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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 Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? Sat Nov 22, 2025 15:00 | Noah Carl
Is the era of cheap internet surveys over? A new paper demonstrates that AIs can now be "trivially programmed" to answer online surveys in ways that are essentially indistinguishable from humans.
The post Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History Sat Nov 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
We're a week away from the most painful Budget in history thanks largely to the eye-watering cost of lockdown. Yet Baroness Hallett says next time the Government must be ready to go harder and faster. This is insanity.
The post Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:00 | Charlotte Gill
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
The post Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran Sat Nov 22, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
The Crown Prosecution Service is appealing against the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who was convicted of burning the Quran in a protest, reigniting fears Britain could introduce blasphemy laws by the back door.
The post CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border C... Sat Nov 22, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
World Kindness Day may have passed you by. But it won't have passed by your children, whose school will have been sure to teach that climate action and open borders are essential elements of 'kindness', says Steven Tucker.
The post World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border Cults appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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No Responsibility for Waste = Privitisation = Incineration

category national | environment | news report author Thursday October 16, 2003 11:10author by Niall ÓB - Greensauthor email niallob at esatclear dot ie Report this post to the editors

It is clear from comments made by Martin Cullen yesterday at the launch of his latest campaign to tackle waste that privitisation and incineration are firmly on the Governments agenda. However the amount of waste we produce is clearly at an unacceptably high level. If the people of Ireland do not take more responsibility for our waste by reducing, reusing and recycling we will all lose out in the longer term.

The Environmental Protection Agency said household and commercial waste grew by over 30pc in the past three years, while landfill space is dwindling.

Landfills in six of the 10 regions nationwide have less than three years' capacity left.
Every person in Ireland produces 700kg of waste each year - over three times the Dutch rate.

The minister for the Environment claimed burning rubbish and illegal dumping were far more damaging than incinerators.

The minister said while people had genuine worries about landfills and incinerators, there had been considerable "misinformation" around the debate.

He claimed burning rubbish and illegal dumping were far more damaging than incinerators.

Ireland only recycles 13pc of waste at present. While in Galway City over 50% is now recycled and the amount of waste produced per capita has also dramatically fallen.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   and in Galway     binned    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:22 
   Crap title     Joe    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:26 
   Where was NOB head?     PK    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:48 
   Figures prove bin tax does not reduce waste     stop the bin tax    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:49 
   Bin Tax HAS reduced waste     Fingal Res    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:53 
   fingal res = fingal cc pr hack     pat c    Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:59 
   Hack demands cash for his labours     Fingal Res    Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:13 
   Tanks and trucks     Mr Disco    Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:13 
   rope     pat c    Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:28 
 10   Collection stats     Ray    Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:32 
 11   How the FFers work with the RTEers!     .    Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:59 
 12   Blaming people but not the corporations/capitalism     Terry    Thu Oct 16, 2003 13:37 
 13   Look to elsewhere     galway resident    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:01 
 14   Yes, look to elsewhere     Ray    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:07 
 15   ray     galway resident    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:16 
 16   Reply to pat c     SDR    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:27 
 17   We've already paid that money     Ray    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:28 
 18   ray     galway resident    Thu Oct 16, 2003 14:39 
 19   No, that's not true     Ray    Thu Oct 16, 2003 15:10 
 20   Reply to Terry     Niall ÓB    Thu Oct 16, 2003 16:54 
 21   and if you don't challenge Big Business     random input    Thu Oct 16, 2003 17:00 
 22   GP method     Joe    Thu Oct 16, 2003 17:07 
 23   Hold on one minute     Niall ÓB    Thu Oct 16, 2003 17:39 
 24   pollutor pays     conor (wsm personal capacity)    Thu Oct 16, 2003 17:46 
 25   all of the above     lish    Thu Oct 16, 2003 17:57 
 26   Reply to Niall     Terry    Thu Oct 16, 2003 18:13 
 27   Statistics ???     Niall ÓB    Thu Oct 16, 2003 18:17 
 28   Glass bottles?     Ray    Thu Oct 16, 2003 18:24 
 29   Re: Statistics + Recycling     Terry    Thu Oct 16, 2003 18:31 
 30   Patronising Green B****x     North Inner City Dub    Thu Oct 16, 2003 18:38 
 31   To North Inner City Dub     Patronising Green B****x    Thu Oct 16, 2003 19:29 
 32   Control waste     Green    Thu Oct 16, 2003 20:40 
 33   How about a Mass Shop And Drop !!!     Dede    Thu Oct 16, 2003 22:56 
 34   shop and drop     conor (wsm personal capacity)    Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:27 
 35   Shop 'n drop idea     .    Sat Oct 18, 2003 13:14 
 36   one bit of legislation we can use - in the shops     pasionaria    Sat Oct 18, 2003 19:58 
 37   Re. The Litter Act     mr. dubious    Sat Oct 18, 2003 21:28 
 38   OK I think I found it ..... Section 29 of the Waste Management Act of 1996     mr. dubious    Sat Oct 18, 2003 21:36 
 39   You might want to check     binned    Tue Oct 21, 2003 22:41 
 40   thats supposed to read on site not in site     binned    Tue Oct 21, 2003 22:43 


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