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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

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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offsite link The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
The post Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Pat O'Donnell - Political Hostage of Shell
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday May 13, 2010 19:10 by DS2S   text 2 comments (last - friday may 21, 2010 16:21)   image 1 image
Dublin Shell to Sea protest - 5pm Friday 21st May - Shell HQ, 52 Lwr Leeson Street, Dublin 2

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galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday May 13, 2010 16:41 by Josephine Fahy   text 1 comment (last - friday may 14, 2010 01:31)
Looking for craft demonstrators for woodford Spring Fair May 30th 12-4pm. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Thursday May 13, 2010 14:16 by Malachy Steenson
Lisbon backers fall out as EU calls the shots on finance

The Workers Party have said that the spat between the Taoiseach and the Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny TD, about European Union demands for consultation before national budgets are presented exposes the extent to which the two leaders and their parties deceived the electorate during the two Lisbon Treaty referendums.
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national / anti-capitalism / feature Wednesday May 12, 2010 17:24 by Paula Geraghty   text 69 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2010 15:40)   image 8 images   video 7 video files   audio 1 audio file
Two thousand took to the street to protest at the bank bailout. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 16:55 by Trade Union TV   text 3 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 20:09)   video 1 video file
'I'm sick of being one of the sheep'- watch why people took to the streets to protest last night in the rain. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday May 12, 2010 11:17 by RightToWork   text 2 comments (last - friday may 14, 2010 14:04)
Right to Work Campaign. Demand Jobs and Services. No more bailouts of anglo irish bank! read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday May 12, 2010 09:56 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 03, 2010 17:08)   image 4 images
The fifth annual Rossport Solidarity June Gathering returns for another weekend jam-packed with workshops, music, family activities, discussions, and fun! The gathering is on the June Bank Holiday weekend, from the 4th-7th of June, in North Mayo. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 08:19 by TD   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 08:24)   image 3 images   video 3 video files
Last night, Israeli Occupation Forces raided the West Bank village of Bil'in, the home of noted activist Ashraf Abu Rahma was targeted this time and Ashraf - arrested last Friday by the IOF but released - was their quarry. Bil'in, after five years of frequent terrorising invasions by Israeli forces, has a well honed warning system and the villagers were alerted as the invasion soldiers mustered on the edge of the village. Ashraf's attempted rearrest follows hard on the heels of the arrests of Bil'in's stalwart videographer Haitham al-Katib and farmer Waji Bornat at last Friday's weekly protest against the nearby Apartheid -Annexation Wall. Ashraf managed to evade the raiding soldiers this time but he's now faced with the hard dilemma of seeing the notorious Shabak "internal security" this morning or else toughening it out and triggering further raids.

Ashraf's attempted arrest apart, after a four week hiatus, it's feared last night's proceedings is a harbinger for worst to come. read full story / add a comment
kildare / education / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 01:13 by Professor Ahern NUIM.   text 9 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2010 14:18)
Only weeks after Bill Cullen dismissed Irish young people as lazy and almost allergic to work, telling us that we should be working for free, this gem arrives in the email inbox of every student in Maynooth. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday May 11, 2010 21:20 by skynews   text 12 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2010 17:17)   image 3 images
Sky news reports that protesters have stormed Irish parliament. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday May 11, 2010 16:08 by D_D   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 11, 2010 17:47)
People Before Profit

hosts

Is Socialist Feminism Necessary Today?

7.30pm, Thursday May 27th,

in the Central Hotel, Dublin read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 11, 2010 13:28 by Kieran O'Sullivan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 00:22)   image 1 image
Date & Time: 7 PM, Tuesday 18th May 2010

Venue: The Gresham Hotel, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1

Across the world there is a growing movement calling for an international boycott and sanctions to be imposed against the State of Israel because of its treatment of the Palestinians. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday May 11, 2010 12:25 by éirígí PRO   text 3 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2010 07:37)
Smash the Nama Republic protest!

Anglo Irish Bank, Stephens Green,

2pm, Sat 15th May

All Welcome - Bígí Linn

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 11, 2010 11:56 by Seven Towers Agency
SEVEN TOWERS AGENCY Ltd. would like to invite YOU and YOUR GUESTS to the LAUNCH of Prism by Alma Brayden LAUNCHED BY
Billy Hutchinson
At Cassidy’s Bar. Westmoreland St, Dublin 2
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IPSC anti-Veolia vigil outside Dublin City Hall this evening as the vote was being taken
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday May 10, 2010 23:44 by Kevin   text 8 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2010 02:17)   image 5 images
The international Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement today scored a major victory as Dublin City Council passed a resolution calling on the City Manager not to sign or renew any contracts with French multinational Veolia[1] – the operators of the LUAS who have also tendered for the Metro North project[2]. Veolia operate Israeli rail, bus and waste services in the illegally occupied West Bank, making them complicit in Israel’s contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Indeed, Veolia has a direct involvement in building the infrastructure of apartheid in Israel/Palestine. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday May 10, 2010 23:31 by LATIF SERHILDAN   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 13, 2010 17:40)
The Iranian government once again committed a vicious and inhuman act against the Kurdish nation and executed 5 Kurdish political activists. read full story / add a comment
INTO members give the Croke park Deal the Red card!
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday May 10, 2010 22:53 by INTO Vote NO   image 1 image
Members of the ‘INTO Vote No’ Campaign gathered outside Croke Park today ) to call on members of their union, the Irish National Teachers Organisation, and other public sector unions to reject the Croke Park deal in the ballot currently underway.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 10, 2010 21:02 by Roger Cole
Public Meeting on Shannon Airport & the Afghan War
Thursday 27th of May at 7.30pm
Wynn's Hotel Abbey Street, Dublin 1

Speakers:
John Lannon, Shannonwatch
Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett, Irish Anti War Movement
Roger Cole, PANA read full story / add a comment
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cork / arts and media / event notice Monday May 10, 2010 20:41 by Eric   image 1 image
Matewan (1987) is an American drama film written and directed by John Sayles, illustrating the events of a coal mine-workers’ strike and attempt to unionize in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. read full story / add a comment
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cork / arts and media / event notice Monday May 10, 2010 20:38 by Eric   image 1 image
Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the historical account of the origins and development of the Spanish anarchist movement, focussing on the social revolution of 1936 and the subsequent defense against Fascism. read full story / add a comment
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