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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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Over The Edge in association with the American Conference for Irish Studies
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday May 25, 2009 01:13 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Writers visiting Galway for the ACIS conference at NUIG will be reading alongside local poets at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Yard Street on Wednesday, June 10th. The reading will start at 9pm. read full story / add a comment
History of number of strike days from 1947 - 2008
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday May 24, 2009 23:09 by Terence   image 2 images
This recent article is very interesting because of the facts and figures presented in it. It reviews the latest situation on the current global economic crisis and presents a brief history of the relative state and strength of the labour movement and the top wealthy elite. read full story / add a comment
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national / crime and justice / news report Sunday May 24, 2009 22:56 by Cathar   text 9 comments (last - wednesday june 17, 2009 19:00)   image 8 images
Tibor Revesz an employee (until recently at least) is sought by Bolivian Authorities read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday May 24, 2009 22:41 by Terence   text 1 comment (last - monday july 20, 2009 17:19)   video 1 video file
Dmitry Orlov who is perhaps now one of the most well known people in the Peak Oil community will be coming to Dublin in June and will be giving a public lecture titled: Creative Solutions for the New Emergency on Tues 9th June in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2.

Dmitry will be here to take part in a Feasta organised conference from 10th to 12th June and will be a keynote speaker in that event.

Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse, will explore the question "What is it that we are looking at here, and what can we do about it?" He believes that there is not much hope for a global financial system and economy, nor should there be given the huge problems it is causing with the environment. If this is the case, then what can people do, in terms of coping with financial collapse, creating community resilience, and re-skilling for the new, local, self-reliant, highly manual age that is coming? read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday May 24, 2009 21:50 by Contaminated Crow
A quiet week: a landfill, a telemast, a windfarm read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday May 24, 2009 15:21 by john throne   text 45 comments (last - wednesday may 27, 2009 10:25)
Some years ago a group of Comrades were expelled from the Irish Socialist Party and the Socialist Party's international organization. I John throne was amongst these. read full story / add a comment
Caoimhe Butterly and Nuria C.
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 24, 2009 13:13 by TD   text 3 comments (last - friday may 29, 2009 23:54)   image 8 images
Last Friday, after meeting with the local Muslim community, human rights activist, Caoimhe Butterly, gave a harrowing eye witness account of the horror and butchery that was visited on the defenceless people of Gaza by Israel in its recent attack at a public meeting in Galway. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday May 24, 2009 12:53 by Paula Geraghty   video 1 video file
For those who missed the account of the US military by Sargeant Mathis Chiroux at the Irish Anti-War Movement AGM here's your chance to catch it again. read full story / add a comment
Vote Joe Higgins on June 5th
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday May 24, 2009 12:39 by Joe Higgins   text 8 comments (last - thursday december 17, 2009 11:03)   image 1 image
There is fear and loathing in the vegetable patch. The greens are nervous and restive. Inclement environmental conditions have sapped their once bright emerald hue leaving them looking pale and sickly. But worse is to come.

Rumours abound of an army of ravenous caterpillars waiting to crawl all over them and expected to do so on June 5th. The greens know the consequences. Their once succulent leaves shredded, what beckons is a humiliating journey to the compost heap.

Greens, however, have strong survival instincts and so they are desperately trying to stave off the evil day. ‘I’m off to Tralee,’ Twittered Senator Dan Boyle, ‘ to say something controversial.’ That something was a call for the renegotiation of their Programme for Government with Fianna Fail. read full story / add a comment
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national / health / disability issues / news report Saturday May 23, 2009 16:37 by Michael Gallagher   text 3 comments (last - monday may 25, 2009 13:02)   image 13 images   video 1 video file
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday May 23, 2009 16:11 by spare the rod spoil the childer   text 2 comments (last - sunday may 24, 2009 18:46)
Branislav Peranovic is the "archpriest" (orthodox equivalent to dean's rank) who has run the "Novi Pazar" drug rehabilitation centre since 2003. Video footage shown on Thursday night on Serbian TV,& being widely picked up throughout European media, clearly shows inmates being beaten, a regular occurence which Peranovic justifies completely telling press that a "heavy hand" is needed and that anyone who has a "junkie in their home" would understand this. He further insists that parents of his "patients" approve the regime which is now to be investigated by the Serbian state who understandably consider the whole thing to be torture.

One former inmate describes how patients put their trousers bottoms in their socks before their beatings knowing that they will lose bowel control & in common parlance "shit themselves" but at least it won't go over the carpet or tiles. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 23, 2009 16:01 by Artane boys   text 7 comments (last - thursday may 28, 2009 00:03)
End the abuse and give us our dignity back. The priest and the state are not going to do anything so we have to.
Gather on Wednesday the 27 of May at 11.00 at Dail Eireann. Have your say and say it out loud! read full story / add a comment
Joe Higgins - A fighter for workers, young people and the unemployed
national / politics / elections / feature Saturday May 23, 2009 15:46 by Joe Higgins.eu   text 32 comments (last - sunday may 31, 2009 00:09)   image 8 images
This Sunday (24th May), the Socialist Party candidate in the Dublin Euro Election Campaign, Joe Higgins, will be doing a live online video Q&A session, to give people throughout Dublin the chance to directly ask him questions. Starting at 5pm, he will be answering questions as they come in, live on video through his website . To watch the video, or ask a question people simply have to log on at 5pm.
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dublin / politics / elections / other press Friday May 22, 2009 17:22 by Dave   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 03, 2009 18:03)   video 1 video file
A satirical look at one of the candidates in the upcoming elections in Ireland on June 5th. The performer is Paul Kelly from Dublin. read full story / add a comment
leafleting at Grafton Street and Stephen's Green
international / environment / news report Friday May 22, 2009 14:46 by remember Ken Saro-Wiwa   text 3 comments (last - monday may 25, 2009 16:28)   image 1 image
An International Week of Action against Shell, calling for an end to gas flaring in the Niger Delta, got off to a firey start on Tuesday as Activists from ShellGuilty took their campaign to the company's London AGM with a spectacular fire-juggling performance.
You can see photos and read about the action here: http://www.remembersarowiwa.com/shellagm2009.htm

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galway / education / event notice Thursday May 21, 2009 23:51 by Tintaun
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, an esteemed Tibetan lama will talk about how we can survive in these changing times read full story / add a comment
Edward Horgan outside Ennis Court after his case was dismissed
clare / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday May 21, 2009 22:51 by John Lannon   text 7 comments (last - friday may 22, 2009 15:35)   image 1 image
A case brought by the state against human rights activist Edward Horgan as a result of his requests to have a suspected CIA rendition plane searched at Shannon was dismissed in Ennis yesterday (20th May). Judge Mangan, presiding over Shannon District Court, dismissed the case on the basis of legal arguments made by Mr Horgan’s defence council.
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dublin / politics / elections / press release Thursday May 21, 2009 22:48 by Joe Higgins.eu   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Dublin Euro Election Candidate, Joe Higgins has signed a pledge from the European Federation of Public Service Unions on defending public services and public sector workers. Joe stands fully in defence of workers rights and public services. Workers and our services should not be made pay for the crisis caused by neoliberal governments, big business and the rich. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday May 21, 2009 20:44 by Zoe Lawlor
Human Rights Activist Caoimhe Butterly ~ public talk in the Absolute Hotel Sunday 24th May, 7.30pm. All very welcome.
Caoimhe will speak about the reality of life for Gazans in the aftermath of the last murderous attack by Israel and the ongoing siege of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
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