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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 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.
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offsite link What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine Fri Nov 21, 2025 17:00 | Anonymous
Read what happened when an Extinction Rebellion meeting was disrupted by a protester. Seems they can give it out but have no intention of putting up with it themselves.
The post What Happened When Extinction Rebellion Had a Taste of its Own Medicine 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 Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 14, 2007 09:56 by magical girl   text 7 comments (last - wednesday september 05, 2007 12:44)
SCREAM CLUB - Female Queer Electro Sex Hop Hip Pop Punk Rock Glam Rap read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / news report Tuesday August 14, 2007 08:19 by Mike Feinstein
European Green Party General Secretary Juan Behrend recently visited the U.S. and spoke on several occasions about the challenges and opportunities European Greens face/ have faced in coalition government, and these videos capture his presentations. read full story / add a comment
The dead pilot whale on Glengad beach
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday August 14, 2007 00:39 by JM TC   text 18 comments (last - monday august 20, 2007 12:15)   image 2 images
On Friday 3rd August 2007 a beached long-finned pilot whale was discovered dead on Glengad beach in Erris, north Mayo. This overlooks Broadhaven Bay, a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and a recognised habitat for significant species of marine mammals. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Monday August 13, 2007 21:28 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 14, 2007 19:22)   image 1 image
Casual holiday-season surfers of international news/diplomatic temperature indicators will of course have noticed the Arctic & its potential exploitation are on the agenda. Naturally it's not presented in a cool, sexy, ice-cream way, nor for the moment in horrible cub-clubbing whale slaughtering dirtiness - but the nugget cold war seems for the moment to have left Dharfur, Dead Spies, Tehran's nukes & the mostly French Clearstream scandal's trillion dollar graft behind. It is almost as if we are all wishing on the falling stars & meteorite showers the Perseids which annually offer us a bit of make-believe. There is of course an Irish as well as Southern European dimension to what is being presently spun varyingly as the "Arctic cold war" or "Rush to claim Arctic hydrocarbons". Because to be quite honest all this "divying up the Arctic" has been on the cards (or runestones) for a long time now, I thought to bring you through it. read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 13, 2007 15:55 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
The popular ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ series returns to Galway City Library after the Summer break on Thursday, August 30th 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Tom Lavelle, Margaret Faherty & Alan Jude Moore. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 13, 2007 13:47 by Over The Edge
Susan Millar DuMars will give support, instruction and feedback to students who are interested in writing either fiction (short stories, novels) or poetry. read full story / add a comment
Roman Giertych - Leader of the Far-Right LPR - Their elderly female followers stand out by wearing Mohair hats<Image from www.feedshow.com>
international / politics / elections / news report Monday August 13, 2007 12:48 by Damien Moran   text 8 comments (last - sunday october 21, 2007 18:17)   image 2 images
national / politics / elections / other press Monday August 13, 2007 10:33 by Cedar   text 3 comments (last - monday october 08, 2007 18:05)
In the aftermath of the setback for the broad left in the May 2007 elections there has been a substantial focus in both establishment and alternative media about the implications for Sinn Féin and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Labour party.

Yet it is perhaps the Socialist Party that suffered the most....... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / other press Monday August 13, 2007 03:12 by Ireland with Jose Artigas-Sudamérica   text 2 comments (last - monday august 13, 2007 16:19)
Peter Campbell, soldier of the british empire on the S.XIX siecle, desertó (to desert) and live with gauchos and indios charrúas (sorry, I can't speak english). Luego fue soldado (soldier) de José Gervasio Artigas, en la Liga Federal sudamericana. read full story / add a comment
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cork / environment / event notice Monday August 13, 2007 00:01 by Sustain West Cork   image 1 image
The first festival of its kind to be held in the South West is set to take place in Bantry over three days in August. Sustain West Cork, are organising the “Eco-Festival” to raise environmental awareness and promote local Sustainable Development. With live music, children's entertainment and an impressive lecture & workshop schedule it promises to be an enjoyable family event. Please come along, join in and help the Sustain West Cork Weekend make a difference. read full story / add a comment
Drawing by Ceola Reece
cork / environment / press release Sunday August 12, 2007 23:55 by Sustain West Cork   image 1 image
The first festival of its kind to be held in the South West is set to take place in Bantry over three days in August. Sustain West Cork, are organising the “Eco-Festival” to raise environmental awareness and promote local Sustainable Development. With live music, children's entertainment and an impressive lecture & workshop schedule it promises to be an enjoyable family event. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday August 12, 2007 22:18 by Ali Javadi   text 7 comments (last - sunday august 19, 2007 19:05)
Fars Gavily, Eqbal Latifi, Sediq Sobhani, Khaled Savari, Teyeb Mollaei, Teyeb Chatei, Yaddollah Moradi, Sediq Amjadi, Mohioldin Rajabi, Habibollah Kale-kani and Abbas Andriani, 11 worker activists who were arrested on May 1st in Sanandage have been sentenced to 91 days of imprisonment and 10 lashes for taking part in a may 1st demonstration.

