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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 RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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offsite link Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours Fri Sep 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Labour has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating as Andy Burnham fuels rumours he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership by refusing to commit to serving a full term as Greater Manchester Mayor.
The post Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 06, 2011 11:50 by Real Democreacy Now   text 3 comments (last - saturday october 15, 2011 16:27)   image 3 images
We wish you to invite you to our protest march and open forum on Saturday 15th October. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 05, 2011 17:22 by Tony Fitzsimons
This event is to raise awareness of the continuing abuse of human rights in Burma,and in particular the imprisonment of Poets and Musicians. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Wednesday October 05, 2011 16:25 by PAW
The People of Ireland have had enough, Now we are telling the Government!
Be part of the decision making to format our future.
visit www.paw.ie
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Michael Albert speaking engagements in Dublin for Oct 11th, 12th & 13th
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday October 05, 2011 13:55 by Fintan   text 9 comments (last - friday october 21, 2011 11:03)   image 3 images   video 4 video files   2 attached files
Michael Albert, writer, activist, author of 'Parecon - Life after Capitalism' and co-founder of ZNet, will be speaking at various locations in Dublin on 11th and 12th of October 2011 (details below).

Subjects include media, participatory economics, the creation of a new international organisation for a participatory society, and strategy for social change.

The events are part of a visit that involves UK, Ireland and Spain. Website and further info available here.

Attached are a flyer and poster if you wish to promote the events.

Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.
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dublin / housing / event notice Wednesday October 05, 2011 13:53 by pat c   image 1 image
Racán Presents: Punk For The Homeless

The Lee Harveys
The Jobseekers .
No Matter.
Tom****ery

7 pm October 15th Thomas House 86 Thomas Street Dublin 8 read full story / add a comment
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national / education / news report Wednesday October 05, 2011 13:23 by Bill Doran   image 1 image
The new series of Knowledge Exchange lectures will open this Sunday at 12:30. Our first 'lecture' will be a collection of short talks. Come along, ask awkward questions, learn!
"Life & Evolution"
"Improvisation and Limits of Style"
"Genius is as common as dirt: What's wrong with education, and how to fix it"
"Hacking the Homunculus; a quick primer on modifying the human sensorium" read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday October 05, 2011 13:17 by pat c
British Maoist Harry Powell writes on the recent riots in Britain. Harry argues that the riots were led by a lumpen element that has long preyed on working class communities. Here is an extract, the full article runs to 36 pages.

The incident that sparked off the rioting was the police shooting Mark Duggan in Tottenham, North London on 4th. August. After an unsatisfactory response from the police to their inquiries the family and friends of Duggan held a protest outside a police station. This attracted other people and developed into more general disorder involving fighting with the police, damage to buildings and looting from shops.

This sort of disorder spread to other areas of London and outside in cities such as Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham. Just as suddenly as these outbursts had begun, they came to an abrupt end on 10th. August when the weather turned wet. As someone commented, “I don’t recollect that the Russian Revolution came to a sudden halt when the weather turned bad.”
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national / education / event notice Wednesday October 05, 2011 11:19 by Skillshare Co-ordinator : Samuel Bishop   text 1 comment (last - monday november 07, 2011 20:23)
This year's Skillshare festival is to take place from the 11-13th November 2011

With demonstrations of practical solutions, inspiring talks, interactive workshops, alternative technology, exciting projects, live music and networking opportunities, this Skillsharing festival will bring together 400 people from local Dublin neighborhoods and communities across Ireland to Wesley House, Leeson Street in Central Dublin.
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 05, 2011 11:04 by Volunteer   image 1 image
TICKETED EVENT ONLY.

On Saturday October 15th the SpunOut.ie National Youth Organisation, in association with Dublin Contemporary, will bring together 200 young people for a youth focused forum with the 2011 Presidential candidates. The event will give the candidates a unique opportunity to discuss with the younger generation why they should vote for them. It will also provide a chance for the candidates to hear young people’s opinions and answer their questions directly.

