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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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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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.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Sep 19, 2025 01:07 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture Thu Sep 18, 2025 19:00 | Noah Carl
The Right has spent much of the last decade railing against cancel culture, and was arguably winning the debate. It would be a mistake to abandon that position now.
The post We Shouldn?t Welcome Right-Wing Cancel Culture appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech Thu Sep 18, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Donald Trump?urged?Keir Starmer?to deploy the military to stop the Channel small boats crisis that is "destroying" the country, drill in the North Sea and uphold free speech at a tense joint press conference today.
The post Trump Tells Starmer: Use Military to Stop Small Boats, Drill in the North Sea and Uphold Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 22, 2004 01:41 by paulc   text 3 comments (last - wednesday september 22, 2004 17:11)
Critical Mass Cork and Dublin see events for details. A report with video and photos of last months (monthly) critical mass. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday September 20, 2004 20:37 by Randall Krucher   text 33 comments (last - wednesday october 06, 2004 12:43)   image 2 images
I am a committed anti-war activist and would like nothing better than to see Bush hurled from a cannon from the White House lawn.

But don't bet on it.

I'd say Kerry is Bush's dream opponent. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday September 20, 2004 13:37 by Liberty Hall Langer’   text 19 comments (last - saturday june 25, 2005 20:28)
Opinion piece on the IWU read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday September 19, 2004 23:50 by john mcdermott   text 2 comments (last - monday september 20, 2004 22:35)
Only people protest can stop them... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday September 19, 2004 14:50 by Michael Hennigan   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 19, 2004 17:38)
Last June, during the voting on the referendum on citizenship, an exit poll of 3.300 voters which had been commissioned by RTE Radio, found that 36% of yes voters at 166 polling stations agreed that the main reason for their vote was because 'the country is being exploited by immigrants.' Another 27% had agreed with the statement that 'there are too many immigrants in the country.'

It may surprise some of those voters who believe that immigrants (the bulk of whom are here on approved work permits) are costing us lots of money, that we are still receiving large transfers from the European Union. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday September 19, 2004 02:38 by john mcdermott
The Luas has crashed,and Bertie will re-open the damaged fiasco/700 million euro toy train,. a few days before his major re-shuffle.Question is will this venture be a goldmine for the legal profession or will Mary Harney curb their avarice? read full story / add a comment
louth / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 18, 2004 18:21 by Sean Crudden   text 29 comments (last - saturday september 25, 2004 16:34)
Will the Church transform itself or will it decay and allow a phoenix to arise from the ashes? read full story / add a comment
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday September 18, 2004 14:38 by s.fleming   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 22, 2004 17:23)
749 receive ECT.The question to psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses is: Would you be prepared to administer this to one of your loved ones? read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 18, 2004 12:41 by Malatested   text 2 comments (last - monday september 20, 2004 23:58)
Direct Rule Minister John Spellar has announced that we can expect to pay an average of £415 for our water by 2008. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday September 18, 2004 07:53 by Migratory Bird
I have written a few reflections on the daily poetry movement, my featured poem of the day and also inluded a link to my page on the imc network. Please feel free to submit orginal peices to me to be featured. Rise up! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 17, 2004 20:43 by David C.   text 2 comments (last - friday september 17, 2004 23:42)
The war on Iraq was illegal, fraudulent and has killed many tens of thousands of innocent people, and making this war is very probably a war crime. But the Americans commit war crimes every day in Iraq. One such war crime was the Haifa Street massacre, which occurred last week and which was televised. Jonathan Steele has courageously written a clear and insightful analysis of this massacre in today's edition of The Guardian. This posting examines Steele's position and asks why criticism of American war crimes in Iraq is so rare. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 15, 2004 18:58 by An Puca   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 16, 2004 14:50)
Take these things out of my fathers house and stop turning it into a market? read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 15, 2004 14:48 by Tom   text 4 comments (last - wednesday september 15, 2004 17:09)
Designing a system to effectively govern over four million people isn’t easy, but serious reform of the system that we have accepted is required if our goal is to achieve a pure democracy in which the greatest majority of citizens is represented satisfactorily. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 15, 2004 09:32 by Time For Change   text 67 comments (last - saturday october 02, 2004 17:57)
The end of the Civil Service pay dispute has been a bitter pill for NIPSA members to swallow. NIPSA members have fought the governments for eight months firmly believing that our campaign was about fundamental issues. As the dispute developed that view was confirmed.
This dispute has been a struggle for the right to be properly recognised as a trade union including the right to negotiate on behalf of members, it was a struggle for the end of low pay in the Civil Service and it was the a struggle to end pay inequality.
Unfortunately in the final settlement none of these issues was properly addressed. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 14, 2004 19:36 by Frank Rotering   text 5 comments (last - thursday september 16, 2004 18:50)
The expansion of humanity's ecological impact on the planet cannot continue much longer without violating natural thresholds. To survive, we must develop a new way of thinking about our economic activities. This article briefly describes the author's approach to such a new mode of thought. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday September 13, 2004 22:37 by Michael Hennigan   text 2 comments (last - monday september 13, 2004 23:37)
It is strange that while it is often said that the purchase of a house is the biggest decision which most people have to make, newspapers make no claims that property reviews are objective. Nevertheless, they are presented under journalists' bylines, sometimes following a site visit, but the resultant copy does not differ from what an estate agent would produce. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday September 12, 2004 01:05 by Tom   text 2 comments (last - monday september 13, 2004 13:26)
In order to evolve from our current , stagnant state as human beings; to progress to a higher level of understanding and purpose; to realise radical cultural change and evolution...and to alleviate conflict around the world; we must stop competing against each other for energy. This can only be achieved if we learn how to fill ourselves with energy from sources other than each other. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Saturday September 11, 2004 11:40 by Tom   text 1 comment (last - monday september 13, 2004 17:26)
"Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian."

- Emma Goldman read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday September 10, 2004 23:57 by Michael hennigan   text 19 comments (last - tuesday september 14, 2004 13:59)
In 1974, Spain, Portugal and Greece were run by dictatorships and together with the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, democracy in Europe was an endangered specie. By joining the EU, countries have strenghthened their democratic structures and the same opportunity is available to Turkey. In recent times, the human rights situation has improved and the repression of the culture of the minority Kurdish population has been eased. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday September 09, 2004 22:57 by Deirdre DeBurca   text 6 comments (last - tuesday september 14, 2004 10:53)
Text of a presentation delivered at the recent Desmond Greaves Summer School. read full story / add a comment
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