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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

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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

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offsite link Britain?s Judiciary is Biased to its Core Tue Sep 23, 2025 20:08 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal overturned the closure of Epping's migrant hotel because Britain's judiciary is biased to its core, says Dr David McGrogan. The Right must get to grips with this problem ? and fast.
The post Britain’s Judiciary is Biased to its Core appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He ?Lost His Temp... Tue Sep 23, 2025 17:08 | Will Jones
The Muslim man who attacked Koran-burning protester Hamit Coskun with a knife has been spared jail after the judge said he "lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, remains in hiding, as concerns about two-tier justice grow.
The post Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He “Lost His Temper” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Exaltation of the Cross Tue Sep 23, 2025 15:00 | Chris Larkin
Church leaders are too quick to condemn Tommy Robinson and the Unite the Kingdom march, says Chris Larkin. We don't know what Jesus would have made of our politics, but we can?t just assume he?d have been a Lib Dem voter.
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offsite link Council Insists Women Be Called ?People With Ovaries? Tue Sep 23, 2025 13:27 | Will Jones
Bristol City Council has been accused of offending women with "virtue-signalling madness" after insisting that women be called "people with ovaries" and claiming that defining sex as biological "misgenders trans people".
The post Council Insists Women Be Called “People With Ovaries” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jimmy Kimmel?s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comme... Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:04 | Will Jones
Jimmy Kimmel's comeback after his Charlie Kirk comments has been dealt a massive blow with ABC affiliates refusing to air it in nearly 40 major markets after Disney announced the liberal talk host will return Tuesday.
The post Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comments appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / press release Saturday July 19, 2003 03:04 by grim reaper   text 9 comments (last - wednesday july 23, 2003 03:30)
Theres an exhibition on at the moment in the photographic ARCHIVE (across meeting house square on the opposite site to the gallery of photography) read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday July 18, 2003 23:22 by Miftah (md)   text 2 comments (last - saturday july 19, 2003 11:37)
Since July 1 the Israeli government has violated every recent agreement it has made by carrying out military invasions of Palestinian areas, implementing a campaign of abductions, opening fire on civilian areas without being provoked, imposing curfews and not relaxing its “draconian” closure that restricts all movement for Palestinians. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday July 18, 2003 19:06 by freedom
A rally to support the human rights of those practising Falun Gong in China will take place tomorrow, July 19th, in Dublin. With two students of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design, Feng Liu and Fang Yang currently detained for the practise of Falun Gong in China, and it being the fourth anniversary since the start of the oppression, this is a particularly poignant and suitable time. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday July 18, 2003 16:56 by young Fine Geal supporter   text 4 comments (last - sunday july 20, 2003 18:19)
The leader of Irelands main opposition party lashed runaway public spending by the ff/pd government. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Friday July 18, 2003 16:33 by Justin Moran   text 8 comments (last - friday july 18, 2003 18:26)
Ó Snodaigh attacks lunacy of Fine Gael on CIE workers protest read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Friday July 18, 2003 16:13 by shannon   text 7 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 16:08)
tcd will have to pay for its 5 year strategic plan, which will cost nearly 5 million euro. Previously, the Deapartment of Science and Education was supposed to foot the bill, but now they cannot make the funds available. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / feature Friday July 18, 2003 16:00 by IMC Editorial Group   text 68 comments (last - wednesday august 13, 2003 03:24)
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Friday July 18, 2003 15:29 by € = $   text 1 comment (last - friday july 18, 2003 16:33)
in Dublin's Royal Irish Academy.
entrance is free to fellows, members and limited tickets will be available to buyers of the Irish Times. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday July 18, 2003 13:00 by The Questioner   text 5 comments (last - wednesday july 23, 2003 19:20)
UK Government adviser David Kelly, who is alleged to be the BBC's main source for a story claiming Downing Street had "sexed up" a dossier about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction went missing on Thursday, and now a body yet to identified has turned up. The question now is, was he murdered and by whom? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday July 18, 2003 10:16 by Christine Pelisek   text 3 comments (last - monday july 21, 2003 03:15)
"George W. Bush declared the “War on Terrorism” “the first war of the 21st century” almost like a boy proudly claims a newfound toy. Soon after followed the knee-jerk USA PATRIOT Act, a misguided piece of follow-the-leader legislation ushering in a new era of human rights violations. Writing for LAWeekly.com, Christine Pelisek has compiled a mile-long list of post 9/11 “accomplishments” and statistics facilitated by the expanded reach the PATRIOT Act granted to federal offices and the creation of the Homeland Security department. For example: “Number of al Qaeda or allied terror suspects arrested by officials since 9/11: 2,700. Number of U.S. citizens indicted by a federal grand jury for al Qaeda-related activities: 5.” Newfound capacity for the Bush administration to exploit post-9/11 fear and grief for its own secret purposes: Priceless.
Anne G" read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday July 17, 2003 23:44 by Globalise Resistance   text 6 comments (last - wednesday july 23, 2003 22:39)
GLOBALiSE RESiSTANCE BULLETiN!

