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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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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 03, 2009 17:54 by Blacbloc   text 29 comments (last - saturday february 07, 2009 01:31)
The extortionate pension levies imposed on public sector workers by Brian Cowen and IBEC this afternoon will further devastate the lives of the low and middle income earners. Nothing further was announced to curb the salaries of the highest paid public and private sector workers - the class of people the government is extending itself to protect above all others. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday February 03, 2009 16:13 by TD   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 03, 2009 17:06)
Music, Song & Dance in aid of Gaza Children's Appeal in Kinsella's, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Friday 13th Feb 2009.
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Geraldine Mitchell, 2008 Patrick Kavanagh Award winner
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday February 03, 2009 15:43 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Patrick Kavanagh Award Winner for February Over The Edge

The February ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, February 26th, 6.30-8.00pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 12:06 by Blacbloc   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 03, 2009 13:06)
Today's Irish Examiner effectively sets out the FG stall. The IE is a firmly pro Fine Gael paper and though its editorial makes no mention of Fine Gael, it's a safe bet that it reflects current thinking at FG HQ.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story....1.asp

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Workers occupy factory in Kherson, Ukraine
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 03, 2009 09:35 by zaraz.org   image 1 image
Today at 9:30 more than 300 workers occupied the administrative building of Kherson Engineering Plant. The workers demand payment of wages, nationalization of the plant without compensation to its owner and are decisively inclined to occupy the building until complete fulfillment of their demands. During occupation no worker has injured. Factory guards did not resist seriously. The situation is controlled by yesterday elected workers council. The police has not yet appeared near the building.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 09:34 by gazasympathiser   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 07, 2009 12:30)
Four-year-old Samar Abed Rabbu is a little girl with a captivating smile to melt the heart of the most hardened correspondent.

Samar had been shot in the back at close range. The bullet damaged her spine, and she is unlikely to walk again.

At her bedside, her uncle Hassan told us the family had been ordered out of their home by Israeli soldiers who were shelling the neighbourhood.

A tank had parked in front of the house, where around 30 people were taking shelter.

The women and children - mother, grandmother and three little girls - came out waving a white flag and then, he said, an Israeli soldier came out of the tank and opened fire on the terrified procession.

Samar's two sisters, aged seven and two, were shot dead. The grandmother was hit in the arm and in the side, but has survived. read full story / add a comment
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waterford / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Tuesday February 03, 2009 02:20 by Cork WSM Box & Fotos / Article -by Various   text 21 comments (last - tuesday march 16, 2010 14:50)   image 10 images   video 1 video file   audio 1 audio file
Members of the Cork branch of the Workers Solidarity Movement travelled to Waterford today (2nd Feburary) to offer solidarity and support to the workers who are occupying Waterford Crystal. While there we took the opportunity to do an interview with Joe Kelly of the UNITE union and of Waterford Crystal, asking him the kind of questions that fellow workers and readers of Indymedia might be interested in. We also took some photos of a unique Waterford twist on 'canteen culture'. You can hear the interview with which we recorded here.
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national / environment / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 01:26 by Green Gobshite   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 03, 2009 18:13)   video 1 video file
Oh Shell, how often must I venture into the wilds of Erris??? read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday February 03, 2009 00:45 by Teddy
On Saturday the 31st January approximately 80 concerned citizens demonstrated in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their plight for justice. The group convened at Daunt Square at 1pm and commenced a tour of the city's shopping centres before marching for a mile past Turners Cross to Woodies DIY Store near the Kinsale Road Roundabout. The protest called on the people of Cork to join in the campaign to Boycott Israel and in particular for shoppers to be conscience of what they may be supporting in buying Israeli products namely the recent massacre in Gaza and the persistent violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian legal standards. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday February 02, 2009 23:12 by C.D. Stelzer
Press accounts published in Ireland over the past decade, however, have linked the company to an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the Irish political establishment during the 1990s. Moreover, the man at the center of the controversy has had past ties to Carlyle Group, an American equity investment firm that is stacked with high-ranking former U.S. government officials with checkered careers. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday February 02, 2009 22:29 by Contaminated Crow
Two landfills, an incinerator, pylons, a telemast, a sewage treatment plant, water extraction, a windfarm, two industrial parks and the return of animal health problems at Askeaton read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Monday February 02, 2009 21:14 by Brian Guckian
STRONG support by local people in the Dundrum area ensured the success of the Public Workshop on the innovative alternative development proposal for the Old Dundrum Shopping Centre that would provide Dundrum with a badly-needed new amenity and "green lung", held at Taney Parish Centre on Tuesday, January 27th. read full story / add a comment
waterford / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday February 02, 2009 19:51 by Alan M.
Gathering at AIB Bank, Paddy Browne Road.

Wednesday, 4th February 2009, 4pm.

Marching to Visitors Centre Car Park, Waterford Crystal read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday February 02, 2009 19:43 by David L   text 10 comments (last - wednesday february 04, 2009 12:36)   image 14 images
A hundred people assembled on Saturday afternoon, January 31 in Dublin city centre to mourn the dead of Gaza. The demonstrators marched around the central pedestrian zone on O Connell Bridge in a silent protest against the massacre that Israel perpetrated. read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / other press Monday February 02, 2009 19:11 by El Libertario, Venezuela   image 1 image
* The following article was originally published on Jan. 30 2009 in El Mundo, a Caracas daily. Written by a member of the editorial collective of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario , it calls attention to what we fear is a bloody attack against these original inhabitants of the western part of the country. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 02, 2009 18:56 by TD   text 7 comments (last - wednesday february 25, 2009 22:34)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Last Saturday, members of the Galway Palestine Children's Appeal were "overwhelmed" by the public response to their appeal for humanitarian aid for the children and people of Gaza - expecting one 40ft container to be filled with medical supplies, household goods, non perishable food, clothes and toys, a further two had to be ordered and to ease the pressure, a request was broadcast by the local radio station, Galway Bay FM, for donors to procrastinate their visit to the drop-off point at the Black Box theatre until the delivery of the third container - this morning, at 7AM two of the stuffed containers started their journey of mercy and there is a large stockpile of aid awaiting the arrival of the third.

Including an operating table from Letterkenny Hospital, medical staff in the west donated money and supplies and businesses such as the Galway Radisson Hotel gifted 100 duvets and pillows.

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kilkenny / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday February 02, 2009 18:36 by Kev   image 1 image
IPSC Public Meeting: After Gaza, what now for Palestine?
Date: 5 Feb 2009
Time: 8:00PM
Area: Kilkenny
Venue: Clubhouse Hotel, Patrick St read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday February 02, 2009 18:26 by Kev   image 1 image
The next IPSC Dublin Branch organising meeting will take place on Thursday 5th Feb @ 8pm in the Central Hotel, Exchequer Street. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday February 02, 2009 18:19 by Kev   image 1 image
IPSC Dublin Discussion Evening: How do we deal with divisions in the Palestinian polity?

Tuesday, February 10th, Central Hotel @ 7 pm
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waterford / anti-capitalism / press release Monday February 02, 2009 17:34 by Kevin
The Waterford Glass workers have taken a stand. We need to build support and show solidarity ... read full story / add a comment
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