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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

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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Public Inquiry
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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Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link 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.
The post Freedom of Speech in the UK is Under Threat, US Ambassador Warns Audience Including Deputy PM David Lammy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 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.
The post Britain?s Public Inquiries ? Unaffordable and Unscientific appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 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.
The post Thousands of Pakistanis Using Visa Loopholes for Asylum Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 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.
The post 30 Left-Wing MPs Call on Ofcom to Censor X Under the Online Safety Act. Of Course They Do appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 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.
The post Exposed: How Green ‘Philanthropy’ Writes Scripts for Ulez ‘Clean Air’ Activists appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Just walked length of O'Connell St 4 times and saw NO POLICE - is this a record

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday May 08, 2002 14:29author by blisset Report this post to the editors

And I was looking out for them at all times. Noon Today.

Methinks they do not want to have to deal with the irate citizens of Dublin who are currently gazing at the Evening Herald in mild disbelief in some areas and with happiness that this kind of brutality (which is usually efficiently swept under the nearest available carpet by the labrynthine and useless cop complaints procedures which exist in Ireland) is now out in the light. By the way do y'all know that the latin City Motto on lampposts all over the city translates as 'Obedient Citizens make a happy city'.

author by stevepublication date Wed May 08, 2002 14:36author email steve at steveryan dot orgauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

about 3 years ago on o'connel street at about 2 am, 3 scumbags hoped on me and as a result i had to spend the night in hospital. there were no gardai on the street, and when i did inform the gardai about the incident their response was (and i quote), "that's what you get for being on o'connell street on a saturday night."

???

this might be a bit off topic, but a guy i grew up with (he was the biggest scumbag) is now a garda. i wonder how their recruitment process works???

author by spublication date Wed May 08, 2002 14:49author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I too went to school with a guy who is now a guard much to the shock of others that went to school with him. He was a knuckle-head jock that was fond of hitting people and throwing them into lockers etc. Thoughtof him with an authority stick makes me shudder

But when you think about it some people expect guards to be emotionally uniform but thats impossible. When confronted by one you have no idea what agressions, fears, hates, phobias, quirks or fetishes that they might have. on the flip side they can be pretty cool when your in trouble yourself.

author by kiltpublication date Wed May 08, 2002 14:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

what would drive someone to be a garda?

do you really think it is because they want to help people, or is it more likely a mixture of insecurity & testosterone????

author by John - Regrowthpublication date Wed May 08, 2002 15:02author email regrowth666 at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Behind the uniform cops are people too,
Bit of a cliche but it's true.
Damaged, violent angry people
But people nonetheless
If we are serious about wanting to initiate positive change we have to find ways to integrate all this violence and hurt into the process, otherwise it gets more isolated, more alienated and more destructive. How we do this I'm not sure but we have to try. Creativity, imagination and gallons of humour and love

author by Spudmonkey - blahpublication date Wed May 08, 2002 15:11author email under_their_radar at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

i think it was the same with everybody, when i was at skool it was the macho dicks with aggression problems who went off to join the guards. However i do know one girl who really wnated to join the guards for all the right reasons, but couldn't because her fmaily had too many "dodgy" links in the past. Maybe a few guards go into the force with the belief they can do something but after 2 months in templemore they just become indoctrinated fools, even if they dont beat anyone they turn a blind eye to their colleagues as people get beaten while on the ground with their hands over their heads. The guards are unanswerable thus they are ungovernable, they are fuckin animals.

author by Cormypublication date Wed May 08, 2002 19:38author email whizine at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

The police are cunts. The type of people attracted to join the police and almost uniformly cunts. After being on the police force with such authority and the knowledge that they can put on a uniform and walk down a street telling people what to do with no comeback corrupts even young gardai with the best of intentions. All police are cunts. When I was in second year myself and my friends were continually bullied, pushed around & hit by this toughguy jovk in sixth year...guess who I often see on the beat around Dublin these days? No fucking coincidence.

author by dudeley dudepublication date Wed May 08, 2002 19:44author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Your a cunt.

Fuck you, generalising people.

I know some gardai who are nice people. The same people were repulsed by the events on monday.

I am seriously fucked off and I will be there tomorrow night but,this dosnt give anyone the right to be a bigot.

author by james redmond - socialist alternativepublication date Wed May 08, 2002 20:15author email antrophe at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Maybe you think Cormys comments are crude and bigoted, but the essential essence of them are right. The police are not their to serve our interests, anyone who joins under that illusion quickly leaves.
The illusion that the police are a socially objective force is a farce, they do not stand above society, if they ahve any function it is to stand between class antagonisms, and i dont mean stand their peacefully like some fluffy cushion, they act as a protective force for the ruling class in this country, and they do that by stamping their authority into the face of anyone who attempts to change this society and go against the dominant interest, the profit motive. They do that by standing on the heads of the working class. They stand between us and the capitalist state.This is'nt the first time that the police in ireland have attacked protestors of any form. From the lockout 1913 to the hunger strike demos of the 1980s, to the burlington and RTS and the anti capitalist movement. Developing from the embyro of the Sinn Fein 'community policing' in the War of Independence, among their first activities was the attacks hand in ahnd with the RIC on the seizure of farm land by the landless of the west. They were founded by a fascist to suppress the left in the aftermath of the civil war and they havent fucking changed...
If your friends were repulsed by events on Monday, then why don't they hand in their Badges and leave the force?

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