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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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offsite link No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for ... Mon Sep 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage?today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill "by ?234bn", and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with 'settled status' by bringing in stricter visa tests.
The post No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for Those Who Fail Under Crackdown on ‘Settled Status’ Migrants appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:00 | Nigel Biggar
The Church of England has shown that it doesn't care about evidence or ethics, says Prof Nigel Biggar. Why else, when presented with proof its ?100 million reparations giveaway is groundless, would it press on regardless?
The post When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims o... Mon Sep 22, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
New data shows the Met Office's 'record' heat spikes are junk, weaponised by Net Zero activists to scare the public witless and push the no-hydrocarbons fantasy, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
The post Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims of ?Records? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? Mon Sep 22, 2025 07:00 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Making Tax Digital is set to hit sole traders and landlords from 2026, promising more admin, costs and chaos than clarity, and Guy de la B?doy?re is already throwing in the towel rather than get swamped.
The post Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 22, 2025 00:43 | 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.

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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday December 05, 2003 11:35 by conor (wsm personal capacity)   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 09, 2003 19:00)
Oxigen workers are engaged in a strike for union recognition. The Oxigen trucks are now being maned exclusively by scab labour so remmeber that if your handing out krimbo money! The Union (SIPTU) hasn't exactly thrown much weight behind the strike - what a surprise ! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Friday December 05, 2003 10:41 by Gearoid O Loingsigh   text 8 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 22:43)
The Union takes on some of the arguments presented by Coke and regurgitated by Siptu and others in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday December 04, 2003 23:33 by iosaf   text 8 comments (last - tuesday december 21, 2004 10:33)
An update of issues underlying the strategy of both Spanish and French States to further European integration and the forthcoming European Union Constitution. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Thursday December 04, 2003 21:50 by global resistance
After decades of deforestation of tropical rainforest in the amazon basin the ecuadorian state and oil companies are trying to enter oil fields in the last pristine forests, some of them even under state “protection”. All held in the name of economic growth and progress, oil exploitation leads to, as uncountable events in the recent past have shown, destruction and contamination of vast areas and cultural destruction of people who’s life depend on the forest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Thursday December 04, 2003 21:17 by Paul Kinsella   text 2 comments (last - sunday december 07, 2003 18:30)
Dear Activists

A special all Dublin activist meeting is taking place on Saturday 6th December in the Central Hotel. Activists from the four local authority areas will be attending - Fingal, South County Dublin, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and Dublin City.

The four local authorities have reacted differently to the new power to implement non collection, and the campaigns have responded accordingly. Reports will be given from each campaign area. A general discussion on tactics and the way to progress the campaigns will then take place.

A good turn out is hoped for. Hopefully you can attend and bring other activists along. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / feature Thursday December 04, 2003 19:04 by Paul Dillon / Antrophe / IMC   text 21 comments (last - wednesday january 28, 2009 16:15)
300 students are tonight occupying the main library in UCD. This is against the cutbacks which have been implemented in the library budget. Opening hours have been slashed, staffing levels have been cut and the materials avialble to students are in decline. UCD students Union are demanding that the college allocates the correct resources to the library and that the government reverses its programme of cuts.

The Students have vowed to continue the protest until their demands are reached. Tonights occupation is the 3rd time in three weeks that UCD students have occupied the main library. We reckon that around 600 students have taken part so far, if you include the numbers who attended the sit in in the Earlsfort Terrace library. Students in other colleges and ITs should consider similar actions to step up the campain against cutbacks. Pictures to follow! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday December 04, 2003 17:39 by Dublin Grassroots   text 4 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2003 00:32)
Responding to the call from the Irish Anti-War Movement for a blockade of Shannon Warport this Saturday December 6th, Dublin Grassroots is running a bus from Dublin to Shannon leaving from Liberty Hall at 9am.

By adding our numbers and our experience of Non-Violent Direct Action we hope to assist in ensuring the effectiveness of the blockade.

Our actions will be organised non-hierarchically.

The success of this event depends on numbers so we encourage anyone who can participate to do so.
All levels of participation can contribute.

Phone 086 1770439 for info.

