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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 Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State Sun Sep 21, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Keir Starmer has sparked fury by pledging to recognise a Palestinian state even though critics say it rewards Hamas, angers Israel and the US and won't help hostages or feed Gaza's starving.
The post Keir Starmer Confirms Britain Will Ignore US and Israeli Anger and Recognise a Palestinian State appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims Sun Sep 21, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Britain's North Sea could have 14 billion barrels of oil and gas ? three times what the Government reckons ? but sky-high taxes and drilling bans are leaving it in the ground while jobs and cash go begging.
The post North Sea ?Has Three Times More Oil and Gas? Than Government Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
The Met Office might struggle to predict the weather, but it seems staff can always count on a downpour of cash: they walked away with record bonus payments of ?8.1 million last year and ?31.5 million over five years.
The post Met Office Staff Given Record Bonuses Despite String of Forecast Failures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough Sun Sep 21, 2025 09:00 | Sallust
Thirteen volunteers say they have been forced out by the National Trust, which told them their "attitude and values" did not align with the charity's "respectful and inclusive culture".
The post National Trust Sacks Volunteer Gardeners for Not Being Inclusive Enough appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Now He?s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said Sun Sep 21, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Now he's dead, the truth about Purple Aki can finally be said, says Steven Tucker. A forerunner of all the sex-offending migrants that judges make excuses for, he targeted children in Liverpool for decades.
The post Now He’s Dead, the Truth About Purple Aki Can Finally Be Said 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

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday April 04, 2010 15:47 by Cllr Gerry Murray
Sinn Féin have called for the immediate release of Rossport Fisherman Pat O' Donnell
who is currently serving a sentence in Castlereagh prison. The call was made in the
aftermath of a visit to Mr O Donnell by a Sinn Féin delegation made up of Martin
Ferris T.D. Cllr. Gerry Murray, Cllr Rose Conway-Walsh and Cllr Thérèse Ruane.
Following the visit Deputy Ferris stated that no useful purpose was been served by
the ongoing detention of Pat O' Donnell and called for his immediate release. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday April 04, 2010 15:37 by Fintan Lane   text 4 comments (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 00:30)
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 4/1/10

IPSC demands an end to Irish Defence Forces expenditure on Israeli arms
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dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday April 04, 2010 13:46 by Laura Broxson   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 13:37)   image 1 image
Animal circuses should be a thing of the past - so why aren't they? join us on Saturday and let Duffy's circus know that animal abuse will not be tolerated! read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 04, 2010 12:14 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 09:21)   video 1 video file
Following on from the magnificent Clonmel protest against any attacks on acute services, the west of Ireland showed the depth of anger was not limited to the Tipperary region. More than 8,000 turned out on the streets of Ballinasloe after Palm Sunday Mass to demonstrate that enough was enough and they weren't going to let go of local health services. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday April 04, 2010 01:41 by RNU PRO   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 04, 2010 23:40)
The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY extends Easter greetings to our activists and supporters within the thirty-two counties of Ireland and abroad, especially those in America, to all organizations or independent Republicans who have worked with us through the Irish Republican Forum for Unity initiative, and to all Republicans who today remain faithful to the sovereign and indefeasible right to national freedom enshrined in the 1916 Easter Proclamation.
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international / crime and justice / other press Saturday April 03, 2010 23:00 by no platform
Eugène Terre Blanche the horseriding Boer leader of the South African neo nazi movement who wanted to carve a seccessionist "homeland" for whites out of post apartheid South Africa has been murdered in his sleep on his farm just outside of Ventersdorp on April 3, 2010. It is alleged that he was beaten to death with pipes and pangas by two men ages 16 and 21 who apparently were upset over a wage dispute. read full story / add a comment
Ewa outside Seomra Spraoi
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 03, 2010 19:04 by Kasia Timofiejczuk   text 5 comments (last - sunday april 04, 2010 19:09)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
An Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) public meeting, in Polish, with journalist and human rights activist Ewa Jasiewicz took place on Saturday 20th March 2010 in Seomra Spraoi. Ewa was speaking about her experiences in Gaza as an emergency paramedic during the Israeli massacre in Winter 2008/09. read full story / add a comment
Fred Johnston - two festivals to his name
galway / arts and media / event notice Saturday April 03, 2010 17:12 by Western Writers Centre   image 1 image
In 1986 he founded a festival exclusively devoted to poetry - Cúirt Fhilíochta Idirnáisiúnta na Gaillimhe. What followed the success of the first festival was shameful - but he says it's for another day. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Saturday April 03, 2010 15:53 by Séan Ó Murchú
Cork City & County Annual Easter Commemoration 2010 read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Friday April 02, 2010 22:55 by Rising Tide   text 3 comments (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 09:24)   image 4 images
Activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide visited the Shell garage in Muller Road, Eastville at 8.30am on Thursday 1st April to highlight the repression experienced by communities in County Mayo, Ireland who are trying to stop Shell building an onshore high pressure pipeline and gas refinery. read full story / add a comment
RIVAS COUNCIL WORKERS
international / history and heritage / news report Friday April 02, 2010 21:50 by the leveller   text 5 comments (last - saturday april 03, 2010 22:14)   image 11 images   1 attached file
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday April 02, 2010 19:20 by Republican Sinn Féin
The forces, tendencies and trends are there! The same as before. British rule remains, the new Patron of Sinn Féin Poblachtach, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh said. read full story / add a comment
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cork / miscellaneous / event notice Friday April 02, 2010 19:02 by Alan M.   text 1 comment (last - monday april 05, 2010 14:10)   image 1 image
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday April 02, 2010 17:02 by pat c   text 23 comments (last - wednesday may 06, 2015 09:26)   image 2 images
Show open Fri-Sat-Sun 12-5 [or by appointment] thru April 25. Curated by K. Bear Koss.

