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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 Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer Sun Sep 28, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Reform UK's mass deportation plan as "racist", warning that Nigel Farage's idea of kicking out hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants would "tear Britain apart".
The post Farage?s Mass Deportation Plan Is Racist, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression A... Sun Sep 28, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The NHS is under fire for defending cousin marriage as a cultural "benefit" despite the serious health risks, claiming it brings "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages".
The post Fury After Woke NHS Supports First-Cousin Marriages Despite Risk of Birth Defects ? and Oppression Against Women appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? Sun Sep 28, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A cronyism row has hit the Government after it emerged Tony Blair secretly lobbied for his tech billionaire backer, who gave him ?257 million and could rake in millions from Labour's digital ID cards.
The post Is the Tech Giant Who Gave Blair ?257 Million in Line for Huge ID Card Contract? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Isl... Sun Sep 28, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Steve Reed, the Communities Secretary, has made it clear he?s unsympathetic to his predecessor's plan to roll out an official definition of Islamophobia, telling newspapers he'll block it if it stifles free speech.
The post Sir Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Scrap Angela Rayner?s Plan to Roll Out Official Definition of Islamophobia appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer put a ?295,000 Surrey field in a trust for his parents, so it wasn't part of their estate ? even though he has said "those in charge of taxation can't also be seeking to avoid it."
The post Questions for Keir Starmer Over Avoiding Inheritance Tax 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

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offaly / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday November 11, 2008 00:18 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - sunday november 16, 2008 15:31)
Part of a series of regional demos against the cuts read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday November 11, 2008 00:10 by Grupo Raíces   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 18, 2008 13:02)   image 1 image
Public talk where participants in an Irish delegation to a Colombian conference of social movements will let the public know of the current situation on Colombia, of the efforts and struggle of social organisations to defend their rights and of ways to support and show active solidarity with the Colombian people. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday November 10, 2008 21:39 by USI Deputy President/Campaigns Officer   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 11, 2008 08:00)
Student Activist Gathering

15,000 students protest in Dublin; 5000 protest in Cork, 2000 in Galway.... The student movement is alive and kicking.

USI will be hosting a public gathering and training event in Trinity College on Tuesday of next week (the 18th) at 6pm in the Thomas Davis lecture theatre in the Arts building.

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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday November 10, 2008 18:50 by pat c
TCD Anarchist Society & HOPI meeting‏

Speakers:

Yassamine Mather, leading Iranian political activist who is in touch with students and other oppositional groups in Iran

Moshe Machover, Israeli socialist and opponent of the Israel government with a long history in the anti-Zionist movement

Room 403,
Aras an Phiarsaigh,
1-2pm
Thursday Nov. 13th
Hosted by TCD Anarchist Society.
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday November 10, 2008 14:31 by solidarity from ghent   text 5 comments (last - thursday november 13, 2008 18:09)
this morning 40 activists blocked 3 different shell gas stations in the city of Ghent, Belgium. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday November 10, 2008 14:28 by Dublin Catholic Worker   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 20, 2008 07:18)   image 9 images
An Evening with Martha Hennessy Granddaughter of American 2oth. Century Radical and Founder of the Catholic Worker movement Dorothy Day

