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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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Public Inquiry
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

Public Inquiry >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough Sun Sep 21, 2025 09:00 | Sallust
Thirteen volunteers say they have been forced out by the National Trust, which told them their "attitude and values" did not align with the charity's "respectful and inclusive culture".
The post National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Now He?s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said Sun Sep 21, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Now he's dead, the truth about Purple Aki can finally be said, says Steven Tucker. A forerunner of all the sex-offending migrants that judges make excuses for, he targeted children in Liverpool for decades.
The post Now He’s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Write to a Peace Prisoner!!

category international | anti-war / imperialism | press release author Monday April 19, 2004 21:06author by Dublin Catholic Workerauthor phone 087 918 4552 Report this post to the editors

They're in There For Us, We're on the Loose for Them!!

A simple letter or postcard is invaluable to our brothers and sisters behind bars for resisting war and preparations for war!

Updated April 3, 2004

The Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator link at www.bop.gov can confirm the prison address and release status of federal prisoners currently in federal facilities



Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares

Jackie Hudson 08808-039 (30 months – out 7/05 or with good time 3/05)
Federal Prison Camp, Victorville
P.O. Box 5100
Adelanto, CA 92301

Carol Gilbert 10856-039 (33 months – out 10/05 or with good time, 5/05))
Alderson FPC
Box A
Alderson, WV 24910

Ardeth Platte 10857-039 (41 months – out 6/06 or with goodtime, 12/05)
Federal Correction Institution
331/2 Pembroke Station
Danbury, CT 06811
(Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares disarmament of
Colorado nuclear missile silo, 10/6/02; convicted of sabotage.)


Nuclear Resister

Helen Woodson 03231-045
c/o Bates County Jail
P.O. Box 60
Butler, MO 64730
(Protest at federal courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri,
3/11/04 violates parole following 3/9/04 release from prison.)


Native American Political Prisoner

Leonard Peltier 89637-132
POB 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048


Overseas, These Nuclear Resisters Are Known To Be In Prison:

Mordechai Vanunu (18 years – out 4/21/04)
Ashkelon Prison
Ashkelon, Israel
(Nuclear whistleblower convicted of espionage and treason – Kidnapped by Israeli agents, 9/30/86)

Yuri I. Bandazhevsky (8 years – in 6/01)
Prison Minsk
ul Kavarijskaya 36
POB 351
Minsk, 220600
Belarus
(Chernobyl researcher and whistleblower fraudulently convicted of corruption, 6/01)


The Following People Are Now In Prison For Anti-War Related Activities
Vieques

José Vélez Acosta 23883-069 (33 months – in 9/5/03)
Miami FDC
33 NE 4th St.
Miami, FL 33101

José Pérez González 21519-069 (5 years – in 9/05/03)

Néstor de Jesús Guishard 21716-069 (14 months – in 12/04/03)

José Montañez Sanes 26317-069 (18 months – in 1/30/04)
MDC Guaynabo
P.O. Box 2147
San Juan, PR 00922-2147

Jorge Cruz 26318-069 (18 months – in 2/28/04)
FCI Edgefield
501 Gary Hill Road
P.O. Box 723
Edgefield, SC 29824

Jesús Delgado (6 months house arrest)
c/o May 1 Arrestees Support Committee
P.O. Box 191792
San Juan, PR 00919-1792
(Conspiracy, damage to federal property, &/or probation violation 5/1/03 – resisting U.S. military bombardment of Vieques, Puerto Rico)


School Of The Americas

Gary Ashbeck 92088-020 (six months – out 5/22/04)
Schuylkill FCI
Box 700
Minersville, PA 17954

Eric Robinson (six months – out 7/28/04)
(Trespass at the School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, Georgia – 11/22/03)

Leisa Ann Barnes (three months out 7/02/04)
# 92089-020
FCI Dublin - Federal
5701 8th St. - Camp Parks
Dublin, CA 94568
Donald Beisswenger ( six months out 10/04)
# 92091-020
Manchester FCI
PO Box 4000
Manchester, KY 40962


Cynthia Brinkman (six months out 10/04)
# 92092-020
FPC Pekin
PO Box 5000
Pekin, IL 61555-5000

David L. Corcoran (six months out 10/04)
# 90282-020
FPC Oxford
PO Box 1085
Oxford, WI 53952
.

Scott Diehl (three months out 7/04)
# 92093-020
Waseca FCI
Unit A
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093

Faith Fippinger (three months out 7/04)
# 92094-020
Coleman FCC
PO Box 1027
Coleman, FL 33521

Alice Gerard (three months out 7/04)
# 92095-020
Danbury FCI
33 1/2 Pembroke St.
Rt. 37
Danbury, CT 06811

Kathleen Frances Kelly (three months out 7/04 plus one))
# 04971-045
FPC Pekin
PO Box 5000
Pekin, IL 61555-5000

Frances E. Lamb (six months out 10/04)
# 92100-020
Danbury FCI
33 1/2 Pembroke St.
Rt. 37
Danbury, CT. 06811

Margaret E. Morton (three months out 7/04)
# 92102-020
Dublin FCI
5701 8th St. - Camp Parks
Dublin, CA 94568

Anthony O'Leary (three months out 7/04))
# 92123-020
FPC Duluth
PO Box 1000
Duluth, MN 55814

Gregory Poferl (three months out 7/04)
# 92106-020
Waseca FCI
Unit D
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093

. Bernard A. Survil (three months out 7/04)
# 92104-020
FPC McKean
PO Box 8000
Bradford, PA 16701
Bernard received a three-month sentence.

Richard J. Wekerle (six months out 10/04)
# 92109-020
Sheridan FPC
PO Box 6000
Sheridan, OR 97378

Fr. Jerry Zawada (six months out 10/04 plus 1)
# 04995-045
FPC Oxford
PO Box 1085
Oxford, WI 53952







Military Refusers

Camilo Mejia
c/o Citizen Soldier
267 Fifth Ave. #901
New York, NY 10016
(National Guard member went AWOL after 2003 Iraq duty, turned self in as conscientious objector, 3/15/94)

Related Link: http://www.ploughsharesireland.org
author by Les Gibbonspublication date Mon Apr 19, 2004 21:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Please send letters postcards of support to Rosy Bremer, who was today sent to prison for 21 days for refusing to pay fines of approx £800 for spray painting 21 military vehicles at Marchwood Military Camp in February last year during the buildup to the Iraq war.

Her address is as follows:

HT7486
HMP Eastwood Park
Falfield
Wootton Under Edge
GL12 8DD

author by correctionpublication date Wed Apr 21, 2004 13:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Mordechai Vanunu can no longer receive post at Ashkelon Prison. He got out this morning, fair play to him.

author by Geri Timmonspublication date Tue Aug 16, 2005 04:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Thank you for remembering Leonard in your list of prisoners but he is no longer in Leavenworth but has been moved:

Leonard Peltier
89637-132
P.O. Box 12015
Terre Haute, In. 47801
U.S.A.

he continues to fight for his freedom, for information please contact info@leonardpeltier.org

Keeping the Spirit of Freedom alive,
Let freedom ring!!!!

 
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