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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 RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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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 / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday July 31, 2010 13:08 by éirígí Sligeach   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 05, 2010 14:33)   image 2 images
The massacre of three members of the Miami Showband Occurred 35 Years ago today. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 31, 2010 09:15 by Trade Union TV   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 03, 2010 16:34)   video 1 video file
Watch the protest and picket here at Trade Union TV with Aonghus O'Snodaigh TD, Brendan Archbold, Unite, Freda Hughes and David Landy of the IPSC. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Friday July 30, 2010 17:35 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   image 6 images
10 people from the Rossport solidarity camp delayed Shell’s survey work for the dangerous and experimental Corrib gas pipeline yesterday. The campaigners waded out to one of the rigs drilling boreholes in the Sruwaddacon estuarythe rig at high tide, fixed rope around the legs of the rig, and occupied the space underneath it to prevent the being moved to a new site. Work was delayed for around two hours. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday July 30, 2010 16:35 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
An interview with performance artist Kelly Frances McKenna read full story / add a comment
Bradley Manning
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 30, 2010 13:10 by pat c   text 12 comments (last - saturday december 04, 2010 14:28)   image 1 image
While media attention has bee heaped upon Wiki-Leaks, one person has been largely forgotten: Bradley Manning. Private Bradley Manning has been accused of previously supplying information to Wikileaks and is under suspicion of providing the documents which have been released. Bradley is now held in isolation from the outside world, in military detention in Kuwait. Bradley faces, for his alleged actions, up to 52 years imprisonment. Here are two articles regarding Bradley. Full texts at link read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / news report Friday July 30, 2010 11:22 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - monday august 02, 2010 03:51)   image 2 images
Dublin Shell to Sea yesterday held a demonstration in solidarity with Niall Harnett who spent his 100th day in prison for opposing Shell's experimental gas pipeline in Erris. That morning another 7 people were arrested while protesting the pipeline testing in Sruwaddacon estuary Special Protested Area. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Thursday July 29, 2010 20:59 by Laurence Cox   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 29, 2010 22:07)   1 attached file

- Can we begin to discern elements of the emerging future?

- How can Contemplative Enquiry be a tool for this? read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Thursday July 29, 2010 20:55 by Laurence Cox   1 attached file

- What does it mean to be free and equal at the same time?

- How can the child experience themselves as a brother / sister to others?

- How can we begin to re-balance relationships in our communities and in society? read full story / add a comment
Crowd assembled outside Dunnes Stores HQ
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday July 29, 2010 16:54 by Freda H   text 46 comments (last - thursday august 26, 2010 19:48)   image 5 images
Today, Thursday 29th July 2010, at 1pm, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) delivered a petition to Dunnes Stores signed by 6,000 shoppers across Ireland. The petition demands that Dunnes Stores stop stocking Israeli products, until Israel respects Palestinian rights and international law. Present at the handing-in were Brendan Archbold, the trade union official at the centre of the 1980s Dunnes strike when workers refused to handle South African goods, Freda Hughes IPSC National Chairperson, Aengus O'Snodaigh of Sinn Fein along with supporters of the campaign and members of both the Palestinian and South African communities in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday July 29, 2010 14:15 by Climate Camp Galway
A screening of a short documentary about Climate Camp Ireland 2009 and a
collection of other shorts from previous Climate Camps in other countries
accompanied by a brief talk about what Irish Climate is and where/what it
will be this year. There will also be a chance to ask questions of some of
the people involved. The main film is 20 minutes along and the others are
between five and twelve minutes. There will be Dj's afterwards til 12.

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international / environment / other press Thursday July 29, 2010 14:15 by Oswald Bastable   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 01, 2010 16:35)
New Scient interviews Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK. Full text at url.

Do you feel that climate science and policy should be separate?

PJ I think there should be some separation. What we say about the science should be treated separately from what's happening with the policy. There should be an acceptance that the climate has warmed since measurements began. OK, there's then debate about what caused that warming. But I do find it difficult engaging with people who deny the evidence and say the world has not warmed. read full story / add a comment
meath / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday July 29, 2010 14:12 by Farrelly57   text 12 comments (last - saturday august 14, 2010 16:47)   image 4 images
Here is a small wood, made smaller by the M3 Motorway and used obviously as a tip by locals now. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Thursday July 29, 2010 11:23 by Tracy Donegan
1 in 4 babies will be born by caesarean in Ireland. Experts estimate that 1/3 of Irish caesareans are
avoidable. As the HSE announces a caesarean reduction strategy more Mothers are questioning the rise
in surgical birth.

A must read for all expectant Mothers. Tracy Donegan’s latest guide to birth in Ireland explores the
epidemic of surgical births in Ireland and the growing number of women choosing VBAC (vaginal birth
after caesarean). The Irish Caesarean and VBAC Guide provides answers to the many overwhelming
questions associated with caesarean birth and VBAC. read full story / add a comment
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sligo / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 28, 2010 23:08 by éirígí Sligeach   text 5 comments (last - monday september 27, 2010 23:00)   image 1 image
New savage cutbacks are to be introduced at Sligo and Letterkenny General hospitals and others around the country. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday July 28, 2010 22:05 by A Bike in Dublin   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Stop jailing Shell to Sea activists at the behest of Shell.
dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday July 28, 2010 21:59 by Damien M   image 1 image
Protest at the 100th day of Niall Harnett's imprisonment. Dublin Shell to Sea have called a picket of Shell HQ to mark the 100th Day of Niall's imprisonment. Many of you who have been involved in Shell to Sea over the years, or who have visted the camp, will know Niall. Please try and attend to show your support.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 28, 2010 20:48 by Tony Healy   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 03, 2010 23:42)
A ban on trade union donations to the Labour Party will not benefit anyone other than the enemies of the working class and the organised working class in particular.

The Green Party leader John Gormley has announced that the ban is to be introduced, alongside a ban on corporate donations, so much for the Green Party’s veneer of radicalism. This “radicalism” has become very stale and particularly mouldy also. Of course the proposed legislation is designed to appear even handed.

But the truth of the matter is that the link between Labour and the working class is potentially very important and the bourgeois understand that very well.
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derry / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday July 28, 2010 20:17 by Eleanor   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 28, 2010 20:23)   image 1 image
On Monday 26th July 2010, an event organised by the Free Derry Collective was held to mark the centenary of James Connolly's return to Ireland. read full story / add a comment
that animal rights serve as a mechanism for accentuating the divide between "Spain" & "Catalonia" is not so sweet, really...
international / animal rights / news report Wednesday July 28, 2010 16:53 by iosaf mac diarmada   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 28, 2010 17:33)   image 2 images
Today the Catalan parliament became the 2nd of the Spanish state's regional legislatures to prohibit bull fighting following the decision by the Canary islands. The Canary decision was more palatable for afficionados of bullfighting because they had never had a tradition of the ritual which leaves neither side indifferent.
The decision by the Catalan parliament to become the first Iberian mainland regional government to prohibit bullfights (noting that the tradition is practised in Portugal as well) has of course been and was going to be linked to Catalonia's resentment of the insistence of the Spanish state to homogenise identity and culture to the detriment of its own plurality.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday July 28, 2010 16:15 by SHE-D
Film:
Investigation of a citizen above suspicion by elio petri
(112 min. Italy 1970, spoken italian language. English subtitles) read full story / add a comment
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