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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 They Said it Was to Protect Kids. Now Your Passport?s on the Dark Web ? and Your NHS Record is Next Tue Nov 18, 2025 09:00 | Simon Panter
They told us the Online Safety Act was to protect children. Now, after several security breaches, your passport's on the dark web and your NHS record is next. And it's all leading straight to digital ID, says Simon Panter.
The post They Said it Was to Protect Kids. Now Your Passport’s on the Dark Web ? and Your NHS Record is Next appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Time for Taylor Swift to Take Up a Vegas Residency Tue Nov 18, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
Taylor Swift has produced an album so bad it's making everyone notice how bad the other ones are. It only goes to show, says Prof James Alexander, that no one remains of interest musically once they hit 30.
The post Time for Taylor Swift to Take Up a Vegas Residency appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Nov 18, 2025 01:47 | Jonathan Barr
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.

offsite link The Doomed Attempt to Create Academic Journals That Nobody Pays For Mon Nov 17, 2025 19:46 | Dr Roger Watson
Is the academic publishing industry facing ruin from open access journals? Not likely, says Prof Roger Watson. There are some pretty fundamental problems with trying to run a journal that nobody pays for.
The post The Doomed Attempt to Create Academic Journals That Nobody Pays For appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How I Found Myself in the Middle of ?Anti-Fascist? Violence at UC Berkeley Mon Nov 17, 2025 17:14 | Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle was warned there would be trouble when he appeared at UC Berkeley for what was intended to be the final stop on Charlie Kirk's tour. Sure enough, he soon found himself in the middle of 'anti-fascist' violence.
The post How I Found Myself in the Middle of ‘Anti-Fascist’ Violence at UC Berkeley 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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kildare / education / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 06, 2009 20:35 by W.Carney- FEE NUI Maynooth   text 10 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 09:11)   video 1 video file
Reflections on the appointment of Bertie Ahern by the NUI Maynooth School of Business and Law. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday October 05, 2009 19:46 by publo   text 10 comments (last - thursday october 08, 2009 19:37)   video 1 video file
At midday today, Monday 5th October, a demonstration to protest the Palestinian Authority’s action in scuttling the Goldstone Report of the UN Human Rights Council’s Fact Finding Mission to Gaza was held in Ramallah. It had been called over the weekend by a collective of Palestinian civil society including political parties, development organisations, human rights NGOs, and concerned individuals. The demonstration was to give a voice on the streets to the increasing frustration and despair with the unrepresentative and deeply unpopular policies and practices of the Palestinian Authority. (http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=229802 )

I'm unable to compress the photos to size now but will have a set up tomorrow. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday October 05, 2009 17:23 by T R Eason   text 14 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 02:08)   video 1 video file
Bertie Ahern will launch his autobiography "I got away with it" at Eason, Donegall Place, Belfast
on Wednesday, October 7th at 2009 at 1 PM. read full story / add a comment
cork / animal rights / event notice Monday October 05, 2009 00:18 by Ed   video 1 video file
Dr. Steve Best, the author of books such as “Igniting a Revolutions: Voices in Defense of the Earth” and “Terrorists or Freedom Fighters: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals, will take part in a debate on Monday night in University College Cork (UCC) entitled “Animal Rights Debate” hosted by the UCC Philosophical Society.
Best is known for his involvement within the Animal movement, the Environmental movement and for his criticism of capitalism. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Saturday October 03, 2009 14:16 by Blazes Boylan   text 25 comments (last - sunday january 23, 2011 05:56)   video 2 video files
An ignored outcome of the Lisbon II referendum; a new role for Tony Blair, our next über-President. Move over Mary Mac, and be glad that he is a convert. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / news report Friday October 02, 2009 16:31 by Shane F   text 1 comment (last - friday october 02, 2009 17:05)   video 1 video file
Eamon O'Cuiv's plans to shake babies and kiss hands the day before the Lisbon poll came undone following spirited debate with members of the public and anti-Lisbon campaigners. read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 22:38 by TD   video 1 video file
Due to maximum effort in Shop Street, Galway, the past few days urging people to vote no on Friday and the consequent bony-weary tireness read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Tuesday September 29, 2009 15:01 by Barry McColgan   video 1 video file
Barry McColgan
National Organiser
Ógra Shinn Féin

Your vote is void, please vote again.

