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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 Trump?s UN Rallying Cry for the Defence of Western Civilisation Wed Sep 24, 2025 15:24 | Will Jones
End open borders. Stop importing criminals. Fight Islamism. Stand up for Christianity. End ruinous Net Zero policies. Because otherwise Europe is "going to Hell". Trump was on hard-hitting form at the UN this week.
The post Trump’s UN Rallying Cry for the Defence of Western Civilisation appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud Wed Sep 24, 2025 13:19 | Mary Gilleece
After working with over 100 SEND children, Mary Gilleece has finally met a child with actual special needs. But there isn't enough money to support him because ?11 billion is being blown on bogus diagnoses.
The post The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner?s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:12 | Will Jones
Violet Affleck,?the daughter of Hollywood stars?Jennifer Garner?and?Ben Affleck, was at the?UN?on Tuesday to push for mask mandates, saying the world was irresponsible for returning to 'business as usual' after Covid.
The post Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat Wed Sep 24, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Rupert Lowe has called for halal and kosher meat to be banned. But there's a problem with his argument: he doesn't mention factory farming?a far greater evil.
The post The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying Wed Sep 24, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
As New York hosts Climate Week NYC ? "the world?s largest climate event" ? the absence of any major global leaders speaks volumes, says Tilak Doshi. Mugged by reality, the Net Zero dream is dying.
The post The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

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Documentary on TG4 tonight (9:25pm) about privatisation

category international | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday July 02, 2003 12:42author by Caoimhín Ó Maolallaigh - Green Partyauthor email macmhairtinlally at hotmail dot com Report this post to the editors

Privatising the World: Water, seeds, genes, healthcare - very few things today are not to be considered saleable commodities. 'The Bottom Line' investigates the privatisation of the world and invites us to reflect on the 'common good' notion which is threatened by the decreasing role of the state and the prevailing trend to patent everything that obviously seemed to belong to society for generations.
21:25
Fíorscéal
An Domhan ar Díol: Uisce, síolta, géinte agus cúram sláinte - is beag rud nach féidir a dhíol sa lá atá inniu ann. Déanann an clár seo cíoradh ar phríobháidiú an domhain agus tarraingíonn ár n-aird ar an meon 'leas na ndaoine', meon atá i mbaol anois mar gheall ar ról an Stáit i saol na linne a bheith ag laghdú agus an claonadh a bhíonn ann paitinn a fháil ar gach rud, fiú rudaí a ceapadh riamh anall go mba leis an bpobal i gcoitinne iad. (Athchraoladh)

author by Daithipublication date Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:57author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Mar nil me abalta labgair gaelge ro-maith.. as can be seen in that pathetic attempt..

author by Caoimhín - Green Partypublication date Wed Jul 02, 2003 13:06author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The narration is in Irish with English subtitles on screen. The majority of the speakers in the program will be speaking English. Any other languages spoken will have English subtitles on screen.

author by Seánpublication date Wed Jul 02, 2003 13:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Má as Gaeilge atá sé is cinnte go mbeidh fotheidil(?) ar fáil.
If it is in Irish it´s more than likely that it will have subtitles.

author by iosaf - 2k3/5publication date Wed Jul 02, 2003 15:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

=i like.
an Gaeilge anseo insan plé seo chun fotheidil.
=Irish here in this forum with subtitles.

author by the school around the cornerpublication date Wed Jul 02, 2003 22:49author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Ah Jaysus ye can't beat the ould coopla fuckle now can ye .... sends a warm frisson of nationalistic joy down the spine and allows the faithful forelock tugging paudeen lackey of the anglo-american new world order to console himself that at least he's not english ...

Welcome to John Bull's other island .....

author by Seánpublication date Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:48author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Ní thuigim cén fáth go bhfuil an Ghaeilge a cháineadh agat.
I don´t understand your antipathy towards the Irish language.

Ó thaobh náisiúnachas de?
Because of Nationalism?

Is í Gaeilge mo theanga dhúchais ach ní sin an t-aon teanga atá ar mo thoil agam.
Irish is my mother tongue but its not my only language.

Béarla dár ndóigh, agus an Spáinnis agus mé anseo i dTír na mBascach tá cúpla focail Bascais a bhfoghlaim agam.
I speak english of course, and Spanish and while I´m here in Euskal Herria (http://euskalherria.indymedia.org) I´m learning a few words of Euskera.

Mar sin féin, ní chiallaíonn úsáid teanga mionlach i gcónaí, dearcadh polaitiúil áirithe.
The point is that using and supporting a minority language does not necessarily confer political allegiance to any one political asperation.

Ba chóir meas a thabhairt don cheart úsáide teanga dhúchais.
The right to use ones own language should be respected.

Ní chóir chomh maith dímheas a léiriú dóibh siúd nach raibh an seans céanna acu Gaeilge a fhoghlaim sa scoil(go h-áirithe nuair a ghlacann muid leis an leibheál uafásach íseal na múinteoireachta sna 26 chontae go ginearálta).
Disrespect should not be shown to those who haven´t been given the opportunity to learn Irish through school(especially considering generally terrible teaching of Irish in the 26 counties).

Má tá tú i gcoinne dearcadh daoine áirithe leis an Ghaeilge, déanfaidh muid díospóireacht ach na cáin teanga de bharr dearcadh difriúla le roinnt daoine a úsáideann an teanga.
If your against the opinions certain people that speak Irish, we can discuss it but please don´t put down a whole because of your difference of opinion with some people who use it.

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