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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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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 It is Understandable Why People Confuse Sectarian Muslim MPs Like Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar ? Bec... Mon Oct 13, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Humza Yousuf or Anas Sarwar ? who can tell? Either way, Scotland?s Pakistani MPs seem to read from the same playbook: identity first, party second, says Steven Tucker.
The post It is Understandable Why People Confuse Sectarian Muslim MPs Like Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar ? Because, Politically Speaking, They Really Are the Exact Same Person appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Oct 13, 2025 00:43 | 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 Baffled Residents Claim LTN Road Markings That Look Like ?Giant Wotsits? Are Wreaking Havoc Sun Oct 12, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Bemused residents say "giant Wotsits" painted on a Birkenhead street are causing chaos during a council trial to create a one-way Low Traffic Neighbourhood.
The post Baffled Residents Claim LTN Road Markings That Look Like ?Giant Wotsits? Are Wreaking Havoc appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Anonymous Conservative?s Letter Exposes Deep Unease With Liberal Consensus in Church of England Sun Oct 12, 2025 17:00 | Julian Mann
While Canterbury Cathedral flaunts its "disruptive" graffiti, a sharp-minded Church of England conservative was too afraid to put their head above the parapet to defend the Unite the Kingdom march, writes Julian Mann.
The post Anonymous Conservative?s Letter Exposes Deep Unease With Liberal Consensus in Church of England appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?70 Million Spent Every Year for ?Diversity Officers? in NHS and Police Sun Oct 12, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's public sector is splurging ?70?million a year on 'woke' diversity officers while NHS waiting lists soar, police are understaffed and councils hike taxes.
The post ?70 Million Spent Every Year for ?Diversity Officers? in NHS and Police appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 10, 2006 12:14 by Anti-War Ireland   text 43 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 01:49)
Anti-War Ireland has reiterated its call for a boycott and workers' 'blacking' of Israeli goods in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine.

See the following in today's Irish Examiner:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story....1.asp read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 09, 2006 13:43 by anti war   text 28 comments (last - thursday august 10, 2006 23:27)   image 3 images
War protesters storm Raytheon
Up to 50 police involved in stand-off
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international / arts and media / other press Tuesday August 08, 2006 15:16 by R. Isible   text 7 comments (last - tuesday august 08, 2006 19:15)
Several posts on the blog LittleGreenFootballs detail the uncovering of faked photos on the Reuters newswire. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 08, 2006 14:10 by Fiona Murphy   text 18 comments (last - wednesday august 09, 2006 18:47)
The only thing preventing Israeli officials from jumping up and down with glee, according Aluf Benn of the daily Haaretz newspaper, was the fear that "demonstrated Israeli enthusiasm for the draft could influence support among Security Council members, who could demand a change in wording that may adversely affect Israel." So no celebration parties till the resolution is passed.
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 08, 2006 12:29 by DT   text 10 comments (last - saturday august 19, 2006 16:14)
Below are two extracts from George Monbiot's "Comment" in today's Guardian. Full story available on link.

... The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) reports that Israeli aircraft crossed the line "on an almost daily basis" between 2001 and 2003, and "persistently" until 2006. These incursions "caused great concern to the civilian population, particularly low-altitude flights that break the sound barrier over populated areas". On some occasions, Hizbullah tried to shoot them down with anti-aircraft guns...

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"bad sites"
international / sci-tech / other press Tuesday August 08, 2006 07:35 by o as if   image 1 image
Google yesterday announced that they are now offering a warning to their browser users if they are about to access a site associated with spyware, malware or malicious advertising who have been reported to the organisation "stopbadware".

This is the latest initiative to come from an association between the group "Stopbadware" and Google. & it has met with positive reactions across the internet related media. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday August 08, 2006 00:56 by Terence   text 4 comments (last - thursday august 10, 2006 13:35)
Swedens' regulators have been meeting in emergency session to decide on further nuclear power station shutdowns, after a near meltdown situation developed last week at the Forsmark nuclear power station when one of the backup generators failed. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 07, 2006 17:44 by Ploughshares Support   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 08, 2006 07:53)
On Feb 3rd. 2003, the Pit Stop Ploughshares 5 carried out an act of nonviolent disarmament on a U.S. Navy War plane at Shannon Airport. In July '06, the five Catholic Workers were found not guilty of "US2.5million criminal damage without lawful excuse" by the unanimous verdict of a jury - the conscience of the commuity - at Dublin's Four Courts. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 07, 2006 16:56 by nano
The world we live in today is characterised by States adopting the methodologies of organised crime. The traditional methods of criminal organizations have been legitimised by expropriation; no longer are deception, violence, theft, disregarding social codes/contracts the sole province of the sub-culture of organised crime they are now openly employed methods of various conservative governments around the globe – most notably, the USA, UK and Australia. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday August 07, 2006 16:07 by Chris Murray   text 8 comments (last - friday december 08, 2006 18:17)   image 2 images

