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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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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 Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Nov 22, 2025 01:24 | Toby Young
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 What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine Fri Nov 21, 2025 17:00 | Anonymous
Read what happened when an Extinction Rebellion meeting was disrupted by a protester. Seems they can give it out but have no intention of putting up with it themselves.
The post What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? Fri Nov 21, 2025 15:00 | Mark Durie
First they were 'Asian' grooming gangs, then 'Pakistani'. But the most important thing to grasp is that almost all of them ? 87% of convictions ? are Muslim, says Mark Durie. This must not be covered up.
The post Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema Fri Nov 21, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
The post Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
The post The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Campaign for a new party launched

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday May 27, 2005 00:18author by Campaigner Report this post to the editors

Independent TD Seamus Healy and Dublin City Anti Bin Tax Cllr. Joan Collins today announced plans by a number of independent left organisations to campaign for a new left-wing political party, in response to Labour's expected weekend decision to enter a pre-election alliance with Fine Gael.

The Tipperary South TD stated that various left-wing groups and individuals have held talks in the last 12 months about such a project. "All these groups and individuals are based in the workers' and trade union movement", he said.

"They have a strong track record of campaigning on community and trade union issues such as the bin tax, tax equity, poverty, inadequate health services, opposition to privatisation, anti-war activity, opposition to racism and participation in social forums for global justice."

Mr Healy, along with Cllr. Collins, Dermot Connolly of the CWAG and Colm Breathnach of the ISN, announced their plans at a press conference in Dublin today. In a statement yesterday they condemned what they said was "the Labour preparation for yet another coalition" and called for "urgent discussion on the need for a new Independent party of the left". This call has also been backed by Des Derwin, vice-president of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and leading left activist in SIPTU.

They said discussions about a possible "regroupment" on the left had included Mr Healy's own organisation, the South Tipperary Workers' and Unemployed Action Group; the Dublin-based Community and Workers' Action Group; the Irish Socialist Network; the supporters of Red Banner magazine; and a number of individual activists and independent socialists. All these groups and individuals have a record of grasssroots campaigning and a commitment to open and democratic organisation.

The discussions have centred on the creation of an independent left regroupment free of careerism and free of subordination to conservative parties such as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The ultimate objective would be creation of a popular movement led by a new political party to represent and organise working people. The discussions were given urgency by the refusal of the Labour Party to lead an alliance of the left and its undivided commitment to coalition.

Mr Healy said these groups were committed to linking up campaigns in different parts of the country on issues such as poverty, exploitation and right-wing policies. Through this and other activities they will advance the need for an independent political party of the left. "There is no proposal at this time to declare the formation of a new party, to set up a new left wing group or to provide an umbrella for existing groups. Participating groups will continue to run candidates in elections as heretofore. We would welcome expressions of interest from groups or individuals with a track record of involvement in popular campaigns," Mr Healy said.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   What's wrong with the Socialist Party?     Michael    Fri May 27, 2005 08:27 
   Michael     Mark P    Fri May 27, 2005 10:50 
   Also     Major Woody    Fri May 27, 2005 12:07 
   Some Facts     Fact    Fri May 27, 2005 12:15 
        w - dissent    Fri May 27, 2005 12:23 
   Left/expelled     Major Woody    Fri May 27, 2005 12:29 
   For Mark P and Fact     An alternative view    Fri May 27, 2005 12:35 
   New Party     Tony    Fri May 27, 2005 12:49 
   A few corrections     Mark P    Fri May 27, 2005 13:48 
 10   SP 'support' for the SSP     Tony    Fri May 27, 2005 14:21 
 11   Tony you should have quoted the next line.....     Sp Member    Fri May 27, 2005 14:33 
 12   Here we go again     Johnny Jay    Fri May 27, 2005 15:10 
 13   Tony     Mark P    Fri May 27, 2005 15:30 
 14   Why aren't the SWP involved in this     Just Wondering    Fri May 27, 2005 16:11 
 15   points     frustrated    Fri May 27, 2005 16:21 
 16   two extremes     Al    Fri May 27, 2005 16:29 
 17   Ahem     Rob    Fri May 27, 2005 17:28 
 18   Go on Rob......     SP Member    Fri May 27, 2005 19:03 
 19   half quote     .    Fri May 27, 2005 21:34 
 20   " 1998 CWI World Congress resolution "     Juan Pablo    Sat May 28, 2005 00:00 
 21   Dissimulation     even more frustrated    Sat May 28, 2005 02:27 
 22   SP support a new broad party     Anthony Smith    Sat May 28, 2005 15:27 
 23   New workers party     Mark P    Sat May 28, 2005 17:13 
 24   What is to be done?     even more frustrated    Sat May 28, 2005 19:49 
 25   .     observer    Sat May 28, 2005 22:03 
 26   Left alliance     Mooneys    Sat May 28, 2005 22:59 
 27   one prob     one prob    Sat May 28, 2005 23:28 
 28   other prob     .    Sun May 29, 2005 00:09 
 29   SP/SF/ Ind Left Alliance     Mooneys    Sun May 29, 2005 03:55 
 30   Answers     Mark P    Sun May 29, 2005 15:19 
 31   Sinn Fein     left-winger    Sun May 29, 2005 15:24 
 32   A 32 County Party?     Real South Down Republican    Sun May 29, 2005 15:58 
 33   I want a Workers' Party not a Nationalist Party     Workers Unity    Sun May 29, 2005 17:11 
 34   Can anyone answer my questions?     Real South Down Republican    Sun May 29, 2005 17:49 
 35   Again, Workers' Unity against sectarianism and nationalism     Workers' unity    Sun May 29, 2005 20:37 
 36   I'm all for workers unity.     Real South Down Republican    Mon May 30, 2005 00:30 
 37   SDR     .    Mon May 30, 2005 01:44 
 38   RTFM     .dot.dot.dot    Mon May 30, 2005 03:29 
 39   South Down Republican is a Nationalist     Workers' Unity    Mon May 30, 2005 10:23 
 40   SWP excluded from this new party     Trotwatcher    Mon May 30, 2005 15:18 
 41   Trotwatchers Straw Man     Trotwatcher Watch    Mon May 30, 2005 15:26 
 42   I was thinking much the same     Mark P    Mon May 30, 2005 18:40 
 43   British Working Class     Real South Down Republican    Mon May 30, 2005 19:36 
 44   Workers Unity - the typical Basil Fawlty analysis     Barry    Mon May 30, 2005 23:10 
 45   Interesting article on this     SD supporter    Tue May 31, 2005 10:10 
 46   Again you show your Nationalism     Workers' Unity    Tue May 31, 2005 14:56 
 47   I would NEVER be a member of any Trot group     Trotwatcher    Tue May 31, 2005 21:48 
 48   Gaeilge     Darragh Ó Bradáin - LY UCD (pers cap)    Tue May 31, 2005 23:43 
 49   An Ambiguous Stance Regarding the British Occupation in Ireland.     Matt Brown    Wed Jun 01, 2005 00:45 
 50   Dishonest     Hackwatcher    Wed Jun 01, 2005 01:31 
 51   Does Res Publica need a new party     justadot    Wed Jun 01, 2005 02:08 
 52   One Republican Party - An argument made for republicans forming a single party for the island     Dr John Coulter    Wed Jun 01, 2005 16:30 
 53   Oh no, one could not have that.     holdmeback    Wed Jun 01, 2005 17:32 
 54   Who are the CWAG?     nosey    Wed Jun 01, 2005 18:49 
 55   re matt Brown     Barry    Thu Jun 02, 2005 03:52 
 56   Barry     Workers' Unity    Thu Jun 02, 2005 14:05 
 57   New Party     Karl McDonagh    Thu Jun 02, 2005 14:43 
 58   reform or revolution?     confused    Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:39 
 59   Revolutionary or wha'?     Leftover    Fri Jun 03, 2005 17:32 
 60   Reply to confused     SP    Fri Jun 03, 2005 19:37 
 61   Jesus its the Alliance Party     Barry    Sat Jun 04, 2005 21:21 
 62   A response     Mark P    Sun Jun 05, 2005 18:41 
 63   Gaeilge     Darragh Ó Bradáin    Mon Jun 06, 2005 14:18 
 64   Irish Language     Lefty    Mon Jun 06, 2005 15:26 
 65   Working class party and language     avid    Mon Jun 06, 2005 17:05 
 66   CG     Once again    Mon Jun 06, 2005 21:54 
 67   To above poster     Darragh Ó Bradáin    Tue Jun 07, 2005 02:15 
 68   m anifesto     still confused    Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:30 
 69   Irish not dying out     Linguist    Tue Jun 07, 2005 14:41 
 70   Free Classes     Michael Gallagher    Tue Jun 07, 2005 16:40 
 71   Linguist     Darragh Ó Bradáin    Tue Jun 07, 2005 19:05 
 72   Bread and Butter     Leftover    Wed Jun 08, 2005 21:44 
 73   A world to win.     smithie    Fri Jun 10, 2005 13:42 
 74   Smithie - a question     Observer    Fri Jun 10, 2005 14:22 
 75   rightwing unity versus leftwing disarray     raymond deane    Thu Jul 07, 2005 21:57 
 76   Sigh...     Steve    Wed Jul 09, 2008 23:04 


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