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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 Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 20:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent

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

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Britain?s Free Speech Crisis Only Gets Worse Mon Oct 13, 2025 19:00 | Alex Klaushofer
How did Britain, the cradle of liberal democracy, come to have one of the most authoritarian censorship regimes in the world? Alex Klaushofer looks at the horror of the Online Safety Act and where it came from.
The post Britain’s Free Speech Crisis Only Gets Worse appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Nigel Farage Blames Starmer After Reform Council Leader, 19, is Physically Attacked in Street Mon Oct 13, 2025 17:42 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage last night accused Keir Starmer of "disgraceful" rhetoric after Britain's youngest council leader, George Finch, 19, was physically attacked in the street by a man calling him "racist" and a "fascist".
The post Nigel Farage Blames Starmer After Reform Council Leader, 19, is Physically Attacked in Street appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link NHS Nurses Who Refused to Share Changing Room With Man Now Face Misconduct Probe for Telling Story Mon Oct 13, 2025 15:44 | Will Jones
The four Darlington NHS nurses who refused to share a changing room with a male colleague now face a misconduct probe for telling their story and raising awareness of their treatment.
The post NHS Nurses Who Refused to Share Changing Room With Man Now Face Misconduct Probe for Telling Story appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize ? But He Won?t Mon Oct 13, 2025 13:34 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump may have missed out on this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but his stunning success in ending the Gaza conflict should mean he bags it next year, says Ramesh Thakur. But he won't ? the Norwegians will never allow it.
The post Trump Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize ? But He Won’t appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link All 20 Israeli Hostages Released After 738 Days in Captivity in Gaza Mon Oct 13, 2025 11:10 | Will Jones
All 20 living hostages were released today after 738 days in captivity in Gaza following?a Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas that aims to bring an end to the war.
The post All 20 Israeli Hostages Released After 738 Days in Captivity in Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Brid Smith to run against Cllr Joan Collins in the 2007 election?

category dublin | politics / elections | other press author Monday June 26, 2006 18:39author by Reporter Report this post to the editors

The following report is on the People Before Profit website. Brid Smith (SWP) is to run as a People Before Profit candidate in next year's general election. Does this mean that Brid Smith will run against Cllr Joan Collins, who has an established base? If so, the left vote will be badly divided. Or is this a negotiating ploy by the SWP? Or, are Smith and Collins running in different constituencies? Let us hope they have worked out something and that the latter is true.

."Ballyfermot

About thirty people attended a Dublin South Central meeting of the
PB4P, which was held in the Clover Hill Community Centre.

The group previously held a meeting on housing in the area and attempts
by the council to take possession of public parks for developers.

The main discussion at the meeting was about the election and it was
unanimously agreed to nominate Brid Smith to contest the forthcoming
general election.

This team will also meet up with the Crumlin Community and Workers
Group to discuss co-ordinating electoral strategy. A representative
from the group was present and spoke about the need for joint
campaigning on housing developments in the area,

It was also agreed to produce a regular People Before Profit bulletin
and a three person sub-group has been set up to work on this project.

Ballyfermot Contact 087 9090166"

