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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 Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations Wed Oct 08, 2025 11:17 | Sallust
Sir Lenny Henry has called for Britain to pay ?18 trillion in reparations to black people, arguing in a new book that high rates of black crime and unemployment are "all because of the slave trade".
The post Sir Lenny Henry Wants ?18 Trillion of Slavery Reparations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? Wed Oct 08, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Britain's political class is addicted to X, but how representative Is the platform? According to recent YouGov polls, only 1 in 6 people uses X daily, and most people view it unfavourably.
The post How Representative is X of UK Public Opinion? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists Wed Oct 08, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Last week Hugh Grant, one of several celebrities behind press censorship campaign group Hacked Off, announced a joint campaign with 38 Degrees, a radical climate activist group. Charlotte Gill investigates what's going on.
The post Hugh Grant Teams Up With Climate Activists appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Oct 08, 2025 01:19 | 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.
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offsite link Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Students Sing Antisemitic Chants on October 7th Anniversary Tue Oct 07, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hundreds of pro-Palestine students chanted "from the river to the sea" ? an antisemitic slogan calling for the destruction of Israel ? during protests on the second anniversary of?Hamas's October 7th attacks.
The post Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Students Sing Antisemitic Chants on October 7th Anniversary 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

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday August 04, 2009 06:11 by Laura   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 12:53)
Thomas Cook workers' occupation forcibly broken up by over 80 Gardai - Protest at 1pm outside Four Courts today in support read full story / add a comment
HUNTING IS ANIMAL ABUSE
dublin / animal rights / press release Saturday August 01, 2009 10:53 by Bernie Wright   text 1 comment (last - friday august 07, 2009 00:30)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
ANTI-HUNT DEMONSTRATION at the Louth Hunt Ball -NO TO ANIMAL ABUSE!

Four Seasons Hotel. Ballsbridge at 7pm sharp, Saturday 8th August..

Animal abuse be it legal or illegal is wrong. The AOHS cannot ignore this annual Horse Show co-ordinated event held by the Louth Hunt. It is held to raise funds for the continuance of hunting, this starts with the torture and killing of fox cubs next month in September. Hunting season is 6 months.
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fermanagh / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 30, 2009 15:30 by PRO   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 02, 2009 21:54)
éirígí general secretary Breandán MacCionnaith has expressed deep concern at the activities of the British army in Fermanagh after it emerged they had been involved in the recent harassment of people in the county. read full story / add a comment
Sara Barker "Plant Dreaming Deep"
dublin / arts and media / press release Thursday July 30, 2009 12:31 by Andrew Carson   image 1 image
Curated by Aoife Tunney
Opening: Friday 7 August 2009 6-8pm
Exhibition continues from 8 August–1 September 2009

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Staurday 12-5pm read full story / add a comment
Fiona Marron "For who knows what"
dublin / arts and media / press release Thursday July 30, 2009 12:22 by Andrew Carson   image 1 image
Curated by Carolina Hoffmann & Lee Welch
Opening: Friday 7 August 2009 6-8pm
Exhibition continues from 8 August–1 September 2009 read full story / add a comment
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national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday July 29, 2009 19:50 by Eleanor White   image 1 image
A new free e-booklet titled "Tech Talk: In the Fight to Expose and Stop the Crime of Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment" is now available for those interested in following this topic.

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international / sci-tech / press release Wednesday July 29, 2009 12:47 by Andrew Carson
This is it! The finale, the show to end all shows. We intend to fill every single surface with art! How many artists can you exhibit in one fifty-three foot room? Wall to wall creativity, the biggest independent gallery show this summer.

Opening: 5-8pm Friday 7th August 2009

Then: Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sundays 11am - 4pm

Until: Friday 28th August 2009

Closing party: 4-7pm Saturday 29th August 2009

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national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday July 28, 2009 16:57 by Richard Walsh
A Republican prisoner in Maghaberry was refused medical attention. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / press release Monday July 27, 2009 18:36 by Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude   text 9 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 16:47)   image 1 image
Writer, founder of the annual Cúirt literature festival and Director of The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Fred Johnston has been writing and publishing his poems almost entirely in French for some time now; but it all began with translating short stories of Breton folklore and French poems. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday July 27, 2009 17:50 by pat c   image 1 image
On Saturday August 1, Hands Off the People of Iran will be playing a fundraising cricket match against the Labour Representation Committee. The team captains, John McDonnell MP (LRC) and Attila the Stockbroker (HOPI), will be tossing a coin at 11 am, and the first ball will be bowled at noon. Even the weather should not be able to get in our way, as we will have numerous gazebos with a fully-stocked bar and food.

You dont have to be in London to support this event. Go to http://www.hopoi.org/index.html and click on the paypal donate button. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Sunday July 26, 2009 18:53 by Teresa Shallow   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 02, 2009 13:46)
Children still suffering whille overseas investors gain read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday July 26, 2009 00:45 by Kevin Higgins   text 7 comments (last - saturday august 22, 2009 13:47)
Statement from Kevin Higgins re: Intimidation and Galway Alliance Against War read full story / add a comment
William Wall
national / arts and media / press release Saturday July 25, 2009 00:57 by Over The Edge   text 8 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 00:53)   image 4 images
Galway's literary events organisation Over The Edge is looking for poems in opposition to Ireland's new blasphemy law. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Saturday July 25, 2009 00:02 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 25, 2009 00:10)
Animal Rights July at UCD ends on Wednesday 29th (7.00pm, Theatre ‘N’) with something different. A showing of vegan playwright G.F. Newman’s Judge John Deed (the only high court judge who cares for an ALF-rescued beagle). read full story / add a comment
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limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday July 24, 2009 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party   image 2 images
The announcement by Element Six that it is to close its manufacturing base in the Shannon Free Zone has been slammed as “a disgusting stab in the back” and the redundancy package was called "derisory", by the Limerick Socialist Party this morning. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 22, 2009 17:19 by Brian Halpin
Independent Workers' Union
Dublin Taxi Drivers' Branch
For Full Time Professional Taxi Drivers'

About the IWU
The Independent Workers' Union is a trade union free from the constraints of Social Partnership and the need to appease bosses or politicians. The Independent Workers Union works for its members and for no other interest.

We are a licensed trade union possessing a negotiation license as stipulated in the Trade Union Act 1941. This allows us to lawfully negotiate on behalf of our members and lawfully conduct industrial action as stated in the Industrial Relations Act 1990.
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tyrone / environment / press release Tuesday July 21, 2009 16:51 by Brian Guckian
A LEADING campaigner on sustainable transport issues in Ireland is to refer the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Eurpean Commission for their support for and pursuance of the proposed cross-border A5 Derry to Aughnacloy road scheme.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday July 20, 2009 17:31 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 22, 2009 01:10)
Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, USA (see full bio below), will give a lecture on ‘The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation’ at 7pm, Theatre ‘L’, UCD (Newman building). This interactive lecture, in which audience members can ask questions after the principal address, will be held live via satellite* from the USA. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 23:50 by Mairead Maguire
Natasha Estemirova was killed on Wednesday last in Chechnya for telling the truth about Russia's dirty war there read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 19:06 by Patricia McKenna   text 3 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 10:40)   image 1 image
The Green Party’s decision to support the Lisbon Treaty and backtrack on its long standing campaign for a more democratic EU will be more of a hindrance than a help to the Yes side. The voters would currently not buy a used car from the Green Party let alone a rejected treaty. The party leadership has shown that once part of the so-called ‘accepted political establishment’ they turn their back on their principles read full story / add a comment
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