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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud Wed Sep 24, 2025 13:19 | Mary Gilleece
After working with over 100 SEND children, Mary Gilleece has finally met a child with actual special needs. But there isn't enough money to support him because ?11 billion is being blown on bogus diagnoses.
The post The Despicable Special Educational Needs Fraud appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner?s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:12 | Will Jones
Violet Affleck,?the daughter of Hollywood stars?Jennifer Garner?and?Ben Affleck, was at the?UN?on Tuesday to push for mask mandates, saying the world was irresponsible for returning to 'business as usual' after Covid.
The post Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Daughter Violet Pushes for Mask Mandates at United Nations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat Wed Sep 24, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Rupert Lowe has called for halal and kosher meat to be banned. But there's a problem with his argument: he doesn't mention factory farming?a far greater evil.
The post The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying Wed Sep 24, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
As New York hosts Climate Week NYC ? "the world?s largest climate event" ? the absence of any major global leaders speaks volumes, says Tilak Doshi. Mugged by reality, the Net Zero dream is dying.
The post The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Sep 24, 2025 01:05 | 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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international / arts and media / news report Monday August 16, 2004 14:12 by p   text 2 comments (last - monday august 16, 2004 15:44)
A multi-agency task force shut down a NYC Indymedia video team benefit late Saturday night, sparking complaints that the action was politically motivated. "I don't think every single department showing up here was a coincidence," said Brandon Jourdan, a video team organizer. "But maybe it was or maybe it was not. People will have to decide for themselves."

NYC IMC Video Team: http://www.nycimcvideo.org/
FTAA IMC - The Miami Model: http://ftaaimc.org/miamimodel
San Diego Screening of The Miami Model:
http://www.sdimc.org/en/2004/08/105300.shtml read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday August 16, 2004 12:53 by Workers Solidarity Movement   text 68 comments (last - monday september 13, 2004 02:37)
The Workers Solidarity Movements July 2004 conference agreed a new position paper on 'The Partition of Ireland'. This replaces our old position paper on 'The National Question' and reflects both the changes brought about by the peace process and changes in our analysis after a long period of internal debate. The text of the new paper is below. Further papers from this conference will be made available on our web site over the next few days. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / news report Monday August 16, 2004 12:18 by venez   text 15 comments (last - tuesday september 07, 2004 18:34)
Left populist President and enemy of US imperialism has won a recall referendum win 59% of the vote according to the Venezuelan electoral authority. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 16, 2004 07:24 by Brain Terrell   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2004 00:02)
Des Moines ( activists at a previous year's sate fair protesting the presence of the Iowa National Guard - at the fair & in Iraq - defended the right of free speech at this year's fair, read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday August 16, 2004 00:30 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group   text 54 comments (last - monday august 16, 2004 16:26)
This weblog for Other Media contains information on updated websites, new issues of journals and newspapers, videos available on the net etc. A similar page will be published each week. Use the comments to add a new link with a summary. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday August 15, 2004 14:42 by Sinéad Ní Bhroin   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 29, 2004 12:27)
Event notice of anti war demo read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday August 14, 2004 23:02 by Colm O Riain
A Proetst will take place on the 28th August at Cement Roadstone Holdings Office on the Belgard Road in Tallaght. We invite anyone to come on board organising it and having a say in what we should do. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday August 14, 2004 03:19 by Mary La Rosa
" Hope floats! and gives cause to celebrate the small and large gestures we make individually and together towards one another. Hope floats! and gathers momentum, purpose and solidarity. Hope Floats and carries the human spirit higher as the work continues...." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 13, 2004 20:18 by Donal   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 17, 2004 01:23)
On Sunday 8th August, three Irish activists (two from Galway Grassroots and one from WSM/DGN) joined the Freedom March along the route of the illegal Apartheid Wall in Palestine. This is a brief account of the actions we have taken part in. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday August 13, 2004 18:59 by paul c   text 1 comment (last - friday august 13, 2004 19:06)
Trying to write an Frequently Asked Questions for indymedia.ie... I have written a good deal of it but to help me and others finish it off Im posting about it here...
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/IMCEireFaq

this is among a number of improvements that will soon appear including work by chekov on the code itself and vinnie on a photo thumbnail script read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday August 13, 2004 16:55 by NEFAC
When a state is determined to pursue war, and all forms of indirect symbolic protest actions have failed to sway politicians to halt their imperialist aggression, the only remaining option is direct action by the working class. One option is a general strike by workers that can effect the production and transpiration of military capital, that is the materials essential for the war machine. The other is to deprive the military of the labor it needs to fight the war. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Friday August 13, 2004 16:24 by Dan - UCDSU   text 19 comments (last - wednesday august 25, 2004 19:46)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has thirty members, mostly concentrated in Europe and North America but also including such countries as Mexico and South Korea. Its stated aim is to promote convergence in policy development between its members. Like most international institutions, it is firmly committed to the neoliberal orthodoxy which dominates thinking on economic policy. Minister Dempsey has clearly asked the OECD to produce this report because he expects the report to confirm his own pre-conceived views on the subject. Over the next few months, we will be told again and again that the OECD report is impartial and objective, so it is important to remember from the start: the OECD is not impartial, it has an ideological agenda just like all the other players in this debate, and its policy recommendations are determined by this ideological bias. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday August 13, 2004 01:47 by conor o' meara   text 9 comments (last - saturday september 04, 2004 19:33)
A report on the contract given to KBR, a subsidery of Halliburton to build the Fermoy Bypass. This company was formely headed by American Vice President Dick Cheney. It is currently under investigation in various countries for bribery and corruption and hs just been castigated by the Pentagon for overcharging by nearly two billlion dollars for services rendered in Iraq read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday August 12, 2004 18:09 by Hilaal   text 18 comments (last - friday august 20, 2004 18:20)
In the great US tradition of Custers last stand and the bay of pigs , the US army's 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit has driven into what will be for them another memorable US army humiliating defeat. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday August 12, 2004 15:51 by John   text 150 comments (last - wednesday september 01, 2004 13:00)
A critique of the socialist party and its organisation and in general the failure of the left to address the issue of power politics.

This is a serious thread so no trolling or sectarian abuse please. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday August 12, 2004 15:43 by Hawkeye   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 14, 2004 01:30)
Public Meeting on the Basque Country

When: 7.30pm the 17th of August
Where: Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday August 12, 2004 14:58 by Sinn Féin Átha Cliath
Solidarity with Basque Prisoners and the people of the Basque Country.

When: 5.00pm the 16th of August
Where: The GPO O'Connell St

Public Meeting on the Basque Country

When: 7.30pm the 17th of August
Where: Teachers Club read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday August 12, 2004 14:04 by pat c
Discussion

Juan Uslé discusses his work in conversation with IMMA Director Enrique Juncosa, on Tuesday 7 September at 5.00pm, in the Lecture Room at IMMA.

Booking is essential as space is limited. All talks and lectures are free and open to the public.

Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital
Military Road
Kilmainham
Dublin 8
Ireland

Tel +353 1 612 9900
Fax +353 1 612 9999
Email press@imma.ie
Website www.imma.ie read full story / add a comment
cavan / environment / news report Thursday August 12, 2004 02:57 by M. Lynch   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 12, 2004 15:27)
The long running saga of the Nulty quarry at Ardkill More, Cavan took another twist when it emerged that a planning application from the family owned company has being found invalid by the local county council. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 11, 2004 23:53 by Michael Hennigan   text 3 comments (last - friday august 13, 2004 11:25)
The appointment of an independent Public Editor by the Irish Times, would be consistent with its mission statement and its aspiration to remain a 'natural authority.' read full story / add a comment
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