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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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international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 15:36 by Jessie Raeder   text 6 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2007 10:59)
If you were a feminist activist in Iran today, you would be under the constant threat of arrest for a simple action: asking for equal rights. On Sunday, March 4, 34 women’s rights activists were arrested for silently gathering outside Tehran’s Revolutionary Court to protest the prosecution of four women on trial that morning. The four women’s rights leaders are facing multiple charges including “acting against national security” for organizing a protest for women’s equality in Tehran in 2006. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 12:36 by Duine
Tá oiliúint a chur ar dhaoine ó áiteacha iarchogaíochta ar fud an domhain i leith iarsmaí cogaí read full story / add a comment
Revisionist historian puts foot in it.... again
cork / history and heritage / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 09:22 by Jack Lane   text 22 comments (last - tuesday december 04, 2007 18:34)   image 11 images   2 attached files
by Jack Lane Irish Political Review April 2007

Peter Hart's latest effort to defend his thesis on the Irish War of Independence took the form of a review of John Borgonovo's book "Spies, informers and the 'Anti-Sinn Fein Society': the intelligence war in Cork City 1920-1921" in History Ireland, March-April 2007.

In case readers need reminding Hart's thesis is that "…. the Dail had no legal standing and was never recognised by any foreign government. Nor did the IRA, as a guerrilla force acting without uniforms and depending on their civilian status for secrecy, meet the requirements of international law. The British government was therefore within its rights to give courts-martial the power to order executions." (Irish Times, 23 June 1998) read full story / add a comment
25 years ago this morning people wondered where they were. We knew they weren't Irish.
international / history and heritage / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 05:15 by an t-uasal foghlai   text 5 comments (last - sunday october 04, 2009 20:58)   image 4 images
They are still a bit too fjordish without the sides for my liking. And in this way I am very Irish, we have never settled much below a certain latitude. There's a bunch of welsh cymru speakers in patagonia who never got a silly flag from London and are for all said respected members of the very diverse Argentinian people.

So the Malvinas aren't your fault (if you're Irish) and they're not the Argentinians fault. But the blame thing won't bring back the dead. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday April 02, 2007 20:18 by non-payer   text 30 comments (last - tuesday april 24, 2007 18:21)
The We Won’t Pay Campaign today attacked the DUP and Sinn Fein for announcing that they are to introduce water charges through the Assembly. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday April 02, 2007 20:12 by Free Catalonia
News from Catalonia at Catalan Solidarity. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday April 02, 2007 18:20 by dr magneto   text 1 comment (last - friday february 15, 2008 01:31)
US Supreme court has denied an appeal on behalf of inmates at gitmo this afternoon.
Read the news at the link.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Scotus-Guantanamo...login

This is what Bush wanted. There now just short of 400 people officially at camp Delta which is one of 2 confirmed facilities in the bay. Only 5% of those were captured by US soldiers, the vast majority were bought from Pakistani and a variety of Afghan based militia groups. Yes. Dr Magneto just said "bought". It sounds different to detained, arrested, renditioned, seized, or magically levitated and moved.
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday April 02, 2007 12:12 by TD   text 5 comments (last - monday april 09, 2007 09:37)
In a Guardian article, Python, Terry Jones, lays into western hypocrisy with powerful sarcasm and flays the fucker to the bone - make your day and read full article? : read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday April 02, 2007 07:47 by nano
It’s confirmed, total panic grips Howard government over Hicks scandal! The novice Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has weighed in on the Hicks debate with a wild accusation inferring that Hicks was “.. seeking to destroy our civilisation.” -- what next? Turnbull's statement follows hot on the heels of the stratospheric logic (see link) displayed by the Federal Treasurer in his effort to save the government -- who's next? read full story / add a comment
Tanya Reinhart RIP.
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday April 01, 2007 18:46 by Obit   text 3 comments (last - tuesday march 11, 2025 08:28)   image 2 images


Tanya Reinhart died on March 17th 2007.

She wrote for Israel Indymedia.
Znet.
Counterpunch (amongst others).

