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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 RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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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.

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? Sat Nov 22, 2025 15:00 | Noah Carl
Is the era of cheap internet surveys over? A new paper demonstrates that AIs can now be "trivially programmed" to answer online surveys in ways that are essentially indistinguishable from humans.
The post Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History Sat Nov 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
We're a week away from the most painful Budget in history thanks largely to the eye-watering cost of lockdown. Yet Baroness Hallett says next time the Government must be ready to go harder and faster. This is insanity.
The post Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:00 | Charlotte Gill
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
The post Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran Sat Nov 22, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
The Crown Prosecution Service is appealing against the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who was convicted of burning the Quran in a protest, reigniting fears Britain could introduce blasphemy laws by the back door.
The post CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border C... Sat Nov 22, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
World Kindness Day may have passed you by. But it won't have passed by your children, whose school will have been sure to teach that climate action and open borders are essential elements of 'kindness', says Steven Tucker.
The post World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border Cults appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday July 19, 2007 15:54 by herself   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 19, 2007 21:07)
I have a problem with many activists- those who go on about social justice such as socialists often ignore environmental issues, likewise Greens and environmentalists tend to think social justice issues aren't that important- they are after all usually middle class..... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday July 19, 2007 15:19 by Torab Saleth   text 162 comments (last - monday july 23, 2007 18:39)   image 1 image
Torab Saleth is a member of Workers Left Unity Iran and is also a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Critique. Here, Torab provides an analysis of the class nature of the Iranian Regime. This is the articles first publication.
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The Class Nature of the Iranian Regime

The current Iranian regime, in power in the so-called "Islamic Republic of Iran" since the 1979 revolution against the Shah, continues to confuse many observers as to its true nature. The intrinsic confusion lies precisely in the fact that it is considered as a post-revolutionary regime. You constantly hear the argument that whatever it is, and however bad and vicious it may be, it nevertheless is a regime which came out of a revolution against the Shah's dictatorship. Somehow, this mechanistic logic is then used to bestow a certain air of progressiveness upon a regime which for any observer with a little political sense is nothing but a semi-fascistic theocracy defending capitalism. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday July 19, 2007 13:30 by David Michael   text 13 comments (last - tuesday july 31, 2007 12:15)
With four people now imprisoned and the bulldozers about to desecrate sacred land of Tara some say this might be the end-but it couold be the beginning. Where do we go from here? read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday July 19, 2007 12:41 by Ann-Marie   text 16 comments (last - friday august 03, 2007 16:23)   image 5 images
Public Meeting for Critical Mass held on tthe 18th July 2007 partially in response to recent discussions of Critcal Mass on Indymedia to highlight and discuss the criticisms and strengthen Critical Mass in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday July 19, 2007 12:12 by pat c   text 44 comments (last - thursday august 16, 2007 18:01)
This is an article from Human Rights Watch in which they condemn the televised confessions forced out of Iranian Dissidents. It is wrong for the US to torture those who yhey hold illegally and it is also wrong for the Iranian SState to torture "confessions" out of those they hold illegally. Full article at link.

The Iranian government should cancel the scheduled July 18 broadcast of the “confessions” of two detained Iranian-Americans, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed concern that Iranian authorities have used coercive means to compel Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh to make statements that may be later used to incriminate them in court.

