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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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Voltaire Network
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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national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 09:06 by Middletown Press   text 1 comment (last - friday april 04, 2003 12:01)
MIDDLETOWN -- A leading Colombian peace activist urged a group of about 30 church members to help change U.S. policies on Colombia’s civil war and help implement peace and justice initiatives in his country. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 03:15 by Ocean   text 1 comment (last - friday april 04, 2003 16:27)
Blunt Base Politik is a new dublin based zine with an initial hardcopy circulation of 3,000 copies. containing only original artwork and articles by myself. it has a punky/anarchic perspective. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 02:24 by 2nd time tragedy   text 3 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 20:33)
things are looking a bit better every day! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 01:24 by IMC   text 17 comments (last - wednesday april 23, 2003 00:33)
The IAWM Dail blockade last night was the occasion for the first direct confrontation between protestors and Gardai in the Capital since the start of the second Gulf War. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday April 04, 2003 01:22 by jt
Greens see extensive war profiteering by firms with White House and Pentagon connections, while Bush urges Americans -- especially troops and veterans -- to sacrifice. ..and "why we will keep going to war" by an advisor (sic) to the US admin. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 21:25 by Kerry Larkin   text 2 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 12:00)
11 April will see the launch of a new LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System) for Galway City. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 20:04 by blisset4   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 03, 2003 20:33)
MAYDAY 003: the parade of the euro precariat Blair, Aznar, Berlusconi: what do they share in common? All the three of them are Bush's allies in his war of aggression against Irak and the people living there. A war to achieve control of the world and to kill at birth any chance of a European social project, built from below by the new transnational movements for global democracy. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 19:35 by Jimmy Breslin   text 2 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 01:07)
[This excellent commentary on the war from Pulitzer prize-winning writet Jimmy Breslin appeared in today's Irish Times. I'm posting it here since it's subscription only.] read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 19:24 by Aoife Ni Fhearghail   text 4 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 10:55)
The Rathmines & UCD anti-war groups have jointly organised a bus to go to the national anti-war demo in Shannon next week. Tickets for the bus available on first come basis, cost €10 with reduction for school students, BOOK NOW by ringing or texting Aoife Ni Fhearghail on 087 7955013. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 19:23 by hopespringseternal
planning for mayday weekend street party... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 18:45 by Robin Hennessy   text 3 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 17:58)
Fairview Against the War has launched an appeal to have the charges dropped against Mary Kelly, Damian Moran, Ciaron O'Reilly, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon and Deirdre Clancy. It was supported at a Press conference on April 2nd by TDs Finian McGrath, Joe Higgins and Tony Gregory, MEP Patricia McKenna, Senator David Norris and Councillor Bronwen Maher. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 18:36 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 15:56)
Grassroots Network Against War Dublin. Picket on Top Oil Garage, Amiens Street, Saturday 5 April. Meet outside Amiens Street DART Station at 2.30 pm. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 18:06 by Rob   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 03, 2003 20:28)
Word just coming to me of a group set to go and meet colin powell in Belgium (NATO) today. Support gaining strength for a group (name unknown) of Iraqi people residing in Belgium set to launch an intense effort to indict him for war crimes while on Belgian soil. Speculation is (reliable but infrequent source) that Powell appeared nervous about such action today. This weekend in Brussells there will be a BBQ outside the US embassy (Saturday) and a Reclaim The Streets party Sunday. Appologies for lack of further information. If anyone has more contact with people on the ground there please post. Unlikely that Powell will get arrested, but this could yet be a good advertisement of his crimes, the ill-will directed at him and the determination of people to bring him to justice. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 17:31 by Karen Fallon   text 6 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 20:13)
Due to practical issues (stuff being scattered around various parts of Limerick and Dublin after coming out of prison), I am only now, with apologies to Karen, posting this letter she wrote in March. It's timely, however, after the Gardai's display at last night's peaceful sit-down protest, to remember that there is someone still in prison for civil disobedience relating to Shannon, refusing to co-operate with bail conditions on the basis that she does not believe she committed a criminal act. Five TDs and one senator agree, and called for our charges to be dropped at a press conference yesterday, along with those of Mary Kelly. In light of Ed Horgan's case before the high court, Karen's reflections on sections of the Irish constitution are also relevant and timely. - Deirdre. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday April 03, 2003 17:19 by IMC Editorial Group
The IAWM Dail blockade last night was the occasion for the first direct confrontation between protestors and Gardai in the capital since the start of the second Gulf War. The Public Order Unit moved in in an attempt to disperse the crowd. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 17:16 by Tim Andrews   text 10 comments (last - saturday april 05, 2003 04:57)
As a supporter of this site I was very disappointed to see people were picketing Barry Andrews office last week. Calling him a war mongerer is out of line as he was the only FF td to put down a Dail motion seeking the Govt not to support the war in Iraq without a 2nd UN resolution. This must be some better targets within FF than Barry and he seems like such a nice young fellow as well. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 17:11 by thephysio   text 6 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 11:49)
Fr Iggy Donovan, Pat Kenny, and Michael McDowell were singing from the same hymn sheet today, suggesting that the peace activists were responsible for last night's disturbance at the Dįil. Was this over-80-year old woman the ring-leader? read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 15:00 by RightThinking   text 18 comments (last - friday april 04, 2003 16:36)
(From March 28, 2003: Libertad Digital, Madrid. March 28, 2003: Ambito Iberoamericano Editorial, Madrid (translation from original in Spanish just for you!)) History will record with severity the huge social, human and political cost of the activism of the erroneously named "pacifists" read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 14:54 by Iohannes   text 2 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2003 22:07)
Over three years have passed since the three-day killing spree in the village of El-Kosheh that left 21 Christians murdered, 33 Christians wounded, and 260 Christian homes and businesses destroyed. In a blatant disregard for justice, Egypt’s courts today acquitted 93 of the 96 defendants. The court’s verdict is a grave disappointment for Egypt’s Christian community who remain exasperated by several failed attempts to ensure justice and equity read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 03, 2003 14:51 by Khalid Farouk   text 42 comments (last - wednesday april 28, 2004 17:15)
Fine Gael senator describes anti war protesters yesterday as 'Fascist'. read full story / add a comment
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