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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 / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Friday June 20, 2008 19:46 by Eanna Dowling
Bolivian President has published his concerns about the EU's Return Directive. This Directive sets out a policy on returning illegal immigrants to their home countries allowing a standardised detention period of 18 months. This article incorporates Morales's article in full, provides a critique; compares Ireland's immigration position with Bolivia and documents some developments in agreeing the Return Directive. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / news report Friday June 20, 2008 19:45 by jaded   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 25, 2008 15:14)   image 4 images
The Grassroots Gathering 2008 took place in Casadh - a drug rehabilitation centre in the Liberties, Dublin over the sunny June Bank holiday weekend. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:48 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 22:13)
Yassamine Mather continues her analysis of Political Islam. Here she illustrates how the left both in Iran and Internationally had illusions in the Tehran government. Full text at link.

The defenders of Iran’s islamic regime, including those on the international left who maintain illusions in the radicalism of political islam, refer to Iran’s foreign policy, especially in the first decade of its existence after the 1979 uprising, as a sign of anti-imperialism within the islamic movement. But they are silent about Iran’s foreign policy during Irangate or in support of US policy during the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:36 by Chekov   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 22:17)
A new detailed look at the Lisbon treaty campaign, the European Context, the significance of the vote, the media coverage and why the campaign went the way it went.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:31 by pat c
Chris Strafford reports on the HOPI School which had sessions on Women, Sanctions, Working class in Iran, National Minorities and 1979. Full text at link.

Hopi chair Mark Fischer opened the event by explaining that Hopi’s message has found a “resonance” in the workers’ movement. Two important unions, PCS and Aslef, have affiliated, proving the majority of the Stop the War Coalition leadership wrong. At both conferences the delegates found Hopi’s principled stand - against imperialist war, against the theocratic regime - was not too complex, but blindingly obvious. Mark reminded comrades of the growing threat of imperialist attacks on Iran, either directly from the USA or from its regional watchdog, Israel.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday June 20, 2008 16:38 by Ois
6pm Wednesday 25th of June in the WSM offices, 5 Merrion Row

Map to WSM offices: http://tinyurl.com/5pjpr7

Meeting to organise protest on Saturday July 5th against recent firing of CNT member in Spain and continuing anti-union discrimination in Grand Rapids, Illinois, USA. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Friday June 20, 2008 14:36 by O. O'C.   text 36 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 00:01)
* Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister Michael Martin give in to Franco-German and EU Commission pressure to permit the remaining Lisbon ratifications to continue, when they could have stopped these by saying that Ireland cannot and will not ratify the Lisbon Treaty, as the Irish people have rejected it.

* The Irish Government lines up with Brussels against the Irish people rather than stands by the people's democratic decision of last week to defend it vis-a-vis Brussels - so as to bring about a 26/1 situation by year's end with which to bludgeon Irish voters in a referendum re-run.

* Talk of "respecting" Ireland's vote turns out in practice to be a cover for setting out to overturn it in a referendum re-run, with Brian Cowen's, Michael Martin's and Dick Roche's full support - and behind a thick barrier of hypocrisy, spoofing and lies. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday June 20, 2008 10:14 by Frank Keoghan
People's Movement
Press Release
19/06/2008

Unelected EU Commission uses ECJ to attack workers
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday June 19, 2008 23:03 by Nikita
There will be an open discussion meeting on "The Transition From Socialism To Communism" at 6pm in Connolly Books on Monday the 23rd of June. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday June 19, 2008 22:25 by Howard Holby
As we all know by now, the imperial classes of Europe are busy looking for new creative ways to continue to impose the Lisbon Treaty on the member states, regardless of its rejection by Ireland. The very same philosophy that drives them doing so can be captured in the following highlights.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 19, 2008 12:22 by luckyC   text 11 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2008 12:21)   image 5 images
Come one come all to celebrate the second birthday of the Tara Solidarity Vigil fire ! read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday June 19, 2008 11:37 by Katie Weider
When: 10 July at 7pm
Where: Medecins Sans Frontieres, 9-11 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Who: Everyone is Welcome! No registration is needed! read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Thursday June 19, 2008 02:24 by Stuart C   text 6 comments (last - wednesday july 23, 2008 14:38)   image 1 image
On the 23rd of June,a private contractor will dispose of 15kg of Hydrogen Cyanide on the land of the Kilbride Army Camp in the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains. This land is in the catchment of the Blessington Lakes, Dublin's main water supply, and within 10 miles of Dublin City Centre. The Kilbride Army Camp borders a Special Area of Conservation. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 19, 2008 01:19 by Reporter 12   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 05, 2008 22:32)
6 AM Thursday June 19, Ceasefire in Gaza . read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 18, 2008 22:47 by Nesty
Without looking at the past and blame things that were left to do, confident that the future of Puerto Rico depends on their children, that true independence depends on them and not the will of an empire increasingly eager to hold new lands. Booting the shackles imposed by the visitor, who said that visits send in our home? read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 18, 2008 21:38 by Info   text 16 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 15:56)   image 1 image
The Bush protest vids just keep on coming! read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 18, 2008 20:12 by Ronoc   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2008 20:38)   image 1 image
de·moc·ra·cy
n. pl. de·moc·ra·cies

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
Majority rule.
The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.

"Junior Minister Martin Mansergh has suggested that the holding of a referendum on each EU Treaty needed to be looked at" - http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0618/eulisbon.html read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Wednesday June 18, 2008 19:25 by Sean Clinton   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 19, 2008 20:12)
This morning the Lisbon Campaign for Middle East Justice and Peace sent the following letter to An Taoiseach Mr. Brian Cowen T.D., the Minster for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Michael Martin T.D., leading European Officials and all Irish MEP's to convey our reasons for campaigning for a NO vote in the Treaty of Lisbon referendum.

Despite the fact that Israel killed 58 Palestinian children since the start of 2008 (Palestinian Centre for Human Rights) EU foreign ministers yesterday agreed to strengthen ties with Israel. The EU policy of rewarding Israel, the aggressor, has caused the Irish electorate to loose confidence in the EU's competence to espouse a foreign policy which represents the views of most Irish people, especially in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 18, 2008 18:13 by pat c
Perry Anderson will discuss the current collapse of American global hegemony and the situation of the contemporary left in a now rapidly-changing international arena. Perry is a founder-editor of the New Left Review.

8pm National Gallery of Ireland (entry Merrion Square West entrance).

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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 18, 2008 18:07 by pat c
Economic historian Giovanni Arrighi, author of The Long Twentieth Century and Adam Smith in Beijing, will discuss the economic decline of American empire and the Rise of Asia.

8 pm, National Gallery of Ireland (entry Merrion Square West entrance). read full story / add a comment
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