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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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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 22, 2025 00:43 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
The post Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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New Irish socialist newspaper launched

category national | arts and media | news report author Thursday July 05, 2007 15:54author by ISNerauthor email irishsocialistnetwork at dublin dot ie Report this post to the editors

First issue of 'Resistance' is now available

The first issue of the new Irish Socialist Network paper, 'Resistance' (the July/August edition), is now available.

The Dublin North-West Branch of the Irish Socialist Network has long produced a local newsletter, which is primarily distributed in the Finglas area. That will continue. However, a publication group drawn from the three ISN branches (Dublin Central, Dublin North West and Belfast) is now committed to regularly producing a new national paper, which has been titled 'Resistance'.

This is a full-colour production and is free. Copies can be obtained from any ISN member or (within the next few days) from a range of outlets that include Books Upstairs and Connolly Books in Dublin, and the Quay Coop and Barracka Books in Cork.

You can also get free copies by writing to the ISN at irishsocialistnetwork@dublin.ie

Several thousand copies of the first issue of 'Resistance' have been printed and the ISN hopes to gradually increase the print-run as national distribution networks and contacts develop.

Articles include:

'Election Shock: Tweedledum Wins!' (by Colm Breathnach)

'Standing with Palestine - But how?' (by David Landy, IPSC - pers cap)

'Racism and the new immigrants' (by Rosanna Flynn - RAR, pers cap)

'PSNI - Old cops, New cops' (by Brendan Harrison)

'Socialists and Elections' (by Ed Walsh)

'Saving the Planet? The Left and the Environment' (by Fintan Lane)

'The Scandal of Shannon Warport' (by Fintan Lane)

'The Nurses and Social Partnership' (by Stephen Lewis)

'Book Review: The Politics of Michael Davitt' (by Fintan Lane)

'Interview with Hands off the People of Iran Campaign' (conducted by Colm Breathnach)

...and more.

