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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 Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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

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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.
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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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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday June 28, 2003 15:48 by John Reimann   text 53 comments (last - thursday july 03, 2003 20:37)
Recently there was an exchange of letters between Labor's Militant Voice and Alan McCombes of the Scottish Socialist Party. (Letters can be seen on web site www.laborsmilitantvoice.com) The following is a reply to Alan McCombes and takes up some of the issues he raises in his letter. read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Saturday June 28, 2003 11:31 by Anonymous   text 2 comments (last - monday june 30, 2003 18:23)
28th June 2003

URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY

Apologies for the short notice on this important action. This piece of news has just reached our office today, so please if you have a wee bit
of time do make it count.

Part of the programme for the Debt and Development Coalition, which is EU
supported for 2003/2005 is entitled "Democratising Global Decision Making
on Debt and Adjustment".

So here is an urgent action for all of us, in helping to progress that goal.

Sincerely
Anne Reilly
Education and Campaigns

Debt and Development Coalition Ireland
All Hallows, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra
Dublin 9 Ph/Fax: (01) 857 1828
email: ddc@connnect.ie
website: www.debtireland.org read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday June 28, 2003 03:31 by Fintan Lane   text 6 comments (last - sunday may 09, 2004 15:49)
A public meeting was held in Cork on Thursday evening to discuss the ongoing slaughter in the Congo. More than 3.5 million people have died in the Congo since 1998 as a result of war, but little interest has been shown internationally. The 50 or more people at the meeting (including many from the local African community) voted to publish the following open letter to the Irish government: read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday June 27, 2003 17:45 by paul otoole   text 19 comments (last - tuesday july 01, 2003 17:31)
u.s. big guns show up in Kilrush court house co. clare Ireland read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday June 27, 2003 16:47 by Andrew   text 4 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 19:15)
Todays issue of the Israeli liberal paper Haaretz carries an article on the 'Road map' based on leaked minutes of a meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular and Democratic Fronts. Whats scary is that Abbas tells them that Bush revealed the real reasons for war on Iraq to them, "God told me to strike .. at Saddam"! read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday June 27, 2003 15:29 by Tim Hourigan   text 4 comments (last - monday july 07, 2003 15:33)
On June 3rd I received a letter from Aer Rianta's lawyers (Aurthur Cox) threatening me with imprisonment if I attend further demos at Shannon airport. Shortly afterwards, Commandant Ed Horgan and fellow planespotter and peacecamper Conor Cregan received identical threats.

see my reply to this at.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=51020&search_text=trespass

this week I got another letter, not answering my questions but repeating over and over the same threat. HERE is my reply which I will hand deliver to Aurthur Cox's offices tomorrow during Grassroots.

They don't want to debate the war, now they want to stifle protest. And these are the people who tell us they're safeguarding democracy. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday June 27, 2003 14:44 by Sylvia Pankhurst
Report on j21 demo. at Shannon airport, and on latest trial of peace activists. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 27, 2003 14:05 by redflaremist   text 6 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 17:38)
Peripheral Vision: Community at the Urban Margins.
Saturday, 28 June 2003 2 – 4 p.m.
Project, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Friday June 27, 2003 13:08 by Cleaver   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 28, 2003 23:06)
The monthy Critical mass cycle is on this evening, assemble at Garden of Rememberance on Parnell at 6pm per usual.
Join in tell your mates make some noise for the bikes..... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday June 27, 2003 09:01 by Ray   text 11 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 23:03)
(This) Sunday June 29th at 2 pm Join the picnic at the Old Head of Kinsale. (Bus leaves the Opera House, Cork City at 12.30 pm) Bring music, attitude, food and all the family. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday June 27, 2003 04:52 by Luan Mac Uaidhe   text 2 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 08:20)
Just a quick song I heard read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 17:14 by Zardoz
Colm Walsh is a Dublin based activist with Working Class Action and is in Palestine for two months working with the International Solidarity Movement. He will be sending back regular reports on the situation there. Here is the first one. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 15:04 by Claudia   text 4 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 14:37)
Three of the anti-war protesters arrested outside the city hall in Belfast on the 8th of April had to turn up in court again. Tomas' next date will be the 24th of July, even though he doesn't have to turn up himself- so far he had to come across the water from England for every hearing in court. Colette and Lucas both got adjourned to the 7th of August- the same date as some of the other protesters arrested that day. Today only two supporters made it on time, maybe we have some more next time? (Meeting outside the court at 10am). read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 13:59 by Ringsbottom Trustintruth
Will T.V. again turn its eyes to Iraq as the "rebuild" begins. Will the Massive equipment imported to dig founations and raise fallen walls ( . . . or screens), be advertised to distract public attention from reality (lack of) T.V. or will they gear up focus on impending war in Iran as public discontent thrives - encouraged under spotlights. The following is a short simple unsubstansiatable accusation I fear to be true and hope to be false. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 13:51 by john pugwash   text 6 comments (last - saturday june 28, 2003 20:17)
Just a test. Please ignore read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 13:45 by Kevin Wingfield   text 4 comments (last - friday june 27, 2003 13:16)
On Friday night Mike Gonzalez, author, broadcaster and activist will speak on Latin America: A Continent in Revolt in the Central Hotel Exchequer St Dublin at 8.00pm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 13:01 by Just Informed   text 19 comments (last - monday june 30, 2003 12:17)
Judge Joesph Mangan had a banner and placards confiscated at courthouse in Tulla then ordered Tim Hourigan out of court for "inappropriate" wearing T shirt. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 26, 2003 12:19 by Worker Communist Party of Iraq   text 7 comments (last - saturday june 28, 2003 21:34)
International Campaign to support Worker Communist Party of Iraq read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday June 25, 2003 23:25 by Fintan Lane   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 26, 2003 11:58)
Human Rights Watch Press Release, June 23, 2003 U.S. Again Uses Enemy Combatant Label to Deny Basic Rights read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday June 25, 2003 22:11 by Evelyn de Courcy-Smythe   text 14 comments (last - tuesday july 01, 2003 00:30)
Eavesdropping on a recent meeting between a well-known member of the Dublin politburo(who shall remain nameless) and some other leather-clad street musicians,I was rather taken aback to hear him threaten to counter-act any jokes or otherwise "reactionary activism", by alerting the hitherto overtly despised Garda Siochana/C.I.A. read full story / add a comment
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