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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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 Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 19:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 09:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 21:00 | Mind Agent

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Sat Aug 02, 2025 00:54 | 1 of indy

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Oct 28, 2025 01:25 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Democratic Party at Prayer Mon Oct 27, 2025 20:00 | Dr Roger Watson
The Church of England may not still be the Conservative Party at prayer, but the US Catholic Church, with its pro-migrant messages, certainly seems to be the religious wing of the Democratic Party, says Prof Roger Watson.
The post The Democratic Party at Prayer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Ban on Controlled Burning of Moorland is Making Wildfires Worse Mon Oct 27, 2025 18:06 | Ian Coghill
The Government's ban on controlled burning of moorland is making wildfires worse, says Ian Coghill. After a decade of record fires it claims the areas are 'in transition' to a magical state where they'll never burn again.
The post The Ban on Controlled Burning of Moorland is Making Wildfires Worse appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Billions Wasted on Migrant Hotels: Bombshell Report Reveals ?Incompetent? Home Office Lets Private F... Mon Oct 27, 2025 15:36 | Will Jones
The?Home Office?has "squandered" billions of pounds on asylum hotels, a damning report by MPs has found, blasting the department's "incompetence" that has allowed private firms to make "excessive profits" from the crisis.
The post Billions Wasted on Migrant Hotels: Bombshell Report Reveals “Incompetent” Home Office Lets Private Firms Make “Excessive Profits” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Are Young Britons Moving Right? Mon Oct 27, 2025 13:00 | Noah Carl
Recent polls show that most young Britons still support Left-wing parties. However, the young have shifted Rightward since the last election, so the situation for the Right isn?t quite as dire as it was back then. ?
The post Are Young Britons Moving Right? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Shell - Idiots at work Part 2

category mayo | environment | news report author Tuesday February 05, 2013 16:28author by S2Sauthor email rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail dot comauthor phone 0851141170 Report this post to the editors

After 30 meters the Tunnel Boring Machine got bored
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Having only just started working on the controversial tunnel, Shell's engineers are already facing significant problems.

As local people always predicted, the doib, an unusual blue/grey mineral soil found under peat bog, is causing issues.

This is the first time such a machine has had to deal with this unstable viscous material. This once again highlights the experimental nature of the project.

Despite having taken more than a year to design and build, according to our sources the TBM got stuck after 30 meters having only just reached the doib. As we write there's no end in sight for this headache.
The tunnel and pipeline cuts right through Sruwaddacon Bay which is a designated conservation site, a candidate Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Area (SPA).

Shell has insultingly named the Corrib TBM ‘Fionnuala’ after the female of the Children of Lir, one of the legends most closely associated with the Erris region.

Although the environment's help is welcome, we could always use more people here. Now that the spring is here come and help make 2013 another unlucky year for Shell.

Background information on the tunnel (source : Shell.ie) :

"The TBM for the Corrib tunnel was designed and built in Schwanau, Germany by Herrenknecht, one of the world’s largest makers of TBMs."

"The tunnel will have an external diameter of 4.2m and an internal diameter of 3.5m and will run at depths of between 5.5m and 12m under Sruwaddacon Bay"

"When constructed, the tunnel will [if it's built] be the longest tunnel in Ireland and the longest gas pipeline tunnel anywhere in Europe."

"As the TBM moves forward, a series of 1.2m wide concrete rings made up of precast interlocking concrete segments is erected.   These concrete rings, which are fabricated in Ireland, will eventually line the entire tunnel."

"As the cutter head rotates, hydraulic cylinders attached to the spine of the TBM propel it forward a few feet at a time."

Related Link: http://www.shelltosea.com
author by Christy from Shellpublication date Tue Feb 05, 2013 17:07author address author phone +353870513577Report this post to the editors

Dear protesters,

Thank you for bringing up this issue.

Our ad :

http://dodo.ie/?sad=5&sad2=352&d=329043

Regards,

Christy

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Related Link: http://dodo.ie/?sad=5&sad2=352&d=329043
author by Eamonn O'Coilea'in - Republic of Irelandpublication date Wed Feb 06, 2013 03:09author address author phone Report this post to the editors

How about this issue / $hell$ 19.2 Billion profit an don't pay any taxes until they write off the alleged 3 Billion plus, that they $ay they spent on the project. How is it we pay tax on just about everything and $hell will not pay any taxes till they leave the area, I hope the drill breaks down completely, just like the new water treatment system in Crossmallina that shell was dumping dob bog water from the site, I have always stated that 100% it would never go ahead, Sure it was good for a few crumbs of jobs but did you sea that film clip of the gas plant spewing gas then the explosion, Most of the people that worked in that gas refinery were melted beyond belief, Shell do not care about the great risk to the public or it's work force. Why would they build a raw gas refinery on land when it was cheaper ( TWISTER ) that you $hell invented an works safer then to build at the rig , What a joke you are $hell, I hope it gets bogged down 30 meters and never comes up again. The Children of Lire are happy...an so are the people who lives you put at risk that have been against this way the project was processed, one step at a time. So why don't you turn around and step back from this nightmare go out the same way you came in just get out .

author by Shelver - RSCpublication date Wed Feb 06, 2013 08:44author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The last Fionnulla to land in the estuary spent 300 years there!

author by ailispublication date Wed Feb 06, 2013 17:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors


Don't worry the real "Fionnuala" will choke the imposter with doib and running sand.
No use bringing chemicals in ,in the middle of night,this will not solve the problem.

 
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