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Éamonn Ceannt , 1881-1916.
national / history and heritage / event notice Sunday August 12, 2007 21:53 by Sharon .   text 8 comments (last - monday august 20, 2007 21:11)   image 7 images
Éamonn Ceannt was an uileann piper, a member of the IRB Military Council and a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation. He was stationed in the South Dublin Union during the Rising of 1916. As a member of the Provisional Government he was executed by the British Army in Kilmainham Gaol on May 8th 1916. read full story / add a comment
Heathrow Activism
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday August 12, 2007 21:31 by Cloud Buster   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 18, 2007 12:41)   image 2 images
On Saturday the 11th of August the UK Police stated that they would use anti-terrorist
legislation to break the Heathrow Climate Change Camp, since then they have
placed a press embargo on the camp and refused toilet and hygeine facilities to the
protestors.

The indymedia.org.uk site is covering on features and the Guardian has interviewed
a cross- section of protestors opposed to the airport expansion. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday August 12, 2007 20:26 by w.   image 4 images
Workers in North Providence, Rhode Island (USA) were viciously set upon and attacked by police as they participated in a union march organised by the Industrial Workers of the World on August 11. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday August 12, 2007 13:18 by Strategic   text 8 comments (last - sunday august 12, 2007 21:48)   image 1 image
A short synopsis of ten Years of FF. Reaction Welcome.

http://www.savetara.com read full story / add a comment
US marines asleep at their base in Falluja, Iraq. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty images
roscommon / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 12, 2007 13:13 by Padraig Murphy   text 7 comments (last - saturday august 18, 2007 02:58)   image 1 image
In today's issue of the Observer, Peter Beaumont in Baghdad reports that the US occupation army is enervated, all petered and in crisis: "Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis". read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday August 12, 2007 02:30 by Rav   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 12, 2007 02:48)
The Sunday Tribune has slowly but surely ceased to be a quality 'News' paper. Media baron Sir Tony may own just a minority share but he's the only one paying all the Sunday Tribune's salaries and bills. Which explains why it shamelessly, just a fortnight ago, poked a five-page dig at O'Reilly's corporate rival Denis O'Brien who is trying to take over Sir Anto's INM. The Sunday Tribune has deceptively swapped good news reporting for opinion and cheaply-found tabloid stories of human interest.... as expected O'Brien came away without even a bruise.

A few months ago the Sunday Tribune published a document alleging serious wrongdoing at construction and insurance billionaire Sean Quinn's Quinn-Direct company. Quinn has sued....... it now looks like Sir Anthony may need the bandages!!!!!! (see Irish Times story below)

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orwell never fully understood database technology and fuzzy logick
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday August 12, 2007 00:40 by redjade   image 1 image
One potential Irish solution for those EU Roma in Ireland....
joke. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / other press Sunday August 12, 2007 00:01 by iosaf   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 29, 2007 15:43)   image 1 image
Even the most casual of Irish news cyber-surfer will have caught yet another one of those photo-opportunities of First minister minister doctor right honourable Ian the big mon Paisley of little Ulster stroking the tail-fin of an Aer Lingus model plane this week. He was chuffed because his new government had just managed to strip Shannon airport of all its remaining christian traffic & good travellers & convince Aer Lingus to reschedule its Heathrow flights from Shannon to Belfast.
Oh well that has brought ecumenical flavour and colaboration to the Sunday Homily and Sermon circuit of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
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