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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 The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
The post The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Debunking the BBC?s Claim That Pakistan?s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change Fri Nov 21, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
If the BBC's Standards Committee, which is reviewing the corporation's coverage of climate change, wants a good example of bias, it should take a look at its report of recent floods in Pakistan, says Paul Homewood.
The post Debunking the BBC’s Claim That Pakistan’s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, a... Fri Nov 21, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 59 of The Sceptic: Rob Bates on why Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is not all it's cracked up to be, and Chris Morrison on how the Met Office and the BBC push climate alarmism.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, and How the Met Office and BBC Push Climate Alarmism appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Nov 21, 2025 01:14 | 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 Judges Need Fewer Powers, Not More Thu Nov 20, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
The Hillsborough Law is well-intentioned, but its effect will be to transfer yet more power from Parliament to unelected judges ? the opposite of what is needed to restore public trust and democratic accountability.
The post Judges Need Fewer Powers, Not More 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

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national / arts and media / other press Monday April 24, 2006 17:01 by Sindo Watch   text 8 comments (last - tuesday april 25, 2006 22:52)
Is Ciaran Byrne another nom de plume for Brendan O'Connor? read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday April 24, 2006 15:35 by MichaelY   text 36 comments (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 16:25)
Hope you can join us read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday April 24, 2006 13:46 by Tom O'Driscoll   text 1 comment (last - monday april 24, 2006 20:03)
Speaker Manus O'Riordan, Head of Research SIPTU.
Date: May 2nd. 2006
Venue: Metropole Hotel, Mc.Curtain St. Cork
Time: 8pm.
Hosted by the Cork Council of Trade Unions.

Admission free. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday April 24, 2006 13:41 by Finglas SWP   text 8 comments (last - friday april 28, 2006 11:38)
Meeting title

Iran: Islamic Threat or victim of aggression?

Organised by the Socialist Workers Party read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday April 24, 2006 11:48 by Irish Times Reader   text 8 comments (last - thursday july 13, 2006 19:51)
I cut and paste this piece from the Irish Times because I found it extremely alarming.
Tax cuts fuel the capitalist system - producing a larger bourgeoise capitalists class - I don't need to mention the effect the SSIA's will have on economic growth once they reach fruition.
Economic growth in this country has to be stopped - it has destroyed the power of public sector unions created material wealth at the expense of spiritual decay and attracted legions of brain washed "consumer-voters" who worship at the PD/ Fianna Fail facist capitalist altar.
We need social justice not economic growth.
So heres the story:

A new tax-cutting policy aimed at average middle-class families was unveiled by the Progressive Democrats at the conclusion of the party's national conference in Limerick yesterday. Attacks on the Labour Party over tax, immigration and health dominated much of the conference debate. Stephen Collins and Liam Reid report read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday April 24, 2006 05:09 by Seán Ryan   text 29 comments (last - tuesday may 02, 2006 16:03)
Saturday 22/4/06 - The Teacher’s Club.

At this meeting whose purpose is to form and reform associations and to invigorate the anti-war effort, there arose a topic that at first glance might look to be irrelevant. However it is a topic that eventually dominated the meeting and strengthened our association. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday April 24, 2006 02:48 by Colin Hatchett
Graffiti artist Marc Ecko broke into a government facility where one of the Boeing 747 planes which serve as Air Force One was parked, and tagged it with graffiti. Ecko then posted video of the tagging online, along with a video statement of “why I tagged the President’s plane.”

- Or so he says. As it turns out, the video is fake. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 22:19 by eoin
Ray Dolphin, an Irishman who has spent almost 20 years in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory will be launching his new book.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 21:53 by eoin   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 14:15)
In protest at the EU decision to restrict funding to the democratically elected government of the Palestinian Authority the IPSC will be organising a stall:

When? Wednesday 26th 12.30 - 14.30
Where? Outside the offices of the European Commission 18 Dawson St., Dublin 2

All are welcome to come and help out or to sign a letter asking the EU to rescind their decision to cut funding.

Hope to see you there,

thanks,

IPSC read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 17:57 by Anarchist
This is a list of events and activities in London over the Mayday weekend, including discussion and events to look at anarchism in 2006. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday April 23, 2006 15:54 by Private Joker
I was absentmindedly surfing the internet looking for religious jokes to take the piss out of some Jesus freaks I know in UCD when I came upon the following piece of video footage. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 15:21 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 23, 2006 20:23)
STOP THE CRUELTY - END THE FUR TRADE NOW! read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 15:19 by Sean Russell
Manus O'Riordan, Head of Research at SIPTU, will deliver the Cork Mayday Lecture in the Metropole Hotel, Cork on Tuesday May 2nd. 2006 at 8pm. This event is hosted by the Cork Council of Trade Unions and admission is free. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday April 23, 2006 11:12 by beeep
Great article from an old london pro-situ on drugs and the changing world of work and how your kids are being fed cocaine culture:

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday April 23, 2006 10:30 by dingo
The title would suggest that the writer is not attempting to ingratiate self with the readership; to remove any lingering doubts in that regard you can go fuck yourself or any other female/male member of your immediate family, OK! I’m happy to leave persuasive discourse to the theological, political and capital oriented propagandists. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday April 22, 2006 23:36 by Masters Voice   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 01, 2006 01:17)
"No one believes that a Fine Gael-Labour-Green Rainbow could win a majority and have more seats than Fianna Fail, the Progressive Democrats, the non-left independents and Sinn Fein "" read full story / add a comment
dublin / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Saturday April 22, 2006 16:28 by Liam Mullen   text 6 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2008 23:52)
A revenue source has claimed that hundreds of taxi drivers are deserting their jobs, rather than submit to rigorous audit checks being carried out by the Department of Revenue. Rogue drivers have been amassing undeclared income, and under new tax clearance rules established by the regulator when the industry was deregulated, many are falling prey to the new tightening of regulations. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday April 22, 2006 16:20 by Liam Mullen   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 08, 2006 18:35)
A source within the hotel industry has revealed how top Dublin hotels like the Burlington and the Jury’s chain are offering voluntary severance packages to their staff in the hope of re-employing cheap migrant labour. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment / news report Saturday April 22, 2006 15:53 by Dargle Valley Residents   text 3 comments (last - friday june 30, 2006 21:27)
The Dargle Valley area of Bray is home to hundreds of high value homes, prices influenced by the spectacular backdrop of the famous Sugar Loaf mountains and views of the sparkling Dargle River. It is also home to the illegal dump on Love Lane. Of landfill proportions, this dump is being ignored by Wicklow CC officials in the grand tradition ignoring the start up of illegal landfill in the county at times when the local authority is not in a position to provide a service itself. Coolnamadra, Whitestown and Blessington all carry allegations that Wicklow CC in someway supported their existence in the early days of their lives because there was no other home for the waste, commercial waste having been banned at their own official landfills at that time. The same could be said today in Love Lane.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday April 22, 2006 14:31 by reginald
Fair Trade - the pros and cons read full story / add a comment
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