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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 Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave Tue Sep 23, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
When Nigel Farage announced on Monday that Reform would end benefits for migrants and abolish settled status, Left-wing MPs rushed to denounce him. Labour will regret defending the Boriswave, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Will Regret Defending the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off Whe... Tue Sep 23, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Suddenly, green activists have started getting outraged at the billions wasted paying wind farms to switch off when it's too windy. The hypocrisy and chutzpah beggars belief, says Ben Pile.
The post Why Are Green Activists Suddenly Outraged at the Billions Wasted Paying Wind Farms to Switch Off When it’s Too Windy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 23, 2025 01:12 | 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.

offsite link Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong Mon Sep 22, 2025 17:35 | Dr David Bell
The Covid response was not an error, and it was not the result of rushing to counter an unknown pathogen. It was a lot of people, mostly professionals, systematically doing what they knew was wrong, says Dr David Bell.
The post The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong 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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antrim / miscellaneous / other press Monday January 17, 2005 15:37 by Redbhoy   text 1 comment (last - friday january 21, 2005 13:03)
PSNI blunder caused collapse of case against senior Orangeman

A PSNI paperwork blunder led to the collapse of public order case against a senior Orangeman, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.

The PSNI had recommended that charges be levelled against the man after a controversial Orange Order march through the so-called "peaceline" in west Belfast in 2003.

The marchers had ignored a Parades Commission ruling banning them from flying paramilitary regalia and playing sectarian music.

In her report into the matter, Ms O'Loan said a combination of human error and computer mistakes had caused the case against the Orangeman to collapse.

She called for procedural improvements to ensure there is no repeat of the blunder, but did not recommend disciplinary action and said there was no evidence of any criminal activity by the police. read full story / add a comment
clare / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday January 17, 2005 14:46 by Libby   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 14:34)
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 17, 2005 14:01 by Anti-war
Reuters obtained from Iraqi guerrillas "an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes" (Michael Georgy, "Iraq Rebels in Video Taunt," January 12, 2005), promising protection to soldiers who heed their call. The Information Clearing House has made the video and a transcript of its content available: "A Message from the 'Iraq Resistance.'"

FULL TEXT: http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/01/video-message-from-iraqi-resistance.html. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 17, 2005 13:47 by redjade   text 13 comments (last - sunday january 08, 2006 03:09)
Seymour Hersh is the investigative reporter that uncovered My Lai and Abu Ghraib and more - certainly America's best investigative reporter.... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday January 17, 2005 12:37 by pat c
So what is the truth behind this latest kerfuffle in the Art World? Is Hockney merely obscurely projecting his own opinions onto the work of Renaissance artists? Or have they all lost any sense of perspective? Read the New Scientist story and make your own mind up.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday January 17, 2005 11:57 by pat c
Not just in Ireland, across the water the image of the friendly bobby is also taking a bashing. What makes this case different is that it doesnt just hinge on the question of individuals being assaulted by the police; it also takes the form of an action over breach of Civil Liberties.

The police intend to call Ken Livingston (in his capacity as mayor of London) as a witness. I await his testimony with bated breath.

pat c
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday January 17, 2005 11:40 by Henk Ruyssenaars
To those who consider the war a mistake but still fear the consequences of military withdrawal, we ask these questions: when will enough be enough? If not now, when? read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Monday January 17, 2005 03:11 by Big Irish from the USA   text 10 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 22:36)
fter routing the opposition at the polls last year, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has signalled an escalation of his offensive against the country's elites with a "war" on latifundio, big rural estates that he blames for rural poverty. This is a mistake. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday January 16, 2005 23:50 by pppp
Annual Human Rights Conference that is being hosted by The Irish Peace Society in the University
of Limerick from 28th January- 30th January.

