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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 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.

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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 Joey Barton Has Been Found Guilty of Breaching Woke Neo-Blasphemy Laws Sun Nov 16, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Joey Barton has been found guilty of 'malicious communications' offences. But on closer inspection, what he's really been convicted of is breaching woke neo-blasphemy laws, says Steven Tucker.
The post Joey Barton Has Been Found Guilty of Breaching Woke Neo-Blasphemy Laws appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Nov 16, 2025 01:29 | Will Jones
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 Boriswave Migrants Face 10-Year Ban on Claiming Benefits Sat Nov 15, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Millions of migrants who came to Britain as part of the Boriswave face a 10-year ban on claiming benefits as critics warn that giving the cohort indefinite leave to remain will cost Britain hundreds of billions of pounds.
The post Boriswave Migrants Face 10-Year Ban on Claiming Benefits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Migrant Accused of Sex Assault Claims he Would be Attacked if Deported Sat Nov 15, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Pakistani migrant accused of sex assault in Britain has claimed he would be attacked if deported to his home country because of the allegations against him.
The post Migrant Accused of Sex Assault Claims he Would be Attacked if Deported appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link German Police Raid a Libertarian?s Home for the Crime of Calling Civil Servants ?Parasites? Sat Nov 15, 2025 13:00 | Eugyppius
German police have raided a libertarian's home for the crime of calling civil servants "parasites" before advising him to "think carefully about what you post in future, because you are now under observation".
The post German Police Raid a Libertarian’s Home for the Crime of Calling Civil Servants “Parasites” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / consumer issues / other press Monday August 21, 2006 21:06 by Toe-tape   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 18, 2006 21:53)
Images are printable from the Fianna fail Website Gallery.

http://www.fiannafail.ie/

Harold's Cross has been lacking a post-office since the post-master died of a heart attack (RIP), whilst at the other end of the ward,
a one-stop client shop for political bring and buy was opened
just past La Touche Bridge. The shop looks like a Spar and Bertie was there to cut the ribbon and a bevy of tanned blondes in hats accompanied the opening cermemonies.
Meanwhile pensioners and single mothers have to await the appointment of a new post-master or travel to alternate locations to get the services once provided by the State. read full story / add a comment
mayo / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday August 21, 2006 15:23 by Cllr Keith Martin   text 9 comments (last - tuesday november 14, 2006 16:42)
We need to dump the officials and bring councillors into power in local government read full story / add a comment
clare / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 21, 2006 14:31 by Basil Miller
The first meeting of Depression Dialogues outside the Dublin area. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 21, 2006 14:19 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Depression Dialogues take place on the first Thursday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at 2 Eden Park, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 21, 2006 14:14 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Depression Dialogues take place on the first Thursday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at 2 Eden Park, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday August 21, 2006 12:42 by Seán Ó Murchú
In spite of a large RUC presence a very large crowd turned out to support the five demands of the Republican POWs currently on protest in Maghaberry Gaol. The protest – organised by the Republican Prisoners’ Action Group (RPAG) – took place in the Edward Street area of Lurgan, County Armagh, at 2p.m. on Saturday, 19th August. The weekend also marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Mickey Devine on Hunger Strike in 1981.

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antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday August 21, 2006 12:09 by B
FUNDRAISING PUB QUIZ
MONDAY 21ST AUGUST 8.30PM
SPANIARD BAR, SKIPPER STREET, BELFAST read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 21, 2006 12:00 by Margaretta D'Arcy   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 22, 2006 00:04)
THE LIFE & TIMES OF JAMES CONNOLLY
(The Irish Socialist leader executed in 1916)

-- songs, speeches and episodes from The Non-Stop Connolly Show
by Margaretta D'Arcy & John Arden.

