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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 All the Flaws in the Lancet Paper That Claims to Show Covid is a Greater Myocarditis Risk to Childre... Wed Nov 12, 2025 19:47 | Dr Clare Craig
A new?Lancet paper?has drawn?headlines?suggesting Covid is a greater myocarditis risk to children than vaccination. Diagnostic pathologist Dr Clare Craig dissects the study and finds this conclusion seriously misleading.
The post All the Flaws in the Lancet Paper That Claims to Show Covid is a Greater Myocarditis Risk to Children Than Vaccination appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Waspi Compensation Would Wipe Out 1p Income Tax Rise Wed Nov 12, 2025 17:59 | Will Jones
The ?10.5 billion cost of compensation for Waspi women ? which Labour has said it is now considering paying out afresh ? would wipe out the money raised by a 1p income tax rise, figures show.
The post Waspi Compensation Would Wipe Out 1p Income Tax Rise appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The BBC?s Delusional Belief in its Objectivity Wed Nov 12, 2025 15:40 | Anonymous former BBC staff member
The BBC obviously leans heavily Left, says one former staff member, writing anonymously in the Daily Sceptic. But to the people who work there, their right-on views are just the 'normal' and 'objective' way to think.
The post The BBC’s Delusional Belief in its Objectivity appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Are Women Being Told Boyfriends Are ?Uncool? and ?Republican?? Wed Nov 12, 2025 13:18 | Joanna Gray
Women are being told it's "uncool" and "Republican" to have a boyfriend, with some even cropping out their partners' heads on holiday snaps. This is not going to help the birth rate or women's happiness, says Joanna Gray.
The post Why Are Women Being Told Boyfriends Are ‘Uncool’ and ‘Republican’? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A BBC Reckoning for the Covid Lockdowns is Overdue Wed Nov 12, 2025 11:26 | Will Jones
Trust in the BBC has been collapsing for years. For many, it finally died during Covid when the national broadcaster took on the role of chief cheerleader for the lockdowns, no dissent allowed. A reckoning is long overdue.
The post A BBC Reckoning for the Covid Lockdowns is Overdue 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

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

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cork / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday February 18, 2011 00:28 by FSB!   text 2 comments (last - friday may 06, 2011 12:02)   image 3 images
Dan Boyle, formerly Bertie Ahern's choice for senator, is running for election in Cork South Central once again. This means he has to present a justification of his and his party's record as part of this government we've suffered for getting on four years. One of the ways he has been doing this is through his election literature, some of which I received in the post only this morning. After reading it, I must say I was surprised at the level of grandiose self-delusion on display in this leaflet! read full story / add a comment
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dublin / housing / news report Thursday February 17, 2011 20:56 by Save Charlemont Street   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 19, 2011 22:51)   image 1 image
Save Charlemont Street has been setup to highlight the injustice suffered by the people of Charlemont Street, Tom Kelly Flats at the hands of the socially inapt Property Developer Sean Reilly and Dublin City Council.

Save Charlemont Street is based on the belief that the residents' needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. As a result, we aim to highlight and combat the social deprivation that plagues the residents of Charlemont Street today! read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 20:32 by Andrew   text 2 comments (last - friday march 04, 2011 21:46)   image 1 image
A decade after the process was begun to impose an experimental raw gas pipeline and refinery on the people of Erris we are entering into the final stage of the battle opposing its construction. Shell are about to attempt to lay the onshore pipe. Shell always expected this to be the most difficult part of the struggle which is why they left the attempt to build this section of pipeline till last. Dublin Shell to Sea are asking you to come to a meeting to plan how we can resist this final stage. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday February 17, 2011 19:58 by Communist Republican   text 5 comments (last - tuesday february 22, 2011 11:07)
A very timely and useful analysis of how Sinn Fein policy has moved significantly to
the right in relation to the EU has appeared in the current edition of the Socialist Voice. It looks at how the party is now heading towards the right on the EU and that drift to the right is not an accident and will not end there. This has implications for republicans and socialists in this country and for all Irish people especially with the projected increases in SF support in the national elections next week.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday February 17, 2011 18:54 by worker
The struggle spreads to Iran. The workers will topple the Dictatorship. This is by Hamid Azar, from ‘Offensiv’, weekly paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden).

The 25 Bahman (14 February) was a day of revolt in Iran. Hundreds of thousands protested in Tehran and in other cities. They shouted, "Down with dictatorship!" and "After Ben Ali, now Sayed Ali [Khamenei]!"

Almost 50,000 people responded to a call on Facebook to support the protests. The official opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi and Mirhossein Mousavi, in a letter to the Minister of Interior sent earlier sought approval for a demonstration in support of the revolution in Egypt.