Related Link: http://www.irishsocialist.net

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   re. outlets     me    Thu Jul 05, 2007 16:16 
   Fair play!     anon    Thu Jul 05, 2007 18:27 
   What     bothways party    Thu Jul 05, 2007 19:39 
   umm...     isn member    Thu Jul 05, 2007 19:43 
   Good paper     Deirdre C    Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:32 
   Who are Authoritarians?     Buck Rodgers    Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:45 
   Buck     Flash Gordon    Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:50 
   The truly democratic left     Deirdre Clancy    Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:44 
   Nothing but the same old story     Joe Soap    Fri Jul 06, 2007 13:00 
 10   Really?     Joan soap    Fri Jul 06, 2007 13:39 
 11   Mr Soap     isn member    Fri Jul 06, 2007 13:55 
 12   Joe Soap     Deirdre Clancy    Fri Jul 06, 2007 14:14 
 13   PDF Link     d'other    Fri Jul 06, 2007 18:19 
 14   Fraid not     ISNer    Fri Jul 06, 2007 21:38 
 15   suave     talksport    Fri Jul 06, 2007 22:31 
 16   Fair play ISN     Starstruck    Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:23 
 17   Cork outlets     update    Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:52 
 18   Availability     Ciarán    Sat Jul 07, 2007 18:54 
 19   Depends     ISNer    Sat Jul 07, 2007 19:17 
 20   question     eeekkkk    Sun Jul 08, 2007 00:03 
 21   answer     Late night ISNer    Sun Jul 08, 2007 01:27 
 22   A suggestion     Future Reader    Sun Jul 08, 2007 02:43 
 23   Will it be fun?     Sir Ken    Sun Jul 08, 2007 08:09 
 24   Sir Kenneth     Mr Fish    Sun Jul 08, 2007 16:08 
 25   one of the articles     me    Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:20 
 26   Sir Ken     historian    Mon Jul 09, 2007 13:37 
 27   can't please all of the people all of the time...     hmm    Mon Jul 09, 2007 13:52 
 28   Good point about the publications     Deirdre C    Mon Jul 09, 2007 14:28 
 29   Problem of Space     Dub    Mon Jul 09, 2007 14:42 
 30   Of course     historian    Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:19 
 31   Dull     Deirdre Cl    Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:45 
 32   "Resistance"     isn member    Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:46 
 33   Skibbereen     another isn member    Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:50 
 34   What are you saying?     Dub    Mon Jul 09, 2007 17:06 
 35   confused sniper     someone who's not you    Mon Jul 09, 2007 17:39 
 36   shes saying that     bill    Mon Jul 09, 2007 18:08 
 37   Between dulness and distraction     Caoimhin Og    Tue Jul 10, 2007 09:44 
 38   Explain myself     Deirdre Cl    Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:28 
 39   A few examples     Peter Mannion    Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:30 
 40   jeez     me    Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:37 
 41   ?     MOD    Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:55 
 42   Tired     Deirdre Cl    Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:13 
 43   ??     MOD    Tue Jul 10, 2007 14:20 
 44   nice job     w.    Tue Jul 10, 2007 15:23 
 45   Hmmm     Deirdre Cl    Tue Jul 10, 2007 16:15 
 46   MOD = Ministry of Defence (Left-field)     me    Tue Jul 10, 2007 16:15 
 47   ???     MOD    Tue Jul 10, 2007 23:04 
 48   MOD     me    Tue Jul 10, 2007 23:42 
 49   Me     MOD - Personal Capacity    Wed Jul 11, 2007 09:18 
 50   mmm...ok     me    Wed Jul 11, 2007 09:40 
 51   Me     MOD/Miriam Cotton    Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:50 
 52   Clarity     Deirdre Cl    Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:20 
 53   'On becoming a personal anarchist'     Miriam    Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:31 
 54   Fáilte     D_D    Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:00 
 55   Warning     Miriam    Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:55 
 56   To whom it may concern     MichaelY    Wed Jul 11, 2007 13:08 
 57   buzzing along     Deirdre Cl    Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:07 
 58   Higgins Show?!     SP voter    Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:40 
 59   Let's start a campaign ...     Deirdre Cl    Thu Jul 12, 2007 14:11 
 60   Interesting discussion up to a point     Sir Ken    Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:02 
 61   Ramparts     Commoner Barbie    Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:11 
 62   ...     historian    Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:34 
 63   Preachiness and the Historian     reader    Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:57 
 64   Reader     historian    Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:52 
 65   An Phoblacht     An actual Historian    Fri Jul 13, 2007 13:44 
 66   An actual historian = SP     reader    Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:05 
 67   No     An actual Historian    Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:11 
 68   eye of the beholder     reader    Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:34 
 69   free v. sale     reader    Fri Jul 13, 2007 15:26 
 70   free versus sale (again)     reader    Fri Jul 13, 2007 15:36 
 71   The choice isn't either/or     Mark P    Fri Jul 13, 2007 17:27 
 72   Perceived worth     MOD    Fri Jul 13, 2007 18:27 
 73   Possibly     Mark P    Fri Jul 13, 2007 19:01 
 74   Dunno     anon    Fri Jul 13, 2007 19:15 
 75   Mark P     Happy to help    Fri Jul 13, 2007 20:18 
 76   em...yeah     isn'er    Fri Jul 13, 2007 21:57 
 77   Isner     Mark P    Fri Jul 13, 2007 22:44 
 78   A nation waits (still)     Still happy, still helping (I hope)    Fri Jul 13, 2007 22:59 
 79   Marks out of ten, or up to five stars?     Mark P    Fri Jul 13, 2007 23:11 
 80   a partial answer     isn'er    Fri Jul 13, 2007 23:14 
 81   indeed     isn'er    Fri Jul 13, 2007 23:20 
 82   Park M     Happy Clappy Smiley    Sat Jul 14, 2007 00:09 
 83   Thanks     Mark P    Sat Jul 14, 2007 01:55 
 84   Now you're talking     Sir Ken    Sat Jul 14, 2007 02:38 
 85   best wishes     mickb    Sat Jul 14, 2007 14:43 
 86   Mark P     isn'er    Sun Jul 15, 2007 22:12 


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