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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 Climate ?Science? is Now Pure Politics Wed Oct 15, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
The appointment of Imperial's Dr Friederike Otto to the IPCC shows that climate 'science' is now pure politics, says Ben Pile. Unable to produce actual evidence of 'extreme' weather, they resort to 'attribution studies'.
The post Climate ‘Science’ is Now Pure Politics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Oct 15, 2025 01:13 | 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 De Facto Blasphemy Laws Have Been Decades in the Making Tue Oct 14, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
The overturning of Hamit Coskun's conviction for burning a Quran shows Britain doesn't have blasphemy laws. But in truth a fear of violent reprisals has created a de facto blasphemy law for decades, says Clarissa Hard.
The post Britain’s De Facto Blasphemy Laws Have Been Decades in the Making appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Climate Lunatics in Hamburg Pass Referendum Committing Germany?s Leading Industrial City to Deindust... Tue Oct 14, 2025 17:34 | Eugyppius
Hamburg ? Germany's leading industrial city ? has just committed to deindustrialise completely in 15 years after a referendum on Net Zero by 2040 passed with 53.2% of the vote. This is utter insanity, says Eugyppius.
The post Climate Lunatics in Hamburg Pass Referendum Committing Germany’s Leading Industrial City to Deindustrialise Completely in 15 Years appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Miliband Approves UK?s Biggest Solar Farm on 3,000 Acres of Prime Farmland Tue Oct 14, 2025 15:28 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband has approved the UK?s largest solar farm to date, covering 3,000 acres ? that's 2,000 football pitches ? of prime farmland in a "mass industrialisation" of Britain's countryside.
The post Miliband Approves UK’s Biggest Solar Farm on 3,000 Acres of Prime Farmland 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

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 16:35 by j donaghue
Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, who was recently appointed to coordinate the fight against domestic political extremism across the UK, astounded many commentators on the left when he stated last week that the Islamophobic English Defence League is not an extremist organization. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 15:18 by Various   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 16:37)
Today the government announced the details of the four year plan required as part of the ECB / IMF ‘bailout’ of the banks. There will be five billion worth of new taxes and 10 billion worth of cuts under this so called ‘National Recovery’ which in reality will take 10% out of GDP. As we show below almost all these costs are being dumped on workers, particularly low paid workers, the very sector that gained little or nothing during the boom years. the richest 1% are left with most of their legal tax dodges in particular the ability to avoid paying tax at all if they spend 6 months on holidays out of the country. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday November 24, 2010 13:40 by Your Right - Your Fight Campaign
At the Dáil Social Protection Committee today Community Employment (CE) workers from the “Your Right – Your Fight” campaign welcomed Minister O’Cuiv’s statement that proposed welfare cuts to One Parent Families and People with Disabilities on CE were not being considered in the forthcoming budget. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 19:39 by Soundmigration
LIttle ditty - video by Barra (many thanks) read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 18:32 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 23:29)
People Before Profit Alliance Candidate for Dublin South Central Cllr Joan Collins released the following statement calling for support in tomorrow’s (Wednesday's) protest outside the Dept of Finance @12.30 on Merrion Square. read full story / add a comment
national / education / other press Tuesday November 23, 2010 15:53 by Sean Crudden   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 13:28)
One is lucky to know a person who can fix one's car, or a person who can fix one's computer (even if that woman is in India); and watching a professional trouble-shooter in action is as good in value as watching a skilled musician or a class sportsman doing their thing. But one extends the paradigm into human affairs and human relations at one's peril? read full story / add a comment
international / housing / news report Tuesday November 23, 2010 14:06 by kraker   text 4 comments (last - friday november 26, 2010 15:17)
A timeline of actions in Amsterdam and elsewhere in the Netherlands during the squatting ban read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 11:33 by Kieran O'Sullivan   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 13, 2011 20:35)
The Irish Anti War Movement Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Saturday 29th January 2011 in the Central Hotel Exchequer Street Dublin. Registration will begin at 11:30AM. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 10:37 by Colm o Connor   text 5 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 10:30)
Politics in this country has been made muddy by decades of civil war divisions, clientilism and corruption. As a result the political discourse required for significant social change is constricted. Now is an opportunity to change the Irish political landscape forever, for all progressive groups to demand that FF disband. Here are my Top 10 reasons. I'm sure there are more. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday November 23, 2010 08:10 by Paddy Healy
Public Service Pensions to be Reduced in Budget read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 00:02 by Direct Democracy Ireland   text 1 comment (last - monday november 29, 2010 00:22)
Direct Democracy Ireland would like to invite you to our next open meeting, which we are holding in the Central Hotel, Dublin at 8pm on Wednesday 24th November. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday November 22, 2010 23:58 by Direct Democracy Ireland
Activist meeting Direct Democracy Ireland read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday November 22, 2010 20:51 by Saoirse
A Chathaoirligh, a Theachtaí is a cháirde go léir,

