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Indymedia ireland

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 Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? Sat Nov 22, 2025 15:00 | Noah Carl
Is the era of cheap internet surveys over? A new paper demonstrates that AIs can now be "trivially programmed" to answer online surveys in ways that are essentially indistinguishable from humans.
The post Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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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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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday November 08, 2003 20:03 by Rose Dugdale
A trade Unionist from Colombian trade Union, Sinitraianal, (the Coca Cola Union) is visiting Dublin on Wednesday and will describe the struggle in Colombia at a meeting organised in Tar isteach (Dublin republican ex-prisoner group)
at 8 pm, at 40/41 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday November 08, 2003 17:39 by Niav   text 5 comments (last - monday november 10, 2003 16:30)
NOISE 4 CHOICE - Pro-Choice Demonstration organised by Alliance For Choice to take place on Wednesday 26th November at the Dail at 6pm. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday November 08, 2003 17:33 by seedsRus
Irish SeedSaver Association
The Irish Seed Savers Association is a charity set up to preserve the agricultural bio-diversity of Ireland. We collect, conserve and grow fruit, grains and vegetables. It is our intention to grow, research and develop varieties as well as preserving them in a "seed bank". It is our intention to educate the public in the importance of our work and encourage gardeners to grow the seeds.
Check it out:
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/ read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday November 08, 2003 03:00 by Nuala O'Hooligan
The Minister of Offence hopes to taste some pie at Ogra Fianna Fail meeting Monday in Uni. Limerick

Time 6pm - dress to impress - details of building will be posted here in due course read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 20:27 by Campaign activist   text 4 comments (last - friday november 07, 2003 20:06)
This march is taking place to protest against the outrageous jailings of six campaigners against the bin tax. Four protestors are in Wheatfield Prison. They are John Murphy, Oliver Short, Finian Smyth and Oliver O’Reilly.

Two, Fionn Ryder and David Murphy, are in Mountjoy jail. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 19:37 by paul cummins   text 12 comments (last - sunday may 01, 2005 13:54)
A informal meeting of those interesting in indymedia and use of it, has been arranged for Wedsneday the 12th at 6:30pm in the Stags Head on Exchequer Street behind Dame street off Georges Street. Everyone is invited. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday November 07, 2003 16:18 by Rick Lines
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT)is pleased to launch its new eBulletin, Voices Rising.

Voices Rising is produced monthly and highlights new and emerging issues related to prisons and issues affecting prisoners’ rights and human rights in Ireland. It also promotes IPRT events and highlight reports produced by our sister organisations in Ireland and internationally.

We hope that Voices Rising will be an important tool as we continue our efforts to promote the rights of people in prison in Ireland.

Subscriptions to Voices Rising are free.

To get on the mailing list, please send an email to mailto:info@penal-reform.ie

website http:/penal-reform.ie read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 15:12 by Douglas Hamilton
Colombian Trade Unionist in Belfast

Public Meeting

Boycott Coca Cola!! Save the lives of Colombian
Workers!

Public Meeting
Tue 11th November
7-30pm Belfast Unemployed Centre

Luis Eduardo Garcia, a Colombian Coca Cola Worker and member of SINALTRAINAL the Food and Drink Workers Union, is in Ireland to call on Irish workers and Irish people to support the international campaign aimed at ending the murder of trades unionists in the Coca Cola bottling plants in Colombia. read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 15:05 by Independent Workers Union (IWU)   text 1 comment (last - friday november 07, 2003 20:04)
We in the Independent Workers Union (IWU) fully support the nationwide mobilisation planned for Friday, November 21st, the "Nationwide Day Of Action against the bin tax and the jailings" and we will be mobilising as many people as possible nationwide to take part on this day in 2 weeks time. We are also organising for people to take part in the lobby of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions delegates at their monthly delegates meeting in Liberty Hall, Dublin at 7.30pm this coming Tuesday the 11th. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday November 07, 2003 14:22 by ec   text 17 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2003 19:20)
Seems that the UCD Boycott of Coke Products is turning a few heads in the boardrooms of the Multinational. IMC IRL will tomorrow be publishing an in-depth feature about these 'urban legends. The below is a cut and paste from unison.ie Perhaps some UCD heads should consider contacting SIPTU and arranging to meet the same high-ups as Mr Quiros. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday November 07, 2003 11:53 by Daithí   text 42 comments (last - saturday december 27, 2003 21:33)
You would think, with all the work that he has done with unions and for people with disabilities etc. that this TD would be in favour of a measure designed to protect the health of workers - whether they work in bars or otherwise.

