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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 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.

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offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 19:30 | Calli Morganite

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offsite link The National Police Chiefs? Council Should Abandon its Efforts to Salvage Non-Crime Fri Oct 31, 2025 17:00 | Paul Birch
The Metropolitan Police may be ditching Non-Crime Hate Incidents but the National Police Chiefs' Council didn't get the memo. It's released a report trying to salvage non-crime, but it shouldn't bother, says Paul Birch.
The post The National Police Chiefs’ Council Should Abandon its Efforts to Salvage Non-Crime appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Just Stop Oil Activists Who Covered Stonehenge in Orange Powder Are Cleared of Criminal Damage Becau... Fri Oct 31, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Three Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder using fire extinguishers?have been found not guilty of criminal damage and causing a public nuisance after citing their 'human rights' to protest.
The post Just Stop Oil Activists Who Covered Stonehenge in Orange Powder Are Cleared of Criminal Damage Because ‘Human Rights’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link J.K. Rowling Leads Backlash Against Glamour Magazine After Nine Male Trans Activists are Named ?Wome... Fri Oct 31, 2025 13:42 | Will Jones
J.K. Rowling has led the backlash against Glamour Magazine after the publication named nine male trans activists its "Women of the Year", including one who called the Suffragettes "white supremacists".
The post J.K. Rowling Leads Backlash Against Glamour Magazine After Nine Male Trans Activists are Named “Women of the Year” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour Abandons Disability Benefit Cuts Ahead of Budget Tax Hikes Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:18 | Will Jones
Labour has abandoned urgently needed welfare cuts as it admits that its review of disability benefits will not recommend reducing spending, despite a spiralling welfare bill and further tax hikes expected in the Budget.
The post Labour Abandons Disability Benefit Cuts Ahead of Budget Tax Hikes appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is Trump Embracing Europe?s Energy Suicide? Fri Oct 31, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
Is Trump embracing Europe's energy suicide? His imposition of Russian oil sanctions is a rejection of his earlier energy pragmatism and a shift to imitating the failed moralistic policies of Europe, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Is Trump Embracing Europe’s Energy Suicide? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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mayo / environment / other press Wednesday October 25, 2006 17:21 by Shell to Sea   text 2 comments (last - sunday may 06, 2007 00:43)   image 1 image
A very interesting article in the Irish Times today, considering the background to the siting of the giant gas refinery that Shell seek to construct at Beal an Átha Buí (known in English as Ballinaboy, Bellinaboy or Bellanaboy).

The views in the article are worth paying attention to, since the authors are extremely well-qualified to comment on this subject. Leo Corcoran was previously Engineering Manager of Bord Gáis and Brian Coyle is a partner with consulting engineers Coyle Kennedy. Perhaps rather than arguing with people who are not as well qualified to discuss these issues on the comments section of indymedia articles on the continuing occupation of Erris by Shell and their security forces, we should simply refer people to this piece.
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international / environment / other press Wednesday October 25, 2006 15:11 by Terence
This conference took place from Oct 20-23 and attracted over 3000 people and connected to another 10,000 by satellite. The aim of the bioneers according to founder Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers seeks “to bring biological pioneers together to restore the Earth.” Co-producer Nina Simons described its intention to “co-create a living social system. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 21:53 by C Murray
2-4 May 2007 . Conference at the University of Albaerta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

In 1929 Virginia Woolf predicted that women in another century or so if given the opportunity
and rooms of their own, will have the habit of freedom and the courage to write exactly
what we think, seeing human beings in relation to each other and in relation to reality.
Our knowledge based economy and society have made such an opportunity more
tangible for some and more elusive for others. Rooms of their own Considers the
situation of women in and beyond the academy. By heightening awareness , extending
the knowledge base and forming practical recommendations, the conference assesses the
challenges and conditions for women to participate in this new reality. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 16:30 by Women   text 4 comments (last - tuesday october 24, 2006 20:12)
"Golshan Al Bayati, Iraqi woman writer/Journalist and AL Hayat newspaper Correspondent
(Arabic London Newspaper) In Iraq, was First arrested on 11/09/06 by Iraqi forces in the
city of Tikrit. She was released after signing an undertaking on 15th Sept 06, only to be arrested
again.

The news from Iraq , this morning(8/10/06): it is very likely that she is currently being
mistreated in detention. Golshan was re-arrested after attempting to retrieve her computer
that was consfiscated during the first raid on her house by the local Iraqi security services.
Golshan had written an article criticising the security forces in Tikrit. This is believed to be the
reason behind her arrest. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 06:32 by peptide
The Australian Minister for Communications, Helen Coonan, buoyed by her recent success in eliminating media diversity in Oz is now targeting the most diverse (content) medium on the planet – the internet. Her latest comments (news radio) veil her real intentions (information control!) The only effective means of controlling the flow of information on the internet is filtering at backbone or provider level. Conservatives are entirely predictable and Coonan is no exception, her intentions to target the internet were anticipated, a quote from an article dated July 5, follows: read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Monday October 23, 2006 22:39 by Elephant Man
The Captive Animals' Protection Society have again exposed the conditions animals in Irish circuses are forced to endure. They have called for a ban on using animals in circuses.

