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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 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

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Human Rights in 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 Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 [1] Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:48 | Mark

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

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offsite link Trump to Deport Boss of Starmer-Linked Censorship Organisation Centre for Countering Digital Hate Mon Nov 10, 2025 13:06 | Will Jones
Donald Trump's White House is poised to deport the boss of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, an internet censorship organisation founded by Sir Keir Starmer?s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney.
The post Trump to Deport Boss of Starmer-Linked Censorship Organisation Centre for Countering Digital Hate appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Prince Philip?s Brave Highlanders to be Evicted From Barracks to Make Way for Asylum Seekers Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
War heroes are being booted from their historic Inverness barracks to make way for asylum seekers, sparking outrage over the lack of respect shown to veterans and their legacy.
The post Prince Philip?s Brave Highlanders to be Evicted From Barracks to Make Way for Asylum Seekers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Shock COP Dirty Secret: At Least Half the Balsa Wood in Wind Turbine Blades is Illegally Logged in A... Mon Nov 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Half the world's balsa wood for wind turbines is illegally logged from Ecuador's Amazon, destroying protected rainforest. Chris Morrison reveals wind power's dirty secret.
The post Shock COP Dirty Secret: At Least Half the Balsa Wood in Wind Turbine Blades is Illegally Logged in Amazonian Rainforests appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link If You?re Sick, But Possess the ?Incorrect? Political Views or Religion, Will Some Far-Left and Musl... Mon Nov 10, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
From woke NHS wards to pro-Hamas medics, politics is poisoning healthcare ? and not just in the UK. Steven Tucker warns that bias and anti-Jewish hatred could soon prove deadly.
The post If You?re Sick, But Possess the ?Incorrect? Political Views or Religion, Will Some Far-Left and Muslim NHS Staff Try to Kill You? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Nov 10, 2025 01:28 | Richard Eldred
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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cork / arts and media / event notice Saturday May 26, 2012 13:21 by Eric   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 31, 2012 17:10)   image 1 image
In 2008, Iceland was confronted with an unprecedented economic disaster. The country's three banks collapsed, dragging to ruin the country's whole social, economic and political life. “The Viking Way”, is a documentary about how Iceland responded very differently to the crisis of the market and capitalism.

Start time is 8pm.
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cork / environment / event notice Saturday May 26, 2012 12:00 by Joe Collins   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 30, 2012 18:27)
On July 28th 2012 at 3.00pm, cycle naked (or as bare as you dare) in the streets of Cork with a hundred or more cyclists. This is a protest against car culture, and the dangers cyclists face on the roads. It is also a celebration of the human body and the importance of body acceptance regardless of shape or size, and something which we can see as beautiful in a non-sexualised context. Lastly we cycle to draw attention to the need for more serious support for this most sustainable transport option which leaves zero carbon footprint. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Friday May 25, 2012 16:47 by rikki indymedia
this week saw the annual general meeting of oil giant, shell. the main international AGM took place in holland at the hague, but uk shareholders joined in by videolink at a meeting at the barbican. despite a massive security operation, the AGM was hit both outside and in by a stream of activists from 'rising tide' 'occupy oil', 'shell to sea', rossport camp, and 'tar sands uk' among others.

this short film captures the morning and some of the protests that challenged and penetrated the massive security operation at the shell AGM

see also 'london rising tide' press release at http://london.indymedia.org/articles/12284 for loads more info

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday May 25, 2012 04:28 by National Unity Government
MEDIA RELEASE 25 May 2012
Foundation Meeting of the Sovereign Union – National Unity Government

A meeting of representatives from across the continent gathered to confirm their intent to form a National Unity Government of the Sovereign Union of First Nations Peoples in Australia.
This intent was confirmed with representatives formally signing an Act of Sovereign Union between First Nations Peoples in Australia.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday May 24, 2012 06:08 by lefty   text 2 comments (last - friday june 01, 2012 17:46)   image 2 images
Our creeping loss of privacy is the subject of an interesting article in todays Irish Examiner. Activists, now more than ever need to get up to speed on how to protect their digital privacy if engaging in activities deemed "troublesome" by state actors. (i.e. actively exercising your democratic rights to free speech etc. Y'know, stuff like that! ;-) read full story / add a comment
Peoples court at the bank #OCCUPYMORDOR
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 23, 2012 19:50 by #SpanishRevolution > #OccupyMordor   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 24, 2012 10:26)   image 7 images   video 3 video files
“The hobbits united will never be defeated!” #OccupyMordor continues in Barcelona, against a huge bank: La Caixa

Article about the celebrations and actions of the #Indignados in Spain for the 1 year anniversary of the 15M movement. Read full article, view images, view vids at: http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/occup...rdor/

THIS SPRING WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE SQUARES
WERE GOING AFTER THOSE RESPONSIBLE
THIS 2012 WE OCCUPY MORDOR:
THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING
WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT
WE (#NOSALTRES) ARE THE 99%
PERMANANT CACEROLADA* INFRONT OF MORDOR
#CAIXAROLADA
#OCCUPYMORDOR

