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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 Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of ?Misguided Attempts at ... Fri Sep 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Oxford and Cambridge universities have?failed to get into the top three in the Times's prestigious annual university ranking for the first time, with experts blaming "misguided attempts at equality".
The post Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of “Misguided Attempts at Equality” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits... Fri Sep 19, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 51: Charlie Kirk, Free Speech and the Scourge of ?Anti-Fascism?, and Why Brits are Cooling on Global Warming 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

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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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday November 24, 2010 17:30 by Kev   image 1 image
At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to “support for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companies” as a result of the Israeli state’s continuing breaches of international law and human rights abuses against the people of Palestinian. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed the passing of the motion[1].
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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 24, 2010 17:20 by Jolly Red Giant   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 23:26)
Sunday 21 November, the day the Irish government formally applied for a bailout to the EU and IMF, should be marked as the day that the Irish capitalist class were exposed as a rotten, despicable failure, bankrupt in every sense and incapable of offering any way forward. The significance of these developments cannot be overstated; they are a turning point in Irish history and will impact on other countries in Europe and the EU itself. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 24, 2010 17:12 by john throne   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 12, 2010 12:29)
The Celtic Tiger has imploded. The capitalists and their politicians in Ireland and internationally say there is no alternative but to make the working class pay. TINA, that is There Is No Alternative, TINA, is back again. This was a powerful propaganda weapon that Thatcher and her international allies used in the past. Convincing the working class that there was no alternative. TINA.

The opinion and analysis explained here exposes this for the lie that it is. It explains a concrete alternative. TIAA. There Is An Alternative. TIAA. IThis alternative is to make the rich and the corporations which caused this catastrophe pay. TIAA.

This piece also explains the need for any alternative to address the consciousness of the working class and how this consciousness is not yet convinced that it itself, that is the working class, can actually run things themselves. It explains the need for a practical achievable alternative for which the working class can fight. read full story / add a comment
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cork / eu / event notice Wednesday November 24, 2010 16:40 by Daithí Cork   image 1 image
This is the Cork launch of David Cronin's new book: Europe's Alliance With Israel read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 16:35 by j donaghue
Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, who was recently appointed to coordinate the fight against domestic political extremism across the UK, astounded many commentators on the left when he stated last week that the Islamophobic English Defence League is not an extremist organization. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 15:18 by Various   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 16:37)
Today the government announced the details of the four year plan required as part of the ECB / IMF ‘bailout’ of the banks. There will be five billion worth of new taxes and 10 billion worth of cuts under this so called ‘National Recovery’ which in reality will take 10% out of GDP. As we show below almost all these costs are being dumped on workers, particularly low paid workers, the very sector that gained little or nothing during the boom years. the richest 1% are left with most of their legal tax dodges in particular the ability to avoid paying tax at all if they spend 6 months on holidays out of the country. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday November 24, 2010 13:40 by Your Right - Your Fight Campaign
At the Dáil Social Protection Committee today Community Employment (CE) workers from the “Your Right – Your Fight” campaign welcomed Minister O’Cuiv’s statement that proposed welfare cuts to One Parent Families and People with Disabilities on CE were not being considered in the forthcoming budget. read full story / add a comment
Land League Poster
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 24, 2010 10:53 by Paul McAndrew   image 1 image
Fin Dwyer's talk on the Land War, will now be held tomorrow, Thu, 25th November
at 8pm, at Solidarity Books - 43, Douglas Street, opposite Fionabarra's pub.

