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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 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.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Sep 21, 2025 00:05 | Will Jones
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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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday January 02, 2010 16:10 by Kev
(CAIRO) Gaza Freedom March hunger strikers released yesterday a statement to the world community at the steps of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists where they have congregated for the past week due to Egypt's refusal to allow them into Gaza. They renewed their commitment to the values of freedom for Palestine and appealed for a continued struggle until justice is achieved. They also called for an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday January 02, 2010 16:05 by Kev
(CAIRO) Gaza Freedom Marchers yesterday, 1st January 2010, approved a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid.

Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel's illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities.

As a result, the Freedom Marchers remained in Cairo. They staged a series of nonviolent actions aimed at pressuring the international community to end the siege as one step in the larger struggle to secure justice for Palestinians throughout historic Palestine.

The following declaration arose from those actions: read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday January 02, 2010 00:03 by Paula Geraghty   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Many Irish people and members of the Palestinian and wider Arab communities came out on a bitter afternoon to show their support for the Palestinians still under siege. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday January 01, 2010 22:47 by Shannonwatch
Come to Shannon on Sunday January 10th to
- call for an end to Shannon Airport's support for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan;
- demand accountability from the Irish political leaders who sold out on our morality, neutrality, and respect for human rights;
- draw attention to the US administration’s broken promise to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.

Gather just before the airport entrance from 2 tp 3pm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday January 01, 2010 20:36 by Saoirse   text 8 comments (last - monday january 04, 2010 20:21)   image 1 image
Speaking at the annual Dáithí Ó Conaill commemoration in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin on January 1 the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton set out the challenges and opportunities which face Republican Sinn Féin in the New Year. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday January 01, 2010 17:21 by éirígí PRO   image 3 images
"At the beginning of a new year, éirígí takes this opportunity to thank its members and supporters for the commitment and energy they have displayed throughout 2009. Their sterling work across Ireland has inspired many others to become involved in the struggle for national, economic and social freedom." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday January 01, 2010 15:58 by Kev
On 6th December 2009 the third Viva Palestina international aid convoy set off from London. Over the next few weeks it traveled almost three thousand miles through 9 countries gaining support as it went. By 24th December, Christmas Eve, when it reached the post of Aqaba in Jordan it had grown to almost 500 people in 250 vehicles - carrying much needed medical aid for the besieged people of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday January 01, 2010 15:07 by Kev   image 1 image
Over 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel and several dozen Jewish Israelis demonstrated this morning outside of the Erez Crossing, demanding an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Organised by the Arab High Monitoring Committee, the demonstration coincided with the one year anniversary of Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in 1,400 deaths and thousands wounded. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 01, 2010 13:28 by Fintan Lane   image 1 image
The following eyewitness report of yesterday's Gaza solidarity demonstration in Egypt. The author, Mary Hughes, was born in Bolton, England and immigrated to Canada, then to the United States. She is a member of the Writer's Guild in Los Angeles.

She's been to the occupied West Bank six times, and this was meant to be her first to Gaza. In 2002 ,she was beaten by illegal settlers from Itamar near Yanoon, where she was helping Palestinian farmers harvest their olives and was on the first voyage to Gaza.

Mary is a co-founder of the Free Gaza movement and was on board the FREE GAZA in 2008, when it was the first boat to land in Gaza in 41 years. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Friday January 01, 2010 09:50 by vinyl   video 1 video file
I set out to find what the law was in China with regard to diminished responsibility and mental illness. There is provision, but it seems not to have been followed. So much for the judical process. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday December 31, 2009 21:50 by Human Solidarity
We will be forming a human chain across Patrick's Bridge as an act of Solidarity with the people of Palestine. The current situation in Gaza is terrifying and we need to send a clear message to the world that we will not sit back and allow this genocide to happen. UNITED WE STAND!

Please join us and bring a friend. If you have any Palestinian flags/banners/posters/placards/leaflets please bring them as well.
The lack of information and misinformation is horrifying and destructive. The only way to combat it is to share accurate information! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 31, 2009 21:16 by Ardoyne Republican   text 3 comments (last - saturday january 02, 2010 05:24)
The republican network for unity (R.N.U.) would like to thank all the people and organisations who supported our aims, objectives and campaigns throughout the year of 2009. We move into this new decade as a young, vibrant, determined and highly organised republican socialist alternative with support growing for our position of putting the working class first throughout the 32 counties and beyond. As an organisation the network supports the concept and practice of real community empowerment free from all selfish political interests. The struggle for a 32 county socialist republic lies at the heart of the networks ethos and work. read full story / add a comment
The Gaza vigil on Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge today.  © Michael  Gallagher 2009
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 31, 2009 19:40 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - friday january 01, 2010 15:55)   image 6 images
All photographs are by Michael Gallagher. Many thanks to Michael for allowing these to be posted. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 31, 2009 18:56 by Fintan Lane   image 5 images
More than 100 members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) took part in a vigil on the Ha'penny Bridge in central Dublin at 2pm today. Similar vigils were held in many other parts of the country, including Belfast, Derry, Scarrif, Mullingar and Sligo. More will be held over the weekend. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday December 31, 2009 17:47 by Arnaldo Otegi
Arnaldo Otegi, the basque independentist left leader made this speech before entering prison. In it he talks about the new initiative held by basque left. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 31, 2009 16:59 by Fintan Lane   text 6 comments (last - sunday june 06, 2010 12:06)   image 10 images   video 1 video file
A letter of protest (see full text below) from the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) was brought this afternoon (3.30pm) to the Egyptian embassy in Dublin. A large peaceful picket simultaneously took place outside with people holding placards demanding an end to the siege of Gaza and chanting in protest at Egypt's recent efforts to frustrate international solidarity with the Palestinian people. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday December 31, 2009 16:13 by C. Antillon   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 31, 2009 16:16)
On the Irsheconomy blog, established by Professor Philip Lane, the good professor himself has begun to come under attack for his analyses. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 31, 2009 12:03 by Freda H   image 3 images
Irish women Zoe Lawlor, Hilary Minch and Caroline McLaughlin were caught up in voilent riots this morning in Cairo. Ms. Lawlor contacted friends and family this morning to inform them of the chaotic and dangerous situation herself and fellow Irish women were in. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Thursday December 31, 2009 01:59 by IRSM
2010 New Year Statement from the leadership of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement read full story / add a comment
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 30, 2009 16:23 by Kev   image 1 image
Derry Anti-War Coalition will be holding a candlelit vigil for Gaza in the Diamond at 4pm on Thursday 31st. All supporters in the north west urged to attend. read full story / add a comment
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