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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 Blow to Miliband as Reeves Signals Support for North Sea Drilling and Union Boss Calls for Him to Be... Tue Sep 30, 2025 17:36 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves has signalled support for drilling in the North Sea in a blow to Ed Miliband ? as the boss of the Unite union calls on Keir Starmer to sack the "disastrous" Net Zero Secretary.
The post Blow to Miliband as Reeves Signals Support for North Sea Drilling and Union Boss Calls for Him to Be Sacked appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Wes Streeting Says Nigel Farage is ?Racist? Tue Sep 30, 2025 15:30 | Will Jones
Health Secretary Wes Streeting?has said Nigel Farage is "racist", joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in using the insult of the Reform party and its leader.
The post Wes Streeting Says Nigel Farage is “Racist” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the ?Friend-Enemy Distinction? Right-Wing Critical Race Theory? Tue Sep 30, 2025 13:00 | Noah Carl
Perfectly neutral institutions will never be attainable, argues Noah Carl, but that doesn?t mean that reasonably neutral institutions aren?t worth striving for.
The post Is the ‘Friend-Enemy Distinction’ Right-Wing Critical Race Theory? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe Has Never Looked More Pathetic Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:27 | Will Jones
With Trump's announcement of a peace plan backed by both Israel and Arab leaders, Europe, with its toothless alternative proposal to reward terror, has never looked more pathetic or weaker on the global stage.
The post Europe Has Never Looked More Pathetic appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Down The Tylenol Rabbitol Tue Sep 30, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
President Trump says Tylenol in pregnancy may cause autism. Wes Streeting says don't listen to Trump, he's a politician. But what does the science say? Professor James Alexander goes down the Tylenol rabbitol.
The post Down The Tylenol Rabbitol 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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national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday April 29, 2008 17:51 by WSM   text 29 comments (last - friday may 09, 2008 09:42)   image 2 images
Over recent months, there’s been endless talk about the Lisbon Treaty. Most political parties advise us that we’ll be embarrassed and economically ruined if we don’t vote ‘Yes’. Groups advocating a ‘No’ vote tell us that we will lose our democracy and sovereignty if we do vote ‘Yes’. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday April 29, 2008 17:06 by Stuart
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 are available in a searchable online database. A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

Trials from major Irish figures to the unknown masses prosecuted for petty offences are an important resource relevant to the formation of modern Irish society. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 16:49 by Sarah Lundberg
American Poets in Ireland
from the
Chapters and Verse Reading Series
Cassidy’s Westmoreland St
On Sunday 11th May 2008 at 3.30pm

The readers at this event are three Californian poets – Alanna Alter, Kathleen Flowers and Amber Coverdale Sumrall who are traveling around Ireland in April and May and three American poets – Susan Millar DuMars from Philadelphia, Quincy R. Lehr from Oklahoma and Raven from Philadelphia who live in Ireland and are a vibrant part of the Irish poetry scene.
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday April 29, 2008 12:27 by tom eile   text 3 comments (last - wednesday april 30, 2008 15:59)
The Basra Development Commission (BDC) , a panel consisting of six Iraqi businessmen ,and officials ,plus one Briton , is to visit the North of Ireland this week to speak to officials there . They hope to learn during their two day visit from community and business leaders about how the Irish peace process has transformed the six county economy. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday April 29, 2008 11:32 by shell will pay   text 50 comments (last - thursday may 08, 2008 12:10)   image 1 image
Good article in Irish Times today. Not much has changed since the Rossport 5 were imprisoned 4 years ago, except that now the Kilcommon community are more determined than ever to say 'no raw gas, refine at sea'! Support them before it's too late. A Victory for Shell to Sea is a victory for the people of Ireland.
Unite to fight the raw gas pipe. Support the community in Mayo.

proposed pipeline route: http://www.shell.com/home/content/ie-en/exploration_and....html read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 11:15 by Nessa Ní Chasaide
When?
Wednesday May 14th, 7pm to 9pm and
Wednesday May 21st, 7pm to 9pm
Where?
Cois Tine, St Mary’s, Pope’s Quay, Cork [access via St Mary’s Church]

Why not take this great opportunity to get up to speed on the injustice of the debt problem in the Global South?

This training course is divided into two sessions and will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the debt problem in the Global South, including a full update on the current situation and lots of ideas of what can be done from Ireland to tackle the problem. The course will equip participants to analyse responsibilities in the debt crisis, learn about the current focus of the global debt cancellation movement and discuss what activists in Ireland can do to tackle the problem.
read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 11:10 by Nessa Ní Chasaide
When?
Wednesday May 14th, 7pm to 9pm and
Wednesday May 21st, 7pm to 9pm
Where?
Cois Tine, St Mary’s, Pope’s Quay, Cork [access via St Mary’s Church]

Why not take this great opportunity to get up to speed on the injustice of the debt problem in the Global South?