The authorities have held them in largely incommunicado detention for more than two months, preventing lawyers and family members from visiting them. They have only been permitted brief phone calls to family members. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday July 19, 2007 11:25 by krossie   text 5 comments (last - tuesday july 24, 2007 14:34)   image 11 images
Hard core philosophy lucid dreaming cooooooooooooooool rotoscope animation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping
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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday July 19, 2007 08:37 by Undercover reporter   text 3 comments (last - tuesday july 24, 2007 13:00)
Multiple well functioning A&E's to close across Ireland, why? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 19, 2007 08:28 by Aragon   text 16 comments (last - thursday august 16, 2007 19:48)
Those who oppose the US wars of imperialism are probably quite cynical about the lies and distortions used to justify what they slaughter. Nevertheless, it is likely that a press release issued by the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran will shock even those who thought they had seen it all. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Wednesday July 18, 2007 18:28 by J   text 18 comments (last - thursday august 16, 2007 16:40)   image 2 images
A community warden in Galway is trying to prevent us handing out free food to passers-by. We ask for support this Sunday 22nd July. read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 18, 2007 13:04 by all corked up
Just a note that the song I used over the images was written by Buffy Saint Marie and referrs to the Native Indian land and Energy protests in North America. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / news report Wednesday July 18, 2007 08:31 by Roestown   text 29 comments (last - friday july 20, 2007 12:32)   image 12 images
There are 30 diggers near Tara. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / news report Wednesday July 18, 2007 00:14 by Paula Geraghty   text 100 comments (last - saturday july 28, 2007 19:57)   image 31 images   2 attached files
This evening, residents of North Clondalkin took to the streets of their community to express their concerns and calling for an immediate health survey to be carried out in view of the number of people suffering from tumours and cancer and those who are no longer with the community. read full story / add a comment
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national / politics / elections / news report Tuesday July 17, 2007 20:37 by Clive Sullish   text 18 comments (last - thursday september 06, 2007 18:29)   image 3 images
Perhaps indicating disenchantment with their new Minister for the Environment, Green Party members gave John Gormley a less-than-overwhelming mandate in the leadership election which concluded today.
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mayo / environment / event notice Tuesday July 17, 2007 17:28 by Shell to Sea   text 4 comments (last - tuesday july 17, 2007 22:32)   image 4 images
Saturday 21st July - All Day.

Call Out from Erris for solidarity & support, imagination & action at Bellanaboy.

In support of Shell to Sea & 3 Erris Fisherman.

Bring a picnic, wellies and raingear. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 17, 2007 16:45 by grainne
Dublin Shell to Sea meeting tonight at 7.00pm Seomra Spraoi,

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I see hordes of rodents coming & they're not all human.....
international / environment / other press Tuesday July 17, 2007 16:29 by o as if   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 18, 2007 08:40)   image 3 images
In the last months an extraordinary plague of mice has hit China. Only in the last days has the story gone from the sarcastic coverage verging on racism "poor Chinese people think eating mice is good for the libido" turned to serious reporting of the phenomena. Which naturally the Chinese state are keen to downplay. The mice are estimated by the Guardian (reporting Chinese state authorities) to number over 2 billion now. Strange things happen you might think.., Except that in early June farmers in the mid-peninsular region of Spain roughly at the same lattitude as those affected in China began to complain of plagues of voles or fieldmice. Voles are pretty much like mice in that they are small rodents which feed on crops, do nothing for your libido if eaten and once they enter your water or sanitation system spell complete disaster for anyone who survives the famine which used to follow soon after. read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Tuesday July 17, 2007 15:13 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 18, 2007 18:17)
Roseanna Flynn of RAR will be on Newstalk 106 fm tonight at 10 or 10.30 pm tonight to discuss the case of Great Agbonlohar , a 6 year old Nigerian boy who is under threat of deportation. You may phone in at 1890 453106 or Text 53106.
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international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday July 17, 2007 12:07 by Frank Muldowney   text 45 comments (last - wednesday september 05, 2007 23:52)   image 3 images
Irishman Mr Frank Muldowney believes we will have world peace in 8 years, speaking on behalf for ‘Harvey’ the imaginary peace maker. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / news report Tuesday July 17, 2007 01:31 by Kbranno   text 7 comments (last - tuesday september 25, 2007 15:06)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
In this exlusive interview with the attack.ie media blog former leader of the Green Party Trevor Sargent faces tough questions over Shannon, Rossport and entering government with Fianna Fail. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday July 17, 2007 00:33 by Socialist Youth   image 4 images   1 attached file
Its two years after the G8 agreed to ‘Make Poverty History’ and yet 1 billion people are still without access to clean water, according to a recent report by the United Nations World Institute for Development. Both Bob Geldof and Bono have both described the situation as “a farce” with Bono even saying “I feel like a fool that I ever believed them”.

World poverty and inequality will be a key theme at an upcoming debate between Socialist Youth and the Young PDs, taking place on Saturday the a 21st of July and Galway on the 28th. read full story / add a comment
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