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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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offsite link Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? Sat Sep 27, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Can the radical Left ? increasingly wedded to violence to achieve its unpopular ideals ? actually be trusted with free speech, or will it just keep using it to call for and celebrate our deaths, asks Steven Tucker.
The post Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Sep 27, 2025 00:54 | 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 In Defence of Cancelling the Left Fri Sep 26, 2025 17:00 | Dr James Allan
Should the Right take the moral high ground and refrain from cancel culture? Or should it give the Left a taste of its own medicine ? and try to teach it a lesson? It has to be the latter, argues Professor James Allan.
The post In Defence of Cancelling the Left appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Watch: Police Arrest Autistic Man in Middle of the Night for Posting ?F*** Hamas, F*** Islam? on Soc... Fri Sep 26, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Police officers have come under fire after they arrested an autistic man late last night over an X post which read: "F***?Hamas, F***?Palestine, F*** Islam. Want to protest? F*** off to a Muslim country and protest."
The post Watch: Police Arrest Autistic Man in Middle of the Night for Posting “F*** Hamas, F*** Islam” on Social Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link It?s Time to Admit That Christians Are Being Persecuted in Two-Tier Britain Fri Sep 26, 2025 13:40 | Belinda Brown
It's time to admit that Christians are being persecuted in two-tier Britain, says Belinda Brown. The flimsiest claims of 'offence' from normal expressions of Christian faith are getting people sacked and arrested.
The post It’s Time to Admit That Christians Are Being Persecuted in Two-Tier Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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FAS - Workplace Faux Pas

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | opinion/analysis author Saturday August 21, 2010 18:01author by EX FAS WORKER - ORGANISATION OF THE FREE PERSON Report this post to the editors

FAS - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS , BIASDNESS AND SLAVE LABOUR

FAS complaints of abuse and mismanagement, are at an all time high, FAS registered employees has risen by nearly 50 pc. Staffing levels to cope with this has only risen by 5 pc. FAS in recent years has come under attack, due to media reports,including recent documentation on fas activity in Castlebar and other towns across Ireland..

They even recieved funding for a FAS space project!! which has nothing to do with increasing job prospects for the unemployed of Ireland.

FAS IN SPACE
FAS IN SPACE

Their tight 1 Billion Euro budget is apparentely NOT ENOUGH FOR FAS MANAGEMENT.

On the CE scheme one is in reciept of 216 Euro respectively (this has gone down from 228 Euros for one single person), there has been a cut on the christmas bonus, and disablity, and they are also thinking of cutting FAS CE payments further.

Even in the days of the Celtic Tiger, FAS has had it's fair share of complaints, ranging from unfair dismissal, to biasdness, bullying,sexual harassment, and general inequality for not just community employment workers (ce workers) but in some cases managers and supervisors.

Most FAS supervisors have admitted to having a lack of qualifications and some not even holding the basic leaving certificate standard or even diploma..

Only recently FAS Management have been put under considerable pressure to ensure FAS supervisors are put on a FAS training programme for supervisors, to ensure they know how to interact with their community employees more effectively..

Most of these reports have been blatantly ignored by government and local business,as some of these businesses support FAS.

Our current minister has even admitted, he cannot get rid of FAS, as they would not have the facilities in place to replace FAS.

While Molloy and Harney were off abroad, and living the life, the FAS offices were innundated with complaints.

FAS have been reported to have sent out inadequately trained apprentices for manual labour on building sites,which obviously has the most dangerous health and safety implications. They had to do a recall of all these workers and retrain them.

There has also been reports in local media and the irish times on the fas lease scandal which has rolled on into the year 2010,the lease was first purchased in early 2000..

The government to date have BLATANLTLY AND BOLDLY REFUSED, to take appropriate action on FAS MANAGEMENT AND THEIR SUPERVISORS.

EVENTHOUGH FAS SEEMS TO BE CHURNING OUT SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL.

In recent reports in the irish times, to iron out any further complications, FAS will be answering to TWO MINISTERS, NOT ONE..

Related Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5299485.ece
author by fas workplace enviornment a shamblespublication date Sun Aug 22, 2010 00:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

In my experience it was a culture of individuals that had at various times headed up different sections of the organisation and effectively were answerable to no one,some of them had only worked on the ce scheme for only one year.

More than anything I found the experience disturbing, constantly being asked to give account of myself or actions while never having any answers to my questions returned.