This training course is divided into two sessions and will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the debt problem in the Global South, including a full update on the current situation and lots of ideas of what can be done from Ireland to tackle the problem. The course will equip participants to analyse responsibilities in the debt crisis, learn about the current focus of the global debt cancellation movement and discuss what activists in Ireland can do to tackle the problem.
read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 11:03 by Nessa Ní Chasaide
When?

Saturday May 10th, 10.30am to 1pm (lunch provided)
Harbour Hotel, New Docks Road, Galway City

Tuesday May 20th, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Galway One World Centre, Bridge Mills, Dominick St., Galway City

Why not take this great opportunity to get up to speed on the injustice of the debt problem in the Global South?

This training course is divided into two sessions and will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the debt problem in the Global South, including a full update on the current situation and lots of ideas of what can be done from Ireland to tackle the problem. The course will equip participants to analyse responsibilities in the debt crisis, learn about the current focus of the global debt cancellation movement and discuss what activists in Ireland can do to tackle the problem.
read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 10:57 by Nessa Ní Chasaide   1 attached file
Why not take this great opportunity to get up to speed on the injustice of the debt problem in the Global South?

This training course is divided into two sessions and will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the debt problem in the Global South, including a full update on the current situation and lots of ideas of what can be done from Ireland to tackle the problem. The course will equip participants to analyse responsibilities in the debt crisis, learn about the current focus of the global debt cancellation movement and discuss what activists in Ireland can do to tackle the problem.
read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday April 29, 2008 10:48 by Martin O'Neill
7pm
Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre
41-43 Lower Donegall Street
Side Entrance, Top Floor read full story / add a comment
wicklow / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday April 28, 2008 20:04 by Justice 4 Margaret   text 64 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2008 23:51)   image 31 images
What has been happening to date in the long running saga between a local Parish Priest in an Unfair Dismissal case and the Parish Secretary. Details had until this week been kept from the local Parishioners who have a right to know what is going on in their Church in Bray, County Wicklow. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday April 28, 2008 17:52 by Ronan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 29, 2008 16:11)
Tuesday 29th- May 5th 2008.

Filmbase, Curved St. Temple Bar (across from the old Temple Bar Music Centre – now called The Button Factory read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday April 28, 2008 17:17 by Larry Connolly   text 18 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 23:27)
A brief look at the state of the Republican movement. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Monday April 28, 2008 17:06 by Laura Broxson
national / environment / other press Monday April 28, 2008 16:21 by Indyjourno   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 29, 2008 18:07)
At the Cúirt literary festival’s annual forum in Galway, in a debate entitled Can capitalism save the planet from climate change? RTE's environment correspondent, Paul Cunningham noted that the Irish Media is being challenged by Indymedia on the publics desire for action on climate change. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Monday April 28, 2008 15:41 by Howard Holby   text 1 comment (last - friday june 13, 2008 20:25)
The purpose of the Lisbon Treaty research is to offer the voters of Ireland objective arguments on the Lisbon Treaty, with facts and evidence with substance, and an objective discussion of the legal, political, economical and social considerations of the Treaty.

So far it has been only the No groups who presented quotes of the Lisbon Treaty, and only their arguments stand valid on the basis of the text itself and on the grounds of scientific facts.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday April 28, 2008 12:53 by Sarah Clancy
The Galway One World Centre, The Galway Alliance against War and Amnesty International are delighted to host a photo exhibition and talk by Australian photographer John Rodstead, Norwegian campaigner Mette Sofie Eliseussen and Irish Journalist Aine Bonner of the Star newspaper. The event will take place in The Galway City Museum at 6.30 on Thursday 8th of May. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Monday April 28, 2008 12:18 by People Before Profit - Dublin Central   text 4 comments (last - friday may 02, 2008 08:03)
Clonliffe Area Public Meeting
Why you should VOTE NO to the Lisbon Treaty
Clonliffe & Croke Park Community Hall
Distillery Road (off Clonliffe Road)
Wednesday, 30 April at 8 pm

Speakers: Richard Boyd Barrett
People Before Profit General
Election Candidate

Des Derwin
President, Dublin Council of Trade
Unions (personal capacity)

Sinéad Kennedy
Editor, www.VoteNo.ie
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cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday April 28, 2008 11:33 by D_D   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 30, 2008 07:31)
Some negotiation may be needed by the Lee to avoid a clash with the march? read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday April 27, 2008 17:33 by GCTU   text 1 comment (last - monday april 28, 2008 11:15)
Lunch time protest at UCHG in Galway 1pm-2pm read full story / add a comment
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