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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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offsite link How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? Wed Oct 08, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Britain's political class is addicted to X, but how representative Is the platform? According to recent YouGov polls, only 1 in 6 people uses X daily, and most people view it unfavourably.
The post How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists Wed Oct 08, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Last week Hugh Grant, one of several celebrities behind press censorship campaign group Hacked Off, announced a joint campaign with 38 Degrees, a radical climate activist group. Charlotte Gill investigates what's going on.
The post Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Oct 08, 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 Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Students Sing Antisemitic Chants on October 7th Anniversary Tue Oct 07, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hundreds of pro-Palestine students chanted "from the river to the sea" ? an antisemitic slogan calling for the destruction of Israel ? during protests on the second anniversary of?Hamas's October 7th attacks.
The post Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Students Sing Antisemitic Chants on October 7th Anniversary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine Tue Oct 07, 2025 17:59 | Patrick Ussher
Scientists are at last uncovering the links between ME (aka Chronic Fatigue), Long Covid and Long Vaccine. It's a breakthrough that promises treatments that target the underlying cause, says Patrick Ussher.
The post Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday March 26, 2009 10:52 by PADDY HACKETT   text 28 comments (last - wednesday april 01, 2009 22:46)
Popular armed struggle by workers' militias is a legitimate form of struggle under certain circumstances. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 24, 2009 14:50 by PADDY HACKETT   text 6 comments (last - wednesday march 25, 2009 21:47)
Bad leadership within IMPACT is the cause of the failure of that union . read full story / add a comment
will the authorities turn a blind eye?
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday March 23, 2009 11:22 by Conor. M   text 13 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 00:38)   image 1 image
The Obama administration signaled it was ready to repudiate the prohibition and ''war on drugs'' approach of previous presidents, and steer policy towards prevention and ''harm reduction'' strategies favoured by Europe. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 20, 2009 17:07 by Susan Murray   text 10 comments (last - tuesday april 07, 2009 13:55)
Palestinian Activists in East Jerusalem are predicting a Third Palestinian Intifada in the near future. According to some Palestinians such an outcome is inevitable to Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing in the city. Could it be that such a thing is now not only inevitable but the only logical next step in order that Palestinian independence to be achieved. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday March 20, 2009 12:37 by Paul O'Toole   text 6 comments (last - sunday april 05, 2009 18:36)
Six years to forget? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 20, 2009 12:15 by Paddy Hackett   text 14 comments (last - wednesday march 25, 2009 08:28)
If borrowing is the way then there need be no recessions. read full story / add a comment
Display at 'All power to the Imagination' Sarasota, Florida
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 19, 2009 17:07 by Andrew   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
A look at 'social centre' spaces in North America, Glasgow, Spain and Italy. What is a social center in these different contexts and how do they relate to anti-capitalism. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 15, 2009 13:22 by Tech1.0   image 1 image
In this case the source of the $1m 'award', is a transparently Zionist propaganda "foundation". Not that most would be aware of this outside minority publications and the internet, as analysis is unsurprisingly absent from mainstream media outlets.
So in that light, it is published here in the public interest (originally from The Phoenix of 13th of March)

Israeli Blood Money For Blair

Tony Blair's $1m award for “exceptional leadership” from the Israel Dan David Foundation has received surprisingly little international attention. The PR guff surrounding this reward for Blair’s shameless support for virtually anything Israel inflicts on the Palestinians makes much of Blair’s peace initiative in Ireland and Kosovo. But the reality is that Blair is being rewarded for his long time support for Israel. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday March 14, 2009 20:44 by Dr John Coulter
In spite of the massive community support across the North, the only way dissident republicans stand any chance of bringing down Stormont, is to provoke their counterparts in dissident loyalism to go back to war. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 13, 2009 11:29 by Brendan   text 8 comments (last - monday march 16, 2009 10:42)
A call for Internment
Eoghan Harris worked himself into a ball as he bounced up and down in Seanad Eireann the other night. The reason for this noisy outburst was the killing of two British soldiers and one member of the P.S.N.I. last weekend. Before he actually said the word Internment, he led the listeners up this point by repeatedly referring to Internment as ‘The I word‘. In Ireland, the word Internment evokes painful memories in generations of Irish people North and South of the border. The very mention of the word Internment carries an absolute loathing with it. Certain negative words can have this effect on people because of the fearful emotions associated with it. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 12, 2009 22:31 by Fintan O'Hara   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 19, 2009 21:51)
The below story is in relation to the hand over of a public beach to developers. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 12, 2009 18:04 by Peter Brady   text 8 comments (last - saturday march 14, 2009 14:12)
The corruption in our society has gone out of control. We must unite together against this and say NO.
contact: fightingcorruptioninwicklow@hotmail.com read full story / add a comment
armagh / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 12, 2009 09:53 by Deirdre Niamh Duffy   text 3 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 00:40)
The recent events in Northern Ireland have brought back a whole host of dark memories. The attacks have placed a question mark over both the stability and success of the peace process. However, in many ways the attacks are very different from those during the Troubles. Unlike the violence in the past, these attacks are not really aimed at gaining public support or making a political point but at destabilising Northern Ireland in its transition from post-conflict zone to stable society. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 11, 2009 15:45 by Paddy Hackett   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 11, 2009 18:46)
Fianna Fail plans on dumping Brian Cowan as leader
by Paddy Hackett read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 11, 2009 11:23 by Socialist Party   text 14 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 09:19)
Working class should unite against the killings

The killings by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA of two soldiers and a policeman should be roundly condemned by every section of the working class movement.

Working class people today face an unprecedented assault on jobs and on wages. Our public services are threatened by cuts and privatisation. More than ever we need to stand united to defend living standards. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 10, 2009 11:46 by Community Activist   text 5 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 18:25)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The Irish peace process has brought massive transformation to Ireland and its people.

It has witnessed the early release of hundreds of republican political prisoners, it has ensured a peaceful stable society, it has opened up massive cross border co-operation, it has ensured the right to referenda for a United Ireland, which now gives Irish Republicans the real opportunity to achieve freedom and equality through democratic means.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 06, 2009 22:27 by Paddy Hackett   text 7 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 01:05)   video 3 video files
Paddy Hackett writes:
The world capitalist economy has plunged into a sustained economic depression. The signs are that this depression shall be deep and prolonged. The principal way by which capitalism can come out of the depression is by reducing both the living standards and employment conditions of the working class. The only other solution is social revolution involving the seizure of power by the working class from the capitalist class necessitating the establishment of a world communist federation. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 01, 2009 23:02 by J. O'Neill   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 14, 2009 10:22)
The SP supports non-revolutionary figures like Chavez, while with-holding support from revolutionaries fighting to overthrow capitalism. This stance is contradictory. Working class unity is a utopian goal until the political and social forces that maintains sectarianism are dismantled. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday March 01, 2009 18:52 by Gregor Kerr   text 4 comments (last - monday march 02, 2009 16:33)   image 2 images
On 25th February ICTU wrote to all affiliated unions re its 'Campaign in Support of the Congress 10 Point Plan for a Social Solidarity Pact'.
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday February 26, 2009 15:39 by Kieran O'Sullivan
The Campaign Against the EU Constitution has conducted research to show that RTE's coverage of the Lisbon treaty was unbalenced in favour of the Yes Side. read full story / add a comment
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