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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 Mon Sep 22, 2025 00:43 | 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 The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
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offsite link Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire, international edition

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Ben Archibald wins DITSU

category national | politics / elections | news report author Thursday March 18, 2004 22:25author by The Notifier Report this post to the editors

Ben Archibald, the current Convenor of NUS-USI and Northern Area Officer of USI, has won the support of DITSU for President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) at their hustings tonight in DIT Cathal Brugha Street. This adds to the support already gained in TCD, IT Tallaght, Queens, UU and several other colleges. Presidential Election in USI is next Tuesday, March 23rd in Ennis, Co. Clare

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Thnaks ben     Thanks ben    Fri Mar 19, 2004 09:49 
   Best Of Luck Ben     Pundit    Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:07 
   ben is tory scum     torywatcher    Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:14 
   Rory Is Leninist Stooge     Pundit    Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:20 
   smash the unions     democrat    Fri Mar 19, 2004 14:17 
   Ben Is A Democrat     Pundit    Fri Mar 19, 2004 14:30 
   Smash The Unions?     UCD Hedd    Fri Mar 19, 2004 14:34 
   What naiive idiots...     Astonished    Fri Mar 19, 2004 18:37 
   Sorry     Astonished    Fri Mar 19, 2004 18:38 
 10   Appalled     Pundit    Fri Mar 19, 2004 18:43 
 11   Its What They Do That Counts     Pundit    Fri Mar 19, 2004 19:05 
 12   Aw no     UCD Hedd    Fri Mar 19, 2004 20:06 
 13   Deputy President candidate pulls out of USI elections.     The Insider    Fri Mar 19, 2004 22:58 
 14   Archibald is a liar     Torywatch    Sat Mar 20, 2004 13:43 
 15   Syndico-Anarchalist     Howard the Great    Sat Mar 20, 2004 18:11 
 16   Nice one Rory     Joe Flanning    Sun Mar 21, 2004 04:05 
 17   Torywatch isn't rory     Torywatch    Sun Mar 21, 2004 19:22 
 18   Unanswered Questions About Hearns Contempt For Democracy     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:49 
 19   Still no answers     Leftie    Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:47 
 20   USI     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:54 
 21   Here is USI's mandate     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 13:11 
 22   Why is Ben not supported by UCD     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 13:16 
 23   USI is a lot more than UCDSU     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 13:36 
 24   Mandates are excuses in this case     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 13:52 
 25   So You Admit That Ben Followed The USI Mandate     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 14:00 
 26   USI's job is to represent its members no 1     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 14:43 
 27   USI Does Not Have To Dance To The UCDSU Tune     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 14:52 
 28   Sometimes USI officers think they need a mandate to scratch their arses     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 15:08 
 29   i have a voice too!     enviromentalist    Mon Mar 22, 2004 15:15 
 30   Bin Tax is not the key issue     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 15:33 
 31   You Have A Problem With The USI Structures?     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 15:41 
 32   To Conclude     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 15:45 
 33   Read what I am saying     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 16:08 
 34   You're Not Reading What You Disagree With     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 16:17 
 35   Stop your shite..     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 16:27 
 36   You Are Not Reading My Comments     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 16:47 
 37   Are you reading what I'm saying,     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 17:04 
 38   You Want USI To Dance To Your Tune     Pundit    Mon Mar 22, 2004 17:48 
 39   Defend the right to protest, vote Rory Hearne!     UCD Class Rep    Mon Mar 22, 2004 21:22 
 40   You Are A Cultist     Pundit    Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:02 
 41   I am not going to repeat myself     UCD Class Rep    Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:24 
 42   You Have Answered Nothing     Pundit    Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:37 
 43   **YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS**     UCD Class Rep    Tue Mar 23, 2004 14:13 
 44   UCDSU Does Not Run USI     Pundit    Tue Mar 23, 2004 14:43 
 45   imfedupwithu2     Giveitarest    Tue Mar 23, 2004 14:56 
 46   Councils..what about USI inaction - THAT'S THE ISSUE     UCD Class Rep    Tue Mar 23, 2004 15:12 
 47   Your arrogance Knows No Bounds     Pundit    Tue Mar 23, 2004 15:31 
 48   Answer my questons please     UCD Class Rep    Tue Mar 23, 2004 15:38 
 49   Which Of The Evil Twins Are You?     Pundit    Tue Mar 23, 2004 16:59 
 50   Ben Archibald and Dave Murphy     Sysephius    Fri Apr 02, 2004 18:02 
 51   What did he actually do though??     Opus    Sat Apr 03, 2004 19:31 
 52   Umm... Northern Area Officer...     Sysephius    Sat Apr 03, 2004 21:48 


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