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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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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday August 27, 2007 18:21 by MoS Reader   text 26 comments (last - sunday september 02, 2007 18:19)
The Sunday newspapers have shown great coverage of the Labour Party leadership contest after the resignation of Pat Rabbitte. However, for most left-wing activists the clash between Socialist Party's Joe Higgins and the Socialist Workers' Party's Richard Boyd-Barrett is very interesting. RBB cited the Party's "socialist roots" while Higgins said Labour are not a working class party and will not turn socialist. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 27, 2007 18:05 by darren   text 1 comment (last - monday august 27, 2007 18:21)   image 5 images
3 Presentations from Malaysia & Indonesia…

Venue: Seomra Spraoi

Directions:
Coming from Capel St bridge, turn left at the Boar's Head off Capel Street, large grey-blue building on your right, old Melody Maker building. It is across the road from the "Capel Building" and Rhodes restaurant. It is on the Luas track.

Time 7:30

Suggested Donation: Waged/Unwaged 2.50 /2.00 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday August 27, 2007 17:27 by Mina Ahadi   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 29, 2007 12:52)   image 1 image
Here, Political Prisoners on death row in Iran ask for your help.Do not let them down. Full story at the link.

Work for the abolition of the death penalty and save the lives of those sentenced to death!”

For around two years now the Islamic Republic government has stepped up the execution and torturing of political prisoners and dissidents on the pretext of security. The largest numbers of executions have taken place in the provinces of Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Azarbaijan and Tehran. All those sentenced to death have been sentenced behind closed doors and without any regard for international conventions. read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 27, 2007 16:29 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Over The Edge presents a reading by Matthew Sweeney, Sara Byrne & Edward Boyne, plus the Galway launch of the latest issue of the Limerick-based poetry magazine Revival at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway on Friday, September 14th, 8pm. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday August 27, 2007 16:11 by Socialist Party   text 4 comments (last - friday august 31, 2007 17:44)
PUBLIC MEETING
Sacked Airport Workers Victory - Hear Their Story
8pm Thursday 30th August
Socialist Party Offices 13 Lombard St, Belfast read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 27, 2007 15:57 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Friday Lunchtime Reading Series in Galway City Museum
August 31st at 1pm.

Miceál Kearney (Winner Cúirt Grand Slam '07)
and Mark O'Flynn (Australia). read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday August 27, 2007 11:23 by Sal Fiore   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 28, 2007 21:12)
Very little research has been devoted to this case. Prof. Diana Winstanley committed suicide whilst conducting research on stress, discrimination and bullying issues. This is an appeal for info. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Monday August 27, 2007 11:14 by Bob-RSC   text 2 comments (last - monday august 27, 2007 14:31)
Several protesters have entered the Bellanaboy site; all work has stopped read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday August 26, 2007 21:50 by Terence   text 1 comment (last - wednesday august 29, 2007 10:03)
In this very interesting report from Montreal Canada, we get a glimpse at some of the undercover activities of the state and police forces which are there to protect capitalism. What is reported is that an undercover cop was caught on video throwing rocks at a protest. Clearly the state and police are working hard all the time to manipulate public opinion to believe that protesters always mean violence and are associated with criminals. When they don't get the result that they want, they then go out and make it so. This is not unique to just the place where this report comes from. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Sunday August 26, 2007 16:50 by Siegfried Maloney   text 20 comments (last - sunday september 30, 2007 07:32)
A sculpture has been unveiled in Washington to honour the cooperation between the F.B.I. and the R.U.C. in defeating Irish terrorism. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday August 26, 2007 15:37 by Laura Broxson
ANTI-FUR DEMO organised by CAFT Ireland and the National Animal Rights Association (N.A.R.A.) read full story / add a comment
Juliette : Portsmouth (UK) Palestinian Network
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday August 26, 2007 13:03 by TD   text 17 comments (last - thursday september 06, 2007 20:00)   image 8 images
Not prepared to weep crocodile tears, not prepared to wallow in vicious hypocrisy, instead, Galway IPSC did an eight hour slog outside Lynch's castle, Shop st, yesterday, in an attempt to wean people away from the 'aul sins of indifference and apathy towards the plight of Palestine and, instead, do something ; from boycotting Israeli Blood Diamonds, spuds, herbs, plastic garden sheds/containers sold by the Grafton Group (Atlantic Homecare/Woodie's DIY stores) to expressing their outrage to TD's, mainstream media, etc, on the obscenity of an Irish company; Cement Roadstone Holdings, profiteering from the construction of the illegal West Bank Apartheid Wall. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday August 26, 2007 03:11 by Susan Isabella Sheehan-Repasky   text 8 comments (last - tuesday october 02, 2007 05:31)
The Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, has said he is committed to ensuring there will be no major development along the route of the M3 motorway, close to Tara, Co Meath. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday August 26, 2007 00:46 by Airsoft Cadet   text 4 comments (last - monday february 11, 2008 10:43)   image 1 image
With a clear lead it seems the Irish Military have won the latest "who sucks" site opinion poll which invited internet users to compare 23 Armed forces logos from across the world.