She was activist against the brutalisation of the Palestinian people
her articles are listed at ;- http://tau.ac.il
[under Tanya Reinhart]
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national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday March 31, 2007 17:42 by Ciarán Barnes   text 2 comments (last - monday april 02, 2007 11:25)
The unionist myth that more people in the North of Ireland speak Chinese than Irish has been shattered in the House of Lords.

Statistics released at Westminster last week clearly show that the North's Irish speaking population is eight times that of the Chinese speaking population. read full story / add a comment
Stamp out bullying
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday March 31, 2007 17:23 by DM   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2008 20:52)   image 1 image
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday March 31, 2007 06:17 by dingo   text 5 comments (last - monday april 02, 2007 16:39)
Notice the use of language -- Australian news radio (12 noon) today broadcast that “convicted terrorist, David Hicks, receives nine month sentence...” – shame on ABC news radio, one can only wonder whether the choice of wording reflected the fundamentalist conservative, evangelical christian values of the Howard-loving producer, who will remain nameless in this report. Unlike American loving evangelical christians, most Australians accept “convictions” as a result of fair trials and due legal process NOT sordid kangaroo court 'determinations'. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday March 30, 2007 15:39 by bigchiefrandomchaos   text 5 comments (last - friday march 30, 2007 23:52)
The US marine corp has banned marines getting large tattoos. read full story / add a comment
The Defendants
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday March 30, 2007 10:52 by Dorothy   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 01, 2007 18:17)   image 1 image

The six medical personnel that are to be executed in Libya for the alleged HIV epidemic at the El Fath Childrens Hospital in Benghazi in 1998- deserves a ping.

Europe- The EU has called for unity on the issue of what they consider a mis-trial and the EU is not very unified at the moment, especially on Africa. It is not within the Blair Government's foreign policy to accept the EU, it clashes with their own policy of colonialism or neo-colonialism.

The ex-colonies are rising up at the moment. Old Europe is clashing with the US/K hegamony and Africa seems to be where the policy of abuse and imperialism is playing out for the Brits. Bush has his own problems with South America. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 29, 2007 18:23 by an t-uasal foghlaí   text 4 comments (last - thursday september 20, 2007 18:10)
The Peoples' Republic of China have today through their ambassador to the UN at Geneva and their state news agency Xinhua called for a new treaty to stop the militarisation of space arguing (quite correctly) the current international law and treaties are not adecquate to the challenges & criminal potential of state and non-state agencies.

The chinese know what they're talking about. They proved it by destroying one of their own satelites earlier this month. read full story / add a comment
The Ryanair advert pusblished in Wednesday 28th of March 2007 Guardian
international / environment / other press Thursday March 29, 2007 11:36 by Jacques Dauphin   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 29, 2007 13:37)   image 1 image
A very disturbing Ryanair advert published in the Guardian tells us that Gordon Brown's tax on flights is just the state stealing from us. It also says that "aviation accounts for just 2% of CO2 emissions" so the tax has nothing to do with environment.
George Monbiot must have been pleasad to read the Guardian yesterday! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 29, 2007 10:12 by Phil The Greek   text 142 comments (last - wednesday april 04, 2007 17:00)
Faye Turney, a married mother of a young daughter, serving in the British armed forces, was shown wearing a black headscarf as she was interviewed and forced to apologise for "aggression" against Iran. The sight of a non-muslim Western woman forced to submit to the misogynist Islamic headscarf demonstrates the bigotry of the Islamic government of Iran and echoes the forced "conversion" of an American reporter and cameraman to Islam when they were captured by Palestinian terrorists last year. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Wednesday March 28, 2007 20:20 by Local   text 14 comments (last - thursday march 29, 2007 21:44)
A poll carried out by Red C for the Western People shows some intresting results
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international / environment / other press Wednesday March 28, 2007 03:00 by al   image 1 image
While Terry Nolan is telling us that everything is fine, the water is clean, the peat will be transported without incident, and everyone can relax and enjoy the benefits of the Corrib scheme, Shell is in court in Nigeria on charges of dumping toxic waste.

Will we look back at this time in Ireland and ask ourselves why we didn't do more to stop this company gaining a foothold in Erris? read full story / add a comment
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