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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 Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave Tue Sep 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
When Nigel Farage announced on Monday that Reform would end benefits for migrants and abolish settled status, Left-wing MPs rushed to denounce him. Labour will regret defending the Boriswave, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off Whe... Tue Sep 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Suddenly, green activists have started getting outraged at the billions wasted paying wind farms to switch off when it's too windy. The hypocrisy and chutzpah beggars belief, says Ben Pile.
The post Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off When it’s Too Windy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 23, 2025 01:12 | 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 Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong Mon Sep 22, 2025 17:35 | Dr David Bell
The Covid response was not an error, and it was not the result of rushing to counter an unknown pathogen. It was a lot of people, mostly professionals, systematically doing what they knew was wrong, says Dr David Bell.
The post The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong 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

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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international / racism & migration related issues / news report Wednesday November 01, 2006 20:10 by Garrett   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 02, 2006 23:02)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Racism drops as integration increases in Ireland- survey suggests
A survey commissioned by the Irish government's National Action Plan against Racism has indicated towards a significant drop in the level of racism in Ireland. A representative sample of the population as a whole participated in the survey carried out by IMS Consultants. The results contrasts sharply with the recent results pointing to an increase of 15% in Northern Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday November 01, 2006 19:33 by Terence   text 4 comments (last - friday november 03, 2006 14:13)
The rather famous documentary made a few years ago and which has been shown widely is now available online with YouTube. It documents how the growth of suburbia was based on the assumption of an endless supply of cheap oil. That assumption now no longer holds true. read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 01, 2006 15:16 by S. Fabian   text 7 comments (last - saturday february 10, 2007 20:20)
Authoritative feminist analysis of issues around statutory rape. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday November 01, 2006 15:00 by Paul Kinsella
Ireland's 40,000 nurses are holding a mass rally in Dublin on Wednesday, November 22nd in support of their pay claim, which includes a 35-hour working week, a Dublin weighting allowance and pay anomalies with social care workers, but also to protest over the continuing chronic overcrowding in A&E and the continuing lack of hospital beds. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Wednesday November 01, 2006 14:30 by Shell and the environment   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 16:08)
Pressure group calls for boycott of photography show read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Wednesday November 01, 2006 12:20 by pat c
Women still face a grim present and future in Afghanistan as the ironheel of Islam stamps firmly on their faces.

Women reporting rape run the risk of being imprisoned for having sexual intercourse outside marriage.

"Women's rights activists are getting killed, women's NGO workers are getting killed, and that is not going to change unless some drastic action is taken,"

Full story at the link.

pat c

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dublin / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday November 01, 2006 12:04 by Frebyrd Freeman   text 5 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 11:59)
People caring for family members who are mentally ill feel socially isolated and need more support, a new report states.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday November 01, 2006 11:00 by A
Professor Javaid Rehman, an acknowledged international expert in the field of religion and human rights law, will give a lecture in on Wednesday 15 November as part of the DIT Socio-Legal Speaker Series. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday November 01, 2006 00:46 by Maggie   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 02, 2006 14:49)
In a Counterpunch article by William S. Lind; Director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation it is suggested that an attack on Iran is envisaged before Xmas:

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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 01, 2006 00:27 by Martin Hogan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 14, 2006 02:11)
Rossport 5 Talk by Micheál Ó Seighin in UCC read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 01, 2006 00:18 by Martin Hogan   text 4 comments (last - monday november 06, 2006 15:37)
Rossport 5 Talk by Micheál Ó Seighin in UCD read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Tuesday October 31, 2006 23:07 by supporter   text 11 comments (last - saturday november 04, 2006 12:13)
There has been some articles in the village magazine latley which cover the shell to sea campgain.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday October 31, 2006 22:42 by Anti-War Ireland   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 11:36)
The following is a link to a Democracy Now interview, conducted by Amy Goodman, with former US Abu-Ghraib interrogator Tony Lagouranis, who is currently speaking at Anti-War Ireland events around Ireland. He spoke at the protest in Shannon last Saturday and called for the expulsion of the US war machine from that airport.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/15/1632233 read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday October 31, 2006 19:16 by Lefty Type
Boycott Killer Coke will be leafleting before the Coca-Cola International rules series this Sunday November 5th. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 31, 2006 18:24 by Cillian Gillespie   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 31, 2006 18:29)
Cypriot government intends to hand over Kurds who won struggle for refugee rights, into the hands of their Syrian torturers. read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 31, 2006 12:43 by J. Dunne
Mr Sean Harrington of the Shell to Sea Campaign and a resident of Bellanaboy, Co Mayo, will be the main speaker at a Public Meeting which will take place in the City Hotel, Quay Street, Sligo, on this Friday evening the 3rd November commencing at 8.00.p.m. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday October 31, 2006 11:04 by denise
Vertex Aerospace LLC, formerly Raytheon Aerospace LLC, was acquired by Veritas Capital, a private equity investment firm, in 2001. The company changed its name from Raytheon Aerospace LLC in June 2003, but Raytheon Company (its former parent) retains about a quarter of the company.

Vertex Aerospace LLC has its headquarters in Madison, Miss. The company is considered one of the leaders in aviation and aerospace technical services, and its 6,300 employees operate in 42 states and 32 countries. About 95 percent of its sales are for the U.S. government, and its annual 2001 sales totaled about $500 million.

From 1997 to 2002, Vertex Aerospace (then Raytheon Aerospace) received around $2.1 billion in U.S. government contracts.

Former parent Raytheon, which maintains an interest in Vertex Aerospace, had more than 5,300 contracts with the U.S. government from 1990 through 2002 worth nearly $58.5 billion.
List of principlals shows many US government ties and conflicts of interest. read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday October 31, 2006 09:49 by Stephen Spillane
On Tuesday 24th of October University College Cork's International Relations Society (IRSOC) had an information stand in Arás Na Mac Leinn to coincide with UN day. Members of the society throughout the day operated the stand and they had many materials with information on the UN. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday October 31, 2006 02:27 by Sean C   text 19 comments (last - tuesday february 06, 2024 23:12)
Cathal O Broin the co-editor of a the Hibernian magazine, which has a readership measured in the tens, appeared on this week’s Late Late Show to embarrassingly spout on about ‘catholic values’ and sex. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 31, 2006 01:49 by Hugh H
The truly exceptional Reem Kelani is the star attraction in an all-day musical workshop at St. Raphael's in
Stillorgan, on Saturday, November 4th.
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