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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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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

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday June 13, 2005 22:34 by D O Briain   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 18:32)
A May 31 report in the highly respected Mexican daily La Jornada stated that in late May 2005 Paraguay’s Congress rushed through a law “that will permit United States troops to enter this South American country for 18 months, with immunity for all personnel that participate in activities of training and advising, including civilian personnel.” Paraguay and Bolivia share a border.

Given recent negative US government statements re Bolivia and its social movements – which are demanding complete nationalisation of country’s oil, gas and water – this is an ominous development.


Sources:

Narco-Sphere ( English)
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/84257/46598
(6th paragraph from end)

Original Story in La Jornada (Spanish)
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/may05/050531/027n2mun.php read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Monday June 13, 2005 22:03 by carme   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 15, 2005 21:17)
Charges were brought against members of the main Opposition party the PP today, after a demonstration organised by the second largest political organisation in Spain saw numerous banners calling for the death of the leader of the Catalan ERC party, Josep Lluis Carod Rovira who is the leader of one of the coalition parties in Catalonia. read full story / add a comment
galway / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday June 13, 2005 18:46 by JC   text 8 comments (last - sunday october 30, 2005 13:01)
by CHARLIE McGUIRE, Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, 8pm

Roddy Connolly (1901 -1980) had a long & varied political career. He was at the side of his father in the GPO in 1916; a few years later he was a founder of the Communist Party of Ireland and a confidant of anti-Treaty republicans; in the 1930s, he was involved in the Republican Congress. Later, he was a Labour TD; later still, he was an obedient pro-coalition chairman of the Labour Party. The lecture will consider Roddy Connolly's career, with a particular focus on his custodianship of the Connolly legacy. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday June 13, 2005 18:40 by too good to be true
Campaigners focusing on debt relief welcomed the move. But the finance ministers' agreement contains a provision on privatisation that has the potential to deliver to them more money than they wrote off. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Monday June 13, 2005 17:37 by Martin O'Sullivan   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 21, 2005 18:24)
Three of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world are involved in a major battle with people in North Mayo. Shell, Marathon and Statoil have formed a consortium to take gas from the Corrib field off the coast of Mayo on terms which bring little benefit to the people of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday June 13, 2005 16:51 by Rickets   text 2 comments (last - monday june 13, 2005 17:21)
Increasing numbers of young American children are showing signs of serious malnourishment, fueled by a greater prevalence of hunger in the United States, while, paradoxically, two-thirds of the US population is either overweight or obese.

Some pediatricians worry that cuts in welfare aid proposed in President George W. Bush's 2006 budget will only exacerbate the situation. By contrast Bush plans to keep tax cuts for more affluent sectors of the population, they note. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday June 13, 2005 15:04 by SP Member   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 18:34)
Unison is the largest public sector union in Britain with over 1 million members. Facing into industrial battles with the Blair Government Unison, with other public sector unions, will be in the battle to defend workers rights. The Socialist Party group on UNISON's 70-plus ruling National Executive Council (NEC) has been increased from three to five members following the recent elections. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday June 13, 2005 11:41 by D Lynch
North Dublin Socialist Forum: Neo-Liberalism and the EU Constitution 8.30pm Monday 13, June Red Parrot Pub, Dorset Street. All Welcome. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday June 13, 2005 06:24 by observer
The Alley Oop comic strip which continues to be distributed in hundreds of newspapers in the hinterland of the USA is daring to attack the Bush Regime (albeit without using the name). Alley Oop has gone political and poor Dr. Wonmug is under arrest as a terrorist by a "future" police state! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday June 12, 2005 12:17 by i   text 7 comments (last - thursday june 16, 2005 15:41)
The term "Least Developed Countries (LDCs)" describes the world's poorest countries with following 3 criteria:

Low-income
- a GDP per capita (under $900 for inclusion, above $1,035 for graduation);

Human resource weakness
- based on indicators of nutrition, health, education, and adult literacy;

Economic vulnerability
- based on indicators of the instability of agricultural production; the instability of exports of goods and services; the economic importance of non-traditional activities (share of manufacturing and modern services in GDP); merchandise export concentration; and the handicap of economic smallness.

Here are the names of 52 of the poorest nations on earth, of which 18 african ones just got debt relief which will become effective over a year and a half. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday June 11, 2005 23:13 by 23 small pieces
Last summer a postbox near Croke Park was briefly restored to its original Edwardian condition, that is, it was painted bright red. This change was meant to explore some of the undercurrents in the postcolonial nature of Irish society.

As part of the current exhibition at the Digital Hub in Thomas Street, Dublin artist Tadhg McGrath will give a short talk about some of his work, which has included alterations to street furniture and the urban landscape.

To find out what happened to the postbox, come along at 12.45PM. Admission is free. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday June 11, 2005 18:46 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 05, 2005 17:07)
national / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday June 11, 2005 18:20 by Dr. Shaheed Satardien   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 19:38)
Violence is often attributed to religious roots in spite of all religions' claim that they are founded on peace. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / other press Saturday June 11, 2005 13:41 by me moby   text 8 comments (last - tuesday january 03, 2006 15:25)
'...a company Global Mobile Vision that “has been accused of intimidating staff and of failing to pay wages due. And its work practices are bizarre”, according to Village Magazine.' read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday June 11, 2005 12:34 by Jon Glackin
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH STREET ARCADE INVITE YOU TO THEIR ANNUAL

BURNT OUT BUT STILL ROCKING PARTY

SAT 18TH JUNE 8.30PM TILL LATE

THE FRONT PAGE, DONEGALL STREET

LIVE MUSIC FROM “VELMA”

WITH TERRI “MASTER BLASTER” HOOLEY & D.J.DEATH





Admn is FREE – Please give a small donation to pay the artists for the entertainment


THANK YOU!! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday June 11, 2005 10:56 by SP reader   text 19 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 00:22)
For those looking for some news and for the assorted sectarians looking for something to complain about, here is the June edition of the Socialist, the SP paper.

Some good stuff on Gama, G8 protests, industrial reports, etc. read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment / other press Saturday June 11, 2005 06:56 by son of beach   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 07:48)
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international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday June 11, 2005 01:15 by Bliss   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 01:20)
Democrats Eye Unfolding Ohio Coin Scandal

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

TOLEDO, Ohio - A disastrous investment by the state in rare coins has erupted into both a financial and political scandal, with Ohio's Republicans running for cover and the Democrats seeing great opportunity.

At least $10 million is feared missing from a $55 million fund that the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau set up in a risky and highly unorthodox foray into the buying and selling of coins. The investment was managed by coin dealer Tom Noe, a prodigious fundraiser who has showered contributions on Republicans in Ohio and beyond. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Saturday June 11, 2005 00:56 by Elmer   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 01:03)
"Americans overwhelmingly see public broadcasting as an unbiased information source," Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record) (Wis.), the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, said in a statement. "Perhaps that's what the GOP finds so offensive about it. Republican leaders are trying to bring every facet of the federal government under their control. . . . Now they are trying to put their ideological stamp on public broadcasting." read full story / add a comment
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