Of major interest to you may be the Students Human Rights Network we hope to establish at the conference. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday January 16, 2005 21:58 by NorthStar Anarchist Collective   text 3 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 01:03)
(a response to Beyond Voting, by Chris Crass - Clamor Communique 42) read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Sunday January 16, 2005 20:25 by www.ck-la.tk   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 18:14)
Patryk Cichoń, an antifascist from Stalowa Wola (south-eastern Poland) and an animator of the RASH (Red & Anarchist Skinheads) group there was convicted to three years in jail for alleged beating and robbery. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday January 16, 2005 11:29 by Observer   text 23 comments (last - monday april 25, 2005 04:51)
One of Ireland's leading think-tanks have released two new reports, on the issue of Famine and Belarus. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday January 15, 2005 21:48 by Paul Kinsella   text 11 comments (last - monday april 07, 2008 17:43)
Residents of the Lorcan Estate in Santry have expressed their complete opposition to plans which have been submitted to Dublin City Council to demolish the existing Kilmardinny Inn on Lorcan Avenue, Santry, which is a single storey pub, and construct a five storey apartment development containing 23 two bedroom apartments, 26 one bedroom apartments, with a public house at ground floor level. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday January 15, 2005 21:29 by consatis-dont-pay@web.de   text 22 comments (last - monday june 09, 2008 11:06)
Berlin call center agents not paid for 6 months.

The berlin call center “Consatis” has been refusing to pay its workers for the last 6 months. Employees are worried: their contracts state if they are not paid within the next 6 months they may not be paid at all. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday January 15, 2005 16:14 by The National Platform - EU Research and Information Centre   text 3 comments (last - friday january 21, 2005 00:41)
Dear Friends,
I sent you a document for your information last November on "Why the Left
should  oppose the EU Constitution". This had been drawn up by some members
of the National Platform in consultation with various people on the Irish
political Left. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday January 15, 2005 12:59 by Terry   text 4 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 02:59)
James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, immortalised in anarcho riot porn classic Crowd Bites Wolf, is due to be in Dublin at the end of the month. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday January 15, 2005 12:33 by Tracey Ryan & Niall Harnett
Activists are gathering in April at The Boghill Centre, Co Clare, Ireland, for what promises to be a special anti-war meeting. Organised by Gluaiseacht, and as part of the EYFA Wintermeeting, this conference will take place from Thur 7th - Sun 10th April 2005, in order to revive common purpose and friendship, and to establish a European network of anti-war and peace activists. The meeting will culminate in an action at Shannon Airport on Sun 10th April. Please click on 'Events' to see the 'Call Out Invitation' and for application details. All are welcome and we hope to see you there.

Your friends at Gluaiseacht. read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / other press Saturday January 15, 2005 04:01 by R. Isible   text 10 comments (last - friday may 13, 2005 09:55)
Slashdot (News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters) has a good article written by an insider about the closing of MIT Media Lab's sister institute based in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Friday January 14, 2005 18:37 by Assistant Publications Officer   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 16, 2005 01:37)
To all residents of Donabate,
Take action now to ensure proper planning in Donabate!

Next week, County Councillors in Fingal will vote on a number of motions pertaining to the Donabate section of the draft development plan 2005-2011.
Donabate Parish Council wants to see proper planning in Donabate and North County Dublin in general.

E-mail, phone and meet Fingal County Councillors and ask them to vote for motions 5.29, 5.30, 5.31, 5.43, 5.47, 5.48, 5.53.
Motions on pages 51-62 of Agenda Dev Plan 20th Dec:
http://www.fingalcoco.ie/devplan/yourfingal/agenda/Agenda_20th_December2004.pdf

Donabate Parish Council has done its piece, now please do yours. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday January 14, 2005 18:29 by Keith Harris   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 31, 2005 15:02)
Fine Gael Foreign Affairs Spokesman Bernard Allen TD on has called on Ticketmaster to consider waiving its service charge when booking tickets for Tsunami Aid events, or else to contribute the profits from the charges on these particular events to the appeal fund.

But event organisers say the profits are being made by the banking, credit card and telephone companies who have declined to waive their own charges for Asia-relief charity event bookings. read full story / add a comment
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