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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 Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? Fri Nov 21, 2025 15:00 | Mark Durie
First they were 'Asian' grooming gangs, then 'Pakistani'. But the most important thing to grasp is that almost all of them ? 87% of convictions ? are Muslim, says Mark Durie. This must not be covered up.
The post Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema Fri Nov 21, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
The post Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
The post The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Debunking the BBC?s Claim That Pakistan?s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change Fri Nov 21, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
If the BBC's Standards Committee, which is reviewing the corporation's coverage of climate change, wants a good example of bias, it should take a look at its report of recent floods in Pakistan, says Paul Homewood.
The post Debunking the BBC’s Claim That Pakistan’s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, a... Fri Nov 21, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 59 of The Sceptic: Rob Bates on why Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is not all it's cracked up to be, and Chris Morrison on how the Met Office and the BBC push climate alarmism.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, and How the Met Office and BBC Push Climate Alarmism 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

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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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday June 04, 2008 17:25 by BATU Striker   text 37 comments (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 17:10)   3 attached files
For the past four weeks BATU staff have been on strike and have been picketing the union's main office in Dublin. The strike is against the forced redundancy of two union officials, Tom Fitzgerald and Rob Kelly, and against the threat to impose wage cuts and detrimental changes to the conditions of administrative staff. It is a strike in defense of basic trade union principles. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday June 04, 2008 16:03 by Nessa Ní Chasaide
International Tax Justice Learning Day

When?

Monday 9th June 2008, 9.30 am - 5 pm.

Where?

Cassidy's Hotel, Cavendish Row, Upper O' Connell St, Dublin 1

Welcome along to a learning day on the issue of international tax justice.
The purpose of the meeting is to increase participants' awareness of the importance of tax justice for global development, and the role that Ireland plays in the international tax system.

The seminar will explore:

- Key tax justice concepts and how they link with ongoing global justice work on debt, aid and trade.

- The relevance of this debate to Ireland and Irish decision-makers and companies.

- Action being taken for tax justice in other countries which global justice campaigners in Ireland might learn from.

Leading tax justice analysts from around Europe will act as our resource people for the day including:

John Christenson, Tax Justice Network UK
Francis Weyzig, Somo, Netherlands
Alex Cobham, Christian Aid UK

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international / history and heritage / press release Wednesday June 04, 2008 13:50 by TaraWatch   text 2 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 14:41)   image 4 images
TaraWatch will launch a public petition today at a demonstration outside the AGM of the Irish branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), calling on ICOMOS and UNESCO to designate Tara a World Heritage site, but to insist that the M3 is rerouted first. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday June 04, 2008 10:29 by Bernie Wright
Demonstration Austrian Embassy in solidarity with 7 hunger strikers at 15 ailesbury Court, 93 ailesbury Rd. D4. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Wednesday June 04, 2008 10:21 by Bernie Wright
On May 21st special forces of the Austrian police forced entry to 23 homes of animal right activists across Austria. 14 persons were charged with suspected forming of a criminal organisation (§278a of the Austrian penal code) in connection with direct animal right actions. Ten persons were arrested and are in prison as suspects. At first nine were sent to the Vienna Neustadt prison and one to Innsbruck who has been brought to Vienna Neustadt on 28.05. Five prisoners are in hungerstrike at the moment, at least one since the 21.05.
(date today: 29.05.). The organisation die tierbefreier e.V. is also affected by this wave of repression.
........ALSO ATTEND OUR DEMO TODAY 1-2 pm ,Austrian Embassy. 15 Ailesbury Ct.,93 Ailesbury rd Dublin.4

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national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 04, 2008 09:46 by Howard Holby   text 12 comments (last - monday june 09, 2008 00:34)
Continuing the topics of our former essay “Our future under a ratified Lisbon Treaty” http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87683 [1],
this analysis presents some of the further major negative effects expected within a unified Europa under Lisbon.

