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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 News Round-Up Mon Oct 20, 2025 01:13 | 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.
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offsite link How Small Wins Could Save the Government Sun Oct 19, 2025 19:00 | Joanna Gray
The Government is floundering like a sulky teen, but tackling small wins ? from tidying high streets to fixing DVLA chaos ? could help rebuild its confidence, suggests Joanna Gray.
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offsite link No Kings, No Thrones, No Crowns? No Problem Sun Oct 19, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
The US may be shut down, but in DC the National Guard outnumbers protesters, and as Dr Roger Watson notes, streets once full of tents and beggars prove Trump actually gets things done.
The post No Kings, No Thrones, No Crowns… No Problem appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jewish Lawyer is Questioned by Police Over Wearing a Star of David Necklace That ?Antagonised? Pro-P... Sun Oct 19, 2025 15:16 | Richard Eldred
The Met Police are embroiled in yet another two-tier policing row after a Jewish lawyer was held for nearly 10 hours over alleged Public Order breaches for wearing a Star of David necklace at a Kensington protest.
The post Jewish Lawyer is Questioned by Police Over Wearing a Star of David Necklace That ?Antagonised? Pro-Palestinian Protesters During Demo appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Must be Allowed to Attend the Aston Villa Game on November 6th Sun Oct 19, 2025 13:00 | Jack Watson
Aston Villa's ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans reeks of anti-Israel politics, not concerns over safety, argues Jack Watson, who says Birmingham officials and an MP with pro-Gaza ties have let prejudice trump fair play.
The post Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Must be Allowed to Attend the Aston Villa Game on November 6th appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warming

category international | sci-tech | other press author Sunday May 20, 2012 20:17author by Hypatia Report this post to the editors

Interesting long term data confirms that Australia is warming. Full text at link.

In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the past 1,000 years.

The study led by researchers at the University of Melbourne, used a range of natural indicators including tree rings, corals and ice cores to study Australasian temperatures over the past millennium. They then compared these with climate model simulations.

Dr. Stephen Phipps, a researcher with UNSW’s Climate Change Research Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science led the climate model simulation research. He said the results showed there were no other warm periods in the past 1,000 years that match the warming experienced in Australasia since 1950.

“Our study revealed that recent warming in a 1,000-year context is highly unusual and cannot be explained by natural factors alone, suggesting a strong influence of human-caused climate change in the Australasian region,” Dr. Phipps said.

The study published in the Journal of Climate will form the Australasian region’s contribution to the 5th IPCC climate change assessment report chapter on past climate.

Lead researcher, Dr. Joelle Gergis from the University of Melbourne said using ‘palaeoclimate’ or natural records, such as tree rings, corals and ice cores, are fundamental in evaluating regional and global climate variability over centuries before direct temperature records started in 1910. Dr. Gergis collated these natural records provided by decades of work by more than 30 researchers from Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

The reconstruction was developed using 27 natural climate records calculated in 3,000 different ways to ensure that the results were robust. She said reconstructions of regional temperature not only provide a climate picture of the past but also a significant platform to reduce uncertainties associated with future climate variability.

Related Link: http://phys.org/news/2012-05-years-climate-australia.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Hang on a minute . . . .     oh dear    Fri Jun 15, 2012 01:32 
   2 minutes     Prometheus    Fri Jun 15, 2012 13:06 
   Austrailian 'Climate Study' "put on hold"     Lord Byron    Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:06 
   I didn't realise it was a 'speed contest'     Lord Byron    Fri Jun 15, 2012 16:31 
   300,000 dollars and three years to produce a paper that lasted three weeks     Lord Byron    Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:17 
   "real scientist" is back quoting his usual suspects...     serf    Sun Jun 17, 2012 23:02 
   Haven't got the time to deal with the enormous amount of deliberate distortion and outright dishonesty posted by Serf     R.S    Mon Jun 18, 2012 01:16 
   just giving some background on your sources and your posting history.     serf    Mon Jun 18, 2012 02:33 
   Well we can see where YOU are coming from, quite clearly     R.S    Mon Jun 18, 2012 05:26 
 10   editorial guidlines: #13     @Serf    Mon Jun 18, 2012 07:06 
 11   Here's some of what realclimate had to say regarding steven mcintyre     serf    Mon Jun 18, 2012 15:12 
 12   And here is what Andrew Montford has to say about the nonsense being peddled by Serf and the frequently wrong 'Scientists' @ Real Climate     Lord Byron    Mon Jun 18, 2012 23:33 
 13   Real Climate is being Deliberately Dishonest with thier comments on MacIntyre     Lord Macintyre    Mon Jun 18, 2012 23:36 
 14   the only about-turns here are in your dreams Serf     Lord Byron    Mon Jun 18, 2012 23:45 
 15   up yer bum RS     serf    Tue Jun 19, 2012 00:27 
 16   As usual Serf resorts to childish behaviour when his complete inability to point out innaccuracy is mentioned.     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 00:53 
 17   Junk Science Week: Climate models fail reality test     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 01:18 
 18   your duplicity is laid out clearly in a previous article for all to see     serf    Tue Jun 19, 2012 03:50 
 19   It's fairly plain to see just who is being dishonest around here     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 09:31 
 20   Given your behaviour in both threads mentioned above     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 09:39 
 21   Since Serf seems to think he's found an argument winner in JoNova's Graph, ere is the graph in question     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:11 
 22   Some addintional info on Hanson and his many many doomsday 'predictions'     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:21 
 23   A better version of the Graph above     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:25 
 24   If the Climate Models continue to diverge from Reality, how many years are required before the Models can be said to have failed?     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:36 
 25   Serf versus Reality ? - Reality Wins!     Lord Byron    Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:22 
 26   for the record....     serf    Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:27 
 27   Serf, the only 'Denier' here is you - denying the REALITY that Temperature record contradicts the Climate Models     Lord Byron    Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:30 
 28   @RS     serf    Wed Jun 20, 2012 23:09 
 29   An epidemic of sanity erupts across the globe!     LB    Thu Jun 28, 2012 17:05 
 30   RE: Verification     Lord Byron    Thu Jun 28, 2012 17:10 
 31   '..according to the latest survey..'     opus diablos    Thu Jun 28, 2012 18:02 
 32   Still in Denial, Opus?     Lord Byron    Thu Jun 28, 2012 23:34 
 33   The more science you know, the less worried you are about climate     Lord Byron    Thu Jun 28, 2012 23:48 
 34   The survey above is a wonderful exapmple of Climate Alarmists having a hard time dealing with Reality, once again     Lord Byron    Thu Jun 28, 2012 23:58 
 35   @LB     opus diablos    Fri Jun 29, 2012 09:27 
 36   second question     opus diablos    Fri Jun 29, 2012 09:32 
 37   Opie: One thing one can always be sure of is that Opie's almost always 100% wrong on almost everything     Lord Byron    Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:46 
 38   Why you would bother to deny what is plain for all to see is a mystery     Lord Byron    Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:49 
 39   Proof that Antarctic Sea Ice is growing     Lord Byron    Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:10 
 40   yer a gas man, LB     opus diablos    Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:10 
 41   as usual RS/LB quotes out of context...     serf    Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:18 


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