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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 Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff Wed Oct 01, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Eurostar has unveiled its first gender-neutral uniform, introducing a collection featuring skirts, trousers and Dr Martens boots designed to be "interchangeable and made to fit all genders".
The post Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fact-Checking Starmer?s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis Wed Oct 01, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has claimed that Brexit created the small boats crisis and the migrant boats should be called 'Farage boats'. This is nonsense, says David Barrett, and even Oxford University's Migration Observatory agrees.
The post Fact-Checking Starmer’s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is ?Pandemic Preparedness? a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? Wed Oct 01, 2025 15:43 | Dr David Bell
Why is 'pandemic preparedness' a major theme of the US Government's new 'America First' Global Health Strategy, asks Dr David Bell. There are some sound public health principles in there, but the 'pandemic' con lives on.
The post Why is ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ?Forever? Wed Oct 01, 2025 13:22 | Will Jones
With energy bills heading skywards and renewable energy investment on the ropes, Ed Miliband's conference crowd-pleaser was to pledge a law to ban fracking 'forever' ? and sabotage a future Reform administration.
The post Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ‘Forever’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage ?Once Flirted With Hitler Youth? Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:21 | Will Jones
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has been forced to row back on his bizarre claim that Nigel Farage "once flirted with the Hitler Youth", which Farage has denied.
The post Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage “Once Flirted With Hitler Youth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Workers' Party condemn arrest of Sean Garland

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Saturday October 08, 2005 12:09author by The Workers' Party - Press Office Report this post to the editors

WP vows to fight attempt to extradite Party President to United States

The Central Executive Commitee of the Workers' Party of Ireland condemns in the strongest terms the provocative and politically motivated arrest of Party President, Sean Garland, on the opening night of the party's annual delegate conference (Ard Fheis) in Belfast last night (Friday).

The Central Executive Committee of the Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns in the strongest terms the provocative and politically motivated arrest of Party President, Seán Garland, on the opening night of the party’s annual delegate conference in Belfast.

Seán Garland is a long-standing and respected member of the Workers’ Party who has consistently worked for peace and democracy in Northern Ireland and for the unity of the Irish working-class. He has opposed oppression throughout the world and, as a senior member of the Workers’ Party, he has been a vocal critic of the policies of the United States of America in its quest for global hegemony, most recently in opposition to the war on Iraq.

The request for the extradition of Seán Garland by the US government to a country which has a long record for the repression of socialists and progressives, both at home and abroad, and where no political opponent can expect a fair trial, is a blatant attempt to interfere in the affairs of a democratic political party and to intimidate those who oppose US imperial interests. The Workers’ Party makes clear that it will not be intimidated and that it shall oppose, by every means at its disposal, all attempts to extradite Seán Garland from his homeland to a US prison.

The Workers’ Party calls on all progressive forces in Ireland, Britain, and throughout the world - particularly those people who have worked closely with our Party in the past, to oppose this persecution of a political activist with a long history of selfless work for his Party and his class.

