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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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 [1] Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:48 | Mark

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

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offsite link The BBC?s Top 50 Pieces of Climate Misinformation ? Part 2 Thu Nov 06, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
Paul Homewood returns with Part 2 of his top 50 pieces of BBC climate misinformation from the last couple of years, adding to the pressure on the corporation over its terrible track record on bias and spreading falsehoods.
The post The BBC’s Top 50 Pieces of Climate Misinformation ? Part 2 appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Bill Gates?s Climate U-Turn: Real Epiphany or Expedient Pivot? Thu Nov 06, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
Devotees of the Church of Climate are in uproar after mega-donor Bill Gates turned heretic and conceded humanity is set to thrive under climate change. But is his conversion all it's cracked up to be, asks Tilak Doshi.
The post Bill Gates’s Climate U-Turn: Real Epiphany or Expedient Pivot? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Thu Nov 06, 2025 00:42 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link What Will it Mean in the Future to be English? Wed Nov 05, 2025 19:00 | Dr Nicholas Tate
With 'white British' set to be a minority in their homeland within 40 years, talk among many has turned to ethno-nationalism. Dr Nicholas Tate asks what the great French historian Ernest Renan would have to say about this.
The post What Will it Mean in the Future to be English? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Migrants Given Asylum Despite Being Accused of Sexual Offences, Whistleblower Says Wed Nov 05, 2025 17:23 | Will Jones
Migrants who have been accused of multiple sex offences and other crimes are being granted asylum anyway, a whistleblower has said, with targets incentivising caseworkers to approve claims.
The post Migrants Given Asylum Despite Being Accused of Sexual Offences, Whistleblower Says appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 19:50 by chat cat   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 18, 2004 16:01)
No, no, really, this is for catching terrorists. Give me a break. The neo-cons are scared of their own shadows.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 13:29 by cleaves
The model of rule (government in the hands of the few) hasn’t changed since the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt! Eliminating the voice of the people at the community level is a mistake. If community leaders – elected by the people and representing the people at all times – were able to keep our leaders in check and in accord with the wishes of the majority we would prevent government taking a course that nearly half the population oppose. In this way government’s actions would truly reflect the wishes of the majority or be adjusted in a balanced compromise when necessary. To allow a government to rule unchecked for a number of years is the height of folly. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 13:11 by cleaves   text 1 comment (last - monday december 20, 2004 15:48)
The observations and re-actions of various ‘experts’ to events in the Ukraine amuse some analysts. Did anyone expect the US not to intervene, do leopards change their spots? Have we all forgotten that the US government is merely a pawn of Corporate Capitalism? If it wasn’t an orange scarf it may just as well have been pink – let’s not miss the ‘forest for the trees’ (and in some cases the veins of the leaves.) read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 12:25 by iosaf   text 5 comments (last - thursday december 23, 2004 14:57)
France has ordered the TV station which is closely associated with terror groups to stop broadcasting to France tomorrow by tomorrow morning.

The decision has been made after continuous abuse of satelite communication and trans-national media rules, norms and values.

The decision follows an earlier confiscation of their hardware by the US security forces. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 11:57 by pat c
The Irish Football Association has said that it is "stepping up" the fight against racism in football. It is holding a training day for players, coaches and referees. IFA community relations officer, Michael Boyd, said the association was committed to fighting racism and other problems in the sport. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 11:15 by Astrid Essed
With this article I want to express my worriness about the recent
violation of the rights of Mohammed B, the suspect of the murder on the Dutch
cineaste van Gogh, which is not only an attack on his rights, but can also lead to a further erosion of the Dutch judicial system, which is based on the protection of the rights of a defendant and a fair trial. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday December 15, 2004 04:44 by Stephen Peacock   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 06, 2005 23:08)
The U.S. Dept. of Defense plans to have 10,000 Bibles published that will contain military photos and text inserts. Click on the below link to access the article, which appears in the current issue of SoJo Mail, the online, biweekly news update of Sojourners magazine (Sojourners retains all rights to this article by former Washington, DC reporter Steve Peacock, who is seeking feedback from his Irish brothers and sisters across the Atlantic.) read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday December 14, 2004 17:14 by Chesley Hicks   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 17:01)
Donald Rumsfeld and several other high-ranking US officials could be tried in Germany for war crimes committed in Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday December 14, 2004 17:01 by Mumia Abu-Jamal e-mail: mbatko@lycos.com
Under the emergency law the US Patriot Act, what were illegal measures of oppression under the secret service program have been legalized. Persons opposing the Iraqwar or other decisions of the administration were beaten up, attacked with pepper spray, arrested under false charges. read full story / add a comment
louth / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday December 14, 2004 06:43 by Brian Vernon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of President Bush using monkeys to form his image led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests on Monday over freedom of expression.

