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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 The Ban on Ricky Gervais?s Billboard Saying ?Welcome to London, Don?t Forget Your Stab Vest? Shows W... Wed Nov 05, 2025 09:00 | Lee Taylor
The ban on Ricky Gervais's billboard saying "Welcome to London, don?t forget your stab vest" shows we are no longer free, says Lee Taylor. It turns out you can be stabbed on your commute but not joke about it.
The post The Ban on Ricky Gervais’s Billboard Saying “Welcome to London, Don’t Forget Your Stab Vest” Shows We Are No Longer Free appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The BBC?s Top 50 Pieces of Climate Misinformation Wed Nov 05, 2025 07:00 | Paul Homewood
As the BBC comes under renewed scrutiny for bias and spreading falsehoods, Paul Homewood compiles his top 50 pieces of BBC climate misinformation from the last couple of years.
The post The BBC?s Top 50 Pieces of Climate Misinformation appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Nov 05, 2025 00:44 | Richard Eldred
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.

offsite link Hull Lot of Nonsense: Britain?s Most Misunderstood City Tue Nov 04, 2025 19:00 | Jack Watson
Much-maligned Hull ? branded 'Britain's crappest town' in 2003 ? has had a turnaround of late, with National Geographic naming the Yorkshire port in its top 25 world cities to visit in 2026. Jack Watson tells us why.
The post Hull Lot of Nonsense: Britain’s Most Misunderstood City appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour Revolt Over Tax Raid on ?Working Class? as Reeves Prepares to Break Manifesto Pledge Tue Nov 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves?is facing a Labour revolt today over a tax raid on the 'working class' after warning that "everyone" will suffer from her looming?Budget?tax hikes as she prepares to break Labour's manifesto pledges.
The post Labour Revolt Over Tax Raid on ‘Working Class’ as Reeves Prepares to Break Manifesto Pledge 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

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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday September 29, 2006 15:40 by rory   text 7 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 01:23)   image 1 image
No more corruption: Ahern must go: Protest this Tuesday at the Dail

Bertie Ahern and the Fianna Fail/PD government’s legacy for the people of Ireland after ten years in government:

-One the biggest gaps between the rich and poor in Europe

-A housing crisis where many working people cannot afford to buy a home and are forced to work 7 days a week just to pay for a mortgage read full story / add a comment
limerick / arts and media / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 19:23 by Over The Edge
Presents

The Cuisle Performance Poetry Slam

Performance poets and spoken word artists will battle it out at the inaugural Cuisle Performance Poetry Slam to be held at 9.30pm

Fri Oct 20th- White House Pub, Limerick. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 19:16 by Over The Edge
Welcome to 2nd Clarinbridge Arts Festival 2006 comprising a most varied and interesting programme of activities featuring The Galway Choral Association and ConTempo directed by Mark Keane, renowned harpist, Kathleen Loughnane, traditional Irish musicians, Tom Cussen, Charlie Harris, Mary Staunton, Breda Keville, Liam Lewis, Tim Lyons, special guests and highly acclaimed singers from the UK, Peta Webb and Ken Hall, Jack Harrison, classical music with Katharina Baker and Derek Hoffmann, literary events with John Quinn, Michael Coady, poetry slam with Kevin Higgins and Brendan Murphy, ‘Music of the Surf with the Clarinbridge Drama Group, environmental events with Gordon D’Arcy, Dr John Joyce, Irish Seed Savers and Slow Food, arts exhibitions, workshops and children’s events – all to be enjoyed in the beautiful village of Clarinbridge and surrounding areas. In addition, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and artists, this excellent programme of events can be experienced free or at a nominal cost. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 18:03 by Fred Johnston - Manager   text 20 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 20:38)
The Western Writers' Centre website at www.twwc.ie welcomes stories and poems for publication in English, French as well as Irish. Already the site carries a number of works from around the globe; but manager Fred Johnston, who himself translates stories and poems from French into English and received a Prix de l'Ambassade to work on the poetry of Michel Martin, would like to see the actual languages change. read full story / add a comment
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louth / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 17:06 by Radical Student   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 28, 2006 18:09)   image 1 image
On Wed the 20th September Ógra Shinn Féin Co Lú ran a recruitment drive in Dundalk Institute of Technology. The Cumann has been in the college for three years and until this year was the only active political society in the Institute.

The drive went very well receiving a great deal of attention from students and improving on the number of members for last year. A number of senior party members attended, including Louth TD Arthur Morgan, Caitríona Ruane MLA and the next TD for Meath Councillor Joe Reilly.
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galway / arts and media / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 13:26 by Over The Edge
Following its success in obtaining Arts Council Funding at the first time of asking in May, the Galway-based literary organisation Over The Edge has announced an exciting and packed programme of quality events featuring readings by established and emerging writers.

