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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

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.

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 19:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 09:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 21:00 | Mind Agent

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Sat Aug 02, 2025 00:54 | 1 of indy

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offsite link The Banal, the Craven and the Sinister at a College Staff Well-being Day Sun Oct 26, 2025 15:00 | Dave Summers
Join Dave Summers for an eye-widening tour of a college staff 'Well-being' day, where the normally inoffensive 'fun, stress-busting' activities take a decidedly sinister turn.
The post The Banal, the Craven and the Sinister at a College Staff Well-being Day appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fury as ?Hard-Up? Met Police Set to Splurge ?5 Million a Year on 64-Strong Woke Taskforce? as Half o... Sun Oct 26, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
While the Met is axing half its mounted officers, closing stations and slashing frontline policing to plug a ?250 million hole, it's somehow found ?5.2 million for a 64-strong 'woke' taskforce and 63 diversity events.
The post Fury as ?Hard-Up? Met Police Set to Splurge ?5 Million a Year on 64-Strong Woke Taskforce? as Half of Its Mounted Officers Face Losing Their Jobs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link God Help Us! Students Given Trigger Warning About the Bible?s Death and Violence ? Including Christ?... Sun Oct 26, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
After Homer, Shakespeare and Dickens, the Bible is the latest classic to get a trigger warning for its depictions of violence, including Christ's crucifixion.
The post God Help Us! Students Given Trigger Warning About the Bible?s Death and Violence ? Including Christ?s Crucifixion appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Hypocrisy of ChatGPT Sun Oct 26, 2025 09:00 | Dr Roger Watson
When Roger Watson asked ChatGPT to generate an image of a "typical African man" or "typical Chinese man" it refused, saying it wouldn't "stereotype". It had no such qualms with a Scotsman or Englishman though!
The post The Hypocrisy of ChatGPT appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?400 Billion to Capture Carbon Sun Oct 26, 2025 07:00 | Paul Homewood
We are all now well aware of Ed Miliband's plan to waste ?22bn of taxpayers' money on carbon capture. But alarmingly it's just the tip of the iceberg, with up to ?400bn being quoted to take us to 2050, says Paul Homewood.
The post ?400 Billion to Capture Carbon appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday June 28, 2010 16:54 by Godot   text 5 comments (last - saturday december 04, 2010 12:43)
In a statement released today the union announced that it was entering the implementation process to avoid "victimisation of its members". read full story / add a comment
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international / arts and media / other press Monday June 28, 2010 10:53 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   image 1 image

‘We have been poor for hundreds of years, even thousands of years, and they are living in their fancy resorts and mansions"

This quote from one of the ‘Red Shirt’ protestors in the recent demonstrations in Thailand was an example of the process known there “as ta sawang, or a ‘brightening of the eyes’ – an awakening, a realization of a truth they had not recognized” (International Herald Tribune 21 May 2010).
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international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday June 24, 2010 07:08 by FreedomSeeker   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 27, 2010 17:11)
Those who really desire freedom and peace in the Middle East may like to board this ship.In Support OF GILAD SHALIT read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday June 23, 2010 08:08 by Volunteer
Galway, August 6th- 8th 2010 for 16-25 year olds

Roll up, Roll up for SpunOut.ie’s first ever ever extravaganza of activism.

Are you sick of hearing whinges about what’s wrong in Ireland? Yep, we agree and that’s why SpunOut.ie is offering a lucky 12 of you a place on a free of charge, expenses paid* training course in how to change things. SpunOut.ie’s Academy of Activism will take place in Galway City and we hope you are as excited about this as we are!!! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday June 22, 2010 23:26 by Down Socialist   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 15:17)
Mitchel McLaughlin, Sinn Fein MLA speaks on radio of the need for cuts in public services in Northern Ireland read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 22, 2010 17:34 by non-voter   text 7 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 20:45)
Iran is to send a ship -the Infants of Gaza - carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza this Sunday . Israeli commandos are said to be preparing for a confrontation . Ratcheting up the islamophobia ahead of the blockade - busting attempt ,zionist Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor commented , "I don't think there is one single country in this region and beyond that would let such an ayatollah ship come near its coasts." read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday June 22, 2010 13:15 by lazy   text 3 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 17:05)

The true-blue Tories are having to *save* 61 BILLION between now and 2014 !!!

