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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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During Lucy Letby's trial, her defence team failed to call a single expert witness, a decision which the authors of a new book call "inexplicable". Was there covert collusion in a guilty verdict, asks Guy de la B?doy?re.
The post Did Lucy Letby’s Defence Team Collude in a Guilty Verdict? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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The father of the?Manchester synagogue attacker?praised the October 7th Hamas terrorists as "Allah?s men on earth". Perhaps there was a reason he named his son 'Jihad'.
The post Manchester Attacker’s Father Praised October 7th Hamas Terrorists appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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The post BrewDog Sells ‘Net Zero’ Forest Amid Mounting Losses appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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The post Sarah Mullally Appointed as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Kemi?s Pledge to Repeal the Climate Change Act Must Be Just the Start Fri Oct 03, 2025 09:00 | Ben Pile
Kemi Badenoch's pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act ? which commits the UK to Net Zero ? must be just the start of the dismantling of the Westminster Uniparty consensus on climate catastrophism, says Ben Pile.
The post Kemi’s Pledge to Repeal the Climate Change Act Must Be Just the Start appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Iran aid ship to sail for Gaza this Sunday

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Tuesday June 22, 2010 17:34author by non-voter - SBUauthor email thackeraddy at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

Iran is to send a ship -the Infants of Gaza - carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza this Sunday . Israeli commandos are said to be preparing for a confrontation . Ratcheting up the islamophobia ahead of the blockade - busting attempt ,zionist Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor commented , "I don't think there is one single country in this region and beyond that would let such an ayatollah ship come near its coasts."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6f...DP280

author by non-voterpublication date Tue Jun 22, 2010 18:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors


On Monday, Israel demanded that the EU instruct its member states to prevent the organization of flotillas and to stop its citizens from working against Israeli interests. Also on Monday the American State Department issued a directive to US citizens warning them against joining any future aid flotillas .
Despite the zionist regimes warnings ,the aid movement is growing , with many hundreds of new volunteers signing up since the murders of the Turkish aid workers aboard the Mamara last month .A ship bound for the beseiged Palestinian port has already sailed from Lebanon as part of the growing international flotilla movement and is expected to reach Gaza by Sunday..

author by Ronocpublication date Tue Jun 22, 2010 19:01author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Largest warship in years to pass through Suez Canal... Read more here...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164

Related Link: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164
author by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite partypublication date Tue Jun 22, 2010 20:43author address author phone Report this post to the editors

According to US military support site War On Terror its a routine changing of the naval guard.Also says there is a German frigate (FGS Hessen) along.Rattling the sabre.

author by Bazooka Joepublication date Wed Jun 23, 2010 03:57author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Lebanese ships, the Julia and the Mariam are preparing to depart Lebanon for Gaza. They are heading to Cyprus first to contravene the Lebanese Government ban on ships "illegally attempting to enter an “Israeli-controlled port” (Gaza).

Related Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6fvvgQLELYgmlMBK-EaQ8A1WQD9GFLOU80
author by non-voter - SBUpublication date Wed Jun 23, 2010 13:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman ,Ramin Mehmanparast, said arrangements were being negotiated with the Egyptian government to facilitate the delivery of the shipment of medical supplies and humanitarian aid to the impoverished people of Gaza. Yesterday Iranian Red Crescent official Abdulraouf Zada, said that the ships cargo comprises medicine, foodstuff, clothes for children, and toys .But Israels stridently islamophobic Chief of Staff ,Gabi Ashkenaz, insisted on referring to the aid as an "arms flow" that the zionist regime has a right and duty to inspect and prevent entering Gaza.

Meanwhile Jordans humanitarian Lifeline Committee said in a press conference on Tuesday that it was preparing a land convoy to Gaza.The committee said its convoy would leave on 12 July carrying " construction materials in addition to other badly needed items such as medical equipment, medication, baby milk powder and other relief material."

In an important development for the international solidarity movement , 1,500 members of the Swedish Port Workers Union began a boycott today at all Sweden's ports which handle more than 95% of the country's foreign trade to protest last months murder raid by Israeli commandos on the Mamara. The action is planned to end on June 29.

author by non-voter - SBUpublication date Wed Jun 23, 2010 14:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Members of an Israeli solidarity group called Boycott! have sent the following message to the Swedish dockworkers :

"Dear members of the dock workers union in Sweden,

We have heard of your decision to initiate a blockade against all Israeli transfers to and from Swedish harbors between the 23rd-29th of June, 2010. As Israeli citizens and residents, we are aware of the message these actions send to the Israeli society. Israelis who have so far lived in a bubble disassociated from the way they are perceived by the world outside will not be able to ignore this protest. For too long Israel has been treated by the outside world in a way that has allowed it to ignore international law in a most dangerous way, to both the Palestinians, to itself and citizens, and to the area as a whole. This continuous failure of the outside world to question Israeli policies has allowed Israelis to view the practices of its government as legitimate. Hopefully, actions such as yours, which profile Israel together with other non-democracies with fascist and racist agendas, will function as a wake-up call. Facts reported by a recent article in the Israeli paper Maariv give us hope that we are getting close to achieving just that.

We salute your move and hope that many other will follow your brave steps. We fully support your actions."

see:http://usacbi.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/boycott-supports...eden/

author by non-voter - SBUpublication date Wed Jun 23, 2010 20:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Activists in Oakland California picketed a local dock where an Israeli ship was due to berth last Sunday ;
Oakland dockworkers affiliated with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to cross the picket line. An arbitrator upheld the legality of the workers' refusal to unload the ships.

"Our objective was to boycott this ship for 24 hours, and we succeeded in doing that,..............Our view is that the state of Israel can not engage in acts of piracy and kill people on the high seas and still think their cargo can go anywhere in the world,"" said Richard Becker, with the ANSWER Coalition, one of the groups that organized the protest.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/0...ernJl

Dockers in South Africa, Norway, Sweden and Malaysia have also said they will refuse to unload Israeli ships in the coming weeks.
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Other developments

------ Norway's military says it has canceled a special operations seminar because the Defense Ministry objected to the inclusion of an Israeli army officer in the program.

------- On Monday, the Turkish U-19 soccer team canceled its scheduled game against Israel after it received explicit instructions from the Turkish government to return to the country.

-------- The Swedish Football Association announced Tuesday that it will appeal to UEFA to cancel the scheduled appearance of Sweden's U-21 team for a game in Israel this week. Players training in Cyprus have "expressed reservations" about playing the Israeli team since the zionist outrage last month.

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