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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
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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.

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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

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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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Pipeline will never go through Rossport, says Shell's advisor

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Monday April 10, 2006 01:23author by Shell to Sea - Dublin Shell to Sea Report this post to the editors

While Maura Harrington predicts birth at Solidarity Camp

I thought this article in the Sunday Times was worth a look.

It seems that Christy Loftus, Shell's new hired help in Mayo, is saying that they are going to have to find a new pipeline route. He's getting €58K pper year for stating the obvious there, but he also seems to believe that there actually is a route they can find where the community will accept the danger posed by an experimental high pressure raw-gas pipeline. It looks as though Shell are also paying him to learn Irish, so some good will come of this scheme...

Further on in the article, Maura Harrington wonders about the possibility of someone giving birth at the Rossport Solidarity Camp.
Shell to Sea Sticker, O'Connell Street, Dublin March 2006
Shell to Sea Sticker, O'Connell Street, Dublin March 2006

The Sunday Times - Ireland http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-2125392,00....html

The Sunday Times April 09, 2006

Shell’s Rossport spin doctor calls for alternative pipeline

Aine Ryan

A SPIN DOCTOR appointed to improve Shell’s image in Mayo, where it is engaged in a long-running battle to bring gas onshore, has predicted that its pipeline will never run through Rossport.

Christy Loftus, recently appointed as external affairs adviser by Shell, has advised his employers to start looking for alternative routes. “I’ve told Shell that I believe the pipeline will never be laid along that route, and I think they are listening to me,” he said.

But the former Western People journalist has also warned that attempts by Shell to Sea, a protest group, to have the gas processed offshore will never be considered by the company because of the economic implications.

Loftus, who is attending Irish classes to improve his ability to communicate with locals, admits he has made little or no progress since his appointment in February.

In early March, he sent letters to the Rossport Five, the five men who are objecting to the construction of the pipeline through Rossport, and a number of Shell to Sea activists, suggesting informal meetings. He has received no replies.

Maura Harrington, a Shell to Sea spokeswoman who is a gaelgoir and teacher, said she had considered acknowledging Loftus’s letter with a “fuaireas do litir”. This is traditional civil service speak for “I got your letter, but don’t want to know”.

Other locals are scathing about Loftus and another public relations appointee, retired chief superintendent John Carey, from the Belmullet area.

Last Friday, the president of the High Court ruled that the Rossport Five should not have to serve any more time in jail for their contempt of court after their protests prevented Shell from carrying on its business in Mayo. The court took into account that they had served 94 days in prison last year. They were released last September when Shell lifted the injunction against them. Shell was awarded costs.

Loftus said he was relieved that Judge Finnegan did not return the men to jail. “It would have been a public relations nightmare for Shell. The reality is, there will be no progress until these men sit across a table from Shell and negotiate. I see that as the only way forward,” Loftus said.

The Rossport Five are now concerned that Shell will pursue them for costs. “We may have to go to jail again,” said Willie Corduff, one of the five, yesterday.

Shell confirmed its legal team will review Friday’s ruling on costs. “We will urgently seek clarification on this matter,” said a spokeswoman.

Loftus has been given a three-year contract and is paid ?58,000 per annum. He says that during his interview with Shell he was “uncompromising and confrontational”, and told the company he wouldn’t defend their mistakes and wouldn’t be their apologist or spin doctor in north Mayo.

Morale remains high among anti-Shell protesters, Harrington said. The Rossport Solidarity Camp was reopened at the beginning of the month after many of its members spent the winter on lecture tours around England and Europe espousing the cause. “All we need now is our first camp baby,” said Harrington.

Mary Corduff, wife of one of the Rossport Five, said it was typical of Shell’s cynicism to use Mayo natives in an attempt to drive a wedge among the people. “The only people Shell feels sorry for is themselves,” said Corduff.

Loftus says he has a clear conscience about his new position. He said he has supported the Shell development from the outset and believes it will bring economic benefits to the county. “However, if I were in the shoes of the any one of the Rossport Five and I had safety concerns about a gas pipeline running close to my house, I would have acted in the same way,” he said.

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