On Inis Meain, Aran Islands, Sunday 27th August 2006 at Teach Synge. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Monday August 21, 2006 01:04 by Dublin Dave   text 3 comments (last - wednesday august 23, 2006 03:32)
Two long-standing members of the tiny Irish Trotskyist grouping 'Workers Power' have been expelled from their international the 'League for a Fifth International', following allegations that they were part of a plot to split the organisation in advance of a congress, which was to debate the sharply divergant views withing the group on the world economy and political perspectives. read full story / add a comment
wexford / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday August 20, 2006 22:40 by Michael K.   text 3 comments (last - wednesday august 23, 2006 15:35)
"There’s, as you've reported, no sign that the people had plane tickets. It's very difficult to bomb a plane without a plane ticket, no sign that they’d actually made any bombs yet. And the evidence is that these people had been under surveillance for quite a long time by the British Security Services, who hadn't seen any need of the early arrests ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 20, 2006 15:08 by gan
Most people are familiar with the popular tales of the half-dead venomous snake that bit the man who saved its life and the scorpion that stung the frog that ferried it (on its back) away from floodwaters that threatened to drown it. Both stories share a similar moral; the beast remains true to its nature regardless of noble, humanitarian, mitigating factors – serpents will always strike and scorpions will always sting, regardless! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 20, 2006 14:57 by glenda cimino   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 20, 2006 19:14)
John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence for the United States, announced on Friday, August 18, 2006, the creation of a new special CIA mission to oversee intelligence activities in Venezuela and Cuba. Patrick Maher will be responsible for integrating collection and analysis on Cuba and Venezuela across the Intelligence Community, identifying and filling gaps in intelligence, and ensuring the implementation of strategies, among other duties. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday August 20, 2006 03:54 by Darren Mac an Phríora
100,000 people are expected to arrive in Leitir Ceanainn/Letterkenny for this years Fleadh. More information can be got by contacting Comhaltas at the below link. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Saturday August 19, 2006 09:33 by d'other   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 20, 2006 21:16)
There were some disturbing reports circulating on the net last year from the Workers Communist Party of Iraq on attacks on women by political Islamists. Now it seems in Baghdad Islamists are deepening their imposition of social morals on women. Anyone who has ever read Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, with its account of the slow disintegration of female autonomy in Iran will notice the striking similarity with the blog account below. Its by an Iraqi woman and is an award winning blog.. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday August 18, 2006 17:50 by finch   text 1 comment (last - saturday august 19, 2006 13:17)
FAILURE is emblazoned on the foreheads of all those involved. The VICTORY of the day is for PEACE and there is nothing any power, state, or group could do to prevent the (future) peaceful intentions of the people. Human civilisation and the blood of innocents demand it! read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday August 18, 2006 15:53 by Joe Flanagan   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 22, 2006 17:33)
The Sligo Anti War group and Palestine Solidarity Campaign will hold a Peace Vigil in Ballymote, Co Sligo, on Tuesday morning next (August 22nd) in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. Those participating are asked to assemble outside the Pastoral Centre (opposite the Catholic Church) at 10.30.a.m.

The peace demonstration will take place near the site of the Michael Corcoran monument, which is to be unveiled by Mayor Bloomberg of New York, at 11.00.a.m.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 18, 2006 15:29 by rory
Students’ Unions' treatment of workers should be condemned

Two students’ unions have been sharply criticised in recent weeks for the
treatment of their staff. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday August 18, 2006 11:35 by rory   text 23 comments (last - sunday september 17, 2006 11:07)
Press Release: Convoy of cars this Saturday to drive through Dublin to raise awareness about planned incinerator

Residents of Ringsend, Irishtown, and Sandymount will be travelling around Dublin this Saturday 19th August in a convoy of colourful cars with balloons and banners and with a loudhailer raising awareness about the incinerator planned for Dublin Bay. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday August 18, 2006 11:33 by Roger C
The shamefull farce of the SEELB budget continues. The Department of Education through the appointed "Hitmen" Commissioners are pushing ahead with their despicable agenda of cuts and closures. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday August 18, 2006 08:18 by anon   text 4 comments (last - thursday august 24, 2006 22:37)
Defence Minister Willie O'Dea has criticised the outcome of the recent trial involving the five anti-war activists who damaged a US military aircraft at Shannon Airport more than three years ago.

The five admitted attacking the plane, but said they did so to prevent greater crimes from being committed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They were all acquitted last month after a jury at Dublin Circuit Court agreed that they had a lawful excuse for their actions.

However, Mr O'Dea, who is a trained barrister, claimed today that the jury was wrong in its decision.

"I don't think this defence should have been allowed to go to the jury in the first place and secondly, I don't think the jury should have found as they did," he said.

"But, as you know, the courts are independent and the Government can't over-rule or interfere in the operation of the courts.

"That's essential in a democracy, but a democracy also has the right to protect itself against terror." read full story / add a comment
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