Contents:

Lisbon Treaty: a flawed constitution for Europe
Nomad lifestyle, uncertain future, low efficiency
Low wages with no freedom to negotiate
The main victims of Lisbon: the young generations
“Efficiency” à la Lisbon - No, thanks!
NO to Lisbon = yes to economic strength read full story / add a comment
wicklow / eu / event notice Tuesday June 03, 2008 23:36 by Aine
Venue: Heather House, Bray Seafront
Time: 7.45
Date: Thursday, June 5th read full story / add a comment
Free Franki
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 03, 2008 23:27 by Catalan Solidarity   text 1 comment (last - friday june 06, 2008 23:03)   image 1 image
Ongoing demonstrations in Catalonia as political activist remains in prison, Franki has been jailed for the burning of Spanish Flag. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Tuesday June 03, 2008 21:16 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 14, 2008 22:47)
SAY NO TO ANIMAL CIRCUSES! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday June 03, 2008 17:02 by Barry McColgan   text 10 comments (last - saturday june 07, 2008 21:08)
A short film has been produced on the passing of Oglach Brian Keenan. Thousands of republicans gathered in Belfast on Saturday 24 May to honour and mourn the passing of this legendary Republican leader and activist.
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The Mercy is the main city centre hosptial for Cork
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday June 03, 2008 16:32 by Kevin Doyle   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 03, 2008 17:32)   image 4 images
In a timely statement on May 1st, nurses in Cork city's A & E service poured scorn on the HSE. Part of the reason why they did this was because of the ongoing situation at Cork's Mercy Hospital. In their statement, the nurses said that it was their "collective view that patient care is being compromised and that it is only a matter of time before there are serious issues and incidents ..." A month on from that statement there has been no resolution in the Cork area. The Workers Solidarity Movement look at the issues and how the impasse could be resolved. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday June 03, 2008 16:24 by JM
Belfast Socialist Forum hosts public meeting on the health service. read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday June 03, 2008 12:15 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 09:15)   image 2 images
The Sixth WAC Congress, WAC-6, will be held in Ireland at the University College Dublin from 29th June-4 July 2008. This is a unique opportunity to lobby international experts to declare Tara a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but only after the M3 is rerouted.

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limerick / eu / event notice Tuesday June 03, 2008 00:16 by Cian Prendiville
Lisbon Treaty Debate in Limerick

JOE HIGGINS (Socialist Party) - V- PETER POWER (FF TD & Junior Minister)
BARRY FINNEGAN (CAUEC & sayno.ie) DIARMUID SCULLY (FG Councillor) read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday June 02, 2008 20:32 by Szmul   image 1 image
Resolution adopted by Jewish Socialists' Group national conference, June 1st, 2008.

This conference of the Jewish Socialists' Group is alarmed at the growing threat of war against Iran, expressed by Western politicians
and in the media, and unabated by reports that the Iranian regime has neither nuclear weapons nor plans to acquire them. We are concerned that despite the disastrous results of war in Iraq and unending bloodshed in Afghanistan, attempts are being made to accustom the public to these conflicts and make another, even more destructive war, seem inevitable.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday June 02, 2008 19:59 by Gregor Kerr   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 05, 2008 10:56)
A number of weeks ago, a member of the INTO (Irish National Teachers Organisation) submitted a letter for publication in the union magazine ‘In Touch’. This was in response to a request in the previous issue of the magazine for members to write letters for publication. This is the story of what happened.... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Monday June 02, 2008 18:10 by Laura Broxson
It's time to fight for animal rights! read full story / add a comment
national / eu / event notice Monday June 02, 2008 16:34 by Darren C   text 5 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 17:14)   image 1 image
2pm - Saturday 7 June

EU Offices,
Dawson St.,
Dublin 2

ALL WELCOME! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday June 02, 2008 06:58 by Sean Crudden
Surely there is a place in heaven for this great man. read full story / add a comment
Bodenstown Sunday , 15th June 2008.
national / history and heritage / event notice Sunday June 01, 2008 23:26 by Sharon.   text 6 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 13:50)   image 2 images
Annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration , Sallins , Co. Kildare , 2.30pm ,Sunday June 15 , 2008. read full story / add a comment
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