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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 Government ?Withholding Data That May Link Covid Jab to Excess Deaths? Sun Nov 16, 2025 15:05 | Jonathan Barr
The UKHSA refused to publish data that could link the Covid vaccine to excess deaths, the Telegraph reports, arguing that it would cause bereaved relatives "distress or anger".
The post Government “Withholding Data That May Link Covid Jab to Excess Deaths” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A Government on the Edge of a Precipice Sun Nov 16, 2025 13:14 | Sallust
Thatcher wanted to "change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society", but our present Government seems to be "dedicated to the exact opposite", writes Sallust.
The post A Government on the Edge of a Precipice appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Britain?s Police State Unmasked: The Shocking Numbers Clapped in Handcuffs Over ?Offensive? Social M... Sun Nov 16, 2025 11:14 | Jonathan Barr
The Mail submitted Freedom of Information requests to Britain's police forces asking how many arrests they had made for 'offensive' social media posts. The numbers are alarmingly high -- over 30 a day in 2023 and only slightly less in 2024.
The post Britain’s Police State Unmasked: The Shocking Numbers Clapped in Handcuffs Over ‘Offensive’ Social Media Posts appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link EXCLUSIVE: New Freedom of Information Request and the UK Met Office has to Rewrite its Temperature E... Sun Nov 16, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
The UK Met Office's excuses for its invented temperature data from non-existent stations get more fanciful by the day, says Chris Morrison. A fresh FOI release has brought forth yet another unconvincing explanation.
The post EXCLUSIVE: New Freedom of Information Request and the UK Met Office has to Rewrite its Temperature Explanations Again appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Joey Barton has Been Found Guilty of Breaching Woke Neo-Blasphemy Laws Sun Nov 16, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Joey Barton has been found guilty of 'malicious communications' offences. But on closer inspection, what he's really been convicted of is breaching woke neo-blasphemy laws, says Steven Tucker.
The post Joey Barton has Been Found Guilty of Breaching Woke Neo-Blasphemy Laws 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

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Brahim Dahane, president of the Saharawi human rights organisation  ASVDH
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 04, 2009 17:52 by Mbarka   image 1 image
The human rights activist Brahim Dahane, human rights defenders in Western Sahara, is this year's winner of the Swedish Government's Per Anger award. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 04, 2009 17:32 by SSN
The government is trying to make ordinary people pay for the financial crisis. NAMA will bail out the property developers and wealthy bankers who caused this crisis to the tune of up to €90billion. This will be done by savaging public services, slashing the wages of ordinary workers, throwing lots more workers on to the dole and cutting social welfare. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday November 04, 2009 17:17 by CFAD
CONCERNED FAMILIES AGAINST DRUGS (CFAD) was established in September, 2008 as a community-based, radical and campaigning pressure group. In response to growing problem of young people involved in drug abuse and associated criminality in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast. We consist of local parents, residents and community activists committed to addressing the scourge of drugs and building a safer community. Our aim is to tackle drug dealers, through an effective anti-drug campaign and raising awareness about the dangers of drugs. Since our foundation, CFAD has provided a focus to reduce the availability of drugs. With a series of protests, exposures and of course political and community lobbying.
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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:50 by LASC
Monday 9th November @8pm, The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:49 by Fred Johnston
Western Writers' Centre Book Launch at Galway City Museum read full story / add a comment
Illustration by Sabine Springer: canal lock-gates
national / arts and media / news report Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:30 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
A new Irish-language project award gave birth to a book of three personal and poetic Galway histories - read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 04, 2009 16:03 by People Before Profit
Cllrs Richard Boyd Barrett and Hugh Lewis of the People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) have submitted over 80 motions (see attached) to radically amend the new Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown draft County Development Plan 2010-2016 for a seies of special Council meetings on the plan that commence today (Nov 4th) at 5pm in County Hall and will continue through November. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 14:31 by Green Left Republican   image 1 image
As part of their National Congress, Ógra Shinn Féin are hosting a public talk titled; ‘Ireland’s Future? Free, Green and Left’.

The public talk is open to everyone and will be held upstairs in the Felons Club, Falls Road, Belfast on Saturday 14th November at 3pm sharp.

The speakers include Eoin O’Broin from Sinn Féin, Steven Agnew of the Green Party and Donal Lyons, from Labour. The talk will provide discussion on various issues such as Irish unity, the green agenda and the left in Ireland, and will allow an opportunity to debate the merits of a left progressive coalition.
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The bodies of 13 unidentified Republican militants excavated last year in Alto do Aceves, murdered by Falangists in October 1937
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 13:45 by xtic   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 13, 2010 17:24)   image 1 image
Those interested in the recent history of Spain and the repression brought on by the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil war may be interested in attending this talk by Catalan academic Ermengol Gassiot entitled ‘’The Politics of Memory: Unearthing Mass Graves from the Spanish Civil War". It’s being organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub and takes place on Friday 13 November in Room C6002 in the Arts Block, TCD between 13.00-14.30. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 04, 2009 13:38 by Irish Republican Youth   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Ireland’s youngest Councillors Johnny McGibbon and Charlene O’Hara, the youngest MLA Daithí McKay and Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Barry McColgan gathered at the Felons Club in Belfast today to promote the republican youth movement’s upcoming National Congress being held in the city in less than 2 weeks from the 13 – 15 November.

