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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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offsite link Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? Mon Oct 06, 2025 19:30 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's peace plan for Gaza might yet succeed, but why on earth does Tony Blair feature, asks Professor Ramesh Thakur. Does Trump not realise how globally toxic the Blair brand is?
The post Does Trump Not Realise How Globally Toxic Tony Blair Is? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Stupidologiology Mon Oct 06, 2025 18:15 | James Alexander
William Davies has written an article titled 'Stupidology' which Prof James Alexander summarises as: 'Trump is stupid. Brexit was stupid. I am not stupid. Neither are my friends. Why do stupid people have power?'
The post Stupidologiology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Backlash as Nando?s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ?Nanny State? Rules Mon Oct 06, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
Nando's has sparked a backlash after restricting customers to a single glass of Coca-Cola Classic under new 'nanny state' Government rules aimed at cutting sugar consumption.
The post Backlash as Nando’s Limits Customers to One Coke per Visit Under New ‘Nanny State’ Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Nudge? Has a New Evil Twin: ?Stochastic Terror? Mon Oct 06, 2025 13:30 | Nick Rendell
'Nudge' has a new evil twin, says Nick Rendell: 'stochastic terror'. When all else fails, the Left foments the conditions for random political violence and then sits back and waits for someone to pick off Trump or Farage.
The post ‘Nudge’ Has a New Evil Twin: ‘Stochastic Terror’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The?Green Party?has committed itself to "abolishing landlords" after party members at its conference in Bournemouth passed a motion to seek the "effective abolition of private landlordism".
The post Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Fall of Andrew Wakefield, ‘dishonest’ doctor who started MMR scare

category international | consumer issues | other press author Friday January 29, 2010 12:27author by Dr Doom Report this post to the editors

At last Wakefield has been exposed as the crook that he is. He spread scare stories about the MNR Vaccine knowing that his claims were false.

The doctor who sparked a worldwide panic over the MMR vaccine could be struck off after being found guilty yesterday of a series of misconduct charges related to his “unethical” research. Andrew Wakefield, who in 1998 claimed an unfounded link between the vaccination and autism, “showed a callous disregard” for the suffering of children, subjecting them to unnecessary, invasive tests, a hearing found. The General Medical Council (GMC) ruled that he abused his position of trust as he researched a possible link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease and autism in children.

It found that Wakefield and two colleagues acted dishonestly and irresponsibly in carrying out research on children against their best interests and without official permission.

The GMC ruled that Wakefield, who was working at the Royal Free Hospital in London as a gastroenterologist at the time, did not have the ethical approval or qualifications to oversee the study, which involved children undergoing colonoscopies, lumbar punctures, barium meals and brain scans.

He was also found to have brought the medical profession into disrepute after taking blood samples from youngsters at his son's birthday party in return for payments of £5 and failing to disclose vital conflicts of interest.

Related Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7006525.ece

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Lancet formally retracts 1998 paper linking vaccine and autism     Dr Doom    Tue Feb 02, 2010 18:52 
   Still not a closed case     SionnachtheHeyoka    Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:13 
   What the GMC inquisition was really about     soubresauts    Fri Feb 05, 2010 22:41 
   Why are journalists afraid to ask questions?     soubresauts    Fri Feb 05, 2010 23:11 
   Dr Wakefield     Damien    Sun Feb 07, 2010 16:29 
   The Tragedy Of The Fraudulent MMR Autism Link, A Personal Story     CN    Mon Feb 07, 2011 18:44 
   This topic discussed on Gary Null show.     Terence    Mon Feb 07, 2011 21:29 
   You just can't trust big pharma full stop.     ferret    Tue Feb 08, 2011 15:08 
   Vaccine     Jerry Cornelius    Tue Feb 08, 2011 19:06 
 10   stop arguing about something we both agree on.     ferret    Wed Feb 09, 2011 15:32 
 11   ferret     JC    Wed Feb 09, 2011 15:38 
 12   Some sanity to the topic of vaccines     Terence    Wed Feb 09, 2011 22:09 
 13   @ J.C. please don't put words in my mouth...     ferret    Sun Feb 13, 2011 23:56 
 14   To Jerry Cornelius     AC (somewhat of a pharma insider)    Wed Feb 16, 2011 02:03 
 15   ...A Giant Among Men     AntiPharma    Wed Aug 03, 2011 00:30 
 16   HOLD UP     AntiPharma    Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:24 
 17   how do you know what you know?     AntiPharma    Wed Aug 03, 2011 20:42 
 18   Primary Sources     AntiPharma    Thu Aug 04, 2011 15:33 
 19   @gerald...you're just being an ass     AntiPharma    Thu Aug 04, 2011 17:08 
 20   @'anti'pharma     Damien Mooney    Thu Aug 04, 2011 23:41 
 21   Nope     Damien Mooney    Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:50 
 22   The numbers game     Damien Mooney    Fri Aug 05, 2011 22:18 
 23   Interesting     Damien Mooney    Fri Aug 05, 2011 23:22 
 24   Sleazy Sales tactics     Damien Mooney    Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:57 
 25   Increased autism rates crush vaccine hypothesis     Ossie Bastable    Thu Apr 05, 2012 21:10 
 26   Increased detection rates~     Damien M    Fri Apr 06, 2012 20:22 
 27   Damien     Ossie    Fri Apr 06, 2012 23:19 
 28   Wakefield     Miriam Cotton    Fri Apr 13, 2012 15:30 
 29   US father petitions local authority to ban all unimmunised children from cancer recovering son's school     Ben    Mon Feb 02, 2015 00:54 
 30   California Moves to Ban All Vaccination Exemptions     Ben    Fri Feb 06, 2015 19:28 
 31   Measles vaccination rates in parts of Africa surpass those in North America     Ben    Sun Feb 08, 2015 13:43 
 32   Unfounded vaccine myths harm measles herd immunity     Ben    Wed Feb 11, 2015 15:25 
 33   anti-vacs lunacy     immuned    Wed Feb 11, 2015 19:01 
 34   US officials urge measles vaccination     Ben    Thu Feb 19, 2015 19:44 
 35   Here's What Some of California's Least Vaccinated Schools Have to Say for Themselves     Ben    Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:45 
 36   Mom abandons anti-vaccine movement after all 7 of her kids get pertussis.     Ben    Sat Apr 11, 2015 23:24 


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