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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 The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails Fri Oct 10, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The technocrats are falling across the West as their ideology founders on reality. The cracking of the Net Zero consensus, like the end of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, is a moment of hope, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
The post The Technocrats Are Falling as Their Ideology Fails appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His ... Fri Oct 10, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 54 of the Sceptic: Alexander Adams on dissident art, the tyranny of the Arts Council England and his new exhibition: Power and Intimacy.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 54: Alexander Adams on Dissident Art, the Tyranny of the Arts Council and His New Exhibition appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Oct 10, 2025 00:47 | 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.
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offsite link Teenagers Must Be Warned About the Dystopia Being Built Around Them Thu Oct 09, 2025 19:00 | Mike Fairclough
Mike Fairclough was a nationally feted headteacher before he was cancelled during Covid for speaking out against the tyranny. Now he has written a novel to warn teens about the dystopian world being built around them.
The post Teenagers Must Be Warned About the Dystopia Being Built Around Them appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Italy to Ban Burka Thu Oct 09, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Italy is to ban the burka as part of new legislation against "Islamic separatism" that includes strengthening penalties for forced marriages and stricter financial regulation of Muslim organisations.
The post Italy to Ban Burka appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday September 19, 2008 15:25 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 22:21)
Yes, it was a War Crime but I won't hold my breath waiting for NATO to bomb Tel Aviv. Full text at link.

A report to the UN Human Rights Council on Israel's shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza almost two years ago says it may have been a war crime. The report compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu casts doubt on Israel's explanation that the shelling resulted from a flawed artillery firing system. It calls on Israel to pay compensation to the victims, 19 of whom were killed. Archbishop Tutu went to Beit Hanoun in May, after objections by Israel delayed his mission several times.
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national / history and heritage / other press Friday September 19, 2008 13:59 by Eugene Mc Cartan
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the first civil rights march on the 5th October 1968 organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) . The Communist Party of Ireland has produced a special supplement to mark this important event and presents its understanding of the relevance of NICRA and the important lessons that the CPI believes can be brought into todays struggles. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday September 19, 2008 12:12 by John Cornford
John Rees, longtime leader of the English SWP has been unceremoniously dumped. Peter Manson analyses this and other developments in the SWP. Article in full at url.

Meeting on August 27, the 14-strong central committee voted by 10 to four to remove comrade Rees as CC member responsible for election work, and instructed him, against his wishes, to resign from the Left Alternative national council. Rees has quite rightly been blamed for the Respect/Left List/Left Alternative fiasco, which culminated in the SWP-led slate being wiped out in May’s elections to the London assembly. This humiliation then saw the defection to Labour and the Liberal Democrats of Left List councillors and assembly candidates. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 18, 2008 13:41 by archangel   text 28 comments (last - tuesday april 21, 2015 11:48)   image 5 images
The International Bodyguard Association, a Private Military Company involved in training several international police and paramilitary units, is headed by an Irishman and has it's business headquarters in this country. read full story / add a comment
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donegal / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday September 17, 2008 18:07 by Sarah   image 1 image
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger examines news as parody as those prominent in the British media seek to justify the official versions of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan: Here comes the new Cold War, with promises of more bombs, more of the militarised society with its 730 bases worldwide, on which Americans spend 42 cents of every tax dollar... the devastation of Iraq’s health, once the best in the Middle East, by the ubiquitous dust from British and US depleted uranium weapons. A World Health Organisation study reporting a cancer epidemic has been suppressed ... read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday September 17, 2008 17:36 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday september 22, 2008 16:15)   image 2 images
Militant action by Iraqi workers has forced the quisling government to reverse its assault on workers living standards. Full text at link.

Following days of demonstrations and strikes by thousands of workers, the Iraqi government reversed its order to cut wages by up to 30% and eliminate many industrial labor benefits. The authorities agreed to direct negotiations with the representatives of the workers. read full story / add a comment
John Carmody, founder of ARAN
national / animal rights / other press Wednesday September 17, 2008 03:54 by Mark Hawthorne   text 4 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2008 19:27)   image 1 image
John Carmody is one of the busiest animal rights campaigners in the world. He paused long enough to answer a few questions about his activism from author Mark Hawthorne. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Wednesday September 17, 2008 00:24 by snc   text 27 comments (last - sunday november 30, 2008 01:22)   image 1 image
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday September 11, 2008 22:39 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 08:30)   image 1 image   audio 4 audio files
The 2ND Belfast Anarchist Bookfair recently took place building on the success of the previous year. Stalls were provided by the WSM, Choice Ireland, Just Books, Organise! and Revolutionary Anarcha-feminist group(RAG) as well as groups from as far as England and Scotland including Solidarity Federation giving the bookfair an international flavour. The Bookfair provides a healthy platform for constructive debate and discussion from past to present struggles. To exchange experiences, to reflect and agitate are all essential ingredients for a stronger, more vibrant class struggle anarchist movement in the future. Below are some of the audio recordings from of the public meetings which took place on the day.