CAPS have released a new report and video. See their website
http://www.captiveanimals.org/irishcircuses/index.html read full story / add a comment
Iranian TV station IRINN
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday October 23, 2006 16:54 by Zarkov   text 1 comment (last - friday december 15, 2006 17:45)   image 2 images
Iran has announced it is banning importation of Coca Cola which is supplied from a plant in Drogheda, Co. Louth. read full story / add a comment
On Thursday Shell will unveil a quarterly profit of  $5.7billion
national / environment / other press Monday October 23, 2006 15:20 by Shell to Sea   image 1 image
Below is the first part of interesting article on a move to try and get some money from Shell and other energy companies to pay some of the cost of the environmental damage they cause (followw the link for the rest).

While the article makes the point that Shell don't pay nearly enough to make up for the damage they are causing in Britain, here in Ireland we should remeber that there is no tax being paid on their huge profits, since all the costs incurred by SEPIL-everything up to and including the legal costs of prosecuting the Rossport Five- are being wriiten off.

Last year the British Finance Minister, Gordon Brown, imposed a windfall tax on the energy companies.

Will Brian Cowan impose a windfall tax on Shell to pay for the extra hospital beds we need? To at least offset the cost of the huge Garda occupation force in Mayo? To invest in sustainable energy sources?

Maybe he's waiting for someone to suggest it- his phone number is: 01-604 5626 read full story / add a comment
The Navan Clonsilla Boyne Viaduct - nowadays only used by cattle
meath / environment / other press Monday October 23, 2006 12:46 by Meath on Track   text 10 comments (last - monday november 06, 2006 12:35)   image 2 images
The Navan Clonsilla railway closed in 1963. The track was lifted and later the land was sold off.

Meath on Track are campaigning for the line to reopen and have compiled a photo survey of the alignment, showing the remaining infrastructure. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday October 23, 2006 02:28 by Brian Wardlow
Established to facilitate dialog on issues pertaining to the ongoing British occupation of Ireland read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / other press Sunday October 22, 2006 21:28 by Conamara support for shell to sea   text 16 comments (last - wednesday november 08, 2006 12:56)   image 6 images

The Conamara supporters of the shell to sea Campgain had a march this after noon at Casla Conamara.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday October 22, 2006 20:08 by Chris Murray   text 12 comments (last - wednesday april 25, 2007 18:42)   image 1 image
Rebalancing Criminal Justice-Remarks Made by Tanaiste in Limerick.

The Tanaiste is up-grading the statutes to do away with the Right to Silence, though he asserts that the right to the presumption of innocence and trial by jury will remain.

The Killer in his press release is this Quote:

'Many of the legal principles and values have become the cornerstones of our law and are almost sacrosant in how we perceive and interact with them. Those same principles have originated and developed from a different era when many defendants could not read or write and it was necessary for the legal system to devise means and ways(!) to ensure that safeguards were available'.

http://www.justice.ie read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday October 22, 2006 07:11 by Kwang zi   text 2 comments (last - sunday october 22, 2006 14:14)
China asserts dominance in the region but if you blinked you missed it; the difference between loud and clear and subtle and clear is the difference between, “bombing into the stone-age” and gently applying Asian lateral diplomacy. DPRK (Kim Jong il) rebuffs six-party talks but promises China during independent talks, that nuclear testing will cease. Miss war whore/status quo/dead children, Condoleezza Rice, and the rest of the world are left in no doubt which nation exercises the greater degree of influence in the region; a clear message has been sent – the world has taken note. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday October 21, 2006 04:55 by ?   text 5 comments (last - saturday october 21, 2006 17:42)   image 1 image
There is a good article arguing a 'defend North Korea' line on the website of the American 'World Workers Party', with which former US Attorney General and Mary Kelly supporter, Ramsay Clark, is closely associated. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday October 21, 2006 01:08 by People Before Profit   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 22, 2006 15:10)
This story was published in the Echo Newspaper thursday October 19th read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday October 20, 2006 18:28 by Qasim Rajpar
Pakistan President Musharraf has for the fourth time ordered a stay in the execution of the British citizen Tahir Mirza, who has been on death row for the past 18 years, till December 31. read full story / add a comment
mayo / arts and media / other press Friday October 20, 2006 14:49 by R. Isible
A story in today's (Fri Oct 20th 2006) Irish Independent authored by Brian McDonald (I reproduce it below as their site requires a login) reports on a poll carried out by the "Mayo Advertiser" concerning Royal Dutch Shell's controversial construction of a dangerous pipeline in Co.Mayo. The results are pretty dismal for the government and for Shell. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / other press Friday October 20, 2006 13:02 by Walter Patrick   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 24, 2006 02:21)   image 1 image
The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - has opened a new books' review page, 'Kiosque!,' on its web pages. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday October 20, 2006 09:26 by nano
A principal failure if not the major failure of the U.S. administration is its failure to comprehend the nature of post-modern reality, especially post-modern warfare. The U.S. war ‘machine’ is an antiquated beast run by the mentally impaired. Dangerous and angry old men (past failures) do not good leaders/advisers make! read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Thursday October 19, 2006 23:21 by Connemara joins Shell to Sea protest   text 1 comment (last - friday october 20, 2006 21:20)
Connemara joins Shell to Sea protest read full story / add a comment
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