The GR meeting on Wednesday 16th was amazing...the discussion,
energy and enthusiasm to get things done really demonstrates that the
electricity about the build up towards the WEF is gathering momentum!
I think considering that the European Time magazine called the WEF the 'headquarters' of Globalisation that we should realise just how HUGE the mobilisations for Oct could be if we do our job right...There is so much anger in the air at the moment against our NeoLiberal Fianna Fail/PD
'overlords' on top of an atmosphere of political generalisation the likes of which WORLDWIDE has never been seen!!

PERMANENT GLOBALiSED RESiSTANCE! read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday July 17, 2003 23:32 by Anthony McCann
The Irish Music Rights Organisation, and organisations like it around the world, administers licences for performing rights. Developed from copyright theory, performing rights act as a justification for prescriptive control, making it legitimate for one person to prescribe the actions of another unless a fee is paid. Have you ever given performing rights a second thought? have you ever questioned the validity of performing rights? Have you ever thought about the role of persuasion and coercion in the politics of copyright and performing rights? read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / press release Thursday July 17, 2003 22:33 by Pádraig Ó Ceithearnaigh   text 5 comments (last - monday september 06, 2004 11:54)
One person in five speaks the Irish language on a daily basis according to new statistics released from the Irish Central Statistics Office. Three quarters of the speakers are at school. 66.6% of the people surveyed said they had the ability to speak Irish but rarely spoke the language. They said that if they spoke it they would only use it on a weekly basis.

Across the country 1.57 million can speak Irish fluently. In 1996 1.43 million spoke the language and although the figures for 2003 seem to be positive they have to be regarded within the context that few people actually answered this question in the survey.

The largest number of speakers over the age of three in the country are in Galway. In Galway city the proportion of speakers has increased to 50.5%. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday July 17, 2003 19:25 by joe ranii   text 11 comments (last - friday october 20, 2006 21:10)
It is extraordinary that some people who post here, and probably pride themselves on their "progressive" politics, can think the kidnap and imprisonment of totally innocent people is a good idea, as long as it's carried out by the FARC ghouls. Have these people ever devoted even a moment's thought to the despicable crime against humanity that kidnapping represnets ? They should read this report from the BBC: read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday July 17, 2003 13:53 by ollie   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 17, 2003 22:57)
The following short quote is taken from Organic Bytes, a weekly mail out from the good ppl at the organic consumers website....and, with the new US offensive against (Good) old europe's desire to _label_ (and perhaps even... ban :-0 )genetically engineered products, its time to remind ourselves, once again, of what the bastards are at:

QUICK QUIZ: HOW U.S. DEMOCRACY WORKS

Question: How is it that every industrialized nation in the world has banned
Monsanto's rBGH as unsafe, but it's legal (and unlabeled) in the United
States? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday July 17, 2003 13:00 by Kevin Wingfield   text 107 comments (last - thursday september 25, 2003 20:36)
The following Open Letter has been issued by the SWP addressing the issue of co-operation among socialists in the context of the huge audience for radical ideas opened up by the anti-capitalist movement and the anti war movement. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday July 17, 2003 10:51 by Shane   text 52 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 11:04)
Where to meet and how to get to the summer festival of resistance. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday July 17, 2003 04:30 by Holy Shite Mutter (my expletive name)   text 5 comments (last - friday july 18, 2003 02:26)
The Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign has today rubbished reports that the peace activist, John Morgan, who was arrested by the Israeli security force, Shin Bet on Saturday is a Real IRA bomb maker. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday July 16, 2003 22:13 by John Cunningham   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 20, 2003 17:35)
It will probably not surprise many people, but George Bush treated Senegal and its people with utter contempt during his recent to that country —700 US security personnel protected the paranoid president; all trees along his route had to be cut down; state exams were postponed; roads, businesses and hospitals were shut for the duration. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 16, 2003 20:51 by Mike   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2003 22:13)
Or, Why Conservatives Have Left Liberals In the Dust read full story / add a comment
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