The event, chaired by journalist and SpunOut.ie board member Sara Burke, will be streamed live online at www.SpunOut.ie to thousands more people throughout Ireland and abroad and include interactive questions via Twitter.com ( @spunout ) and Facebook ( facebook.com/spunout.ie ). read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday October 04, 2011 23:48 by Paul O'Sullivan
The NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia in 1999 was led by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton, for a massive fee, is guest speaker at the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle on 7th/8th October 2011. Other criminals in Dublin for this event will be the IMF-EU-ECB ‘Troika’. Here to set the economic rules for the Irish government.

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national / politics / elections / press release Tuesday October 04, 2011 22:10 by Saoirse
Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 04, 2011 20:55 by donkylemore   text 3 comments (last - thursday november 03, 2011 18:50)
The Palestinians are poised to make their case to the UN . Statehood or observational status.the Palestinians are being provoked to retaliate against the continued expansion of Israel into their territories, The illegal Separation Wall wall runs through farms , bisecting Palestinian farms - sure he can travel a couple of miles to get to the other side of his farm .
The Israelis are in continuous violation of UN mandates every day . Yet the Israelis have a vote at the General Assembly of the UN .
They are now trying to block the Palestinians from any form of alliance with the UN . The General assembly will ratify Palestine as as an observer country . And now at last Palestine will have it within her grasp to demand the return of illegal land grasp taken during the 1967 war. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday October 04, 2011 18:27 by Volunteer   image 1 image
On Saturday October 15th the SpunOut.ie National Youth Organisation, in association with Dublin Contemporary, will bring together 200 young people for a youth focused forum with the 2011 Presidential candidates. The event will give the candidates a unique opportunity to discuss with the younger generation why they should vote for them. It will also provide a chance for the candidates to hear young people’s opinions and answer their questions directly.

The event, chaired by journalist and SpunOut.ie board member Sara Burke, will be streamed live online at www.SpunOut.ie to thousands more people throughout Ireland and abroad and include interactive questions via Twitter.com ( @spunout ) and Facebook ( facebook.com/spunout.ie ). read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Tuesday October 04, 2011 09:09 by PAW
The people's Association Watchdog will be holding it's inaugural meeting at the Red Cow Hotel at 11am.
This meeting will give us all an opportunity to hook up in a friendly informal atmosphere and to chat about our
current undertakings and discuss where we go from here.
Everybody is welcome and we look forward to what promises to be a fun, positive and constructive get together. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Tuesday October 04, 2011 09:02 by PAW
The people's Association Watchdog will be holding it's inaugural meeting at the Red Cow Hotel at 11am.
This meeting will give us all an opportunity to hook up in a friendly informal atmosphere and to chat about our
current undertakings and discuss where we go from here.
Everybody is welcome and we look forward to what promises to be a fun, positive and constructive get together. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 04, 2011 02:51 by Jimmy Billings   text 57 comments (last - thursday march 08, 2012 09:05)   image 67 images   video 25 video files
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national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday October 03, 2011 21:16 by RNU PRO   image 1 image
RNU Insight into the Current Militarisation of the North of Ireland read full story / add a comment
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national / housing / press release Monday October 03, 2011 18:38 by Republican Network for Unity   image 1 image
Recently in the picturesque village of Ballynagore, Co Westmeath, the local Council at a cost of €40,000 took the decision to demolish 3 bungalows that where close to being fully constructed, in what is now purported to be the demolition of Ireland's first 'ghost estate.'

The 3 bungalows had been left lying idle for quite some time and while there is confusion as to who the developer is, the neglected homes had quickly fallen victim to vandalism and had become somewhat of an eyesore to the residents of Ballynagore. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Monday October 03, 2011 13:05 by Ruth Powell
"The IMF undermines national development around the world".

Andy Storey, UCD.
Kevin McParland, Link Community Development.
Eamonn O'Reily (chair).

Wednesday 05 October, 2011 - 6.15pm
At Bewley's Cafe,
Free entry read full story / add a comment
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET The American Revolution is underway
international / anti-capitalism / feature Monday October 03, 2011 01:34 by T   text 48 comments (last - tuesday december 06, 2011 12:54)   image 93 images   video 44 video files   audio 3 audio files
NEW YORK TIMES: Updated, 3:35 a.m. Sunday | In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. (After a 2 week corporate media blackout, #occupywallstreet direct action is now front page news) read full story / add a comment
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