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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 Greta Thunberg Gaza Flotilla in Chaos After Queer Activist Comes Out, Prompting Organiser to Resign Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:24 | Will Jones
Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla has been thrown into chaos after one of its activists came out as queer, prompting the organiser to resign. Homosexuality, of course, is criminalised in Gaza.
The post Greta Thunberg Gaza Flotilla in Chaos After Queer Activist Comes Out, Prompting Organiser to Resign appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The End is Nigh for Net Zero ? These Polls Prove It Fri Sep 26, 2025 09:00 | Ben Pile
The end is nigh for Net Zero, says Ben Pile ? and these polls prove it. The public's appetite for ever-rising energy bills is fast being depleted. But it's not all good news for sceptics.
The post The End is Nigh for Net Zero ? These Polls Prove It appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 52: Why Family Policy Is Back on the Agenda, Anywheres vs Somewheres, Migratio... Fri Sep 26, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 52 of the Sceptic: David Goodhart on why family policy is back on the agenda, anywheres vs somewheres and migration, and Eugyppius on German media craziness and how he evades the woke Stasi.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 52: Why Family Policy Is Back on the Agenda, Anywheres vs Somewheres, Migration and German Media Craziness appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Sep 26, 2025 00:45 | Toby Young
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.

offsite link Small Boat Migrant Takes Eight-Week Holiday Back to Afghanistan Thu Sep 25, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
An Afghan granted asylum after arriving in the UK on a small boat took an eight-week holiday in the country from which he had fled.
The post Small Boat Migrant Takes Eight-Week Holiday Back to Afghanistan 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

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

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Kicking off 2009 with a successful market day in January
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday February 09, 2009 16:27 by Caybarboy   image 2 images
Make a note, jot it into your dairy, write it on the back of your hand, just don't forget the best bargains in Dublin are to be found the last Sunday of every month at the Dublin Flea Market . The next Flea, Sunday 22nd of February, promises to be another eclectic mix of funky second hand wares. There is something for all the family whether it's an old-school chopper bicycle, a retro lamp, a handmade card, quirky gift or a second-hand jacket, you can find it and afford it at The Flea Market! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday February 09, 2009 16:14 by John Hurson   text 6 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 03:12)   video 2 video files   1 attached file
2 Tyrone men leaving on Friday 13th February to drive a lorry full of aid to London,and join up with 90 other vehicles to form a convoy led by George Galloway to Gaza. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday February 09, 2009 16:09 by Chair   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 16:12)
Calling all friends of human rights and lovers of freedom! read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday February 09, 2009 12:02 by pat c   text 13 comments (last - saturday february 14, 2009 17:07)
Public Meeting Of Trade Unionists In Public Sector .

Resist The Pension Levy !

ICTU must call a One Day National Stoppage to begin a real campaign!

11.30 to 2.30pm,Saturday, Feb 14,
Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2

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Governments tax plan for all PAYE workers
national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday February 09, 2009 07:29 by Andrew   text 12 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 06:53)   image 1 image   video 4 video files
Our government has become more and more open about their plans for us. Cowan wants to drive down our living standards 12% and has already cut all our wages through the tax levy and slashed the wages of workers in the public sector further through the so called ‘pensions levy’. He openly talks of “four more years of even steeper cuts”. He is so confident of us taking this lying down that he had the cheek to announce his intention to drive down our living standards at what even RTE referred to as the “Dublin Chamber of Commerce's lavish AGM dinner which cost €160” a head. read full story / add a comment
OMNI Air Dogs of War at Shannon airport
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 23:11 by Edward   text 7 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 18:14)   image 4 images
Business as usual at Shannon airport on 8 Feb 09, showed few commercial airlines landing but three OMNI Air chartered aircraft were being refuelled as they were transporting hundreds of armed US troops through Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / press release Sunday February 08, 2009 22:56 by Cork Foodweb   text 10 comments (last - saturday february 28, 2009 10:41)   image 6 images   video 2 video files   audio 1 audio file
Cork is biting back at the recession with a new web-started community which aims to get us outside working together to grow our own food. Cork Food Web imagines a network of community gardens, allotments, urban and rural farms and food parks all over Cork city and county run autonomously by local communities and linked by the shared need to feed ourselves and mind our environment. The website is a ‘social networking site’ so allows users to create their own profile, get to know each other and form groups. In just a few months of existence membership has grown to 154, with members from the city and all across Cork county forming online interest groups, exchanging information and skills and creating events together. read full story / add a comment
kerry / education / press release Sunday February 08, 2009 20:02 by peopleB4profit tralee
The government’s cutbacks in education will have a drastic effect on Primary schools in Tralee. People Before Profit support local demands for their reversal.

