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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 Sadiq Khan?s Plan to Spend ?66 Million on Wokery in Crime-Plagued London Mon Sep 29, 2025 17:10 | Will Jones
Crime is soaring in London, but Mayor Sadiq Khan is planning to spend ?66m on woke projects over three years ? and has just awarded himself a pay rise to ?170,282, making him the highest paid politician in the land.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Plan to Spend ?66 Million on Wokery in Crime-Plagued London appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Ryder Cup Parable: What Europe Gets Right and the EU and USA Get Wrong Mon Sep 29, 2025 15:31 | Clive Pinder
Europe's Ryder Cup victory shows that, unlike the DEI-obsessed EU, the nations of Europe win when they respect merit, says Clive Pinder. And unlike the USA big shots, they know how to work as a team.
The post The Ryder Cup Parable: What Europe Gets Right and the EU and USA Get Wrong appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link J.K. Rowling: Emma Watson Poured Petrol on Trans Attacks Against Me and is ?Ignorant of How Ignorant... Mon Sep 29, 2025 13:12 | Will Jones
J.K. Rowling?has accused Emma Watson of "pouring more petrol on the flames" of an attempt to cancel her by trans activists and said the Harry Potter actress is "ignorant of how ignorant she is".
The post J.K. Rowling: Emma Watson Poured Petrol on Trans Attacks Against Me and is “Ignorant of How Ignorant She Is” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taliban Commander?s Nephew Granted Asylum in UK Can be Joined by Seven Family Members, Judge Rules Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
A?Taliban?commander?s nephew granted refugee status in Britain can ?be joined by seven family members currently living in Turkey even though none of them speaks English or is able to work, an immigration judge has ruled.
The post Taliban Commander’s Nephew Granted Asylum in UK Can be Joined by Seven Family Members, Judge Rules appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Are School Playgrounds Microcosms of Society at Large? Mon Sep 29, 2025 09:00 | Joanna Gray
Lunchtime football is the latest victim of nanny-state safetyism, turning school playgrounds into microcosms of society ? corralled, cramped, and socially conditioned, says Joanna Gray.
The post Are School Playgrounds Microcosms of Society at Large? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday June 11, 2008 20:55 by Looney Left   text 6 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 13:12)   image 4 images
Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 7:30pm
End Time: Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 2:30am
Location: Teach Uí Luanaigh (Looney Family Gaf)
Street: 80 St Columba's Road, Greenhills
City/Town: Dublin, Ireland
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international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday June 11, 2008 19:58 by Miriam Cotton   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 20:30)
Harry Browne interviews read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 19:07 by Dave Donnellan   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 21:00)
A vigil was held outside the GPO to coincide with the Raytheon 9 trial in Belfast. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 17:53 by jmstipe20   image 2 images
Background information for the Irish referendum on June 12: The EU today lacks proper democratic procedures. The Lisbon Treaty boosts this lack of democracy making the EU even more remote to its citizens. This is the conclusion of a study by Michael Efler, Percy Vogel, Gerald Häfner, Roman Huber and Felix Wünsche. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 16:51 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 31, 2011 23:25)
The Department of Agriculture is currently drafting legislation to update the Animal Welfare Bill, which will be brought to the Government for approval in the coming months.

Although the summary draft of the bill focuses primarily on aspects of farming, such as the control and eradication of animal diseases, and the slaughter and disposal of animals/animal by-products, it also seeks to update the Protection of Animals Act 1911 on cruelty-related offences. It will also include provisions to deal with inspections for specified animals and the conditions in which they are kept (for example, pet shops). read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 16:14 by Damien Moran   text 17 comments (last - sunday june 15, 2008 01:31)
dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 14:52 by Cathal Brennan
Video from the Lisbon Debate hosted by the Socialist Party in Wynn's Hotel on the 5th June 2008. Here Joe Higgins outlines the No argument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89u1OMnJFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zACw6U4Nbgc&feature=user

