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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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Tara's Layers
meath / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 16, 2005 01:03 by spokesman   text 7 comments (last - wednesday august 17, 2005 16:46)   image 4 images
In the Supreme Court on the 21st December 1972, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh delivered judgment on the legality of the compulsory purchase by the State of a site below the four hundred feet contour lines on Tara. In the judgement, he stated: 'the Hill of Tara is properly to be regarded as a single unified site and not a series of separate archaeological monuments.' read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday August 14, 2005 16:55 by JM   text 10 comments (last - thursday september 22, 2005 14:49)   image 1 image
Inaccurate comparisons between Corrib and other gas projects. read full story / add a comment
how beautiful they are... we were not made for walking...? aren't we nomadic really?
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday August 14, 2005 16:13 by iosaf .:. ipsiphi ·.·   text 16 comments (last - thursday august 18, 2005 14:14)   image 2 images
It has been long observed that people for some reason on their non-banking days readily absorb shite about Dangerous Places, Famous People, Sensible Saving Options, Holidays, Interesting facts, Sport results, Media, gardening and health as well looking ahead at “upcoming issues”.

Today is august, 8th month 2005.
It is also Tisha B’Av or the 9th of Av, year of Moses 5765.
It is also the 9th day of Rajab, 1426 since the Hegira.
Today is historic because it sees the deadline for unilateral withdrawl from the Gaza strip of some 8000 plus living Israeli citizens and many of their dead.
Today may also be historic as under extreme pressure from the USA the Iraqi government are supposed to present a draft constitution. read full story / add a comment
Excavations in the Tara Valley
meath / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday August 14, 2005 13:40 by Proinsias Mac Fhearghusa   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 16, 2005 21:37)   image 1 image
'That the scene of the final battle of Na Fianna, and the burial site of Cú Chulainn's remains is being dug up to facilitate a reroutable motorway is something which reflects badly on our respect for our origins.' read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday August 13, 2005 10:38 by Peter McCrossan   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 13, 2005 22:54)
Democracy is the only feasilbe wepon in the fight against terror. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 12, 2005 00:26 by roisin
In a monstrous abuse of the powers of Government and the courts, the Rossport 5 remain in Jail. The five men from Mayo are now in their sixth week in jail, on foot of an injunction the High Court accorded to Shell ordering them not to obstruct Shell’s work on the pipeline across their lands. This work on the pipeline, it has been established, was and is illegal because Shell did not and does not have consents they needed from Minister Dempsey to proceed. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday August 11, 2005 18:24 by Nour Odeh
Palestinians have longed for the day when they could reclaim their occupied land and see Israeli settlers and occupation forces leaving it. Now that day has arrived, at least in Gaza and Jenin. This letter is a candid reflection of the thoughts and emotions going through Palestinians' hearts and minds as they see these representatives of oppression and occupation leaving their land. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday August 11, 2005 14:54 by Remembering RTZ in Bouganville in the South Pacific   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 14, 2005 04:08)
A representative from the island of Bouganville came on an awareness trip to Ireland in the late 1990s read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 10, 2005 22:54 by Michelle Clarke   text 11 comments (last - wednesday august 24, 2005 21:30)
The question is.

Where is Restorative Justice? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 10, 2005 19:04 by Rennie Gaviscon   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 11, 2005 10:48)
Don't be fooled by the headlines and the fancy graphics. The US is not worried about Iran's nuclear weapons programme. They would have taken more serious steps by now if they were. It's part of the War for Oil series. The main oil countries, or even pipeline countries will be included - Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria. And there's plenty of spin on the news to prepare public opinion for it. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 09, 2005 17:05 by Sean Crudden
Is the prevailing Irish political philosophy today a community and christian one or is it right wing and anti-national? read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 09, 2005 02:41 by Steady   text 37 comments (last - tuesday august 30, 2005 21:54)
Eddie Hobbs presented the first in a series about what a rip off Ireland is and why and what can be done about it. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday August 08, 2005 10:33 by Justin Morahan   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 09, 2005 16:11)
Whistleblower on Israel's nuclear weapons cried out against the atrocity of Hiroshima while he was spending his ninth year of solitary confinement in Ashkelon prison in Israel read full story / add a comment
wicklow / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday August 07, 2005 19:29 by Barra   text 2 comments (last - monday august 21, 2006 02:33)
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Saturday August 06, 2005 18:56 by Miriam Cotton   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 07, 2005 12:21)
'Jason is special to me because he has a disability and is different from other people. Since he’s been born he has not been able to see, hear, walk or talk. I know he is a gifted person because he got communion when he was 18 years old, and he received it on my sister’s birthday. I watch Jason when my mom is doing things around the house. I hold him on my lap and hug him because he is so little. Sometimes I give him his drink after supper. I taught Jason to drink by himself. I don’t like it when he pulls my hair but he doesn’t seem to understand.’ This is a quotation from a personal account by Lizzie Suwala on the Sibling Support Project website and she was 9 years old when she wrote it. read full story / add a comment
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cork / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday August 05, 2005 16:50 by Jack Lane   text 19 comments (last - friday october 07, 2005 17:53)   image 1 image   4 attached files
In the current issue of History Ireland (July-August 2005) Peter Hart attempts to reply to three critical letters in the previous issue that challenged a number of specific points from his book on the IRA in West Cork during the War of Independence and in an interview in the previous edition of History Ireland. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 05, 2005 15:27 by roisin   text 9 comments (last - monday august 08, 2005 10:06)   image 2 images
(Recieved by an IMCer for publication before the news of suspension / deferral of soliatre visit)

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 05, 2005 04:25 by cracked open my shell and now Im free   text 5 comments (last - friday august 05, 2005 15:42)
Primetime finally did a piece on Rossport and Shell last night. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday August 05, 2005 03:07 by Archie Kennedy
The spinners and the bullshitters have presented us with a very narrow box to fit inside. But through acting and thinking outside that box, we can liberate ourselves. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 04, 2005 16:26 by Peter McCrossan   text 1 comment (last - friday august 05, 2005 00:46)
Japan, after consideration and debate over a two year peiod, looks set this year to alter
it's pacifist enshrined constitution. The Japanese government while clearly more right
leaning and nationalistic than of late, clearly echoes the sentiment of a certain proportion
of the Japanese people. With the North Korean nuclear threat and the ever growing strength of China,
Japanese people could be forgiven for being somewhat insecure, However it is mainly because
of the US backing prime minister Koizumi has received that he has felt as secure in
throwing his weight about recently in south east asia. read full story / add a comment
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