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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
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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

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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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The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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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.

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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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San Francisco NO WAR Feb 16

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday February 17, 2003 08:30author by sf imc fan Report this post to the editors

signs and notes from the demo today in San Francisco

-street theater: "The Blood Executives" -- several young men in business suits with very realistic gory blood dripping down their faces, saying to the crowds of marchers in calm tones -- "Everything is fine. Go home now. Everything is fine." Chillingly effective.

-Lots of signs made use of duct tape ("Homeland Security" prescribed it during Terror Alerts), as in "Duct tape for Peace" with Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld (or Colin Powell) with gags of tape.

-Lots of Guernica (covered by BushCo at UN for Powell's war-speak), at least one excellent full-size banner lovingly reproduced.

signs:

The Middle East is not America's private gas station.

Give Brains a Chance

War Guarantees Terrorism

Only Bullies Strike First

Negotiate with Korea?
Negotiate with Iraq!

In Case of Emergency, Administer Pretzel

141,000,000 French and German peace lovers can't be all wrong.

War Drools
Peace Rules

Blind Faith in Bad Leadership Is Not Patriotism

Bush: Finally someone that makes Nixon look honest.

We Don't Want to be Part of your Bush-ological war

Ashcroft -- the Real Hell's Angel

Depleted Uranium is a weapon of mass destruction.

War Will Mean More Terrorism

"Politics is the Entertainment Branch of Industry" --Frank Zapa

The Only Bush I'll Trust Is My Own

Bush is a weapon of mass dysphunction

The Only Good Bush Is a Burning Bush

The 21st Century "BUSH DOCTRINE":
"Accept US Imperialism or die!"

Trying to stop terrorism with war is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.

Politician's Lie
People Die

Don't succumb to Iraqnophobia

NO NAZIFICATION OF US

Resist the Stupid Bully Boy

UNFUCK THE WORLD

INSPECT YOURSELF

COWARDS MAKE WAR
THE BRAVE MAKE PEACE

STOP WORLD WAR DUBBYA

If Only Bush Could Read

I Found the Missing Link:
[drawing of puzzle pieces: Iraq on left, AlQuaeda on right, and Bush's head in middle with his ears sticking into the other 2 pieces:] BUSH

Impeach – it's cheaper

Donors needed: Cheney needs a heart, Bush needs a brain

If Bush is on Earth, who is running Hell ?

You didn't even win the election dumbass

Saddam – political asylum ? Bush – insane asylum ?

Halt the BUSHTAPO

Bush gives vegetation a bad name

Blame Florida

U.S.A must join the axis of reason

Speak out before you are silenced

This war does not defend us, it offends us

Next time maybe you'll vote

George Bush Voodoo Dolls ($5.00) [with real dolls]

from photos at http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1574608

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS... GEORGE HIMSELF

EVIL EMPIRE R US

GAME OVER CHICKEN HAWK, THE WORLD KNOWS YOU'RE A LIAR!

NO IRAQ WAR by World's Only Stupid Power

[photo of Bush] #1 THREAT TO AMERICAN SAFETY

[photo of Bush] THE MOST DANGEROUS MORON IN THE WORLD

[above photo of Bush with Presidential Seal:] LIKE A ROCK
[below the photo:] ONLY DUMBER

YOUR SON MAY COME HOME IN A BODY BAG... AT LEAST YOU HAVE GAS TO DRIVE TO HIS FUNERAL. Where Are Your Priorities, America?


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large photo of civic center crowd at:
http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=237896


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audio of the entire rally at:
http://flashpoints.net

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   Another Sign     Jim Burrill    Tue Feb 18, 2003 04:57 


 
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