The Party has contacted the Departments of the Taoiseach, Foreign Affairs and numerous T.Ds, Senators and members of the European Parliament. The Party calls upon Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to immediately demand the release of Sean Garland as a respected Irish citizen.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Why?     vdsa    Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:45 
   good enough for him     agcs    Sat Oct 08, 2005 14:59 
   GardaÍ?     Huh?    Sat Oct 08, 2005 15:30 
   Apologies huh     agcs    Sat Oct 08, 2005 15:51 
   "the best community police force in the world"     Barry    Sat Oct 08, 2005 16:10 
   Garland     pat c    Sat Oct 08, 2005 16:28 
   Garland again     pat c    Sat Oct 08, 2005 16:31 
   where is the workers party website?     hmmm    Sat Oct 08, 2005 16:50 
   it's a strange world     kintama    Sat Oct 08, 2005 17:39 
 10   that its come to this     Barry    Sat Oct 08, 2005 19:06 
 11   but how did it come to this?     hmmm    Sat Oct 08, 2005 20:30 
 12   difficult to have sympathy     Barry    Sat Oct 08, 2005 23:07 
 13   Mr Garland is an irish citizen     court reporter    Sat Oct 08, 2005 23:09 
 14   Official IRA guns     Republican    Sat Oct 08, 2005 23:11 
 15   It still is armed to the teeth     Barry    Sat Oct 08, 2005 23:38 
 16   poor sean     agcs    Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:58 
 17   Seánín's been wikied     Wiki P    Mon Oct 10, 2005 00:26 
 18   That's General Garland of course     Wiki P again    Mon Oct 10, 2005 00:29 
 19   i oppose the arrest on principle     socialist    Mon Oct 10, 2005 00:42 
 20   Tidbit     irish person    Mon Oct 10, 2005 01:58 
 21   Out of interest     Curious    Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:33 
 22   socialist     pat c    Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:37 
 23   From the Times (cut and paste cos it's ppv)     IT reader    Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:56 
 24   "We cannot begin to measure the depths in human misery"     historian    Mon Oct 10, 2005 13:01 
 25   Imperialism and Gangster Capitalism     Serge    Mon Oct 10, 2005 13:20 
 26   i agree with serge     Barry    Mon Oct 10, 2005 14:38 
 27   garland     pat c    Mon Oct 10, 2005 14:48 
 28   Seán hates "ultra leftists"     Ultra Leftist    Mon Oct 10, 2005 14:55 
 29   Gangsterism     unkle jo    Mon Oct 10, 2005 18:00 
 30   uncle jo     pat c    Mon Oct 10, 2005 19:46 
 31   Garland rich????     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:49 
 32   John     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:55 
 33   john     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:10 
 34   reply to pat     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:59 
 35   pat c again     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 13:26 
 36   demise of a stickie likky     Seamus    Tue Oct 11, 2005 13:27 
 37   imperialists lackies     Bakunin    Tue Oct 11, 2005 13:53 
 38   john o neill     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:29 
 39   Pat c     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:34 
 40   panorama transcript     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:37 
 41   john o neill     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:41 
 42   doesn't man diddly squat     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:42 
 43   i think the John O Neill might offer us more detail on the holliers.     PN-14342    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:46 
 44   Little Fish     Mark C    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:46 
 45   sure john     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:48 
 46   Mark     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:51 
 47   AAArgh! parent note 14342 was forged long ago.     hmmmm    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:52 
 48   I am prepared to sell you copies of Parent Note US 100dollar bill "14342"     pirate    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:56 
 49   hmmm     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:57 
 50   Good man Pat     An bata    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:58 
 51   pat c     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 14:58 
 52   one things for damn sure     Barry    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:00 
 53   john     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:01 
 54   Email Exchange     Mark C    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:03 
 55   an bata     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:05 
 56   mark     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:08 
 57   Pat     An bata    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:20 
 58   pats old hat     John O'Neill    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:29 
 59   an bata     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:30 
 60   john o neill     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:31 
 61   Now now Pat - John has you there     An bata    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:33 
 62   lets hope for seans sake     Barry    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:43 
 63   an bata     pat c    Tue Oct 11, 2005 15:45 
 64   Was getting bored with this thread     Amused    Tue Oct 11, 2005 16:04 
