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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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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles 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

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offsite link The Reaction of My Mental Health Nursing Students to Being Shown an Image of a Black Murderer and Wh... Thu Nov 06, 2025 19:01 | Dr Niall McCrae
The reaction of my mental health nursing students to being shown an image of a black murderer and white victim shows why 'anti-racist' ideology is putting us all at risk, says Dr Niall McCrae.
The post The Reaction of My Mental Health Nursing Students to Being Shown an Image of a Black Murderer and White Victim Shows Why Ideology is Putting Us All at Risk appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link BBC Rebukes Newsreader Who Corrected ?Pregnant People? to ?Women? Thu Nov 06, 2025 17:52 | Will Jones
The BBC newsreader who went viral after she changed "pregnant people" to "women" during a live broadcast has been rebuked by the BBC after being found to have breached impartiality rules.
The post BBC Rebukes Newsreader Who Corrected “Pregnant People” to “Women” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Southport Inquiry?s Sinister Censorship Agenda Thu Nov 06, 2025 15:23 | David Shipley
The Southport Inquiry summoned X this week to lecture it on the wonders of the Online Safety Act. It shows a sinister willingness to use the worst kind of tragedy to advance a censorship agenda, says David Shipley.
The post The Southport Inquiry’s Sinister Censorship Agenda appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How the Government?s Digital ID Fantasy Will Fall Apart Thu Nov 06, 2025 13:21 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Keir Starmer is planning digital ID for UK citizens. You may worry about the impact on civil liberties, but worry not, says Guy de la B?doy?re. A recent experience shows the system will never get off the ground.
The post How the Government’s Digital ID Fantasy Will Fall Apart appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reeves to Hit EVs With ?250 Pay-Per-Mile Tax Thu Nov 06, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Electric vehicle drivers will be hit with a new pay-per-mile tax in?the Budget,?with a new charge of 3p per mile being levied on top of other road taxes, costing the average driver an extra ?250 a year.
The post Reeves to Hit EVs With ?250 Pay-Per-Mile Tax appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Wednesday September 17, 2003 14:19 by Eoin O'Broin   text 9 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2003 11:46)
Below is the details of this weekends 3rd All Island Irish Social Forum Gathering. For more info contact the e.mail address at the end. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Wednesday September 17, 2003 04:09 by Declan Gallagher   text 7 comments (last - friday september 19, 2003 12:10)
A Press Release on behalf of the Campaign Against the Service Charges (Dun Laoghaire) read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-capitalism / press release Monday September 15, 2003 20:43 by Human Rights for Change
GLOBAL TRADE
AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / press release Monday September 15, 2003 19:11 by Orla Ni Chomhrai   text 7 comments (last - wednesday september 17, 2003 00:11)
Protest VTOS Childcare Cutbacks, Galway, Tue 16th September, 11am. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Monday September 15, 2003 18:29 by Brendan Butler   text 16 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2003 16:12)
POLITICAL ISLAM- with Algeria as a case study
A one day conference
DATE: Saturday, September 20th 2003.
TIME: 10.00 to 16.00.
VENUE: Unity House, 19 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1.

Participants :
Dr. Mourad Dhina - European representative of the Islamic Salvation Front ( F.I.S.).
Dr. Vincent Durac - Centre for Development Studies, U.C.D., Lecturer on Contemporary Islamic Politics, Irish School of Ecumenics, T.C. D.
Irish Islamic Community speaker.
Iraqi Community speaker.

Workshops on:
Women and Political Islam.
The western media and Political Islam.

Organised by the Ireland Algeria Solidarity Group.
Contact: Brendan Butler at 01 8405469
brendan13@eircom.net for application procedures.

