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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 British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class Sat Nov 22, 2025 17:00 | Finlay McLaren
The BBC's Director of Comedy wants to "save the sitcom". But the sitcom is only endangered because most of them stopped being funny. As To the Manor Born reminds us, British comedy has lost its class, says Finlay McLaren.
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offsite link Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? Sat Nov 22, 2025 15:00 | Noah Carl
Is the era of cheap internet surveys over? A new paper demonstrates that AIs can now be "trivially programmed" to answer online surveys in ways that are essentially indistinguishable from humans.
The post Is the Era of Cheap Internet Surveys Over? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
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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.

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday June 30, 2007 18:32 by mr
Irish - Polish rebel songs nite

AUGUST DESTINY
from Dublin

MACIEJ ROSZAK
from Poznan/Poland

Wednesday 11 th July, doors 8 pm / 5 euro
Red Windmill Pub, Phibsborough Rd, Dublin

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David Norris
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday June 30, 2007 18:12 by formal   text 3 comments (last - tuesday july 03, 2007 06:30)   image 8 images
Some images from today's protest. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday June 30, 2007 07:59 by dreamboat
People today seem perplexed as civilisation as we know it plummets into the abyss. Yet, in the broad sense, the future is entirely predicable. The much lauded system of economic rationalism has resulted in huge disparities in wealth comparable to ancient societies; the wealth of Pharaoh-God-Kings of the past was staggering and in stark contrast to the wealth of their subjects. The peoples’ living standards were maintained at ‘adequate‘ levels to ensure a fit work/slave force for their rulers – remind you of anything, are you able to draw any comparisons today? In fact ancient Egypt (utilising modern poverty statistics) would have fared better in the social sense than most of today’s societies. So much for economic rationalism and laissez-faire capitalism! The inequity of today’s economic reality is far from mysterious; however, one mystery remains, the masses of today tolerate far greater inequities than the masses of yesterday. read full story / add a comment
Revolution and Islam
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday June 29, 2007 21:48 by MichaelY   text 8 comments (last - tuesday july 03, 2007 14:08)   image 1 image
The Irish Anti War Movement (IAWM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked shooting of civilians by the Lebanese Army earlier today (Friday June 29th) during a peaceful demonstration on the road from the Beddawi camp to the Nahr Al Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. read full story / add a comment
"win-win" or "froth for losers"?
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday June 29, 2007 21:45 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 15, 2007 02:39)   image 1 image
3 years ago the state of Ethiopia began what would become a monumental struggle when they announced their intention to trademark their Coffee Bean. The Ethiopian highlands & the surrounding "horn of Africa" were the origin of the drink coffee as far back as the 9th century [common era]. Specifically the Ethiopian state wanted to assert internationally recognised intellectual copyright on a range of coffee beans which to this day are mostly cultivated in the east African state. Many welcomed the move as evidence that late 20th century capitalism which has seen ownership concepts extended to ideas, living organisms & even specific genecodes could be a game which the poorest states might play to their advantage as well. Then came the orchestrated response of the Seattle USA based multi-national corporation Starbucks. Earlier this month both the company and state came to a settlement. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday June 29, 2007 19:58 by morning joe   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 04, 2007 18:26)
Today a few things happened - Iraq, London, Poverty etc..,

But for some reason US TV network MSNBC wanted to lead their news hour with a Paris Hilton story. You know the vapid girl who went to jail (not prison) and suffered attention deficit disorder, read the bible but couldn't remember her favourite passage....

Watch this video as Mika Brzezinsk refused on air to lead with the story saying she wanted Iraq first and then tried to burn her script.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0 read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 19:20 by barra - Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Directions:

Coming from Capel St bridge, turn left at the Boar’s Head off Capel St, 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.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday June 29, 2007 12:43 by thefemaleeunach   text 1 comment (last - friday june 29, 2007 14:49)   1 attached file
Choice Ireland a recently formed reproductive rights group placed 20 suitcases outside Dail Eireann in order to highlight the fact that 20 or more Irish women leave Ireland every day to access abortion services read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 12:37 by Western Writers' Centre
Galway’s Westside Library are hosting two well-known writers for a reading on Tuesday 24th July, starting at 6.30. Admission to the readings is free. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Friday June 29, 2007 10:37 by AIMS Ireland
“Every woman deserves to have her mother in the delivery room with her” I remember reading these words on rollercoaster.ie years ago from a young scared Irish woman due with her first baby. Her heartfelt plea for help…her desperation for ANY suggestion ….of ANY possible way that she could persuade her maternity hospital to make the exception to the rule and allow her mother and husband in with her for the labour and birth. Likewise I remember the replies of other women…women who have gone through it before…women who dripped with cynicism because they too would have liked this choice but knew what her outcome would be. The pain, confusion and fear of that sad, sad post have stayed with me over the years.