Fearaim céad míle fáilte romhaibh ar fad ag an Ard-Fheis seo.

I am honoured to welcome you all to the 106th Ard-Fheis of Sinn Féin. The past year has been an eventful one since last we met in national conference. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday November 22, 2010 12:53 by pat c
Len McCluskey has been elected leader of the UK's biggest trade union, Unite. His win, with 101,000 votes, will see him take over from joint general secretaries Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson who have been in post since the union formed in 2007.

Grassroots candidate Jerry Hicks came second in the election with 52,000 votes. McCluskey had the Unite bureaucrats behind him but many on the Left also supported McCluskey against HIcks. Working on a shoestring budget Jerry has achieved a magnificent result.

Gerry Downing reports on the campaign. Full text at link. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Monday November 22, 2010 10:33 by An Madra Rua
Taxing multi-millionaires would raise €48 billion. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday November 22, 2010 10:03 by Madam K   text 1 comment (last - monday november 22, 2010 17:38)
This video is a scene form a no budget documentary using footage I have filmed over the last 5 years in Mayo.

Camera/ edit Madam K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-tI2iv7ZQ

Irish state forces used against the people of Ireland to facilitate the the 420,000,000,000+ euro givaway of our natural resources by Fianna Fáil to Multinational Shell ,Statoil E&P. Isn't it time to put tens of billions of potential net worth back on the table?. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday November 22, 2010 09:31 by Radio Pirate Woman
Announcing the contribution of Galway's women's radio -- FM102 -- to the 16-day global campaign from 25th November until 10th December. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday November 22, 2010 07:01 by School of Americas Watch   text 3 comments (last - friday january 07, 2011 12:24)
Background on the arrests and the annual Vigil to Close the SOA:

On Saturday, thousands converged at the gates of Ft. Benning, in the annual vigil and rally to close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC. Over the years since 9/11, under the pretext of "terrorism", it has become increasingly more difficult for activists to engage in non-violent civil disobedience, which has been a cornerstone of our movement. Through fences, increased police presence, FBI pre-rally consulation with local police forces, security cameras, searches and in the past, metal detectors at vigil entrances, those who wish to cross the line into the base have been prevented in doing so. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday November 21, 2010 13:50 by Laura Broxson
Hi,

As part of this year's 'Fur Free Friday', organised by the Anti Fur Coalition (for more details see: http://www.antifurcoalition.org/worldwide-fur-free-frid....html), we'll be having a protest outside Barnardo Furs, on Friday 26th November. Please join our fight against Ireland's fur industry by attending this important event.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday November 20, 2010 15:57 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 21, 2010 18:48)
Union leaders are now calling for the Cowen/Gormley mob to go. Jimmy Kelly kicks the ball rolling with a call to join in ICTUs demo November 27th. But thats hardly enough.Jimmy at the time said that UNITE was forced into the Croke Park deal. The record of te ICTU leadership must be examined. Its their craven policies which gave the Cowen Junta the ability to cut wages even further and to now plan to demolish the Health, Welfare and Education sectors.

Support the ICTU Demo but no illusions in ICTU. We need a new Union leadership. One that fights to make the rich pay for the crisis.

Jimmy Kellys statement is below.

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