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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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antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 17:03 by John   image 1 image
Working people continue to bear the brunt of the economic recession in terms on job cuts, poverty wages and house repossessions, while the rich and powerful in our society are bailed out again. This is state capitalism and comes under various forms from thatcherism to neo-liberalism.

The speaker will present a brief overview of neo-liberalism and how it affects working people and the environment. Is neo-liberalism just naked capitalism under a different name? Does increased state involvement in the economy signal the end of neo-liberalism, or is it just a temporary measure?
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dublin / politics / elections / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 12:27 by Jaan   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 24, 2011 23:18)
A PUBLIC meeting on how to best use Direct Democracy to create a fairer society is
being held at Dublin's Central Hotel, Exchequer St, on Wednesday, June 10th. at
8.00p.m.


The meeting is being organised by Dubliner Ray Whitehead of www.directdemocracyireland.com, Founder of www.unitedminds.ie Ross O'Mullane, and Wicklow resident Jan Van de Ven of www.nomeansno.ie. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 10:00 by Ronan - IPSC   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 18:06)
If you would like to get involved in the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, please come to the next meeting. There is a lot to do and a lot you can do.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 09, 2009 23:25 by RasTinny   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 05, 2009 02:51)   image 2 images
The much appraised living standards of the west are not to be envied as they are created at the cost, murder and sufferring of millions of humans and the inevitable destruction of all natural live on earth.
Thats why the promise of economic development is a lie, a myth. It is based on the philosophy that the wealth and living standards of Europeans and Americans are more important than the welbeing and survival of any other life form on earth. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 17:39 by Conor. M
Seed are going to hold Shell to Sea demonstrations in Swords, Co. Dublin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 16:12 by Dublin Shell to Sea
Dublin Shell to Sea's weekly meeting will be held at 7pm tonight in Seomra Spraoi. read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 15:14 by J.S   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 01:43)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
As many people know Willie Corduff (from Rossport 5 fame) was recently assaulted whilst undertaking a protest action against Shell's illegal work in Glengad. There has been much discussion, debate and spin, to the highest levels of national media and politics. In these short video interviews Willie tells the story in his own words.

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Aras Screening
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 12:54 by Drizzly Spells   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 17:14)   image 1 image
Documentaries on Shell in Ogoni and in Mayo. read full story / add a comment
Ken Saro-Wiwa
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 01:07 by Cathar   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 22:43)   image 2 images
In the landmark case in New York Shell have agreed tp payout $15m dollars settlement to realtives of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other Ogoni nine and others killed in Nigeria. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 09, 2009 00:28 by Union Member   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 03:25)
Indymedia readers will be familiar with the work of Frank Connolly- He is the closest thing we have had to a good investigative journalist in this country for many years. The Corrib Gas report, Quarryvale and most recently his untangling of the corrupt mess that emerged from the incestuous nature of the Galway Tent, Dublin Docklands and the Anglo Irish Bank are just a few examples of why we need vocal independent and committed people like him to help us try to hold our political elites to account.

It might seem surprising that someone with his track record would write an unreservedly supportive article about Siptu’s recent performance under the stewardship of Jack O Connor, under whose leadership the union has accepted the inevitability of attacks on workers as the first and maybe only solution to a crisis that could disenfranchise a generation. Remember the day of action that was called off? The Pensions levy?
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 23:56 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 00:05)   image 15 images
Siptu and Impact organised a breakthrough demonstration of community development workers and service users. Gardaķ reported 2,000 attended. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Monday June 08, 2009 20:33 by from CWI wesbite   text 15 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 22:29)   1 attached file
Joe Higgins’ stunning victory in the Dublin Euro Constituency, getting 12.5% of the first preference vote, out polling Sinn Fein and defeating two sitting MEPs, was the final part in a weekend of drama and great election results for the Socialist Party in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Massacre of Indigineous Amazonians in Peru
international / environment / feature Monday June 08, 2009 20:28 by Dunk   text 46 comments (last - tuesday april 12, 2011 10:57)   image 38 images   video 6 video files
Oil and Gas multi-nationals always get what they want. That is, the resources for next to nothing. And nothing will stand in their way. This week 25 Peruvian Indians were massacred by the military. The same thing has happened elsewhere in South America in other countries and in Africa a-la Nigeria. In our own country, to avoid bloodshed, our politicians just handed over the resources for free. In Bolivia where Evo Morales nationalised their Natural Gas, death squads were sent out to kill him, with one of their own being Irishman Michael Dwyer who worked for a large oil company in Mayo. Anyone notice a trend here? So read on to find out what happened in Peru this past week...

