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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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international / arts and media / other press Friday June 22, 2007 14:07 by Dante Algheiro @ the drive by motel with Virgil just outside   text 28 comments (last - friday february 15, 2008 21:24)
About two weeks a book review made its way into the New York Times & then by editorial selection (the universal vagaries and whimsical nature of which we all must agree) into the "best of review" by which the NYT increases newspaper sales by a few kilograms at the weekend. But the reader interest and plugmanship didn't stop there. Within a week the local language issues of the NYT had picked up on the story and translated it into the major European tongues. (but obviously not gaeilge, polish or chinese).

The story is now a pay for view - but it has excited certain interest in the Eastern seaboard US blogosphere & touches on areas of cognitive analysis which I first raised in 2003 - namely "are their rules or ritualised preparations for being a suicide bomber?" So I'm reproducing it here. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday June 22, 2007 12:20 by Mick Hall   text 1 comment (last - monday june 25, 2007 20:07)
For a Nation with a population less than that of London, Ireland to its credit has always had a historic, vibrant and rigorous left wing political culture, thus it is impossible to do justice to what constitutes the Irish Left of today in a single article. This piece is far from a complete bibliography and unlike many previous articles on the Left in Ireland, I have included the Irish Republican Movement. Whilst I accept this may not be to the liking of some readers, in my opinion not only do many Republican organizations deserve on merit to be within any serious analysis of the Irish Left, but I believe it would be nonsensical to exclude the Irish Republican Movement, not least because it has acted as the mid-wife to much of today's Irish left. Republicanism has at times also managed, for a host of differing reasons, to divert some of the finest sons and daughters of the Irish working class into the cul-de-sac of nationalism. read full story / add a comment
Guarding Gaza
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 22, 2007 10:27 by MichaelY   text 6 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 00:38)   image 1 image
I thought MIchael Warschawski's views on the latest development in Gaza, written on June 18 and coming from a Jewish anti-Zionist perspective, may be instructive for some of our local defenders of Israel.....and, of course, an eye-opener for some of our 'left' Islamophobes....

http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/michael-warschawsk....html

The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 22, 2007 09:39 by SDLP Youth   text 1 comment (last - friday june 22, 2007 10:32)
SDLP Youth Universities and Schools Officer Malachy Quinn has today spoken out about the money spent by the University of Ulster on international flights.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday June 22, 2007 00:50 by Jolly Red Giant   text 69 comments (last - saturday august 04, 2007 00:30)
Classroom assistants across Northern Ireland are preparing for industrial action to defend their pay.

Their employers, the Education and Library Boards acting under the direction of Education Minister Catriona Ruane, are proposing to cut their pay by as much as 79p an hour. The insulting move comes at the end of years of negotiation by the main trade unions representing Classroom Assistants, NIPSA and UNISON.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday June 22, 2007 00:13 by John McAnulty   text 44 comments (last - tuesday july 17, 2007 10:45)   image 1 image
The Greens go into Government

‘Asking the Green Party to go into office with Fianna Fail really does not take account of the real world,’ Trevor Sargent, Green Party leader, May 22nd
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international / sci-tech / news report Thursday June 21, 2007 20:17 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - friday june 22, 2007 11:19)
ThePirateBay is best known for hosting trackers for distributed file-sharing and getting raided recently by the Swedish police at the behest of the US MPAA. They've been making noises about a couple of new ventures, and one of them has gone live: a completely uncensored image hosting service. read full story / add a comment
The Socialist #26  - July 2007
national / miscellaneous / other press Thursday June 21, 2007 19:58 by SP Online   text 26 comments (last - tuesday july 03, 2007 08:30)   image 1 image
The July 2007 issue of The Socialist (#26) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday June 21, 2007 17:35 by Terence   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 17:59)
The Enlish town of Modbury has become the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags outright. This goes a lot further than the plastic bag levy here which did go a long way towards reducing the amount of plastic strewn across our landscape. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday June 21, 2007 17:35 by Ógra B   image 1 image
Peader de Bluit

Tá seanfhocal ciallmhar sa Gaeilge a deir, "Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí". Tá nath ábharaín éagsúil ag an gluaiseacht seo áfach. Is minic na laethanta go gcloistear á rá, "Mol an Ógra agus tiocfaidh siad". Tá an meoin seo ag fás le tamaill agus an t-aos óg sa gluaiseacht ag iarraidh tógáil, agus béim a cur ar pholaitíocht óige. Sé sin le rá go mbeadh inchur níos mó ag an t-aos óg, todhchaí na gluaiseachta agus na tíre, i gcúrsaí ar leith.