http://www.who-sucks.com/politics/17-fearsome-defense-m...world

And a quick look at the who sucks site will tell you why. Whereas other armies have gone for traditional crosses or swords, the Irish have settled for a swishy sort of harp thing meets a pregnant lady holding a spear. read full story / add a comment
One of the men attacked in front of the boarded windows of the pizza parlour
international / racism & migration related issues / news report Saturday August 25, 2007 22:43 by Iosaf   text 3 comments (last - friday august 31, 2007 19:51)   image 5 images
There's definitely a lot in, on & under this. Earlier this week global media attention was brought yet again to far right street violence in Germany when a mob chased several men of Indian origin through the streets of a small town. It is just over a year since the book burning incident at Pretzien (see article footnotes) & thus there is no reason to believe that the soul-searching which followed that incident amidst promises of appropriate action & policy to stave off racism have had any real success. But back to that drawing board the German state went this week as then the anniversary of Rudolf Hess the deputy to Hitler was marked by calls by the Udo Viogt the leader of the German far right party to posthumously award Hess with the Nobel Peace prize. As of yesterday Voigt is in custody & may face three years in prison. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday August 25, 2007 18:49 by Borhan Azemi and Reza J.   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 15, 2007 16:45)
Here a group of Iranian antiwar activists make clear their feelings about Iran and the support it gets from some on the left. They say: Iran is part of the world imperialist-capitalist system And its contradictions with U.S. imperialism will not change the nature of this regime.

Recently we read an article “Standing up to Islamophobia” published in Socialist Worker Online (US). As a group of Iranian antiwar activists, we respond to this article concerning the direction of the antiwar movement. We think that the position of SW(US) is not in the interest of international proletarian revolution and must be opposed based. The position that the ISO is theorizing asserts that the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) regime is a progressive and anti-imperialist in nature. We do not believe so, and intend to show that IRI regime is dependent and part of the world imperialist-capitalist system. Its contradictions with U.S. imperialism will not change the nature of this regime.
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international / sci-tech / other press Saturday August 25, 2007 13:23 by Fu Manchu   text 2 comments (last - wednesday september 19, 2007 09:45)
There's probably nothing much in this, but today's Spiegel reports that several German ministry computers in their Federal government have been found to contain a cunning trojan backdoor exploration thingy which came from China. Of course they already have one that comes from the NSA in the USA, & heck - Real Player invented the whole commercial backdoor thing ( I know Richard Stallman just told me on a youtube video ). & then there was yer man Mohammad Afroze Abdul Razzak who infiltrated Microsoft on behalf of Al Qaeda coz back in 2001 coz they knew Microsoft were infiltrating your computers. So really at the end this is just about language practise & helping you feel European & most of all not getting too cocky about your hardware, software or extensions. All the major powers are in there & the arch-villains from Fu Manchu to Bill Sikes. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Saturday August 25, 2007 11:50 by Tara Supporter   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 28, 2007 20:04)

On Thursday the 30th August the NRA are conferencing at the Gresham Hotel
at 9.30am. This is on the M3 archaelogy. Most campaigners know by now that
the Shindig is a regular one (part of the PR campaigns) and has been occuring
at least these last two years. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / history and heritage / event notice Saturday August 25, 2007 06:08 by TaraWatch   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 16, 2007 23:13)   image 3 images
Public Meeting - Garden of Remembrance 12.00pm

March 1.00 pm read full story / add a comment
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 24, 2007 22:02 by Catalan Solidarity   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 11, 2007 14:22)   image 1 image
Members of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee held a symbolic vigil at Free Derry Corner to extend our solidarity with Catalan Political Prisoners Laura & Diego on the birth of their son, Dídac. read full story / add a comment
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