7.30 pm Sunday, November 16th.
The Teachers Club
36 Parnell Sqaure
Dublin

More info Ph. 087 918 4552
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Cycling in Galway - A Faster Way to Travel
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday November 10, 2008 14:25 by Shane Foran   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 10:00)   image 1 image
Statement issued by Cyclist.ie on behalf of Dublin Cycling Campaign, Cork Cycling Campaign, Galway Cycling Campaign, Limerick Cycling Campaign, Maynooth Cycling Campaign, Skerries Cycling Initiative and Waterford Walk Cycle Campaign. These Irish cycling lobby groups have combined to form a new umbrella body, "Cyclist.ie" Its main concerns are ensuring a dramatic improvement in road safety and traffic conditions for cyclists. It views the realisation of these aims as vital to facilitate a marked increase in the numbers of people choosing the bicycle as a means of daily transport. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday November 10, 2008 09:08 by Steerpike   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 11:30)
Have the Irish switched - in one generation - from being the victims of racism and prejudice, to being the perpetrators? The following, taken from the Gombeen Nation blog, would seem to agree.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday November 10, 2008 01:26 by John McCoy   text 2 comments (last - saturday november 22, 2008 15:35)   2 attached files
A group of disenchanted AECI members have forced the non performing Trade Association to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 09, 2008 20:38 by éirígí PRO   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 14:13)
Hunger Strike Meeting in Neilstown Community Centre, Clondalkin read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday November 09, 2008 19:13 by Laura Broxson
HELP US GET FOIE GRAS OUT OF IRELAND!!!!! read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday November 09, 2008 18:26 by Contaminated Crow
Waste, incineration, a yelemast, an airport and more waste read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / news report Sunday November 09, 2008 18:05 by éirígí PRO   text 7 comments (last - monday november 10, 2008 23:41)
With the recent release 'Hunger' interest in the 1981 Hunger Strike has increased. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday November 08, 2008 20:01 by Sean   text 7 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 18:36)
We urgently need a holistic approach to mental health and well being in Ireland. Recent research findings of the Health Research Board revealed that of the almost 2,500 drug related deaths in the past eight years, prescription tranquillisers such as benzodiazepines were involved in more deaths than any other drug, legal or illegal. read full story / add a comment
The speakers
national / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Saturday November 08, 2008 19:37 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - sunday november 09, 2008 13:09)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Bloom’s First Activist Forum: Movement Building for Global Justice took place Saturday 8tj November in the Teachers Club in Dublin. This is a recording of the ‘Grassroots Mobilisation in Ireland: Opportunities and Challenges’ session.
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Fancy Dress for a fancy war - sing-along-a-slaughter
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday November 08, 2008 18:22 by Tom Barry   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 09, 2008 13:37)   image 5 images
Cork Lord Mayor Brian Berminghan (Blueshirt Party) has organised a fun evening in remembrance of Irishmen deluded into fighting for the British Empire. They got sense after being ordered to stop machine gun bullets and after the 1916 Rising. Cllr Birmingham has yet to get his. Hopefully this disgrace to the 'rebel' county will be answered, and soon.

See:
Fancy Dress in Cork - World War One - it's a killer - what a thriller - fun for all the family
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89339?comment_limit=0&c...38445
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16 Billion euros between 2007-2008 and the woman cannot say abortion.
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Saturday November 08, 2008 18:16 by 201   text 7 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 08:13)   image 1 image
There are 161 people in this country looking for a new political organisation. Sadly agressive little mobs
have an ability to re-structure and re-group at enormous rates of rapidity. They will not be doing so in time
for the next set of elections:

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89793

Before she left she destroyed the healthcare system , aided and abetted by centre-right party, The Greens.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88159
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/85274
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84946

The Sunday papers will busily eulogise on her contribution to Women's Politics, whilst it is evident
that she has dealt women's health issues a cancerous body blow. She copper-fastened the most
brutal econmic inequality and two-tier approach to women's health since the foundation of the state.

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cork / environment / news report Saturday November 08, 2008 11:25 by Jack Murphy   text 2 comments (last - monday november 10, 2008 13:26)   image 4 images
Peaceful protest against pollution of Irish rivers. Al protest at national Ploughing Championships. read full story / add a comment
Mary Warty Harney.
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Saturday November 08, 2008 11:15 by doing it with élan.   text 25 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 22:40)   image 2 images
Let's be frank about it, Mary Harney's Genital Warts story is a shame crying out for a tongue wagging.

As the most cultured amongst us know this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was shared by scientists in that trade who have made inroads in the virus research lark. One laureate managed to link up the HPV group of viruses with cervical cancer & before you could say "love me warts and all" most European states decided to vaccinate young wans against only 3 of the near 100 strains of HPV or "genital warts" a virus which indeed doesn't always produce warts...........it being a sly killer and all. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday November 08, 2008 10:57 by Whistle Blower   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 19:47)   2 attached files
Explaining what the Non-Profit company EPACE Ltd/TEEU really means read full story / add a comment
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