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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday February 17, 2011 18:40 by ordinary citizen   text 6 comments (last - saturday february 19, 2011 17:10)
How practical in the short term is idea of an anarchist state?
Does not voting not actually keep the right wing parties in power read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 17, 2011 18:19 by Maryam Namazie
17 February 2011

Channel 4’s Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence on Islamic schools in Britain confirms the urgency of addressing the question of faith schools. Whilst the teachings of hatred in these schools are not surprising, it is nothing short of scandalous that vulnerable children are left to the mercy of Islamists despite years of evidence of abuse and violations of child safety and protection rules. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday February 17, 2011 17:21 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 22, 2011 07:31)
SIPTU members at the Davenport Hotel in Dublin mounted pickets this morning after being taken off the roster for refusing to sign new contracts reducing their national minimum wage rate by almost €1 an hour. When the legislation was being passed, the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, gave assurances that existing employees of companies on €8.65 an hour could not have it reduced without their consent. However, the workers concerned, all women from Eastern Europe, have been brought into three meetings over the past three weeks and repeatedly told they must sign the new contracts or face being taken off the roster. They were not given a copy of the new contract, either in English or in their own languages.

*For further information contact:
*SIPTU Sector Organiser, Pat Ward; 087 228 348
*Padraig Yeates, PYE Communications; 087 260 5297 read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 15:52 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Some things to do in your local social centre to take your mind off the futility of voting.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 15:22 by Danny O'Leary   image 1 image
"On Friday March 11th wildly popular storytelling collective Milk and Cookie Stories is taking over The Complex in Smithfield Square for After Dark 2 - Seven Deadly Sins. You'll see the most amazing bands, poets, storytellers, dancers and more that Ireland has to offer. And a whole bunch of completely different super secret stuff to keep yourself occupied in between the sexy, sexy dancing." read full story / add a comment
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dublin / politics / elections / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 14:49 by idler   image 2 images
FREE SPEECH from 12 noon at Speakers Corner in Temple Bar, Dublin.

Speakers on the war, the economy, elections, Irish culture, and living beyond the Celtic Tiger.

Free event, all welcome. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 14:16 by Basil Miller
This forum, Treating Addiction, will be introduced by Colin O’Driscoll, Chief Psychologist and treatment director of Forest Healthcare, which specialises in treating addictions and substance abuse
http://www.forest.ie/ read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 14:03 by TheShed
21th FEBRUARY 2011 @SHE-D - CINEMA PARADISE: EXPERIMENTAL

SHE-D 43 Gardiner Lane D1
(rear of HILL 16 pub on GARDINER STREET or BUS PARKING on Mountjoy Square South)
Donations(*): 5,00 Euro @ SHE-D
...DOORS @ 08:00pm (projection starts @ 8:30pm)
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:56 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
SATURDAY 26 FEB: Public lecture ‘Is the bio-psychiatric approach causing an epidemic of psychiatric disorders?’
Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. 2.00 pm

To reserve a place, please email ryanjen@tcd.ie
PLEASE NOTE: Only waiting list for cancellations now available — but Robert is speaking in Dublin on 2 March also)
Organised by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD, and co-sponsored by the Irish Network of Critical Voices in Mental Health read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:46 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH: Public lecture ‘Anatomy of an Epidemic’
7.30 pm D4 Ballsbridge Inn (formerly Jury’s)
Tickets via www.seminars.ie €35 (Concessions €25)
http://bit.ly/e43YPL
Organised by Seminars.ie, sponsored by The Wellbeing Foundation and Renew read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:38 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
TUESDAY 1 MARCH: Public lecture
Venue: Boole Lecture Theatre 2, University College Cork, 6.00 - 8.00 pm.

Organised by the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Applied Social Studies, co-sponsored by the Irish Network of Critical Voices in Mental Health
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:32 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
MONDAY 28 FEB: Public lecture ‘Epidemic Exposed: Are Magic Bullets an Illusion?’, Carrigaline Court Hotel, Carrigaline, Co Cork. 7.30 pm.
Organised by MindFreedom Ireland
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westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:23 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
FRIDAY 25 FEB: Public lecture ‘Assessing the Long-term Effects of Psychiatric Medications’
Venue: Room J1007, Department of Nursing, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone.

11.00 am - 2.00 pm. Organised by The Irish Network of Critical Voices in Mental Health.

Inquiries to l.sapouna@ucc.ie or h.gijbels@ucc.ie read full story / add a comment
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 17, 2011 13:10 by QUB Palestine Solidarity Society   image 1 image
American Radical: The trials of Norman Finkelstein tells the story of just how difficult it is to tell the truth in American especially in regards to politics and international law. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 17, 2011 13:06 by Basil Miller   1 attached file
In his latest book acclaimed US author Robert Whitaker investigates the astonishing rise of mental illness in the developed world. Why has the number of adults and children disabled by mental illness skyrocketed over the past 50 years? Why does this epidemic parallel so closely the growth and dominance of psychiatric drugs as treatment? You can hear Robert answer these questions in person during his speaking tour. read full story / add a comment
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