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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 20:31 | imc

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent

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

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offsite link Miliband Refused to Discuss North Sea With Me, Says Ratcliffe Sat Oct 11, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband is refusing to discuss Net Zero and the North Sea with industry bosses, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said, as he warns that Labour's policies are driving the deindustrialisation of Britain.
The post Miliband Refused to Discuss North Sea With Me, Says Ratcliffe appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taliban Sells ?40 Fake Death Threats for Asylum Seekers to UK Sat Oct 11, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Fake death threat letters produced by the Taliban are being used to dupe the Home Office in asylum applications for Afghan migrants.
The post Taliban Sells ?40 Fake Death Threats for Asylum Seekers to UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sadiq Khan Called ?Disgrace? for Claiming ?From River to Sea? Chant is Not Antisemitic Sat Oct 11, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sir Sadiq Khan has been called a "disgrace" by a former Labour minister after he suggested that protesters who chant 'From the river to the sea' are not antisemitic, despite it calling for Israel to be wiped off the map.
The post Sadiq Khan Called “Disgrace” for Claiming ‘From River to Sea’ Chant is Not Antisemitic appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Many Gulags Will We Need to Rid Us of the Progressive Blob? Sat Oct 11, 2025 09:00 | Graham Cunningham
Across the West, the Right is in the ascendancy, but an Establishment Blob of millions of progressive Lefties remains implacably opposed. Graham Cunningham ponders how many gulags will be needed to resolve this situation.
The post How Many Gulags Will We Need to Rid Us of the Progressive Blob? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Left-Wing Bias of World Mental Health Day is Enough to Drive You Insane Sat Oct 11, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Alan Partridge is back to promote World Mental Health Day. At least, that's how it appeared to Steven Tucker when he saw the 'Printable Affirmation Cards' produced by the Mental Health Foundation.
The post The Left-Wing Bias of World Mental Health Day is Enough to Drive You Insane appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Plan Mexico!
international / crime and justice / other press Sunday November 25, 2007 11:01 by Frieda   text 2 comments (last - sunday december 16, 2007 14:09)   image 2 images
The Illustration is of a Frida Kahlo painting.Her dress, which was part of the identity that
she assumed as a campaigner and as a Mexican woman hung between the borders of
the Juggernaut America (Henry Ford's Vision) and Mexico as a sustainable and unique
country. Unfortunately Diego did work for Ford and Kahlo died after contracting Pneumonia
fighting the barricades after the CIA overthrew Guatemala. (in a wheelchair).

Bush is of course using FTAs to re-absorb Central and South American States, and he is
blithely installing dictators such as Ulises Ruis, Felip Calderon to accomplish food and
drug supply chains to the USA. read full story / add a comment
The waxing - arrivals
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday November 25, 2007 05:14 by Seán Ryan   text 8 comments (last - saturday december 15, 2007 06:34)   image 2 images
Planes used by CIA war criminals in their illegal rendition program have landed all over Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday November 24, 2007 16:42 by Aragon   text 37 comments (last - friday november 28, 2008 14:39)
Mary Harney cannot convincingly deny the serious conflict of interest that exists between her role as Minister for Health and the business interests of her husband Brian Geoghegan, Chairman of the consultancy firm MRPA Kinman.
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Sharef
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday November 24, 2007 11:09 by Chris Murray   text 5 comments (last - monday december 17, 2007 13:57)   image 2 images

To mark the 16 day Against Violence Campaign and to collate varied threads on the newswire
with regard to anti-violence in other cultures and In this country, I am publishing the Campaign
Letter from The Progressive Centre for Women Equalisation Studies and Research.
http://www.pcwesr.org

So far in Ireland Women's Aid have been on the airwaves and a small campaign has
stood outside the Dail to commerorate the 137 murdered women: victims of Domestic
Abuse. the families have not received either satisfactory answers nor feel that the issues
raised are being adequately addressed. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday November 22, 2007 22:00 by Kevin H   text 54 comments (last - sunday december 16, 2007 09:42)
A well liked and respected priest from Erris has stated “To use a phrase beloved of Shell to Sea supporters, there is no ‘community consent’ for the badgering of the Gardaí as they seek to maintain the rule of democratic law at the gates of Bellanaboy”
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Sahsa Litvinenko
international / history and heritage / other press Thursday November 22, 2007 16:27 by Salesian   text 8 comments (last - saturday november 24, 2007 19:06)   image 1 image
Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by agents of the Russian Government and died a year ago on November 23rd 2006.