From: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/0,,782450,00.html

A 415 million pound scheme of biometric passports is in question today
after hackers broke the codes (within two weeks) of the biometric
passport scheme- ( A Blairite response to 9/11)
The biometric info includes finger-prints, facial scan and iris patterns.

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galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 07, 2006 15:56 by DT   text 4 comments (last - monday october 01, 2007 14:39)
The UN Security Council's draft resolution : "... a document of such bias and mendacity that a close Lebanese friend read carefully through it yesterday, cursed and uttered the immortal question: "Don't these bastards learn anything from history?" ... . read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Monday August 07, 2006 09:55 by o as if
European German speakers appear to be leading the way in combatting internet addiction. The Swiss canton of Zurich has just joined with some of the German states and one Austrian province to draw up plans to combat "cyber addiction".

The Swiss estimate at least 3% of surfers in their country suffer from "excessive" internet use. Suffering surfers are most likely male, aged between 20 and 30 and have grown up with computer games and other entertainment systems such as "playstation" and "gameboy". read full story / add a comment
Photos of Beirut, three weeks apart
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 07, 2006 01:01 by redjade   text 16 comments (last - monday august 14, 2006 12:12)   image 9 images
{ Notes on the Long War: .003 / August 7-14 2006 } read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 06, 2006 19:48 by canuk in ireland   text 3 comments (last - monday august 07, 2006 12:34)
In an article from the Toronto Star newspaper, alleged human rights advocate, and Canadian Liberal Party leadership candidate, Michael Ignatieff admits to "not losing sleep" over the massacre of Lebanese civilians at Qana. Skip down to the second half of the article to read Ignatieff's shameful comments in his own words. read full story / add a comment
 “Dermot Ahern, the Irish foreign affairs minister, said he would block any attempt by the US to transport arms to Israel through his county.”
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 06, 2006 15:08 by Media Head   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 06, 2006 15:48)   image 1 image
This was the front page of Scotland’s Sunday Herald on 30th July 2006.

The Irish Government propaganda machine would have the Scottish population believe that no US military flights are allowed through Irish airports.

“Dermot Ahern, the Irish foreign affairs minister, said he would block any attempt by the US to transport arms to Israel through his county.”

Most interesting is the total absence of any reference to the fact that Ireland allows US military flights through Shannon airport and the recent court victory of the Pitstop Ploughshares. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 06, 2006 05:19 by Seán Ryan   text 8 comments (last - wednesday october 04, 2006 01:11)
In this week's edition of the Limerick Leader, the Ploughshares are maligned and the law is questioned. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday August 06, 2006 00:35 by Michael   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 06, 2006 05:28)
Not in My Name
Nour Odeh, The Electronic Intifada, 30 July 2006

" ,,, The Israeli side has attempted to market this campaign of death and destruction in Lebanon and Palestine as "self-defense" intended to "defend peace," in the words of Shimon Peres, who in 1996 gave the orders to bomb a UNIFIL post in Qana, South Lebanon, where hundreds of civilians had sought refuge. That attack burned 106 Lebanese civilians to death, also in the name of Israeli "self-defense." Israeli officials have also allowed themselves the audacity of speaking on behalf of the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples they are assaulting. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday August 05, 2006 23:42 by RFE
Damian Moran of the pit-stop ploughshares was guest on Radio Free Eireann in New York today. Damian talked in detail about the case and the anti-war movement in Ireland. Damian was joined by Angela McCormack of the Stop the War Coalition (Glasgow, Scotland). read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Saturday August 05, 2006 07:31 by rep
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embeds his soldiers in Israeli communities, next to schools, beside hospitals, close to welfare centres, ensuring that any Israeli target is also a civilian target. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday August 05, 2006 00:28 by Mary Kelly
Pls take a moment to watch this clip about Israel's
war on Lebanon... images
you won't find in mainstream media.
thanks,
Mary. read full story / add a comment
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