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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 Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History Sat Nov 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
We're a week away from the most painful Budget in history thanks largely to the eye-watering cost of lockdown. Yet Baroness Hallett says next time the Government must be ready to go harder and faster. This is insanity.
The post Thank Lockdowns for the Worst Budget in History appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not Sat Nov 22, 2025 11:00 | Charlotte Gill
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
The post Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran Sat Nov 22, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
The Crown Prosecution Service is appealing against the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who was convicted of burning the Quran in a protest, reigniting fears Britain could introduce blasphemy laws by the back door.
The post CPS Appeals Against Acquittal of Hamit Coskun for Burning Quran appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border C... Sat Nov 22, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
World Kindness Day may have passed you by. But it won't have passed by your children, whose school will have been sure to teach that climate action and open borders are essential elements of 'kindness', says Steven Tucker.
The post World Kindness Day is Just Another Way of Grooming Schoolchildren into the Climate and Open Border Cults appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Nov 22, 2025 01:24 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire, international edition

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 Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday August 16, 2007 20:55 by Persian   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 21, 2007 18:18)
Recent ratifications by the International Labour Organization (ILO) based on which fishermen should be covered by the law.
The ratifications will become mandatory in Iran after the Majlis approves them. Fishermen will then be protected like all other workers in Iran. according to a recent article in Iran Daily. read full story / add a comment
Open Day poster
mayo / environment / event notice Thursday August 16, 2007 13:36 by JM   image 1 image
Due to continued interest from the public Erris Shell To Sea are holding an “Open Day” in Healy’s Hall, Glenamoy, North Mayo on Saturday August 25th 2007. The day is intended to give people the opportunity to find out about the campaign directly from those involved, and to share information in a relaxed, protest-free atmosphere. read full story / add a comment
Banner of Dreams
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday August 16, 2007 10:47 by Chris Murray   text 7 comments (last - tuesday october 09, 2007 19:06)   image 5 images
The We! publication of Isis women, based in the Phillipines is now out.
It, as usual, draws together the threads of globalised resistance and how Western and
globalised economic movements effect emergent democracies and economies.

http://www.isiswomen.org is affiliated to the European Feminist Forum and runs
a radio service and links to feminists in Iran, Costa Rica, Iraq and globally.
This months issue focuses on the movement for Changes in the UN
Gender Architecture Reforms ; and the Movement against CAFTA. read full story / add a comment
Hugo Chavez with his small list of reforms of the 5 pillars of Venezuelan government.
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday August 15, 2007 20:57 by Fredrick Forsyth   text 29 comments (last - saturday august 25, 2007 12:51)   image 3 images
At last it's happening! Yippeeee! Whatever!

the Glorious leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez is today presenting his reforms of the five pillars of that state's constitution to the National Assembly.

Item 1 for attention is his life-long presidency.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday August 15, 2007 20:17 by Sean
The Just Books Collective and Organise! will host the first Belfast anarchist bookfair from the 31st to 1st September in Belfast Unemploymed Resource Centre 45/47 Donegall Street, Belfast. The bookfair has something for everyone interested in working class struggles and finding out about anarchism. From books on labour and Irish history, struggles across the globe, radical thinkers, anarchist, socialist and feminist books and pamphlets, t-shirts, badges and much more. There will also be meetings on the history of anarchism in Belfast, workplace organising, international workers struggles, resisting the water charges, Justice for Dockers, and the struggle for women's right to choose both north and south.

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international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 15, 2007 18:37 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 38 comments (last - saturday september 26, 2009 16:22)   image 3 images
The densest plume of Green Smoke has clouded the whole issue of the Lismullin site and the manner in which the Greens sacrificed the Henge site along the M3 motorway in order to get into Armani suits alongside members of Fianna Fail. read full story / add a comment
Boycott Israeli Goods!
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday August 15, 2007 17:18 by Garry   image 2 images
Boycott Israeli Potatoes : Picket - Thursday 16th August, SuperValu Aston Quay, 5pm-6.30pm

The IPSC boycott Israeli potatoes campaign continues after successfull actions at TESCO Rathmines and Baggot Street, Fallon & Byrne, and Dunnes George's street. Join us on our boycott campaign outside SuperValu Aston Quay (formerly Virgin Megastore). read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday August 15, 2007 14:23 by Nasser Asgary
This is a special edition of Workers in Iran. The main topic covered is the imprisonment of Iranian Trade Union Leaders Mansoor Ossanlou and Mahmoud Salehi and the campaign for their release. Full text of this edition at link below.

Release Mansoor Ossanlou and Mahmoud Salehi

Worker-communist Party of Iran (WPI) strongly supports the proposed international action for the release ofMansur Osanlu and Mahmud Salehi.

