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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 Trump is Winning in His Battle Against the Green Blob Tue Oct 14, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
One of the UK's largest climate-related grant makers, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, is withdrawing from the US amid Trump's clampdown on foreign funding of NGOs. The Green Blob is shrivelling, says Ben Pile.
The post Trump is Winning in His Battle Against the Green Blob appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Oct 14, 2025 01:28 | 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.
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offsite link Britain?s Free Speech Crisis Only Gets Worse Mon Oct 13, 2025 19:00 | Alex Klaushofer
How did Britain, the cradle of liberal democracy, come to have one of the most authoritarian censorship regimes in the world? Alex Klaushofer looks at the horror of the Online Safety Act and where it came from.
The post Britain’s Free Speech Crisis Only Gets Worse appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Nigel Farage Blames Starmer After Reform Council Leader, 19, is Physically Attacked in Street Mon Oct 13, 2025 17:42 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage last night accused Keir Starmer of "disgraceful" rhetoric after Britain's youngest council leader, George Finch, 19, was physically attacked in the street by a man calling him "racist" and a "fascist".
The post Nigel Farage Blames Starmer After Reform Council Leader, 19, is Physically Attacked in Street appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link NHS Nurses Who Refused to Share Changing Room With Man Now Face Misconduct Probe for Telling Story Mon Oct 13, 2025 15:44 | Will Jones
The four Darlington NHS nurses who refused to share a changing room with a male colleague now face a misconduct probe for telling their story and raising awareness of their treatment.
The post NHS Nurses Who Refused to Share Changing Room With Man Now Face Misconduct Probe for Telling Story appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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mayo / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday May 05, 2011 11:08 by Volunteer
On Saturday May 21st people from throughout Ireland will gather for the 24th annual Afri Famine Walk, honouring Irish history and standing in solidarity with those suffering today. This 10 mile road walk through spectacular scenery goes from Doolough to Louisbourgh and this year’s theme is food sovereignty, reflecting on the control of seeds and food supplies. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 04, 2011 13:24 by Bernardo O'Reilly   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 04, 2011 13:53)
AFA Ireland has uploaded all 5 issues of their magazine 'No Quarter' and all 2 issues of their newsletter 'In The Area' onto Scribd.

Please share link widely. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday May 04, 2011 13:23 by LASC

When: Wednesday 4th of May Time 7pm

Where: 5, Merrion Row. Lasc Office
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 04, 2011 13:20 by Feudal Castrato   text 7 comments (last - thursday may 05, 2011 12:33)
In 2007 Sir David Frost interviewed Benazir Bhutto prior to her death. In this interview she stated clearly that Omar Sheikh was the man that had killed Osama Bin Laden. In light of recent events further discussion of this matter is in order read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday May 04, 2011 08:43 by Prison Solidarity   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 20, 2011 06:16)
* PHOTO - Frank & Steve outside G.P.O Dublin for Bradley Manning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_cordaro_and_the_dm_c...8005/

**LONDON YOUTUBE Frank & Steve blockading Downing St. on Good Friday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pFCQthlxgg
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday May 03, 2011 13:07 by Robespierre
The Egyptian Revolution: Where is it going?

Public Meeting hosted by the SWP.
Friday May 6th, 8pm Teachers Club Parnell Sq West. Dublin 1.

Author and activist John Molyneux has recently returned from Cairo.
He relates his experience and offers an analysis of the present and future course of the Egyptian Revolution read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday May 02, 2011 14:13 by HOPI

Over the last year workers in Iran have struggled on several fronts. The subsidy cuts coupled with the crisis in world capitalism are driving living standards down for the majority of Iranians. Basic food stuffs are rising in price at a phenomenal rate, with bread rising a massive 25% and unsubsidised fuel increasing 7 fold. This is in a country with the third largest oil reserves in the world and the necessary refining abilities to produce cheap and affordable fuel for the entire population. The sanctions regime continues to undermine Iranian industry, robbing many workers of their jobs whilst the elite continue to amass great wealth. We stand with the Iranian working class fighting austerity and call for an end to all sanctions. We also call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / other press Monday May 02, 2011 13:52 by Mark Fischer   text 6 comments (last - monday may 02, 2011 23:13)
Mark Fischer interviews Clive Bloom on his new book 'Restless revolutionaries'. A book which examines the legacy of Republicanism in British history. Full text at url.

