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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 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.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Nov 16, 2025 01:29 | Will Jones
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.
The post News Round-Up 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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Family and supporters of Camp Ashraf detainees outside Iraqi Embassy in London
international / crime and justice / news report Thursday October 15, 2009 09:31 by Rose Kelleher   image 1 image
How international solidarity and a 73 day hunger strike brought the Iraqi government to release illegally held Iranian opposition members read full story / add a comment
Strikers and supporters march in Dublin today
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 23:59 by Michael Gallagher   image 1 image
Venue: Racing Pidgeon Club, Lally Road, Sarsfield, Inchicore/Ballyfermot.

When: Friday 16th October, 8pm

Music by: Pajo

Admission: €5 read full story / add a comment
the hunts are still out....
national / animal rights / press release Wednesday October 14, 2009 22:06 by Bernie Wright   image 1 image
Contact:
Sean Gifford (Lush press office): +44 (0)207 434 3948; sean.gifford@lush.co.uk

LUSH’S FABULOUS MRS FOX CHALLENGES FOX HUNTING
Lush Cosmetics Launches Campaign Against Fox Hunting; in Support of the Association of Hunt Saboteurs

Ireland—This week Lush Cosmetics is launching an in-store campaign to highlight that hunting with hounds continues throughout Ireland. Although hunting foxes with hounds has been banned in Scotland since 2002 and England and Wales since 2005, this blood sport remains legal in Ireland. During the week of October 12th the windows of Lush’s four Irish shops will be emblazoned with the words ‘THE HUNTS ARE STILL AT IT’. Customers will be encouraged to sign petitions asking for hunting with hounds to be made a criminal act. Lush’s Irish shops are located in Dublin, Belfast and Cork.

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 20:08 by seomra spraoi cafe   image 1 image
www.myspace.com/thespookofthethirteenthlock

www.myspace.com/bardoimusic read full story / add a comment
Denisa Mirena Pişcu
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 17:58 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
The October Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, October 29th, 6.30-8pm. The Featured Readers are Connie Masterson, Trevor Conway & Denisa Mirena Pişcu. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 14, 2009 17:34 by Basque Info   text 3 comments (last - friday october 16, 2009 09:50)   image 1 image
The Spanish government blows up a new political initiative arresting 10 prominent Basque pro-independence left activists. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 14:56 by Brocanteur
3rd Sunday of each month @ THE CO-OP 11.00 – 17.00

Second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for the house, kitchen and garden. Bargains, freebies, café, good wholesome food and chilled out tunes all under the one roof. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 14, 2009 12:39 by Freedom   image 1 image
Spanish police has arrested ten leading basque political activists on Oct 13th read full story / add a comment
RAG Dublin's anarcha-feminist group
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 00:13 by Clare   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 07, 2009 18:55)   image 2 images
On Saturday 14th November 2009 @ 6 pm, the launch of The Rag no.4 will take place in Seomra Spraoi. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 14, 2009 00:07 by sean
"They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from off the common,
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose".
—English folk poem, circa 1764

Abdurahman (Socialist Workers' Party/ Tralee branch)
will give an informal talk about "Commons: Communal ownership of social resources"

8PM Imperial Bar (basement), Thursday 15th October.
All Welcome read full story / add a comment
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kildare / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 13, 2009 22:49 by Freda H   text 4 comments (last - wednesday october 14, 2009 14:48)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
Tonight, 13th Oct. 2009, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) NUI Maynooth branch hosted a public meeting with Free Gaza Movement Directors Derek Graham and Ramzi Kysia. The event was very well attended by both students and academic staff. read full story / add a comment
Shell move into Aughoose
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday October 13, 2009 22:38 by Shelver   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 14, 2009 00:09)   image 3 images
Shell have begun work on the route of the onshore Corrib gas pipeline, without waiting for the verdict of the oral hearing into the application, which is due later this month. read full story / add a comment
Poster (please note, Caoimhe Butterly is also scheduled to speak - the poster was created before confirmation)
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 22:33 by Kev   image 1 image
On Tuesday 23th October, the IPSC Dublin branch are proud to present activists from the Free Gaza Movement, Caoimhe Butterly, Derek Graham and Ramzi Kysia.

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 18:05 by Péars   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 14, 2009 00:34)
Hi Next Meeting for Critical Mass .
is 19.00 Thursday, 22nd October @ Dublin Food Coop, 12 Newmarket, Dublin 8.

It'll be at the Cáfe. The Coop is open for shopping on Thursdays from
14.00-20.00 too.
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dublin / education / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 17:27 by liz c   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 17:28)
Classes are Intermediate level and are 2 euro donation. The focus is on speaking.

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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 13, 2009 16:44 by Gavin Gleeson   text 3 comments (last - tuesday october 27, 2009 13:42)
The Greens and Fianna Fáil have "negotiated" a deal whereby a €225 flat tax will be levied on every household, regardless of income. The levy is expected to generate nearly €300 million a year in revenue. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 16:34 by Ali Leahy
This new Comhlámh course is aimed at anyone who is interested in global development and who wants to work for a better world in Ireland. This includes those who have experience working or volunteering overseas and want to:

 Explore that experience and how to use it as a springboard for continuing their involvement in working for a better world;
 Continue to support the people they have met and worked with while overseas;
 Consider and discuss how to make lifestyle choices based on their principles and values.

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dublin / education / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 16:29 by Ali Leahy
This new Comhlámh course is aimed at anyone who is interested in global development and who wants to work for a better world in Ireland. This includes those who have experience working or volunteering overseas and want to:

 Explore that experience and how to use it as a springboard for continuing their involvement in working for a better world;
 Continue to support the people they have met and worked with while overseas;
 Consider and discuss how to make lifestyle choices based on their principles and values.
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'Beer Mats' gig , Saturday 17th October 2009 , Ballyfermot, Dublin.
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 15:20 by Sharon.   text 6 comments (last - sunday october 18, 2009 22:40)   image 3 images
'The Beer Mats' will be playing a gig in Ballyfermot on Saturday 17th October 2009. read full story / add a comment
galway / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday October 13, 2009 11:40 by Stephen Lewis   1 attached file
Saturday- 17th of October- 12.30pm- Assemble The Catherdal- Leaving for Eyre Square-1.00pm.

Following on from the Communities Against Cuts demonstration held in Dublin on the 30th of September in which close to 15,000 people marched to voice their resistence to the savage cutbacks being visited upon the Community Sector, a March is being held in Galway. read full story / add a comment
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