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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 14:31 by Raymond Bhreatnach   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 12, 2008 16:21)   image 1 image
AN INFORMED AND REASONED PIECE ON WHY TO VOTE A BIG NO TO LISBON
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 11:58 by Barra Ó Gríobhtha   text 13 comments (last - friday june 27, 2008 21:23)
In the last few days, Brian Cowen has stated that Ireland's future will be decided by the Lisbon Treaty Referendum. If, therefore, its ratification is so paramount with regard to the future of Ireland, and indeed Europe, then why are we the only nation voting on it? Surely, in any democracy, people are entitled to decide on issues which fundamentally shape their future, right? A half a billion people now live in the E.U., but only a few million are being asked for their opinion in a referendum being billed by Cowen as the most import in a generation. Either European democracy is well or truly a thing of the past, or Cowen, Kenny and Gilmore are exaggerating the importance of this referendum with a view to sparing their blushes on the corridors of power in Brussels. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 11:34 by Sevinc Karaca   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 12, 2008 19:20)   1 attached file
Every Turkish man who reach 20 has to do a mandatory service of 16 months in the Turkish Army. A group of Turkish men, including Mehmet have been rejecting to comply with it.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 11, 2008 11:26 by CÓB   text 1 comment (last - monday june 16, 2008 20:33)   image 1 image
Raidió Fáilte ar 107.1fm i gceantar Bhéal Feirste agus ar http://www.raidiofailte.com ar fud an domhain read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 10:27 by Howard Holby
The areas in which national competences will be or potentially will be transferred to the Union, and the procedure of how the national parliaments may try to retain the remainder of their competences.

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Fr Rick checks examines a chest x-ray in the clinic in the heart of Cité Soleil
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 11, 2008 01:51 by Colette Rooney   text 5 comments (last - thursday july 24, 2008 08:18)   image 5 images
An evening organised by Viatores Christi and the Latin American Solidarity Centre to raise awareness about the poorest country in the western world and how you can help by becoming more aware and by volunteering your skills with LASC and Viatores Christi. read full story / add a comment
End of the road in Cork
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Wednesday June 11, 2008 01:41 by Joan   text 28 comments (last - thursday july 24, 2014 12:21)   image 6 images
A Traveller couple in their late 50s, and their family, are being consistently and mercilessly hounded around the northside of Cork by gardai at the request of Cork City Council.

Both Agens and Martin Faulkner are on medication for depression and anxiety, while also suffering from heart and respiratory problems. Their 15-year old daughter is attending school locally and began her Junior Certificate exams last week. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 01:39 by Justin Morahan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday october 22, 2008 05:07)
After her visit to Bil'in where she was a guest speaker at the Bil'in International conference (where last year she had been shot and gassed by IDF soldiers http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/godspolitics/2007/04/mai....html) Mairead Corrigan Maguire visited Hebron and surveyed the wanton destruction of facilities belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society. With four friends she slept overnight in the orphanage that is still under threat of closure by the IDF.(http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87377) Here is her report from Hebron: read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday June 10, 2008 23:37 by RSF-Vín
Seven members and supporters of Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) were arrested following dawn raids in Armagh City and Keady on Tuesday, 10th June. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Tuesday June 10, 2008 19:31 by Republican Sinn Féin   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 10, 2008 19:37)
Statement from Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President Republican Sinn Féin. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 10, 2008 17:04 by paul o toole   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 12, 2008 22:04)
Nutrality in Ireland has been reduced in our constitution as nothing more than 'aspirational' by our courts. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / feature Tuesday June 10, 2008 16:18 by Marie O'Connor   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 14:56)   image 1 image
The government is pursuing a policy of centralising health services into a small number of regional centres. The policy has been advanced under the title of "Centres of Excellence". But there is no evidence for the 'robotic centralisation' of acute hospital services, including cancer. But if you want to cut the the public health system––to make room for private ‘providers’––‘centralisation’ is a lethally effective way of doing it. And funneling all patients into a small number of large units facilitates the collection of specimens ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday June 10, 2008 12:04 by Republican Sinn Féin Austria
Because of the ongoing struggle of the Irish people for freedom we urge everyone to have a look at the new homepage of the supporters of RSF in Central Europe http://www.irish-solidarity.at.tf and read the voice of the Republican Movement in German. We endeavor to be the nucleus that rebuilds the Irish solidarity movement, to help inform about real situation in Ireland and the lies transported in loyalist, British and bourgeois propaganda around the globe. We will be working on generating publicity on Irish national sovereignty. read full story / add a comment
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