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national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday September 26, 2006 09:41 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 5 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 15:00)
national / environment / press release Tuesday September 26, 2006 00:14 by Save Tara Valley
A demonstration against the proposed M3 motorway route through the national monument of the Tara Skryne Valley is to be held in Navan on Saturday, 4^th November, starting at 3pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Tuesday September 26, 2006 00:10 by Laura Broxson   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 01:56)
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade

(CAFT)

PRESS RELEASE-PRESS RELEASE

FUR NO MORE- FOR FUR-FREE CLERYS

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday September 25, 2006 16:26 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 00:38)
A white-line picket was held in Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, on Saturday, 23rd September. The picket was organised by the Republican Prisoners’ Action Group (RPAG), and was in support of the demands of the POWs currently on protest in Maghaberry Gaol. In spite of adverse weather conditions a large crowd turned out to demonstrate their support for the prisoners' demands.
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national / animal rights / press release Sunday September 24, 2006 11:55 by Bernie Wright   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 01:54)
The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR) are accusing Estee Lauder's Crème de la Mer and Aer Rianta Retail of gross cruelty, repedative neglect and negligence to Seahorses and their young over the past year in Dublin Airport.

The Animal Rights group and other welfare groups were alerted to the situation when dead seahorses were seen in the tank at departures in Dublin Airport. Staff at the Airport and travellers using the route to Departures contacted the group.

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Smash Censorship
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 22, 2006 18:35 by Radical Student   image 1 image
To University of Ulster and UU Student’s Union,

Ógra Shinn Féin writes this public letter to the University of Ulster and the University of Ulster Student’s Union, in condemnation and protest at your censorship of politics in the University of Ulster.

As a youth political organisation which has been established and active in three UU campuses, Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown for a number of years, we cannot understand nor accept the decision taken.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Thursday September 21, 2006 17:48 by Socialist Party   text 12 comments (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 00:20)
A weekend of debate and discussion, Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin, Friday 20 October - Saturday 21 read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday September 21, 2006 16:08 by IRISH BASQUE COMMITTEES   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 22, 2007 20:38)
Having served 18 years in Spanish jails Iñaki de Jauna should have been
> released on October 25, 2004, read full story / add a comment
IMF out of the Philippines and South countries now!
international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday September 21, 2006 05:38 by Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)   image 1 image
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) together with the World Bank in Singapore, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and other civil society organizations blame “the Fund” for being the single most influential factor for the worsening poverty in the Philippines and other countries in the South.

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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday September 20, 2006 00:53 by Radical Student   text 4 comments (last - saturday september 23, 2006 01:46)   image 3 images
The McDonagh/Farrell Ógra cumann in UCD kicked off the Ógra freshers’ recruitment campaign this week with great success.

By today, the cumann had already recruited over 120 activists, over 50 of whom are women, with 3 more days still to go. The campaign in UCD has been well supported by leadership figures, with Caitriona Ruane, Aengus O’Snodaigh and Mary-Lou McDonald all dropping out to the Belfield campus to lend a hand.
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international / crime and justice / press release Tuesday September 19, 2006 16:05 by Flynn
In 1986, a Moroccan born Israeli named Mordechai Vanunu who had worked at Dimona Israel from 1976 to 1985, before moving to Australia, revealed that he had smuggled a Camera into the Top Secret Research Centre, in and under the Negev Desert. There was a much smaller reactor at Beersheba, called the KAMG, kure, Garny le Machkar, and had photographed 50 odd photos of the Top Secret processing plant. He got twenty years, and he still cant speak, these are a few reasons why. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday September 19, 2006 10:54 by Ungdomshuset
Since the court verdict last month Ungdomshuset's base of supporters has expanded even more, while the fundamentalist Faderhuset has become even more isolated. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday September 19, 2006 05:17 by RPAG   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 19, 2006 05:20)
Support Republican Prisoners - Join the RPAG!

REPUBLICAN POWs NEED YOUR SUPPORT

PLEASE PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT YOU CAN TO REPUBLICAN PRISONERS ACTION GROUP OR JOIN YOUR LOCAL PRISONERS ACTION GROUP – PHONE 028 90319004 (6 COUNTIES) , 01 8729747 (26 COUNTIES) R.P.A.G@hotmail.com

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national / miscellaneous / press release Monday September 18, 2006 22:35 by IPSC
Donal Lunny and friends present an evening of traditional music at the Olympia Theatre on Monday 25th September under the heading "Remember Palestine".

Venue: The Olympia, Mon 25 September. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets Euro 25 from Ticketmaster (phone 0818 719 300) or the Olympia Box Office (phone 0818 719 330). Proceeds to IPSC. read full story / add a comment
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