Awajun, Wampis, mestizos y blancos unidos en defensa del territorio, luchando para derogatoria de los DS
Awajun, Wampis (native tribes), mestizos (mix of native and Spanish blood) and whites united in defence of the land, Struggling to repeal the Court Orders


An ongoing, many month old peaceful protest in the Bagua region of the north western area of Peru was brutally attacked this week by state forces, resulting in the deaths of, at least, 25 native Indigenous Amazonian Peruvians. A motorway in the "curve of the devil" region had been blocked by local communities of the area who feel their land, health, livelihood and community is threatened by the government's giveaway of the area, and its precious resources, to multinational oil and gas exploration. They are perhaps right to feel sad, threatened and terrified, knowing how things have faired in neighbouring areas with a similar story, Sion, Equador and beyond... Perhaps even as far a field as Rossport. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday June 08, 2009 18:39 by No Borders   image 1 image   1 attached file
On Sunday 14th June, a visiting French activist will share information about the No Borders camp and show a short film ahead of the action in Calais from the 23rd to the 29th of June. This event will take place at Seomra Spraoi - www.seomraspraoi.org - at 6pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday June 08, 2009 15:04 by Paddy Hackett   text 4 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 18:29)   video 1 video file
The capitalist state forces revenue out of the workers in the form of taxation. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday June 08, 2009 11:59 by pat c
The Bulgarian Queer-Community is under attack by neo-nazis, last year a Queer march was attacked byfash scum who threw Molotov cocktails at the parade.This year its under threat again and a member of the Bulgarian Parliament has called for it to be attacked. Full text at link.

On June 28th 2008, neo-Nazi groups aggressively attacked the first LGBTQ Pride march in Sofia, Bulgaria. A week before the march, the Bulgarian National Alliance, the most visible nationalist organization in the country, called for a “week of intolerance.” The BNA strongly encouraged nationalistic groups to organize themselves against the right of the queer community in Bulgaria to peacefully march, which resulted in loosely organized violence during the festivities. BNA members and other neo-Nazis threw molotov cocktails and small explosives at the participants of the Pride march. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. However, more than eighty skinheads, including Boyan Rasate (head of the BNA) were arrested for their attempted harm and direct violence toward pride participants.

This year neo-Nazi groups are once again organizing themselves against the march and Bulgarian queers’ ability to defend their human rights. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Monday June 08, 2009 11:46 by Information Officer
Date: 20th June 2009
Time: 10.00 - 4.00pm
Venue: Irish Aid Volunteering Center. 27-31 Upeer O'Connell Street. Dublin 1
Fee: € 40 waged / € 30 concessions (unemployed, students with ID and LASC members)
Places strictly limited. Enrolment and payments won't be accepted on the day of the workshop. Please, enroll in advance by contacting LASC on education@lasc.ie read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 04:56 by Free Palestine!   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 16, 2009 19:31)   image 1 image
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTIONS AGAINST HOUSE EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN PALESTINE
- Monday 13th July 2009
THE COMMUNITY OF SHEIKH JARRAH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / press release Monday June 08, 2009 01:37 by African Village Survival Initiative   image 3 images
Incredible items available for bidding! Artists, businesses, and individuals donated nationwide to support this critical fundraiser for the African Village Survival Initiative! Participate - Bid Generously - Make a donation! read full story / add a comment
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