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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 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.

offsite link Digital ID: What is it Good For? Sun Sep 28, 2025 09:00 | Anonymous IT Reporter
Digital ID hasn't even been launched and it has already achieved its goal. You see, everyone was talking about fiscal black holes, small boats and Andy Burnham. Now all they're talking about is Brit Card.
The post Digital ID: What is it Good For? 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

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

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mayo / environment / press release Wednesday October 29, 2008 19:45 by Shell to Sea   text 2 comments (last - saturday november 01, 2008 19:17)
Shell are tomorrow expected to announce profits of €5.5 billion for the third quarter of the year, representing a 12% increase on profits from this time last year. This means that while people are paying record prices for their fuel, Shell were racking up record profits of around €60 million every day. Recently Bord Gáis applied to increase gas prices by up to 8% which follows a 20% increase which took effect this September. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 29, 2008 17:28 by Amnesty Galway
2.30pm, Saturday 8 November -Beside the entrance to the Saturday market on Shop Street, Galway City

Some of Galway’s favourite musicians will perform a free protest gig from a 'Guantanamo cage' as part of a street demonstration in support of Guantánamo prisoners.Artists include The Rye, Martina Flaherty, Dusty Banjos, Sharon Murphy, Jackhammer Purr , Nicole Blue and Ivan Murray

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kildare / environment / news report Wednesday October 29, 2008 17:13 by Conor McHugh   text 4 comments (last - thursday december 08, 2016 11:20)
Roadstone has beeen given the go-ahead to quarry the Hill of Allen for the next 50 years without planning permission.

Secret documents obtained by the Hill of Allen Action Group and seen by the Leinster Leader reveal that a combination of cock-up and capitulation by Kildare County Council have consigned even more of the Hill of Allen to history. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday October 29, 2008 17:01 by pat c
The next three months will be vital in the Middle-East. With the US election in the offing it is becoming more rather than less likely that there will be an attack on Iran. Hands off People of Iran (HOPI) is an anti-war campaign that supports the people of Iran not Ahmadinejad’s regime.

HOPI has therefore organised a series of events in Dublin from 13-15 November to draw attention to the situation and to build support for the campaign. We will have two important speakers attending:

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. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 29, 2008 16:41 by John mcoy
In a recent press release on their website Mr Wills of the Union speaks about the
“damning indictment of the attitude these contractors have towards their workers and employment standards generally, as laid down by the law”. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 29, 2008 14:02 by Jim   text 21 comments (last - friday november 21, 2008 19:19)   image 1 image   video 5 video files
A juvenile anti-war left in the US and Europe are hopeful that Obama, a left-leaning liberal Senator, will be an abrupt and positive change from the "worst President ever" George W. Bush.
the story goes that the Bush policies of maintaining American economic and military dominance invited the 9/11 attacks and that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which have led to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians have become an endless quagmire, while the social divide between rich and poor has never been greater as the US economy is in free fall.
The accepted "wisdom" is the Obama will turn American and the world around.
But is this true?
Absolutely not. Obama is in fact Bush 2. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 29, 2008 13:08 by dbookkeeper   1 attached file
End US Military Use of Shannon Airport and Stop the Illegal Transport of prisoners through Ireland read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 29, 2008 12:12 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.   text 1 comment (last - monday march 16, 2009 17:48)   image 1 image
With the occasion of the launching of the Bloom Alliance through a conference with national and international activists on the issue of how to build a Global Justice movement in Ireland (November 7th & 8th, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89493 ) we want to share some thoughts on the intention behind the conference and the gap we are intending to fill with it. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday October 29, 2008 11:36 by Belfast WSM   text 7 comments (last - monday november 03, 2008 21:55)
Anarchists organise Anti-War Demonstration
Politicians of all sides show hypocrisy

The Workers Solidarity Movement,(WSM), an anarchist organsiation, will be holding a public demonstration this Sunday in opposition to the Ministry of Defences decision to hold a march celebrating the occupation and continued atrocities in Afganistan read full story / add a comment
10 years of controversy in Irish history. Why is this research so controversial - the newspaper cutting is one reason
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday October 29, 2008 11:28 by Jack Lane   text 2 comments (last - thursday november 06, 2008 10:31)   image 5 images   1 attached file
Troubled History - a 10th anniversary critique of Peter Hart's The IRA and its Enemies
by Niall Meehan and Brian Murphy osb, introduction by Ruan O'Donnell (Head of History Dept, Limerick University)

