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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 Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 20, 2009 20:36 by robert   text 3 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 00:05)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Pat O’Donnell and Maura Harrington addressed a public meeting in Sligo on Thurday evening. They gave an inspiring presentation of a campaign that even after ten years of intense struggle could not be broken.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday February 20, 2009 17:42 by pat c
Next General Meeting of Public Service Alliance,

Date:Thursday Feb 26.

Time: 8.15PM.

Venue: Teachers Club, Parnell Sq, Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 20, 2009 16:46 by Yehudi
Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish leader of a right-wing Israeli Coalition has emerged as the new prime-minister of Israel.

"Bibi" as he is known has made it clear that the priority of the Israeli government will be the influence of Iran over Hezbollah and Hamas and preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

Last autumn prior to the December-January war assault on Gaza, hundreds of Israeli warplanes engaged in an exercise over the Mediterranean which is said to have been a rehearsal long range air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Since the 1973 conflict which led to the defeat of massive Egyptian and Syrian forces, Israel is alleged to have acquired a large nuclear arsenal allowing it to control the balance of power in the Middle East.

President Obama has begun a diplomatic offensive to persuade Iran to abandon its percieved nuclear ambitions but has not ruled out military force.

Israel's new prime minister is sure to complicate matters. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / press release Friday February 20, 2009 16:36 by Gortvibes
Gortvibes. A grass roots,voluntary co-op is looking for film makers,producers ,artists and groups to share their films with us in an effort to create a independent film library. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday February 20, 2009 16:32 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 21, 2009 14:12)   1 attached file
All are strongly urged to turn out with their unions on the ICTU March to-morrow. March begins at 2 pm from Parnell Sq.

Leaflets can be collected at Royal Dublin Hotel, O Connell St, from 1pm on Saturday for distribution in your section of ICTU March. Text of leaflet (not laid out) is set out below.

Next General Meeting of Public Service Alliance, Thursday Feb 26, 8.15PM, Teachers Club, Parnell Sq, Dublin.

All are welcome. Keep up the "grassroots" pressure
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Friday February 20, 2009 16:31 by redjade
“Are fair and decent working conditions for migrant workers possible in a changing labour market?” read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday February 20, 2009 16:25 by Ciaron   text 5 comments (last - wednesday march 18, 2009 09:14)
News comes through of the sudden death in Ithaca, New York, of friend and anti-war resister Peter De Mott. Peter was injured in a work accident dying in surgery on Thursday night. Peter's death leaves wife Ellen, four daughters and many of us in the anti-war resistance community with heavy hearts.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday February 20, 2009 15:44 by Amused   text 8 comments (last - thursday april 02, 2009 12:32)
Love or loath him, Christopher Hitchens is always interesting.
A loud-mouthed atheist, enemy of American Christian whackjobs and Islamist wingnuts alike, an acerbic wit, left-wing gadfly, supporter of the Iraq War and opponent of water-boarding, supporter of Bush and Obama, British born American citizen, Hitchens does not fit comfortably into any boxes.
During a visit to Beiruit he defaced a Syrian nationalist poster and was on the recieving end of an attack by pro-Syrian militia who may or may not have been trying to abduct (and maybe torture) him. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / crime and justice / other press Friday February 20, 2009 15:44 by ShellWatcher   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 22, 2009 01:22)   image 7 images
Those good folks at Shell have made great attempts at becoming good neighbours down Belmullet way. Splashing out on local grants to community groups, and scholarships for local students, the intention is to undue [sic] some of the damage that was done to their reputation during the lengthy Rossport 5 dispute, and prepare for the laying of a high-pressure gas pipeline later this year.

Local fishermen in the area weren't too impressed to leam that someone had illegally tapped into an electricity supply at Ballyglass Pier, north of Belmullet. The electricity had been provided by Board lascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Irish Sea Fisheries Board so that a refrigerated container was on hand for fishing boats to keep their catch cool, until delivery could be organised. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday February 20, 2009 11:00 by 1st May Branch Workers Solidarity Movement   text 1 comment (last - friday february 20, 2009 11:15)   1 attached file
Public Meeting
St. Catherines Leisure Centre, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8
Thursday 5th March
7:30pm read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 20, 2009 10:12 by Paula Geraghty   text 7 comments (last - saturday february 21, 2009 12:32)   video 1 video file
Thousands of CPSU members, who are on the lowest grades of pay and are mostly women, took part in a lunchtime protest outside the Dail on Wednesday in opposition to the Pension levy. read full story / add a comment
The flag of the world's newest republic
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday February 20, 2009 01:34 by Citizen of the Autonomous Republic of Creative Practitio   text 5 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 14:39)   image 5 images
Series of autonomous zones expected to follow Dublin independence declaration read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 19, 2009 22:36 by Eugene
Shell Stole Our Gas!
There's billions of euros in oil and gas off Ireland's shores, according to the Dept. of Communications, Marine, Energy and Natural Resources yet none of this immense wealth may ever bring any benefit people in Ireland.
How did this happen? read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 19, 2009 22:26 by Eugene   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2009 20:53)
Shell Stole Our Gas!
There's billions of euros in oil and gas off Ireland's shores, according to the Dept. of Communications, Marine, Energy and Natural Resources yet none of this immense wealth may ever bring any benefit people in Ireland.
How did this happen? read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 19, 2009 22:03 by pat c   image 1 image
Hands Off the People of Iran have prepared a briefing paper on Imperialist sanctions imposed on Iran. The full text is at the link at the end of this article.

You can download this paper as a leaflet in RTF format http://www.hopoi.org/resources/Sanctions%20Briefing%20p...r.rtf
and PDF format http://www.hopoi.org/resources/Sanctions%20Briefing%20p...r.pdf
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday February 19, 2009 20:58 by Feminist Open Forum
Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all

– Emily Dickinson read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / news report Thursday February 19, 2009 20:48 by Feminist Open Forum   text 3 comments (last - sunday february 22, 2009 21:30)   video 1 video file
Useful activist and information video on the consequences of a possible re-run of the Lisbon Treaty, by Susan George author activist and campaigner for the interests of Civil Society. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Thursday February 19, 2009 20:09 by Laura Broxson   text 3 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 00:30)   video 4 video files
Hi,

On, Tues. 17th February, almost 20 members of CAFT Ireland officially launched Ireland's newest expose of Irish fur farms, outside the Dept. of Agriculture - as they are responsible for licensing these death camps. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Thursday February 19, 2009 19:36 by imc-napoli
about the congress are available english translation and web tv read full story / add a comment
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