Interestingly they are cutting non-protected spends such as the NHS. Child Benefit will
not be taxed or means-tested but will be subject to a three year freeze. All eyes on the
Chancellor (who interestingly has Irish Connections) read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday June 18, 2010 12:47 by pat c
Free download

* Jane Affleck
Malcolm Kennedy: European Court of Human Rights judgement
* Tom Easton
Tittle-tattle
* Anthony Frewin
The Dr Strangeloves of the Mind: H.J. Albarelli's A Terrible Mistake
* Robert Henderson
Enron accounting... and how to prevent it read full story / add a comment
Patrick Preston and Deborah
dublin / health / disability issues / other press Friday June 18, 2010 11:55 by tolkarovers   image 1 image
NORTHSIDE People has learned that a local respite centre used by 80 people with intellectual disabilities is being shut down at the end of the month. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 17, 2010 14:53 by Bazooka Joe   image 1 image
An unnamed Israeli Soldier is to be charged over the killing of two Palestinian women in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in late 2008 and early 2009. He shot and killed 64-year-old Raya Salma Abu Hajjaj and her 35-year-old daughter Majda who were part of a white flag waving group who had been ordered out of their homes. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 17, 2010 13:14 by Yassamine Mather
Yassamine Mather writes on the anniversary of the 2009 rigged elections in Iran. She illustrates how Imperialist sancvtions are stepped up and yet the reformist leadership offers no way forward against either the Imperialist threat or the Theocracy. Full text at link.

The UNs resolution on further sanctions against Iran - expanding the arms embargo and barring the country from sensitive activities such as uranium mining - was voted through on June 9. The UN measures are a diluted version of the US proposals, but they still allow high-seas inspections of vessels believed to be ferrying banned items to Iran, while 40 categories have been added to the list of people and groups subject to travel restrictions and financial sanctions. The EU has promised to impose its own extra measures, targeting the energy, trade and transport sectors.

Demonstrations were held across Iran on the June 12 anniversary of last year’s rigged presidential elections - despite a heavy security presence and the cowardly back-stabbing of the so-called ‘reformist opposition’. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 19:46 by Charles B.   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 13, 2010 21:14)
Shall the AG be kind enough to let us all know what the main topic of conversation was between himself and the CEO, Chairman and her Majesty, Queen Beatix of Holland?

I think not... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 12:52 by Kerry Worker   text 13 comments (last - monday september 27, 2010 18:16)
Jack O'Connor, general president of SIPTU and president of ICTU, nominated Business Person of the Month by the latest issue of the Irish monthly Business and Finance Magazine for his management of union members' anger and railroading of the Croke Park proposals. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 11:37 by Non-voter   text 6 comments (last - friday june 11, 2010 23:30)   image 2 images
As public fury mounts over what has been described as America’s worst ever environmental disaster , BP buys top search results for terms like “oil spill” from both Google and Yahoo. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 07, 2010 19:45 by Citizen X
IDF Admits It Doctored Flotilla Audio Clip... Israeli MP tells of her terror on aid ship... Israeli Grocer calls for same MP's death... Jewish flotilla to break Gaza siege... Rabbi Lerner's Home Attacked by Right-Wing Zionists... Uri Avnery attacked by rightist thugs... Exodus: 2010... Failure of the American Jewish Establishment... Our Enemies, the Israelis?... Defending the indefensible: a how-to guide... Beyond the Flotilla, the Crackdown Continues... Israel and the psychology of "never again"... Drowning in the Law of the Sea... Fury over raid isolates Israel read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday June 06, 2010 13:47 by Red Banner
Issue 40 of Red Banner is out now, available for €2 / £1.50 in bookshops or from the address above. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 06, 2010 07:13 by Bazooka Joe   text 1 comment (last - monday june 07, 2010 04:11)   image 5 images
According to a Lebanese newspaper report on Saturday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering travelling to Gaza in order to "break the Israeli blockade.” read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday June 05, 2010 18:14 by Citizen X
Turkish PM May Sail to Gaza Himself... Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled....” Israeli Commando Who Killed Six Aid Workers to Receive Medal... When Israel Murdered 34 Americans... Ron Paul Blasts U.S. Support of Gaza Blockade... Israeli Warships Seize the ‘Rachel Corrie’... White House: Gaza Blockade Unsustainable... raid pushes unknown Knesset member into spotlight... Economist Magazine: Israel's siege mentality... victimhood, aggression and tribalism... Treat Palestinians Like Jews... Israel’s Many, Many Rights... Netanyahu was right... A Global Civil Society Campaign to Delegitimize Israel?... Aussie ex-spies comment on Israeli forged passports... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 03, 2010 13:31 by Citizen X   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 08, 2010 01:20)   image 2 images   video 3 video files
...if Israel and Turkey are not at war, then it is Turkish law which is applicable to what happened on the ship. It is for Turkey, not Israel, to carry out any inquiry or investigation into events and to initiate any prosecutions. Israel is obliged to hand over indicted personnel for prosecution... read full story / add a comment
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