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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 Tuesday March 25, 2003 00:02 by Anti-War?   text 11 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 22:00)
I wanted to join the human shields in Baghdad because it was direct action which had a chance of bringing the anti-war movement to the forefront of world attention. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 23:53 by UNWire et al.
Pellet also criticized France for allowing U.S. planes to fly over its territory. "One does not cooperate, even passively, with an aggressor," he wrote (Alain Pellet, Le Monde, March 22, UN Wire translation). read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 23:17 by reuters feedroom   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2003 23:20)
For anyone with broadband access, video footage from Iraqi hospitals courtesy of Reuters Feedroom .... Sound track is in Arabic though .... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 22:51 by islam online   text 7 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 16:54)
MANAMA, March 24 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - A strong blast occurred Monday night, March 24, 2003 in Bahrain near the U.S. Jufair military base which serves as headquarters of the Navy's Fifth Fleet. The explosion that was heard at around 1900 GMT shook residences near the base but it was not immediately possible to determine if the blast came from inside or outside the base, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). http://www.islam-online.net/english/News/2003-03/24/article22.shtml read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 22:39 by Niall Farrell   text 6 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 14:17)
The Galway Alliance Against War held a two hour long funeral ceremony outside the constituency offices of the local Fianna Fail Minister, Eamon O Cuiv, in Galway this morning to mark the death of the De Valera & Frank Aiken tradition of Irish neutrality. There were 12 mourners in attendance as the coffin of Irish neutrality draped in the Tricolour was put on public display. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 21:31 by Mark   text 19 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2003 15:12)
This is the reply I got to an e-mail I sent to Gogarty re: his standing by while protesters got beaten up. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 21:21 by Evil Dave   text 5 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 15:22)
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes Russian company technicians are in Baghdad helping the Iraqis operate electronic jamming systems that could impair the U.S.-led war against Iraq, a U.S. official says. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 20:10 by FEIcer   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2003 20:23)
The local campaign against the world's largest manufacturer of missiles continues in Derry. Derry City Council opposes the war in Iraq but welcomes Raytheon, the maker of Tomahawk Missiles, cluster bombs and land mines. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 19:14 by Phuq Hedd
Two lines of police/security needed to hold back crowd. Demonstrators in public gallery heckle and have to be removed. See link. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 18:54 by Terry   text 2 comments (last - monday march 24, 2003 22:43)
The next trial of people arrested at Shannon takes place at Tulla 11am this Thursday. A bus is being organised to bring supporters from Galway to Tulla (this should be an all day trip i.e. returning about 4 or 5). People feel we should protest at this trial. This is the trial of nine people arrested at Shannon on March 1st. The bus leaves the Quad at 9 am Thursday. Cost of a place on it is free or donation . Contact: room101ucg@yahoo.co.uk for a place on it. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 18:48 by Terry   text 8 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 18:24)
Open Letter to Peace Movement seeking to promote defendant support activity. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 18:40 by Phuq Hedd   text 3 comments (last - monday march 24, 2003 23:04)
The tearful father of the first confirmed US casualty of the war has appeared on US television condemning the war and blaming for Bush. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 18:14 by moscow times
By John Brown Last Friday afternoon, as I watched the horrid images of the first "shock and awe" U.S. bombing blitz against Baghdad, which doubtless brought terror to millions of innocent civilians, my feelings of outrage at the Bush administration were joined by a sense of relief that was perhaps inappropriate at such a shameful moment in our history. I was relieved that, eleven days before, I had submitted my resignation from the U.S. foreign service. Numerous circumstances led to my resignation, but there were two main reasons. First, I believed that U.S. President George W. Bush had failed to present a convincing case to Americans and the world that massive force should be used against Iraq at this time. Second, I felt an obligation as an American to speak out against this presidential failure to justify a questionable policy. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/03/24/006.html read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 18:04 by javier   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2003 23:30)
EU leaders called last week for the territorial integrity of Iraq to be respected. An invasion by Turkey in Iraq could threaten Ankara's hopes of joining the European Union. The Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel demanded pressure to be put on Turkey to stop it carrying out such an action. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 17:58 by the propagandizer
S A F W A N, Iraq, March 22 — They were unforgettable images: Residents of this southern Iraqi town openly welcoming coalition forces. They danced in the streets as a picture of Saddam Hussein was torn down. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/iraq_safwan030322.html read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 17:27 by Joe   text 5 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 11:45)
I hate to interrupt the SWP/SP 'its my movement' 'no its mine' fest in progress but activists in San Francisco are about to bring the city to a halt for the third working day in a row. Over 1400 have already been arrested but the impact is massive. Watch it as it happens at http://sf.indymedia.org/ and lets think about doing this in Dublin, Cork, Belfast etc read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 17:00 by Claudia   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2003 13:45)
This is the time when we stop getting the usual media coverage from the West Back and Gaza and Israel takes the opportunity to pound into the Palestinians and their International supporters while no one's really paying attention... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 16:56 by auntie beeb   text 3 comments (last - monday march 24, 2003 19:29)
The Arabic press on Monday focused on the resistance being mounted by Iraqi troops against US-led forces invading the country. They also turn their attention to the plight of civilians and prisoners-of-war. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 16:43 by bruno   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2003 16:50)
the US war on Iraq is itself the most fundamental violation of international law. In the language coined at the Nuremberg trials, it is a crime against peace. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 24, 2003 16:41 by franco   text 1 comment (last - monday march 24, 2003 23:13)
Solana considers one EU seat in UN solution to divisions. JAVIER SOLANA - "There are many lessons" to be learnt from Europe's crisis in the past few weeks, says the EU foreign policy chief. read full story / add a comment
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