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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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday May 12, 2005 17:46 by Derry Basque Committee
Fundraiser

In aid of the family of Igor Letona (Basque Political Prisoner). Igor lived in Derry for a couple of years and he is actually inprisoned in Paris. His family must travel for more than 1.500 miles every weekend to visit him and they have to face a big costs to do it.

GASYARD CENTRE
Friday 13th May 2005 9.30PM


Music by:

Cruncher O’Neill

Gary Óg

Eileen Webster

Declan Mc Laughlin

Briedge Keenan

& D.J. One Shot.

ADMISSION: £5 B.Y.O read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday May 12, 2005 12:40 by !AlaCalle!
Photos about Belfast: districts, streets, memorials and murals read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday May 12, 2005 04:34 by jans   text 17 comments (last - sunday may 15, 2005 22:41)
Sinn Fein's European adventure came crashing to a halt in Brussels yesterday as MEPs voted overwhelmingly to condemn the party leadership's behaviour following the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 11, 2005 20:01 by maria   text 52 comments (last - wednesday august 16, 2006 15:32)
Just heard that five Jewish owned or occupied buildings were defaced and vandalised last night. A swastika was painted on the Irish Jewish Museum in Portobello, other buildings to be vandalised were the synagogues in Rathmines and Dolphin's Barn. Also attacked was the home of the chief Rabbi of Ireland, as well as a retirement home/centre for senior citizens. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Wednesday May 11, 2005 17:19 by Bin Man   text 6 comments (last - friday may 20, 2005 15:37)
The Dublin City Anti-Bin Tax Campaign has won another significant victory in the Circuit Court which means bin tax arrears for 2001-2002 are now invalid. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday May 11, 2005 15:53 by Lasc
A day school on various aspects of Colombia run by activists with a long experience of campaigning on Colombian issues, including the Coca Cola Boycott. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday May 11, 2005 14:33 by Michael Mc Dowell   text 4 comments (last - tuesday may 24, 2005 21:23)
Are you happy with Michael McDowell's performance as Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform? read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday May 11, 2005 13:09 by Anthony
A prolific freelance technology journalist has been found to have been using anonymous quotes in her stories which could not be verified. MIT Technology Review Online has retracted stories written by Michelle Delio while Wired News whom she has written far more extensively for has kept the published articles online and appendend notes to her stories in the "hope that our readers can help identify any sources whom we cannot track down." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday May 11, 2005 11:04 by zappa   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 12, 2005 14:52)
During a book presentation, policemen-bodyguards of PASOK's ex-ministers Verelis and Venizelos, were armed within the premises of the Athens Polytechnic School (NTUA) campus at downtown Athens. (This constitutes a violation of Academic Asylum laws, valid in Greece since the collapse of the military colonels' junta in 1974, mainly propelled by student uprising in November 1973 in the same campus.) read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 11, 2005 10:56 by Jarlaith Kelly   text 83 comments (last - sunday may 22, 2005 13:48)
An article by Barry, Thursday 21 April, predicted an "interesting diversion" would be provided by the "independent" republican candidates standing in the Norther elections. However, his soothsaying seems to be a little erroneous. Polish that crystal ball mate. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Wednesday May 11, 2005 01:07 by Brian Vernon   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 12, 2005 01:59)
A leak of highly radioactive nuclear fuel dissolved in enough concentrated nitric acid to half-fill an Olympic-size swimming pool has forced the closure of Sellafield, the UK's controversial "reprocessing plant" yet the BBC are unconcerned; playing it down as a minor incident. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday May 10, 2005 18:48 by Timothy Ryan   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 11, 2005 01:03)
A North Korean official told visiting Japanese scholars in Pyongyang last week that a nuclear test was an "indispensable" step toward proving the nation's military capabilities to the world and suggested his government might conduct one soon, the Japanese head of the delegation said. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 10, 2005 17:42 by mark
Day conference in Belfast on (and against) the arms trade in Ireland, north and south.

Speakers from Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Amnesty, Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign & Mid-West Alliance Against Military Aggression.

Educate, organise, agitate and stop the rot! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 10, 2005 16:21 by Ciaron
Bush lands at Shannon at 5 pm today to refuel on his return to the U.S. from Russia.

While other friends head to protest at Shannon. Consider coming to the GPO at 5pm-6pm read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday May 10, 2005 16:07 by @nonymous   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 12, 2005 22:53)
This year’s 1st of May was on a Sunday and on a religious day of the easter. So Mayday in Greece will take place on the 10th and 11th of May. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Tuesday May 10, 2005 15:37 by SNN Watch   text 19 comments (last - thursday december 01, 2005 16:02)
To: Sergeant John O'Sullivan,
Station Sergeant
Shannon Garda Station
Shannon Town

From: Edward Horgan
International Secretary Peace and Neutrality Alliance

Re: Possible arrival of war criminal at Shannon airport this afternoon

Dear Sgt O'Sullivan

I have received information that US President George W Bush may be arriving
at Shannon airport this afternoon. For the purpose of identification to help
you with your enquiries he is likely to be travelling in a Boeing 767
aircraft normally known as Air-force One.

On my own behalf and on behalf of the Irish Peace and Neutrality Alliance, I
formally ask you to arrest Mr George W Bush as soon as he lands at Shannon
so as to prevent his escape. As you are aware, Ireland, as a signatory to
the agreements setting up the International Criminal Court, is obliged to
arrest any suspected war read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday May 10, 2005 13:08 by Turkish Workers’ Action Group   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 10, 2005 14:05)
Turkish GAMA workers to protest at Commission for Energy Regulation –
Today, Tuesday 10th May, at 2.15pm
Plaza House, Belgard Road, Tallaght read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday May 10, 2005 00:18 by Ciaron   text 11 comments (last - saturday may 14, 2005 16:59)
The Plowshares movement began when Elmer Maas & 7 others entered the General Electric Plant, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and took hammers to first strike nuclear weaponry in the Sept. of 1980. Elmer played a menitoring role to many of us who were to follow him into nonviolent disarmament, the courts and jails in a spirit of nonviolent reistance to the war making state. He died last wekend on an Atlantic Life Community retreat - peacefully in a chair after giving a presenttaion to resisters who had gathered. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday May 09, 2005 17:31 by Turkish Workers’ Action Group   text 1 comment (last - monday may 09, 2005 21:37)
Joe Higgins T.D. calls on Commission for Energy Regulation to cancel electricity generation licence to Tynagh Energy unless GAMA agrees to resolve outstanding pay issues immediately

Calls for urgent meeting with Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Michéal Martin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday May 09, 2005 15:50 by ian
Will trade a comercialisation of human orgarns protect those vulnerable to such a trade? The second anual lecture of the Irish Council for Bioethics expolers these and other issues. read full story / add a comment
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