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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 Police Say Bible Verse on Campervan Could Be Hate Speech, Says Pastor Sat Nov 08, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
A church leader has said the police warned him that that Bible verses on the back of his campervan could be considered "hate speech".
The post Police Say Bible Verse on Campervan Could Be Hate Speech, Says Pastor appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ofgem Caught Using Climate Armageddon ?Worst Case Scenario? for Energy Planning Sat Nov 08, 2025 15:00 | Nick Rendell
Ofgem has been caught using the climate Armageddon 'worst case scenario' RCP8.5 as the basis for its energy planning. This is a scenario so ludicrous even the Biden administration abandoned it, says Nick Rendell.
The post Ofgem Caught Using Climate Armageddon ‘Worst Case Scenario’ for Energy Planning appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link NHS Spends ?1.4 Billion on Net Zero With Zero Results Sat Nov 08, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
The NHS has spent ?1.4 billion of taxpayers' money on Net Zero schemes without reducing its carbon footprint at all.
The post NHS Spends ?1.4 Billion on Net Zero With Zero Results appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link German Government Promotes Antifa With Publicly-Funded Guides to Political Violence Sat Nov 08, 2025 11:00 | John Rosenthal
While?some countries have followed Trump's lead in designating Antifa a terrorist organisation, Germany actively promotes the far-Left group with publicly-funded guides to political activism and 'defensive' violence.
The post German Government Promotes Antifa With Publicly-Funded Guides to Political Violence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link From Covid Lockdowns to Net Zero, There?s Nothing Noble About the Lies We?re Told Sat Nov 08, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
From Covid lockdowns to Net Zero, there's nothing noble about the lies we're told, says Professor James Alexander. It's fashionable to blame Plato for the state of modern society, but the charge won't stick.
The post From Covid Lockdowns to Net Zero, There’s Nothing Noble About the Lies We’re Told 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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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday June 04, 2004 14:15 by Organise!   text 2 comments (last - monday june 07, 2004 00:40)
As usual coming up to election time we are constantly bombarded with election posters and mass media coverage highlighting the importance of exercising your 'spectator' role in society by voting for a ruler. How insulting! as the fact is if voting changed anything it would be made illegal! Politicians are merely puppets which give the illusion that ordinary people have a real say in our so-called parliamentary democracy, but the real power lies with the State bureaucracy and in the boardrooms of the very rich and privileged within our society. Let's face it ticking a box every couple of years for a power hungry politician is a waste of time and is only empowering a minority of rulers who are rarely visible in between elections, irremovable and do not have to legally abide by the mandate they were elected on. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday June 04, 2004 13:39 by finbar   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 10, 2004 15:07)
Bush starts re-election by coming to Europe to celebrate the destruction of Fascism by .......and wait for it ..............meeting Silvio berlesconi (the man who wants to be a dictator) and a real one in the vatican. read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 01, 2004 21:22 by vincent   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 12, 2004 20:12)
The Irish College of Psychiatrists refuses to declare the extent of its involvement in drug company sponsorship read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday May 31, 2004 18:06 by ordinary man   text 35 comments (last - monday june 07, 2004 02:45)
These so called 'socialists' have nothing to say on important issues to ordinary workers such as a shorter working week, more public holidays, time spend in traffic gridlock, affordable childcare etc etc read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday May 31, 2004 01:29 by On behalf of Michael O'Reilly   text 5 comments (last - monday may 31, 2004 19:19)   image 1 image
Aer Rianta is in the news - but what is the motivation for the break up of the company? Maybe its not ideology - this report passed to Indymedia by a senior trade unionist proposes it is the old story - a rip off of the states assets. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday May 30, 2004 21:43 by Mark Drolette
Just what, exactly, is PNAC? Some kind of soft drink? A new type of snack? Unfortunately, PNAC affects our well-being much more adversely than could any junk food. To see why, and also for details on other oddball groups with strange agendas of which we should be aware, read on. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday May 28, 2004 23:09 by Sean Mc Aughey
US Schools Must Disclose Information About Crime on and Around Campus
- (Clery Act USA)
Is Similar Legislation Required in Ireland, England, Scotland or Wales? read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday May 28, 2004 13:26 by 1 of DGN   text 18 comments (last - monday may 31, 2004 15:22)   image 1 image
We want to see an Iraq where the Iraqi people themselves control their own lives and work together as equals. Neither the war nor occupation offer them this. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday May 28, 2004 03:06 by Chris Bond   text 12 comments (last - sunday june 20, 2004 10:56)
Anti drink legislation such as the intoxicating liquor act will not make the streets safer and will only curb our liberites. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday May 27, 2004 23:01 by iosaf the ipsiphi   text 7 comments (last - tuesday july 27, 2004 05:26)
D Day normandy you know about.
Day before General Strike thingy and a big cheery very sincere fuck off Bush message.

