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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 Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? Fri Nov 21, 2025 15:00 | Mark Durie
First they were 'Asian' grooming gangs, then 'Pakistani'. But the most important thing to grasp is that almost all of them ? 87% of convictions ? are Muslim, says Mark Durie. This must not be covered up.
The post Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema Fri Nov 21, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
The post Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The Covid Inquiry module two report fails to question faulty assumptions and draws conclusions without engaging with the evidence, say Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson in a damning assessment.
The post The Covid Inquiry Has Failed to Engage With the Evidence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Debunking the BBC?s Claim That Pakistan?s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change Fri Nov 21, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
If the BBC's Standards Committee, which is reviewing the corporation's coverage of climate change, wants a good example of bias, it should take a look at its report of recent floods in Pakistan, says Paul Homewood.
The post Debunking the BBC’s Claim That Pakistan’s Floods Are Made Worse by Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, a... Fri Nov 21, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 59 of The Sceptic: Rob Bates on why Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is not all it's cracked up to be, and Chris Morrison on how the Met Office and the BBC push climate alarmism.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 59: Why Shabana Mahmood?s Asylum Crackdown is Not All It?s Cracked Up to Be, and How the Met Office and BBC Push Climate Alarmism 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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AGE OF STUPID - outdoor screening on streets of Barcelona this evening.
international / environment / news report Tuesday November 03, 2009 - 17:54 by Dunk   text 12 comments (last - friday november 06, 2009 - 22:52)   image 14 images   video 7 video files
This week (monday 2 - friday 6) the Barcelona International Climate Change Talks are happening, five days of formal negotiations, in the lead up to COP 15. Since Saturday there have been a series of actions in the cities streets as well as at the conference centre to raise awereness, to unite eco movements and to try to force change during this window of opportunity in the conference centre at the far side of Montjuic. But will it be enough to get us out of our AGE OF STUPID? Perhaps not, news has just come through today that African countries have abandoned the talks.

Talks Timeline
Saturday - Manifestation in Barcelona streets - The climate is not for sale
Sunday - Outdoor film screening in city streets - 11th hour - Age of Stupid - Eco hopes
Monday - TckTckTck wake up call for climate talks - Anarchist night greeting
Tuesday - Africa boycott U.N. climate talks, demands CO2 cuts ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 - 11:19 by Ciaron
The EDO Decommissioners http://decommissioners.co.uk/ are 6 anti-war activists who decommissioned EDO in Brighton/England and 3 others who arrested following the nonviolent disarmament action. ... read full story / add a comment
L-R: Caoimhe Butterly, Freda Hughes and Derek Graham
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 20, 2009 - 23:43 by Kev   text 2 comments (last - wednesday october 21, 2009 - 00:55)   image 2 images
On Tuesday 20th October the Dublin Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) hosted a meeting attended by about 40 people, featuring Caoimhe Butterly and Derek Graham, two well known activists with the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) who have been to Gaza many times. The meeting was chaired by Freda Hughes, Acting Chairperson of the IPSC and member of the Free Gaza ‘ground team’ in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Monday October 19, 2009 - 22:07 by An Bord Pleanála   text 13 comments (last - thursday october 29, 2009 - 00:04)   image 1 image
An Bord Pleanála announces its decison today to grant planning permission with revised conditions to Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) for the construction of an onshore gas pipeline in Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / gender and sexuality / news report Friday October 16, 2009 - 17:22 by Alison   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 17, 2009 - 16:23)   image 1 image   audio 2 audio files
Sinêad Ahern of Choice Ireland and Dr. Geraldine Moane of UCD made the case for a woman's right to choose at a recent debate in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday October 16, 2009 - 16:14 by Jack Carrigan
STRIKING workers at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland let bosses know they are not giving up this week. Around 700 protestors marched from Liberty Hall to the company’s HQ on Baggot St. on Wednesday, 14 October. The march was organised by SIPTU and supported by trade unionists, left groups, and the Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM). ... read full story / add a comment
Shell move into Aughoose
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday October 13, 2009 - 22:38 by Shelver   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 14, 2009 - 00:09)   image 3 images
Shell have begun work on the route of the onshore Corrib gas pipeline, without waiting for the verdict of the oral hearing into the application, which is due later this month. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / news report Sunday October 11, 2009 - 14:29 by Archbishop Michael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD   text 2 comments (last - sunday november 15, 2009 - 19:46)   image 1 image
We are planning our 2010 workshop on "Back to Basics - A plan for Survival" to be held in The Strand Hotel Omeath Co Louth Saturday 23rd January 2010 from 2 pm until 5.30 pm. At present we are finalizing our list of speakers having 14 confirmed to date they will speak. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday October 09, 2009 - 15:25 by Contaminated Crow
Four masts, two quarries, an incinerator, a CCTV system, a gas power plant and an airstrip ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 06, 2009 - 18:14 by Sean Clinton   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 07, 2009 - 09:26)   image 1 image
On Sunday evening Gardai in Irishtown confirmed that they had the previous day removed an IFPAL referendum sign from a pole close to the Israeli Embassy on Pembroke Road Dublin. The sign read:

