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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 Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims o... Mon Sep 22, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
New data shows the Met Office's 'record' heat spikes are junk, weaponised by Net Zero activists to scare the public witless and push the no-hydrocarbons fantasy, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
The post Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims of ?Records? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? Mon Sep 22, 2025 07:00 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Making Tax Digital is set to hit sole traders and landlords from 2026, promising more admin, costs and chaos than clarity, and Guy de la B?doy?re is already throwing in the towel rather than get swamped.
The post Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 22, 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 The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout Sun Sep 21, 2025 19:47 | Richard Eldred
The BBC has poured over ?1 billion into its gold-plated pension scheme, gobbling up nearly ?850 million of licence fee money ? and it looks like the bill could keep climbing.
The post The BBC?s ?1 Billion Pension Bailout appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools Sun Sep 21, 2025 17:13 | Richard Eldred
In a fresh raid that could force more closures and squeeze parents' wallets, Bridget Phillipson is hitting private schools again, this time tripling Ofsted inspection fees.
The post Education Secretary Launches Fresh Attack on Private Schools appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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USI Cash Crisis: Officers to be made Redundant in March

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday January 26, 2004 12:10author by Orbit Report this post to the editors

Only 2 National Officers Next Year

According to USI sources the USI President Will Priestley will be proposing an emergency congress before the Annual Congress in March.

There is a proposal to make all officers, except 2, redundant. The USI Annual Congrees in March will elect only 2 officers, presumably the President and Deputy President. All current Officers will no longer be paid after the Congress, however they will remain officers and members of the USI Officerboard.

These proposals are coming from the USI Finance Committee that met late last week. The USI have had a massive financial crisis over the past year. The USI President was in negotiations with the Department of Education to change how the capitation charge is collected so that the USI would be paid money directly from the department. The USI have also had taxation difficulties owing a 6 figure sum to the Revenue for a number of years non-payment of tax.

