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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 Wed Sep 24, 2025 01:05 | 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 Britain?s Judiciary is Biased to its Core Tue Sep 23, 2025 20:08 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal overturned the closure of Epping's migrant hotel because Britain's judiciary is biased to its core, says Dr David McGrogan. The Right must get to grips with this problem ? and fast.
The post Britain’s Judiciary is Biased to its Core appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He ?Lost His Temp... Tue Sep 23, 2025 17:08 | Will Jones
The Muslim man who attacked Koran-burning protester Hamit Coskun with a knife has been spared jail after the judge said he "lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, remains in hiding, as concerns about two-tier justice grow.
The post Muslim Who Attacked Koran Burner Hamit Coskun With Knife Spared Jail as Judge Says He “Lost His Temper” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Exaltation of the Cross Tue Sep 23, 2025 15:00 | Chris Larkin
Church leaders are too quick to condemn Tommy Robinson and the Unite the Kingdom march, says Chris Larkin. We don't know what Jesus would have made of our politics, but we can?t just assume he?d have been a Lib Dem voter.
The post The Exaltation of the Cross appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Council Insists Women Be Called ?People With Ovaries? Tue Sep 23, 2025 13:27 | Will Jones
Bristol City Council has been accused of offending women with "virtue-signalling madness" after insisting that women be called "people with ovaries" and claiming that defining sex as biological "misgenders trans people".
The post Council Insists Women Be Called “People With Ovaries” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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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

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mayo / environment / event notice Thursday July 27, 2006 08:07 by Terry
There is a Shell to Sea Public Meeting in The Merry Monk, Killala Road, Ballina, at 8pm, Monday, 31st of July. This is part of the Long Walk from Rossport to Dublin. See: http://www.corribsos.com/index.php?id=774

All Welcome. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Thursday July 27, 2006 02:45 by Bernie Wright   text 11 comments (last - wednesday july 02, 2008 21:57)
In two seperate incidents this evening, members of Circus SYDNEY(a Courtney Circus / previously Circus OZZ and Circus NEW YORK) assaulted different activists both inside and outside the circus.

The first incident happened when some activists from The Alliance for Animal Rights were giving out flyers on the footpath outside the Circus now in Blackrock. A circus member attempted to get one by the neck and take their leaflets.

The second incident happened when four people including two minors and a wild animal expert attended the actual show. A female was set upon by a circus member and had her digital camera snatched and batteries removed. She had to attend St Vincents Hospital for treatment for a possible joint fracture in her hand, she was also verbally threatened. Activists called for Gardai assistance.

Gardai were notified on both occasions.

further information tomorrow.
Phione 085 7371810. AFAR. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 27, 2006 02:13 by io   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 27, 2006 10:22)
By now most western Europeans with fair to middling interest in current affairs know that the UN observers in southern Lebanon, observed in time that Israeli artillery shells were landing close to their position. Ireland which prides itself on leading the way in UNIFIL operations knows how many phone calls were made - 10. We also all pride ourselves on knowing the mandate finishes next Monday.
Most of the UN observers stationed with UNIFIL at that observer post were Indian, though those killed weren't. The first reports to hit Indian newswatchers that their own soldiers were in the line of fire came from the BBC who had their own team "observing" in the same little zone. This is how things work :- FINUL, the UN, the BBC, the government & army of Lebanon, the government & army of Israel, and even Hezbollah exchange phone numbers. They tell each other where they are. So "little accidents" like "friendly fire" don't happen. Otherwise indeed the whole idea of "UN peace-keeping" which started 50 years ago with the thereafter Nobel peace laureate, former prime minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson, would fall apart at the seams. So I thought I'd give you a round-up of Indian media reaction since as we all realise the UNIFIL mandate expires next Monday :-

(we did all realise that didn't we???????????)
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday July 27, 2006 00:26 by Tommy Donnellan
Protest with the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Galway Alliance Against War against the ongoing horrific rape of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip by the IDF.
Enough is enough !. No more, the criminal use of white phosphorus and cluster bombs against civilians.

