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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.

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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

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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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Scientists are at last uncovering the links between ME (aka Chronic Fatigue), Long Covid and Long Vaccine. It's a breakthrough that promises treatments that target the underlying cause, says Patrick Ussher.
The post Scientists Are at Last Uncovering the Links Between ME, Long Covid and Long Vaccine appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as ?Angry? Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of S... Tue Oct 07, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Footballer turned property developer Gary Neville?is facing a furious backlash after he ordered builders to take down a Union Jack, saying that "angry, middle-aged white men" were using flags to divide the country.
The post Gary Neville Suffers Backlash as “Angry” Workers Who He Ordered to Remove Union Jack Accuse Him of Suppressing Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Sacked Workers Recommence Hunger Strike at Unite offices

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | feature author Friday May 16, 2008 11:34author by Jolly Red Giant - SP/CWI Report this post to the editors

Socialist Party claim that Unite renege on deal

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Previous protest at Belfast airport

The three sacked airport shop stewards who called off a week long hunger and thirst strike on 11 April, after they received assurances from their union, Unite, that commitments made to them last September would be met, have resumed protest action at Transport House.

In a repeat of the action that last month led to the union calling the police to remove the protesters, Gordon McNeill this morning occupied the awning at the front of the building. Madan Gupta and Chris Bowyer have said they will take his place if the union has him arrested.


"We have learned that nothing the Unite leadership say can be trusted. Every member of the union would do well to note the way we have been lied to and fobbed off" Gordon McNeill

The previous hunger strike ended with a promise from the union that they would pay the outstanding legal bill for the long court action taken by the sacked workers against their former employer, ICTS. Unite also said that they would make an offer of compensation to the shop stewards for the hardship which the actions of the union leadership had put them through. All this was to have been done by 30 April.

The 30 April deadline passed without any movement by the Unite leadership on any of these issues. Instead, on 8 May, the shop stewards received a letter from the union solicitor which went back on all the previous promises that had been made.

On four occasions over the last eight months the Unite leadership gave firm guarantees that they will pay the legal bills and offer compensation. Their latest letter revokes all these promises. All it offers is to continue discussions which have already dragged on for years. For the first time it introduces strings and conditions on any offer. In a recent meeting with the shop stewards, Unite Irish Regional Secretary, Jimmy Kelly, made clear that, as a precondition for any settlement, he wanted a letter from the shop stewards exonerating himself and current General Secretary, Tony Woodley, for their role in the dispute.

Faced with this double dealing and intransigence the shop stewards can only conclude that the Unite leadership have never had any intention of resolving this dispute and have been stringing them along with false promises. They have therefore decided to begin an escalating campaign of public protest action to force the union leadership to stand by their earlier promises.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   answers please????     bigjimlarkin    Fri May 16, 2008 10:56 
   The above comment is a pathetic attempt to distract and confuse     Answering Machine    Fri May 16, 2008 13:20 
   grow up     bigjimlarkin    Fri May 16, 2008 13:46 
   Scratch a bureaucrat...     Answering Machine    Fri May 16, 2008 14:12 
   sp vs swp     injymeejia    Fri May 16, 2008 14:29 
   balanced comment is not mudslinging     bigjimlarkin    Fri May 16, 2008 14:36 
   A final response to your vague and empty attacks on the workers     Answering Machine    Fri May 16, 2008 14:50 
   right 'comrade'     bigjimlarkin    Fri May 16, 2008 14:59 
   Once more     Answering Machine    Fri May 16, 2008 15:12 
 10   balance achieved     lisbon67@hotmail.com    Fri May 16, 2008 15:22 
 11   Response to 'BigjimLarkin'     Peter Hadden    Fri May 16, 2008 22:30 
 12   'peter hadden's' post above     bigjimlarkin    Sat May 17, 2008 15:51 
 13   Re AIport workers     Unite member    Sat May 17, 2008 17:38 
 14   Unite(d) reaction     solidarity seeker    Sat May 17, 2008 21:11 
 15   Urgent - Hunger and Thirst striker's health deteriorating fast     x    Sun May 18, 2008 09:54 
 16   Rally for Justice - 1pm Monday 19th May - Belfast     x    Sun May 18, 2008 13:22 
 17   What has been paid to date?     The Digger    Mon May 19, 2008 12:11 
 18   f     f    Mon May 19, 2008 15:19 
 19   Transport House Hunger and Thirst strike update     x    Mon May 19, 2008 19:29 
 20   Pictures of Gordon McNeill being hospitalised     f    Mon May 19, 2008 20:02 
 21   there is no defence for unite     martina    Tue May 20, 2008 01:25 
 22   Support from Ken Loach     Socialist Party    Tue May 20, 2008 10:44 
 23   petition     che_jesus    Thu May 22, 2008 10:40 
 24   RALLY     Support Belfast Airport Workers    Thu May 22, 2008 10:57 
 25   poster     f    Thu May 22, 2008 11:31 
 26   Rally Postponed     f    Thu May 22, 2008 12:47 
 27   Airport workers suspend hunger strike to await offer     f    Fri May 23, 2008 10:50 
 28   compensation     G    Fri May 23, 2008 12:41 
 29   Not true     Supporter    Fri May 23, 2008 14:36 
 30   £1 million (not $) question     impartial observer    Sat May 24, 2008 01:32 
 31   Impartial Observer?     Stephen Boyd    Sat May 24, 2008 12:09 
 32   Updates     Stephen Boyd    Sat May 24, 2008 12:12 
 33   Query     Interested    Tue May 27, 2008 16:13 
 34   Unite union serves injunction and threatens protesting shop stewards with fines and imprisonment     f    Tue May 27, 2008 22:41 
 35   teachers support     curious    Wed May 28, 2008 08:38 
 36   Unite serves injunction on protesting shop steward     f    Wed May 28, 2008 09:33 
 37   Articles in todays papers     f    Wed May 28, 2008 10:13 
 38   How Unite could have resolved this last year     f    Wed May 28, 2008 11:39 
 39   Have the legal fees been paid or not?     confused    Wed May 28, 2008 18:53 
 40   Confused like hell you are     Socialist    Wed May 28, 2008 19:02 
 41   SOME FACTS - THE TRUTH ALWAYS OUTS IN THE END     bigjimlarkin    Wed May 28, 2008 19:04 
 42   Sacked airport workers accuse Unite leadership of issuing "black propaganda and disinformation" to t     che_jesus    Wed May 28, 2008 19:16 
 43   and so the grubby truth finally emerges     bigjimlarkin    Wed May 28, 2008 19:32 
 44   wsm     impatient    Thu May 29, 2008 12:04 
 45   re WSM     bigjimlarkin    Thu May 29, 2008 12:39 
 46   The truth will out in the end     imnotsocommon    Thu May 29, 2008 13:41 
 47   Shop Stewards to defy injunction     Stephen Boyd    Thu May 29, 2008 15:26 
 48   INTO and Airport workers     SIPTU member    Thu May 29, 2008 18:10 
 49   will the real big jim please stand up     proud socialist    Fri May 30, 2008 02:11 
 50   Unite a farse     BATU member    Thu Jun 12, 2008 22:58 


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