* CACEROLADA = Banging of pots and pans, a popular form of protest in Spain, as it was in Argentina in 2001
**Caixarolada = Cacerolada against the main Spanish bank La Caixa read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 23, 2012 11:43 by italy calling
Last Saturday morning a bomb exploded outside the vocational college for young women “Morvillo-Falcone” in the Southern city of Brindisi, killing a teenage girl, Melissa Bassi, and severely wounding several other classmates. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday May 23, 2012 11:23 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
LASC based
Community Employment Post
Applicants must be eligible for Community Employment
and you can apply directly to CCVG

City Centre Voluntary Groups has a job vacancy in the following position based in LASC (The Latin America Solidarity Centre) 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
Israeli diamonds are not conflict free
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday May 22, 2012 20:57 by Sean Clinton   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 09, 2012 15:10)   image 8 images
As the leaders of the global diamond industry gathered in Vicenza, Italy for the annual meeting of the World Diamond Council, Palestinians remained trapped in a surreal nightmarish existence under the cosh of a diamond-funded, nuclear-armed belligerent regime: "The Israeli forces used [taser guns] and I have bruises on my arms and legs. I saw them open a protester's mouth by force and spit in it, and they spit in my face as well. While being under custody, a police officer of Ramle district addressed both me and another female activist while being cuffed with verbal sexual harassment, threatening to rape us. I have to admit I burst in tears ." read full story / add a comment
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national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 22, 2012 20:51 by Bernardo   image 1 image
In the run up to our 21st birthday celebrations, Anti-Fascist Action Ireland are undertaking a major historical survey of the Irish Far-Right from 1945 – 1991. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday May 22, 2012 16:05 by LASC
Special Screening - Even the Rain (También la Lluvia) Irish Premiere
Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield
Sunday 3rd June, 5.00pm

LASC in conjunction with the Light House Cinema and Bolivia Information Forum, is proud to announce that we will host the Irish premiere of Even the Rain (También la Lluvia).

Writer Paul Laverty will attend the premiere on June 3rd, and take part in a Q&A after the film. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 22, 2012 13:01 by O.O'C.
The European Stability Mechanism is a crisis fund that comes at the price of €11 billion for Ireland, that EU countries will be able to gain access to should they ratify the Fiscal Treaty. But will it be a handy insurance policy for Ireland - or an economic straitjacket? read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Monday May 21, 2012 22:17 by Vote No
Public Meeting - Why you should vote NO! read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday May 21, 2012 16:13 by RNU PRO   image 1 image
The arrest and imprisonment of seven republican activists within the past few days heralds a new era for British oppression in Ireland.

Following intense debate amongst government ministers, the military and its legal establishment since 2006, it would appear that the British state has now decided to use so-called ‘intercept evidence’ as viable evidence to imprison Irish republicans. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday May 21, 2012 12:59 by Josephine Hayden
Republican Sinn Féin, are calling on people to vote NO in the referendum on the Fiscal Treaty on May 31. The treaty, if passed, will perpetuate austerity for decades to come.
The referendum is an opportunity to send out a clear statement of intent that people are not prepared to cede any more power to the undemocratic and un-elected bureaucratic elite that is the EU. A NO vote will be a positive step towards regaining control of our future and that of the generations to come.
Austerity has been rejected by the French and Greek people and now it is the turn of the citizens of this state to reject them also. read full story / add a comment
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cork / arts and media / event notice Monday May 21, 2012 12:37 by Eric   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 16, 2012 14:36)   image 1 image
"The Green Wave is a touching documentary which shows the dramatic events of the Green Revolution in Iran in 2009. The film uses a collage of footage taken from mobile phones and cameras carried by people involved in the street protests along with face book and Twitter entries, Youtube clips, blog material and animation and is a memorial to all those who died during the extreme suppression carried out by government militias." read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / event notice Monday May 21, 2012 00:42 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday may 21, 2012 23:54)   image 1 image
Public Meeting: Why you should vote NO to austerity

Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 8:00 p.m.

Sean O'Casey Community Centre, St Marys Road, East Wall, Dublin 3.
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international / sci-tech / other press Sunday May 20, 2012 20:17 by Hypatia   text 41 comments (last - friday june 29, 2012 12:18)   image 8 images
Interesting long term data confirms that Australia is warming. Full text at link.

In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the past 1,000 years.

The study led by researchers at the University of Melbourne, used a range of natural indicators including tree rings, corals and ice cores to study Australasian temperatures over the past millennium. They then compared these with climate model simulations.

Dr. Stephen Phipps, a researcher with UNSW’s Climate Change Research Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science led the climate model simulation research. He said the results showed there were no other warm periods in the past 1,000 years that match the warming experienced in Australasia since 1950. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday May 20, 2012 12:56 by Patrice Faubert
L'argent est le vecteur de l'inhumanité... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 20, 2012 09:53 by Anthony Ravlich   text 34 comments (last - friday june 01, 2012 19:34)
An ethical approach to human rights, development and globalization to replace neo liberalism has support from a distinguished New Zealander which could open the door to its debate by the establishment which has always steadfastly refused to discuss the many human rights omissions from NZ's human rights law. The ethical approach requires that all have, at the very least, the core minimums of the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights i.e. both 'survival rights' and 'self-help rights' sufficient to enable the individual to reach his/her full potential while also exercising a duty to the community. It emphasizes a 'bottom-up' approach to development to take society forward which promises to considerably reduce unemployment. The ethical approach is now attracting some high profile attention on the internet social networks. read full story / add a comment
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