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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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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 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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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday July 08, 2010 00:44 by Michael Gallagher   text 7 comments (last - saturday july 10, 2010 22:54)   image 10 images
galway / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday July 07, 2010 18:17 by Crowe Stalker   text 5 comments (last - thursday july 08, 2010 18:11)   image 3 images
Cute hoor politicians will stop at nothing to get their voices on the airwaves or their pictures in the paper. So on Monday, Galway’s newest mayor, local auctioneer Michael Crowe of Fianna Fail, felt no embarrassment in telling Galway Bay FM that he intended to be at the forefront of the anti-cuts demonstration today in the city. read full story / add a comment
Gaza Flotilla Massacre
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday July 07, 2010 17:33 by Ciarán   image 1 image
On Thursday evening, July 8, O’Donnell’s CLG on the Whiterock Road in Belfast will host an eyewitness account of the Gaza Flotilla Massacre. read full story / add a comment
Labour Party Cllr Jimmy O'Shaughnessy
national / housing / news report Wednesday July 07, 2010 16:14 by Grave Spinner   text 3 comments (last - friday july 09, 2010 17:28)   image 1 image
On Monday, Wicklow Labour councillors propsed a motion which would exclude the families of convicted sex offenders from the local authority housing list. The 'guilt by association' motion, which received cross party support, came the day after an alleged arson attack on a house earmarked for the wife and children of a convicted sex offender.

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international / environment / other press Wednesday July 07, 2010 14:39 by Auntie Oil   text 1 comment (last - friday july 09, 2010 09:33)
Micheal Martin gets upset by some questioning on ireland's interest in Uganda, talks to Tullow and the government while in Uganda and today Tullow Oil get their contract! An almight convenient coincidence. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday July 07, 2010 14:37 by Kieran O'Sullivan
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 at 19:00 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday July 07, 2010 14:32 by Kieran O'Sullivan
Date: Friday, 09 July 2010
Time: 07:30 - 08:00
Location: Israeli Embassy, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 read full story / add a comment
Hunting hound hanged.
national / animal rights / press release Wednesday July 07, 2010 12:25 by Bernie Wright   text 5 comments (last - sunday july 11, 2010 17:11)   image 1 image
The Secret lives and deaths of 60,000 Irish hunt dogs?

The Irish Hunters are so paranoid regarding the inspections related to the upcoming Dog Breeding Bill ,that we in the AOHS have decided to try and count the numbers of hounds that Hunts have and that are relevant to this legislation, these dogs would currently be residing in Irish hunt kennels.

Having read the quote from Chairman of the HAI Gavin Duffy that ‘’60,000 hounds’’ resided here. He quoted this figure at a recent Navan HAI protest meeting a few months ago. We decided to gather the facts printed in the hunts own publications to verify this figure.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday July 07, 2010 07:56 by Enid   text 4 comments (last - thursday july 22, 2010 17:47)
Despite a 150,000 petition collected by patients and their families and extensive lobbying including a facebook campaign, government TDs would not accept amendments from Labour and FG which would have protected St Luke's and retained it as a public cancer hospital.

Despite being on record as supporting the campaign to save St Luke's, John Gormley did not even appear at the Dail debate while constituency collegues Ruairi Quinn and Lucinda Creighton spoke up for St Luke's. Also absent was Chris Andrews FF. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 06, 2010 22:18 by T Flynn
Progamme of Events

Friday 3rd September

20.00 Informal Gathering - Carlingford Arms

Saturday 4th September

09.15 Registration
10:00 Welcome: Chair Myrtle Ewing and Opening address: Prof David McConnell
10:30 Nuala McKeever
11:15 Q and A
11:30 Tea and Coffee; sale of books, CDs, DVDs
12:00 Colm O'Gorman
12:45 Q and A
13:00 Lunch Forage in the locality - the Four Seasons and other cafes are all nearby
14:30 Slieve Foy ramble, sightseeing, music
19:30 Dinner: Four Seasons Hotel (paid in advance)

Sunday 5th September

10:00 Kristin Mile
10:45 Q and A
11:00 Tea and coffee
11:30 Workshops
12:30 Plenary
13:00 Close read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 06, 2010 21:05 by Martin O'Sullivan
Inclusion Ireland is coordinating a national protest march from Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin1 to Leinster House on Wednesday 7th July at 12pm, to protest against cuts affecting people with disabilities. All are welcome read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday July 06, 2010 20:31 by Michael Gallagher   text 5 comments (last - friday july 09, 2010 17:53)   image 7 images
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cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday July 06, 2010 18:21 by anarkitty   image 1 image
Will be shown at solidarity books, 43 Douglas Street this Thursday 8th July from 8pm to 10pm read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday July 06, 2010 11:54 by non-voter   text 5 comments (last - friday july 09, 2010 18:00)

In 1990, America’s President George H. W. Bush awarded William C. Rogers III, the Legion of Merit for his service as a commanding officer in the US navy. Two years previously Rogers had been the commander of the USS Vincennes when the warship shot down an Iranian civilian aircraft over the Persian Gulf killing all 290 people aboard . On the twenty-second anniversary of the atrocity last Saturday, relatives of the victims sailed to the spot where Iran Air A300 Airbus came down. In a message read out at the ceremony, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked :
"In which culture ... can that Legion of Merit be awarded to the criminal USS Vincennes commander." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday July 06, 2010 11:17 by Waterford IPSC
Mr Netanyahu declared today that construction of further settlements in the Palestinian lands, of the West Bank will continue as of mid-September 2010. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday July 06, 2010 11:12 by Waterford IPSC
Despite claims to the contrary, Israel’s alleged easing of the illegal blockade on the Gaza strip WILL NOT alleviate the suffering of the general population within Gaza. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday July 06, 2010 00:46 by eh man   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 06, 2010 10:04)
It has come to light that Gerry Adams hand-picked the members of a committee which have oversight of the spending of £8 million on Irish language projects. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Monday July 05, 2010 20:50 by RNU - PRO   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 06, 2010 21:35)
The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) Cathaoirleach/Chairperson, DANNY MCBREARTY, has stated that the English monarch should not be given an Irish State welcome while her Government continues to reject Irish National sovereignty. read full story / add a comment
tyrone / environment / news report Monday July 05, 2010 20:14 by Lulu   text 10 comments (last - monday july 12, 2010 16:10)
The Irish Climate camp will take place this year in County Tyrone, from the 12th to the 16th of August. The camp is taking place in support of the local community and their opposition to the proposed new A5. Climate Camp Ireland is a group of individuals that believe in taking direct action against the local causes of climate change. The Camp is open to anyone to attend, and will host numerous workshops on many aspects of climate change.

On Saturday July 3rd, Climate Campers took part in a rally organised by the Alternative A5 Alliance in the area surrounding Victoria Bridge, Co. Tyrone to mark their opposition to the planned building of a new dual carriageway. The rally was a silent and symbolic affair with a hearse carrying a coffin with flowers and wreaths. The coffin had a banner on it that read "Kill the road , not the environment". read full story / add a comment
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cork / environment / event notice Monday July 05, 2010 20:06 by Donna Poxy   image 1 image
Climate Camp Cork will be holding their second meeting in the run-up to Climate Camp 2010 which will be held in Co. Tyrone from the 12th - 16th of August. read full story / add a comment
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