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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 BrewDog Sells ?Net Zero? Forest Amid Mounting Losses Fri Oct 03, 2025 13:44 | Will Jones
Brewdog has sold an ?8.8 million Scottish forest it?acquired just five years ago as part of its Net Zero drive?after mounting losses forced it to cut spending.
The post BrewDog Sells ‘Net Zero’ Forest Amid Mounting Losses appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sarah Mullally Appointed as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:24 | Will Jones
Dame Sarah Mullally has been announced as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, with conservative Anglicans condemning the liberal bishop's appointment as "committing live action, slow-mo (but not that slow) suicide".
The post Sarah Mullally Appointed as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Kemi?s Pledge to Repeal the Climate Change Act Must Be Just the Start Fri Oct 03, 2025 09:00 | Ben Pile
Kemi Badenoch's pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act ? which commits the UK to Net Zero ? must be just the start of the dismantling of the Westminster Uniparty consensus on climate catastrophism, says Ben Pile.
The post Kemi’s Pledge to Repeal the Climate Change Act Must Be Just the Start appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 53: Starmer?s Bizarre Bid to Brand Reform Racist, the Real Danger Posed by Lab... Fri Oct 03, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 53 of the Sceptic: Tom Jones on Keir Starmer's bizarre bid to brand Reform racist, Andrew Orlowski on the real danger posed by Labour's digital ID and Kathryn Porter on the colossal cost of Net Zero.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 53: Starmer?s Bizarre Bid to Brand Reform Racist, the Real Danger Posed by Labour?s Digital ID and the True Cost of Net Zero appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Oct 03, 2025 01:58 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 21, 2007 08:58 by by Kaveh L Afrasiabi   text 14 comments (last - wednesday august 22, 2007 19:25)
In a staggering show of Hubris, the Bush Regime has labeled the army of a sovereign, internationally recognized nation as a terrorist organization. read full story / add a comment
Tara - The Sacred Center
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 21, 2007 06:13 by Susan Sheehan-Repasky   text 9 comments (last - thursday august 23, 2007 01:28)   image 1 image
Shameless Acts Of Hooligans/Thieves read full story / add a comment
Seomra Spraoi Party
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 01:01 by Ciarán   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 21, 2007 16:24)   image 1 image
This Saturday:

Seomra Spraoi (Last of the Summer Wine) Party !!
25th of August 2007

It All Kicks Off at 8:30:

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dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 23:31 by Eif   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 23, 2007 12:01)   1 attached file

Teachers Club
36 Parnell Square West

e8 per person, or e4 if you're broke!
Raffle prizes and easy questions! read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 19:35 by Joe Moore
The Cork Branch of the Socialist Workers Party will hold a public forum entitled "Crisis in Darfur, Is UN Intervention a Solution?" on Thursday 30th August, at 8.00pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick Street, Cork. The meeting will be addressed by Donal McGarry. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday August 20, 2007 19:00 by Barra   text 14 comments (last - monday september 10, 2007 20:02)   image 2 images
Ógra Shinn Féin have launched throughout Dublin, its campaign to highlight the vast quantity of housing opportunities left unused in the city whilst tens of thousands of people, with more every year are in need of suitable affordable housing.
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 18:32 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
The September ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 27th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Dimitris Lyacos, Rita O’Donoghue & Geraldine Keane.
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 17:53 by Over The Edge
This September Galway Arts Centre presents a daytime class for all those beginner writers out there, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. Susan Millar DuMars writes both poetry and fiction. A collection of her stories, ‘American Girls’, was published by Lapwing Press in April; her first collection of poetry, ‘The Wellspring Wife’, is forthcoming in 2008 from Salmon Poetry. Susan is a renowned creative writing teacher, and with her husband Kevin Higgins co-organises the Over The Edge readings in Galway City Library. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 16:50 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Leading novelist and journalist Martina Devlin will read for the Western Writers Centre read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 16:42 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Renowned Greek poet, DIMITRIS LYACOS, will read for the Western Writers’ Centre at Oranmore Library, Oranmore, Co Galway, on Wednesday, September 26th, starting at 7. 30pm. Admission is free. The reading will be in English. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 20, 2007 16:21 by Sunsara Taylor
As the war drums begin their deadly tattoo we must realise that my enemies enemy is not my friend. Herewith is an article by Comrade Sunsara Taylor which deals with the complex question of Iran. Bob Avakian, Chairman of the RCP,USA

As the U.S.'s crimes against humanity in the Middle East mount, it is of tremendous importance for people in the U.S. to honestly confront and rise to the profound responsibilities before us in bringing this to a halt. In this spirit, I welcomed the argument made by Thier and Hess in the Socialist Worker on April 20, 2007 entitled “Standing up to Islamophobia,” while I find their central arguments to be wrong & harmful.I do not doubt that they wish to oppose U.S. wars of aggression and their accompanying assault on Muslims, Arabs and South Asians living in the U. S. But they end up arguing for an approach that will neither meet the actual challenges of opposing the U.S. “crusade,” nor bring forward truly liberating possibilities here and around the world. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 16:04 by Screening Group   text 4 comments (last - wednesday august 22, 2007 14:02)   image 2 images
Suggested Donation: Waged/Unwaged 2.50 /2.00

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

If you want to screen a feature/short/documentary/music video..........

e-mail

screeninggroup@hushmail.com

Short films will be screening as well. (Subtitles used when ever possible). read full story / add a comment
The Protection of Minorities- a Democratic Imperative?
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday August 20, 2007 15:39 by Anti-Racist   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 25, 2007 20:20)   image 1 image

Last week we all watched as the titular head of the Irish justice Department actively
deported a six year old autistic boy, along with his twin sister and his mother. They
were put on a commercial flight to Lagos, late at night and given enough cash for
an hotel. In the last day a Mexican woman who had sought refuge for 12 months
in a church and had become the voice of economic migrants and illegals in the
US was picked up and deported to Tijuana, leaving behind her, her eight year old
boy Saul.

Elvira Arellano has vowed to continue her fight from the other side of the border.
If we look at the newswire the overwhelming amount of these cases have involved
women and children. No surprises there, they are slower and easier to catch. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 15:33 by Socialist
Socialist Forum
Crisis in Darfur: Is UN intervention a solution?

Speaker: Helena McNeil
Tuesday 21st August,

8.30pm The Red Parrot Pub, Dorset St. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Monday August 20, 2007 11:52 by KP Kev the Poet aka Knowledge is Power the Hip-Hop Bard   text 17 comments (last - wednesday may 21, 2008 14:15)   image 1 image
The Irish Government is building a four-lane motorway only 1 km from the main site of The Hill of Tara however the whole land around the main hill is of archeological interest, historical interest and spiritual interest. In July 2007 bulldozers came in the middle of the night (possibly to avoid the protestors, speculation but I can't see any excuse for using bulldozers in the middle of the night) destroying an ancient burial ground at Baronstown in the Tara-Skryne valley. Independent archaeologists claimed this site was of national monument status! The site was entirely devastated. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday August 20, 2007 10:38 by Davy Carlin   text 10 comments (last - thursday october 04, 2007 19:26)
The Murph - Turf, and beyond read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 10:14 by Dublin S2S
Dublin Shell to Sea are hosting a meeting to organise building for September the 14th in Seomra Spraoi, 4 Mary's Abbey at 7.00pm on Tuesday the 21st of August. read full story / add a comment
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westmeath / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 00:58 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Poetry reading and workshop at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality / other press Sunday August 19, 2007 20:04 by Chris Murray   text 8 comments (last - wednesday september 12, 2007 17:42)   image 1 image


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