Israel killed 300 Palestinian children in January
Yet the EU will not impose sanctions
EU policy facilitates Israeli genocide.
Vote No to Lisbon
... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday October 05, 2009 - 16:37 by Dermo   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 08, 2009 - 15:17)   image 1 image
A crowd of about 100 people gathered to march down towards the gate of Marine Terminals Ltd. In anticipation of the march by the strikers and their supporters, the company had closed the gates. The march happened on the same day that polls were open for the Lisbon treaty, and a number of speakers at the gate made the point that this was the type of Europe we were getting thanks to Lisbon. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 16:03 by Paula Geraghty
After a severe drought the water used for drinking and washing by the residents in the large slum of Mathare in East Nairobi was cut off by the government. However their demands for water were met with tear gas. ... read full story / add a comment
Whats on this month...
dublin / arts and media / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 11:43 by DCTV   image 1 image
Greetings! The Dublin Community TV schedule for October 2009 is now out. You can read it at http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=916 or have a glance through some of our highlights and programme blocks below. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 01:12 by Niall Harnett   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 - 12:28)   image 2 images
On Monday 28th September 2009, 18 Shell to Sea campaigners with strong links to the Rossport Solidarity Camp appeared at a special sitting of Belmullet District Court to answer charges relating to protests staged on land and at sea in May and June of this year at the Shell site, Glengad.

Six of the cases were adjourned to November 11th because of High Court proceedings initiated by those six, to have charges withdrawn. One other case was withdrawn by the state. One individual was convicted and fined, another plead guilty and had the charge struck out. Seven others had the charges against them dismissed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 26, 2009 - 15:48 by Copntaminated Crow
Five telemasts, an explosives factory, pylons, an incinerator, mine tailings, airport runway, quarry, CCTV system, two waste plants and turfcutting. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday September 21, 2009 - 14:39 by Contaminated Crow
Nine telemasts, 2 quarries, a pet crematorium, a deepwater port, turfcutting and an animal rights protest ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 14, 2009 - 16:45 by Allen Meagher   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The campaign to save Community Development Projects from cuts has gone from 0-60mph in the space of a week. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 - 15:29 by Contaminated Crow
A quarry, turfcutting, asbestos waste, a landfill, a compost plant, pylons and four telemasts ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 - 12:20 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 - 14:30)   image 2 images
NAMA is nothing short of straight class robbery – robbery from ordinary workers in order to shore up the property developers and big bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. It can be described as unfair, it can be described as immoral but in reality it’s naked capitalism at work. ... read full story / add a comment
The authors
dublin / arts and media / news report Friday September 11, 2009 - 12:27 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 - 00:32)   image 4 images   audio 1 audio file
Last night saw the launch of a new history of the Offical IRA and the Workers Party called ‘The Lost Revolution’ by Brian Hanley and Scott Miller. Over 250 people including many ex and current members of the Workers Party as well as members of just about every other left and republican group crammed into the hall for the launch. This is an audio recording of the introduction to the book given by Diarmaid Ferriter followed by each of the authors speaking about the book. ... read full story / add a comment

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