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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 Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer ?From the Bottom of my Heart? After Winn... Sat Sep 20, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Somalian migrant living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has thanked Keir Starmer?"from the bottom" of his heart after winning the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds as he prepares to settle in Yorkshire.
The post Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer “From the Bottom of my Heart” After Winning Right to Stay in UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 29, 2010 02:12 by Larky   text 5 comments (last - friday april 30, 2010 01:16)
This is the text of the speech made by Michael O’Boyce the president of the Garda Representative Association to their annual conference. read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday April 28, 2010 22:35 by Union Member   text 30 comments (last - wednesday may 05, 2010 11:34)   image 5 images
Sligo Workers Alliance have organised a protest at Jimmy Devins Fianna Fail TD offices on John Street, Sligo at 12 noon on Saturday 1st May.

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national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday April 28, 2010 16:36 by Ardoyne Republican
The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) Belfast Chairperson, CARL REILLY has strongly criticised the use of a vulnerable teenager as a paid Informant by the RUC/PSNI in West Belfast. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday April 28, 2010 16:29 by Stephen Boyd   text 2 comments (last - friday may 07, 2010 10:21)
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday April 28, 2010 15:35 by lynn   text 2 comments (last - friday april 30, 2010 11:54)
The courts have recently become a very hotly contested arena in the conflict over Shell's imposition of their unsafe project on Erris. Charges and prosecutions have been coming thick and fast over the last year and a half, but they seem to be more about persecuting campaigners than any concept of justice, and recent weeks have shown a clear bias in the policing of protest. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:56 by Galway Revolutionary Left
Getting the page into the public eye, informing the public that we're fed up sick and tired of the current "government", and that we want to inform the youth of Galway that there is an alternative, and hopefully inspire similar movements in other towns and cities in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:31 by Mulholland   text 2 comments (last - thursday april 29, 2010 12:18)
On April 20th 2010 the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Assembly released the consultation paper drawn up by the Assembly Working Party on Parading Issues.

Do you think 'traditional rights' or 'cultural expressions' of sectarian domination that have been established through violence and corruption should be equated with basic human rights? Now is the time to share your views. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:23 by Paddy Hackett   text 29 comments (last - saturday may 08, 2010 15:37)   1 attached file
Brendan Behan, Paddy Kavanagh and Brian O' Nolan. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday April 28, 2010 12:37 by Amnesty1   video 1 video file
Amnesty International has warned of a ‘potential nightmare scenario’ in eastern Chad. Almost 500,000 people are at serious risk if the number of UN peacekeepers is reduced and they are no longer able to protect civilians. Amnesty International members across Europe are logging on to www.amnesty.org/actforchad to demand the French Government ensures the peacekeepers stay. read full story / add a comment
Father and child being harassed in Hebron's Old City
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 21:44 by TD   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 27, 2010 21:53)   image 7 images   video 5 video files
Beit Jala : One of the fronts of the popular struggle in the West Bank is now Beit Jala, Bethlehem district. The whole of the Bethlehem district has been surrounded by the Apartheid-Annexation Wall and ever-expanding settlements for years. Now, Beit Jala is being hit even harder by the apartheid policies of the Israeli army and government via the new path of the Apartheid Wall in the area. On the morning of Tuesday, April 22nd 2010, Israeli bulldozers reached the home of Beit Jala resident Mitri Ghneim and started to level and damage the garden of his house. This event was just the most recent attack by Israeli soldiers. read full story / add a comment
Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Chicago
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday April 27, 2010 21:38 by Eric   image 1 image
May Day is a "workers holiday" to commemorate the people involved in the 1886 Haymarket affair and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labour movement.

Please show your support for these series of events at this most critical time for unity and solidarity. read full story / add a comment
State Repression (as it always has been)
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday April 27, 2010 19:14 by Gerry Nobody   text 7 comments (last - wednesday may 05, 2010 17:28)   image 1 image
Not really sure where to post this—just got thinking about repression and state power etc. and thought I would share some observations on the subject with whoever’s interested. Yes, it ended up being more of an essay than a post but what the hell—feels good to get it off my chest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 16:57 by Paula Geraghty   video 1 video file
Workers from Connolly Shoes are in their third week of a strike. Trade Union TV caught up with the strikers at a rally to support the strike organised by People Before Profit, saturday 24th 2010. read full story / add a comment
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down / politics / elections / press release Tuesday April 27, 2010 15:49 by Irish Republican Youth   image 1 image
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane joined a large group of Ógra Shinn Féin members today at Down’s County Museum in Downpatrick, to launch Sinn Féin’s Youth Manifesto ‘Creating the Future’, for the upcoming Westminster election.

The Museum was selected as a site of historical significance, it previously being home of the County Gaol where United Irishmen leader Thomas Russell was executed on 21 October 1803.

The youth manifesto which was drafted by members of the party’s youth wing Ógra Shinn Féin forms the basis of the work and policies which Sinn Féin will be carrying out regards youth in the next 5 years.

These include education, suicide prevention, drug and alcohol awareness, calling for the abolition of ASBO’s, road safety, youth job creation, creating affordable housing, and progressing Irish Unity.

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BBC 'racially harassed' former GAA corr Jerome Quinn - Irish News 27 April 2010
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday April 27, 2010 14:15 by Bimpe Archer   text 17 comments (last - tuesday may 04, 2010 15:46)   image 3 images
The former face of the BBC Northern Ireland's GAA coverage has unleashed an extraordinary attack on the corporation for downgrading its coverage of Gaelic games and subjecting him to "racial harassment".

Self-proclaimed "Mr GAA" Jerome Quinn is representing himself in a case against the BBC in which he alleges unfair dismissal and discrimination.

He was sacked last year after his employer discovered he had been posting anonymous criticism of its coverage of Gaelic football and hurling on a GAA discussion board.

The award-winning presenter said they were an attempt to "inform fans of what was behind anti-GAA coverage in BBC NI". read full story / add a comment
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antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday April 27, 2010 12:17 by Solidarity with the 14 Raytheon accused   image 1 image
Raytheon trial to begin at Belfast Crown Court
Laganside
Tuesday May 4th read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday April 27, 2010 11:46 by Ronan OD
The next Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is on Thursday 29/04/10 at 7.30pm. All welcome read full story / add a comment
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derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 11:43 by Solidarity with the 14 Raytheon accused   text 1 comment (last - friday april 30, 2010 17:39)   image 1 image
The trial of 14 people in connection with a protest at the defence company Raytheon in Derry is to begin at Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday May 4th. Solidarity pickets are being planned to coincide with the court hearings outside of the Laganside Court complex. read full story / add a comment
Storytelling in the Circus exhibition at SoGo
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday April 26, 2010 18:50 by The Oh-Aissieux   image 1 image
The Narrative Arts Club proudly presents a storytelling / sketching event in the Tinderbox Network's Circus exhibition at the SoGo Dublin Arts Festival on the Sunday of the May bank holiday weekend.

Powerscourt Centre, South William St.
Sunday 2 May, 12 noon to 2 pm

FREE ADMISSION!
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday April 26, 2010 14:45 by nipsa 517   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2010 18:58)
As the current Minister for Education Caitriona Ruane attempts to slash budgets, education staff and their families will be steeling themselves for yet another round of propaganda attacks from politicians (both nationalist and unionist camps), pseudo economists and representatives of special interest groups who the Minister can rely on to make the usual calls for cuts in bureaucracy and administration.
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