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national / history and heritage / other press Thursday September 11, 2008 17:45 by godzilla   text 21 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 17:44)
Speculation is mounting as to why the Asgard II, Ireland's only sailing training Brigantine, sank in French waters this morning and why a salvage pump could not have been used to prevent her loss. She was travelling in the shallow waters of the French Bay of Biscay with 5 crew and 20 trainee sailors who paid between 500€ for youngsters to 600€ to take part in the trip. This fare covered their passage, vitals & in line with statutory requirements full training for ship abandonment which proved useful when skipper Colm Newport ordered her evacuation.

She had been due for maintenance in France on September 21 after taking part in this week's commemorative boat show for the 1798 French landing in Mayo. read full story / add a comment
"Our struggle is twofold: Fighting against internal oppression and external foreign threats."
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 11, 2008 16:23 by pat c   image 1 image
Ben Lewis interviews a leading member of Iranian Students for Freedom and Equality who makes clear the Iranian students opposition to both US Imperialism and the Iranian Regime. Full text at link.

Some organisations in the west have said that US intervention could provide some sort of limited space to organise, in Iraq, for example. What do you think of this?

The United States talks about democracy in Iran and the Middle East to disguise its aim of expanding its influence and power in the region and to offset its financial problems. Oil supplies are another good reason to talk about democracy! But conditions in Iraq today are actually far worse even than under the horrible and torturous rule of Saddam Hussein. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday September 11, 2008 02:22 by James   image 1 image
The Spring 2008 issue of the WSM's theoretical magazine is now online. The pdf is available here.

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from March 2005 - indymedia.ie/article/69087
national / racism & migration related issues / other press Wednesday September 10, 2008 23:27 by redjade   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 23, 2008 17:43)   image 1 image
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mayo / crime and justice / other press Wednesday September 10, 2008 20:24 by Dept of Justice Watcher   text 3 comments (last - thursday september 11, 2008 18:41)   image 1 image
RTE are currently running an online poll ' Are the Gardai putting the interests of Shell ahead of the interests of the public by arresting the two fishermen?' on their news web page: http://www.rte.ie/news/index.html

It's not how clear what the final result will be, but so far it looks like a clear majority think the police are not the impartial force they should be. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday September 10, 2008 17:54 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 11, 2008 15:39)   image 1 image
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007, with recent deadly airstrikes exacerbating the problem and fuelling a public backlash.

Human Rights Watch have published a report regarding these atrocities. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday September 08, 2008 23:59 by I Witness Video   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 10:40)
A group of videographers bearing witness to the events in Minnesota this week, during the US rnc , lead up to American elections.

Some think it is time to request the presence of International election observers. read full story / add a comment
Ken O'Keefe behind the wheel of the Free Gaza
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday September 08, 2008 10:31 by Ken O'Keefe   image 3 images
Ken O’Keefe is a 39 year-old Marine Conservationist and Human Rights Activist born in America who holds Irish, Hawaiian and Palestinian citizenship. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the 1991 Gulf War and lawfully renounced his U.S. citizenship in Vancouver, Canada on March 1, 2001. He is the founder of the Truth Justice Peace Human Shield Action to Iraq (2003) and P10K (2004). In 2007-2008 he served as a Legislator within the reinstated Hawaiian Government and authored a law that outlaws WMD in Hawaii. Most recently he served as a Captain and 1st Mate with the Free Gaza Movement that successfully challenged the Israeli siege of Gaza. Currently he remains in Gaza where he wrote this piece. read full story / add a comment
if you log IP's to your blog or site - this might be interesting
international / sci-tech / other press Sunday September 07, 2008 11:26 by got your number = share your number   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 22, 2009 19:47)   image 1 image
The hacking of the "blood & honour" site and server was reported on the 30th of August, but now a breakdown of visits, posts, IP's, search terms and real world user location is available.

Though this is a crosspost the long list of numbers & search terms might not at first highlight the Irish dimension. Celtic only occurs a dozen times, Dublin likewise and not one mention of Ulster. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday September 06, 2008 22:00 by Pagan O'Leary   text 10 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2008 16:54)
Anthony McIntyre, author of 'Good Friday: the death of Irish repubicanism' has been refused permission to travel to the U.S to promote the book. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Saturday September 06, 2008 12:25 by Dante getting Dizzy
Berlusconi lost a libel lawsuit against the magazine "The Economist" yesterday in a Milan court which ruled that the the July 2001 issue entitled "Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to lead Italy" did not defame him nor was untrue.

The minister of the interior in Italy has confirmed that the 3,000 troops stationed on the streets in August to fight migrants will be increased. Below are the key figures so far on how useful Italian paratroop regiments have been in the fight against the gypsy child.

Dick Cheney finishes his global tour which has included Georgia and the Ukraine, whipping up votes for a new Cold War led by John Mc Cain this evening with a joint lecture with Aznar in the Foro Ambrosetti on world leadership. The pair have been reported worldwide to have enjoyed key discussions this morning.
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