Upcoming Events

no events match your query!

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link ?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Anti-Empire >>

The Saker

Indymedia ireland

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.

The Saker >>

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday February 27, 2008 18:24 by Seán Ryan
An article that's currently doing the rounds is one which the authorities wish would quietly go away.

Let's not forget that we in Ireland facilitate this barbarity by allowing the unfetterd access of our airports and airspace to the CIA. Wink wink... Nod nod... read full story / add a comment
aran_logo.gif
dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday February 27, 2008 18:00 by ARAN   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 04, 2008 11:57)   image 1 image
Join ARAN's annual protest against Canada killing seals read full story / add a comment
strabane3.jpg
tyrone / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday February 27, 2008 17:34 by Youth 4 Truth   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 28, 2008 20:37)   image 2 images
This past weekend 23rd-24th February, Ógra Shinn Féin An Strath Bán organised a weekend of events around the British government’s collusion/soot-to-kill policies.
read full story / add a comment
Grooverider,4 years in jail for 2.16g of Cannabis
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 27, 2008 13:44 by Legalise Cannabis Ireland   text 6 comments (last - thursday february 28, 2008 18:57)   image 3 images
Keith Brown, 43, of Smethwick, West Midlands,U.K has been sentenced to four years in priosn in Dubai for "drug trafficking" in one of the most bizarre cannabis related prosecutions in recent years,each prosecution of course being an injustice on teh victim.
Customs officials in Dubai found 0.003g of the drug - an amount that is invisible to the naked eye and weighs less than a grain of sugar - in his shoe. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday February 27, 2008 13:14 by Laura Broxson   text 6 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2008 20:29)   image 1 image
CONTACT THE IFA TO COMPLAIN NOW! read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Wednesday February 27, 2008 11:52 by PaddyK2
The world wide campaign to turn out the lights for one hour on March 29th at 8 PM has been gathering support in Ireland.

First begun in Sydney, Australia in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund as a way of raising awareness of the impact an individual can have on energy
consumption, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday February 27, 2008 11:45 by sally
Pirooz Dáneshmandi interviews Professor Noam Chomsky on the current policies of the US administration; the possibilities of policy change brought about by the change in the US administration; and the impact of economics on Washington's approach to international policies and interventions. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday February 27, 2008 11:20 by SPer
Oscar nominated documentary detailing the failure of the US-led occupation of Iraq and its subsequent collapse into the quagmire of sectarian violence and conflict.... As told by the participants. read full story / add a comment
Photo From Couragetoresist.org
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday February 26, 2008 22:24 by Eoin Ó Broin   text 8 comments (last - friday march 14, 2008 17:38)   image 1 image
As many as 100 veterans of the recent U.S. army involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan will give public accounts of their experiences on the ground, at an event organised by Iraqi Veterans Against the War from the 13th to the 16th of March, in the U.S. federal capital Washington D.C. The hearing will coincide with the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and will precede a series of actions and protests taking place accross the U.S. on March 19th [1].

Liam Madden, a sergeant in the Marine Corps from January 2003 to January 2007 who was deployed to Iraq, Kuwait, Thailand, Japan, and Korea and during his last year co-founded the Appeal for Redress [2], a campaign of service members demanding that congress halt the war in Iraq, said that veterans and civilian survivors of both conflicts will give public testimony and share eyewitness stories that have been censored from the American public about the true cost of these wars.
read full story / add a comment
kildare / animal rights / event notice Tuesday February 26, 2008 21:20 by Ciaran Long
The Kildare Foxhounds or THE KILLING KILDARES will be having a ball on 29th February (FRIDAY) in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge .
read full story / add a comment
Crime and justice Image from Iranian Women's Group
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 19:49 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - wednesday march 05, 2008 12:21)   image 5 images
The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women began meeting at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday and will be in session until the seventh of March.

