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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 Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff Wed Oct 01, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Eurostar has unveiled its first gender-neutral uniform, introducing a collection featuring skirts, trousers and Dr Martens boots designed to be "interchangeable and made to fit all genders".
The post Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday November 15, 2007 15:14 by Miriam Cotton   text 21 comments (last - sunday november 18, 2007 12:19)
While whole forests were felled to do justice to the memory of 'our boys', not an inch of it was used to speak of the dead who they refuse to acknowledge. Or did amnesia afflict the mainstream media on remembrance day? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 15, 2007 15:06 by doug   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 22, 2007 17:25)
A never-before-seen military manual detailing the day-to-day operations of the U.S. military's Guantánamo Bay detention facility has been leaked. It is disappearing from websites which have put it up. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday November 15, 2007 12:43 by PaddyK2
Speaker: Dr Bert Metz, Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands and Co-chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3.
Date: Tuesday, 27th November, 2007
Venue: The Alexander Hotel, Merrion Square Dublin 2
Time: 6.30 pm to 8.00pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday November 15, 2007 12:36 by PaddyK2   text 5 comments (last - friday november 16, 2007 12:06)
Speaker: Dr Martin Manning, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA, Director of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) Working Group I Support Unit and lead author of the IPCC 4th Assessment Report 2007.
Date: Tuesday, 20th November 2007
Venue: The Alexander Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Time: 6.30 pm to 8.00pm read full story / add a comment
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday November 15, 2007 09:41 by TD   text 59 comments (last - monday december 17, 2007 16:55)   image 11 images
Last night, activists from Global Women's Strike, Shell to Sea, Food Not Bombs, Galway Alliance Against War, Workers Solidarity, SWP, SP, Labour Youth, IPSC and Iranian students from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, Malaysian medical students from UCHG and the college Human Rights Society resisted the progaganda visit, of the US Ambassador to Ireland; Thomas C Foley, to Galway University.

As was the case last year with the 4th October visitation of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland; Zion Evrony to the college, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78807 this visit was facilitated by the student Law Society. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday November 15, 2007 07:20 by paul o toole   text 10 comments (last - sunday november 18, 2007 15:25)
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday November 15, 2007 02:59 by u:m   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 22:09)
U:MACK presents

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WEDNESDAY NOV 21
LAUGHTER LOUNGE. EDEN QUAY

DOORS 8pm. TICKETS €15 FROM ROAD RECORDS, CITY DISCS, SOUND CELLAR & SPINDIZZY & ONLINE AT www.tickets.ie/umack read full story / add a comment
tyrone / crime and justice / press release Wednesday November 14, 2007 23:57 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - thursday november 22, 2007 16:15)
RSF have welcomed the release of a man and a woman being held in Antrim Barracks. read full story / add a comment
image from http://cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2007/11/bus-strike-60000-stuck-in-rain.html
national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday November 14, 2007 23:41 by D. Freeman   text 11 comments (last - monday december 03, 2007 14:02)   image 4 images
As the grey misty rain fell throughout the day – you truly knew it was winter. The fact that over 300 bus workers were gathered in this dog of an afternoon outside Dublin Bus HQ would indicate that we all have entered the season of discontent. read full story / add a comment
One of these men lied in court - the judge believed the one in uniform
mayo / crime and justice / news report Wednesday November 14, 2007 22:22 by Rudiger   text 30 comments (last - monday november 26, 2007 13:57)   image 1 image
An account of the Shell to Sea cases in belmullet today, where 13 people appeared before the court relating to Shell to Sea protests. read full story / add a comment
Cast them as cousins
mayo / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:26 by Sopranos Fan   text 4 comments (last - sunday december 30, 2007 20:58)   image 2 images
People in Erris and around the world are puzzled by the resemblance of the new Garda Superintendent in Belmullet with "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni from the Sopranos Television programme.

http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/character/johnny_sack....shtml

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&tas...id=38

Locals have speculated that the two may be related, or even whether the actor Vince Curatola has been hired by Mayo Gardaí to portray a heavy-handed police officer. Recent gangster tactics seen in Erris may indicate that the actor has taken his role too far. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:03 by EPA   text 39 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 16:39)
Was it a stitch up, or are the emissions really harmless? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:02 by Michelle Clarke   text 12 comments (last - monday june 21, 2010 15:58)
Personal Reflections of illness and the Irish system

MRSA and its impact on people, on families........Are we negligent?

It is not acceptable for our hospitals to be plagued with a disease that is in effect a silent killer and if it fails to kill you leaves you a victim for life of health system that will eventually destroy you.

For people with long term illness, the lack of multi-disciplinary medics and an over abundance of management/staff, cleaners etc., the hospitals do not get cleaned as used to be the case. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday November 14, 2007 17:39 by gníomhaí
The oral hearing on the Galway Outer City Bypass is now taking place at the Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor's Hill, Galway. From today 14th Nov. By all accounts, it will drag on for 2 weeks.

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People gathering
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday November 14, 2007 17:32 by Grassroots Dissent   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 14, 2007 20:21)   image 5 images
On Monday 12th November the World Bank met in the Grand Hotel Malahide. As happens all across the globe wherever the World Bank meet activists came together to send the message that the Bank is horrific, directly responsible for death and devastation, and we reject the World Bank as an institution with no legitimacy. Break the World Bank! read full story / add a comment
galway / consumer issues / event notice Wednesday November 14, 2007 17:18 by gníomhaí   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 20, 2007 10:26)
International Buy Nothing Day is happening on Saturday 24th of Nov. in Galway and around the world.
It's a time when we are encouraged to reflect on what we buy, whether we really need it and to try to buy locally and ethically. Mindless consumerism is killing society and the planet....

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national / arts and media / other press Wednesday November 14, 2007 16:14 by Miriam   text 4 comments (last - tuesday september 01, 2009 20:22)
A very interesting and insightful discussion of various aspects of Irish media - in two parts -the second to follow within a few days. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday November 14, 2007 15:53 by Arise   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 14, 2007 16:36)   image 1 image
Article 26 of the Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to education yet since 1979, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has systematically sought to deprive its largest religious minority, the Bahá'í Faith, of the right to a full education. The situation in Iran represents perhaps the only case where the right to education is being intentionally denied to an entire group of people. This denial of education is based entirely on religious discrimination. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 14, 2007 12:13 by digoutday   text 8 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 21:59)
following bertie's payrise we all get a day off to celebrate, tell everybody you know to check out http://www.digoutday.com/ read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday November 14, 2007 09:06 by John   text 40 comments (last - thursday november 15, 2007 16:01)   image 1 image
Workers employed by the United Bus Company of Tehran (Sharekat-e Vahed) were arrested and detained in Evin prison in an attempt to prevent a strike. The workers are demanding a pay rise, collective bargaining, recognition of their union and the release of their union’s president. 12 leading members of the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company were arrested following their fight for better pay and working conditions. After their arrest, 3,000 bus workers staged a walkout in protest. Police responded by making further arrests. read full story / add a comment
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