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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

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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 Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link Shell Oil Sued Over ?Causing Typhoon? in Philippines in Major Test Case Wed Dec 17, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Shell Oil has been sued over a claim that it was partly responsible for a typhoon in the Philippines in 2021 in a major test case backed by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. What a pile of nonsense, says Chris Morrison.
The post Shell Oil Sued Over “Causing Typhoon” in Philippines in Major Test Case appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UK Employment Tribunal Awards Compensation to Man For Having Disease Which Doesn?t Exist Wed Dec 17, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
A UK employment tribunal has awarded compensation to a man for having Rejection Sensitivity Disorder, i.e., not liking criticism. Sounds more like Not Being Able To Do Your Job Properly Syndrome, says Steven Tucker.
The post UK Employment Tribunal Awards Compensation to Man For Having Disease Which Doesn?t Exist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Dec 17, 2025 01:45 | Toby Young
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 Jimmy Lai?s Conviction Shows How Far Hong Kong Has Fallen Tue Dec 16, 2025 19:00 | Kwai Lou
Handpicked judges, retrospective laws, implied crimes and the abandoning of juries in case they might "pervert the course of justice" ? the conviction of Jimmy Lai shows how far Hong Kong has fallen, says Kwai Lou.
The post Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Shows How Far Hong Kong Has Fallen appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link New Homes Must be Bird-Friendly Despite Reeves War on ?Green Tape? Tue Dec 16, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
New homes will have to include special bricks for endangered birds such as swifts under Labour's new planning rules, despite?Rachel Reeves?s?war on "green tape".
The post New Homes Must be Bird-Friendly Despite Reeves War on “Green Tape” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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A clear message to the governement on bloodsports
international / environment / opinion/analysis Friday March 29, 2013 15:44 by Ban animal cruelty posing as "sport"   image 4 images
Members of several animal welfare and animal rights groups and sympathetic TDs held a peaceful protest outside Dail Eireann on Thursday, March28th, to express their abhorence of the "exemptions"for the barbaric "sports" of hare coursing and fox hunting that the government has inserted into the Animal Health and Welfare Bill.

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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 28, 2013 21:35 by IPSC   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 30, 2013 19:40)   image 1 image
The Monthly Palestine Street Awareness Campaign and march for Boycotting Israeli products is happening this coming Saturday 30th March, Daunt Square, Cork City at 1pm. The action takes place on Palestinian Land. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 28, 2013 21:13 by IPSC   image 1 image
On 30th March 1976 Israeli military forces shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel. These young men were among thousands protesting the Israeli government’s expropriation of Palestinian land.
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international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 28, 2013 18:32 by An Drighneán Donn   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 28, 2013 22:51)   image 1 image
CPIR Statement on the Meaning of the British Legion Poppy

Once again, we have come to that time of year when we see our TV screens saturated with the blood red Poppy of the British Legion. Programmes aimed at young people, such as The X-Factor, are particularly targeted. Contestants, regardless of their origin, are forced to wear the symbol of the British Legion. And, because of the abject dependence of RTÉ on programming of British origin, Irish youths are just as subjected to this symbol as are their British contemporaries. And every year, we see, in the streets of Ireland, the results of this media saturation of young minds. More and more young Irish people think it is “cool” to wear a British Legion Poppy.

So, what is the British Legion? What is it’s poppy symbol? Is it a harmless fashion statement? A benign badge of belonging to the dominant tribe, a harmless mark of British nationalism? Is it a harmless remembrance of soldiers, fallen in long past wars? read full story / add a comment
Acting President Nicolas Maduro.
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday March 28, 2013 01:13 by Turing Test   image 1 image
The US and the far right of thee opposition are trying to undermine and discredit the Venezuelan electoral system. Jimmy Carter described that system as the best in the World. Full Text at link.

The presidential candidate of the Bolivarian Revolution, Nicolas Maduro, yesterday counter-attacked the opposition’s campaign to discredit Venezuela’s electoral system ahead of the 14 April presidential election.