This effectively is the message being sent out by the incumbent Dublin Government as citizens across the 26 Counties are being asked to go to the polls again on Friday 2nd October to be good ‘wee’ Europeans and deliver the ‘right’ vote this time around on the Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Monday September 28, 2009 18:20 by Terawrizt   text 5 comments (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 13:00)   video 1 video file
New anti-Lisbon treaty music video i have released in aid of the No campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday September 27, 2009 19:46 by Edward Horgan   text 5 comments (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 00:27)   video 1 video file
This weekend, Shannon airport was almost deserted of civilian air traffic. However, its transformation into a WARPORT is no longer just a slogan, it comes close to reality. On Saturday the usual OMNI Air US troop-carrying planes were joined by a Hercules C130 probably transporting munitions to the US wars on Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq. An oil-tanker was docked at the Shannon airport Jetty delivering aviation fuel to fuel the aircraft including the warplanes. On Sunday Top-Oil oil company was refuelling another Hercules C130 in the centre of the airport. An Irish Army patrol performed security duties, instead of arresting the potential war criminals.

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international / anti-capitalism / feature Saturday September 26, 2009 11:16 by Fionuala Cregan   text 10 comments (last - saturday october 10, 2009 20:17)   video 3 video files
While a self selected group of world leaders congregate behind a sea of security and police controls in downtown Pittsburgh, up in the Hill District a different kind of movement is beginning to be built. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday September 23, 2009 14:51 by Darragh O'Connor   video 1 video file
30th Septmeber, 1pm, Parnell Square, Dublin - Thousands of Community workers, activists and ordinary people will protest against the current round of cuts and those proposed in McCarthy's "Bord Snip Nua" report. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Wednesday September 23, 2009 13:38 by Socialist Party   text 4 comments (last - tuesday september 29, 2009 00:43)   video 4 video files
Joe Higgins MEP debates the Lisbon Treaty read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Tuesday September 22, 2009 04:04 by iosaf   text 30 comments (last - tuesday october 20, 2009 14:27)   video 1 video file
Back when Michael Jackson died a military-industrial-corporate coup d'etat began in Honduras with collusion of a section of the Pentagon, pharmaceutical corporations, Honduran judges & transnational lobbies. The coup resulted in the exile of the legitimate Honduran president, flown out of his state in his pyjamas to Costa Rica, whose leader would later try without success to broker a 7 point agreement. The usurpation of Zelaya took on greater significance as geopolitical balances changed in the Latin American hemisphere. President Zelaya has now returned to the capital of his country with 4 others & is in residence in the Brazilian diplomatic compound as an honoured guest afforded not only ferrero rocher whenever he wants but also the more meaningful political and military protection of Latin America's pre-eminent power, Brazil. Hugo Chavez has described how Zelaya and his team had passed through Honduras, incognito, braving their lives to take up their present position in Brazil's legation. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday September 21, 2009 22:48 by Ger Kelly   text 7 comments (last - friday september 25, 2009 23:05)   video 1 video file
Jim Corr is using a selective quote from an article by Giscard d'Estaing to give a completely false impression of what he actually said read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Sunday September 20, 2009 23:26 by Liamo   text 3 comments (last - saturday september 26, 2009 17:21)   video 3 video files
All are welcome to attend a free screning of 'The Age of Stupid' at 8pm, AM 150, Arts Millenium Building, NUIG. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Sunday September 20, 2009 13:04 by Paul Ryan   video 1 video file
Video Update about new african charity read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday September 19, 2009 14:53 by David L (text) and Adele J King (photos)   text 15 comments (last - monday september 21, 2009 16:02)   video 1 video file
Today, Saturday 19th September, activists from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC)
organised a flash mob in Dublin city centre as part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel. The action was targeted against Dead Sea Spa, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. The protest coincided with an international day of action against Israeli cosmetics companies, many of whom are based in illegal West Bank Settlements.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday September 18, 2009 21:49 by Paula Geraghty   video 1 video file
Coke Workers picket outside Coca Cola HQ on Baggot Street Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Thursday September 17, 2009 16:11 by IT reader   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 17, 2009 16:21)   video 2 video files
Sinn Féin has been canvassing around the country in support of a No vote in the upcoming Lisbon Treaty. Even the Pro-Treaty Irish Times has been forced to report that reaction has generally been positive towards the party.

Mary Lou McDonald has been especially effective as a canvasser, since people trust her knowledge of Europe and the EU. Of course, as journalists are noting, people in Ireland are very knowledgeable themselves on the Treaty.

The fact that the Yes side are steadfastly refusing to discuss the text, instead trying to turn this into a referendum on the country's membership of the EU, speaks volumes to most people.

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