Unfortunately it looks like very little has changed for women in some areas of Ireland . While many maternity units around the country are receptive of additional birthing partners and Doulas, the Dublin hospitals remain unresponsive.

AIMS Ireland has decided to look deeper into this issue.
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fighting them there so we wont have to fight them here (huh?!)
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 29, 2007 10:34 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - saturday july 28, 2007 17:00)   image 1 image
'Conspiracy Theorists' have been saying this for years, of course.

Perhaps George is just helping Tony in his new job?

amazing quote of the day: 'No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street.' - so much for the GWOT, now its all about image management.
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday June 29, 2007 09:44 by finch
Many articles have been written on the tactic of pervasive and continuous debt as a form of economic social management. However, few financial ‘wizards’ and politicians understood the ramifications of such a tactic. To meet regular needs average people have been forced to borrow at rates never before seen. As a result of the created necessity to borrow large amounts and the ease of obtaining large loans, a rapid increase in loan defaults is occurring. Perhaps statistical information on the ‘spike’ in long term debt servicing and mortgagee defaults highlights the failure of the debt strategy. Hailed at the time as the optimum method of economic and social management, today it is proving to be just another strategy of big business appropriating more at the expense of EVERYTHING and everyone else. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 03:48 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Acclaimed novelist Niall Williams will give a two-day Creative Writing workshop in Galway - read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday June 28, 2007 21:47 by greendublin2007   text 15 comments (last - thursday july 19, 2007 13:40)
After recent denials of interest in Green Party leadership it emerges John Gormley has been soliciting support for the last week. read full story / add a comment
Oh no! Another Pride?
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 28, 2007 20:38 by Paula Geraghty   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 28, 2007 21:00)   image 30 images
Yet another year and Stonewall is commemorated with a big celebration of joy. read full story / add a comment
If diagrams of female genitals (with or without clitoris) offend you don't look at this image.
international / gender and sexuality / news report Thursday June 28, 2007 20:31 by ribbid   text 7 comments (last - wednesday december 17, 2014 02:21)   image 1 image
A 2005 UNICEF report suggested 97%of Egyptian women between ages 15 and 49 had undergone some type of genital mutilation or circumcision. Last week ago Bodur Ahmed Shaker an 11 year old girl died after undergoing the operation at a private clinic in Minya province in the south of the state. Doctors at the clinic had suggested her death was due to a a heavy dose of anaesthetic and her operation is believed to have been a result of her parents wish to preserve her chastity..,

Since then the Egyptian establishment has moved to close a final loop-hole in their legislation which had allowed a practise which has been common since Pharonic times to continue. The change to the law announced this afternoon followed statements on Islamic theology from the state mufti (supporting the end to this barbaric practice and reminding all it has no scriptural basis in either Quran or Talmud [old testament] ) read full story / add a comment
Suburban Superwoman
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday June 28, 2007 19:46 by Heather.   text 22 comments (last - monday august 13, 2007 22:10)   image 1 image

We do not know if the new improved EC Constitution which will be voted
in 2008 includes a 'God Clause' but we do know that the good German
Doctor Kues has plans for the women of the EU, which is to promote the
equality agenda through rediscovering the traditional family. This should
make the Poles and the Right wing Irish who collude so diffidently in the
oppression of women remarkably happy.

http://www.eu2007.de or -www.eu2007.de: read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 28, 2007 13:13 by A Free Press
Josh Wolf is a minor cause celebre in the USA. As a freelance-journalist/blogger/indymedista he had taken video of a lot of demonstrations. One particular demonstration saw the police subpoena a video tape from him in order to attempt to prosecute someone in a black bloc that allegedly assaulted a police officer. Josh refused and went to jail for longer than any other journalist in US history. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:59 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Renowned activist and playwright Margarette D'Arcy will read for the Western Writers' Centre at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, on Thursday, August 16th, starting at 8pm. Admission is €8 and €5 read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:52 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Matt Kirkham, whose 'The Lost Museums' collection has garnered considerable praise, reads on Friday, August 10th, at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, for the Western Writers' Centre. read full story / add a comment
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