When you have an individual who has never had to fight for their job,or show their metal,to be in situations where you had to prove yourself and stand up for your employees,you have an individual who has not had their attitude properly shaped,by their surrounding working enviornment..

I have had this experience with another member of staff in FAS.

The complaints procedure back then,was not as credible as it is now..And i suffered badly because of it.

To have your job description constantly expanded to fit the changing needs of the organisation. To be asked to do the work of others in another section while the full time staff sat and drank tea.

If this was witnessed in any other workplace you can be damn sure p45's would be at the ready!

author by mickey Gpublication date Sun Aug 22, 2010 13:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

fas was a hoot,used to spend all day getting stoned,walk off to the chipper wit 300 quid in my pocket,dem where teh days..lol

author by re:faspublication date Sun Aug 22, 2010 13:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I had made a complaint to fas some years ago when i was on a ce scheme,i was given menial tasks not related to my job description,and was still expected to do them,not only that but their share of work also,there is a culture of unfairness in fas,but when i did make a complaint,at first my supervisor and employer(the FAS sponsor) obstructed my valid complaint,but when i got together a diary of every event that took place and brought it to the attention of senior fas staff.. it was given a fair hearing...

There is a complaints procedure,that must be followed,by anybody thinking of making a complaint no matter where they are in the fas structure.
ANY COMPLAINT CAN BE VERBAL OR WRITTEN.

Stage 1
Participants on FÁS Training Centre Courses

The complaint should be addressed to the instructor, tutor or facilitator. If the complaint remains unresolved it should be referred to the FÁS Training Centre Manager.
Participants on FÁS Employment Programmes

For those engaged on employment programmes (Community Employment, Job Initiative, etc.) the complaint should be addressed to the immediate supervisor. If the complaint remains unresolved, it should be referred to the programme sponsor (the employer). If the complaint continues to be unresolved it should be referred to the FÁS Community Employment Officer responsible for the project.
Other Members of the public

If a member of the public wishes to raise a complaint, they should address the complaint to the specific department manager.
Stage 2

If having progressed through the 1st stage, the complaint remains unresolved, the client should refer the matter to:
FÁS Client Services Coordinator
c/o Legal Services
FÁS Head Office
27-33 Upper Baggot Street
Dublin 4
work Tel.: +353 (0)1 607 0500
work fax Fax: +353 (0)1 607 0600
Stage 3

In the event that the complaint cannot be resolved, clients may, independently of FÁS, refer the complaint for consideration, by writing to:
FÁS Client Services Commissioner
P.O. Box No. 5656
27-33 Upper Baggot Street
Dublin 4

The service provided by the FÁS Client Services Commissioner is an independent, free and confidential way of settling unresolved complaints between FÁS and its clients.

A leaflet, outlining the provisions of the FÁS Client Services Commissioner scheme and the Commissioners `Terms of Reference' is available on Email request.

IF FOR SOME REASON THAT DOESNT WORK CONTACT SIPTU OR LOOK UP WORKERS RIGHTS IN IRELAND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGAINSATIONS OUT THERE.

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL NEWS PAPER ABOUT HOW FAS NEVER DEALT WITH YOUR COMPLAINT MINUS THE WORKPLACE DETAILS AS IT COULD BE SLANDER IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EYE WITNESSES OR EVIDENCE.REMEMBER STICK TO THE FACTS NOT WHAT THE WEATHER WAS LIKE ..ETC

author by Fas passpublication date Sun Aug 22, 2010 13:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Nepotism in organisations like this are rife,you dont need any training to become a fas worker,or supervisor,which is why many people on different FAS workplace schemes have shared experiences..

Anybody thinking of doing a CE scheme,could potentially ruin their chances of getting a job,if your employer bad mouths you(like mine did).

There is no code of conduct adhered to in many of these schemes,the full time fas staff just run amok..

For example: a fas scheme run in an isolated country area,or even in a town or city,is not regulary reviewed by the fas sponsor of the program or outside fas officials or an independant agency..

Too much authority is given to the supervisor of the scheme,who in some instances is barely fresh from 'ce work training',which could literally mean ANYTHING.

If anything does go wrong you can be rest assured FAS will point the finger at the supervisor or immediate line manager..

A supervisor can have his/her office miles away from the fas main offices,and people from the fas main offices overseeing the scheme are never there to see what is going on a day to day basis..Which is a recipie for a disasterous occurance..

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