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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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dublin / environment / news report Thursday September 11, 2008 21:33 by Andrew   text 5 comments (last - friday september 12, 2008 00:19)   audio 2 audio files
Around thirty people took part in a protest at Shell HQ on Lesson street tonight. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday September 09, 2008 22:41 by S2S proxy - Dublin   text 67 comments (last - friday september 12, 2008 21:35)   audio 1 audio file
Solitaire arrives, local woman goes on hunger strike, local fisherman arrested read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday September 08, 2008 10:44 by Galway Transition Town   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 12:18)   audio 1 audio file
The first proper meeting of Galway Transition Town will take place on Monday 15th September 7:30pm - 9pm at the Galway Social Space. All welcome. We hope to discuss getting the movement in Galway moving. We will be discussing various issues including what Transition Town Galway might mean, setting up a website, deciding on a logo, public awareness and participation etc. etc. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday September 06, 2008 22:38 by Kev   audio 1 audio file
What: Launch night of Sami Moukaddem's new CD "The Facts of Life for the Palestinian".
When: Monday, 15th September 2008 @ 7.30pm
Where: The Button Factory (aka Temple Bar Musisc Centre), Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Cost: €15 - price includes a copy of the CD read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 05, 2008 17:35 by Andrew   text 4 comments (last - tuesday september 09, 2008 14:14)   audio 2 audio files
A 60 mintue audio recording of a talk and discussion on the Chinese revolution and the Chinese anarchist movement. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Friday August 29, 2008 16:52 by ALiberation   text 1 comment (last - friday august 29, 2008 20:54)   audio 1 audio file
Each year, from October to March, more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed by fishermen in Japan.

These dolphins are killed to supply the meat trade, to suppress competition, to prevent pressure on the Whaling and Tuna fish industry and to sell dolphins to aquariums and dolpinariums
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mayo / environment / news report Tuesday August 26, 2008 22:13 by Andrew interviewing Fergal   audio 1 audio file
Interview with Fergal who had just returned from a weekend trip to Rossport and who puts the events of the last week in the context of the struggle of the last years. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday August 24, 2008 23:54 by Michael McGovern   audio 1 audio file
Since its inception early this year the Belfast branch of WSM continues to go from strength to strength, growing in size and establishing new contacts. At the moment we distribute a 1000 copies of the Ulster edition of Workers Solidarity to homes across Belfast and at political events. We hope to expand our current distribution in the coming months. WSM members continue to take part in the current campaign against the water charges. We have attended and helped to organise pickets in solidarity with fellow workers on struggle in the midst of the current neo-liberal offensive and attacks on our living conditions and workers rights by the neo-colonial administration at Stormont.

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international / miscellaneous / other press Monday August 18, 2008 17:27 by Bold Collective   text 1 comment (last - monday august 18, 2008 23:13)   audio 1 audio file
Currently broadcasting from letterfrack:
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday August 16, 2008 13:33 by CB   audio 1 audio file
Majority World on NEAR90fm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Saturday August 09, 2008 16:29 by dunk   audio 1 audio file
As part of EASA's 2 week architectural gathering this month there is an open discussion about what type of city is being constructed and what type of city do we want.

more about this and other interesting events: http://www.easa008.ie/lectures.html
Sun 10th August 12:00-14:00 - CHQ, IFSC, Dublin Docklands read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Saturday August 09, 2008 16:11 by dunk   text 2 comments (last - sunday august 10, 2008 15:17)   audio 2 audio files
2.30 meet at CHQ (previously called Stack A) in Dublins Docklands, walk along a proposed urban greenway for Dublin city, along the Royal Canal, Botanic Gardens, visit urban food production zones, mountjoy linear park, Blessington basin, city green zones, finishing in Dublin Castle 7pm.

This is an EASA event and is open to all the public, we will walk and talk, imagine what Dublin as an eco city might look like and think about strategies to turn these BOLD eco ideas into tomorrows realities...
Bring decent walking boots, raingear and food to share. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 00:49 by FactSeeker   text 32 comments (last - thursday august 14, 2008 17:58)   audio 1 audio file
Amidst the fog of war, and lack of media on the ground, it's anybody's guess as to what is actually going on there at the minute. It is claimed that Russian aircraft attacked military and other targets in Georgia (Russia denies any such attacks happened, and Georgia claims to have shot down some of the aircraft) and a large number of Russian tanks has crossed the border. Each side claims the other fired the first shot. read full story / add a comment
national / indymedia ireland / feature Friday August 01, 2008 02:00 by admin   audio 2 audio files
The software used to run the Indymedia website has now been upgraded with the latest release (Oscailt 3.2) which now allows users to post stories and comments with multiple embedded videos and audios.

Previously you could only have embedded one video per story or comment. The embedded video was also recently upgraded a few months back to allow for embedded Politube.org video which are preferrable to YouTube videos because of licensing and the fact that they support independent media outlets and activists and are a non profit organisation. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / news report Saturday July 26, 2008 20:20 by Andrew   text 25 comments (last - tuesday august 05, 2008 11:04)   audio 3 audio files
Saturday lunchtime saw dozens of pro-choice activists take part in the final picket of the month of action against the rogue pregnancy counselling agency on Dorset street, read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday June 29, 2008 10:59 by Mark C   text 14 comments (last - wednesday july 02, 2008 23:12)   audio 1 audio file
This is a summary of the so-called 'War on Terror'. It is a poem that I began writing in Bosnia in the summer of 2005 and still go back to to add the odd word, phrase, comma, etc, now and again.

I'm presenting it here (with a small number of notes at the end) to try to encourage more from the artistic community in Ireland in denouncing the war(s), but also because its contents are still relevant (I had hoped that it would have been out of date before I go to finish it). read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Friday May 30, 2008 19:01 by dunk   text 9 comments (last - monday january 26, 2009 18:14)   audio 1 audio file
As a species we are finally waking up to the Climatic crisis that we have stupidly gotten ourselves into. After many years of not listening, people now realise the problem we face: ADAPT OR DIE. Some see the human species as a cancer that should die off, a natural end for a silly species. But others have a vision of a sustainable world, a vision that drives them to think differently, act differently, design differently, live differently. For many its simple little lifestyle changes, for others its nothing short of the next chapter in this unfolding strange story of civilization: the ecological revolution. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday May 26, 2008 15:20 by Belfast WSM   text 14 comments (last - friday january 23, 2009 17:49)   audio 1 audio file
Workers Solidarity Movement read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Monday May 19, 2008 15:53 by Mark C   text 7 comments (last - tuesday may 20, 2008 10:34)   audio 1 audio file
Fishermen's Fight for Freedom Continues in Court Battle on Day of Shell AGM

(Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland) Three Rossport fishermen who were battered by Garda during a peaceful march in full view of witnesses and independent cameramen will have their appeal heard in court in Castelbar, Tuesday May 20, 2008. Local priests and an International delegation have joined in support of the men and the local resistance to the Shell pipeline and refinery. On the same date, May 20th, neighbors of Shell will protest at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in both London and Holland.

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international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 16, 2008 18:04 by Andrew   audio 1 audio file
An interview with 4 members of Amanecer in San Jose. They talk about tech jobs and the service sector, history of police brutality, poor being pushed out of the city, referendum to abolish rent control, cop watch and De Bug, the flea market, left in San Jose, the furious 5, formation of Amanecer, work in social movements read full story / add a comment
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