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Ray O'Reilly and Amy
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Thursday June 21, 2007 16:44 by Brian H   text 8 comments (last - sunday june 24, 2007 21:32)   image 2 images
The Independent Workers’ Union exposed the latest case of the exploitation of migrant workers in the Celtic Tiger Economy. The case concerns seven Chinese females all working for Klean Fit limited located at unit 1, Old River House, Templegoue, Dublin 6 West.

The dispute arises with the owner of the company, Ms. Anita Ryan, who has issued a series of bounced cheques to the workers as wage payment. This now results with the employer owing the workers 11,323.51 euro between them.........
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 21, 2007 14:11 by IPSC
The IPSC is alarmed at the decision of the European Union and the United States to extend recognition to an administration which has been created by President Mahmoud Abbas in violation of the Palestinian Basic Law. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 21, 2007 13:04 by LASC   text 1 comment (last - friday june 29, 2007 20:21)   image 1 image
DUBLIN: THURSDAY 5TH OF JULY @ 7PM IN TEACHERS CLUB
Contact Martha or Nick for more details: 0872031764 or 0872862848

Jaquelina Lopez Almazan and Jose Luis Diaz Franco, both members of the APPO-CODEP- Popular Asambly of the Oaxacan People in Mexico Will give an acccount of their sttruggle and their fight for justice and freedoom. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 21, 2007 11:22 by Martha   text 1 comment (last - friday june 22, 2007 00:33)
DUBZAG-DUBLIN ZAPATISTA ACTION GROUP WITH LASC-LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY CENTRE AND WSM-WORKERS SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT CORK AND DUBLIN.

PUBLIC TALK-MEXICAN GRASSROOTS RESISTANCE
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meath / history and heritage / event notice Thursday June 21, 2007 02:27 by TaraWatch   text 7 comments (last - tuesday june 26, 2007 12:02)   image 1 image
Wednesday night saw the launch of summer solstice festivities on the Hill of Tara. Singer Laura Murphy opened the event, with people gathering to camp out and be present for the Thursday sunrise,
on the longest day of the year.

Different groups are holding one-off events on Tara during the coming days. TaraWatch has a schedule of events they are presenting until Sunday. These will be followed by a demonstration outside the Department of the Environment on Monday.

Music on Thursday morning will begin at 4.45 am, with harpist Laoise
Kelly performing until the sunrise, at approximately 6.00 am. Paul
Casey O'Bheal will do invocations of poetry, followed by more music
from Wilson Noble and Martin Furey.
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Cotillion- The Forest of the Fallen Moon
dublin / arts and media / press release Thursday June 21, 2007 02:19 by Cotillion   image 1 image
Cotillion presents The Forest of the Fallen Moon @ Broadstone XL. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday June 20, 2007 21:54 by Des Dalton   text 20 comments (last - sunday july 08, 2007 20:00)
Reacting to the announcement that loyalist Willie Frazier is to meet with senior gardai in 26-County government buildings on June 21 to seek permission to hold a loyalist march or rally in Dublin, possibly in July, Republican Sinn Féin pledged to oppose such an event. A previous attempt to force a loyalist march through O’Connell St in February 2006 had to be abandoned due to the scale of the protest. read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections / news report Wednesday June 20, 2007 19:03 by Jake E Lee   text 67 comments (last - thursday june 26, 2008 08:59)
Former Labour Cllr Declan Bree has continued with supporting the Labour/FF pact on Sligo Borough and County Council despite leaving the Labour party recently read full story / add a comment
Did SPC Eli Israel travel through Shannon?
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday June 20, 2007 17:45 by redjade   text 8 comments (last - monday september 03, 2007 18:14)   image 1 image
Eli is taking an incredible risk by refusing orders in Iraq and will most likely be court martialed. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Wednesday June 20, 2007 17:29 by Kraker   text 10 comments (last - sunday november 18, 2007 17:23)   image 1 image
On the morning of Monday 18th of June. The squatted autonomous social centre Villa squattus dei in Leuven Belgium was evicted.
The Eviction came without warning, giving the squatters no chance to remove their belongings.
Thankfully as the squat had only been used as a social centre for the last few months and not as living space, no one was inside, and no arrests were made.
The contents of the house were emptied into a skip. read full story / add a comment
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