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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 British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class Sat Nov 22, 2025 17:00 | Finlay McLaren
The BBC's Director of Comedy wants to "save the sitcom". But the sitcom is only endangered because most of them stopped being funny. As To the Manor Born reminds us, British comedy has lost its class, says Finlay McLaren.
The post British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class appeared first on 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.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 21, 2003 14:22 by Eugene Mc Cartan   text 27 comments (last - friday august 29, 2003 13:41)
A forum for debate. August 22nd - 24th
Irish Labour History Museum
Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road,
Dublin 4:

Sunday major debate on " THE LEFT AND EUROPE"
2-30PM. Labour Party, Green Party, Socialist Party, Sinn Fein, Communist Party, Workers Party read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 21, 2003 03:59 by Bush   text 3 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 13:54)
In Portland, Oregon on August 21st, pResident bUsh will be visiting - he came there last year on August 22nd and there were pooolice riots
stay tuned to portland.indymedia.org for coverage of the 2003 police state actions in portland
-the following excerpt was heard in an anti war protest video made earlier this year in portland right before police descended upon a peaceful crowd
"this is the portland police...."
"FUCK YOU" read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday August 21, 2003 00:58 by Jay Shaft   text 15 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2003 20:56)
The U.S. and many terrorist organizations engage in killing civilians to achieve their goals. When the U.S. kills civilians as part of a war they excuse it with the term "Collateral Damage" or "Incidental Casualties". read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Wednesday August 20, 2003 22:01 by Irish Social Forum   text 19 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2003 15:22)
ISFb&fGroup ISF Summit Group Minutes (14.8.03) plus other information


A Cháirde,


Minutes of last week's meeting are below.


Also included are :


request for help doing an ISF stall in Dún Laoghaire this weekend;


report from buildings and finances group on likely costs facing us


Slán,


John read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday August 20, 2003 18:23 by Donal Mac Fhearraigh   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2003 11:32)
These details have been taken from a GR Britain e-mail. I will keep you informed with updates when they occur. donal.macfhearraigh@ucd.ie read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Wednesday August 20, 2003 13:08 by hopespringseternal   text 20 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2003 21:12)
An open meeting for chatting about new ideas for reclaim the streets etc will be held in the upstairs room in the Happenny Inn, at the Happennny bridge, D2 at 7:30pm Wednesday 20th of August read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday August 20, 2003 11:53 by Dan Breen   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2003 20:36)
Political Status for Republican POWs!

Leafleting to highlight the dirty protest and campaign for political status
in Maghaberry prison.

The GAA Football semi-final in Croke Park on Sunday, 24th August will be
leafleted to highlight the POWs campaign. The Minor is at 2pm and Kerry
play Tyrone at 3.30pm.

All interested are asked to come along and give a hand.

Meeting point is the bus stop opposite The Big Tree pub on Dorset Street
1pm. Keep and eye out for a big black banner with the slogan ?Political
Status for Republican POWs?, that?ll be us.

Organised by: Na Fianna Eireann and Working Class Action read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 20, 2003 11:50 by Davy Carlin   text 4 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 12:31)
Could we see co -ordinated, active and visual actions in Belfast and hopefully the North against the growing racist attacks on ethnic minorities. Apart from the attacks on ethnic minorites threats and attacks are starting to happen on activists opposing racism and these newly formed racist parties in the North. We need a united stance against this. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 20, 2003 10:51 by James McKenna   text 23 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2003 17:02)
According to Mary Robinson the UN in Baghdad was playing "second fiddle" to the US occupation forces and this, she says, "was not a good situation". It also appears the UN was also playing second fiddle to the World Bank in it's efforts to economically invade, impoverish and enslave the Iraqi people. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday August 19, 2003 20:18 by Gaz   text 9 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 17:30)
SCIENTISTS have discovered that high doses of fat and sugar in fast and processed foods can be as addictive as nicotine — and even hard drugs.
The research found that foods which are high in fat and sugar can cause significant changes in brain biochemistry similar to those from drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Once hooked, the researchers say, many people find it almost impossible to switch back to a healthy diet, often leading to obesity. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 19, 2003 17:43 by caoimhe butterly   text 22 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2003 18:37)
overview of situation in baghdad read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 19, 2003 17:41 by Shane OCurry
Protestors today disrupted the launch of a new transport system in Belfast, which was being hosted by John Spellar MP, the NIO Minister for Human Rights, Equality and Criminal Justice who sat on the Army Board which decreed that the two Scots Guards convicted of the murder of north Belfast teenager Peter McBride should be allowed to remain in the army.

Members of the Pat Finucane Centre held up banners demanding justice for Peter McBride as Spellar attempted to launch a new Global Positioning System for Belfast buses. Speaking afterwards, PFC spokesperson Shane O'Curry said:

"If this man thinks he can walk in here and tackle issues of human rights, equality and criminal justice while ignoring the abuse of those issues that he has been involved in, then he needs a global positioning system of his own. This man is not suitable to hold any such office, and should be removed immediately." read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 19, 2003 17:31 by Niav   text 33 comments (last - tuesday december 20, 2005 12:52)
Public Meeting this Saturday 23rd September in the Kino Cinema, Washington Street to discuss and organise a campaign to oppose the proposed By-Law Cork City Council intend on passing to ban skateboarding in Cork City. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday August 19, 2003 16:35 by James McKenna   text 4 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2003 03:13)
Thursday's massive power blackout which plunged 50 million people into darkness in the US has been claimed by Al Qaeda . While intelligence sources are vocal in their scepticism that their "enemy" is so clever, energy experts agree it is possible. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday August 19, 2003 14:46 by Mercian socialist   text 24 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 00:57)
The Mercian Socialist Party has been formed by socialists of various traditions to fight for an independent socialist Mercia. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 18, 2003 18:24 by Shane OCurry
The position of controversial NIO Minister John Spellar is looking increasingly precarious today following the decision of Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan to boycott his office. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday August 18, 2003 18:02 by Wud u adam and eve it!   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 19, 2003 15:42)
And the BNP wanna be respectable? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 18, 2003 14:23 by Ali H.   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 19, 2003 18:52)
In yesterdays Sunday Tribune there was an interesting piece om the former Ugandan dictator Idi Amins links to Israel. Naturally when one thinks of Idi Amin and Israel one's mind goes back to Entebbe in 1976. In fact Amin's coup was backed by the Brits and the Israelis, each of who had their own agendas. Israels in particular was to undermine the Sudanese regieme which was friendly with Egypt by backing the Christian rebels in the South of the country, a conflict that persists to this day. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday August 18, 2003 14:14 by Concerned and Disillusioned CPSU members An Post   text 22 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 20:05)
CPSU An Post
Clerical grade and pay restructuring
The latest proposals for clerical grade and pay restructuring represents a complete collapse on the part of our union negotiators. From a position of strength at a time when the new CEO of An Post, Declan Curtin could not afford a dispute they appear to have lost their bottle and rolled over selling our souls. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / press release Monday August 18, 2003 12:21 by Jerry Cornelius   text 6 comments (last - friday august 22, 2003 11:37)
Go along to the National Gallery, these shows are free, it for you, for everyone, not just the cognoscenti.The NGI organises of lectures and tours and provides support for the schools’ curricula and introducing adults to the history of art. A Teacher’s Resource Pack is published by its Education Department. Art for the People!
(Full details below) read full story / add a comment
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