Over the past year the USI officerboard and staff has lost a number of people. The first to go was the financial administrator who left in the summer. The USI officers that have left have not been replaced. The Equality Officer, a full-time position, remains unfilled. The Environmental Awareness officer and the Disability Awareness officer have both resigned without replacement. Throughout this year the Officers have not been paid their expenses. And contraversially they have proposed that there is no Disability Conference or LGB Conference due to financial difficulties.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   I'm surprised that...     surprised    Tue Jan 27, 2004 13:33 
   USI are irrelevent     Parva    Tue Jan 27, 2004 14:42 
   Questions     The Insider    Tue Jan 27, 2004 15:15 
   Where's the dosh...     former member    Tue Jan 27, 2004 17:21 
   Where's Hugh?     run away administrator?    Tue Jan 27, 2004 17:34 
   No money     The Insider    Tue Jan 27, 2004 18:02 
   What are USI doing about Top-Up fees?     poor student    Tue Jan 27, 2004 19:12 
   UCDSU Owe USI     ucd owe    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:09 
   Oisin     UCD Hedd    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:21 
 10   Top Up Fees in the North.     scraper    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:25 
 11   USI have done nothing     hack hater    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:36 
 12   SF and top-up fees?     shinner watcher    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:39 
 13   SF Dont Go To Westminster     SPySPotter    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:44 
 14   Not Very Bright     UCD Hedd    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:47 
 15   talk on the left     ucd left    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:50 
 16   Are The SP Going To Lead A Disaffiliation Campaign?     UCD Hedd    Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:54 
 17   The moron left that is...     The Insider    Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:00 
 18   sinn fein's position     student    Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:46 
 19   SF     SPySPotter    Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:54 
 20   new union     goodidea    Wed Jan 28, 2004 13:44 
 21   How?     UCD Hedd    Wed Jan 28, 2004 13:51 
 22   USI     Dave25    Wed Jan 28, 2004 14:13 
 23   New Union - bad idea.     The Insider    Wed Jan 28, 2004 15:19 
 24   Clarification     USI Press Office    Wed Jan 28, 2004 15:37 
 25   Getting someting positive out of this     scraper    Wed Jan 28, 2004 15:39 
 26   WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP     spider    Wed Jan 28, 2004 16:29 
 27   Spider     UCD Hedd    Wed Jan 28, 2004 16:37 
 28   Top-Up Fees     Ben Archibald    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:02 
 29   i should add...     Ben Archibald    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:15 
 30   Lefties     Tommy    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:15 
 31   Dont believe all you read     Open your eyes    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:26 
 32   Sinn Fein Support Fees     tintin    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:26 
 33   ucdsu     random ucd student    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:29 
 34   and another thing...     Ben Archibald    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:30 
 35   Ah the return of nitnit     A Red Block    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:32 
 36   tintin, your head is up your arse     The Nort    Wed Jan 28, 2004 17:33 
 37   Response     The Insider    Wed Jan 28, 2004 19:11 
 38   "Lety Parasite"     Campaign for Free Education    Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:49 
 39   ?     pat c    Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:17 
 40   CFE are Dead.     The Insider    Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:27 
 41   USI "The Idiot"     DiscoDisco    Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:36 
 42   USI/UCDSU     Ray    Thu Jan 29, 2004 13:13 
 43   Lies, but amusing ones ;-)     The Outsider    Thu Jan 29, 2004 13:14 
 44   Amusement unbounded     Harry Stanton    Thu Jan 29, 2004 15:47 
 45   Discodisco     Dave    Thu Jan 29, 2004 17:50 
 46   On A National Union...     antrophe    Thu Jan 29, 2004 18:57 
 47   Dave McCoy you inactive fool     ucdsu member    Thu Jan 29, 2004 20:13 
 48   clarification     the usi cynic    Fri Jan 30, 2004 05:05 
 49   USI     UCD lefty    Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:58 
 50   On USI     Arts Student, Belfield.    Fri Jan 30, 2004 13:37 
 51   On the USI     Paul    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:06 
 52   clarification     Paul    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:07 
 53   the primary goal     UCD lefty    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:10 
 54   Western Area Officer, USI     Dave    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:24 
 55   DAve at congress     Ed (real name)    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:30 
 56   Westerm Area Officer     Dave    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:37 
 57   Why     Ed (real name)    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:42 
 58   ed     Dave    Fri Jan 30, 2004 14:49 
 59   Dave you are mistaken     Ed (real name)    Fri Jan 30, 2004 15:00 
 60   which party?     Paul    Fri Jan 30, 2004 15:07 
 61   Ed     Dave    Fri Jan 30, 2004 15:09 
 62   reply     Ed (real name)    Fri Jan 30, 2004 15:21 
 63   If Dave McCoy was Injuncted?     Dave Spotter    Fri Jan 30, 2004 17:34 
 64   Criminalising Students     Harry Stanton    Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:02 
 65   Nelson Mandela     Harry Stanton Sr.    Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:07 
 66   The law     as4    Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:28 
 67   Good point     A Red Block    Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:37 
 68   tactical and personal     tactics    Fri Jan 30, 2004 19:04 
 69   USI meltdown     UCD leftie    Sat Jan 31, 2004 12:33 
 70   ucd lefty     pat c    Sat Jan 31, 2004 18:48 
 71   Why defend these people all the time?     Icantunderstand    Sun Feb 01, 2004 15:42 
 72   maybe he believes criticism to be based on facts, not garbage.     The Insider    Sun Feb 01, 2004 18:54 
 73   Davy's retreat     UCD left    Mon Feb 02, 2004 15:05 
 74   Archibald is a tory - FACT     toryboi    Tue Feb 03, 2004 00:49 
 75   None     Working Class Hero    Wed Feb 04, 2004 15:27 
 76   nominations     trinity gossip    Fri Feb 06, 2004 16:47 
 77   holy fuck     holy fuck    Sun Feb 08, 2004 18:35 
 78   Holy Shit     Johnny Bananas    Sun Feb 08, 2004 22:32 
 79   holy fuck     holy fuck    Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:48 
 80   magic_norhan     magic_norhan    Sun Feb 15, 2004 18:05 
 81   USI strong?     cynical student    Mon Feb 16, 2004 00:36 
 82   holy fuck - ever ask yourself.....     holy fuck    Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:31 
 83   Alright you seem to have all the right questions     not a ucd student    Thu Mar 04, 2004 17:37 


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