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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 News Round-Up Mon Oct 27, 2025 01:16 | 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 Top Therapist ?Ousted? After Trans Activist Row Sun Oct 26, 2025 19:42 | Richard Eldred
The leader of one of Britain's largest therapy groups has faced death threats after raising concerns about the safety of treatment for gender-questioning children.
The post Top Therapist ?Ousted? After Trans Activist Row appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Brazilian Chef Rejects Prince William?s Vegan Banquet: ?It?s Like Asking Iron Maiden to Play Jazz? Sun Oct 26, 2025 17:07 | Richard Eldred
A Brazilian chef has ditched cooking for Prince William at the Earthshot environmental awards after being told the menu must be vegan ? calling it a total slap in the face to Amazonian tradition.
The post Brazilian Chef Rejects Prince William’s Vegan Banquet: ?It?s Like Asking Iron Maiden to Play Jazz? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Banal, the Craven and the Sinister at a College Staff Well-being Day Sun Oct 26, 2025 15:00 | Dave Summers
Join Dave Summers for an eye-widening tour of a college staff 'Well-being' day, where the normally inoffensive 'fun, stress-busting' activities take a decidedly sinister turn.
The post The Banal, the Craven and the Sinister at a College Staff Well-being Day appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fury as ?Hard-Up? Met Police Set to Splurge ?5 Million a Year on 64-Strong Woke Taskforce? as Half o... Sun Oct 26, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
While the Met is axing half its mounted officers, closing stations and slashing frontline policing to plug a ?250 million hole, it's somehow found ?5.2 million for a 64-strong 'woke' taskforce and 63 diversity events.
The post Fury as ?Hard-Up? Met Police Set to Splurge ?5 Million a Year on 64-Strong Woke Taskforce? as Half of Its Mounted Officers Face Losing Their Jobs 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

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday July 20, 2009 17:31 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 22, 2009 01:10)
Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, USA (see full bio below), will give a lecture on ‘The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation’ at 7pm, Theatre ‘L’, UCD (Newman building). This interactive lecture, in which audience members can ask questions after the principal address, will be held live via satellite* from the USA. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 23:50 by Mairead Maguire
Natasha Estemirova was killed on Wednesday last in Chechnya for telling the truth about Russia's dirty war there read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 19:06 by Patricia McKenna   text 3 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 10:40)   image 1 image
The Green Party’s decision to support the Lisbon Treaty and backtrack on its long standing campaign for a more democratic EU will be more of a hindrance than a help to the Yes side. The voters would currently not buy a used car from the Green Party let alone a rejected treaty. The party leadership has shown that once part of the so-called ‘accepted political establishment’ they turn their back on their principles read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday July 17, 2009 22:10 by cllr. Louise Minihan   text 37 comments (last - sunday august 02, 2009 17:07)
“Councillor Louise Minihan Resigns from Sinn Féin”
Press Release 17th July 2009.

Councillor Louise Minihan, who resigned from Sinn Féin today (July 17th), has confirmed that she will continue to represent the people of Ballyfermot, Drimnagh, Bluebell, Chapelizod & Inchicore as a socialist republican councillor within Dublin City Council. Louise is a former member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle and a founding member of Sinn Féin’s James Connolly Cumann in Ballyfermot, which was established in 1999. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday July 17, 2009 18:35 by Athens and Patras IMCs
Indymedia is ours and it will be alive as much as we need it to change the world
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday July 17, 2009 17:05 by Malcolm Smart
Amnesty International fears the wave of arrests of civil society activists in Iran is intensifying after the leading lawyer and women's human rights activist Shadi Sadr was violently arrested in Tehran this morning on her way to Friday prayers.

Shadi Sadr was walking with a group of women's rights activists along a busy road when unidentified plain-clothed men pulled her into a car. She lost her headscarf and coat in the ensuing struggle but managed briefly to escape. She was quickly recaptured and beaten with batons before being taken away in the car to an unknown location. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday July 17, 2009 10:12 by PBPA   text 6 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 13:36)
People Before Profit Alliance says 'Despicable SNIP Report Must Be Rejected'

Report Will Deepen Unemployment Crisis
Vigorous Campaign To Defend Public Services Must Be Launched read full story / add a comment
Jaegerstaetter 3: Culley Palmer, Jim Dowling, Bryan Law
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday July 16, 2009 14:30 by MLK House   text 15 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 11:07)   image 15 images   audio 1 audio file
Seven anti-war activists entered the Shoalwater Bay military training area in central Queensland during joint US-Australian Talisman Sabre exercises. The seven remain in the area and are presently moving towards the ‘live fire’ areas with the intention of shutting down the exercises. They remain undetected by Australian Defence Force Security and the Qld Police guarding the area. read full story / add a comment
The back of the promotional postcard.
dublin / arts and media / press release Tuesday July 14, 2009 13:14 by DCTV   text 3 comments (last - friday july 31, 2009 13:18)   image 7 images