"Bush Monkeys," a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market's managers to close down the 60-piece show that was scheduled to stay up for the next month. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / other press Monday December 13, 2004 22:08 by io
all those years of careful economic management,
the UNION with Europe, the cetlic tiger, the equal pay for men and women, the great education opportunities, the Piggies back of Ansbacher, the glory of the outer Blaskets, the death of Veronica, the epitaph. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday December 13, 2004 21:13 by Simon
Arthur may have had views on these worldly things; I don’t know he never said, too late now I guess, because he’s dead.
In the inner city west, just a park bench when wet or under a tree when fine a homeless man without a postal address. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday December 13, 2004 13:17 by DG
Iraq Instant Weight Loss™ Program



U.S. Soldiers have lost thousands of pounds overnight using this proven system! read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Monday December 13, 2004 12:33 by pat c   text 14 comments (last - wednesday december 15, 2004 14:15)
George Galloway's decision to stand for election in east London has been
criticised by Ken Livingstone. Mr Galloway, who was expelled from Labour for
comments about the Iraq war, is to contest the seat in Bethnal Green and Bow
for the Respect coalition. The mayor said by standing against sitting
politician Oona King he was simply targeting the wrong politician. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday December 13, 2004 11:52 by iosaf with one of his little hats on, hurling in the ditch.   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 23, 2004 16:50)
a reminder that the exploitation of children by using them as workers, is ILLEGAL not only in Ireland but in Holy Ulster as well, (where until only thirty years ago they weren't even allowed use a public park on sunday) but throughout the European Union and the world at large.

Millions of children around the world miss out on their childhood as a result of poverty. Poverty deprives them of the capabilities needed to survive, develop and thrive. It prevents them from enjoying equal opportunities. It makes children more vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, violence, discrimination and stigmatization. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday December 11, 2004 22:56 by Yoshie
The opium export today accounts for more than 60% of Afghanistan's Gross Domestic Product. read full story / add a comment
2003 face relaxed looking upwards good ID shot.
international / arts and media / other press Saturday December 11, 2004 20:41 by by having no hats, save those with letters on   text 3 comments (last - friday april 15, 2005 22:06)   image 2 images
Burlusconi has been acquited again.

Here are two pictures of him,
one taken in 2003
the other taken in 2004.

Whereas the leader of the World Orange Revolution makes Rashers from Strumpet City look like novice alcholic who's just spent six months campaigning in a nuclear fall out zone,
Mr Burlusconi is only rumoured to have had little eye tucks exactly one year ago, to help them twinkle all the more. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Saturday December 11, 2004 12:48 by iosaf   text 3 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2005 22:26)   image 1 image
The majority of Europe's constitutions specify the seperation of Ecclesiastic or Theocratic authority from that of the Judiciary, Executive and other State elements.

In France the legal seperation is based on "Loi 1905"
In Spain it is based on the accord signed between the Vatican and post dictatorship regime in 1979.
In Ireland (under the Eire constitution a special place is mentioned for the RC church) in Northern Ireland religious ministers look in the XXI century for photographic evidence of conflict resolution. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday December 11, 2004 04:57 by Brian Vernon   text 14 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2004 15:48)   image 2 images
Im finding it hard to say anything about this it's so horrific. How can the God loving American people say that this is for the greater good of their nation? Get them out now!!!! read full story / add a comment
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