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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

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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 23, 2009 14:13 by Socialist Party   text 13 comments (last - wednesday june 24, 2009 11:32)
Analysis of Local and European elections and the aftermath. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday June 22, 2009 23:40 by John   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 23, 2009 09:08)
While in Cobh today, we also met some of the local fishermen who still manage to work despite years of depredation by the pharmaceutical industry in the harbour. We passed on to them copies of this letter printed here which we encourage anyone else with any contacts whatsoever in the fishing community to use to communicate to the the situation to other fishermen. I am also looking for information regarding the state of the fishing industry in Ireland over the last 60 years.
I am coming to understand that our fishing rights have been given away as surely as our oil and gas over a longer period. I am convinced that these issues have to be linked in the common consciousness.
A significant difference being that fishing, done right is a renewable resource. It ain't being done right now. The sea is being f**ked and so are the fishermen. If only ye could stand together lads. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / news report Monday June 22, 2009 23:33 by Garry Grace   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 23, 2009 20:59)
Two individuals have been killed during an underground train collision in Washington District Columbia, USA read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday June 22, 2009 19:12 by Teresa shallow
Update on the closures of wards and theaters in 'Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin' read full story / add a comment
antrim / racism & migration related issues / other press Monday June 22, 2009 15:45 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Mark McGregor should check his facts before embarking on baseless comments without any shred of evidence or truth, before deciding to demonise those who attended the rally as a crime and stayed with the Romanian families, who actually requested help and assistance. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Monday June 22, 2009 12:26 by O. O'C
Not one single word of the Lisbon Treaty will be altered by these guarantees, which is why they do not need to be ratified by the National Parliaments of the 27 Member States. The so called ‘legal guarantees’ are nothing more than an interpretation by EU Heads of State as to what they think the Lisbon Treaty means. However, if the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, it will be the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg which will interpret Lisbon. The EU Court is the only body authorised under the European Treaties to interpret the Treaties themselves and decide how they should be applied. The political decision and agreement of a particular group of EU Prime Ministers and Presidents, which is what we are being presented with, cannot and will not decide what Lisbon means. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday June 21, 2009 19:15 by Galway Shell to Sea
A call for an independent inquiry into Glengad crisis read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 21, 2009 02:41 by gurgle-tweet iosaf mac diarmada   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 01, 2009 15:29)
As of 25 minutes a complete list of those states with embassies in Iran who have opened their doors to injured civil rights protesters has become available. So far only the state of Canada has refused to take in the injured from the ongoing serious unrest in the Iranian capital of the last 24 hours during which there have been over 20 confirmed deaths and untold injuries concurrent with the bombing of the Islamic state's founder's tomb.

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limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday June 20, 2009 22:29 by Cian McNamara
the 911 truthseekers of Ireland will be handing out fact leaflets on the attacks of 911 on July the 11th as part of international campaign on the 11th of every month until justice is serve to the victim of 9/11 and the true murders brought to justice

July 11th 2009, 1:30pm to 3:30pm read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday June 20, 2009 21:45 by Contaminated Crow
A telemast, a quarry, a sludge plant, an incinerator and high-voltage power lines read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday June 20, 2009 20:18 by Galway Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 21, 2009 12:11)
Press Release - Ó Cuív's commitment questionable on Private Security issue in Mayo read full story / add a comment
kilkenny / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday June 20, 2009 11:23 by Sean Walsh   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 21, 2009 11:35)
The 2nd annual George Brown memorial weekend will take place at Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th June 2009. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 19, 2009 19:16 by PBPA
Carers and their loved ones who receive roll-over respite care in Cherryorchard Hospital have been informed by the HSE that the newly refurbished Beech Unit at Cherryorchard Hospital is to close indefintely.

The management at the hospital have told Councillor Brid Smith that the closure of the Beech is due to staff shortages for the Summer months. However, they could not give any guarantees as to when it will reopen.

Nurses who are taking annual leave and maternity leave are not being replaced. The HSE embargo on recruitment is once again seriously hurting patients receiving respite care and their families. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday June 19, 2009 14:58 by Chicherin
In this article Yassamine Mather writes about the mass demonstrations in cities across Iran. She points out that these demonstrations show the anger and frustration of the majority of Iranians with political Islam. Full text at link.

Early on Saturday morning, the supreme leader congratulated Ahmadinejad, which was seen as official endorsement of the results. But by Sunday pm, under the pressure of impromptu demonstrations, he was forced to reverse this decision, and called on the council of guardians to investigate the other candidates’ complaints. By Monday June 15, with a massive show of force by the opposition - over a million demonstrators on the streets - he was instructing the council of guardians to call for a recount. By Tuesday there was talk of new elections. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday June 19, 2009 10:58 by Teresa Shallow
I wish to announce the Save our Lady's Children"s Hospital Campaign Is holding
A protest on Saturday June the 27th at 2pm.

On Main road outside Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday June 18, 2009 23:28 by Seomra Spraoi
Awesome vegan food, this & every Sunday at Seomra Spraoi. Food Served 3 to 4pm Suggested donation for food €4 /more/less as you can afford. Along with weekly Bike Workshop from 2 to 4pm.

Venue: Seomra Spraoi
10 Belvedere Court, off Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
See http://www.seomraspraoi.org/ for map directions. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 18, 2009 18:00 by reject   text 3 comments (last - sunday june 21, 2009 03:06)
Britains largest arms and defence company, BAe Systems, has been using an Irish- registered homeless charitable trust as a lawful device to shift assets off balance sheet and to lower its tax bill. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 18, 2009 16:53 by Monir Zaarour   text 1 comment (last - friday june 26, 2009 16:56)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the international community to act to protect journalists reporting from Iran where the regime has turned its fire on local and foreign media accusing them of stirring up trouble in the wake of disputed elections.

"There are two issues we are concerned about," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary . "The physical safety of our colleagues and the threat to democracy if the government succeeds in using the media blackout and intimidation of journalists to control the information space."
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antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday June 18, 2009 16:13 by Davy Carlin   text 3 comments (last - monday june 22, 2009 16:45)
cork / environment / event notice Thursday June 18, 2009 14:22 by Eanna Dowling
You are invited to an informal get together of people interested in Youghal Transition at the Padrone Restaurant, The Priory, Youghal on Tuesday, June 30 at 2.30. Meet people who are interested in the Transition Town approach, share information about local developments and discuss options for summer activities. read full story / add a comment
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