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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 Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder Sat Sep 27, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The terrorism charge against a?Kneecap rapper over his 'support for Hezbollah'?has been dropped after police and prosecutors failed to get the consent of the Attorney General in time.
The post Kneecap Terror Case Thrown Out After Legal Blunder appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour Has Turned Britain?s Constables into Commissars Sat Sep 27, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
As yet another scandalous arrest over a tweet shows how Labour has turned Britain's constables into commissars, the public are right to draw a link between this clampdown on speech and 'two-tier Keir', says Laurie Wastell.
The post Labour Has Turned Britain’s Constables into Commissars appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A major poll has put Nigel Farage on track to be Britain's next Prime Minister with 311 MPs as Labour is set to lose more than 250 seats and the Tories are pushed into fourth.
The post Major Poll Finds Nigel Farage on Track for No 10 With 311 MPs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech Sat Sep 27, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
Tempting though it is, Donald Trump and his allies should refrain from trying to cancel their political opponents. Free speech is one of the core values that the defenders of Western civilisation should uphold.
The post Why the Right Must Take the High Ground When it Comes to Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? Sat Sep 27, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Can the radical Left ? increasingly wedded to violence to achieve its unpopular ideals ? actually be trusted with free speech, or will it just keep using it to call for and celebrate our deaths, asks Steven Tucker.
The post Can the Radical Left Be Trusted With Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Sunday December 28, 2008 22:18 by Justin Morahan   text 94 comments (last - monday february 02, 2009 02:05)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
With a 200:1 ratio...How many Palestinians is an Israeli worth? Or is it outrageous to ask? On the Jewish Sabbath, this morning, The Israeli Defence forces launched a massive missile attack on Gaza killing at least 140 people. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday December 28, 2008 20:16 by Paula Geraghty   text 16 comments (last - tuesday december 30, 2008 18:21)   image 21 images
Trade Unionists, Palestinians and countless others turned out to express their anger at the recent bombings and killings in Gaza. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday December 28, 2008 18:41 by Joe Moore   text 17 comments (last - sunday april 26, 2009 02:15)
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cork has organised a protest on Saturday next, January 3rd, at 1.00pm in Daunt's Square against the Israeli bombing of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday December 28, 2008 16:33 by Kev   text 3 comments (last - monday december 29, 2008 15:27)   image 1 image
In light of the ongoing attacks by Israel in Gaza (the current death toll stands at over 300, with many more injured) there will be another protest in Dublin tomorrow Monday 29th December. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday December 28, 2008 01:25 by NN   text 2 comments (last - sunday december 28, 2008 20:30)
As a nice Christmas present 15 people got sentenced on Monday.

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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 27, 2008 16:54 by Belfast IPSC   text 7 comments (last - saturday june 05, 2010 09:53)
Israel massacres 195+ Palestinians - DEMONSTRATE!

The IPSC is calling on its members, supporters and all friends of the Palestinian people to come out MONDAY 29th December at 12 noon in Belfast City Centre (assemble @ City Hall) to protest the Israeli massacre of 195+ Gazans this morning.

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limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 27, 2008 16:46 by IPSC Limerick   text 10 comments (last - tuesday december 30, 2008 19:26)
Israel massacres 195+ Palestinians - DEMONSTRATE!

The IPSC is calling on its members, supporters and all friends of the Palestinian people to come out TOMORROW Sunday 28th December at 1pm Limerick City Centre (assemble at Brown Thomas) to protest the Israeli massacre of 195+ Gazans this morning.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 27, 2008 12:53 by Kev   text 8 comments (last - sunday december 28, 2008 18:32)   image 3 images
The IPSC is calling on its members, supporters and all friends of the Palestinian people to come out TOMORROW Sunday 28th December at 1pm in O'Connell Street (@ The Spire) to protest the Israeli massacre of 140+ Gazans this morning. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Friday December 26, 2008 15:18 by Laura Broxson
international / crime and justice / other press Friday December 26, 2008 00:24 by Terence   text 9 comments (last - sunday january 11, 2009 18:06)
In a brilliant piece of detective work and logic reasoning, writer Muhammad Rafeeq has exposed what Madoff is really at by pleading guilty to the $50 billion so called fraud.