Thanks to N.C.D.E. and Trocaire for funding. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Monday September 15, 2003 18:19 by Chris O'Keeffe   text 5 comments (last - tuesday september 16, 2003 22:46)
Schools throughout Ireland are preparing for a bet with the government to highlight that more can be done to reduce harmful emissions of greenhouse gases in Ireland. The schools will bet with the Department for the Environment that they can reduce their energy consumption (hence CO2 emissions) a rate faster than the government proposes for the country as a whole. An 8% reduction in eight months as opposed to the government’s target of 8% in eight years was set for the schools in this year’s environmental project ‘the Irish BET’. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / press release Monday September 15, 2003 17:55 by John McCarthy   text 8 comments (last - tuesday september 16, 2003 20:17)   image 1 image
Bad Books Library is a new venture to promote the sharing of books on politics, activism and alternatives to mainstream culture, in particular the kind of books unavailable in Dublin�s main libraries. It concentrates on activism, minority groups, politics, anarchism, animal rights, direct action, socialism, squatting, vegetarianism and veganism (including recipe books). Go to www.geocities.com/badbooksdublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Monday September 15, 2003 16:48 by John   text 15 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2003 03:07)
“The ideas of Karl Marx”
A beginner’s Guide
By
Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday September 14, 2003 22:48 by Palmiro Togliatti   text 4 comments (last - tuesday september 16, 2003 13:52)
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be holding a vigil outside the Israeli Embassy from 6.00 - 8.00pm this Tuesday 16 September in memory of the victims of the Sabra and Chatile massacres 21 years ago. The vigil will also call for international protection for Palestinian civilians, who are still falling victim to Israel's war machine. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Sunday September 14, 2003 20:21 by John   text 2 comments (last - tuesday september 28, 2004 17:55)
Background: Adults returning to second chance education were stunned recently with the removal of their child care allowance. The decision appears to have been made overnight to scrap the allowance by the Department of Education with no warning to the people availing of the payment. Already Colaiste Ide (the CDVEC school providing adult education full time courses in Finglas) has had students dropping out as they cannot afford to pay for child care. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday September 14, 2003 18:04 by Declan Gallagher   text 4 comments (last - monday september 15, 2003 23:02)
The Dun Laoghaire branch of the Irish Anti War Movement is holding a public meeting on Tuesday September 16th at 8pm in the Kingston Hotel on the subject of "END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ & PALESTINE". read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Sunday September 14, 2003 14:31 by no bin tax   text 10 comments (last - tuesday september 23, 2003 00:45)
Tomorrow the campaign moves into the areas of most support and the gardai may act on threats of arrest. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday September 13, 2003 13:29 by william mc cormack   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 13, 2003 21:17)
anti occupation meeting mon 22th sep read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / press release Saturday September 13, 2003 10:56 by James McKenna   text 10 comments (last - monday september 15, 2003 14:02)   image 1 image
Al Jazeera showed a new videotape of one of the September 11 hijackers, reading his will and saying it was a Muslim duty to fight the "American enemy." Saeed al-Ghamidi , wearing military fatigues and an Arab headscarf was also shown training in Afghanistan with anti-aircraft guns and assault rifles. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Saturday September 13, 2003 07:40 by Sean Dunne   text 11 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2003 17:03)
Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, was recently imprisoned in the United States for selling glass pipes on the internet. Here's a letter from NORML, an organisation which seeks to decriminalize cannabis. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday September 13, 2003 07:32 by Brian Butterworth   text 3 comments (last - monday september 15, 2003 14:14)
Socialist Alliance and Brian offer a chance to the voters of Brent East to say enough is enough. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Friday September 12, 2003 19:57 by Irish Social Forum
A Cháirde,

See below most recent minutes of the ISF Co-operation and Solidarity Summit group.

See also re-issued rough estimate of likely costs we face (previously circulated on August 20 last)
Regards,
John read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Friday September 12, 2003 18:16 by Tiocfaidh Armani   text 2 comments (last - friday september 12, 2003 23:50)
international / anti-capitalism / press release Friday September 12, 2003 17:15 by sally
The fifth report from Cancun is in the can. The World Trade Organisation meeting is taking place in Cancún, Mexico till Sunday 14th September and it seems that the so-call development round was not -surprise, surprise!!- about development at all, but an attempt to further weaken the position of developing countries. Conall O'Caoimh, project coordinator with Comhlahm, is an NGO observer on the official Irish government delegation and he reports daily to NEAR fm 101.6 from Cancún. You can listen to him on radio @ 11.00pm on Saturday or 12.30 pm on Sunday and/or download his reports from NEARfm's website (Saturday and sunday will not be available till Monday, though!) http://www.nearfm.ie/cancun.html read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Thursday September 11, 2003 20:58 by Justin Morahan   text 5 comments (last - monday december 08, 2003 14:16)
Mairead Corrigan Maguire nominated Frank La Rue, Guatemalan Huuman Rights lawyer for Nobel Peace Prize in Dublin on Wednesday read full story / add a comment
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