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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 Thursday December 26, 2002 11:11 by John Reilly   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 26, 2002 20:18)
Irish website wins prestigious award read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday December 26, 2002 01:00 by Anthony Coughlan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 31, 2002 13:27)
THE NATIONAL PLATFORM 24 Crawford Avenue Dublin 9 Tel.: 01 - 8305792 Web-site: www.nationalplatform.org E-mail: nationalplatform@eircom.net Saturday 21 December 2002 Dear Friends, On behalf of the National Platform, my colleagues and I would like to thank you for your efforts to defend Ireland's national independence and democracy in last October's Nice referendum. Despite the Government's change to the referendum rules and the trick referendum question, nearly two-fifths of Irish voters still voted No. In Nice Two the total No vote was slightly up on the first Nice referendum. The Yes-side won however because of the increased turnout, which was mostly Yes, although probably a 'soft' Yes. Below for your information is a summary of the reasons why the National Platform believes the result was as it was. The EU is now planning an EU Constitution, which will override the Irish Constitution. This will effectively turn the Republic of Ireland of which read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday December 26, 2002 00:21 by Celt   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 26, 2002 13:39)
In a circular to members and supporters the 'NO TO NICE' campaign, the National Platform has said that as a result of the yes vote and subsequent developments post referendum "The EU is now planning an EU Constitution, which will override the Irish Constitution. This will effectively turn the Republic of Ireland of which we are citizens into a province of a Federal EU State, with virtually no national democracy or independence left." The organisation has circulated its comments and is inviting participants to contribute their comments about the direction any protest will take from here on. National Platform Secretary Anthony Coughlan says; My colleagues and I would like you to write to us to tell us what steps you think could be taken to prevent this EU Constitution being imposed on us? What do you think needs to be done to defend such national democracy as we have left in read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 23:37 by veni emmanuel   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 31, 2002 04:58)
This Christmas 14 million ethiopian catholics, christians, jews and muslims are straving to death. In a famine more widespread and horrific than the 1984 famine. Imagine if there were people straving to death on our doorsteps, on the street outside your houses, how could we stuff our faces, and ignore the cries of the hungry and the poor. This is how read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 19:32 by iosaf mac diarmada
This morning Mass was NOT celebrated at the traditional Bethleham church of Transjordania. The first time in the history of the shrine to the traditional birth place of Jesus known as Christ of the house of David. Regardless of your opinion on Christianity, to stop celebration of the birth of the Christ is tantamount to stopping prayers at the Temple Wall. :IT IS UNACCEPTABLE: read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 19:08 by iosaf
Neither King nor Kaiser. but humanity. men whose average age was 19. men who were seperated from their families. men who were wearing uniforms. men who were housed in trenches. men who starved later in those trenches. men who played football. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 18:53 by Martin Murphy
Fianna Fail is changing it's emblem 2 a condom coz it supports inflation, halts production protects pricks and gives u a sense of security while ur being screwed read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 18:37 by 1744   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 25, 2002 18:51)
The first World Cup for the homeless will take place next July. 16 teams will travel to Austria, including Brazil, Italy and Argentina. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 18:31 by Indymedia Notice   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 26, 2002 16:42)
Please note on January 1st 2003 Indymedia.ie will close down .Thanks for your support over the past years. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 25, 2002 16:19 by Hans Blix   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 25, 2002 19:16)
In a little church just off the Mother of All Alleys in downtown Baghdad is clear proof of Saddams weapons program. Inside the Church of St Rufus the Dog Walker is a golden cookie jar with wafers and cheap wine. These a precursors of flesh and blood. And not just any flesh and blood but that a "Supreme Being". Weapons inspectors have found that a man in a round collar waving the cookie jar around intoning "Dominus Vobiscum" begins the process of turning these seemingly innocent articles, hitherto permitted under the oil for food program into a deadly weapon. These dual use commodities are clear evidence of a material breach of the UN resolutions and permit only one response: Total War! Accordingly this will begin early in the new year. Go in peace and pray for me! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 24, 2002 21:01 by Jimmy Maloney (Joey)   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 25, 2002 19:17)
The Joeys get plenty of O/T thanks to the anti-war gang read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 24, 2002 13:38 by James
Cork Peace Alliance have organised a bus for the IAWM Shannon demo on January 18th tickets E12 waged E8 unwaged. Available form any CPA activist. Or phone 021 4322561 Bus form ouside the Opera House 10.30am read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 24, 2002 09:15 by repost   text 2 comments (last - sunday december 29, 2002 04:52)
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 24, 2002 03:07 by Justin Moran   text 17 comments (last - thursday december 26, 2002 23:38)
There was a full attendance of councillors at the Dublin City Council meeting on the Estimates for the year to come this evening and as the Councillors sat down to business the chants of the protestors outside could be clearly heard. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 17:05 by MG   text 11 comments (last - saturday january 11, 2003 14:25)
The global Israeli campaign against free speech suffered a setback today when Dutch prosecutors refused to lay charges against the wife of the European Central Bank president following comments she made about Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 17:02 by yessir i will   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 24, 2002 15:05)
Greedy miser George Bains earns over £234,000 a year, from his 3 jobs, sitting on boards of big buisness companies, as well as his honorary pay check for his exclusive job as Vice chancellor of Queens University Belfast, yet he has the cheek to slap down our firefighters 40% pay rise. The firefighters are only asking for 1/7 of George's big wages. On George's salary you could employ 7 firefighters. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 16:50 by iosaf = o as if   text 6 comments (last - thursday january 09, 2003 14:34)
Some short while ago young people spent a night sleeping rough to raise money in Limerick for homeless people. They did so under a political banner, and received a lot of criticism for the policies of that banner afterwards in this forum. Today is published by POLITEIA an English thinktank the thoughts of one John Bird. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 13:40 by Dublin Joey   text 6 comments (last - saturday december 28, 2002 22:18)
Anybody see a Puma helicopter head across the city this morning, possibly towards Baldonnell? Dark Green, definately RAF/BA. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 12:28 by clash fan   text 6 comments (last - wednesday december 25, 2002 06:43)
"I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 23, 2002 00:09 by Karen   text 15 comments (last - wednesday december 25, 2002 22:53)
Following the gender workshop which happened during the last Grassroot gathering in Belfast, I would like to remind youse people that we are still working on it and I hope the next GG will have a workshop on the issue on more practical tactics. the women's movement in western europe has come to a dead end. I would like to link it to the class struggle perspective. In recent years when it has been so cool to go to protests against globalisation most of us tend to forget that the struggle is at home. Yes, it is good and great that today we have such great links with others around the world but no matter what the statistics say, there is a majority of oppressed people in our country and we must stand with them first or else we will have no strength. And most of us, at least myself are read full story / add a comment
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