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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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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday February 02, 2009 13:09 by gazasympathiser
Israel has paid £1.5m in damages to the family of James Miller, the British cameraman murdered by an Israeli officer while waving a white flag in Rafah (Gaza) 2003.

At first the Israelis had claimed he was shot by Palestinian gunmen but this false allegation was disproved by ballistics tests read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday February 02, 2009 12:42 by gazasympathiser   video 1 video file
I was amazed to hear that Joe the plumber is now for pyjama TV (http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=page&page-id=111) "reporting" from Sderot on Newstalk yesterday.

I wondered what qualified him so uniquely for this position?

Perhaps its his unique skills acquired over many years as a plumber in dealing with large quantities of shit?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/11/joe-the-plumbe....html

According to Joe

"I don't think journalists should be anywhere around war.

I mean you guys report where our troops are at

you report what's happening day-to-day

you make a big deal out of it

I think it's assinine

I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting" read full story / add a comment
Time to hit VRT
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 02, 2009 11:47 by Steerpike   image 1 image
With increasing numbers choosing not to buy new cars here, or going north in search of second-hand bargains, there has been much discussion in the Irish motoring industry as to how a moribund market might be revived. The obvioius option: scrapping excise duty on cars (or Vehicle Registration Tax) is the elephant in the room that has been studiously ignored. read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / press release Monday February 02, 2009 11:39 by Bernie Wright   image 1 image
The AOHS is pleased to hear of the financial difficulties of the Irish Coursing Club due to a court ruling that it must pay damages to a land developer Greenband Investments, on the eve of the 2009 ICC final in Clonmel.
Despite strong public opinion which favours an end to this outdated and barbaric pursuit, Coursing is still hanging in there, the pastime of the minority cloth-cap brigade. Hare Coursing is carried out for pleasure and gambling purposes only.
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national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday February 02, 2009 08:50 by Fin   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 01, 2009 11:26)   image 3 images   video 2 video files   audio 7 audio files
The Anarchist Bookfair 2009 is being held in Liberty Hall on March 7th. This year, the Workers Solidarity Movement are proud to announce US Anarchist Ashanti Alston will be speaking. Ashanti was a member of the Black Panther Party in the sixties and early 1970's. As a political prisoner he spent over a decade in US prisons. Ashanti has since become an anarchist while still drawing on many of his experiences and ideas that spurred him on as a Black Panther activist. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday February 02, 2009 08:33 by Miriam   text 42 comments (last - saturday october 15, 2011 12:49)   image 4 images
There is no entity in the world more keenly aware of the criminal nature of the Israeli project in Palestine than the government of Israel itself. David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel is often quoted on this point. But while Palestinians remain in a state of exile and oppression in their own country, he cannot be quoted enough:

"Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs. We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been antisemitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that? "

http://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion
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cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday February 01, 2009 15:03 by Joe Moore
A protest in support of the boycott Israel campaign will take place on Saturday 28th February at 1.00pm in Daunt's Square, Cork. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday February 01, 2009 13:20 by Laura Broxson
A protest-tour of Dublin's fur shops! read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights / news report Sunday February 01, 2009 12:38 by SHAC Ireland   text 1 comment (last - sunday february 01, 2009 22:41)   image 2 images
Friday, 30th January

A wet and windy night saw lots of activists turn out at a Bayer / Schering
Pharma meeting and dinner-dance in the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Sunday February 01, 2009 08:27 by for Gaza   text 49 comments (last - sunday february 08, 2009 17:26)   image 2 images   1 attached file
Statement: Saturday January 31 2009 read full story / add a comment
Jeff "free" Luers Oregon August 2008
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday February 01, 2009 02:23 by repost   image 1 image
"I wish I'd done something bigger"..."death is always in the air." With his release from prison months away, anarchist eco-terrorist Jeff "free" Luers talks about torching SUVs, remains unrepentant and discusses daily violence in maximum security prison. read full story / add a comment
The Boy With No Face
mayo / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 01, 2009 02:16 by Over The Edge   image 2 images
Poetry Reading: Kevin Higgins

At Ballina Arts Centre Thursday 19th February, 8pm
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national / arts and media / other press Saturday January 31, 2009 21:54 by Rose   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 03, 2009 12:19)   video 2 video files
Jim Monaghan, one of the Colombia 3, launched a new book last evening (January 30th). The book is the remarkable story of an ELN guerrilla, called Diego, who Jim met in the Modelo Jail, in Bogota.
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up for grabs- Ireland's resources
national / consumer issues / other press Saturday January 31, 2009 19:38 by gas man   text 9 comments (last - wednesday december 02, 2009 14:12)   image 1 image
A short article in the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror points out the absurdity of the country making cutbacks in public services while sitting on billions of euro worth of natural resources, and happily handing them over to the most profitable companies in the world.

A quick quote at the end makes clear that Fine Gael see nothing wrong with the present system, seeing the giveaway of 100 per cent of what is found as an "incentive". Presumably if Simon Coveney had gold buried in his garden, he would give it all away to anyone who was prepared to help him dig for it, keeping none for himself...

(article printed here in full because the Irish Daily Mirror is not on the web). read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday January 31, 2009 16:36 by John Lannon
The monthly vigil at Shannon Airport will take place on Sunday, February 8th from 2 - 3pm. Meet at the small roundabout before the airport entrance. read full story / add a comment
meath / housing / press release Saturday January 31, 2009 15:16 by Peter Fitzsimons   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 31, 2009 20:48)
Local action needed by council read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Saturday January 31, 2009 05:18 by Concerned Commuter   text 13 comments (last - sunday february 08, 2009 22:08)
Taxi drivers will stage a protest this Monday 2/2/09 at 8.30am from the Garden of Remberance, Parnell Square to Merrion Square to demand an immediate stop to the issuing willy nilly of new taxi licences. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday January 31, 2009 05:15 by volta   image 2 images
VOLTA CINEMA 4 /////////
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES//////

Tuesday Feb 10th. SEOMRA SPRAOI. 7PM TO 11PM.

10 BELVEDERE PLACE
NEAR MTJOY SQ

FILMS START AT 8PM.
FOOD STARTS AT 7PM.
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waterford / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Friday January 30, 2009 23:48 by Joe Carolan   text 34 comments (last - tuesday may 19, 2009 12:37)   image 7 images   video 2 video files   audio 1 audio file
Following the successful factory occupation of Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago, the workers of Waterford Glass now show the way to fight redundancies and lay offs. In a year where it is estimated that up to 50 million workers are due to lose their jobs, and banks continue to be propped up with billions of dollars and euro, we need to demand that companies are nationalised and jobs defended. The Direct Action by the Waterford Workers now puts it up to the Irish government- who is more important, workers and their families or the tiny financial elite of the banks.

Nationalise the Glass, and let the workers run the factory. They'd do a better job of it.

Solidarity
Joe Carolan
http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-fi....html
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Martin Machovec
international / arts and media / other press Friday January 30, 2009 23:40 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - saturday january 31, 2009 03:18)   image 2 images   audio 3 audio files
Part three of a public lecture series at Budapest's Central European University ( http://www.CEU.hu )

I'll be recording more in the weeks ahead and posting them first on Indymedia.ie and then reposted to my own blog 24 hours later at http://LMV.hu/redjade read full story / add a comment
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