The national youth event will see over 100 delegates converge in Belfast, to discuss, and debate the most pressing political issues affecting Irish youth, and plan the upcoming year for Ireland’s fastest growing, most active youth wing.

The republican youth movement will also be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of Na Fianna Éireann, and remembering the young Fians who died in Ireland’s freedom struggle by hosting a special dinner dance in the Holiday Inn on Ormeau Avenue in Belfast on Saturday 14th November. Limited tickets are still available priced at only £40.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 13:37 by LASC
Thursday 26th November @ 8pm, LASC, 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 13:14 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
The November Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, November 19th, 6.30-8pm. The Featured Readers are Jimi McDonnell, James Marshall & Claire Kilroy. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 12:48 by Coilín "The" Oh-Aissieux   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 04, 2009 13:05)
Tráthnóna Dé Sathairn 7 Samhain, i gClub Áras na nGael, Gaillimh, cuirfidh Máirín MhicLochlainn ó Chonamara tús le sraith seisiún scéalaíochta ina n-inseoidh sí na Scéalta Fiannaíochta atá aici óna h-athair. Tosnóidh sí le scéal darb ainm Mac Rí na Binne.
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KUBE + OMIN present Fresh On Every Surface - Graffiti art on canvas
louth / arts and media / press release Wednesday November 04, 2009 12:36 by KUBE   image 1 image
Using such a wide range of mediums – Kube and Omin hope to visually demonstrate the essence of Graffiti art through their own styles and skills. From sketches used on past murals, to photographs of walls, to graffiti art on canvas – all facets of the artform will be displayed and will give a visual narrative to their 13 years of non-stop graffiti art exploits.
This is the first show of its kind to be held in Dundalks’ basement gallery and promises to be one of most animated and interesting uses of the space to date. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday November 04, 2009 12:27 by tomeile   text 24 comments (last - sunday november 08, 2009 15:45)
Britain:NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear has spoken out against threats to reporters by Islamophobic racists. Dear called for “tough and urgent action” against the EDL and other Islaophobic and racist groups after reporter , Marc Vallée, and video journalist, Jason N. Parkinson, were intimidated verbally and by email for their coverage of an EDL march last weekend.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday November 04, 2009 10:22 by kbranno   text 5 comments (last - saturday november 07, 2009 20:58)   image 2 images
As part of the build up to this Friday's 'Day of Action', Unite the Union invited legendary Trade Union leader Arthur Scargill to Ireland for a series of talks. Before his talk to a packed Matt Merrigan Hall, Indymedia caught up with Scargill to chat about the Miners' Strike of 1984/85 and other contemporary issues such as January's Lidnsey oil refinery strike, which Scargill supported, a strike which caused much debate on the left with the use of the slogan 'British Jobs for British Workers'. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday November 03, 2009 23:17 by Martha   text 5 comments (last - saturday november 28, 2009 19:58)   2 attached files
Shell to sea Gort a newly formed group in Gort co Galway invites everyone to come and join a weekend for Rossport on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of November.
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mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 03, 2009 22:23 by Ed Moran   text 3 comments (last - monday november 09, 2009 18:27)
Today’s publication of An Bord Pleanala’s ruling (4 page statement) amounts to a rejection of the Corrib Pipeline application. read full story / add a comment
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kildare / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday November 03, 2009 20:38 by Republican Network For Unity Kildare   image 1 image
JUSTICE FOR GREEN ISLE WORKERS read full story / add a comment
AGE OF STUPID - outdoor screening on streets of Barcelona this evening.
international / environment / news report Tuesday November 03, 2009 17:54 by Dunk   text 12 comments (last - friday november 06, 2009 22:52)   image 14 images   video 7 video files
This week (monday 2 - friday 6) the Barcelona International Climate Change Talks are happening, five days of formal negotiations, in the lead up to COP 15. Since Saturday there have been a series of actions in the cities streets as well as at the conference centre to raise awereness, to unite eco movements and to try to force change during this window of opportunity in the conference centre at the far side of Montjuic. But will it be enough to get us out of our AGE OF STUPID? Perhaps not, news has just come through today that African countries have abandoned the talks.

Talks Timeline
Saturday - Manifestation in Barcelona streets - The climate is not for sale
Sunday - Outdoor film screening in city streets - 11th hour - Age of Stupid - Eco hopes
Monday - TckTckTck wake up call for climate talks - Anarchist night greeting
Tuesday - Africa boycott U.N. climate talks, demands CO2 cuts read full story / add a comment
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