But yet we see him standing up in the Dail to speak against the tobacco regulations. Not only this, but he also tried to claim that most cancer deaths were caused by other factors! Now it is true that the Government are using this issue as a distraction from the mess they are making of the health service - and also that anti-cancer measures need a lot of work - but seeing him try and belittle the cancer-causing properties of tobacco smoke is disgusting; it reads like a script written by the tobacco industry. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 11:40 by pat c
ROBERT EMMETT, THOMAS RUSSELL
AND THE 1803 REBELLION

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER in the LINEN HALL LIBRARY, Belfast

BOX OFFICE Tel 028 9032 1707 or email info@linenhall.com BOOKING ESSENTIAL read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 11:06 by Seán   text 6 comments (last - sunday november 16, 2003 19:57)
The Trinity College Philosophical Society have invited British National Party Youth Organiser to a debate in Trinity College next Thursday 13th November. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 11:02 by Caoimhín
The launch of the book 'Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the ruin of human rights' by Dr. William Schulz, Director of Amnesty USA will take place on Wednesday 12 November 2003.

Where: Kenny's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway

When: 4.00pm

The launch will be hosted by Prof. James J. Browne, Registrar of NUI Galway.

For further enquiries please contact:

Jameen Kaur & Liz Brogan
Amnesty International
2-3 Middle Street
Galway
091 533 637
amnestygalway@eircom.net
www.amnesty.ie read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 10:34 by Caoimhín   text 3 comments (last - friday november 21, 2003 03:39)
Public Meeting, Tuesday 18th November, 8pm

'THE US, THE UN AND WORLD ORDER: IRAQ AND BEYOND'

Davis Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College


Speaker: Alexander Cockburn


Alexander Cockburn is one of the US's best known radical journalists. He
co-edits the newsletter and website CounterPunch, and writes syndicated
columns for The Nation and other major US and international newspapers
(including the Sunday Business Post). He recently co-edited a CounterPunch
collection entitled 'The Politics of Anti-Semitism'. He grew up in County
Cork and now lives in northern California.

Response by Andy Storey (Afri, and Centre for Development Studies, UCD).


Meeting sponsored by Action from Ireland (Afri) and the Irish School of
Ecumenics, Trinity College. For further information, contact Afri at (01)
8827581. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday November 07, 2003 05:10 by Cork Anti-War Campaign
Members of the Cork Anti-War Campaign will be travelling to Shannon on November 20th to join in a solidarity picket outside Shannon District Court for those due to appear in relation to a peaceful sitdown on June 21st, when gardai blocked a march on the airport. Ten were arrested in total including two minors. The minors are not being charged, but summonses have already been served on six of the others and will probably be served on all eight.

Among those due to appear in court at 11am that day are Nuria Mustafa and Laurence Vize.

If you would like to travel from Cork, please phone Joe at 087 7756297, or John at 086 3004573.

Date: November 20, 2003 read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / news report Friday November 07, 2003 01:30 by Jack Palance
Last Halloween night, the adolescents of Charleville and surrounding areas got an outlet for self-expression and a chance to exhibit their musical talent. This was all made possible thanks to the completely voluntary efforts of the enthusiastic members of the Charleville Rock Movement with the assistance of Gearalt MacGiobuin. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday November 06, 2003 23:52 by Robert Looby   text 1 comment (last - friday november 07, 2003 00:18)
Newly discovered material from communist Poland archives gives an insight into how authorities seek to undermine opposition groups by exploiting differences between radicals and moderates. This can involve government support for (ousted) moderates. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday November 06, 2003 22:36 by Claudia Bradshaw
On Sunday 9th November, the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinian communities will be joined by groups around the world in a day of protest against Israel's construction of the 'Apartheid Wall' which is being built throughout the West Bank. Protests will take place in Ireland, the US, the UK, across Europe and in many other countries. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday November 06, 2003 17:05 by duck and cover   text 25 comments (last - monday november 10, 2003 19:50)
Question: is this new and different or just the usual usual going through Shannon and the UK? read full story / add a comment
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