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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 Germany?s Looming Pension Apocalypse Wed Nov 19, 2025 19:05 | Eugyppius
Germany is headed towards a pension apocalypse driven by demographic decline. Instead of preparing for this, generations of political leaders have bankrupted the country with hysterias of CO2 and viruses, says Eugyppius.
The post Germany’s Looming Pension Apocalypse appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Majority of Young French Muslims Put Sharia Above National Laws Wed Nov 19, 2025 17:41 | Will Jones
A majority of young French Muslims rank sharia above the laws of the Republic and more than a third sympathise with Islamist ideology, according to a new poll.
The post Majority of Young French Muslims Put Sharia Above National Laws appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour?s Callous Betrayal of The ?Environmentally Responsible? and Their Gravy Train Wed Nov 19, 2025 15:39 | Sallust
Deeply aggrieved EV owner Andrew Moore is moaning because, after shelling out "to save the planet", nasty Labour "plans to punish him", leaving him feeling "so let down". Cue the violins.
The post Labour’s Callous Betrayal of The ‘Environmentally Responsible’ and Their Gravy Train appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link King?s College London Has Ceased to Be a University Wed Nov 19, 2025 13:31 | Michael Rainsborough
King's College London has abandoned academic standards entirely with its new marking guidelines, declaring objectivity to be racist and oppressive. It has ceased to be a university, says Professor Michael Rainsborough.
The post King’s College London Has Ceased to Be a University appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Chief Says St George?s Flags Are ?Disturbing Tools of Division? and ?Intimidation? Wed Nov 19, 2025 11:20 | Will Jones
The display of St George's flags on Britain's streets is a "tool of division" and "intimidation", a policing leader said yesterday ? as she also said Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is "demonising communities".
The post Police Chief Says St George’s Flags Are “Disturbing Tools of Division” and “Intimidation” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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kildare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday March 16, 2009 18:19 by Sociology Society
The Irish Times journalist Lara Marlowe will speak about the recent Israeli invasion of Gaza, Students' Union Function Hall, NUI Maynooth, 1.30pm Monday March 23rd. read full story / add a comment
the beginning...
dublin / environment / news report Monday March 16, 2009 17:49 by SEED   text 11 comments (last - sunday june 14, 2009 21:28)   image 8 images
SEED had a day out on Sunday. The beautiful weather shone on us as we started the community garden in Swords. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / news report Monday March 16, 2009 17:15 by T   text 7 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 00:55)
Details are becoming available on the depth of the severe cutbacks in our public transport service from Dublin Bus.

Some of the buses have posted up a list of the routes affected. This is a callout for people to take a snap of the list (with their camera phone) for their area and then to later add to the list here, so that the full picture or the entire Dublin area can become clear. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday March 16, 2009 15:24 by Belfast WSM
The need to agitate, organise and educate was the key message emerging from the recent Belfast Anarchist ‘Day School’.
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sligo / education / event notice Monday March 16, 2009 14:59 by robert

“You’ve learned to speak,
you’ve learned to tie your shoelaces,
the Leaving Certificate is nothing.”
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 16, 2009 14:16 by DunloT   text 14 comments (last - sunday march 07, 2010 16:02)   image 11 images   video 2 video files
For the past number of weeks, disreputable Aldi have been fraudently selling Israeli ruby red grapefruit labeled; Produce of Cyprus and this offence is being currently investigated by Environmental Health Officers from the Health Service Executive who are under contract to Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Further, it is reliably reported that the Cypriot ambassador to Ireland, Sotos A. Liassides has referred this matter back to his government for vigorous action and in the meantime has asked Aldi to remove all reference to Cyprus on the grapefruit labels, commenting that Aldi are "trying desperately to get rid of their (Israeli grapefruit) stock by presenting it as Cypriot." read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday March 16, 2009 10:33 by Shane O'Curry   text 2 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 13:23)
There was the whiff of something in the Derry air. The constantly rising civilian death toll in Gaza had already produced the same outpourings of rage on the streets of Derry as it had around the world. Thousands of signatures had been gathered calling on Raytheon to be given the boot, while ever larger crowds had gathered for vigils at the cenotaph, marches through the city, rallies at the Guildhall and at a nonviolent blockade of Raytheon itself. Now more and more of us were becoming determined that we do not have to resign to feelings of helplessness in the face of Israel’s war atrocities. Our burning rage was igniting something positive. read full story / add a comment
Kevin Higgins to read in Newcastle West
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday March 16, 2009 01:48 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
SOUNDINGS…
If you are the type of person who snatches time to write poems, enjoys playing with the sound and feel of words and listening to other poets reading, then perhaps you might be interested in participating in a series of poetry evenings entitled ‘SOUNDINGS’ being hosted by Limerick County Council every second Thursday in the library Newcastle West at 8.00pm.
The SOUNDINGS... evening begin with a reading by our guest poet followed by an ‘open mic’ session for all who would like to read their own poetry. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday March 15, 2009 23:38 by Dublin Branch   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 18, 2009 20:10)
Dublin branch of Irish Basque Solidarity Committees organising 3rd Dublin Basque solidarity festival on Saturday March 21st. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday March 15, 2009 18:19 by Laura Broxson
Help us close down Dublin's remaining fur shops! read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / news report Sunday March 15, 2009 16:21 by a-films
On 19 December 2008, approximately 150 undocumented migrants and solidarity activists occupied the Prediger Church in Zurich (Switzerland) for more than two weeks. The squatters demanded a just implementation of the hardship provision, the abolition of the prohibition of work and the legalization of the status of all undocumented migrants. Now, a 30-minute documentary about the action was published.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 15, 2009 13:22 by Tech1.0   image 1 image
In this case the source of the $1m 'award', is a transparently Zionist propaganda "foundation". Not that most would be aware of this outside minority publications and the internet, as analysis is unsurprisingly absent from mainstream media outlets.
So in that light, it is published here in the public interest (originally from The Phoenix of 13th of March)