Launch
Friday 7 November 2008, 8pm (sharp)
Teachers' Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 1


Introduced by

Tim Pat Coogan

Author of biographies of Michael Collins (1990), Eamon deValera (1993), histories of The Irish Civil War (1998), 1916: the Easter Rising (2001),The IRA (1970), The Troubles (1995), and Tim Pat Coogan: A Memoir (2008)

All Welcome read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 29, 2008 09:31 by John Lannon   text 13 comments (last - monday november 17, 2008 16:07)
The monthly vigil to highlight Shannon airport's complicity in war and human rights abuse takes place on Sunday 9th November from 2pm to 3pm. Meet at the small roundabout just before the airport. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday October 29, 2008 00:53 by Gruffalo
The movement for common sense calls for positive action from the Government to progress the Irish Language. read full story / add a comment
Requião and Dubai Hsbc director
international / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday October 28, 2008 21:58 by Chico Chagas   image 1 image
Boustany said to the governor that HSBC has anticipated the crisis of subprime and prepared itself to confront it. "Back in December, 2006 we saw the first signs of crisis, and so we did a provision of 2 billion dollars for the the possible default of borrowers," explained the executive. Today, he says, the HSBC is the first first place in the ranking of large-capitalized banks, with 2.5 trillion dollars in assets.
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national / environment / news report Tuesday October 28, 2008 21:19 by Contaminated Crow   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 29, 2008 20:04)
An LNG terminal, explosives factory, incineration, power station and an airport in Counties Clare, Kerry, Meath, Roscommon and Sligo read full story / add a comment
La Niña Bonita agus An Róisín Dubh
antrim / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday October 28, 2008 20:11 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 2 comments (last - monday november 17, 2008 16:39)   image 1 image
Clár faisnéise 30-bomaite faoi Eoghan Ó Duinnín, Éireannach a throid in éadan an fhaisisteachais i gCogadh Cathartha na Spáinne sna 1930í.

A 30-minute documentary about Eugene Downing, an Irishman who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 28, 2008 18:38 by An Experienced Activist/Strategist   text 10 comments (last - friday december 12, 2008 20:37)
Ok, as a "foreign" activist who has had the pleasure of meeting NARA I feel that I should clarify a few things for the readers here and the NARA actvists themselves relating to this thread here:

https://indymedia.ie/article/89205 read full story / add a comment
A garden make-over for one of Cork 'exclusive' private schools
cork / crime and justice / news report Tuesday October 28, 2008 18:08 by Peter Sullivan   text 9 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 00:00)   image 2 images
A new garden make over for one of Cork's exclusive private school says it all about the Green Party read full story / add a comment
kildare / environment / press release Tuesday October 28, 2008 17:59 by Spokesperson   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 17, 2013 20:05)
The Hill of Allen Action Group has received documents from Kildare County Council following a ruling by the Information Commissioner and Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly that all court papers and all other documents relating to the planning case of Roadstone's quarry at the Hill of Allen be released. read full story / add a comment
clare / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Tuesday October 28, 2008 16:27 by Ceifin Conference   text 8 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 19:42)
“FAMILY LIFE TODAY – THE GREATEST REVOLUTION”
CÉIFIN CONFERENCE 2008 EXPLORES HOW SHIFT IN FAMILY VALUES IS MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FACING IRISH SOCIETY

Tuesday, 4th & Wednesday, 5th November

“Family Life Today – The Greatest Revolution” is the theme of CÉIFIN CONFERENCE 2008 – the 11th annual conference which will be hosted by The Céifin Centre on Tuesday, 4th November and Wednesday, 5th November at West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare. This year’s conference addresses challenges facing Irish society as a result of the profound changes that continue to take place in family and community life in contemporary Ireland. This shift in family dynamic has been a constant theme running through the ten Céifin Conferences since 1998. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / other press Tuesday October 28, 2008 15:02 by john and mary   text 4 comments (last - monday december 01, 2008 22:30)
Guga , young gannet chicks, are considered a delicacy by the villagers from Ness, on the Isle of Lewis .About this time every year boatloads of men from Ness sail thirty miles to the uninhabited island of Sula Sgeir, where thousands of gannets spend the summer nesting on cliff faces , to hunt /murder the young guga.
The animal rights group Advocates for Animals is trying to get the hunt banned in the European Court . The group’s campaign director Ross Minnet told the London Independent last Saturday "The brutal and totally unnecessary guga hunt belongs back in the dark ages and has no place in a modern, 21st-century Scotland. It belongs in the pages of history books.”
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