Thanks to all of the artists who repsonded to the open call for the Blasphemous Project. Although we could not include everyone due to the extremely high volume of submissions, we will keep all of you in the IMOCA database of artists for future possible shows. We look forward to seeing you all at the opening on Good Friday, April 2.

Opening reception Good Friday, April 2 2010, 6-9 pm.

The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA), Ladd Lane, Off Baggot Street, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday April 02, 2010 15:19 by Anon   text 1 comment (last - monday june 13, 2011 02:06)
An Australian court finds that the existing drug laws, by reversing the onus of proof, violate the presumption of innocence. But all convictions stand. To any legislator who willingly allows the reverse onus of proof to continue, I say: May it please God that you become a victim of it. read full story / add a comment
Dave Douglass speaking and Kev Jones, Organise!, Just Books Collective member and chair 1st April 2010
national / anti-capitalism / news report Friday April 02, 2010 15:02 by deezer   image 1 image
So the re-launch and opening went very well last night. In all we estimate upwards of 75 people came along. There were 40+ at Dave Douglass's book launch while others came earlier to browse, look around the new Warzone and Just Books premises and lend their support. Thanks goes out to all the supporters of Just Books and collective members past and present with a special word of thanks to Dave Douglass for his informative and important talk. The collective has group to a membership of 15 in recent weeks and we look forward to keeping the shop open from 12.00pm to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday and hosting more events in future. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday April 02, 2010 14:32 by Eugene Mc Cartan
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday April 02, 2010 14:23 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Saturday 15 May, 2 p.m.
James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2010
Imperialism, global poverty, and environmental destruction read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Friday April 02, 2010 02:12 by RNU PRO
Denouncing the recent politically motivated arrest of RNU Ard Comhairle member, Tony Catney, REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) SPOKESPERSON, MARTIN Óg MEEHAN said; read full story / add a comment
Release ALL Palestinian Political Prisoners Now!
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 01, 2010 19:25 by Kev   text 1 comment (last - friday april 16, 2010 10:45)   image 1 image
Palestinian Prisoners Day 2010 Demo - "Release ALL Palestinian Political Prisoners Now!"

On Saturday April 17th at 2pm the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and the socialist-republican political party éirígí will mark Palestinian Prisoners Day with a joint demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin (122 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4).

The demonstration will be followed by a public meeting on the issue of Palestinian prisoners, exact time and venue TBC - please check back on this page for full details in the future. read full story / add a comment
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