You talk about the history of republicanism’s “crushing failures” in the book. One way that these struggles are crushed, of course, is that the victor writes the histories ...

Exactly. You have to unearth these histories, the documentation. You have to search for the graves where these people are buried - there are no monuments to guide you. More than that, you have to reconstruct the politics of the time to understand these rebellions in their context.

In the case of William Courtney and the 1838 rebellion in Dover, for example, there is a plaque on the church wall commemorating the dead. But why, when this guy turned up preaching as he did, were people prepared to believe it and to die for it? When we understand that, then history comes alive for us and speaks directly to how we live now, the struggles that surround us in today’s world. read full story / add a comment
antrim / politics / elections / press release Monday May 02, 2011 11:12 by IRSCNA
The IRSCNA sends good luck wishes to the IRSP's candidates in the North's council elections read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday April 30, 2011 22:15 by IRSCNA
A statement of solidarity for May Day from the IRSCNA. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / event notice Saturday April 30, 2011 10:48 by Sue Anthony
JUNE 4TH

We are looking for On Shore Volunteers to distribute literature, staff information points at local events, provide professional skills and if you think you have something to offer just let us know !

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national / animal rights / event notice Saturday April 30, 2011 10:30 by Sue Anthony
A punk / ska / hardcore music all dayer with Rebel Spells from Canada, Diet Pills from UK, and the best of bands across Ireland, will be held at:

The Thatch, Rahan, about 8km from Tullamore.

All proceeds go to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
...
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 29, 2011 19:18 by Ciaron   text 1 comment (last - friday april 29, 2011 21:44)
Link to Guardian photo of the Palace protest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/28/bahraini-linke...dding

Lat Thursday 10 a.m., on the eve of the Royal Wedding, Giuseppe Conlon House received a call out from Peter Tatchell to head down to Buckhigham Palace to support Bahrain exiles & human rights activists in their protest against the Royal wedding invite to Saudi invaders of Bahrain. We were able to scramble 5 Giuseppe Conlon House volunteers (2x Australian CW's, a Czech athiest, Scottish Marxist and a Polish cemeraman!) and got in there for kick off at 2pm...not a bad rapid response time! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday April 29, 2011 13:25 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
Latin America Solidarity Centre
Cultural Promotion, Development Education, Campaigning Solidarity
5 Merrion Row Ph: +353-1-6760435
Dublin 2 Fax: +353-1-6621784
Ireland Email: info@lasc.ie
Url: www.lasc.ie read full story / add a comment
antrim / sci-tech / news report Thursday April 28, 2011 20:11 by Jenna Tailya   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 04, 2011 17:58)
Tesco Metro, on Belfast’s Royal Avenue, had its labelling improved by anti-GM protestors on Saturday morning (23rd April). The additional labels warned consumers about the potential Genetically Modified content of meat and dairy products in store.
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mayo / environment / news report Wednesday April 27, 2011 20:05 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 2 comments (last - friday april 29, 2011 09:55)
Come up to the Rossport Solidarity Camp Summer Gathering for the May Bank Holiday weekend to see for yourself what's at stake and learn more about the campaign.

The injustice faced by the community here is symbolic of the corruption and problems faced by people all over Ireland.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 27, 2011 19:28 by Giuseppe Conlon House   text 5 comments (last - monday august 01, 2011 11:22)
YOUTUBE (12 mins 2 secs) - Gareth Peirce Speaks on Bradley Manning: ' "Dispatches from the Dark Side"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8hZPXZOnUQ
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cork / arts and media / press release Wednesday April 27, 2011 17:50 by mutantspace
The Trash Culture Revue is set to hit Cork with an eclectic mix of art, literature, theatre, gigs, slam poetry, film, food and workshops. It’s like no other arts festival in the country as it’s all produced on a zero budget by members of Ireland’s only free online arts resource, mutantspace.ie.
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 27, 2011 10:34 by Andy Storey
"Building a Debt Justice movement – next steps?"

Thursday April 28th
6.30pm – 8.30pm

The Pearse Centre
The Ireland Institute
27 Pearse Street
Dublin 2

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international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 26, 2011 15:24 by Paddy Hackett
Both common sense knowledge and science involve belief. read full story / add a comment
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