A coalition of over 150 International Non-Governmental Organisations who represent the
Civil Society Groups on advocating for stronger gender reform architecture (GEA) will be in
session. Mostly these groups are known on Indymedia and the IMC's because they
have not stopped bringing the issue of Measurable Reform in the area of gender
equality to the table. and Ban Ki-moon agrees.
read full story / add a comment
Senia and Mark
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday February 26, 2008 16:55 by Andrew   text 3 comments (last - friday february 29, 2008 14:02)   image 1 image   audio 2 audio files
While on a speaking tour talking about the development of anarchism in Ireland I'm taking the time to interview people who are hosting individual meetings about local activism and US politics. In this interview with Senia and Mark in Providence Rhode Island they talk about Students for Democratic Society, the IWW, anarcho-feminism in Puerto Rico and the US primaries. read full story / add a comment
http://www.ettehade.net
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 14:45 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 06, 2008 15:48)   image 1 image
This an extract of a letter from The National Union of Dismissed and Unemployed Workers of Iran To the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) regarding workers being flogged for participating in May 1st actions in Iran. Full text at the link.

Dear Friends,

As you are aware the police and security forces assaulted last year’s peaceful May 1st rally in the city of Sanandaj, battered workers, and arrested 13 of them. Among them were Mr. Shays Amaani and Mr. Seddigh Karimi, President and Executive Committee member of our union, respectively. They were released on a $50,000 bail each after 42 days in detention. The court sentenced them to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. We appealed, but the Court of Appeal has not yet given its verdict. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Tuesday February 26, 2008 14:37 by Clare   text 12 comments (last - sunday march 09, 2008 22:40)   image 1 image
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 14:04 by John Cornford
Jim Moody interviews Ahmed Hussain who has defected from the SWP to the Conservative Party.

JM: Why have you left Respect (Independent) group on Tower Hamlets council?

AH: Initially the four of us left the party because of the leadership: it was not going anywhere. It was just out of order, because everyone was doing what they wanted to do. The reason I left the new group is because we were trying, but we were not going anywhere to help the community.

The other thing is, the party itself is just not going anywhere because the electoral commission has put an embargo on the name. You can’t really re-establish the party all over again. It was quite hard to do with Respect. People had elected me to the council to serve them, and that was not happening because I was concentrating more on party problems. That was why I thought I should move on to another party. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Tuesday February 26, 2008 12:17 by Alice Higgins   1 attached file
If we are to face up to the challenge of climate change, the voices and ideas of those in developing countries need to be heard.

Hosted by Trócaire, Dr. Dominic Walubego from Kenya and Martha Yvette Aguilar from El Salvador offer powerful and insightful perspectives on this global issue at talks in Galway, Cork,Dublin and Belfast from March 3rd to 6th

read full story / add a comment
250208rathlugh.jpg
international / history and heritage / feature Tuesday February 26, 2008 08:55 by tarapixie   text 38 comments (last - friday february 29, 2008 17:57)   image 12 images

There are fences across the proposed route each side of the Rath Lugh woods. At around 8am this morning a member of the Rath Lugh camp heard machinery passing by the rath. 6 of us went out and saw 2 dump trucks and 2 diggers outside the fence, coming from the Baronstown direction. Each digger was 40 tonnes, and wanted to drive though at the same time! A large crowd of SIAC, Ferrovial and Wills Bros workers were present, 2 members of the Garda Siochana were also present, both in incomplete uniforms; they didn't wear hats, one of them wasn't displaying his ID number on his shoulder. We explained no machinery would be passing by Rath Lugh, that the area is preserved and it is a criminal offence to interfere with or damage a national monument. The weight and vibrations of the machinery will affect the monument on the esker, and so endanger all of Rath Lugh. The workers took absolutely no heed of anything we told them. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 01:59 by Abu Saad   text 29 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2011 23:14)   image 3 images
Bono has a hard decision to make . Live up to his old "Sun City" Anti-Apartheid stance.... or ignore Palestinian suffering in order to delight the Israeli military regime with a cultural visit. read full story / add a comment
Book launch. Flor Cernuda in wheelchair (right)
international / history and heritage / feature Monday February 25, 2008 23:31 by 1 of indymedia   text 18 comments (last - saturday september 10, 2011 11:34)   image 34 images
Over 40 people flew out to Madrid last weekend to participate in a number of events centered around a commemoration of Tyrone poet, Charlie Donnelly, who was killed in February 1937 in the latter stages of the Battle of Jarama.

Indymedia mingled and took some photographs. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 25, 2008 16:00 by John Barren   text 120 comments (last - sunday march 09, 2008 20:22)   image 1 image
The world's most famous holocuast denier and racist, Daivd Irving has been invited to address the UCC Phil Debating Society. read full story / add a comment
This page can be viewed in
English Gaeilge

IMC network

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy