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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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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Woman Recognised as ?First Black Briton? by BBC was Actually White Wed Dec 17, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
A woman who was recognised as the "first black Briton" by the BBC was actually white, a new genetic study has shown.
The post Woman Recognised as “First Black Briton” by BBC was Actually White appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Mandatory Masking Not Necessary ?Yet?, Says Streeting Wed Dec 17, 2025 16:00 | Will Jones
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is no need to mandate mask-wearing for "everyone around the country" "at this stage" as "the time has not yet come for everyone to wear masks".
The post Mandatory Masking Not Necessary “Yet”, Says Streeting appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Problem With ?Safeguarding? Wed Dec 17, 2025 13:56 | Mary Gilleece
'Safeguarding' is becoming a big problem, and not just because it's being weaponised against conservatives, says Mary Gilleece. Children are being put at risk as criminal conduct is tolerated under 'safeguarding' rules.
The post The Problem With ‘Safeguarding’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Migrant Families Cost ?5 Billion to Bring to Britain Wed Dec 17, 2025 11:37 | Will Jones
Reuniting migrant families is set to cost the British taxpayer ?5.6 billion over the course of their lifetimes, research by the Government's Migration Advisory Committee has found.
The post Migrant Families Cost ?5 Billion to Bring to Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Shell Oil Sued Over ?Causing Typhoon? in Philippines in Major Test Case Wed Dec 17, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Shell Oil has been sued over a claim that it was partly responsible for a typhoon in the Philippines in 2021 in a major test case backed by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. What a pile of nonsense, says Chris Morrison.
The post Shell Oil Sued Over “Causing Typhoon” in Philippines in Major Test Case appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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the death of Mo Mowlam

category international | miscellaneous | news report author Friday August 19, 2005 15:34author by iosaf mac diarmada Report this post to the editors

rest in peace now.

on the 14th of August 1969 British troops entered the statelet of Northern Ireland, an event which came to be seen by many as the start of modern Irish History.
on the 24th of March 1972 the post of "Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" was created by the UK government after the dissolution of the Stormont parliament which had ruled the statelet since 1922.

The 11th person to hold the post, and the only woman was Dr. Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam who was the British government direct ruler of northern Ireland from May 3, 1997 to the 11th of October 1999

She died today at 56 years of age.
Mo Mowlam after visiting the loyalist prisoners in Long Kesh / The Maze prison 1998.
Mo Mowlam after visiting the loyalist prisoners in Long Kesh / The Maze prison 1998.

Of all the direct rulers, she was perhaps the nicest & will be remember fondly by many.

A member of the British Labour Party who came into her ascendance under Tony Blair, she had come from the older wing of the party that upheld the prinicple of Irish unity.

Unknown to most who negotiated with her, or were affected by the decisions she made during her tenure, she suffered a brain tumor.

Few will forget the occasion when she removed her wig in anger.

Other will recall her role in bringing the IRA back to a ceasefire and Sinn Fein into multi-party talks.

Yet more will remember her visit to the loyalist prisoners in Long Kesh / the Maze prison.

Some will remember her admittal she smoked cannabis.

Some will remember her role in the Good Friday agreement which was signed during her tenure.

& we all ought remember her vehement opposition to the war on Iraq and British foreign policy after her resignation from politics in 2001.

Mo Mowlam
(September 18, 1949 - August 19, 2005)
Rest In Peace.

{for truly we have long been accustomed to a british government & state & representatives of the same that lie, distort facts, manipulate, and use the most flagrant and immoral tactics of populism. Such behaviour did not begin with any Irish adventure or misadventure, and unfortuanately did not end with the murder of De Menezes on the 22nd of July 2005. But somehow you seemed different, and we would like to think you were}

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   British 'Secretary Of State' for Six Irish counties - regardless of how 'down-to-earth' she was .     Sharon.    Fri Aug 19, 2005 18:28 
   Ah! you have brought the "down to earth" tag into her obit.     iosaf    Fri Aug 19, 2005 19:00 
   Occupation - bollocks     Fed up    Fri Aug 19, 2005 20:41 
   'Obit' and 'occupation' - a reply re Mo Mowlams passing.     Sharon.    Fri Aug 19, 2005 21:57 
   Unelected Direct Ruler     StripeyCat    Fri Aug 19, 2005 21:58 
   don't i know how to write a harmless little obit. & press the buttons?     iosaf    Fri Aug 19, 2005 22:28 
   You can obviously "press buttons " : but where's the "obit" ?     Sharon.    Fri Aug 19, 2005 23:49 
   Fed Up with Ignorance     Fitz    Sat Aug 20, 2005 01:08 
   there's still..     anarcho    Sat Aug 20, 2005 01:29 
 10   Anarcho, give it a rest     Michael    Sat Aug 20, 2005 02:18 
 11   England has no right in Ireland     rooster    Sat Aug 20, 2005 02:33 
 12   "Ignoring" Unionists ...and "ignoring" the 'withdrawal' solution .     Sharon.    Sat Aug 20, 2005 09:32 
 13   Relevant and irrelevant/ possible and impossible     Fed Up    Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:52 
 14   A reply - "relevant" or not , as you may see it .     Sharon.    Sat Aug 20, 2005 13:38 
 15   F.a.o. "Sharon"     iosaf    Sat Aug 20, 2005 14:23 
 16   Nice imperialism     Fintan Lawlor    Sat Aug 20, 2005 15:31 
 17   Do you expect me to apologise to you because I had the nerve to reply to your post ?     Sharon.    Sat Aug 20, 2005 16:45 
 18   ;-)     iosaf    Sat Aug 20, 2005 17:08 
 19   Republican theology remains woeful     Fed Up    Sat Aug 20, 2005 17:39 
 20   2005 for us. Future Exchanges for others.     iosaf    Sat Aug 20, 2005 18:06 
 21   Reply to 'Iosaf' and "warm messages" post .     Sharon.    Sat Aug 20, 2005 22:32 
 22   'FED UP' and a "theology" fetish !     Sharon.    Sat Aug 20, 2005 23:47 
 23   Signing Off     Fed Up    Sun Aug 21, 2005 01:13 
 24   fao Sharon.     iosaf    Sun Aug 21, 2005 01:14 
 25   In reply to 'FED UP' - "Signing Off" .     Sharon.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 09:40 
 26   In reply to 'IOSAF' .     Sharon.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:17 
 27   a crackpot?     observer    Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:39 
 28   Dalyell's Disgraceful Obituary of Mo     Shipsea    Sun Aug 21, 2005 15:18 
 29   "only one ireland"?     baiting the troll.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 15:49 
 30   Reply to " A Crackpot" .     Sharon.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 16:29 
 31   In reply to "only one Ireland " .     Sharon.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 16:43 
 32   a crackpot indeed     observer    Sun Aug 21, 2005 17:12 
 33   Why the concern?     Non-nationalist    Sun Aug 21, 2005 17:19 
 34   In reply to " A Crackpot Indeed " .     Sharon.    Sun Aug 21, 2005 18:38 
 35   In reply to ' Why the concern ' .     Sharon    Sun Aug 21, 2005 19:00 
 36   A final try at sense....     oBSERVER    Sun Aug 21, 2005 19:14 
 37   Sorry Sharon I don't know you afterall.     iosaf    Sun Aug 21, 2005 19:18 
 38   In reply to "A Final Try At Sense" .     Sharon.    Mon Aug 22, 2005 01:58 
 39   In reply to 'Sorry Sharon , I don't know you after all' .     Sharon    Mon Aug 22, 2005 02:25 
 40   The terrorist mind     Shipsea    Tue Aug 23, 2005 08:54 
 41   In reply to 'The Terrorist Mind' .     Sharon.    Tue Aug 23, 2005 09:33 
 42   The nature of debate     Amused    Tue Aug 23, 2005 09:35 
 43   More on debate     Also amused    Tue Aug 23, 2005 09:43 
 44   We are Borg! Resistance is Futile...     Shipsea    Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:27 
 45   In reply to 'Amused' and 'Also Amused' .     Sharon.    Tue Aug 23, 2005 17:46 
 46   In reply to 'We Are Borg... ' , by 'Shipsea' .     Sharon.    Tue Aug 23, 2005 17:51 
 47   Defeated?     Amused    Tue Aug 23, 2005 18:25 
 48   In reply to 'Defeated' . On a line-by-line basis .. !     Sharon.    Tue Aug 23, 2005 21:30 
 49   wha?     also also amused (in spades)    Wed Aug 24, 2005 00:26 
 50   Ho ho     Also also also amused    Wed Aug 24, 2005 00:35 
 51   In reply to 'Wha?' - as best I can ... !     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 08:27 
 52   In reply to 'HO HO' (!)     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 08:59 
 53   l;ast chance?     another effort....    Wed Aug 24, 2005 09:47 
 54   To Amused and his relatives     Shipsea    Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:19 
 55   Re : One Million Protestants....     By Any Means Necessary    Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:36 
 56   A Correction     Wha    Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:54 
 57   Mo Mowlam - critical analysis     Barry    Wed Aug 24, 2005 16:34 
 58   In reply to 'Last Chance' .     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 16:45 
 59   A comment on 'Mo Mowlam - critical analysis' , by 'Barry' .     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 16:59 
 60   there are now 59 comments published. THANK YOU BARRY FOR COMMENT 57!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     statistics    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:02 
 61   she was the nicest direct ruler.     biting the bridle    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:06 
 62   I remember her fondly.     donegal 11%    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:09 
 63   In reply to - 'To Amused And His Relatives' , by 'Shipsea' .     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:11 
 64   This is your written record is it? Sharon?     donegal 11%    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:16 
 65   You rember her fondly     Barry    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:18 
 66   what? Barry     donegal 11%    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:25 
 67   sorry lads. its been three comments without Sharon     statistics    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:29 
 68   In reply to 'Donegal 11%' .     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:30 
 69   catholic nonce priests.     donegal 11%    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:34 
 70   In reply to 'Donegal 11%' .     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 17:59 
 71   Sharon - your other points & questions?     donegal 11%    Wed Aug 24, 2005 18:09 
 72   Sharon - answer the bloody question     Not amused    Wed Aug 24, 2005 18:13 
 73   the right to wage war     Barry    Wed Aug 24, 2005 20:12 
 74   Barry....     Northern Catholic - and ex-IRA Supporter!    Wed Aug 24, 2005 20:59 
 75   'Donegal 11 %' - and the 'missing' part-post .. !     Sharon.    Wed Aug 24, 2005 23:18 
 76   Archivists' note the 9th time since Mo Mowlam's death that the author of the 1169 & counting blog...     hochwasserlager    Wed Aug 24, 2005 23:47 
 77   Thank God for Barry     Shipsea    Thu Aug 25, 2005 00:19 
 78   re , shipsea , northern catholic and the Orange bluff / menace     Barry    Thu Aug 25, 2005 05:20 
 79   A quick comment on the post by 'Hochwasserlager' .     Sharon.    Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:02 
 80   Bollocks?     northern catholic    Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:20 
 81   Nationality is not the holy grail     Shipsea    Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:42 
 82   PS     Northern catholic    Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:58 
 83   RUC Muntiny 1996     By Any Means Necessary    Thu Aug 25, 2005 15:13 
 84   Little Suffix to the article.     iosaf    Thu Aug 25, 2005 15:34 
 85   and finally     Northern Catholic    Sat Aug 27, 2005 14:34 
 86   FAO 'Northern Catholic' .     Sharon.    Sat Aug 27, 2005 17:44 
 87   Still waiting....     Northern Catholic    Sat Aug 27, 2005 21:58 
 88   Reply to 'NC' .     Sharon.    Sat Aug 27, 2005 22:48 
 89   I see (maybe)     Niorthern Catholic    Sun Aug 28, 2005 00:10 
 90   'I see(maybe)' - No ,you don't : definitely !     Sharon.    Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:04 
 91   We predicted IRA failure long ago....     Socialist PArty    Sun Aug 28, 2005 14:33 
 92   Now the dust has settled on the comments to this obit     iosaf    Sun Sep 04, 2005 18:07 


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