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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 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 / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 29, 2008 10:51 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 8 comments (last - thursday january 31, 2008 22:17)
This past Saturday, a van load of pilgrims en route to the Festival of St Brigid in Kildare were stopped by the Irish Special Branch. We were questioned under Section 31 of the Offences Against the State Act and a detective accused me of being a terrorist. The paradigm shifts evident in this event are of concern and worth consideration.
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Women & Crime in Iran.
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday January 29, 2008 10:14 by ribbid   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 13:01)   image 1 image
"The licence of the magazine Zanan ('Women') managed by Shahla Sherkat has been cancelled as the monthly published articles undermining public confidence in law and order by leading people to believe that the Islamic republic was unsafe for women," the FARS news agency has reported citing an official it did not name.

Shahla Sherkat author, directing editor & founder of "Zanan" (="women") has told a handful of western news organisations that she has not been contacted by the Iranian state & learnt of the news herself on the FARS website. FARS is not the official Iranian news service (that's IRNA) but it seems quite likely. Her last monthly offering published a feature on gender violence & included a monthly toll. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Tuesday January 29, 2008 09:04 by Mariella Froster   text 93 comments (last - tuesday august 08, 2017 07:29)   image 2 images
Posters on politics.ie will be familiar with the vitriol directed at Indymedia. Accusations of stasi style censorship are routine. For some time now, however, the fact that censorhip on politics.ie is more frequent, arbitrary and subjective than anything seen on many other sites has become pretty obvious. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday January 29, 2008 01:11 by Over The Edge
The second National Writers Group Festival will take place in Longford from 15th to 17th February 2008.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 28, 2008 22:35 by Paula Geraghty   text 6 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 07:09)   image 5 images
Malaysia has seen a clamp down on Human Rights. Some of those who dared to challenge have been arrested and face serious charges.
A solidarity Picket took place today at the Malaysian Embassy at Shelbourne House today read full story / add a comment
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 21:57 by grow   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 29, 2008 11:55)   image 1 image
After thirty six years the families of those killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday - January 30th 1972 - still wait for the truth to be acknowledged. Once again they set out on the Annual Bloody Sunday Commemorative March. This year there is a theme of Truth and Lies.

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Chechnya: The Silent Genocide!!!
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 21:47 by Omar Abdul Shakoor   text 7 comments (last - saturday february 23, 2008 23:22)   image 2 images
The lecture on Chechnya: The Silent Genocide is part of the 'Shadows Tour 2008' on saturday the 23rd feb 2008 is aimed to educate, motivate and activate participants in various fileds such as history, anti-war campaiging and reality of what we call entertainment.

NOTE THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY IS WORLD CHECHNYA DAY CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSISERY WHEN 1000'S OF CHEHNYANS WERE DEPORTED BY RUSSIA TO SIBERIA IN CATTLES TRUCKS! THE OLD AND CHILDREN WERE THROWN OFF CLIFFS

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Some of the shops on Moore St that have been shut down in recent weeks
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 21:27 by Save Moore St campaign   image 1 image
A planning application for a giant shopping complex between Moore St and O'Connell St in Dublin is due in the coming days, and the market traders on Moore St fear it will spell the end of their centuries-old tradition. The development is being billed as the largest property development in Irish history, costing a reported €600 million. read full story / add a comment
ESCAPE THE MATRIX DRUGS GANGS AND RAP
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 21:20 by Omar Abdul Shakoor   text 6 comments (last - monday february 18, 2008 14:58)   image 1 image
The lecture on Escape the Matrix: Drugs, Gangs and RAP is part of the 'Shadows Tour 2008' on thursday the 21st feb 2008 is aimed to educate, motivate and activate participants in various fileds such as history, anti-war campaiging and reality of what we call entertainment.

Event is open to everyone and the talk is 100% FREE read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 21:17 by grow
11.00am – 11.30am Unmasking, Raytheon: The Truth and The Lies
10.30am – 3.00pm Workshop, A Truth Commission for Ireland?
1.00 – 3.00pm Panel Discussion, Judging Saville
3.30pm – 5.00pm Public Testimony Event Ballymurphy August 1971
3.00pm – 5.00pm Panel Discussion Youth For Truth
1.00pm – 3.00pm Food Fair
7.30 – 9.30pm Drama, Clouds on a Mountain Road
7.00pm Film Screening, Screening of Bloody Sunday documentary,
9.30pm BSWC Fundraiser Event - the Human Beatbox read full story / add a comment
Bloody Sunday 2008  - Poster
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 20:09 by grow   image 1 image
Nuala O’Loan (former Police Ombudsman) delivers
2008 Bloody Sunday Memorial Lecture.
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Bloody Sunday 2008  - Poster
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 18:01 by grow   image 1 image
7.30pm Panel Discussion, Ways of Remembering
9.00pm Premiere of Sound Of An Underground
followed by performances by some of those featured in the film including: Eileen Webster, Joe Mulheron.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 28, 2008 17:38 by Rob Henderson   text 6 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 19:49)   image 2 images
Feel free to copy and circulate this appeal, stick it to notice boards, windows, newspapers, post it on Internet sites ask a personal friend or family member to give you the time it takes to read it. read full story / add a comment
Bloody Sunday 2008  - Poster
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 17:29 by grow   image 1 image
A minute's silence to mark the time of the shooting on Bloody Sunday 30th January 1972.
All welcome
4.00pm Venue: Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street, Derry
and other events through-out the day. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday January 28, 2008 17:00 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - monday february 04, 2008 12:29)   image 1 image
Here is an appeal from International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran on behalf of imprisoned students, workers and political prisoners. Full text at link.

The news on the condition of over 50 jailed students in Iran is very worrying. Last week Ebrahim Lotfollaahi died under torture in the city of Sanandaj. Nearly two months since their arrest and detention, many students continue to be held incommunicado. Reports from prisons speak of long and severe interrogation sessions by the feared Information Ministry officials, with many students being tort ured and kept in solitary confinement.
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mayo / miscellaneous / news report Monday January 28, 2008 16:14 by No consent   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 29, 2008 17:01)
Blockade of Shell site, thurs morning, 24/1/8, approx 100 cars blocked for 45 mins read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday January 28, 2008 11:55 by saoirse   text 24 comments (last - thursday january 31, 2008 01:33)   image 3 images
Republican Sinn Fein oppose plans by GAAW to draped orange jumpsuit on Liam Mellowes statue. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 11:03 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Psychosis Dialogues take place on the first Wednesday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at 2 Eden Park | Glasthule | Dun Laoghaire | Co Dublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 10:59 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Depression Dialogues take place on the first Thursday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at 2 Eden Park | Glasthule | Dun Laoghaire | Co Dublin read full story / add a comment
Poster for Bloody Sunday 2008
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 28, 2008 01:58 by grow   image 1 image
8.00pm: Film Screening, Taking Liberties by Chris Atkin.
Venue: The Nerve Centre, Admission £2.00
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