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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
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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Preparations for Evian: GR Meeting Slams Privatisation

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday May 15, 2003 22:53author by Hansard Report this post to the editors

A Report from GR Meeting in Liberty Hall, 15th May.

There was a very positive mood at the Globalise Resistance (GR) meeting tonight in Liberty Hall. The meeting concerned the upcoming protests at the G8 summit in Evian, France, which GR are organising two buses to at the end of the month. There were a number of contributions from a range of speakers.

Cllr. Clare Daly (Socialist Party & SIPTU Shop Steward) spoke about the multinationals that withdrew from the Swords area and the process of privatisation in Dublin Airport. In Aer Lingus there were 3000 job losses, cuts in sick pay & holidays, and there was a lower quality of service due to preparations for privatisation. She made the point that privatisation was in reality a "theft of the taxpayer" and "legalised robery". Quoting James Connolly, Clare mentioned that our movement was "the great anti-theft movement".

Bill McCamley (CIE woker director & SIPTU member) spoke about the neo-liberal agenda being carried out in Dublin Bus. He was scathing of the neutered Trade Unions and the "weasal words from Pat Rabbitte" and the other established political parties. The argument for privatisation from the Government were based on "lies and half truths from Seamus Brennan". Bill informed the meeting of Dublin Bus workers establishing strike committees and the determination to resist the break-up of public transport.

Rory Hearne (Globalise Resistance & Socialist Workers' Party) spoke about the blatent imperialism that was evident in the War on Iraq. Rory also spoke about the potential to build a movement here in Ireland, especially with Ireland holding the EU Presidency next year. Other speakers included Gene Simons (Debt and Development Coalition), Donnachadha Ó Brian (Attac) and Aoife (Ógra Shinn Féin).

There were two main contributions from the floor - from Joe Carolan (Socailist Workers' Party) and Oisín Kelly (incoming UCDSU Education Officer & Socialist Party). Joe argued that the EU is not an organisation that is in the interests of workers in Europe or internationally. He also made the point that Evian will be very inspiring for most going. Oisín spoke about the corporatisation agenda in Education, in particular in UCD. Oisín also mentioned the need for ordinary people to "wage a war over resources- a fight for democratic public ownership".

GR will have a protest at the Dept of Transport on 26th May. The GR buses going to Evian will leave Dublin on Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th May, returning on Tuesday 3rd.

author by IMC readerpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 12:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The posting above, basically a piece of propaganda for Globalise Resistance, with 0 news value, has been posted before as a comment here: http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=48515&start=10 (The Good Bus is Go) therefore it must be removed.

author by Raypublication date Fri May 16, 2003 13:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The article was posted here _before_ it was added as a comment to the Good Bus article. Maybe the comment should be deleted?

author by Pist off! - nonepublication date Fri May 16, 2003 13:42author address author phone Report this post to the editors

IMC Reader, The GR report above is feedback from a meeting- a meeting I would have loved to have gone to and am glad to read about. Report lets me know what happened, etc. that constitutes 'news value' to me. How dare you presume you have a monopoly here- deciding what shouldn't and shouldn't be termed news. If you cut the sectarian bullshit, got off your arse and did something worthwhile you might legitimise your existence- otherwise fuck off!

author by me too!publication date Fri May 16, 2003 13:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yeah, i found the report back from the GR meeting interesting too. particulatly in relation to the discussion on privatisation. Just because you dislike GR, IMC reader, doesn't give you the right to censor a news article the rest of us might like to see.

author by mwah - hahahahapublication date Fri May 16, 2003 14:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

It is posted twice and one of them should be deleted. probably the comment.

author by IMC readerpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 14:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The article was posted as comment in a previous thread therefore it must be revomed.

author by R Isible - 1 of IMCpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 18:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Ray has already answered the question. The comment was posted by someone after the newswire post had gone up. The newswire report stays, the comment goes.

author by Confusedpublication date Sat May 17, 2003 20:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The "two main contributions from the floor"? That's a new one on me. Nobody else (like ordinary folks) were worth recording?

author by Badmanpublication date Mon May 19, 2003 12:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The SP and SWP agreed in advance to have one 'main comment' from the floor each to be reported as the 'mood from the trenches'. This was freely decided at a meeting of the eternal leadership, Little Lenins 1 & 2. That's democracy - surely you can't have a problem with the will of the proletariat? You didn't really think that anyone gives a shit what the rest of ye nobodies think, did you?

author by I was at the meetingpublication date Mon May 19, 2003 18:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I was there. There was no restriction on anyone speaking.

Get over your hangups about the SWP and SP and get a life.

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