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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 Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Sep 20, 2025 01:09 | Toby Young
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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Voltaire, international edition

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

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday August 11, 2005 14:47 by krossie   text 16 comments (last - friday august 26, 2005 13:35)
Dublin Shell to Sea have called for a Dublin wide blockade of Statoil on Friday the 26th of August. This will coincide with the week of Solidarity in Rossport itself.

We are looking for organisations and groups to return to the Statoils we covered last July

WSM May 1st have already offered to do Ushers Quay but as we only have 3 people who aren't on holidays or at Grassroots help is ugently needed and appreciated! read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Thursday August 11, 2005 14:31 by Resident   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 11, 2005 14:37)
Rural North Dublin Community fights to save their community and environment from unsustainable development. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / press release Thursday August 11, 2005 12:12 by dave   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 16, 2005 23:55)
URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY read full story / add a comment
armagh / consumer issues / event notice Thursday August 11, 2005 12:08 by Roger Clifford
This meeting is to organise a major petition signing campaign by the Coalition agaist water charges. To show community opposition to the Government's plans to charge for water (Twice) and privitise the Water services.
the meetings will take place on
Monday 15th August 2005
7.30 pm
The Town Hall
Union Street
Lurgan.


Tuesday 16th August 2005
7.30pm
The Town Hall
Edward street
Portadown. read full story / add a comment
antrim / crime and justice / press release Thursday August 11, 2005 06:25 by orla   text 9 comments (last - saturday august 13, 2005 18:29)
Longstanding violent Unionist onslaught against Catholic homes, property and Churches - bisarrely attributed to nationalist Youth living in Ballymena???

Five Catholic families in the predominantly Protestant village of Ahoghill were yesterday issued with fire blankets and smoke alarms after police feared they could be the next victims of loyalist attacks. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 11, 2005 01:14 by Éamonn Ó Flannagáin   text 5 comments (last - friday august 12, 2005 21:13)
Two weeks on and I can't get an answer about Corporate Hospitality, if any, accepted by Civil Servants from Shell. A simple "Yes" or "No" would suffice. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 11, 2005 01:05 by Arthur McBride   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 11, 2005 09:37)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, hard pressed to attract new soldiers amid the Iraq war, exceeded its July recruiting goal but seems doomed to miss its target for the year, while the Army Reserve and National Guard fell short of their goals again.

See: read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday August 11, 2005 00:26 by feckoffmary   text 2 comments (last - thursday august 18, 2005 19:56)
RTE 10 August 2005 19:32

A legal expert has said she believes that the three Irishmen convicted of terrorism offences in Colombia may have no case to answer under Irish law.
...the director of the Council for Civil Liberties, Aisling Reidy, has said gardaí would have to have evidence that someone possessed a false document in Ireland before officers would want to talk to that person.

Full story: read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 10, 2005 22:54 by Michelle Clarke   text 11 comments (last - wednesday august 24, 2005 21:30)
The question is.

Where is Restorative Justice? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 10, 2005 21:09 by NIFC
A remembrance on the 150th anniversary of one of the deadliest anti-immigrant riots in American history, the Bloody Monday Massacre of August 6, 1855 was held in Louisville Kentucky on Saturday, August 6th, 2005. The instigators of the massacre were the Know Nothings, a Nativist political party who were fearful of losing control of the Louisville City Council. They were driven by an anti-immigrant vitriolic press to attack and slaughter as many as 150 German and Irish immigrants who lived in the poorest sections of Louisville. read full story / add a comment
dublin / health / disability issues / event notice Wednesday August 10, 2005 19:32 by Aoife McElwain   text 16 comments (last - thursday october 20, 2005 00:18)
This years Corporate 5km Run will be held on Thursday, September 1st in
Raheny and we hope you will choose to support Enable Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 10, 2005 19:04 by Rennie Gaviscon   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 11, 2005 10:48)
Don't be fooled by the headlines and the fancy graphics. The US is not worried about Iran's nuclear weapons programme. They would have taken more serious steps by now if they were. It's part of the War for Oil series. The main oil countries, or even pipeline countries will be included - Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria. And there's plenty of spin on the news to prepare public opinion for it. read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / press release Wednesday August 10, 2005 17:03 by Vercingetorix
"However, it is not expected that the construction of the project will be funded (by the European Union Regional Development Fund)." read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday August 10, 2005 15:23 by an taisce   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 14, 2005 19:47)
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday August 10, 2005 13:27 by krossie   text 3 comments (last - wednesday august 10, 2005 17:59)
Dublin Shell to Sea are organising a demonstration for the


Department of Communications,
Marine and Natural Resources,
29-31 Adelaide Road,
Dublin 2,

Thursday August 11th

6 pm read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 10, 2005 13:12 by Plato   text 4 comments (last - sunday january 18, 2009 04:12)
Please donate to this fantastic cause. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday August 10, 2005 13:04 by Dave
Acclaimed film director Ken Loach spoke to Socialist Worker about the latest anti-terror proposals read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday August 09, 2005 23:51 by iosaf   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 10, 2005 14:30)
5 members of the Cuban state government, which has stretched since its resplendent days of thrashing hotels and being squeezy hugged by Kruschev, hae had their court rulings annuled.

They have been held by the US since 1998

Since March 10, 2004, the three US magistrates assigned by the Atlanta Appeal Court"s 11th Circuit to revise the case of Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez.have been doing their thing and their decision today to reverse the convictions was unanimous.

The "Red Avispa" or "red bee" spy ring story is a source of gathering solidarity and interest in both the USA and the Spanish speaking Americas. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday August 09, 2005 18:38 by Justin Morahan   text 10 comments (last - thursday august 11, 2005 13:04)
Invasion, occupation, lies,sanctions, bombings, devastation of Iraq, Coalition impunity, killings, custody without trial, control by IMF and World Bank, widespread torture, brutality, UN inaction - all condemned as Bush and Blair are in the dock.
Demand for withdrawal, war reparations and compensation, closure of all Guantanamos, investigation for war crimes, call for non-violent action, conscientious objection - and much more read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday August 09, 2005 17:28 by Niav   text 16 comments (last - monday august 15, 2005 03:36)
Press Release from IFPA detailing launch of campaign for free,safe and legal abortion services in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
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