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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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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Asa Briggs Embodied Everything Wrong With the Modern Age Wed Oct 15, 2025 19:15 | James Alexander
Adam Sisman's new biography of Asa Briggs is an unintentional revelation, says Professor James Alexander. It shows how the feted historian was an overrated time-server who embodied everything wrong with the modern age.
The post Asa Briggs Embodied Everything Wrong With the Modern Age appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot Wed Oct 15, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Mozart will be played by British-Japanese actor Will Sharpe in Sky's woke reboot of Amadeus, sparking criticism that the period drama will be "historically inaccurate and misleading".
The post Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting ?Put the Zios in the Ground? Wed Oct 15, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A University of Oxford student has been arrested and suspended by the university after he led chants for Gaza to "make us proud" and "put the Zios in the ground".
The post Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting “Put the Zios in the Ground” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene Wed Oct 15, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
An illegal immigrant from Sudan attempted to kidnap a schoolgirl off the street in Swindon in a terrifying attack before bystanders heroically intervened.
The post Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:22 | Will Jones
The UK has lost control of its borders, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said, as she calls for "international cooperation" in a tacit admission that Britain has surrendered its sovereignty to foreign courts.
The post UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Parts 3 & 5 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Department of Health)

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Saturday October 31, 2020 00:40author by hfi - Health Freedom Ireland Report this post to the editors

UPDATE: The motion was passed despite opposition. See responses below. We believe it is important to keep emailing. Make sure they understand this is serious. The ICCL had to lobby to get a sunset clause added to the first version of this Act. There is no provision that prevents another (or indefinite) extension.

The Dáil is meeting on October 22nd 2020 to pass a motion on the extension of the above mentioned emergency measures until June 9th 2021. They are also voting for more power to enforce these measures through fines and with the help of Garda Síochána.

Many of us are concerned about the proposed extension of extraordinary powers given to the State during the Covid-19 pandemic under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and would like to message our TDs about these concerns.

Unfortunately this article should have been published on Oct 20th

Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Parts 3 & 5 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Department of Health)

UPDATE: The motion was passed despite opposition. See responses below. We believe it is important to keep emailing. Make sure they understand this is serious. The ICCL had to lobby to get a sunset clause added to the first version of this Act. There is no provision that prevents another (or indefinite) extension.

The Dáil is meeting on October 22nd 2020 to pass a motion on the extension of the above mentioned emergency measures until June 9th 2021. They are also voting for more power to enforce these measures through fines and with the help of Garda Síochána.

Many of us are concerned about the proposed extension of extraordinary powers given to the State during the Covid-19 pandemic under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and would like to message our TDs about these concerns.

Remember social platforms with public visibility are a great tool for communication and discussion but can also be used counter constructively.

If you choose to message your TD you are doing so of your own accord, nobody should be able to ask you to say or do anything you don’t want to say or do yourself.

The following are some points to keep in mind when engaging.

  • Always stay polite, cordial and respectful even if you think the person(s) you’re writing to may have wronged you in some way.
  • If you’re upset about something, don’t let it come through in what you’re writing, consider taking a break, perhaps going for a walk or doing some physical activity before coming back to it with a calm clear head.
  • Only state established facts, ensure you’ve done your own research and are sure about what you are saying.
  • Don’t risk getting yourself into trouble in any way, whether that may be with the law or your loved ones who might not share the same viewpoints.

We have shared the following with all members of the government and would encourage you to send your own email, letter or even tweet. If they hear from a sufficient number of people they may consider our requests.

Below are some ideas of things that you could highlight as concerns but again, please ensure that you’ve done your own research and are sure you know what you’re talking about.

Also please only use them as a template, it would be much better to personalise the message rather than sending a copy paste of an example given here.

Dear TD,

I am emailing you to express my concerns regarding the 90 minute debate of the sunset clauses relating to the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday 21st of October.

(personalise the above introduction as well as one of the example messages below or something else you wish to say)

  • I am concerned that only 90 minutes of debate is planned regarding extension of the sunset clauses in Part 3 and Part 5 of the Act. These extensions will have extremely far-reaching consequences for the lives of the people of Ireland. Such a short time allotment indicates that there will be no substantive Oireachtas consideration. Serious legislative discussion and scrutiny of proposed extension of powers is imperative to maintain the democratic process and safeguard fundamental personal freedom and the basic rights of citizens.
  • I am alarmed at the immense powers over the individual this emergency legislation grants the government, Minister for Health, and the Gardaí.
  • I’m worried that the act allows for someone to potentially be indefinitely held in isolation camps without recourse to an external re-evaluation for the need to be detained solely based on a suspected infection.
  • It seems that the Gardaí have been given power to break down doors and detain people, issuing large fines and ordering up to 6 months in jail for disagreeing with the official Covid-19 headlines or purely on suspicion of an infection. To me, this amounts to a serious violation of personal freedoms and human rights.
  • Covid-19, as tragic as it is for those affected in the worst way possible, largely affects people with underlying health conditions and those past the average life expectancy in Ireland. There is growing concern among medical experts worldwide that the measures the Irish Government have put in place in this Act are adversely affecting the health, livelihood and overall happiness of people living in Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has also raised serious concerns from a human rights perspective.
  • A lot of the counter measures and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are based on the results of PCR testing. There is a growing international body of medical experts saying that this test can return false positives. Massive sacrifices have already been made on the part of the Irish people to help control the spread of Covid-19. It would be fitting to introduce a second type of test or verification of the results of the PCR test if these are to continue to be used as a basis for decision-making.

Many aspects of the Act are a violation of basic personal freedoms and citizens rights. I would therefore urge you to vigorously demand substantive Oireachtas debate and to ultimately vote against extending the Act beyond its 9 November 2020 expiry date.

For a full list of contacts of TD see the link below

Related Link: https://healthfreedomireland.com/motion-re-extension-of-sunset-clause-for-parts-3-5-of-the-emergency-measures-in-the-public-interest-covid-19-act-2020-department-of-health/
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