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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 News Round-Up Thu Oct 09, 2025 01:07 | Richard Eldred
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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offsite link Two-Tier Justice on Full Display as Epping Protesters Get Longer Sentences Than Sex Attacker Whose C... Wed Oct 08, 2025 19:36 | Will Jones
Two-tier justice was on full display as three Epping protesters received longer prison sentences than the asylum seeker whose sex attack on a child they were protesting about, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Two-Tier Justice on Full Display as Epping Protesters Get Longer Sentences Than Sex Attacker Whose Crime They Were Protesting appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Britain?s Net Zero-ravaged steel industry is facing an "existential threat" as the EU threatens the UK with tariffs of up to 50% despite Keir Starmer's recent 'EU reset' giveaway on fishing rights and youth mobility.
The post British Steel Industry Faces “Existential Threat” as EU Hikes Tariffs to 50% Despite Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’ Giveaway appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun Wed Oct 08, 2025 15:27 | Ferro
The public's indifference to art has never been greater. No wonder, says Ferro: it's all just tired Left-progressive politics by another means. But the fightback for real art that moves the human soul has begun.
The post The Fightback Against Politicised Art Has Begun appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV Wed Oct 08, 2025 13:00 | James Alexander
Not until Leo XIV did we have a picture of a holy man staring at an ice cube with his hand on it, respectfully gazing as if imagining the whisky that could go with such a rock, says Prof James Alexander.
The post Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Left election slate formed?

category national | politics / elections | news report author Tuesday March 06, 2007 20:24author by Blog scanner Report this post to the editors

According to the British left wing site "Socialist Unity Network", a left electoral slate has been formed in Ireland. The site claims that this slate will contest the next election and involves the Workers Party, the Socialist Workers Party, the Campaign for an Independent Left and figures associated with the Labour Party.

New Independent Left Alliance formed.

The new Independent Left Alliance in Ireland have issued the following press release:

Left wing representatives and activists from a variety of backgrounds have come together to form a new alliance known as the Independent Left Alliance to contest the forthcoming general election.

In a statement, the newly formed grouping said,'The general election should not be reduced to a choice between Enda Kenny and Bertie Ahern for Taoiseach. These two conservative politicians serve the interests of big business and will preside over the glaring inequalities in Irish society.

We have come together to provide an alternative in the general election to Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the PDs, and also those parties who are willing to support them in government. The Labour party has never been able to develop as a real alternative for working people because of its participation in right wing governments. We are committed for example, to ending the scandals of our two tier health service, developer led unaffordable housing and planning, and the continued use of Shannon Airport by the US military. We will not support any government which will mean a continuation of that agenda.

'The Independent Left Alliance has been formed by people who have come together from different backgrounds on the left. We wish to overcome some of the historic divisions that have rent apart the Irish left and prevented it becoming an effective force. We do not claim to offer a finished product but are open and inclusive and would welcome the participation of others.

Candidates who will contest the election as part of the new Independent left Alliance include:
Seamus Healy TD, Tipperary Workers and Unemployed Action Group- South Tipperary
Councillor Catherine Connolly, former mayor of Galway - Galway West.
Councillor Declan Bree, former TD - Sligo-Leitrim
Councillor Joan Collins, Dublin. Community and Workers Action Group.
Richard Boyd Barrett, Chair of Irish Anti-War Movement and People Before Profit Alliance candidate, Dun Laoghaire
Carmel McKenna, People Before Profit Alliance, Wicklow
Brid Smith, People before Profit Alliance, Dublin South Central
Rory Hearne, People before Profit Alliance, Dublin South East
(WP Names to be added by WP)