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   hm     Observer    Mon Jun 26, 2006 19:18 
   PBP     Excellent choice    Mon Jun 26, 2006 21:10 
   It all becomes clear     Johnnyred    Mon Jun 26, 2006 21:23 
   Not surprising     Election pundit    Mon Jun 26, 2006 22:49 
   ENTRYISM     SWP WATCH / Political Cult watch    Tue Jun 27, 2006 01:06 
   Question     D    Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:12 
   An answer     Bamber    Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:31 
   A strange decision     Mark P    Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:23 
   Silly discussion     J    Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:33 
 10   What?     Mark P    Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:39 
 11   Non-story?     I    Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:41 
 12   Interesting     Dermot Lacey    Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:47 
 13   Suggestion     j    Tue Jun 27, 2006 13:06 
 14   Now now Dermot     Observing the cllr    Tue Jun 27, 2006 13:09 
 15   j     Amused    Tue Jun 27, 2006 13:11 
 16   Jay     Yy    Tue Jun 27, 2006 13:29 
 17   How's that for a straight answer     Mark P    Tue Jun 27, 2006 13:30 
 18   Dear Dermot     Aidan Kennedy    Tue Jun 27, 2006 14:48 
 19   Memory     Gary    Tue Jun 27, 2006 15:14 
 20   The bizarre antics of Dermot Lacey, god save us all     Richey    Tue Jun 27, 2006 17:20 
 21   Dermot     pat c    Tue Jun 27, 2006 17:46 
 22   Dermot     Gary    Tue Jun 27, 2006 18:22 
 23   Interested     Voter    Tue Jun 27, 2006 20:50 
 24   Gary     pat c    Tue Jun 27, 2006 21:02 
 25   Warped world of 'voter'     Non zombie    Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:12 
 26   Who did she vote for?     Zombie    Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:44 
 27   Thanks     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:06 
 28   Dermot     MG    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:19 
 29   observer     Gary    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:25 
 30   MG news     Voter    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:30 
 31   Gary     pat c    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:33 
 32   Actually     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:46 
 33   Dermot     MG    Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:12 
 34   AOR and bin charges     Barrington    Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:17 
 35   pat c     Gary    Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:36 
 36   Gary     pat c    Wed Jun 28, 2006 13:01 
 37   Dermot Lacey aside...     Jim    Wed Jun 28, 2006 13:02 
 38   Gary     pat c    Wed Jun 28, 2006 13:06 
 39   Barrington     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 13:52 
 40   Two questions     Mark P    Wed Jun 28, 2006 14:17 
 41   "A vile individual with vile right wing politics" !!     historian    Wed Jun 28, 2006 14:20 
 42   well said     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 14:23 
 43   Historian     Mark P    Wed Jun 28, 2006 14:51 
 44   Mark P     historian    Wed Jun 28, 2006 14:59 
 45   Mark P SP     Curious    Wed Jun 28, 2006 15:00 
 46   Sympathy I share     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 15:03 
 47   A final word.     Mark P    Wed Jun 28, 2006 15:18 
 48   Mark P     historian    Wed Jun 28, 2006 15:26 
 49   Historian     tom eile    Wed Jun 28, 2006 16:14 
 50   Answer     Seán Ryan    Wed Jun 28, 2006 16:16 
 51   Dear lord another loonie     Topper    Wed Jun 28, 2006 16:17 
 52   Topper     historian    Wed Jun 28, 2006 16:48 
 53   Yup, a loonie alright     Topper    Wed Jun 28, 2006 16:52 
 54   Topper     Felix    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:04 
 55   Not True     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:09 
 56   Felix     Topper    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:16 
 57   Labour socialists     MG    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:19 
 58   Topper     Felix    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:25 
 59   Reply     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:28 
 60   Reply     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:28 
 61   You deliberately and badly miss the point     Seán Ryan    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:35 
 62   Reply     Gary    Wed Jun 28, 2006 17:57 
 63   Wrong and wrong again     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jun 28, 2006 18:27 
 64   More     Seán Ryan    Wed Jun 28, 2006 18:45 
 65   If you want     Sean Ryan    Wed Jun 28, 2006 18:49 
 66   Disengage     Seán Ryan    Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:25 
 67   O'Riordan     Barrington    Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:25 
 68   Felix     Topper    Wed Jun 28, 2006 22:30 
 69   Info     Sylvia Dowling    Thu Jun 29, 2006 09:21 
 70   More info     Clarity?    Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:02 
 71   Clarity     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:21 
 72   "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again     Barrington    Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:44 
 73   Barrington     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 13:00 
 74   Turn that frown upsidedown     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 13:04 
 75   Dear Dermot....     Socialist Party member    Thu Jun 29, 2006 13:59 
 76   Back to the subject     John    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:02 
 77   Dear Conrade ( not a mistake)     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:17 
 78   Dear Conrade ( not a mistake)     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:17 
 79   Dermot     pat c    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:22 
 80   A freudian slip     Non-alligned socialist    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:30 
 81   Fair comment     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:34 
 82   Manners     Gary    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:49 
 83   Put Up or Shut UP     Pat's Politics    Thu Jun 29, 2006 20:47 
 84   Labour are committed to local government reform     Red inc    Fri Jun 30, 2006 01:36 
 85   Red Inc     Breda    Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:55 
 86   Two Messages     Raphael Hythlodaeus    Mon Jul 10, 2006 00:12 


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