 65   Dutch crims and croats ?     Barry    Tue Oct 11, 2005 16:53 
 66   excellent gentlemen.     hmmmmm    Tue Oct 11, 2005 20:11 
 67   I don't know about destabilising modern economies with fake money.     laura wagner o toole    Tue Oct 11, 2005 20:24 
 68   Google report     Badman    Tue Oct 11, 2005 21:40 
 69   just came out number one     charttopper    Tue Oct 11, 2005 21:49 
 70   Google treats fadas as independent character     Badman    Tue Oct 11, 2005 22:32 
 71   not a bad thing     barry    Tue Oct 11, 2005 23:20 
 72   garland     chollima    Wed Oct 12, 2005 01:14 
 73   US to seek 'fake currency' extraditions     IT reader    Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:41 
 74   Barry     pat c    Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:23 
 75   cheers pat     Barry    Wed Oct 12, 2005 13:16 
 76   Garland and Harris     historian    Wed Oct 12, 2005 13:44 
 77   In all fairness......     Damien    Wed Oct 12, 2005 13:45 
 78   well     Barry    Wed Oct 12, 2005 13:50 
 79   I've a question! for Special agent Church!!!!     wicked watson    Wed Oct 12, 2005 13:55 
 80   Barry     pat c    Wed Oct 12, 2005 14:30 
 81   fascinating stuff.     hmmm    Wed Oct 12, 2005 14:45 
 82   a bit of conjecture     agcs    Wed Oct 12, 2005 15:56 
 83   "anyway Who was Goulding?"     StalinWatch    Wed Oct 12, 2005 15:57 
 84   my hotel     John O'Neill    Wed Oct 12, 2005 16:13 
 85   Cathal Goulding     pat c    Wed Oct 12, 2005 16:20 
 86   More material for the book     Dr Death    Wed Oct 12, 2005 17:58 
 87   Book on the Sticks     Please get in contact    Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:56 
 88   Book on Sticks     Dr. Life    Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:36 
 89   Yet More On Sean Garland     StalinWatch    Thu Oct 13, 2005 17:49 
 90   CIA     donald    Thu Oct 13, 2005 18:25 
 91   Stick book     Dr Death    Fri Oct 14, 2005 15:41 
 92   No Irish citizen should face extradition to the US.     Mike Ryan    Fri Oct 14, 2005 17:54 
 93   Mike     Cynic    Fri Oct 14, 2005 18:01 
 94   Sean Garland & DOJ     Cynic    Fri Oct 14, 2005 18:20 
 95   Info on Goulding     Cahal    Sun Oct 16, 2005 18:20 
 96   Good opportunity for WP     Mary Kelly    Sun Oct 16, 2005 22:05 
 97   why?     Not Observer2    Mon Oct 17, 2005 14:18 
 98   making humans out of nationalists     charles Pimple    Sun Oct 30, 2005 02:11 
 99   No extradition     Justin Morahan    Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:42 
 100   James Petras supports Garland campaign     J O'Hagan    Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:03 
 101   Petras     Cynic    Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:14 
 102   Tiny Sectarian Sects     Billy Williamson    Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:51 
 103   Sects     Cynic    Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:06 
 104   Sectarian sects     Billy Williamson    Wed Jan 04, 2006 16:42 
 105   Billyboy     Cynic    Wed Jan 04, 2006 20:06 
 106   Have to agree with Cynic     Fishandchipocryt    Wed Jan 04, 2006 20:18 
 107   Misunderstood Democrats     Harry D    Thu Jan 19, 2006 17:03 
 108   harry     pat c    Thu Jan 19, 2006 17:49 
 109   Popular Fascism     Harry D    Sat Jan 21, 2006 22:10 
 110   two nice views of democracy there     rooster    Mon Jan 23, 2006 00:21 
 111   harry / rooster     pat c    Mon Jan 23, 2006 13:27 
 112   pat c     stick    Mon Jan 23, 2006 13:50 
 113   stick     pat c    Mon Jan 23, 2006 13:53 
 114   criminals     stick    Mon Jan 23, 2006 14:06 
 115   stick     pat c    Mon Jan 23, 2006 18:15 
 116   just the same old story     stick    Mon Jan 23, 2006 22:16 
 117   stick     pat c    Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:52 
 118   you took your time replying     stick    Tue Jan 24, 2006 14:50 
 119   stick     pat c    Tue Jan 24, 2006 16:58 
 120   stick     pat c    Tue Jan 24, 2006 17:10 
 121   Sean Garland     pat c    Tue Jan 24, 2006 17:32 
 122   pat     stick    Tue Jan 24, 2006 17:53 
 123   stick     pat c    Tue Jan 24, 2006 18:22 
 124   Fascist Goverments are often elected.     Harry D    Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:14 
 125   harry d     pat c    Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:54 
 126   Harry D     historian    Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:57 
 127   famines and bank jobs     Willy    Wed Jan 25, 2006 13:05 
 128   willy     pat c    Wed Jan 25, 2006 14:20 
 129   overdue reply to pc     stick    Wed Jan 25, 2006 15:07 
 130   provisional alliance     historian eile    Wed Jan 25, 2006 15:14 
 131   stick     pat c    Wed Jan 25, 2006 15:59 
 132   historian eile     historian    Wed Jan 25, 2006 16:11 
 133   stick     pat c    Wed Jan 25, 2006 18:35 
 134   from the proverbial horses mouth     stick    Wed Jan 25, 2006 20:23 
 135   sorry to be pedantic men     Barry    Wed Jan 25, 2006 20:34 
 136   if you can afford it     stick    Wed Jan 25, 2006 20:54 
 137   stick / barry     pat c    Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:28 
 138   pc     stick    Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:48 
 139   Written out of history? The OIRA revisit the past     Lower Wack    Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:51 


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