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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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dublin / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Sunday June 05, 2005 17:55 by A. Kaffir   text 23 comments (last - monday november 20, 2006 13:24)
I'm leaving for Italy.

I can't take anymore of this. read full story / add a comment
if heaven is not my home,Bertie will look after me.
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Saturday June 04, 2005 15:21 by John McDermott   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 05, 2005 11:58)   image 1 image
I want to get out of this place. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday June 04, 2005 13:01 by Sean Crudden
It is interesting to consider in the abstract some of the principles which may apply to community development work and to see how these ideas sit with our own organisations. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday June 02, 2005 18:27 by SP Member   text 6 comments (last - friday june 03, 2005 11:16)
Despite the comments by German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder following the defeat of the EU constitution in France and Holland, the German political establishment is in crisis.

The potential now exists for the establishment of a new broad left formation. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday June 02, 2005 01:36 by paul o toole   text 20 comments (last - wednesday june 08, 2005 02:51)   image 1 image
Bono's answer to a question about his friend Tony Blairs attack and murder of 100,000 Iraqi people at the Meteor awards in dublin last year...anyone can make a mistake.... read full story / add a comment
Truth tellers or mouthpieces for 'Official' Sources?
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 01, 2005 16:21 by saoririseoir   text 17 comments (last - sunday june 12, 2005 04:18)   image 1 image
The best television and newspaper ratings go to light entertainment. Looking at the news, it’s easy to understand why. It’s nicer to feel happy, albeit brain-dead, than depressed and powerless; though the two are not mutually exclusive. Most of us take for granted the whole concept of ‘news’, so much so that the question ‘what is news?’ almost seems ridiculous. Yet, when we reflect honestly on the unaccountable agenda-setting power of news editors over everyday conversations in parks, pubs, the canteen etc., we can only conclude that news has a tremendous influence over the thought of the public, and the question becomes more obvious, as does its variant; ‘who decides what’s news?’ News editors are deciding what we should think is important, and in doing so, defining each of our situations for us, as well as the situation of the World around us. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 01, 2005 06:27 by Astrid Essed   text 3 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 11:04)
The publication of the photographs of Saddam Hussein by the Sun is not only a flagrant violation of the 3th Geneva Convention, it also violates the human right on dignity of every prisoner of war, regardless of the crime read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 31, 2005 22:29 by Niall Meehan   text 14 comments (last - wednesday february 22, 2006 18:36)   image 1 image   4 attached files
A history of the discussion on this matter can be found on the following web pages:
What Is The Dispute about Kilmichael and Dunmanway really about?
Response to History Ireland Interview: Peter Hart replies on Tom Barry and Kilmichael (but not Dunmanway)
Audio Report: 'Political Culture in Cork' - a talk by Brian Murphy
Peter Hart interview with Brian Hanley from History Ireland

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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 31, 2005 20:54 by Back seat poet
Poetry Ireland reclaimed from the hands of the ivory tower dwellers and Arts Council acolytes!!!!!! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 31, 2005 20:17 by b Duggan   text 7 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 23:37)   image 1 image
I was watching a news article on RTE 30th May 2005 about drunken street violence in Dublin. It rekindled a question that has always been in my mind, "what about an alternative to alcohol". It is clear that Irish citizens desire some kind of recreational substance, the most socially accebtable being alcohol. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday May 29, 2005 19:29 by Eoin Dubsky   text 16 comments (last - saturday june 11, 2005 01:31)   image 3 images
Everyone in the house is getting ready to go out and vote. Polling stations in our area (Bagneux, one of the last two Communist towns left in Paris's former "red belt" suburbs) are closing at 9 or so. Nina and I (we're engaged - did I say?) are then off for a non-party with some friends. I can't vote here, but I've been following some of what others have been saying here, and would like to share a few observations with you. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday May 29, 2005 15:48 by Thomas Gorman   text 23 comments (last - tuesday may 31, 2005 20:26)
Having become alarmed at the rising crime rate more than two years ago I decided to build a website to highlight the problem.
In that time almost nothing has been done to address the problem. How much more mayhem do we have to put up with before our elected representatives finally get around to doing their jobs? read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday May 28, 2005 13:21 by Anthony Coughlan via imcer   text 6 comments (last - monday may 30, 2005 01:41)   image 1 image
Two false statements on the EU Constitution in today's Irish Times - read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday May 28, 2005 11:24 by Sean Crudden   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 19:35)
The following passage may appear to be a string of non-sequiturs. That's just the punctuation. It is in fact a (slightly banal) list of reasons why people volunteer to take part in community development and other altruistic, organised and unpaid activity and work. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday May 28, 2005 09:57 by Sean Crudden   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 05, 2005 02:08)
In what way does the personal agenda of each member of the professions affect the course and shape and quality of the lives of their clients? Perhaps it does not matter what motivates the professional or what way s/he thinks? read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday May 28, 2005 02:31 by Floatilla   text 10 comments (last - thursday april 01, 2021 03:33)
I thought this might be of interest for assorted lefts. I've written this article for a music fanzine in my own area, but it certainly has political relevance, especially for fans of the German industrial metal group. The politics of Rammstein have been debated for years, but those who I have spoken with have always been a little unsure of the actual stance of the band. Hopefully this article will go towards clearing this debate up in some ways. Any constructive criticism is appreciated. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday May 27, 2005 14:59 by james   text 63 comments (last - saturday may 06, 2006 04:07)   image 2 images
Garda killings are sanctioned and encouraged by the state. read full story / add a comment
M3 Nation
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday May 27, 2005 14:24 by Rearranged   image 3 images
No to long boring tracts
3 pictures, 3 moments read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 24, 2005 15:40 by Dermo   text 36 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2005 17:28)
Marx said that religion was the opium of the people but sport has eclipsed man's fascination with the supernatural. Football is the heroin of sport. I can remember the first time I stood with my father on a terrace and watched men chase a bag of wind around a field. I still can be found standing on those steps in all sorts of weather. read full story / add a comment
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