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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 Jimmy Kimmel?s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comme... Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:04 | Will Jones
Jimmy Kimmel's comeback after his Charlie Kirk comments has been dealt a massive blow with ABC affiliates refusing to air it in nearly 40 major markets after Disney announced the liberal talk host will return Tuesday.
The post Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback Derailed as Major ABC Affiliate Refuses to Air Show After Charlie Kirk Comments appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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When Nigel Farage announced on Monday that Reform would end benefits for migrants and abolish settled status, Left-wing MPs rushed to denounce him. Labour will regret defending the Boriswave, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off Whe... Tue Sep 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Suddenly, green activists have started getting outraged at the billions wasted paying wind farms to switch off when it's too windy. The hypocrisy and chutzpah beggars belief, says Ben Pile.
The post Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off When it’s Too Windy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 23, 2025 01:12 | Richard Eldred
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.
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offsite link Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Red Meat is Deadly

category national | miscellaneous | other press author Wednesday March 14, 2012 21:13author by RoS Report this post to the editors

Research says that eating meat is a health hazard

Red meat is not only unhealthy but can be positively lethal, according to new research


I think this was front page news. It is about the dangers of “red meat” - this is the link
http://www.independent.ie/health/health-news/eating-red....html

The beginning of the text reads, “Red meat is not only unhealthy but can be positively lethal, according to new research... Each additional daily serving of processed red meat, equivalent to one hot dog or two rashers of bacon, raised the chances of dying by a fifth.”

Dr. Roger Yates of Vegan Ireland said that this news is not really news for the vegan community who are well aware of the health benefits of a vegan diet, even if the Vegan Ireland position is more about the moral justification for veganism.

It is time we started thinking seriously about our meat and dairy-heavy diets.

RoS

author by Joshpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors


Yes indeed - the solution is to go vegan and stop relying on a dangerous diet. I get the impression that veganism is growing in Ireland. Does anyone know?

author by Gavinpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:24author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I saw this in the paper. Thanks for sharing .
I was looking at the Vegan Ireland website too. Good info there too
http://veganireland.vegaplanet.org/

author by red meat loverpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:31author address author phone Report this post to the editors

i wish i was a super healthy vegan i heard processed red meats can give you cancer..

author by Gavinpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:31author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I definitely get that impression. I know alot more vegans today than I did 10 years ago in Ireland

author by Embdenpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Apparently all animal products have deleterious effects on the physical health of humans - Dr Colin Campbell's book The China Study shows that animal protein is implicated in cancer. The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine mentions that the cholesterol content of some fish is even higher than that of red meat (http://www.pcrm.org/). A plant based diet appears to protect against most Western World illnesses. Of greater importance, however, is the disasterous effect that eating animal products has on the animals who are eaten.

author by Yvonne Mpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I also have the impression that Veganism is a growing movement.
It might be thanks to the internet and the more accessible information and graphic images.
I think people have a disconnection between animals (life animals) and meat. As in they do not want to think of it as flesh that comes from an animal that a couple of days earlier was running around a field

Related Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4naK4mudzM
author by Laurepublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yes, I agree... it's definitely getting easier and easier being vegan. All shops would have options and restaurants can very easily adapt menus

author by tina vegananarchistpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 21:59author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Obviously sciense will support how harmful consuming the flesh ,breat milk ,an menstrual waste of other creatures is to human health - which is hardly surprising when u consider how bizarre an unnatural these practises are in the first place . however this is not the issue ,as any ethical vegan will agree . the harm caused to humans by the consumption of animal products is a drop in the ocean compared with the imense suffering an rights violations which non humans endure at human hands . the core principle of ethical veganism is rejection of the property status of other animals and a challenge to mainstream societys view of them as objects without intrinsic worth ,whose value can only be measured by the money there lives an deaths earn .
even if meat was the most healthy food u could eat ,there would stil be absolutly no justification for eating it .our trivial comfort an convenianse -indeed no human interest - can justify the enslavement an murder of others . so why talk about the danger to our health ,while countless millions of innocents die to feed us evry day ? even considering this is speciesist .

author by tina vegananarchistpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 22:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors

i dont make an ethical distinction between meat an any other animal product - i only singled it out above as a typical example sinse it is the subject of the article under discusion .
refusing to consume the flesh of nonhumans while continuing to eat dairy ,eggs ,honey etc is a moraly absurd an inconsistant position .

author by Embdenpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 22:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Beautiful video Yvonne M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4naK4mudzM)!

