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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 News Round-Up Sun Nov 23, 2025 01:46 | Will Jones
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 22:42 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - monday february 03, 2003 22:54)
The coalition formed by the four parties Iniciativa Catalunya Verde ICV (a green party) Esqerra Unita i Alternativa EUiA(a left nationalist republican party) Entesa pel Progrés Municipal EPM (left urban socialist party) Esquerra Verda (EV-EE) a left green party) was announced today in Catalúnya. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 22:32 by Phuq Hedd   text 4 comments (last - tuesday september 23, 2003 15:54)
NASA is currently engaged in helping to implement the USA's plans to militarize space. The shuttle probably did not carry nuclear material in significant quantities this time, but future ones will if Project Prometheus goes ahead. Furthermore, the heroes that died in the Shuttle could still be alive if the Bush administration had heeded complaints from NASA engineers. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 22:26 by Irish G.I.   text 13 comments (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 21:00)
Like many people born in this country I had the honour of serving in the United States military during the Vietnam war. Hopefully my son will have the chance to join the European rapid reaction force or the Irish army if it is allowed to fight for democracy and this outdated neutrality is dropped. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 19:22 by Luke   text 14 comments (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 20:58)
Today peaceful protesters injured a garda while trying to cause damage to a plane. This gives a new meaning to the word peaceful. Last week people here were saying criminal damage was ok because nobody was hurt. What have they got to say this week? The sooner they arrest the rest of the criminals down at Shannon the better. Are the protesters in Shannon the same incident peaceful protesters that caused the May Day Riot? If will funny to read all the excuses that will be posted here about what happened today. Because the protesters at Shannon, rts and the rest are never wrong. And I am sure there will be lots of people saying it’s the governments fault LETS HOPE THEY LOCK THESE SCUMBAGS UP read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 18:48 by Maggie Ronayne   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2003 18:45)
Please note in your diaries the first organising meeting for the 4th Global Women's Strike CALL TO ACTION: WOMEN SAY NO WARS -- INVEST IN CARING NOT KILLING. 6.30pm Tuesday 4th February 2003 Atlanta Hotel Dominic St Galway At the meeting we will be planning for a women's anti-war event to be held on 8th March in Ireland as part of the growing international anti-war movement. We want to respond to the call of the women's peace camp at Shannon airport for other women to join them there on 8th March. The Global Women's Strike is co-ordinating a women's caravan to Shannon to say: Invest in Caring Not Killing Women Globally Say No Wars Women in Ireland say Globalise Neutrality! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 18:42 by Brian J Goggin   text 6 comments (last - monday february 03, 2003 21:28)
According to RTE's Five Seven Live Limerick Gardai confirm that they want the Irish Army to help them to protect Shannon Airport. New readers may care to note that the Irish Army used to be involved in peace-keeping. bjg read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 18:41 by no name = ?   text 8 comments (last - monday february 03, 2003 22:15)
Just confirmed on 5-7 live read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 18:12 by Sexy anarchist bloc   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 04:04)
An international anarchist call for direct actions on February 15th against capitalism and war. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 18:00 by cleo
'C' company reenacts its very own version of kristallnight. Launching gun and pipe bomb attacks on the homes of pensioner Sammy duddy, and the house where gorgeous westland loyalist Andre Shoukri was visiting. A 'C' company gun attack left 2 dead in a bloodbath at belfast docks. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:48 by Aoife Ni Fhearghail   text 10 comments (last - monday february 03, 2003 22:46)
According to an Ireland.com report (below) a Garda spokesman said this afternoon no officer was injured or hospitalised in the Shannon incident - despite what government ministers are saying. The government will no doubt try any trick to try and split the anti-war movement in the run-up to Feb 15 (like in the UK banning the Feb 15th march from assembling in Hyde Park). Congratulations guys on disarming part of the murder machine. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:41 by depp   text 3 comments (last - monday february 03, 2003 21:02)
Mandela called Mr Bush "a president who can't think properly and wants to plunge the world into holocaust". read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:36 by Justin Moran   text 4 comments (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 01:07)
Dublin City Council will tonight debate a motion put by the Sinn Féin Group condemning the proposed war on Iraq. Last week, Derry City Council approved a similar motion also put by the Sinn Féin Group there joining Galway in the number of cities opposed to war. I know of no protest planned for the outside. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:33 by Manus
Labour Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Deputy Michael D. Higgins, has called on Tanaiste Mary Harney to substantiate claims she made on national radio at the weekend concerning the threat of war in Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:22 by E Crudden   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 10:54)
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 17:12 by Amanda   text 14 comments (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 16:07)
Shannon protestors let us all down agin read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 16:14 by Aoife Ni Fhearghail
NO WAR ON IRAQ Public meeting - tomorrow (Tuesday 4th) at 8pm in the Lower Deck, Portobello - all welcome A discussion on Iraq, Shannon & the drive to war - speakers include: Ruairi Quinn TD (Labour), Mary van Lieshout (US Citizens in Ireland for Alternatives to War), Aoife Ni Fhearghail (SWP) and a representative from the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland. For more info contact Aoife on 087 7955013 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 15:57 by Michael Jansen   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 04, 2003 00:25)
The Indians, Chinese and Europeans are beginning to understand that the US is seeking to gain “leverage against them” by securing control of the oil. Tareq Aziz said that a US war would not be a war on Iraq alone, but a war on the region, India, Sri Lanka and Europe. “Iraq is the first, but not the only target,” Aziz told the Irish lawmakers. The ultimate US aim is to “recolonise Iraq” and secure “control of its oil” in order to dominate the entire global economy. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 03, 2003 15:55 by Eamonn Crudden   text 23 comments (last - thursday february 06, 2003 14:17)
Green Party leader Trevor Sargent said the incident at Shannon was regrettable, adding that he wished it had not happened as it constituted a distraction from the main issues in the campaign against the buildup to war. read full story / add a comment
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