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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 Friday April 04, 2003 17:30 by Defenestration Deluxe   text 1 comment (last - friday april 04, 2003 22:19)
US to declare victory with or without Saddam surrender: report The US administration plans to declare victory in Iraq in due course, whether or not Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants have capitulated, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing US officials. http://www.scmp.com/ --- Surrender Not Expected http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23898-2003Apr3.html Top US army man stood down (afp) http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6239813%255E25778,00.html 'Aim point is Baghdad' http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/5447023.htm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 17:13 by pat c
Latin America Week ("Free" Trade, Corporate Globalisation) presents: Solidarity Fair Sunday April 6 2003, 1 to 5 pm Oak Room, Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 16:46 by RightThinkers   text 2 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 16:56)
Tactics denominated as "Lilliputians" and "invisible" give an appearance of spontaneity to what is in reality a huge anti-establishment articulation - Short and mid-term objectives for Europe, United States, Latin America and India Some of the subjects which will also be raised: * Worldwide Social Forum and Venezuela * Movement Without Land: radical, cool headed and mystical * Communist Cuba in the Worldwide Social Forum * Worldwide Social Forum: the "volunteerism" dilemma read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 16:31 by David Mertens   text 13 comments (last - saturday april 05, 2003 18:27)
Wednesday 9th April at 7.30pm The people have had enough. Enough of elements of the population protesting against the righteous action os the US led coalition. IT IS TIME TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD! We will be holding a counter demonstration to the Women's symphony this wednesday. The protest will not only be peaceful but will also remain within the law. Please Attend. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 16:15 by jevc   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 06, 2003 07:46)
A touching piece of news on how one company is trying to make a difference before and after the War. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 16:02 by So far we have no information
Not embedded reporters get captured or simply killed! By evil Saddam? No, by nice Americans: 'So far we have no information !' the usual statement (this time by Powell) read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 15:43 by anne conway   text 1 comment (last - friday april 04, 2003 17:19)
Women's Protest at Dail. Make a Symphony of Noise at the Dail next Wednesday at 7.30pm. Bring pans and lids/spoons and make our opposition to the war heard by banging out a Symphony of Protest. Speakers and Singers and plenty of sound. Our empty pots will symbolize the food shortages Iraqi families have suffered particulary the children, as a result of sanctions and now the war. The sounds we will make are to symbolize the dreadful noise of bombs and explosions the people of Iraq have to live and die through. Let the Government hear us as Women opposing this barbaric war on Wednesday next. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 15:21 by Eoin O'M.   text 5 comments (last - saturday april 05, 2003 14:43)
I received this help from a family member in Spain this morning: read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 15:19 by Graham Caswell
The dual mandate, whereby politicans can sit on local councils as well as in the Dáil, is coming to an end. Its about time. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 14:17 by A Proud Anti Indo Protester   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 25, 2009 12:32)
RINGSEND By Brendan O'Connor read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 13:52 by kokomero   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 05, 2003 01:08)
Tony Blair's government tightened the screws on Israel's illegal West Bank settlements yesterday by warning British food and agricultural importers that they will now be liable for taxes on zero-rated goods which are not genuinely Israeli. Less than 10% of Israel's farms exports are said to emanate from the West Bank, but such goods are used to defray the heavy cost of subsidising the settlements from Palestinian attacks. For instance a lone settler occupying a hilltop in the West Bank illegally is being guarded by 6 troops to the tune of $27,000 a month! Your money is going to subsidise illegal settlements and ethnic cleansing if you buy Israeli goods! Boycott Israel! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 13:09 by ifir
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has once again revealed its obvious read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 13:06 by Sean
FIRST MAJOR SUCCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN Radio Havana Cuba announced yesterday that the Five had been freed from isolation due to the international attention of campaigns just like this one. The Irish Campaign extends its thanks to all those who wrote, faxed, phoned and emailed the US authorities. Your actions have brought untold relief to the Five and their families. We intend to build on this success and will call on your support again and again until the Five are returned to their families. But for today you may have a day off TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESS. WELL DONE TO ONE AND ALL! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 12:04 by alwaysshariff
On 27 March, US armed forces were reported to have fired missiles with cluster bomblets near Najaf, while on 26 March it was reported that UK Harrier jets had dropped cluster bombs on Iraqi troops. Allegations have also been made that cluster bombs have been dropped on the city of Basra and may be responsible for civilian deaths and injuries read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 11:44 by kokomero   text 5 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 16:58)
While these accusations are not new, their significance is increased given the Al Samoud missiles were one of the pretexts the US/K used for going to war on Iraq. It will be interesting to see if they are trundled out as a pretext for action against Egypt once the war in Iraq is over? How involved is Israel in developing US military strategy and targeting? US and Israeli intelligence sources allege that Western and US technology obtained by Egyptian government-owned companies is being sent to Pyongyang and is adapted and returned as advanced missile components for Egypt's medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) programme. The same Israeli sources claim that Egypt has 'Scud C' missiles with a range of 500km. The missiles Cairo is now developing, the sources said, are believed to nearly double that range. Israeli and US officials differ over the extent of Egypt's missile programme and its threat to the read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 11:26 by Justin Moran   text 13 comments (last - saturday april 05, 2003 01:47)
Transcript of Dáil debate last night between Joe Costello, Joe Higgins and Michael McDowell. So did Joe shake the Garda's hand? Somehow, I doubt it. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 11:19 by Prankster...
North Dakota, still illegal to live together outside of marraige. OK so it aint the Taliban, but don't this stink of christian fundamentalism? And this is after a recent vote, in which the representatives of the good people of north dakota voted to keep the 113 year law on the books. It may not be real news, but if I lived there I'd be a criminal, along with my wicked partner........ http://breaking.examiner.ie/2003/04/04/story94229.html read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 11:18 by hopespringseternal
"Our reporters have striven, frequently in very dangerous circumstances, to present to the Irish people an objective assessment of what is happening on the ground in Iraq. " read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 11:02 by James McKenna   text 2 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 13:10)
When we hear "Fr" Iggy O'Donovan slam Peace protestors on RTE we should not forget his pedigree peers for signs of his motivation. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 10:55 by Gerald Taiaiake Alfred, 2003   text 4 comments (last - sunday april 06, 2003 08:04)
Now I believe that all of the Native American soldiers and marines over there in Iraq, along with every one of the Black and Hispanic troopers who, put together, make up sixty percent of the U.S. military's front line, should be asking themselves, "Why are we doing the white man's dirty work?" read full story / add a comment
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