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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.
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.
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.
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
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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Freedom of Speech in the UK is Under Threat, US Ambassador Warns Audience Including Deputy PM David ... Sun Nov 23, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
David Lammy had a stark warning delivered by US ambassador Warren Stephens, who said free speech in the UK is seriously under threat from heavy-handed government rules and rising violence.
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Britain?s Public Inquiries ? Unaffordable and Unscientific Sun Nov 23, 2025 13:00 | Dr David Livermore
Britain's public inquiries are a money pit, chasing stories that suit them while ignoring the facts. David Livermore calls out the Covid Inquiry for spinning dodgy stats and brushing aside the huge harm lockdowns did.
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Thousands of Pakistanis Using Visa Loopholes for Asylum Claims Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
There are growing claims the UK's visa system is being openly gamed, with record numbers of Pakistani nationals arriving on student, work and visitor visas and then switching to asylum.
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30 Left-Wing MPs Call on Ofcom to Censor X Under the Online Safety Act. Of Course They Do Sun Nov 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
Thirty Left-wing MPs have written to Ofcom to press it to censor X under the Online Safety Act. The evidence of 'hate' on the platform is threadbare, but it's obvious why they want to clip its wings, says Laurie Wastell.
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Exposed: How Green ?Philanthropy? Writes Scripts for Ulez ?Clean Air? Activists Sun Nov 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile highlights the work of Charlotte Gill exposing how green 'philanthropy' gives scripts to activists pushing 'clean air' schemes like Ulez as blatant proxies for the climate agenda.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11I am kinda sick hearing resistance retro speak, I thought this was genuine news, if the editorial guidelines were followed then half of these posting would be disallowed.
I am all for talk on issues but when the newswire seems to be rory h + posse then that's not an open forum.
Isn't Mugabe just a total psycho!
Steve
OK you two - you want to join the editorial team and censor the trots? - or do you just want to sit back and let others do it (or not), and then whinge about it.
Hey...this is a new enough site and there aren't that many people posting original content yet.
So the newswire can be filled with press releases, reposted articles and comment.
But (a) that's only temporary, already we're seeing some good original writing and production; (b) Indymedia uses an open editorial process, so join the lists and get involved.
The strength of the multiple IMCs lies (in my opinion) not in being the event guide or in-house journal for the anti-capitalist/pro-democracy/anti-globalisation movement, but in providing a non-commercial space for autonomous and independent journalists, commentators and artists to present a message that's free from editorial bias and commercial interruptions.
I believe that a true "event guide" function is in progress, which should take away the multiple "news items" about upcoming events. Also, I would recommend that users don't fill in an organisation unless they're speaking on behalf of that group - that's what led to the slightly angry exchange on the Che news article (which wasn't actually a news report in the first place, just an ad, but that's not the point).
So rather than copy and paste from the Irish Times or even from the Zimbabwean Socialist Worker - get out there and create some content.
All are welcome, Socialist Workers, SW-hating anarchists, and even stubborn Labour members like myself. The more the merrier, as far as I'm concerned.
Though a member of the above named organizations I totall "third" what you are saying. Perhaps whose running this site should make more direct contact with groups to let them know about the site and encourage them to use it more.
Hate to use capitalist terminology but it does work......."advertise and market" dear brothers and sisters........
A good site I came across recently is
http://64.37.95.119/list/c78.htm
I know, weird http address, but it gives a big list of development organizations based in Ireland. About 120 or so. All should be mailed. Ideally rung as well, or at least those that don't reply should be rung.
The "Source" book is also an excellent directory of humanitarian/left wing groups. Can be got from Substainable Ireland in Rathmines. They might have it on the web by now. I have a copy of last years one and also another directory, cant rem. who published it.
When I get time I will get the whole che-bang on-line.
If I can find these 2 books I can always lend them to ye.
So as you said, "concerndz", "come on, anarchists, rts,ers, libertarians, awkwards squadders, greens...get posting"!! Though different org's, and slightly different ideologies, we're ALL in this together.
Lets use this capitalist invention to bring it down and bring PEACE, JUSTICE, HARMONY AND EQUALITY back to this beautiful world of ours that has been and is being f**ked up. To bring an end to the death and misery of billions.
Mike.
1) Socialists have as much right to use the IMC as anybody else - Anarchist, Green, whatever.
On the UK IMC whenever some unfortunate SWPer posts anything there is likely to be followed by a couple of an anonymous comments, full of abuse (I've even seen blatantly misogynist statements like "SWP girls look like they wash in chip pans" and so on). Now I am not a fan of the SWP, and the British version has all of the flaws of the Irish one many times magnified, but I wouldn't want to see that kind of thing happening here.
2) A larger proportion of the users of this IMC are likely to be Socialists than is the case with many other IMCs. Some IMCs are dominated by a mixture of Anarchists, anarchoids and single issue and charity activists. In Ireland those parts of the left are numerically weaker than in many other places. Organised anarchism here probably doesn't amount to three dozen people (although, curiously, the main Irish anarchist outfit has a much better activist record than most far larger groups abroad). Add the Socialist groups, Socialist Party, Workers Party, SWP, IRSP and so on and you have many hundreds of activists (and in the case of the Socialist Party many more supporters).
3) Daithi suggests that people only list their affiliations if they are speaking on behalf of an organisation. I would disagree. Personally I prefer to know who I am reading and I think that others are better off to know where I am coming from when reading anything I write.
fxxxk these moaners - can't even write - RTsers greens and freaks have been involved in imc since day 1.
"Organised anarchism here probably doesn't amount to three dozen people"
Thank god for that - organised anarchism?? Jesus!
I agree with Brian's comments on this. Also very good comments from Daithi and Michael O'Connell. After all we've more in common than seperates us. We're all opposed to the current capitalist system and we all want to change it. Our methods, tactics and specific policies may differ but we've more in common than we might think. As an example of co-operation amongst different factions on the Left its great to see that the AFI -Anarchist Federation Ireland are supporting next Saturday's Anti-Racist Demo in Dublin and they put an aricle on the Newswire that I've copied below.
Anti-Racist demo
by AFI -Anarchist Federation Ireland Sat, Mar 16 2002, 5:38pm
ireaf@yahoo.ie
The AFI -Anarchist Federation Ireland calls all anarchists to show their support for the anti-racist demo this Saturday, March 23rd at Central Bank Plaza. (full story)
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Guess what, the telemarketing department in Indymedia has decided to lose their chains and take up snorkelling.
If there are people who should know about Indymedia, then by the power vested in Celtic Cowboy by the Open Publishing contract, he says to you - make the calls.
Say they should use Indymedia.
Say they can link to their content, announce events and propose features.
We'll start a discussion about our links pages if someone wants to.
(PS - its good manners to post what you're doing on the list - not for approval, information: you have to think it's a good thing).
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-ireland
Like I said above SHUT UP YOU PACK OF PILLOCKS. Thats not news its just idiocy. who ever has somthing decent to say post it. This site is not central europe in the world wars, we are not battling for territory. If you are all gonna continue with this crap then do it somewhere else.
Good point from Brian - it does help to know where you're coming from. The problem is, however, that it can cause a little confusion - for example, when Joe Carolan posted a long message with the title "Cuba- what revolutionary socialists say" and entered it as Joe Carolan, Globalise Resistance - it led the reader to some assumptions;
GR have a policy on Cuba
GR are revolutionary socialists (the article, which may have been taken from another source, used "we" all the way through)
Which, I'm sure, would be news to some GR activists/members. And the article was quite good, and almost persuasive, but seemed to be closer to SWP policy.