WPI ceaselessly exposes the crimes of the Islamic regime in Iran against both the workers as well as the people at large, and struggles for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Iran, including Mahmud Salehi and Mansur Osanlu.
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galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday August 15, 2007 12:18 by Over The Edge
In September Galway Arts Centre is offering a choice of three poetry workshops, facilitated by Kevin Higgins, whose first collection of poems, ‘The Boy With No Face’, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award For Best First Collection By An Irish Poet. ‘The Boy With No Face’ was Salmon Poetry’s bestselling book of 2005 and has recently been reprinted. Kevin Higgins is an experienced workshop facilitator and several of his students have gone on to achieve publication success. He is also co-organiser of the popular Over The Edge literary events. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday August 15, 2007 11:41 by krossie   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 16, 2007 21:52)   image 1 image
First Bike workshop in the new seomra read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Wednesday August 15, 2007 09:07 by John mcDermott   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 15, 2007 18:37)
Discredited former T.D. gets 100,000 per annum sinecure in the Seanad(to keep his mouth shut?)

Ivor the Engine is waiting in the Seanad to relaunch his career.
The High Court hearing of the Taxiplate owners compensation case taken against the state, and its various agencies, by solicitors,Obrien McMahon Downes has been delayed as the state has asked for a sixteen week adjournment to enable it defend its corner.It will be early 2008 before the case reaches the Four Goldmines.It may cost the taxpayer 200 million euros.Bertie Ahern and his special envoy Ivor Callely are central to this issue.
http://www.soldiersofdestiny.org/taxitaxi.htm
http://www.soldiersofdestiny.org/iscallelyacrooktoo.htm read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday August 14, 2007 20:58 by Niav   text 4 comments (last - wednesday august 15, 2007 15:36)
Choice Ireland

Press Release: Saturday 18th August 2007

Choice Ireland calls for regulation of crisis pregnancy counselling agencies.

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national / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday August 14, 2007 19:47 by Sean
The Just Books Collective and Organise! will host the first Belfast anarchist bookfair from the 31st to 1st September in Belfast Unemployment Resource Centre 45/47 Donegall Street, Belfast. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 14, 2007 18:32 by Yassamine Mather   text 68 comments (last - friday october 19, 2007 18:25)
Yassamine Mather writes on the judicial murder of 50 people in Iran. She also points out that according to Iranian Govt figures, 150,000 women have been arrested for wearing an "improper hijab" (ie letting their hair show). Full article at link.

At the end of July and beginning of August 2007, in less than a week, over 50 people were executed by public hanging in Iran’s islamic republic. This has taken place against the background of a campaign entitled ‘enforcement of national security’, under which over one million Iranians have faced questioning. Meanwhile, the state claims that it has arrested 4,000 ‘delinquents’ and detained 43,000 accused of drug offences. Just as alarmingly, anti-war, anti-imperialist activists such as Mansour Ossanlou and Mahmoud Salehi, as well as many workers and students, are held in prison on trumped-up charges.

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Come to the Workers' Forum!
clare / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday August 14, 2007 18:30 by Socialist Party   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 15, 2007 15:26)   image 5 images   1 attached file
-Workers Forum-

Government & Aer Lingus Betrayal
UNIONS MUST ACT

7:30 Thursday August 16th, Oakwood Arms Hotel, Shannon

Hosted by the Socialist Party read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Tuesday August 14, 2007 16:36 by Socialist
Socialist Forum
Sexism and the System: The Fight for Women's Liberation

Sat. 18th August, 3pm
Clifton Court Hotel read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday August 14, 2007 15:52 by Gino Kenny
MASTACTION CLONDALKIN, will be holding a benefit night, to raise funds for the mastaction campaign. Saturday,1st September in the Waterside Pub, Clondalkin.(upstairs). all are welcome. entertainment will be provided by D.J X read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues / news report Tuesday August 14, 2007 13:59 by krossie   text 7 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2008 03:45)   image 1 image
Just got news through that the Van has taken the family away read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 14, 2007 13:25 by krossie   image 1 image
Directions: Coming from Capel St bridge, turn left at the Boar's Head off Capel Street, large grey-blue building on your right, old Melody Maker building. It is across the road from the "Capel Building" and Rhodes restaurant. It is on the Luas track.

Time 7:30

Suggested Donation: Waged/Unwaged 2.50 /2.00

If you want to screen a feature/short/documentary/music video..........

e-mail screeninggroup@hushmail.com read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday August 14, 2007 13:18 by C Murray   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 14, 2007 19:13)
Ariadna Grandson.
Nuria Morello.
Roman Sesen
Laia Serra

Were arrested and detained whilst touring the city of Oaxaca on the evening of the fifth of
August 2007, they are currently detained in a deportation centre in Mexico. They have released
two letters assuring people of their safety and reporting brutal treatment by their captors. read full story / add a comment
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