Everyone else "on the stand" will be "used to this". & Everyone else will somehow come across as being more "sensitive", "aware", "dignified" and "sussed" as to the "importance" of "Delta Day". Even the Irish whose forebears didn't see what all the fuss was about will try and cluck cluck just like Minister Mc Dowell does now. Nothing much has changed. Everything has changed.

The last time Bush spent the night out of the USA he spent it in the impregnable castle of Hillsborough in the Queen of England's own private Northern Ireland. "our wee north".
I'm not telling you where he's gonna stay in France. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday May 27, 2004 21:59 by Captain Timo   text 8 comments (last - tuesday june 01, 2004 16:26)
Independent investigations of the events of Sept 11, 2001 present a very different picture to the official story. 911 has the appearance of a black operation designed to bring about radical and sinister political changes. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Thursday May 27, 2004 17:12 by Solas   text 5 comments (last - friday march 14, 2008 21:53)
Rececent revelations regarding AIB overcharging merely underline the contempt banking and financial issues have for ordinary people. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday May 27, 2004 14:55 by USI Member   text 14 comments (last - monday june 07, 2004 13:22)
The manifestos for candidates for USI Postgrad officer, Environmental officer, Deputy President, Equality officer and Irish language officer have been emailed to Student Union around the country, here's your chance to read them read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 26, 2004 15:09 by john throne   text 12 comments (last - monday may 31, 2004 14:20)
The growth associated with the so-called Celtic Tiger has vaulted Southern Ireland into the economic lead in the list of small states in the EU. But the distribution of the fruits of this growth has been mainly decided by the bosses and their parties. However the electrical workers in Southern Ireland have now voted and in fact already taken action in the last weeks to say no to this bosses share up. Victory for the electrical workers could open the door for a much wider struggle. The electrical workers must get full support. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 26, 2004 11:27 by Shinner   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 11:58)
Last Nights spotlight programme on BBC highlighted the extent to which the British Crown Forces were involved in the murder of innocent Catholics. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 25, 2004 18:55 by bernadette mary   text 19 comments (last - thursday february 03, 2005 20:14)   image 1 image
The Colombian 3, Niall Connolly, James Monaghan, and Michael McAuley, irish citizens who were found not guilty of training FARC guerillas in Colombia, are still being held captive in a Colombian prison, despite being proven innocent of serious terrorist charges. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 25, 2004 17:35 by iosaf the ipsiphi   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 25, 2004 21:27)
The US Propaganda machine, realising that the illegal war on Iraq has proved to be the nemesis they have so long avoided, are now desperate to shift blame.
and in the process prepare a "do Iran" situation. I would like to remind you that Iranians were invited to "do Iraq" by the US machine in December of 2002, which is the point at which I believe "the war" began if only in "covert mode". read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 25, 2004 02:08 by TS   text 5 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 12:12)
The social and political turmoil that has rocked Venezuela since the election of the radical left-populist former army officer, Hugo Chávez, as President, in 1999, has now entered a new and critical phase. Chávez has now called for the arming of the population and the setting up of a "people’s militia". He has also directly attacked capitalism for the first time and declared that the "Bolivarian revolution has entered a new anti-imperialist phase". read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 25, 2004 00:57 by Barra Ó Gríobhtha   text 14 comments (last - friday january 29, 2016 00:15)
The privacy issue is being used as a smoke screen to deflect the debate from the most important issue; that being a party’s obligation to represent the views of those who elect it. Private schooling is in conflict with core socialist beliefs, and this makes Pat Rabbitte’s position untenable. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday May 24, 2004 23:48 by John Meehan   text 3 comments (last - wednesday october 20, 2004 21:36)
An Irish Times opinion poll (published on Monday May 24) on the citizenship referendum is good news for the Government – it shows a majority of more than two to one (54% versus 24%, 22% undecided) – in favour of the amendment drafted by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell. The poll was conducted as the “Chen Case” hit the headlines.

Were the people who participated in last week’s opinion poll influenced by the mainstream media coverage? That seems likely. read full story / add a comment
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