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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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

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

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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Nov 12, 2025 01:19 | 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 Reform?s ?Racist Rhetoric? is Tearing Britain Apart, Says Starmer Tue Nov 11, 2025 19:51 | Will Jones
Reform UK?s "racist rhetoric" is tearing Britain apart and such talk should have been "dealt with" decades ago, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The post Reform’s “Racist Rhetoric” is Tearing Britain Apart, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ed Miliband to Make Two 12,000-Mile Trips to COP30 in Two Weeks Tue Nov 11, 2025 17:28 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband is set to make the same 12,000-mile round trip twice in two weeks to attend COP30 ? a climate conference to discuss reducing global CO2 emissions ? at a cost to the taxpayer of ?22,000.
The post Ed Miliband to Make Two 12,000-Mile Trips to COP30 in Two Weeks appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour?s New School Curriculum: Where Education Goes to DEI Tue Nov 11, 2025 15:03 | Dr Nicholas Tate
Labour's new National Curriculum is dripping with DEI and Left-wing dogma. Teaching Britain's national story is out, pushing more multiculturalism is in. It's the last thing Britain needs right now, says Dr Nicholas Tate.
The post Labour’s New School Curriculum: Where Education Goes to DEI appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Asylum Seekers Can Continue Being Housed in Bell Hotel, Judge Rules ? As He Denies High Crime Rate A... Tue Nov 11, 2025 13:19 | Will Jones
The Bell Hotel in Epping can continue to house asylum seekers, a judge ruled today, as he said the change of use from a hotel was "not flagrant" and denied there is evidence of a high crime rate among asylum seekers.
The post Asylum Seekers Can Continue Being Housed in Bell Hotel, Judge Rules ? As He Denies High Crime Rate Among Asylum Seekers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / eu / press release Tuesday April 15, 2008 19:57 by PBPA   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 17, 2008 10:48)
The People Before Profit Alliance believes that revelations today regarding a leaked memo from the Department of Foreign Affairs exposes the agenda of the government and the Yes Campaign in trying to ram through the Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday April 15, 2008 16:49 by Stuart   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 23, 2008 11:46)
The union IMPACT brought a case on behalf of 91 civil servants under the European Directive on the protection of fixed-term workers, implemented as the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Workers) Act 2003 in Ireland. The case demands of equality of treatment with comparable established colleagues and of extension of retrospective benefits to 2001, the date agreed to by the state as a signatory to the Directive, rather than 2003 when the Act was finally signed. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday April 15, 2008 14:43 by pat c
On 13 April, riot police smashed the gates and climbed over the walls of Kian Tyre factory, in the outskirts of Tehran, to forcefully evict hundreds of striking workers. Scores were beaten up and arrested, with many hospitalised

Farhad Ghaasemi, WPI reporter in Tehran said: “They used axes and kicked in doors and began brutally attacking the workers with electric batons. Roaming the site on motorbikes, they battered anyone who happened to be on their way. Scores were arrested and at least two busloads of detained workers were taken out of the factory”. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 15, 2008 10:34 by Howard Holby   text 12 comments (last - wednesday may 14, 2008 13:44)
The purpose of this article (see below the video) is to provide further support to the statement upheld by politicians, academic and legal experts that the Lisbon Treaty is a constitution.

The emphasis on this fact is vital because from this fact it follows that the Lisbon Treaty needs referendum not only in Ireland but in all of the 27 EU member states.
Because the Lisbon Treaty a constitution, it is crucial to understand that no constitution ever permits the act of overthrowing it, i.e never allows the act of replacing it with another one without the permission of a country's citizens. Therefore the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty without referendums in the other 26 states, is a dictatorial power-grab over Europe. (Please see the document referred at the end of the article.)

With this article we wish to call Ireland to Vote NO to Lisbon Treaty!
Vote NO to a constitution that establishes a dictatorial federal regime with powers over all Europe.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 15, 2008 01:22 by Justin Morahan   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 15, 2008 11:03)
Summary: Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli whistleblower will be given a visa to live in Norway, initial reports from Norway suggest at present. Vanunu spent eighteen years in an Israeli prison for revealing that Israel has nuclear weaapons. For the past four years (since his release), he has lived under the most severe restrictions to his freedom. He is not allowed to travel freely, not leave Israel even to the occupied West Bank or Gaza, nor speak to foreigners.

