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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 Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Sep 19, 2025 01:07 | Richard Eldred
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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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

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 16, 2008 00:06 by The Belfast Salon
Time: Tuesday 25 November 2008, 7.00 - 9.00pm

Venue: Upstairs at the Spaniard Bar, 3 Skipper Street, Belfast BT1 read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday November 15, 2008 22:27 by Contaminated Crow
Incineration, pylons, telemasts, water extraction, waste, wind fatm, coalminers, marina and more waste read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Friday November 14, 2008 23:31 by Oscar   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 18, 2010 14:13)
This article is an invitation for people that may know the answer to the following questions i have in relation to fee paying schools. I understand that the state pays the wages of teachers in fee paying schools while allowing them to also charge those parents who can afford it - fees.
My understanding is that this is situation is an historical anomaly based on most fee paying schools being protestant at the creation of the state 90 odd years ago. I was wondering in these times of cut backs , is it true that the state continues with this situation..... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday November 14, 2008 15:57 by Vincent Devine
Rebuttal of ideas expressed by panel members. read full story / add a comment
mayo / crime and justice / news report Friday November 14, 2008 14:32 by -d-   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 16:32)
There were several Shell to Sea court cases heard in the Belmullet district court by judge Mary Devins this week, including the judgment on the charges against Martin O’Donnell and John Farell for a breach of Section 2 – criminal damage, relating to an incident involving a fence being torn down on Coillte land. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 14, 2008 10:33 by People Before Profit Alliance   text 2 comments (last - monday november 17, 2008 09:04)
Stop the cuts now!
If you are not heading to Tullamore to the education cuts protest...join the picket on FF clinic... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 14, 2008 10:27 by RobertaI   text 1 comment (last - friday november 14, 2008 11:02)
The senders of the violence perpetrated on July 21, 2001 at the Diaz school in Genova during the G8summit were acquitted yesterday, after a long trial. No jail, no punishment at all for Giovanni Luperi, and for Francesco Gratteri, who ok-ed the massacre. Out of 29 defendants only 13 were sentenced. Shame on the system, shame on the government, shame on those who showed no courage. Our heart goes out to Carlo Giuliani's mother, to Mark Covell, who was at the trial yesterday, and visibly incredulous, to the victims of the beatings, the accusations, the humiliations. Let us not forget. read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous / news report Thursday November 13, 2008 22:48 by Ray   text 22 comments (last - sunday january 25, 2009 00:10)
DECISION making in local government in Sligo town is suspended indefinitely at the moment as the fallout from last week’s walkout by staff from a borough council meeting continues, prompting the question: IS ANYONE RUNNING THE TOWN RIGHT NOW?
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 20:41 by Gregor Kerr   text 3 comments (last - sunday november 23, 2008 18:38)
Part of a series of regional demos against the cuts read full story / add a comment
donegal / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 20:32 by Gregor Kerr   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 30, 2008 18:59)
Part of a series of regional demos against the cuts read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday November 13, 2008 19:20 by Coiln ÓhAiseadha   text 3 comments (last - thursday november 20, 2008 04:20)
In Ennis district court today Thursday 13 November, Judge Mangan adjourned a charge of obstructing/impeding an airport fire officer, brought against the former UN peacekeeper and anti-torture campaigner, Edward Horgan, of Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Having heard that Horgan’s summons cited the wrong act and did not come as stated from the Director of Public Prosecutions, the case was adjourned to 8 January.

Horgan went to the airport on 18 June 2008, on a tip-off that Learjet N54PA was due to arrive from Florida via Newfoundland. Flight logs showed that N54PA had landed several times, including 3 June 2008, at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Horgan walked into the security office to demand that the aircraft be searched for prisoners, and its crew questioned about recent and past activities, and insisted on remaining while the plane was being refuelled in order to confirm whether Gardai searched the aircraft or not.
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international / environment / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 16:50 by revolution   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 13, 2008 23:16)
This 29.11. is an INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION, so it would be very good if also in your town/place ist happening something to this issue, please send us per e-mail at. aktionsbuendnis2008@hotmail.de you can send us a greeting message or make also demonstration or whatever you want...thanks and much power
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 16:38 by Rory Hearne
Please come to a Candlelight Vigil to Save St Luke's Cancer Hospital

Friends, Family & Everyone needed on Wednesday November 19th at 7pm at
St Luke's Cancer Hospital Highfield Rd., Rathgar, Dublin 6. Local choir will sing at the vigil. Senator David Norris will also say some words of support.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 15:00 by éirígí PRO   text 2 comments (last - thursday november 20, 2008 17:27)
The recent release of Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed movie ‘Hunger’ has led to a renewed interest in both the 1981 Hunger Strike and the broader prison struggle of the 1970’s and 1980’s. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 14:36 by éirígí PRO
The recent release of Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed movie ‘Hunger’ has led to a renewed interest in both the 1981 Hunger Strike and the broader prison struggle of the 1970’s and 1980’s. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Wednesday November 12, 2008 18:18 by Feardorcha Mac Seanín
Tá trí ceardlanna scríbhneoireachta trí Ghaeilge á reachtail ag Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude an geimhreadh seo read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 12, 2008 17:11 by Sean Matthews (PC)
Despite the collaboration between the British Government and the DUP preventing the extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to the north the struggle for women's right to choose continues….. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday November 12, 2008 13:30 by Deirdre Mangaoang
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Information Evening
To be held on Wednesday 26th November, 7pm at The Walton LectureTheatre, Trinity College (Enter via Dawson St gate). Everyone is welcome to come and learn more about what we do and how to work with us overseas. Please contact us on (01) 660 3337 or visit www.msf.ie for more information.

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dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday November 12, 2008 12:33 by woman   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 13:38)
A meeting held in Wynn's hotel has called for a rally for cervical cancer services for women and girls. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 12, 2008 10:18 by Inigo   text 3 comments (last - thursday november 20, 2008 17:02)
Protest against the visit of Conor "stick to the kebabs" Lenihan on campus this evening. Meet @ 6:30pm outside the Arts Block. read full story / add a comment
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