In recent days the Venezuelan opposition and allied media have been criticising the 14 April presidential election as not being held in “fair and transparent” conditions, in an apparent effort to discredit the Venezuelan electoral system ahead of the vote. This campaign appears to have intensified following comments made on Friday 15 March by the US’s Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, who said that it would be “a little difficult” for “open, fair, and transparent elections” to be held on 14 April. read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 27, 2013 05:36 by AKBAYAN (Citizens Action Party)   image 5 images
Akbayan Partylist would like to express its extreme disappointment over the Supreme Court's decision to issue a status quo ante order against the Reproductive Health (RH) Law for a period of four months.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday March 26, 2013 21:54 by Seomra Spraoi   image 2 images
The regular Thursday's Bakery in Seomra, from 5pm will be serving Pistachio Rosewater Cupcakes. It's all Vegan, it's all delicious and the relaxing atmosphere is a nice transition to move towards the end of the week.
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international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday March 26, 2013 18:52 by fred   image 2 images   1 attached file
The US House of Representatives quietly passed a last-minute addition to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for 2013 last week - including a provision protecting genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday March 26, 2013 11:10 by Global Action Against WTO!   image 1 image
Call to action of the Indonesian People's Movement Against Neocolonialism-Imperialism toward Bali WTO Ministerial meeting on 3-6 of December 2013
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 25, 2013 18:22 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Seomra Spraoi's Kitchen is hosting its second Vegan Bruch from 1 to 3 pm as part of a regular Sunday Brunch every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. The space is open for a relaxing, friendly and all ages time.
Next menu will be : read full story / add a comment
This "sport" could be permitted under "animal welfare" bill
national / environment / event notice Monday March 25, 2013 15:33 by Ban Animal Cruelty posing as "sport"   text 1 comment (last - monday march 25, 2013 17:41)   image 4 images
Protest on Thursday re “animal welfare" bill that protects...

Hare coursing and Fox hunting!

Peaceful protest: Location: Dail Eireann, Dublin. Date: Thursday, March 28th. Time. 12.30 to 2 pm.

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dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday March 25, 2013 14:39 by J Keegan   image 1 image
Free Walking Tour, visiting the main locations of the Easter Rising.
Meeting at Liberty Hall, 1pm on Good Friday.
All very welcome. read full story / add a comment
Secret Courts and Political Internment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 25, 2013 13:41 by Brian Clarke   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Tory Minister Ken Clarke is this week accused of lying to parliament, with disinformation to confuse British legislators, a few days ahead of the Tory government's plan, to introduce secret courts, before a backdoor critical vote in the House of Lords, to rubber stamp internment, without a proper trial. Currently with the internment of veteran Irish republicans, Marian Price and Martin Corey, the British have been conducting once again experiments, with Irish guinea pigs and the resulting public reaction , once again, in the backwater police state laboratory, that is British Occupied Ireland.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday March 23, 2013 00:25 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Seomra Spraoi's kitchen is starting Sunday Brunch this Sunday at 12 - http://www.seomraspraoi.org/ 10 Belvidere Court, Dublin 1.
We'll get to share some Vegan food, once a month, in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. To get you in the mood, here is the menu :
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Southern Brazil
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 22, 2013 18:49 by Emilio José Lemos de Lima   image 3 images
The core of our proposal is the idea of adding value to agricultural production by conjugation with that of agro-industrial and industrial production, in order to increase farmers' income, the collection of taxes and return on investment of the national state, "deflating" major brazilian centers of all a well-known and extremely costly problem, from the perspective not only of public finances, but also from an emotional and humanitarian angle.
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Independent Guide
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 22, 2013 14:46 by Seamus Mc Goldrick   text 2 comments (last - friday march 22, 2013 15:43)   image 5 images
The Yes Vote in last year's Children's Rights Referendum began proceedings to change Children's Rights in Ireland. However, a legal challenge to the referendum has suspended the referendum process and, for now, prevents the Irish president signing this amendment into the constitution.

Ever wanted to know more about the Children's Rights Referendum and amendment 42a? Read on to find out.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday March 22, 2013 14:31 by AFA   image 1 image
AFA Ireland present....

Book Launch – Physical Resistance: A Hundred Year’s of Anti-Fascism by Dave Hann

Saturday, April 6, 2013, 4pm. Connolly Books, 43 East Essex Street, Dublin 2.

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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 21, 2013 23:47 by Ardoyne Republican   image 2 images
The Republican Network for Unity (RNU) launched it's new Constitution and radical Policy Paper; 'Revolutionary Republicanism' on Tuesday 19th, March 2013 in central Belfast. The publication sets out the Revolutionary Party's alternative proposals to the failure of constitutional Nationalism and suggests a clear and viable way forward for those who still propose National Liberation & Socialism as the real cure for Ireland’s ills read full story / add a comment
Poster
dublin / housing / event notice Thursday March 21, 2013 18:21 by Dublin Squatters   text 5 comments (last - saturday april 13, 2013 12:19)   image 2 images
A day of workshops, discussion, films, food, raffle and fun to raise funds for and awareness of squatting in Dublin.

12pm - 12am, Saturday 13th April, Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1.

Suggested Donation of €7 for workshops and food. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 21, 2013 17:24 by fred   text 11 comments (last - tuesday april 16, 2013 21:55)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The top US commander in Europe told a Senate hearing Tuesday that the US military and NATO are drawing up plans for direct military intervention in Syria.

Adm. James Stavridis, head of the Pentagon’s European Command, speaking at a hearing by the Senate Armed Service Committee, said that the US military is “looking at a variety of options” and is “prepared if called upon to be engaged.” read full story / add a comment
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