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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 Monday April 07, 2003 13:39 by JYZ   text 3 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 22:27)
Business Briefs - 03 April 2003 - THE United States Air Force has expressed an interest in purchasing Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 13:38 by Ticket in the brim of my hat   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 29, 2004 03:30)
When Bush and Blair come to town, the channels of communication go quiet. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 13:36 by Hilda Robinson   text 3 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 22:21)
On the Dáil record the Taoseach, under questioning from Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party- Dublin West), admitted that President George W Bush thanked the Irish Government for use of Shannon. Here is text of Dáil record: read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 13:23 by Lisa   text 2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 15:03)
Cyclists leaving Queens Uni at 2;30 today to go to hillsborugh. Buses at 4:30 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 12:32 by ipsiphi iosaf O'as-if   text 3 comments (last - thursday april 10, 2003 14:51)
The most famous symbol of Urban resistance has been covered in Derry. As a protest against the visit of Bush2, activists in Derry have covered the "You are Entering Free Derry". read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 11:48 by Astrid   text 18 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 16:32)
Today's Irish Times (April 7th) quotes SWP and IAWM (unelected) leader Richard Boyd Barrett as saying that painting Celia Larkin's beauty shop was "inappropriate". Celia is Bertie's partner and a Fianna Fail supporter. Even the Sinn Fein gang who are meeting Bush and Blair refused to say anything negative about the painters (Sunday Independent, April 6th).RBB want's to appear no more threatening than the Greens, he will be contesting next year's local elections in Dun Laoghaire. Did he get agreement from the IAWM committee before making his comment as leader of the IAWM? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 09:35 by Bearrah   text 4 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 14:02)
Not a good profile Sinn Fein..... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 08:24 by John Barry   text 2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 12:24)
The Northern Ireland Green Party leader, Dr. John Barry and the Foreign Affairs spokesperson of the Irish Green Party/Comhantoas Glas, John Gormley TD have issued a joint press statement condemning the visit to Hillsborough by US President George Bush. Members of the Green Parties North and South will join the protests organised by the Irish Anti-War Movement for 6pm tomorrow evening outside Hillsborough. Commenting on suggestions that the PSNI are going to close the village to protesters, Dr. called it an "unnecessary development that indicates the levels of anxiety by President Bush about not wanting to hear the anti-war majority". He also added that he hoped the decision to close Hillsborough Village was not an indication of a "heavy handed and aggressive policing approach to the protests of the sort we recently witnessed outside the Irish Parliament last Wednesday, where the Irish police acted completely unprofessionally and aggressively". He said that read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 06:22 by George LoBuono   text 2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 11:33)
Have they quietly slipped over the edge, once again, while no one was watching? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 02:45 by Dirtythug   text 5 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 12:11)
In Greece things are becoming clear again. Time to counter-attack. Any information will help. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 07, 2003 01:25 by Seige of Hillsborough   text 2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 13:25)
The Siege of Hillsborough Castle Monday the 7th of April. ######################### The Arrival of George Bush and Tony Blair at Hillsborough Castle is to be met with little welcome from the public of Northern Ireland. People are already arriving from all over Britain and Ireland to 'lay siege' to Hillsborough Castle. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 22:55 by Eoin Dubsky
Fri April 4, 2003 12:05 PM ET | By Michael Roddy | SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Conor Cregan knew before it landed that the plane flying into Shannon airport on Ireland's west coast early on Friday morning was one of the charters used to carry U.S. troops to Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 20:32 by Anti-Fa   text 2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 04:20)
Just a quick question! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 20:16 by Ruairi   text 1 comment (last - monday april 07, 2003 09:20)
US leadership ‘not viable’ - Irish conventioneer EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The US cannot sustain its current power, so Europe needs to look closely at its future security needs. That was the stark warning from a leading member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, on Tuesday. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 18:15 by springer   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 06, 2003 19:06)
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 16:15 by Donal   text 3 comments (last - sunday april 06, 2003 17:27)
It is one incident among many in a new tide of censorship spreading beyond just schools. Last week, a mall in Guilderland, N.Y., banned T-shirts with the slogans "Peace on Earth" and "Give Peace a Chance." read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 15:46 by Aunti World cop   text 7 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 10:54)
OTTAWA - Red Cross doctors who visited southern Iraq this week saw "including a truckload of dismembered women and children, a spokesman said Thursday from Baghdad. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 15:38 by Aoife Ni Fhearghail   text 6 comments (last - monday april 07, 2003 11:15)
There are still seats available on the third bus leaving Dublin at 1.30 monday afternoon to go to Hillsborough - book your seat by ringing Aoife on 087 7955013. Costs €15 or €12 (unwaged) read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 06, 2003 14:49 by KJI Fan   text 3 comments (last - friday february 11, 2005 15:28)
There are many anecdotes about leader Kim Jong Il during his historic visit to the Russian Federation. Mysterious natural phenomena took place in Hasan, Novosibirsk, Omsk and other places he went. The rain which had lasted for a week or ten days stopped all of a sudden and the sun began shining. On seeing these phenomena, Russians praised him as a legendary great man capable of controlling nature. read full story / add a comment
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