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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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Full on trucker revolt going on in Spain is leading to mini-riots, looting, chaos. There are plenty of other revolts of a similar kind going on around the world right now and I suppose you could easily add in the Irish Fishermen. Forced cuts in Fuel use / fuel price hikes are the equivalent of steep wage cuts. But not much sympathy. PPL think. oh those nasty truckers and fishermen - they're causing global warming. Between a rock and a hard place. Anyone got on the ground reports from Spain? This stuff exaggerated? read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / event notice Saturday June 14, 2008 21:35 by helix
Bloomsday Doomsday
Monday June 16th
Demo starting at city hall at 10:30 AM
In support of residents of St Michael’s Estate, Inichicore, Devaney Gardens, and Dominick St whose are going to be left homeless due to the collapse of the PPP.
Bloomsday clobber encouraged.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday June 14, 2008 16:54 by antifa   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 15, 2008 06:15)
There are those who evict and those who put bombs!
Fascist attack foiled at Loa Acrobax read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / news report Saturday June 14, 2008 16:13 by Paddy Meehan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 00:13)
George Bush to visit Loughview Integrated Primary School in Castlereagh

Socialist Party calls on governors to withdraw invitation

Protest at gates of Stormont from 2.30pm until Bush leaves Monday 16th June. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Saturday June 14, 2008 15:43 by Sean Crudden
The National Concert Hall was a hive of activity yesterday evening long before the symphony concert began at 8.00 p.m. Lyric FM were ensconced in the foyer with some kind of panel connected with a composers' congress which had been taking place in Dublin. I did not get involved in listening because I was in an upstairs room with a few dozen other punters listening to the pre-concert talk.

Composer Gerald Barry created a great centre of attention at the talk and around the foyer afterwards and later he took a bow on stage at the end of the Irish premiére concert performance of his opera, La Plus Forte, 2006. A very interesting and talented man who has already achieved a lot he may go on to produce even greater work. He was born, according to the program, in 1952. read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage / other press Saturday June 14, 2008 15:23 by misspix   text 10 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 15:47)   image 2 images
AN IMPORTANT forum of the world’s leading archaeologists is to debate the controversial M3 motorway route near the hill of Tara in County Meath. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday June 14, 2008 14:53 by Irish Socialist Network   text 13 comments (last - friday june 20, 2008 11:38)
The Irish Socialist Network welcomes the decision of the Irish people to reject the Lisbon Treaty – a document that would have promoted the militarisation of the EU, entrenched Thatcherite principles in European law, and further undermined democracy. After this result, the Lisbon Treaty should be dead and buried. No re-hashed, re-packaged version of the same document should be foisted on the people of Europe. No means no. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday June 14, 2008 13:34 by Bazooka Joe   text 1 comment (last - monday june 16, 2008 10:24)   image 1 image
An attack carried out on Friday night at the main Sarposa prison in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has freed bout 400 political prisoners and 750 others. A water truck full of explosives was driven up to the main gate killing 15 guards and breached the walls. About 30 people then attacked the prison using rocket propelled grenades and running inside with assault rifles to free the detainees. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday June 14, 2008 12:28 by Namgyal Damdul
Candle light vigil will be held for Tibetans on 20th & 21st June, 2008 at St. Stephen's Green (Opposite Shopping Centre). read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday June 13, 2008 23:34 by Anonymous
A Global Protest Against the Church of Scientology's Sea Organisation read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday June 13, 2008 23:19 by Edward Horgan   text 17 comments (last - thursday june 19, 2008 10:45)   1 attached file
Shannon was very quiet this morning with very few "civilian" passengers. Just a few Ryanair jets and even less Aer Lingus, now that they decamped to Belfast.
Much of the business at Shannon was breaching Irish neutrality.
More importantly, the CIA and military use of Shannon this morning was directly complicit in breaches of the UN Convention against Torture and international laws including the Geneva Conventions on War. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Friday June 13, 2008 19:59 by saoirse
Republican Sinn Fein honour the father of Irish Republicanism. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 19:54 by Des Dalton   text 7 comments (last - saturday june 21, 2008 18:35)
Republican Sinn Fein Vice President Des Dalton says the no vote is a rejection of an EU superstate. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 19:05 by No! 2 Lisbon   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 15:50)
It has indeed been a Friday the 13th the yes campaigners would rather forget. A resounding No! 2 Lisbon was the result, with a comfortable 110,000 votes ahead and a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%.

A considerable achievement considering the profile of those calling on support for the Lisbon Treaty. Sinn Féin was the only major party to call for a No! vote.

Sinn Féin and their youth wing Ógra Shinn Féin have continuously said that a better deal could be negotiated for Ireland in Europe, and as a result have campaigned and canvassed for a no vote.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday June 13, 2008 18:13 by Bazooka Joe   text 4 comments (last - monday june 16, 2008 11:11)   image 1 image
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal their indefinite imprisonment without charges to US civilian courts read full story / add a comment
Shell Helicoptor- the company says offshore operations in Irish waters are too dangerous
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 13, 2008 18:11 by budgie   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 12:27)   image 1 image
One of the arguments for the way Shell want to operate the Corrib gas field has always been that using a production pipeline/ onshore refinery would limit the need for helicopter flights for workers.

Flights to and from offshore rigs are said to be dangerous. Local people have always countered that there was an element of choice in working for Shell, while they had no choice about living next to a high pressure production pipeline.

Now however, the director of air safety for Shell has said that helicopter flights are not actually that dangerous at all. An examination of 2,000 helicopter accidents has shown that it was poor air safety systems that were the problem, and the majority of accidents could have been prevented by following more stringent procedures. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday June 13, 2008 17:17 by SDLP Youth   text 5 comments (last - tuesday june 17, 2008 23:42)   image 2 images
SDLP Youth will take part in the upcoming demonstrations to protest at the visit of US President George W. Bush on Monday 16th June.
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international / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 16:09 by O. O'C.
Foreign Minister Michael Martin and other Irish Euro-federalists are already planning to subvert the Lisbon Treaty referendum result by urging the other EU States to continue with their ratification process instead of telling them that Ireland cannot ratify the Lisbon Treaty as it stands, and that further ratifications elsewhere are therefore pointless, and the Treaty must be reopened. read full story / add a comment
cork / crime and justice / news report Friday June 13, 2008 15:03 by Coillte Watch   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 01:59)
Coillte in breach of Planning laws on Nowen Hill, Dunmanway, Co. Cork read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:47 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 15:23)   image 1 image
Repression of womens rights activists continues in Iran. This report is from women who live in Iran. Full text at link.

Eight women’s rights activists were arrested today, on the anniversary of the national day of solidarity of Iranian women (22nd of Khordaad, June 12). Those arrested are: Aida Saadat, Nahid Mirhaj, Nafiseh Azad, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Jelve Javaheri, Jila Baniyagoub, Sarah Loghmani and Farideh Ghaeb. These women were arrested outside the Rahe Abrisham Gallery, where a seminar was scheduled to take place in honor of the anniversary of the day of solidarity of Iranian women.
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