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international / animal rights / other press Wednesday July 26, 2006 23:04 by Ciaran Long   text 3 comments (last - friday august 11, 2006 22:44)
Every hunting season it's a regular occurrence for Saboteurs to be beaten up, some murdered, hospitalised, have their transport damaged and their personal belongings stolen by hunters and supporters. It's very seldom that anyone is charged. And if they are it's usually just a slap on the wrist.
But when the table is turned, it's a totally different story. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday July 26, 2006 23:01 by Terry   text 3 comments (last - saturday july 29, 2006 01:07)
Brief update on current Shell to Sea activism in Mayo. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday July 26, 2006 18:02 by Conor Cregan   text 16 comments (last - monday august 07, 2006 21:34)
As the Lebanon burns by blitzkrieg the lucky ones escape through the west of Ireland and those of us reading through lines wait for “Laser Guided Munitions” or “Smart Bombs” to travel through Shannon International Airport.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday July 26, 2006 09:52 by tora
Today 26, July 2006 everything has an unreasonable hue a certain irrational shimmer. I can taste the air and it is bitter with unreason and cruelty. I am able to detect the world passing all the horror, lies and weeping. I must be dreaming or I could be mad! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday July 26, 2006 09:35 by court reporter   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 26, 2006 17:30)
In the Pitstop Ploughshares case at the Four Courts, the Judge's charging of the jury on Friday was difficult to hear. Three members of the public asked that the sound be turned up, - but without success.
On Monday the Judge went through the evidence of the defendants and the defence witnesses at break-neck speed and sent the jury out at ten past three to consider if they could reach a unanimous verdict.
This is a report on what followed in court on Monday and Tuesday.
Apologies for all errors and omissions. Apparent quotes do not mean to convey exact words. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday July 26, 2006 01:39 by poetry news
A celebration of poetry and song with established and emerging poets at literary Dublin's spiritual home read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / news report Tuesday July 25, 2006 20:19 by iosaf   text 3 comments (last - friday december 14, 2007 01:08)
Today those elected to the Peruvian government earlier this year to serve till 2011 must each swear an oath of allegiance. Its part of a series of constitutional rituals which will lead up to the presidential inauguration this coming Friday which is also Peru's national day.

The formula for the oath is very simple - (they often are) - each deputy takes his place in turn & recorded by stenographers and pictured on live TV recites the formula of loyalty. But already some deputies oaths have been rejected :- read full story / add a comment
clare / sci-tech / press release Tuesday July 25, 2006 16:55 by Stefan Zalewski (a.k.a mufti_el_ping)   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 18, 2008 16:09)
Volunteers have built and operate a highspeed wireless data network at the west coast. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday July 25, 2006 16:49 by anon
NOBEL peace laureate Betty Williams displayed a flash of her feisty Irish spirit yesterday, lashing out at US President George W.Bush during a speech to hundreds of schoolchildren.

"I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence', because I don't believe that I am non-violent," said Ms Williams, 64.

"Right now, I would love to kill George Bush." Her young audience at the Brisbane City Hall clapped and cheered.

"I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life." read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday July 25, 2006 14:25 by Dominic Carroll
Anti-War Ireland welcomes the acquittal in Dublin of the Pitstop Ploughshares defendants, who had been on trial for unlawful damage to a US military plane at Shannon Airport. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday July 25, 2006 13:16 by ploughshares support   text 37 comments (last - thursday july 27, 2006 06:34)
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday July 25, 2006 13:04 by Chris Murray   text 3 comments (last - wednesday september 19, 2007 16:00)
Most Irish newspapers carried an advertisement yesterday which included details
of the issues which will be studied in relation to the 'CC' case and the 'A' case.
These are published as perameters for the fifteen member committee which
contains three women, one TD(fine Gael) and two senators.
The'CC' case prompted an expected constitutional crisis, wherein the 1935
legislation pertaining to the 'honest mistake' mechanism was allowed in the case of
someone accused of statutory rape but of an age with the victim. Justice Mary Laffoy had no
option within the perameters of that legislation but to release 'CC'. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday July 25, 2006 12:27 by Barry Finnegan   text 5 comments (last - sunday july 30, 2006 11:53)
[BF, personal opinion: Check this out - USI, supposedly a "Union" to protect and advance student's rights as well as being an official affiliate of SIPTU charged with advancing trade union rights, when it's bosses weren't able to harass and bully this employee to their satisfaction, they suspended him without pay. If all the details of this case go public next month after the Rights Commissioner, it is going to have a devastating impact on those who still believe that the USI is a progressive social force in Ireland. To date The Examiner and Irish Indo have carried the story.] read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday July 25, 2006 07:24 by Kathy Kelly   text 6 comments (last - tuesday july 25, 2006 13:05)
Kathy Kelly, Catholic Worker & Founder of the nonviolent sanctions busting "Voices in the Wilderness" has been called as a witness in all three Dublin Pit Stop Ploughshares trials. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday July 24, 2006 23:24 by Roger C   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 25, 2006 03:06)
Can anyone explain what all the penny pinching and panicing has been about? This year the Department of Education has UNDER SPENT by £68 million!!!!! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday July 24, 2006 23:21 by Fintan Lane   text 3 comments (last - friday july 28, 2006 14:43)
The following notice of a national demo against Israeli aggression was circulated in the past few days by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. See you all there!

[DUBLIN]
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST ISRAELI WAR CRIMES

Saturday the 29th of July

2pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin.

Called by the IAWM and the IPSC - all welcome.

THE IPSC WILL BE SENDING OUT REQUESTS FOR VOLUNTEERS OVER THE COMING
DAYS. ANYONE WHO CAN HELP OR - ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ORGANISE AN
EVENT IN THEIR OWN AREA - PLEASE CALL THE DUBLIN OFFICE OR REPLY TO THIS
EMAIL. 01-6770253
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