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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 Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV Wed Oct 08, 2025 13:00 | James Alexander
Not until Leo XIV did we have a picture of a holy man staring at an ice cube with his hand on it, respectfully gazing as if imagining the whisky that could go with such a rock, says Prof James Alexander.
The post Upon This Ice I Will Build My Church, Says Leo XIV appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / eu / press release Wednesday June 24, 2009 04:20 by O. O'C.
Tired of spin-cycles, hard-sells, scare-tactics, red-herrings and guilt-trips? Try our New and Improved "EUmatters.info" for your straight information and hard facts on the EU and Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 23, 2009 23:16 by Mairead Maguire   text 5 comments (last - tuesday june 30, 2009 14:43)
Six months after the Israeli army massacre in Gaza, on 24 june 2009, Mairead Maguire will again visit the people of Gaza, travelling with other human rights activists in an effort to help the besieged people regain health, rights and dignity read full story / add a comment
Gerry Adams & Sean Downey at the recent Wolfetone Commeration at Bodenstown, Co. Kildare
kildare / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday June 23, 2009 22:17 by Bazra B   image 1 image
Sinn Féin Cumann Established in Newbridge, Co. Kildare read full story / add a comment
sligo / eu / press release Tuesday June 23, 2009 20:42 by Sligo leftie   text 11 comments (last - sunday july 05, 2009 14:54)
Sligo éirígí activist Gerry Casey has condemned the decision by Brian Cowen’s administration to hold a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, which was democratically rejected last year. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday June 22, 2009 19:12 by Teresa shallow
Update on the closures of wards and theaters in 'Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin' read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / press release Monday June 22, 2009 17:36 by Bernie Wright   text 11 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 13:49)   image 2 images
A week of protests organised by Aliberation and supported by AFAR at Duffys Circus in Whitehall has resulted in activists being threatened by aggressive circus owners. One activist was held by the neck and told…..‘IF I GET YOU ALONE DO YOU KNOW WHAT ID DO TO YOU-ID TAKE BITS OUT OF YOU!’
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 22, 2009 16:58 by Chicherin   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 23, 2009 17:50)   image 1 image
Protest in support of the Iranian Workers, Womens Rights Activists and Students

Saturday 27 June at 2pm at the Central Bank Plaza, Dame Street, Dublin 2.

Organised by Hands Off the People of Iran read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Monday June 22, 2009 12:26 by O. O'C
Not one single word of the Lisbon Treaty will be altered by these guarantees, which is why they do not need to be ratified by the National Parliaments of the 27 Member States. The so called ‘legal guarantees’ are nothing more than an interpretation by EU Heads of State as to what they think the Lisbon Treaty means. However, if the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, it will be the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg which will interpret Lisbon. The EU Court is the only body authorised under the European Treaties to interpret the Treaties themselves and decide how they should be applied. The political decision and agreement of a particular group of EU Prime Ministers and Presidents, which is what we are being presented with, cannot and will not decide what Lisbon means. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday June 20, 2009 20:18 by Galway Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 21, 2009 12:11)
Press Release - Ó Cuív's commitment questionable on Private Security issue in Mayo read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 19, 2009 19:16 by PBPA
Carers and their loved ones who receive roll-over respite care in Cherryorchard Hospital have been informed by the HSE that the newly refurbished Beech Unit at Cherryorchard Hospital is to close indefintely.

The management at the hospital have told Councillor Brid Smith that the closure of the Beech is due to staff shortages for the Summer months. However, they could not give any guarantees as to when it will reopen.

Nurses who are taking annual leave and maternity leave are not being replaced. The HSE embargo on recruitment is once again seriously hurting patients receiving respite care and their families. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 18, 2009 16:53 by Monir Zaarour   text 1 comment (last - friday june 26, 2009 16:56)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the international community to act to protect journalists reporting from Iran where the regime has turned its fire on local and foreign media accusing them of stirring up trouble in the wake of disputed elections.

"There are two issues we are concerned about," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary . "The physical safety of our colleagues and the threat to democracy if the government succeeds in using the media blackout and intimidation of journalists to control the information space."
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 18, 2009 12:26 by Dave   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 18, 2009 22:07)
Today we are witnessing the ordinary people of Iran finally having had enough with the Ayatollahs and the Guardian Council.
It is our duty if we value freedom and democracy to support them.

I call on all who support and sympathise with them to make their voice heard and protest at the Iranian Embassy all this weekend.

Please could everyone can wear some green garment and print green placards with the slogan "Where Is My Vote." read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Thursday June 18, 2009 11:11 by Sean Clinton   text 2 comments (last - friday september 04, 2009 09:57)
The Irish Friends of Palestine Against Lisbon (IFPAL) wish to draw attention to Section C of the list of Assurances the Irish government wishes its EU partners to endorse. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Tuesday June 16, 2009 19:34 by getouttamyhead
The head of the EU’s department of health has failed to respond to a request by concerned residents of Ireland, both North and South, for a meeting to discuss the proliferation of communications masts and the proposed installation of the Tetra system currently being rolled out by An Garda Shiocha and WiMax in use at NUI Maynooth. read full story / add a comment
SpunoUt.ie lgbt homepage
national / gender and sexuality / press release Tuesday June 16, 2009 16:10 by Volunteer   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 16, 2009 16:24)   image 2 images
www.SpunOut.ie, an independent, youth powered national charity based in Galway, is calling on young people and especially young Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people to speak out and follow the example of SpunOut.ie long time volunteer and Project Worker, Ian Howley. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / press release Monday June 15, 2009 20:40 by PBPA   text 41 comments (last - friday june 19, 2009 21:14)
People Before Profit Alliance Councillors Joan Collins and Brid Smith Statement on election of Lord Mayor by Dublin City Councillors

People Before Profit to provide real opposition on Dublin City Council
Once again people in Dublin have voted for change on their City Council. In 2004 Labour was voted in as the largest group, ending Fianna Fail’s domination of the council. Instead of change, the people were treated to a game of musical chairs, with Labour entering a deal to divvy up the Mayorship and committee chairs with Fine Gael, and the sole Green and PD Councillors. When that deal broke down, Labour concluded an arrangement with Fianna Fail. The merry go round now continues with Labour in a deal for the new council with Fine Gael. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 15, 2009 12:59 by Refugee Action Group
RAG aims to be an independent voice advocating on asylum and refugee issues in Northern Ireland.

Any person who is stopped and detained by Immigration Officers in Northern Ireland can now call the free and confidential Helpline number. A trained volunteer will notify the detainee’s family where possible and will contact an Immigration Adviser who may be able to assist the detainee in challenging her/his detention. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday June 12, 2009 19:31 by a-films   image 1 image
The anarchist media collective a-films has just published a new short film ("A Sip of Coffee"/26min) from the destroyed Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in northern Lebanon.
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national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday June 11, 2009 08:41 by Marie O Connor   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 11, 2009 22:38)   1 attached file
Implementing the latest HSE/Teamwork Report will effectively terminate four of the South's acute public hospitals. The Government is looking to a US hospital chain (UPMC) to open a co-located for profit hospital to replace the closed public hospital beds. read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / press release Monday June 08, 2009 01:37 by African Village Survival Initiative   image 3 images
Incredible items available for bidding! Artists, businesses, and individuals donated nationwide to support this critical fundraiser for the African Village Survival Initiative! Participate - Bid Generously - Make a donation! read full story / add a comment
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