Scoil Eoin, which will have over 600 students next year, will lose one teacher as a direct result of the increase in class sizes and will face cutbacks in language support staff which will have a severe impact on students for whom English is not their first language. In addition three quarters of its students are studying in prefabs and in a building dating back to 1858! They are still waiting for a new school.
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 19:53 by Eoin Ó Broin   text 18 comments (last - saturday march 21, 2009 02:49)   image 1 image
You are invited to the Dublin launch of Eoin Ó Broin's new book, Sinn Féin and the politics of left republicanism, published by Pluto Press

Dublin - Monday February 16th @ 6pm, Pearse Street Public Library, 138-144 Pearse Street
Chair: Cllr Daithí Doolan. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin & Mary Lou McDonald MEP

Belfast: Wednesday February 18th @ 7pm, Lecture Theatre 2, St Marys College, Falls Road
Chair: Mayor Tom Hartley. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin, Laurence McKeown & Professor Richard English read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday February 08, 2009 19:33 by Paul O' Sullivan   text 5 comments (last - sunday october 17, 2010 12:42)
Last week, Martin Mansergh unwittingly gave an insight into the Fianna Fail's attitude toward the opinions of the electorate. His appearance on TV3 was a reminder of his less antagonising sibling. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 18:00 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 03:13)   image 1 image
At a ceremony held in Copenhagen on 26 January, 2009, former Danish military intelligence officer Frank Grevil was given the Sam Adams award for integrity in intelligence, in recognition of the role he played in exposing the falsehoods that led to Denmark's invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 15:23 by Antifascist Berlin
Christian is an antifascist prisoner from Berlin who was condemned to 57 months of incarceration as a result of taking part in antifascist actions.The social worker looking after Christian’s case decided to refuse his request for reduction sentence, however we will not be dissuaded. We are making pressure on the prison so that they understand the mistake in their decision. We ask you to send this fax en masse (this is international action) on the Monday 9 February 2009 between 8.00 and 16..00 at this number: 004930901442002
The aim is to block any incoming faxes, to sabotage their bureaucratic work.. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 12:35 by Laura Broxson
*Valentine's Day Protests Against Foie Gras* read full story / add a comment
national / education / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 10:29 by Julian - UCD FEE   text 3 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 12:12)   image 4 images
This is a report from the February 4th national protest and the FEE breakaway that followed. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 00:56 by Over The Edge
Beat The Recession Once-Off Admission Free Gig!

North Beach Poetry Nights presents

on Monday February 16th at 9 pm

in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway read full story / add a comment
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national / education / news report Saturday February 07, 2009 21:38 by Paula Geraghty   text 10 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 13:00)   image 30 images   video 1 video file
The day public servants discovered how much Cowan was taking from their take home pay to bail out the system , 25,000 students took to the streets of Dublin shouting
'No Cutbacks, No Fees, No Fianna Fáil TD's!' read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Saturday February 07, 2009 20:23 by Kieran O'Sullivan
The CAEUC (SayNo.ie) is hosting an event to raise money to fight the Lisbon Treaty again. read full story / add a comment
I had no idea...
national / environment / other press Saturday February 07, 2009 10:51 by kermit   text 5 comments (last - friday february 13, 2009 16:23)   image 4 images
It seems that the Galway by-pass may not now go ahead as planned after a dramatic eleventh-hour realisation by the Minister of the Environment that he is a member of the Green Party.

"I had no idea I had these sort of powers, to stop developments that threaten the country's environmental heritage and prevent loss of habitat, until one of my civil servants (who I was making tea for at the time) pointed out that the Galway by-Pass is not sponsored by Shell, and although the Corrib bridge has a confusing name, it actually has nothing to do with the Corrib natural gas (eight billion euro giveaway) scheme in Mayo!" the Minister is not reported to have said.

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national / education / opinion/analysis Saturday February 07, 2009 01:13 by Conor.M   text 62 comments (last - sunday march 08, 2009 14:17)
Third level fees should be re-introduced. read full story / add a comment
kildare / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Saturday February 07, 2009 00:14 by Saoirse   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 07, 2009 17:24)   image 1 image
The Frank Driver Cumann/North Kildare of Republican Sinn Féin will be holding an ant-heroin protest in Rosconnell estate in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Saturday, February 7 from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. read full story / add a comment
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