For further info and discussion on the blockade see www.indymedia.ie read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday December 04, 2003 13:39 by Madra Rua   text 1 comment (last - friday december 05, 2003 20:18)
IRSP Condemn Slave Labour Awards

The Irish Republican Socialist Party has condemned a leading Temporary
Employment Agency for what it called the build up to Ireland's equivalent to the 'National Slave Labour Awards'. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 04, 2003 12:00 by Harry Browne   text 6 comments (last - friday december 05, 2003 15:33)
The Irish Anti-War Movement is holding a demonstration this Saturday, December 6th, at which protesters will 'blockade' Shannon Airport, the civilian airport in the west of Ireland where approximately half the US troops en route to Iraq and Afghanistan have stopped to rest and refuel. (See www.irishantiwar.org) The following opinion piece was commissioned by The Irish Times for use this week, then rejected by an editor who said his initial "hasty acceptance" had failed to recognise that the paper should not be "associated with and assist in mobilising for a call to break the law a step too far!" read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Wednesday December 03, 2003 21:00 by Kevin Doyle   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 04, 2003 21:43)
Threatening letters continue to issue forth from Cork City Hall as the City Council looks set to begin a policy of non-collection of domestic rubbish in the city – for the second time in as many years. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday December 03, 2003 19:01 by Colm Stephens   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 04, 2003 00:37)
1. Shannon Blockade: Why is it important?
2. Fintan Lane: 60 Days for Peaceful Protest What you can do!
3. Fundraising
4. Up-coming IAWM events
5. Other up-coming events read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday December 03, 2003 18:37 by Daithí   text 13 comments (last - friday december 05, 2003 12:04)
Links to Budget documents. Please add press releases and general comments to this article, rather than posting separate new articles for each party / group / etc. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2003 18:37 by lish   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 04, 2003 18:29)
given by Keith Mc Henry, veteran activist & founder of Food not Bombs.
Keith has extensive experience of being arrested for such non- violent actions as giving free food to the homeless in San Francisco.

perfect for everyone travelling to Shannon this sat.

call 086 1770439 for directions read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Wednesday December 03, 2003 14:14 by SF   text 86 comments (last - saturday december 27, 2003 18:13)
Sinn Féin's Alternative Budget is available at http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/2275. Sinn Féin is the only left wing political party to produce such a document. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday December 03, 2003 13:50 by Workers Solidarity Movement   text 5 comments (last - friday december 05, 2003 09:59)
The Workers Solidarity Movement has written to the Mnister for 'Justice', calling for the release of Fintan Lane.

Get your organisation to do likewise.

More importantly, come to Shannon on Saturday 6th and carry on Fintan's work to stop the airport being used by the war machine. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 03, 2003 12:48 by Anarcho   text 48 comments (last - wednesday december 10, 2003 17:18)
This piece can be treated as a companion piece to the debate on elections as it deals with some of the odd misconceptions of anarchism that have cropped up there. However it also stands in its own right as explaining what the differences are between these two strands of left thought that often clash on indymedia and elsewhere. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2003 11:33 by LGBTs For Bacik   text 42 comments (last - wednesday january 07, 2004 20:56)
Special Guest Presenter: MC Panti

Venue: GUBU, Capel Street, Dublin 1

When: Monday, 8th December at 8pm

How much: 24 euro per table of four read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 03, 2003 10:53 by Gearoid O Loingsigh   text 10 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2003 22:49)
Coke has claimed to be providing security for trade unionists and Siptu echoed these claims in their private meeting with Sinaltrainal. It was pointed out that this was untrue. here isa statement from the union as far back as may pointing out the lies. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2003 10:26 by JP Dargle   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 06, 2003 14:51)
Everybody, students, workers or who ever wants to get involved in Boycott Coca-Cola campaign should attend this meeting. Tell your friends and workmates to drop in.

Meeting in connolly books this saturday at 2pm. on furthering the campaign to boycott coke and its subsiadery products read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 03, 2003 03:02 by seedot   text 4 comments (last - wednesday december 03, 2003 23:58)

In June next year the residents of ireland will go to the polls to vote in european and local elections.

This election will be the first to have read full story / add a comment

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