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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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offsite link The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying Wed Sep 24, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
As New York hosts Climate Week NYC ? "the world?s largest climate event" ? the absence of any major global leaders speaks volumes, says Tilak Doshi. Mugged by reality, the Net Zero dream is dying.
The post The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Sep 24, 2025 01:05 | 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 Britain?s Judiciary is Biased to its Core Tue Sep 23, 2025 20:08 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal overturned the closure of Epping's migrant hotel because Britain's judiciary is biased to its core, says Dr David McGrogan. The Right must get to grips with this problem ? and fast.
The post Britain’s Judiciary is Biased to its Core appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He ?Lost His Temp... Tue Sep 23, 2025 17:08 | Will Jones
The Muslim man who attacked Koran-burning protester Hamit Coskun with a knife has been spared jail after the judge said he "lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, remains in hiding, as concerns about two-tier justice grow.
The post Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He “Lost His Temper” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Exaltation of the Cross Tue Sep 23, 2025 15:00 | Chris Larkin
Church leaders are too quick to condemn Tommy Robinson and the Unite the Kingdom march, says Chris Larkin. We don't know what Jesus would have made of our politics, but we can?t just assume he?d have been a Lib Dem voter.
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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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The Army Of Darkness Vs T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday June 16, 2003 17:33author by Declan Hogge - T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G. Report this post to the editors

(The Loose Conglomeration Of Those With Agendas Other Than Greed)

Picture a hypothetical battlefield. There are two opposed armies at opposite ends of a field. On the right, you see ‘The Army Of Darkness’, a well organised, well paid and well disciplined army all marching under one flag and generally looking pretty scary. They are silent, their steely gaze fixed on their objective, they see nothing before them but victory.

On the left, you see ‘The Loose Conglomoration Of Those With Agendas Other Than Greed’, or the T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G. for short. This army is split into a thousand factions, all bickering with eachother for an hour, and then settling down to a serious evening of consumption. They are consuming, oh let’s say EVILCOs TRIP-POP, in large quantities. This product is expensive. It is manufactured by Army Of Darkness Ltd (beverages),and shipped across the front line every morning by special arrangement. It’s great fun to consume TRIP-POP because it turns boring and dull people into unco-ordinated and belligerently boring and dull disorganised people for several hours.
With the money generated by the sales of TRIP-POP, The Army Of Darkness buys more and more ‘SUPER_KILL-SWORDS, which it trains it’s troops to use to devastating effect. The generals also make sure that the troops are well paid to ensure loyalty. If T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G. ever decide to launch an attack , they don’t stand a chance.
As you watch this scene unfold before you, you realise what a simple step it would be for the good people in T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G, to gain the upper hand over their adversaries. “All you have to do”, you scream at them , “is stop consuming TRIP-POP!”. The logic being that :

1. Without the mental confusion of chemical distractants, it would become possible to get organised and therefore stand a chance at resisting The Army Of Darkness.
2. The vast amount of money saved could be used to arm and train T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G., thus giving them a chance at resisting The Army Of Darkness
3. The Army Of Darkness would be deprived of it’s main source of revenue and would be hard pressed to maintain morale amongst its once-loyal troops once their wages dried up.

As you try to explain the above points to your friends in T.L.C.O.T.W.A.O.T.G. several well meaning but mentally deficient members mistake you for an enemy and bludgeon you to death with empty TRIP-POP containers. Then everyone has a party and they consume more litres of TRIP-POP in your honour than anyone can remember ever consuming. This is deemed to be a good thing.
That night, The Army Of Darkness strolls over and kills everyone without even breaking a sweat.
THE END

author by Anonymouspublication date Mon Jun 16, 2003 18:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

author by Eric Blair - Desolation row incpublication date Mon Jun 16, 2003 20:30author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yes, sir, I stand for the initials. I've had my fill of deathpops and witness no more the undiminished suffering of the addicts. Arise ye Red and Black, ye Green, ye Rainbows, arise from your slumbers and resist the lure of death pops. I enlist against the army of darkness. Who stands with me?


hypothetically, naturally

author by Timpublication date Thu Jun 19, 2003 14:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I could see a "Tenacious D"-style video there.

 
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