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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

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national / arts and media / news report Saturday October 10, 2009 10:58 by Thomas Janak   text 6 comments (last - monday april 30, 2012 14:55)   audio 1 audio file
WILD TIME host Thomas Janak talks to Ann Kingston and her daughter Louise Kings about THE IRISH DOG JOURNAL. The journal enjoyed a lot of success in the late 1970s and early 1980s before it seized to exist. Now the time is right to bring it back and the first issue will be in shops nationwide on December 1st 2009. read full story / add a comment
Mr spoke (mis spoke) from the Pallazo Chigi. - interesting decoration.
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday October 10, 2009 09:42 by prurience   text 1 comment (last - saturday october 10, 2009 10:33)   image 4 images
It's been quite some time since Berlusconi has done his baffoonery stage act at the official podium of his political office. We've seen Berlusconi on TV (his tv) at disaster sites, on foreign visits, at his football stadium, talking about his villa - but yesterday he yet again told journalists
"he is irreplacable"
"he is the most persecuted in history" - so many lawsuits. Thankfully he has the two thirds of a billion to pay damages against those who say he is corrupt. & his little slip of the tongue was precious.He confided that his wealth allowed him the fortune to defend himself and buy 200 million euros worth of judges. Oooooops. "l-a-w-y-e-r-s". Either someone got to his teleprompter or this is Caesar after the soothsayer shock.
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Poppy Field Patrol - copyleft = free to use
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday October 10, 2009 01:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 14:02)   image 1 image
A collaboration of the work of many photographers including serving and former soldiers, the main purposes of this exhibition is to help raise consciousness and awareness in the public of the opposition to wars, the plight of the people in war torn countries, the real reasons behind wars, the effects of war and also to show the situations soldiers find themselves in.
Many of the images come from war zones including Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.

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dublin / animal rights / news report Saturday October 10, 2009 00:35 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Part II of a series of interviews with exhibitors at the Pet Expo in Dublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Saturday October 10, 2009 00:07 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Recorded on October 9th 2009. The EXPO itself runs between the 9th and 11th of October at the RDS in Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Friday October 09, 2009 22:50 by vincent / blast furnace radio   1 attached file
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday October 09, 2009 18:51 by Nazanin Afshin-Jam   text 10 comments (last - monday november 16, 2009 15:56)
Behnoud Shojaee and Akram Mahdavi are scheduled to be executed in Evin prison this Sunday October 11 which falls one day after the International Day Against Execution. Some reports say that they may be executed tomorrow. Another juvenile,Safar Angooti is scheduled to be executed on October 21st. The Supreme Court is also deciding the fate of another minor on death row, Ali Mahin Torabi. This sad news is worrying the families of these youngsters, NGO's and human rights activists internationally.
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national / environment / news report Friday October 09, 2009 15:25 by Contaminated Crow
Four masts, two quarries, an incinerator, a CCTV system, a gas power plant and an airstrip read full story / add a comment
offaly / environment / feature Friday October 09, 2009 13:20 by Dave Donnellan   text 11 comments (last - monday november 30, 2009 10:31)   image 1 image   video 7 video files
The Climate Camp held recently in Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly highlighted the urgent need to address the issue of peat bogs in Ireland and the dangerous effect their exploitation by Bord na Mona and the ESB has on Climate Change. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 09, 2009 10:43 by Big_ron   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 09:13)
Shell to Sea has called a protest outside the Green party conference in the RDS this saturday to highlight the Green Party complicity in the Great Oil and Gas Giveaway. Meet at the RDS 9.30 am. Bring Banners and placards and friends..!! read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 09, 2009 01:08 by Kev
The Israeli peace movement has come under attack recently. On one hand the right-wing Israeli government has subjected it to unprecedented pressure, breaking into the offices of refusenik groups, and shooting at groups like Anarchists Against The Wall. But large elements of the peace movement have collabarated with the Israeli state and have been criticised by Palestinians for their lack of solidarity. read full story / add a comment
Comh. Dessie Ellis (SF)
national / arts and media / news report Thursday October 08, 2009 23:01 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 08, 2009 23:34)   image 4 images
www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice
www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice
www.nearfm.ie/podcast
www.near.ie read full story / add a comment
The Credit Crunch: An Islamic Perspective
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday October 08, 2009 22:41 by UCD ISOC   image 1 image
The world was and still is over run by the financial crisis the swept the lands. Economies have collapsed, banks rates plummeted, business's fell, recessions have hit hard everywhere especially in Ireland. The world is still searching for an explanation and solutions to this disaster. read full story / add a comment
a poisonous chalice of attitudes and presumptions laced with just too easy to formulate moral outrage............hmmmm............take note & don't let the far right do this.
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday October 08, 2009 20:12 by gossip monger   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 18:34)   image 2 images
European politics are no doubt scintilating for the average Irish citizen now Lisbon2 is behind us & our continuing place at the heart of Europe is assured. We expect the Dáil expense scandal which hints at as much outragous sociopathic graft & cheek as our rivals in the British parliament will keep us in the top rankings. We can read about Berlusconi unknowingly frolicking with prostitutes and cocaine traffickers and think it slightly pathetic that he imagined his pretty guests were up & gaggin for it. Now new scandal at the heart of Europe which alas, is in the process of being hijacked by the far right! Sarkozy's minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, who though son of the socialist president chose a rightwing career path, is at the heart of the EU. In the lead-up to a new set of agreements between France and Thailand to stem sex tourism, passages from the minister's 2005 biography describing the thrill of sex with young Thai boys are raising interest of both prurient and legitimate nature. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday October 08, 2009 18:44 by Kev   image 2 images
Once Concert - Two Cities

Friday 16th October, 7pm
Tripod, Harcourt St, Dublin 2
Entry: €15 - Book Here: http://www.pod.ie/ read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday October 08, 2009 16:08 by Anne Mc Shane
Article analysing the results of the referendum and the current crisis in Irish society. Points to the lessons for the left, the dangers of just calling for a no vote and the prospects for struggle.

It seems to have become the norm here in Ireland for the government to repeat a referendum when it does not like the result of the first ballot. While farcical, these bullying tactics have a proven record of success. For an establishment intent on getting its own way, ‘no’ never really means ‘no’. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 08, 2009 15:09 by LASC
• "Unwanted Witness”: a documentary on the work of Hollman Morris as an independent journalist in the Colombian conflict
• Followed by a Q&A / debate on Freedom of the Press in the Context of Armed Conflict. Panelists: Hollman Morris and Anne Daly of Esperanza Productions
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 08, 2009 14:13 by Republican Network for Unity Ath Cliath agus Cill Dara
Lithuanian (In)justice read full story / add a comment
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donegal / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday October 08, 2009 12:56 by Peadar   image 1 image
The 9th Peadar O Donnell Weekend Will take place from the 16th - 18th October.
Dungloe. Co Donegal ( the little red corner on the Island ;-) read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 07, 2009 23:22 by John Lannon
Peaceful vigil held every month to protest against US use of Shannon airport for renditions, the transit of troops and the provision of supplies to their unjust wars. read full story / add a comment
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