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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 Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday March 23, 2011 09:42 by Malachy Steenson
Most damning aspect of tribunal report is thatt nobody is likely to face prosecution read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2011 09:22 by Francesca Palazzi Arduini
In October 2010, the Irish website Count Me Out, which had until then supplied the forms needed to carry out formal Defection from the Roman Catholic Church, suspended distribution of the forms and its own activity as a result of a statement from the Catholic Church in Ireland regarding the acceptance of defection requests. But was the Archdiocese of Dublin being truthful when it issued its statement? Italian anti-clericalist Francesca Palazzi Arduini examines the changes in which led to the Church's statement and finds that the answer is "NO".. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday March 22, 2011 23:42 by Alan MacSimoin
This year's Dublin May Day march and rally will be held on Sunday May 1st, assembling at Parnell Square at 11.30 and marching to Liberty Hall. The theme this year is 'Resisting Austerity'.

Ask your union to bring its banner.

Organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions

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for one short history of May Day and why we still celebrate it, see http://struggle.ws/pdfs/mayleaf.pdf read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Tuesday March 22, 2011 23:27 by Rossport solidarity camp
You've seen The Pipe, now come up to see for yourself what's at stake. we have started to build the new camp, come and help... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Tuesday March 22, 2011 23:18 by Rossport solidarity camp
You've seen The Pipe, now come up to see for yourself what's at stake! we have started to build the new camp, come and help... read full story / add a comment
mayo / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday March 22, 2011 22:51 by Rossport Solidarity camp
Come and help build the new camp this weekend! read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday March 22, 2011 22:34 by Rossport Solidarity camp
This morning 5 members of the Rossport solidarity camp blockaded Shell Oil from accessing thier proposed compound in Glengad Co.Mayo. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday March 22, 2011 19:29 by Peter
March 21 is the start of the New Year in Iran. IUF, Education International, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (the three international union federations with member organizations in Iran) and the ITUC together send a message of solidarity to all Iranian workers fighting for trade union rights and independent unions:

“Today, New Year in Iran, the international trade union movement sends fraternal greetings to you, our sisters and brothers, fighting for basic worker rights against an oppressive regime. For daring to speak out and to exercise your right to form trade unions, to represent and defend your interests and to bargain with employers, Iranian workers have been sacked, arrested as criminals, tortured and imprisoned. Some, like Kamangar*, have been executed; others await their execution; and the threat of death and possible judicial murder hangs over all those who seek to challenge misery and oppression by organizing at their workplace for collective action.

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday March 22, 2011 11:07 by Arthur Gaffney
Comhlamh First Wednesday Debate

Mobile Phone Technologies as a Tool for Development; Magic Bullet or Hype read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 22, 2011 11:05 by Diarmuid Breatnach   text 8 comments (last - friday march 25, 2011 00:40)
Gerry McGeough was convicted last month of attempted murder of a UDR soldier in 1981 and faces up to twenty years in jail. There is a widespread concern that his arrest is as a result of his campaigning against the Northern Ireland Police Force and about Sweden's release to the British authorities of an application for political asylum to that country in 1981, the contents of which were used to convict him. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday March 21, 2011 14:17 by Liam Ó Culbáird
Unveiling of restored monument in memory of I.R.B. leader John Lavin. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday March 20, 2011 22:22 by IRSCNA
A statement condemning the imperialist attacks on Libya. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Sunday March 20, 2011 22:17 by Dublin IRSP   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 22, 2011 10:46)
Statement opposing the British monarch's announced visit to Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 20, 2011 21:23 by Leftblogger
As US President Barack Obama embarks on his latest tour, an El Salvadoran actists reports over on http://leftblogger.com/.

For background on the Obama trip to Chile, Brazil and El Salvador, see http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0319/....html read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday March 19, 2011 23:32 by Gary Loewenthal
Raise awareness and money for your group or any cause you want through the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Named "Veg Event of the Year" by VegNews Magazine. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Saturday March 19, 2011 21:40 by Laura Broxson
Do you think animals actually enjoy being in a zoo? Don't believe the conservation con. Learn the truth behind zoos! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday March 19, 2011 18:48 by John Cornford
Its not just in Libya that civilians are being slaughtered, its also happening in Iran. At least 150 prisoners are dead or injured after bloody clashes erupted in Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar prison on the night of March 15th. Thousands of prisoners from units 2 and 3 launched a protest after hearing the news of plans to execute ten inmates.

Approximately 3,000 prisoners attempted to break the doors of their cells while chanting, “Executions must stop.” Security forces attacked the prison cells, resulting in bloody clashes and the transfer of some prisoners from their cells. Reports indicate that prison guards used live ammunitions to control the protesters. Consequently, nearly eighty prisoners were seriously injured or killed, but the number of those shot is at 150 or higher. A handful of officers along with the deputy warden of the prison, Mr. Safakhil suffered leg injuries during the clashes. The prisoners who protested are either serving a heavy sentence or facing imminent execution.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday March 19, 2011 16:39 by Seán Ó Murchú
Republican Sinn Féin Cork carried out a protest picket with other like minded groups at Daunt's Square, Cork City from 2pm until 4pm on Saturday 12th March 2011. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday March 19, 2011 09:46 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 2 comments (last - sunday march 20, 2011 22:38)
Last night I went to see Ken Loach/ Paul Lavety's latest effort, the film "Route Irish". I was invited along by a friend, Ben Griffin, who is an Iraq S.A.S. combat veteran.

For most of my anti- war activist life the word "veteran" would conjure images of older guys from my town who had fought in WW2 in New Guinea and also recenlty returned Vietnam Veterans. I grew up sharing a back fence with the second largest military base in Australia - "Gallipoli Barracks"/ Enoggera, Brisbane, Australia. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday March 18, 2011 21:20 by IRSCNA
The IRSM stands in solidarity with Michigan workers. read full story / add a comment
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