WHAT TO EXPECT ALL WEEK

Responses from the street to economic collapse, including protests,
occupations, ballot box revolutions, and finally solutions. In short
content you'll find no where else on Irish TV sets. It's Dublin
Community TV, where else? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday July 14, 2009 09:30 by PRO   text 17 comments (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 21:10)
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has called on nationalist parties to withdraw their support for the PSNI in response to the force’s attack on a nationalist protest in north Belfast last night [Monday].
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dublin / miscellaneous / press release Monday July 13, 2009 10:31 by Raymond Deane   text 23 comments (last - saturday july 18, 2009 23:54)
Palestinian civil society has called for a comprehensive campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli state, including a cultural boycott. Leonard Cohen must be persuaded not to break this boycott. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday July 12, 2009 23:27 by IMC of Athens and Patras
For all these reasons we ask you if you can host the Internet sites of the IMC of Athens and Patras on your server. We must preserve them, especially when they are closed or are near to be closed, and to react against censorship and promote freedom of information.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday July 12, 2009 13:57 by RogerYates   text 3 comments (last - tuesday july 21, 2009 13:08)
The third event in ‘Animal Rights July’ in Dublin takes place at Theatre ‘N’, Newman Building, UCD campus, on Wednesday 15th July, 2009, at 7.00 pm.

A Cow At My Table has never been presented at a public event such as Animal Rights July before in Ireland. It is a powerful documentary about our relations with other animals, filmed over five years, by journalist, media artist and teacher, Jennifer Abbot. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 11, 2009 11:31 by Diarmuid Breatnach   text 16 comments (last - sunday august 09, 2009 02:26)
Seomra Spraoi collective took the decision on political grounds to refuse Basque solidarity group the use of their space for a Basque festival. Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee accuses Seomra of breaking a previous undertaking to allow them a right to reply to objections raised against them and states that they are aligning themselves with the oppressors of the Basque people. read full story / add a comment
Councillor Ted Tynan (WP)
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday July 11, 2009 10:43 by Workers Party (Cork)   text 11 comments (last - tuesday july 14, 2009 12:48)   image 1 image
A motion calling for an inquiry into the Corrib Gas Project has been put down by Councillor Ted Tynan and is on the agenda for next Monday night's meeting of Cork City Council (13.07.09). read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Wednesday July 08, 2009 17:21 by Patricia McKenna
the Government is engaged in a cynical exercise of political manipulation. Speaking on behalf of the People’s Movement, which successfully campaigned against ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in last year’s referendum, McKenna said “these so-called ‘Legal Guarantees’ on the Lisbon Treaty are nothing more than an exercise in creative manipulation designed to mislead the public. This fact was even recognised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin who after EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg recently, said, “The impetus from other member states is to be helpful, creative and try to resolve these issues … We are quietly confident and hopeful,”

“What the Minister really means is that Legal guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty are just a creative way of giving people a feeling of legal certainty which does not and cannot exist.” Said McKenna read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 08, 2009 09:52 by National Sec.   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 08, 2009 13:35)
The Workers Solidarity Movement is calling on our fellow workers to support the national TEEU strike. This is an important battle for all of us, the first big blow against the employers’ wage-cutting agenda.

The strike is about an overdue 11% pay rise. The 10,500 TEEU members employed by electrical contractors at about 240 sites and factories have not been paid their agreed increases for more than three years. And now their employers want a 10% wage cut as well. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Monday July 06, 2009 14:14 by Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - monday july 06, 2009 14:16)
This afternoon seven Shell to Sea activists in kayaks visited the Toisa Independent, which supplies pipe to the Solitaire, a vessel used by Shell to lay the Corrib gas pipeline. The Solitaire, which left Broadhaven Bay (1) yesterday after laying the first section of pipe for the project, has been the target of several actions recently in the continual campaign against Shell. (2) Despite Shell's increasingly heavy handed response to protests, Shell to Sea activist's have continued their fight. (3) read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Sunday July 05, 2009 20:53 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 07, 2009 12:09)   video 1 video file
The release of “HOME” was a landmark event. For the first time ever, a film was released on the same day in over 50 countries and on every format: movie theatres, TV, DVD and the Internet. Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and produced by Luc Besson, “HOME” uses beautiful, high definition aerial photography from over 60 countries to tell the story of the Earth’s ecosystem, how humans have affected it, and how environmental problems are all interconnected. read full story / add a comment
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