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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 Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of ?Misguided Attempts at ... Fri Sep 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Oxford and Cambridge universities have?failed to get into the top three in the Times's prestigious annual university ranking for the first time, with experts blaming "misguided attempts at equality".
The post Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of “Misguided Attempts at Equality” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Greyhound and hare suffer in coursing...only the fans get a kick from this cruelty
international / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday April 27, 2013 13:49 by Against Cruelty to Irish Greyhounds   image 3 images
Animal welfare groups and greyhound protection organizations are appalled at the deliberate cruelty to greyhounds in Ireland revealed in the course of a recent court case, where a man admitted getting someone to shot two greyhounds that refused to chase hares (link to item on case below)
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday April 27, 2013 07:52 by Brian Clarke   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 27, 2013 10:10)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
In his book "Born Free and Equal" : Ansel Adams documented life in internment camps, set up during the second world war for the Japanese. Internment of civilian nationals was also carried out in World War Two in Britain, where all Germans, Austrians over the age of 16 and some Italians, were called before special tribunals and divided into one of three groups: read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Friday April 26, 2013 11:42 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
The Latin America Solidarity Centre invites you to the
Launch of 'Digging at the Heart of Mother Earth' Photo Exhibition read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 25, 2013 17:39 by I. Greene
Latest update in relation to Michael McKevitt and the ongoing miscarriage of justice. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 21:51 by Tony Fitzsimons
Nic Dunlop is an award winning photographer and writer,his new book "Brave New Burma" is an intimate portrait of that country in words and pictures. He will present images from the book and speak about the changes he has witnessed there over the last twenty years at the ICTU HQ on 31/32 Parnell Square on Thursday 2nd May at 6pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 20:42 by anon   text 3 comments (last - saturday november 29, 2014 14:34)
This Fri Apr 26th there is a meeting to discuss corruption in Irish Society. This meeting will be dealing with Garda malpractice.
This meeting is being hosted by four Independent TDs. It will be held in the Red Cow Hotel, Dub 22 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 01:08 by Turing
NERI Labour Market Conference 2013 – May 1st

The inaugural NERI Labour Market Conference will take place on Wednesday 1st May 2013. The conference will run from 10:15am-3pm and will include 15 research papers on various aspects of the Irish labour market and Irish labour market policy. The NERI Labour Market Conference is intended to provide a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North and South) and will occur at around this time of year from here on.

The conference is open to all who are interested and is free to attend. However, you must register your intention to attend the conference by contacting info@NERInstitute.net read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 23:33 by Dublin Marian Price committee   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 24, 2013 07:33)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Free Marian Price picket

Friday 26th, 3pm

Tourist office, 'Northern Ireland' tourist board

Suffolk Street

Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
Wolfe Tone Commemoration , Sunday 16th June 2013 , at 2.30pm.
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 20:06 by Sharon.   image 1 image
Wolfe Tone to be commemorated in Bodenstown on Sunday 16th June 2013. read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 10:14 by Roger Yates   text 1 comment (last - monday april 22, 2013 18:01)   image 1 image
A final Vegan Bake Sale Week event at St. Andrew's Resource Centre, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Sunday April 21, 2013 19:48 by Anti-Deportation Ireland   image 1 image
Assemble 12.45 outside Leinster House on Kildare Street read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday April 20, 2013 12:48 by fred   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 24, 2013 23:45)   image 1 image
REINHART AND ROGOFF: " 'Full Stop,' We Made A Microsoft Excel Blunder In Our Debt Study, And It Makes A Difference." The oft quoted rationale for austerity measures by such people as Ollie Rehn and Tim Geitner turns out to be the result of an excel blunder by the authors read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Friday April 19, 2013 16:11 by Joe Mc   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 20, 2013 12:13)
A couple sent to prison in connection with the 1989 murder of alleged IRA informer, Joe Fenton , have asked that the contents of a "secret dossier" seen by prosecutors be made public. read full story / add a comment
dublin / sci-tech / event notice Thursday April 18, 2013 21:01 by weather fan
The Irish Meteorological Society invites you to a Public Lecture in the Custom House, Thursday April 25th at 6-30pm. ‘EUMETSAT: A European Success Story’ by Declan Murphy.

EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of meteorological satellites which make a significant contribution to weather forecasting and to the monitoring of the global climate.

Members of the public are welcome and admission is free. Please book at www.irishmetsociety.org. Tea/coffee from 5-30pm and complimentary satellite poster for attendees. read full story / add a comment

Painting of 1916 Rising (source: Save Moore Street FB site)
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday April 18, 2013 19:05 by Diarmuid Breatnach   image 1 image
This terrace in Moore St. was the last site of resistance of the GPO garrison, Volunteers and Citizen Army, Cumann na mBan and Fianna, (about 100 people) after the evacuation of the GPO. It was therefore the last HQ of the Rising also. A number of fighters and civilians died in the street also. The site is neglected and under threat from developers. read full story / add a comment
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cork / arts and media / event notice Thursday April 18, 2013 11:36 by Eric   image 1 image
Quality Ska party this Friday - dance your ass off and help fundraise for Solidarity Books!
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday April 18, 2013 00:12 by Brian Clarke   text 18 comments (last - thursday december 05, 2013 16:37)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
The human suffering in British Occupied Ireland, by elderly political internees like Marian Price and Martin Corey, is markedly similar to the political internment, introduced forty years ago by the British, which escalated from crisis to disaster, culminating in the deaths of 10 Irish hunger strikers.
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Commemoration for the 22 men to be held in Dublin on Saturday 4th May 2013.
national / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday April 16, 2013 22:27 by Sharon.   text 3 comments (last - monday may 06, 2013 21:48)   image 4 images
Between the years 1917 and 1981 , 22 Irish republicans died on hunger-strike. read full story / add a comment
limerick / education / event notice Tuesday April 16, 2013 15:02 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
Saturday 20th April -
Venue: TEACH FAILTE - University of Limerick Campus

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday April 16, 2013 14:56 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
LASC, in partnership with the Colombian lawyers collective Equipo Juridico de los Pueblos, are launching a solidarity campaign with the internally displaced campesino community of Pitalito in Cesar, Colombia. read full story / add a comment
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