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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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Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

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offsite link Sweden?s Pension Funds Face Eye-Watering Losses After Investing Heavily in Net Zero Projects Thu Nov 13, 2025 15:36 | Will Jones
Sweden's pension funds are facing eye-watering losses after they invested heavily in Net Zero projects that are now going bust, leaving the retirement savings of millions at risk.
The post Sweden’s Pension Funds Face Eye-Watering Losses After Investing Heavily in Net Zero Projects appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Too Woke to Save Sara Sharif Thu Nov 13, 2025 13:02 | Will Jones
Woke attitudes have been blamed for the failure to save Sara Sharif from being tortured to death by her father, with officials failing to check under her hijab for injuries and neighbours afraid to report concerns.
The post Too Woke to Save Sara Sharif appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Shamima Begum Should Be Allowed to Return to Britain as Her Human Rights Are Being Violated, Review ... Thu Nov 13, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
ISIS bride Shamima Begum and other Britons in Syrian camps should be allowed back into the UK on human rights grounds and because many will come back illegally anyway, an independent review has found.
The post Shamima Begum Should Be Allowed to Return to Britain as Her Human Rights Are Being Violated, Review Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Shame in Shaming Andrew Thu Nov 13, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
Ex-Prince Andrew has always been shameless, but now he has been shamed. Professor James Alexander wonders how history will look back on this latest "periodic fit of morality" that has brought down an incautious prince.
The post The Shame in Shaming Andrew appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link COP30 is the Definition of Insanity Thu Nov 13, 2025 07:00 | Paul Homewood
What's the point of COP30? Every year thousands fly in to proclaim the urgent need to cut CO2 emissions. And every year global emissions go up. It's the definition of insanity, says Paul Homewood.
The post COP30 is the Definition of Insanity appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / education / other press Thursday December 09, 2010 01:54 by LM   text 8 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 20:28)   audio 1 audio file
Approx 100 students from two secondary schools in Clondalkin (Coláiste Bríde and Moyle Park College) took part in a walk out on budget day against the cut backs in education and increased college fees.

The students gathered in front of the office of John Curran TD in Clondalkin village and got a lot of support from passing cars and pedestrians.

Since then, Shane Donnelly, one of the leaders of the walk out has been suspended from school pending a board of management meeting later this week which will discuss and decide on his expulsion. read full story / add a comment
Maighréad Medbh for Western Writers' Centre
galway / arts and media / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 01:31 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
Poet Máighréad Medbh will read for us at Cooke's Restaurant, Abbeygate Street, Galway on Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 8pm. €6 and €4. Music also. read full story / add a comment
derry / education / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:57 by FEE
Young Derry students make a stand for education. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:26 by PBPA   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2010 21:44)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm, Unite Hall, Middle Abbey St, Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:21 by Enrico Massetti
"A Rivista Anarchica" is now available online in English read full story / add a comment
Michael Kelly, Martin O'Rourke, Cllr Martin McColgan
tyrone / animal rights / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:18 by PRO   image 2 images
Ireland's largest Trade Union SIPTU held a number of engagements with key Community activists in Omagh town on Monday 6th December.

SIPTU Lead Organiser Martin O'Rourke led the meetings with the community organisers, to kick-start a process of engagement and building in the campaign against cuts to the community and voluntary sector.

Among those met were Cllr Martin McColgan (Chairperson of Strathroy Community Association), Michael Kelly (Omagh Community Support Officer) Siobhan McDermott (MACCA Community Centre Development Officer, ODC), Seamus Reid (MACCA Secretary), Gerry McCusker (Omagh Neighbourhood Renewal Officer), and Conor Keys (FOCUS Development Officer). read full story / add a comment
GARC Protesters Confront the PSNI, July 12, 2010
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:07 by Ardoyne Republican   image 1 image
Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) spokesperson; Martin Óg Meehan has expressed amazement at the recent statement from Gerry Adams M.P. regarding the opening talks with the North/West Parades Forum concerning sectarian marches through the greater Ardoyne community.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 19:09 by TD   text 29 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 15:38)   image 29 images   video 1 video file
It's cold comfort that yesterday's inhuman budget was the last sting of a vicious, dying government, chilling to realise it was allowed to flourish and pass by the broad mass of the Irish people standing idly by and not engaging in mass protest.? Yesterdays proceedings outside the Dáil were mild, ultra-mild and weak when compared to the mass protests in Greece and France and the fact that the EU/ECB/IMF attacks on our poor, vulnerable, working classes and middle classes, through their willing government catspaws, are far more severe here than the aforementioned countries.? read full story / add a comment
The Pipe - showing in Portumna, Galway Sunday 12th Dec. at 17:00
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 17:54 by The Pipe | The Film   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The Pipe is showing in Portumna, Galway on Saturday 11th (at 20:00) December and Sunday 12th December (at 17:00) in the Cinemobile in the town square.