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Karyn Harty
dublin / crime and justice / other press Thursday November 22, 2007 13:38 by Domhain Sceadaman   image 1 image
Gorgeous, Pouting, Karyn Harty revealed on RTE radio tonight that she had never met her latest client, the writer Justine Delaney Wilson. Why is this important? Read on.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday November 21, 2007 11:30 by Terence   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 04, 2007 09:52)   image 1 image
In an article published today titled: Coup D'Etat Rumblings in Venezuela , it has been revealed that one of the world's most feared, well funded and deadly terrorists groups, the CIA and their sponsors in the White House and Wall Street, are planing yet another assassination attempt on Chavez. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Tuesday November 20, 2007 17:33 by Michael Nugent   text 4 comments (last - friday november 23, 2007 21:57)   image 1 image
This video highlights just fifty of the many Fianna Fail scandals that have hit the headlines since Bertie Ahern became Party Leader in December 1994. This sheer volume of continuous scandals - some serious, some more trivial - has now become almost helpful to Fianna Fail, because we have now become so desensitised to scandals that we just accept them as the normal state of affairs. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday November 20, 2007 14:27 by Jim Miles
An interesting review:of Treacherous Alliance – the secret dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States By Trita Parsi. Yale University Press, New Haven. 2007 by Jim Miles.

As the prospects of a limited ‘strike’ or a full out attack on Iran become more and more familiar in the media, and as the end date for the Bush-Cheney regime in the United States draws ever nearer to its close, a better understanding of the tripartite relationship between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. requires a strong presentation of the underlying so far verbal conflict between the three governments. Trita Parsi succeeds in this goal in Treacherous Alliance, in which he discusses the relationship between the three. read full story / add a comment
Dennis O Driscoll
national / arts and media / other press Tuesday November 20, 2007 11:44 by C Murray   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 22, 2007 23:08)   image 1 image
" Yet we have an understanding with the weather:
Whenever squalls end and sun returns with
Friendly fire, we would forgive it anything"

(From 'Skywriting' )

'Reality Check' was launched on the Fourth of September 2007 in the Royal College of Surgeons
and it was nice to see the luminaries and the establishment having to queue and snake through
the room to get their copy signed (!)

The book is in two sections, the first 17 short poems and series ;and the second is a beautiful
long poem called 'Skywriting' which is all about light and the sun threading his way over
our Irish map.

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Rath Lugh Mappie
national / arts and media / other press Sunday November 18, 2007 18:56 by Tara Support   text 7 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 20:46)   image 5 images
This is a message from the good People at sacredireland.org:-

"A photo competition to show your idea of the most beautiful hidden feature of the Gabhra
Valley or surrounding area... Rainbow weather is imminent so for those special pics..."

The list of prizes and details of the photosize etcetera can be had from:-

tarapark@sacredireland.org

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday November 18, 2007 17:52 by Aragon   text 14 comments (last - sunday january 27, 2013 15:48)   image 1 image
Survey puts the true death toll of US service personnel at 15,000 read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Saturday November 17, 2007 16:52 by Archie Heron   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 13, 2007 11:22)   image 2 images
An International week in solidarity with Iranian Workers is being organised for November 24-30, 2007. This action is support of the Iranian People and against the Capitalist Iranian Government but is also against the US Capitalist Warmongers.

The recent wave of oppression against activists of workers' organizations in Iran and other social movements is not a new incident but a routine practice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). This wave of repression nevertheless has caused the radicalization and development of class-based labour protests. These conditions have jeopardized the entirety of Islamic Republic of Iran. Social and economic crises are rapidly escalating. It is a proven fact that the promises of the capitalist regime of Iran are false and that this regime has brought nothing but the continuous oppression of working people. This regime has caused ever-increasing poverty and misery for working class. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday November 17, 2007 13:39 by Miriam   text 12 comments (last - monday december 24, 2007 00:58)   image 1 image
Nauseating discussion between two war criminals. At least the public are not buying it according to a Times poll. read full story / add a comment
16 Day Campaign
international / crime and justice / other press Friday November 16, 2007 13:05 by C Murray   text 10 comments (last - sunday december 30, 2007 20:18)   image 6 images
The Sixteen Day Campaign for stopping Violence Against Women is set for the 25th November
to the Tenth of December 2007. Lip Service and Tokenism abound here, but it is a period
that internationally women address Safety, Violence, Rape, Women's Aid and of course, how
our divided societies create a wealth class of pseudo-feminism and an opposing class
of community activism based wholly in gendered stereo-typing and money, or to be politically
correct about it how we make our daughters second class citizens by ignoring their Basic Rights.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/82605
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national / arts and media / other press Friday November 16, 2007 10:56 by Miriam Cotton & David Manning   text 5 comments (last - friday november 16, 2007 13:10)
FC discusses the way the media works - the pros and cons and acknowledges some of the contraints on journalists when they are trying to do seriously challenging investigative work. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday November 16, 2007 10:14 by Aragon   text 16 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 23:22)
International outcry should meet the latest example of polic brutality involving tasers. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday November 16, 2007 00:00 by G. Falvey   text 60 comments (last - saturday december 08, 2007 20:23)
Eamonn McCann points out that criticism of today's republican dissidents could also have been made of the men who died 50 years ago at Edentubber. read full story / add a comment
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