February 03, 2008 22:00 by Student Action on Climate Change   text 1 comment (last - monday february 04, 2008 16:49)
Next Thursday at 6pm, renowned environmental activist Mayer Hillman will be delivering an address in UCD, on Global Warming, entitled “Climate Change: Unpalatable Truths and Moral Dilemmas”. The event will take place in the science building, in Theatre D, and is hosted by the UCD Greens and Student Action on Climate Change.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday February 03, 2008 21:45 by paul o toole
be afraid, be very afraid...ha!, ha! read full story / add a comment
derry / crime and justice / press release Sunday February 03, 2008 21:29 by Richard Walsh   text 7 comments (last - tuesday february 19, 2008 14:01)
RSF has disputed the Provos' claims that RUC men and English soldiers were "murdered". read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 03, 2008 20:15 by CW   text 6 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 22:12)   image 2 images
How special is the Special Branch?
Not so much... read full story / add a comment
galway / housing / event notice Sunday February 03, 2008 19:42 by R   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 20:46)   image 1 image
Galway based musicians are joining the effort to bring a new community led 'social space' to the city.

The 'Space Exploration' benefit gig takes place on Friday February 8th, 9pm, at the Roisin Dubh. It features Van Cole, Queen Elvis, Nicola Willians and The Rye, all of whom are offering their talents to raise much needed funds to establish a new space for Galway. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday February 03, 2008 19:29 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha   text 5 comments (last - monday february 18, 2008 07:43)
A Danish documentary crew working for the national TV channel DR1 has detailed the movements of CIA aircraft that have repeatedly transited in Greenland and flown through Danish airspace in connection with the covert agency's widely condemned programme of abduction and torture. Having gained access to flight plans, duty payments, hotel registrations, catering invoices and crew lists, the documentary shows that the Greenlandic airport Narsarsuaq has played a particularly prominent role in the so-called "extraordinary renditions" programme.
In a related development, DR's news programme this evening reports us that the Icelandic customs authorities have begun to search all international flights, in response to media coverage of shady CIA transits. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday February 03, 2008 18:03 by Gluaiseacht   text 3 comments (last - friday march 07, 2008 17:13)   image 1 image
Gluaiseacht are calling on all those opposed to the gas giveaway to join us on a bus trip to London. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday February 03, 2008 17:30 by Sean Mac Maitiu   image 5 images
Belfast Anarchist Black Cross held a small picket outside Maghaberry prison on Saturday the 2th February to raise awareness of the ongoing prison abuses and neglect of prisoners as well as leafleting families outside the gates to build solidarity and support. We were also paid a nice visit by the local pigs, no doubt at the behest of the screws that were wary of our presence. Belfast ABC will continue to picket Maghaberry and other prisons in the future and provide a forum for prisoners and their families to raise their grievances. You are not alone! read full story / add a comment
Shell To Sea newsletter
international / environment / other press Sunday February 03, 2008 13:33 by JM   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 03, 2008 18:44)   image 1 image   1 attached file
National Grid won't be allowed to build a gas plant in Corse [Gloucestershire]. Villagers who have been campaigning against the building of a Pressure Reduction Installation in Corse are over the moon after a planning inspector refused permission for it. read full story / add a comment
cork / eu / event notice Saturday February 02, 2008 21:49 by Joe Moore   text 19 comments (last - saturday february 16, 2008 23:37)   image 9 images
A monster public meeting to put the case against the Lisbon Treaty to the people of Cork, will be held on Saturday 16th February at 2.30pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick St. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Saturday February 02, 2008 18:53 by PaddyK2
You are all invited to the Athenry Environmental Network's Spring Weekend of free workshops in The Athenry Community Hall on Clarke Street in Athenry (near the Credit Union) on Saturday February 9th and Sunday February 10th from 10am to 5 pm.. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Saturday February 02, 2008 16:35 by ipsi
The NYPD whom you quite probably have seen on television have lobbied successfully to propose a municipal law "to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to permits for biological, chemical and radiological detectors." The Council Members proposing it are Vallone Jr., Addabbo Jr., Comrie, Fidler, Gentile, Nelson, Recchia Jr., Stewart and White Jr. (by request of the Mayor). You might have seen him on telly too, in fact you might have seen his telly station, his name is Bloomberg.

Their argument is that allowing the general public to use geiger counters & other bio- chem- or general WMD detectors may, will, does or perhaps did cause PANIC. They don't like panic. They like orderly queues & heroic administrations who chose to HQ their emergency services on a 23rd floor of a building leased by a party donor slap bang next to the World Trade Centre despite that bit of Manhatten being considered a "target" & the idiocy of clambering up 23 floors of stairs in a power outage.

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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 02, 2008 16:13 by Ciaran Ó Brolcháin   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 13:25)   image 5 images
A candle-lit vigil was held by Shell to Sea activists outside Belfast City Hall yesterday (Friday) to remember those who have suffered internationally because of the money-grabbing policies of Shell Oil. read full story / add a comment
Electronic Soldier
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday February 02, 2008 11:38 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - monday february 04, 2008 12:00)   image 2 images
'Dictionary of War is a Collaborative Platform for creating 100 concepts on the Issue of War
to be invented and arranged by scientists, artists, theorists and activists at four public
two day events in Frankfurt, Munich, Graz and Berlin.'

The Novi Sad edition/collaboration took place on the 25th and 26th of January.

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The hail showers did nothing to dampen spirits
mayo / environment / news report Saturday February 02, 2008 09:09 by Rudiger   text 6 comments (last - wednesday february 18, 2009 00:38)   image 10 images
armagh / miscellaneous / press release Friday February 01, 2008 22:12 by Richard Walsh   text 4 comments (last - sunday february 03, 2008 21:08)
It has been reported that the English Queen, Elizabeth Windsor, is to visit Armagh City on Maundy Thursday. A spokesperson for Republican Sinn Féin has said that they are opposed to all British Royal visits to any part of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Parwiz Kambakhsh
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday February 01, 2008 18:06 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - friday february 15, 2008 12:02)   image 2 images
Since October 2007, Parwiz Kambakhsh, a 23 year old Afghan journalist, has been in prison in Balkh province, Northern Afghanistan and sentenced to execution for blasphemy by a local Sharia court in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Join the demonstration on
Friday, February 8, 2008,
12.00 to 2.00 pm
Afghanistan Embassy,
31 Princes Gate, London, SW7


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national / environment / event notice Friday February 01, 2008 13:48 by Lismullen   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 06, 2008 13:56)   image 4 images
Demonstration, to illustrate the magnitude of the Lismullen henge will use hundreds of crosses, symbolising the rebels who were hung near Soldier's Hill in 1798. read full story / add a comment
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