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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 Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History Sat Nov 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
We're a week away from the most painful Budget in history thanks largely to the eye-watering cost of lockdown. Yet Baroness Hallett says next time the Government must be ready to go harder and faster. This is insanity.
The post Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:00 | Charlotte Gill
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
The post Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran Sat Nov 22, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
The Crown Prosecution Service is appealing against the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who was convicted of burning the Quran in a protest, reigniting fears Britain could introduce blasphemy laws by the back door.
The post CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border C... Sat Nov 22, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
World Kindness Day may have passed you by. But it won't have passed by your children, whose school will have been sure to teach that climate action and open borders are essential elements of 'kindness', says Steven Tucker.
The post World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border Cults appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Nov 22, 2025 01:24 | 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.

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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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derry / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday January 08, 2004 17:57 by Peter Doran   text 27 comments (last - thursday january 15, 2004 22:57)
Derry City Council has received a delegation from the Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign, which has led a campaign to expose the reality behind Raytheon's Software Development Centre in Derry. FEIC activists have long held the view that Raytheon - one of the world biggest defence companies - has no place in Derry. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday January 08, 2004 17:17 by Anthony Coughlan   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 11, 2004 00:12)
From:Anthony Coughlan
To: Cathal Goan read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 08, 2004 12:38 by Optics
in DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK, UCD. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Thursday January 08, 2004 11:05 by Joesph Murtagh   text 17 comments (last - monday january 12, 2004 19:43)
Several Dublin bookshops are set to close over the next few years. Owners have complained that they are no longer able to afford the rent increases and high rates. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Thursday January 08, 2004 10:57 by bewildered   text 19 comments (last - monday january 12, 2004 23:31)
A pregnant Pakistani woman and her brother-in-law have become the latest targets of a hate campaign by racists in south Belfast.

The pair had just retired for bed last night when a six-foot wooden plank was thrown through the front window of their house in the Donegall Road.

Both occupants were badly shaken by the incident, the latest in a spate of racist attacks in loyalist areas of south Belfast.

Last month, a Chinese and a Ugandan family fled their homes in the Village district when they came under attack on the same night. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 08, 2004 10:32 by David   text 21 comments (last - saturday january 10, 2004 23:15)
Prime time tonight, 8th of january is going to include an investigation into Allegations that Gardai have tortured and lied in the course of their duties In Ireland. It will include testimony from Dick Roche and a retired circuit Court Judge. Should make interesting viewing. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Thursday January 08, 2004 09:51 by pat   text 5 comments (last - monday january 12, 2004 15:35)
Yesterday the Constituency Commission recommended an increase in the number of Dáil constituencies from 42 to 43 but is keeping the existing number of TDs at 166. read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / news report Thursday January 08, 2004 09:40 by galwegian   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 08, 2004 15:37)
Speculation is rising this morning with the publication of the Galway Advertiser that Tony Blair will be attending the EU Summit in Galway next Thursday. The summit is to take place in the Corrib Great southern while Tony Blair himself will be staying in The Great Southern, Eyre Square, nice and central with big square to protest in, how convenient! read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / event notice Thursday January 08, 2004 06:29 by Orla Ni Chomhrai   text 2 comments (last - monday january 12, 2004 20:28)
There will be a protest against War, Racism and Privatisation taking place in Galway on Friday the 16th, the same day that the employment and social policy ministers will be meeting in Galway.

Protestors Assembling in Eyre Square at 5pm and marching to the Radisson where the ministers will be having a social evening. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday January 07, 2004 20:16 by SESF
To discuss counter summit and protest at May 15h Environmental Ministers meeting in Waterford. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday January 07, 2004 18:56 by Na Fianna Éireann   text 6 comments (last - friday december 31, 2004 20:24)
1909-2004 Unbowed and Unbroken read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday January 07, 2004 15:21 by Tim   text 28 comments (last - sunday january 18, 2004 04:54)
Dec 9, 2003.
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil there is no certainty George W Bush will visit Ireland next year during Ireland's EU presidency.

Dec 19. (Irish Examiner)
Ahern says Bush visit possible late next year


January 7 2004. (Examiner again)
US President George W Bush is set for a Shannon
stopover when he is expected to visit Ireland in June for the EU-US summit. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 07, 2004 00:09 by Mrsmerton   text 4 comments (last - sunday january 11, 2004 22:52)
A team of international observers at the trial of 3 Irishmen accused of IRA activity in Colombia have requested a meeting with a high level offical from the Colombian government to raise serious concerns about the Colombian judicial process. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 06, 2004 19:00 by Ireland Democracy   text 20 comments (last - friday january 09, 2004 19:00)
Every now and again most of us get the chance to cast a vote for those who aspire to govern us. Are these occasional performances of supposed popular consultation sufficient though to qualify the Irish Republic for the status of a democracy? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday January 06, 2004 18:38 by IMEMC Staff & Agencies   text 1 comment (last - tuesday january 06, 2004 21:58)
There are around 261 Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Israeli government considers 145 of them as illegal. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / news report Tuesday January 06, 2004 18:14 by Sean Walsh   text 3 comments (last - thursday april 01, 2004 13:26)
Health warnings on Drink read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday January 06, 2004 16:58 by Eric Blair   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 07, 2004 12:08)
Bad news for campaigners from the High Court. Michael Mulcreevy, giving an address at Killarney but well known in activist circles throughout Ireland, has lost his case. He sought a judicial review to investigate the decision allowing the Jackson Way Roundabout at Carrickmines to go ahead. What next for the campaign?

Check out this report doing the corporate rounds
http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0106/carrickmines.html
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?r=&id=41097&pt=n read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / press release Tuesday January 06, 2004 16:46 by Joe Noonan
Cork's County Waste Management plan is being reviewed by the County Manager. This Plan will govern how waste is managed in Cork for the next five years at least, and may pave the way for incineration. A press notice during the Christmas holidays was the only public announcement of this review. Time for making representations on the Plan runs out soon... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 06, 2004 14:06 by prison reform   text 16 comments (last - saturday november 05, 2005 06:40)
The Brit government through its prison officer lackeys continue to punish the current UDA loyalist paramilitary leadership, and its members in prison for daring to boot out their appointed stooge Johnny Adair. To this effect North belfast UDA leader Andre Shoukri is in solitary confinement and 24 hour lock down, flanked by armed prison officers in riot gear and ski masks, in what is seen by loyalist s as an attempt to break Andre Shoukri and pay retribution to the current UDA leadership for their stance in expelling the brit government's teachers pet C company. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / press release Tuesday January 06, 2004 12:13 by bluekingfisher   text 2 comments (last - monday january 12, 2004 03:20)
Calling all anti capitalists, libertarians, anarchists, and theatre enthusiasts! read full story / add a comment
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