Related Link: http://socialistunity.blogspot.com

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   mildly interesting if true...     anon    Tue Mar 06, 2007 20:31 
   Is Breezer gonna run?     Frankie Roberts    Tue Mar 06, 2007 20:36 
   New faces     Mondo Bizarro    Tue Mar 06, 2007 20:40 
   Connolly - opportunist and careerist     Galway    Tue Mar 06, 2007 21:01 
   not a press release     leak spotter    Tue Mar 06, 2007 21:42 
   Couple of questions     Ann Smith    Tue Mar 06, 2007 21:48 
   Bad dinner party line-up     analyser    Tue Mar 06, 2007 22:22 
   Fiction?     Ken    Tue Mar 06, 2007 22:34 
   hardly fiction     anon    Tue Mar 06, 2007 22:46 
 10   Verifying Andy's source     Guesser    Tue Mar 06, 2007 22:51 
 11   Simple     Sceptic    Tue Mar 06, 2007 23:26 
 12   Removal of leaked story     80/20    Wed Mar 07, 2007 00:42 
 13   Re 'Left election slate' posting     Brendan Young    Wed Mar 07, 2007 01:01 
 14   I am the source of the story, and I apologise     andy newman    Wed Mar 07, 2007 08:32 
 15   Brendan     Pushkin    Wed Mar 07, 2007 13:04 
 16   disgrace     anon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 15:54 
 17   Shame? Why?     80/20    Wed Mar 07, 2007 16:02 
 18   WP     UTS    Wed Mar 07, 2007 16:18 
 19   Response     Chekov    Wed Mar 07, 2007 16:23 
 20   Moronic attempt to put the cat back in the bag     R. Isible    Wed Mar 07, 2007 16:34 
 21   The big questions     Indo    Wed Mar 07, 2007 17:01 
 22   Do you think it really matters?     DM    Wed Mar 07, 2007 18:34 
 23   Programme?     Dub    Wed Mar 07, 2007 19:10 
 24   Dont Shoot the Messenger     Marlboro man    Wed Mar 07, 2007 19:23 
 25   RBB     anon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 19:27 
 26   Would I vote for these people?     Dub    Wed Mar 07, 2007 19:43 
 27   SWP     Marlboro man    Wed Mar 07, 2007 20:06 
 28   Cui bono?     John Lennon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 21:18 
 29   maybe     anon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 21:27 
 30   Timing     Reality Check    Wed Mar 07, 2007 21:28 
 31   This is a wish list of the SWP     John    Wed Mar 07, 2007 22:11 
 32   Transparent     people before politics    Wed Mar 07, 2007 22:55 
 33   really?     anon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:23 
 34   Interesting development     David    Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:32 
 35   Doubt Bree will run     Ray    Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:42 
 36   Not too far off.     Ex files    Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:44 
 37   Healy     anon    Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:47 
 38   Nonsense     P Mc Cabe    Thu Mar 08, 2007 00:01 
 39   Socialist Alternative     Pat    Thu Mar 08, 2007 00:34 
 40   No SF activism in Sligo     John    Thu Mar 08, 2007 07:59 
 41   Ah Stop Will ya?     P Mc Cabe    Thu Mar 08, 2007 09:33 
 42   Going off topic     Marlboro man    Thu Mar 08, 2007 09:43 
 43   Sorry Marlboro man     JP Blue Man    Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:06 
 44   Possibly     Marlboro man    Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:35 
 45   Sad but true     bitumen    Thu Mar 08, 2007 16:43 
 46   observation     Marlboro man    Thu Mar 08, 2007 17:27 
 47   Principles     P Mc Cabe    Thu Mar 08, 2007 17:48 
 48   No Chance     Lefty    Thu Mar 08, 2007 18:16 
 49   More chance than Bree     P Mc Cabe    Thu Mar 08, 2007 18:47 
 50   Read what I said!     Lefty    Thu Mar 08, 2007 20:32 
 51   More infighting     Clare G    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:55 
 52   thread shouldn't be about McManus or Bree     Ray    Thu Mar 08, 2007 22:02 
 53   All the best!     Mike    Thu Mar 08, 2007 22:25 
 54   Ray     Reality Check    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:04 
 55   Well if they're not socialists knowone on the list is!     Ray    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:27 
 56   Missing the point     Reality Check    Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:00 
 57   This isn't a united slate at all!     Unity supporter    Fri Mar 09, 2007 19:56 
 58   Do you really support unity?     Another better informed unity supporter    Fri Mar 09, 2007 22:33 
 59   South Central     Roger    Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:08 
 60   Collins-Smith transfer pact?     Unity supporter    Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:19 
 61   Well, well, well     Sancho Panzer    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:12 
 62   Transfer Pact in DSC Masks Mess     Dub    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:36 
 63   Sancho     Danny Cricket    Mon Mar 12, 2007 14:18 
 64   re: Cricket     Cricketer    Mon Mar 12, 2007 18:28 
 65   Non-slate     Factributor    Mon Mar 12, 2007 19:04 
 66   Slate's Failure is Political     Dub    Mon Mar 12, 2007 19:25 
 67   Just how boring is this topic     Danny Cricket    Mon Mar 12, 2007 19:28 
 68   Sad but true     Burgess    Mon Mar 12, 2007 19:45 
 69   a bit late in the day?     red    Mon Mar 12, 2007 23:55 
 70   RIP Divided United Left Slate     Unity supporter    Wed Mar 14, 2007 14:39 
 71   I agree     Fyodor    Thu Mar 15, 2007 01:22 
 72   collins-smith pact     norbit    Thu Mar 15, 2007 03:07 
 73   Norbit is wrong     Dub    Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:49 
 74   Carmel Mckenna     Mark Costello    Thu May 01, 2008 16:31 
 75   Re mark     Speedy    Thu May 01, 2008 21:03 


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