Norway's offer once again brings his name and fate to the attention of the conscience of the international community. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Monday April 14, 2008 18:10 by Laura Broxson
dublin / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday April 14, 2008 16:55 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 16, 2008 12:54)
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday April 14, 2008 14:16 by Michael Taft
A damning analysis of European wage levels has found that Ireland lies rock bottom of the list of the average wages paid in the private sector across the ten wealthiest countries in the European Union. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday April 14, 2008 13:39 by The Fourth World War
Interview with Andy Storey of the human rights group Afri, in "The Fourth World War" on Féile FM 103.2, Monday 14th at 6.30pm.

You can listen to it by tuning into 103.2FM (in Belfast), or on line by logging on to www.feilefm.com. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Monday April 14, 2008 12:43 by CRAI   text 3 comments (last - monday april 14, 2008 19:40)
The Combined Residents Against the Incinerator (CRAI) are holding a protest at the first day of the Environmental Protection Agency’s oral hearing into the proposed Dublin Incinerator.

Where: Outside the Gresham Hotel, O Connell St
When: 9.30am This morning Monday April 14th 2008
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dublin / eu / event notice Monday April 14, 2008 11:45 by Martin O'Sullivan
Why we should Vote No to the Lisbon Treaty

Thursday 17th April @ 20:00 in St. Joseph's National. School Macroom Rd. Coolock
Speakers:
Kieran Allen, (Editor of Voteno.ie)
Brendan Ogle (UNITE Union)
Larry O'Toole (Sinn F驮)
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday April 14, 2008 11:08 by Labour Youth
On Wednesday the 16th of April there will be a protest outside the dept. of health and children in opposition to the current freeze on recruitment in the health services - It will take place at 1pm on Hawkins Street - Dublin City Centre read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 13, 2008 18:55 by liz c   text 18 comments (last - tuesday april 15, 2008 20:08)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is addressing the National Forum on Europe in St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle at 3pm tomorrow followed by President of the EU Commission Manuel Barroso speaking this Thurs. Some of us will be going along to suggest to Angela and Barroso that if they are in any way interested in democracy they won't be afraid to hold a referendum in Germany and in the other EU states and let the people decide. All welcome. There should be some media attention around the visits so getting involved in polls or radio debates on the treaty would be great. We're being conned but it doesn't have to be quietly. Yes, they'll try to do it anyway but why make it easier for them. A referendum is the closest thing we have to voicing a direct opinion and this will be the last one we'll have on the EU if we vote yes. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday April 13, 2008 17:42 by Seán Ó Murchú
COBH SAYS "NEVER, NEVER" TO IAN PAISLEY - ADMINISTRATOR OF BRITISH RULE IN IRELAND.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday April 13, 2008 15:22 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 20, 2008 16:26)
RSF & RPAG have condemned the screws in Maghaberry for penalising the Irish people for honouring Irish dead. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Sunday April 13, 2008 15:15 by Richard Walsh
Republican Sinn Féin have criticised the reinstatement of Low Template DNA, namely the Low Copy Number DNA analysis technique, as an evidential tool within the Six Occupied Counties. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday April 13, 2008 12:56 by redjade
Washington high court rules inmate has no right to starve himself read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 13, 2008 06:13 by TMcG   text 26 comments (last - wednesday april 16, 2008 18:38)
Hopefully there will be further and more comprehensive reports of the march, but in the meantime here is a quick (7 minute) video of Mary Lou McDonald's speech outside Leinster House.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday April 12, 2008 22:28 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday april 14, 2008 18:22)
All is not as it appears at surface level. Iran condemns Israel as Zionist butchers but at the same time sells oil to Israel. Oil which fuels the tanks and jets that slaughter the Palestinians and Lebanese. Full story of the Iranian Regimes treacherey at the link.

If you've ever wondered about the definition of hypocrisy you'll find the answer right here. Last month the Swiss signed a multi-billion euro contract for Iran to supply Switzerland with natural gas over the next 25 years. The US State Department condemned the deal and said it would be investigating whether it breached the Iran Sanctions Act. Israel complained too, describing the Swiss minister's visit to Tehran as an "act unfriendly to Israel".On March 30, the Swiss newspaper Sonntag retaliated with the revelation that Israel, supposedly observing an ironclad boycott of all things Iranian, has been buying Iranian oil for years.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday April 12, 2008 19:27 by Susan
Cluster bombs have killed and injured thousands of civilians during the last 40 years and continue to do so today. read full story / add a comment
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