I was surprised when I first got up close to some lambs and watched the obvious pleasure they get when they leap into the air with all four legs simultaneously. I began to think of the words 'leg of lamb' in a completely new way.

When I got up close to them I also saw how similar our physiology is (we all have two ears and eyes, a nose and mouth, four limbs, - we even have eyelashes and eyebrows in common). I once saw one of the lambs trembling with shock and pain when he stood on a piece of glass and hurt his hoof. It suddenly struck me that nothing could justify inflicting the pain of slaughter on them and nothing could justify taking their lives from them. Especially not when there is no nutritional need whatsoever for us to consume animal products in order to live long and healthy lives.

author by CaribbeanQueenpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 22:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There is no need for people to eat red (or any) meat in this day and age. Meat has been described as 'the new tobacco'.
I've been vegan for the past few years and I feel fantastic. Meat, fish and dairy are not at all essential in the human diet, as the required nutrients can be got from plant sources.
I eat a lot more fruit and vegetables now than I did before, as I rely on these far more for my nutrition needs. I feel healthy, and happy that I don't need animals are not being killed for my plate.
There is a huge variety of vegan foods now available in health and wholefood shops, for example, soya milk, cream, cheese, yoghurt and ice-cream, plus fake meats such as burgers, sausages, mince and much more!
Go vegan - you will LOVE it, I promise.

author by Murielpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 22:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I went vegan 3 years ago because of ethical reasons. I always struggled with a bit of extra weight and I was very pleasantly surprise, after 5 or 6 months of being a vegan I had lost a good few pounds without any effort.
I am never looking back

author by Gavinpublication date Wed Mar 14, 2012 23:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Vegan Society in the UK website is great too
http://www.vegansociety.com/

author by Rational Ecologist.publication date Thu Mar 15, 2012 09:59author address author phone Report this post to the editors

At a recent conference on Climate Justice in UCC, Mary Robinson was asked what can people do to combat climate change. Her answer was that we should eat less meat. I think that this is another way of furthering a more humane relationship with animals.
Most indigenous cultures did eat meat, however, they did respect animals much more than we do.
I eat meat/fish only occasionally and in fact was veggie for 2 decades. The vegan diet does not suit everyone. Please check out Lierre Keith on this one. Having said this, I have nothing but respect for those who advocate for the ethical treatment of animals.
Truth is that if we are to survive on this planet, we all must eat a lot less meat/fish. That is not an ethical position it is an empirical one.
The life/health of the planet/Gaia must guide us in what we do and how we live.

author by leftypublication date Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:44author address author phone Report this post to the editors

similar thread on P.ie.
http://www.politics.ie/forum/health-social-affairs/1840....html

author by Ex-Corkmanpublication date Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I've found it difficult to keep to a vegetarian life-style and never managed to stick to it for long. But I've known for a long time that too much red meat is a bad thing. Like RE I've got the height of admiration for those that adhere to a vegetarian/vegan diet.

author by Ex-Corkmanpublication date Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A couple of relevant articles. Cut it down if yiou can't cut it out.

Red Meat Increases Risk Of Cancer, Heart Disease And Death

People who eat more red meat seem to have a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and cancer and all-cause mortality, says a study published Online First in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archive journals. Those who substitute red meat with other foods, such as fish and poultry are linked to a lower risk of mortality.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/242779.php


Even having your steak well done can make it more dangerous.

Well-Done Red Meat May Increase Risk For Aggressive Prostate Cancer

New research led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers further evidence of a link between aggressive prostate cancer and meat consumption, and suggests it is driven largely by consumption of grilled or barbecued red meat, especially when it is well-done. The researchers hope their findings will help determine which potential cancer-causing compounds should be the target of prostate cancer prevention strategies..
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238297.php


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