(It was postponed from Tue, due to unfortunate personal circumstances)

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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 19:39 by Soundmigration
LIttle ditty - video by Barra (many thanks) read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 18:32 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 23:29)
People Before Profit Alliance Candidate for Dublin South Central Cllr Joan Collins released the following statement calling for support in tomorrow’s (Wednesday's) protest outside the Dept of Finance @12.30 on Merrion Square. read full story / add a comment
national / education / other press Tuesday November 23, 2010 15:53 by Sean Crudden   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 13:28)
One is lucky to know a person who can fix one's car, or a person who can fix one's computer (even if that woman is in India); and watching a professional trouble-shooter in action is as good in value as watching a skilled musician or a class sportsman doing their thing. But one extends the paradigm into human affairs and human relations at one's peril? read full story / add a comment
The meeting will discuss lessons in IMF defiance from around the world.
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 15:46 by shane ocurry   text 7 comments (last - wednesday december 01, 2010 15:07)   image 1 image
The meeting will be held at the:

Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin at 6.30 PM Wednesday December 01

Chair: Nessa Ní Chasaide, Debt and Development Coalition

Speakers: Michael Taft, UNITE, on the mechanics of the crisis and the intervention.
Jose Antonio Gutierrez, LASC, on the lessons from Latin America.
Siobhan O'Donoghue, Tax Justice Campaign, what are our alternatives?
Speaker from the TEEU (TBC) read full story / add a comment
international / housing / news report Tuesday November 23, 2010 14:06 by kraker   text 4 comments (last - friday november 26, 2010 15:17)
A timeline of actions in Amsterdam and elsewhere in the Netherlands during the squatting ban read full story / add a comment
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national / crime and justice / press release Tuesday November 23, 2010 13:44 by Ardoyne Republican   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 23:38)   image 2 images
Yesterday 23/11/10, Concerned Families Against Drugs was handed a substantial quantity of Cocaine and a dozen or so cultivated Cannabis plants (see photos) by a number of local people in the Ardoyne area. Also taken was other equipment used in the supply of illegal drugs.

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www.ipsc.ie
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday November 23, 2010 12:33 by John D   image 1 image
Leading Human Rights barrister, Michael Mansfield QC, considers the conduct of CRH plc and other corporation’s activities in occupied Palestine to be morally reprehensible and exposes them to legal liability for these violations. Mr Mansfield will be in Dublin tonight for the 4th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture organized by the Free Legal Advice Centre on the theme of "Access to Justice". read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 11:33 by Kieran O'Sullivan   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 13, 2011 20:35)
The Irish Anti War Movement Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Saturday 29th January 2011 in the Central Hotel Exchequer Street Dublin. Registration will begin at 11:30AM. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2010 11:13 by Deirdre O'Reilly   text 2 comments (last - tuesday november 23, 2010 15:40)   video 1 video file
Gala Preview of the award-winning Irish documentary about the controversial Corrib Gas Pipe project, THE PIPE, will take place at Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace St., Temple Bar, Dublin 2 on Thursday, December 2nd at 18.00. THE PIPE will be released nationwide on Friday December 3rd

There will also be two further discussions – The Pipe: Rossport and the Corrib Gas Project and The Pipe: Politics and Film – on Dec 4th at 13.30 and 11th at 13.30 respectively, at the IFI. Please visit www.ifi.ie for more details.

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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 10:37 by Colm o Connor   text 5 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 10:30)
Politics in this country has been made muddy by decades of civil war divisions, clientilism and corruption. As a result the political discourse required for significant social change is constricted. Now is an opportunity to change the Irish political landscape forever, for all progressive groups to demand that FF disband. Here are my Top 10 reasons. I'm sure there are more. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday November 23, 2010 08:10 by Paddy Healy
Public Service Pensions to be Reduced in Budget read full story / add a comment
Anti IMF March Cork
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday November 23, 2010 06:55 by Hilary Quinn   text 17 comments (last - wednesday december 01, 2010 03:09)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
A vigil was organised to meet next to our national monument on Grand Parade, with a few hours notice, in honour of the loss of Irish sovereignty. As numbers grew, so did the need to march on the streets, the anger was palpable at yesterdays announcement that the IMF would now be loaning Ireland, under Brian Cowen's leadership, up to €90bn. read full story / add a comment
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