Israeli Blood Money For Blair

Tony Blair's $1m award for “exceptional leadership” from the Israel Dan David Foundation has received surprisingly little international attention. The PR guff surrounding this reward for Blair’s shameless support for virtually anything Israel inflicts on the Palestinians makes much of Blair’s peace initiative in Ireland and Kosovo. But the reality is that Blair is being rewarded for his long time support for Israel. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday March 15, 2009 13:15 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 15, 2009 13:36)   image 17 images
Friday 13th March over 500 workers from SR Technics marched through Dublin City Centre to lobby the EU Commision Office in Dublin to make the Zurich based company change it's mind about relocating a profitable and highly skilled industry from Dublin to Abu Dabi. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / news report Sunday March 15, 2009 11:14 by Andrew   text 7 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 22:30)   image 15 images
Around 50 people gathered at the GPO in Dublin yesterday to demand the release of Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington. After a short period at the GPO we went up to Mountjoy prison where Maura has been held since Wednesday evening. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday March 14, 2009 20:44 by Dr John Coulter
In spite of the massive community support across the North, the only way dissident republicans stand any chance of bringing down Stormont, is to provoke their counterparts in dissident loyalism to go back to war. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday March 14, 2009 20:19 by Contaminated Crow
A compost yard, two waste facilities, a windfarm, water extraction, possible lead mining and a council depot read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday March 14, 2009 19:03 by Amnesty Galway
Free public discussion on the current state of human rights in Mexico by Elise Maracan of Amnesty Internationals’ Mexico Research and Campaigns team. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday March 14, 2009 18:29 by Noreen Byrne   image 1 image
The Dublin Branch of the IPSc are holding a solidarity vigil outside the Israeli Embassy on Monday, March 30, 2009 between 5pm and 8pm.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday March 13, 2009 23:59 by Internationalist   text 6 comments (last - thursday march 19, 2009 22:05)   image 1 image
The Basque Left Independence Party Batasuna comments on the last days events in the North of Ireland:

BATASUNA wants to express its total support to Sinn Fein President and MP Gerry Adams on his statement about recent attacks against British Army and PSNI members in Ireland.

BATASUNA wants to underline that currently in Ireland, and as consequence of an inclusive process of dialogue and attacks against British Army and PSNI members in Ireland.
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dublin / animal rights / event notice Friday March 13, 2009 23:57 by Stephan Wymore   image 2 images   video 1 video file
(Brussels – 13 March) Striking footage of newborn seal pups on Canadian ice floes was last night (Thur) projected on a building close to where European decision-makers are discussing a ban in the trade of seal products from commercial hunts which was organized by International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Here in Ireland ARAN are sorry to report that the Irish government is lame in their support for a complete EU trade ban on seal products from Canada. Next Tuesday March 17 a meeting will take place in Europe that will finally pan out individual EU government positions on the EU ban, so we have literally three days to change John Gormley’s mind, the man whom may hold the power to influence the Irish position for a total ban. An EU trade ban on seal products from Canada would literally mean that they have no market for the seal skins, it’s imperative that we get this ban, just like it were in the 80’s, but John Gormley’s position is that Irish government may not support a total EU trade ban. read full story / add a comment
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