The Sunday showing will also have a questions and answers session with Richard O'Donnell.
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national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 16:24 by Feudal Castrato   text 25 comments (last - saturday december 11, 2010 22:48)
here is a video of Joe Higgins interviewed at budget protest by RT. Contrastingly, Vincent Browne interviews him in a snide manner on TV3 while crawling to protect Topaz sales after a shell to sea banner accidentally creeps into his interviews read full story / add a comment
Catholic Worker Activist Ciaron O'Reilly
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 10:18 by Plowshares   text 10 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2010 07:12)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
YOUTUBE (2min22sec)
- Irish/Australian Plowshare/Catholic Worker Activist Ciaron O'Reilly
does Solidarity Speaks Out Outside Westminster Court
While Assange Denied Bail!
- Solidarity with Assange and Manning!
http://youtu.be/8Tw98tv0sso

Hot Tips on organinsing solidarity around the imprisoned Julian Asasnge and Bradley Manning...... read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Wednesday December 08, 2010 09:57 by Baggie
Iceland out of recession reports Guardian.

Burn the Bondholders!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/07/iceland-...arter
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Activists Pull Down Settlement Fence in Beit Ommar, Palestine
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 02:38 by Palestine Solidarity Project   image 1 image
Join the Palestine Solidarity Project in Beit Ommar, Palestine, and become part of the growing international movement to support Palestinian non-violent resistance. We are in need of volunteers to join us this winter and spring as we struggle to end the Israeli occupation in all its forms and to promote justice and self-determination for the Palestinian people. We have a wide range of programs lined up for the next few months, and are in need of dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers to help make our goals a reality. read full story / add a comment
A member of NUIM FEE addresses the crowd at Budget 2011 protest
national / education / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 00:37 by LM   image 1 image
Changes to the qualifying criteria for the adjacent rate of the student maintenance grant, announced in the Budget for 2011, will lead to students facing up to the prospect of an almost 60% decrease in financial aid. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2010 23:42 by LASC
The annual Dublin Conference of the Latin America Week, will be held on Saturday 9th of April, from 11 AM. read full story / add a comment
Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 07, 2010 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 09, 2010 13:32)   image 4 images
by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change?

Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time.

The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? read full story / add a comment
Gerry Adams interviewed by Fox Business TV
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 07, 2010 16:54 by WH   text 8 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2010 18:43)   image 5 images
Rossport Solidarity Camp and Shell to Sea campaigners were out in numbers on a media-thronged Kildare Street in Dublin this morning in advance of Brian Lenihan’s presentation of the Budget for 2011. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday December 07, 2010 08:29 by Ciaron   text 4 comments (last - saturday december 18, 2010 07:50)
Our friends
- Bill “Bix” Bichsel, S.J., of Tacoma, Washington;
- Susan Crane, of Baltimore MD;
- Lynne Greenwald, of Bremerton Washington;
- Steve Kelly, S.J., of Oakland , CA.;
- Anne Montgomery RSCJ,
are going to trial Dec 7th. in Washington state, USA. for a plowshares action on the Trident 1st. Strike Nuclear Weapon system. read full story / add a comment
Crappy phone image 1  - standing in the snow
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 06, 2010 23:17 by seedot   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 07, 2010 18:00)   image 4 images
As the snow comes down and temperatures stay below freezing, Sinn Fein activists prepare to camp outside the Dail. Tomorrow they'll be joined by various other protests and passed by well paid TDs on their way to do the IMFs bidding. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Monday December 06, 2010 14:57 by Gregor Kerr - PRO Workers Solidarity Movement
Press release: Anarchist Organisation to join anti-Budget protests and calls on workers to organise for a general strike

Anarchist organisation Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) has confirmed its intention to join the protests against Tuesday’s budget at Dáil Éireann.

Speaking today, Gregor Kerr, WSM P.R.O. said that members of the organisation would be joining the 1% Network protest meeting at Wolfe Tone statue St Stephen’s Green at 5:30p.m. and marching with them to participate in the protest at the Dáil at 6p.m. read full story / add a comment
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