Rafeeq worked for many years in large investment firms and knows how the system works. On reading that banks like HSBC and Santander and others have lost billions, he says there is absolute no way that these banks would commit money to a single institute like Madoff without an extensive history of accounts going back at least 3 years and investigation and analysis of the investment model, assets and other data. There are teams of specialists in these banks to do this all the time.

Rafeeq suggests that Madoff fund simply went bust in which case the investors would not be entitled to get any money back. But by claiming it is a fraud and Madoff has pleaded guilty, and the state accepts it, it means all the so called defrauded investors are entitled to be fully compensated under the US government's financial fraud protection scheme. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday December 25, 2008 21:37 by Ploughshares   text 7 comments (last - monday december 05, 2011 12:29)
Send solidarity postacards letters (for redirection to prison) to
Sylvia Boyes
Trident Ploughshares,
42-46 Bethel St,
Norwich NR2 1NR
ENGLAND read full story / add a comment
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national / crime and justice / news report Thursday December 25, 2008 16:37 by Paula Geraghty   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 27, 2008 10:44)   image 17 images
Fresh off the presses-picture story for the bleary eyed on Xmas day. Jesus died for our sins and the group at the canal dived in the canal at the Blackhorse in Inchicore to raise money for republican prisoners. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 24, 2008 23:35 by F.E.M.   video 1 video file
The Netherlands are violating the rights of under aged parents. They take the children away for the sole reason of the parent not being 18 years of age. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 24, 2008 20:26 by Anthony Coughlan   text 7 comments (last - tuesday september 22, 2009 20:17)
The letter below was sent recently today to all Irish Deputies (MPs) and Senators in connection with the proposal to re-run the Lisbon Referendum in order to get a different result.

It is accompanied by copies of the two submissions made to the Oireachtas (the Irish National Parliament) Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU by Anthony Coughlan on behalf of the National Platform Research and Information Centre, of which Coughlan is Secretary. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 24, 2008 15:34 by Conor. M   text 5 comments (last - monday december 29, 2008 22:30)
The Government spent tax-payers money on an advertisement we have all, more than likely, seen. It is the ad saying, change your world, change the world.
The Green Party now holds office, giving Ireland that positive hope of a greener future. Theres no denying, the Government has not completely failed us. There is a 'landfill' of criticism out there but we do have good and accessible recycling centres, green bins, and some like myself have brown bins.
This is not the point. While we go out of our way to recycle, and are somewhat responsible for our part in changing the world for a more greener safer future. Where do the big businesses and Corporations come into all of this? read full story / add a comment
Poetry Workshops with Kevin Higgins
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday December 24, 2008 01:33 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
In January Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of two poetry workshops, both facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday December 24, 2008 01:09 by Over The Edge
STARTING IN JANUARY

Creative Writing for Beginners with Kevin Higgins

Creative Writing-Intermediate with Susan Millar DuMars

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galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday December 24, 2008 00:38 by Over The Edge
Susan Millar DuMars will give support, instruction and feedback to those who are interested in writing either fiction (short stories, novels) or poetry. read full story / add a comment
mayo / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 23, 2008 22:20 by Devils Advocate   text 64 comments (last - thursday january 08, 2009 08:47)
In June of 2009 we the people of Erris will have a rare opportunity to give our oponion on issues which are of concern to us, I suggest it is time for some of our local defenders to give us people of Erris a chance to give them a mandate to speak on our behalf! read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 23, 2008 12:23 by Peter O'Callaghan   text 8 comments (last - wednesday january 28, 2009 00:46)
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