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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
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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 Britain?s Public Inquiries ? Unaffordable and Unscientific Sun Nov 23, 2025 13:00 | Dr David Livermore
Britain's public inquiries are a money pit, chasing stories that suit them while ignoring the facts. David Livermore calls out the Covid Inquiry for spinning dodgy stats and brushing aside the huge harm lockdowns did.
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offsite link Thousands of Pakistanis Using Visa Loopholes for Asylum Claims Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
There are growing claims the UK's visa system is being openly gamed, with record numbers of Pakistani nationals arriving on student, work and visitor visas and then switching to asylum.
The post Thousands of Pakistanis Using Visa Loopholes for Asylum Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 30 Left-Wing MPs Call on Ofcom to Censor X Under the Online Safety Act. Of Course They Do Sun Nov 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
Thirty Left-wing MPs have written to Ofcom to press it to censor X under the Online Safety Act. The evidence of 'hate' on the platform is threadbare, but it's obvious why they want to clip its wings, says Laurie Wastell.
The post 30 Left-Wing MPs Call on Ofcom to Censor X Under the Online Safety Act. Of Course They Do appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Exposed: How Green ?Philanthropy? Writes Scripts for Ulez ?Clean Air? Activists Sun Nov 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
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offsite link News Round-Up Sun Nov 23, 2025 01:46 | Will Jones
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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Hedgehog massacre planned on Scottish Islands

category national | animal rights | news report author Thursday July 04, 2002 15:31author by Pat Corcoran Report this post to the editors

Animal rights groups react with horror to SNH's proposals.

Over 5000 hedgehogs on the Western Isles of Scotland will be killed under plans being put forward by scientists at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the government's conservation agency.



Hedgehog massacre planned on Scottish Islands


17:20 02 July 02

NewScientist.com news service

Over 5000 hedgehogs on the Western Isles of Scotland will be killed under plans being put forward by scientists at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the government's conservation agency.

They say that "eradication" of the hedgehog population on South Uist and Benbecula is the only way to stop them eating the eggs of ground nesting birds, which are in rapid decline.

Four hedgehogs were introduced to the islands from the mainland in 1974 by a gardener who thought they might help control pests. Since then they have bred and spread to such an extent that SNH now considers them a serious threat to one of Europe's most important colonies of waders.


(Photo: Digger Jackson)

"They have caused absolute havoc," says SNH's George Anderson. "The least cruel thing to do is to humanely kill them. It is a tough decision to take but there is no viable alternative."


60 per cent decline


In the 1980s there were 17,000 pairs of waders breeding on the islands. But surveys over the past seven years have shown that the population of snipe and dunlin has dropped 60 per cent, that of redshank 40 per cent and lapwing 30 per cent

The main cause is predation by hedgehogs, maintains Anderson. In North Uist, which has not yet been overwhelmed by hedgehogs, bird populations have remained relatively healthy.

Animal rights organisations have reacted with horror to SNH's proposals. "It was humans who disrupted the ecological balance of Uist in the first place. We now have a responsibility to all of the islands' inhabitants to find an effective, respectful and non-lethal solution," argues Ross Minett from Advocates for Animals in Edinburgh.

But SNH scientists have already dismissed all the alternatives to a mass cull. They say fencing is ineffective, sterilisation or contraception unavailable, and trapping and relocation cruel.

In a paper to a meeting of the SNH main board on 9 July, they accept that the issue is "extremely sensitive" because hedgehogs are "beloved by the general public". Nevertheless they recommend "eradication of the introduced hedgehog population by humane lethal control". The method of killing is yet to be chosen.


Rob Edwards, Edinburgh


This story is from NewScientist.com's news service - for more exclusive news and expert analysis every week subscribe to New Scientist print edition.


author by ###publication date Thu Jul 04, 2002 16:30author address author phone Report this post to the editors

If their is any word on what the animal rights groups are going to do about this, please let us know and what anyone can do to help, if theres time.

author by Terrypublication date Thu Jul 04, 2002 17:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Utterly disgusting and should be stopped, but can be done from Ireland?

author by friend of the hedgehogpublication date Sat Jul 06, 2002 14:52author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The best thing as an Irish person I suppose would be tobring them over here and sell tthem to gardeners. They are native right? (don't kill me if I'm wrong) Might even make a profit !!!!

author by Sonicpublication date Sun Jul 07, 2002 16:11author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yes, I agree. Bring them over to Ireland, jump over the platorms at dublin port and get some gold coins on the way.

author by Stevepublication date Sun Jul 07, 2002 21:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Animal welfare is a very serious issue, it involves the defence of defenceless living beings. It is not an occasion for humour, YOU ASSHOLE!!!!

author by firewomanpublication date Mon Jul 08, 2002 08:31author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I do care about animal welfare. Do you have any bright ideas, share then. Hey the money could then be used to help other hedgehogs.

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