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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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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 01, 2008 15:47 by Dave Donnellan   text 8 comments (last - thursday december 04, 2008 16:22)   video 1 video file
The anti-war singer Paul O'Toole has has recently launched a new music video called "Ali" read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday December 01, 2008 15:09 by Michael Murphy   text 23 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 21:42)
The Socialist Party has been in discussion with others on the left with a view to forming an Electoral Alliance for the Local Elections which will take place in June 2009. These discussions have been publicly carried in the pages of our paper "the Socialist" and on sites such as this. The Socialist Party has put forward a very positive proposal for a local election slate of candidates. It is important the slate would field credible candiates with a record in the their area that there is political agreement with the programme of the slate which will flow from discussions. We feel these issues among others mentioned in the material below are extremley important if we are to get aggreement. This is why in these proposals we have provided fuller elaboration of our position in an open, honest and constructive manner we hope that other groups will respond in kind. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 01, 2008 13:00 by events@lasc.ie   image 1 image
THURSDAY NIGHT TALK read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday December 01, 2008 01:20 by Over The Edge
The final Over The Edge: Open Reading of the year will take place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, December 18th, 6.30-8pm. The Featured Readers are Paula Gilbert, Denise Heneghan & Clare Muireann Murphy. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday December 01, 2008 01:11 by Over The Edge
2nd Annual North Beach Poetry Nights' Grand Slam
North Beach Poetry Nights PROUDLY presents
on Monday December 15th at 9 pm
in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway read full story / add a comment
Poetry Ireland
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday December 01, 2008 01:03 by Over The Edge   image 2 images
North Beach Poetry at Galway City Museum on Tuesday 9th December at 7 pm in association with Poetry Ireland & Over The Edge presents a reading with Moya Cannon, Alan McMonagle and John Walsh read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday December 01, 2008 00:24 by John Lannon   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 14, 2008 19:28)
The monthly Shannon Torture Watch vigil takes place on Sunday Dec 14th from 2pm to 3pm. Meet as usual at the small roundabout near the security hut (gantry) at the airport entrance. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday November 30, 2008 19:17 by Ciaron   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 10:14)
Anti-War Vigil *GPO Monday Dec. 1st. 4pm-6pm
Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon, Iraq & Afghanistan!"
*Outside GPO, O'Connel St. Dublin read full story / add a comment
Culture Ireland
international / arts and media / event notice Sunday November 30, 2008 03:03 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
A Greek-Irish Literary Symposium will take place on Friday, 12 December 2008 at the Melina Merkouri Theatre, Ilion, Athens, with the participation of Greek poets Tassos Denegris, Nanos Valaoritis & Dimitris Lyacos and Irish poets Kevin Higgins, Patrick Chapman & Susan Millar DuMars. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday November 29, 2008 00:28 by anticopyright   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 13, 2010 09:46)   image 1 image
http://anticopyright-tr.blogspot.com/ read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous / news report Friday November 28, 2008 22:23 by Ray   text 8 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 20:33)
In a new twist in the ongoing dispute between members and officials of Sligo Borough Council, that has resulted in no borough council meeting having been held for four weeks. It has emerged that more than ten staff have lodged formal complaints with management alleging bullying and harassment by a member of the council.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday November 28, 2008 18:01 by Peter   text 7 comments (last - wednesday february 04, 2009 19:33)
I find it really fascinating that an individual that not so long ago embraced the cause for spanish patriotism has become a simbol of basque resistance and receives support from Sinn Fein. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday November 28, 2008 15:51 by Contaminated Crow   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 06, 2008 19:05)
Mainly waste this week read full story / add a comment
national / housing / news report Friday November 28, 2008 14:40 by Paul Bowman   text 3 comments (last - wednesday march 18, 2009 08:19)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The official story is that the origins of the current crisis lie in the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market - i.e. poor people not paying their mortgages. Although this may have been the trigger event, it is not the real cause. The real cause lies in pyramids not houses. Specifically the enormous debt pyramid built up by the Western countries, particularly those following the Anglo-saxon economic model - which, unfortunately for us, includes Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday November 28, 2008 14:30 by Alan MacSimoin   text 43 comments (last - monday july 10, 2017 10:29)   image 16 images   video 10 video files
Big Business doesn’t like what’s happening in South America. The election of reforming governments in Peru and Ecuador might have been a bearable irritant but that Chavez guy in Venezuela has really got up their noses. In Bolivia sections of the local ruling class got so riled up that they tried to overthrow President Morales in September. The US ruling class, in collusion with local bosses, is trying to destabilise political and economic reforms. As they see it, too much is going to workers and peasants, and not enough into their own coffers. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday November 28, 2008 13:28 by Paul McAndrew
This year's GLORIA 'Breath of Heaven ' Christmas Concerts will be in aid of both MarriagEquality and The Gay Switchboard.

(Gloria is Ireland's lesbian and gay choir, twice past winner of the National Choral Festival )

They will be taking place on both Tuesday 16th December and Thursday 18th December in St. Anne's Church on Dawson Street. The concerts start at 8pm, however the doors open from 6pm and we would advise arriving early as it does fill up quickly, so you don't want to be disappointed
Look forward to seeing you there read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday November 28, 2008 13:01 by redjade
Solidarity needed - even during the era of President Obama. read full story / add a comment
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clare / politics / elections / news report Friday November 28, 2008 12:04 by Fine Girl   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 30, 2008 12:09)   image 1 image
Pat Breen, Fine Gael TD from Bunratty, showed that he's been listening to the lies about natural resources, and he believes them, when he spoke about Corrib in the Dáil.

The sad thing is that his acceptance of the nonsense peddled by Shell and the Green Party means that instead of an opposition testing and challenging the government we have a docile and pointless group of placemen waiting for a chance to get into government simply to get a few things for their constituents and jobs for their friends. read full story / add a comment
kilkenny / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday November 28, 2008 11:28 by Bernie Wright   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 23, 2008 11:26)
The AOHS have contacted (Laura Keys) at the Kilkenny People newspaper who have confirmed that online opinion polls are open to mass voting by lobby groups.
We alerted our supporters to the vote online but realise that as this poll is running for a week till Tuesday it means nothing in terms of real analysis.

The votes in favour of ‘foxhunting being discontinued’ have fluctuated from over 80% in favour to just below 50% at other times. Its like a game show, excuse the pun, and the site itself easily allows repeat voting, it is readily open to abuse which makes it all irrelevant. The newspaper have now confirmed they are well aware of the mass-voting aspect.

“For this reason I think it's pointless to participate in these "polls".
They are totally unscientific, are easily rigged, and only really exist to drive traffic to the sites to boost their advertising revenue.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 28, 2008 10:51 by Gino Kenny   text 1 comment (last - friday november 28, 2008 12:43)
Table Quiz for Clondalkin PBPA Candidate Gino Kenny election campaign for 2009 local election. read full story / add a comment
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