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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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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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

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday November 15, 2004 20:19 by gabriele zamparini
To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday November 15, 2004 19:26 by pedro_zemos98
We are reminding our short video creation exhibition zemos98_7 [a space and a time for audiovisual culture]. the deadline is November 20th, 2004 and you can find all the regulations at www.zemos98.org/bases.htm.
Anyway, we attach a brief summary of the regulation of zemos98_7. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday November 15, 2004 14:03 by Global Project
Actions against the NATO summit in Venice from November 13th - 16th read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Sunday November 14, 2004 05:39 by none of this was my idea. I'm just a reader. a joe soap.   text 5 comments (last - thursday november 18, 2004 16:28)
one national - the UDA
the other international - HB/ETA
will be made today. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday November 12, 2004 18:23 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 17, 2004 13:53)
New Bicycle Seat More Healthy, Eliminates Sexual Dysfunction

A traditional bicycle seat is more likely to cause male sexual dysfunction and a variety of other health problems than a new seat with a revolutionary design, according to Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. Results of the 2004 study concluded that the typical sport/racing saddle with a narrow protruding nose causes twice the pressure in the perineal region as the Solution Bicycle Seat, a unique new model without the nose.

Previous studies linked perineal pressure to difficulties resulting from bicycling, including numbness, urinary track and yeast infections, prostate inflammation and impotence. That is because sitting on a typical bike saddle for long periods of time compresses the artery that provides blood flow to the area, according to Dr. Irwin Goldstein, a prominent urologist from Boston University. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday November 12, 2004 13:18 by No-name   text 20 comments (last - thursday november 18, 2004 19:14)
The Socialist Workers Party in Ireland (following the line from London) has finally declared its position regarding the armed resistance in Iraq. It is fully in support of such resistance - a position that all anti-imperialists should agree with. It is remarkable, however, that the position seems to be one of unconditional support including for those who are clearly related by Islamic fundamentalism. See the extrct below which is published on the SWP's Irish website.

Question: how will this affect the political line of the IAWM? Presumably the SWP anti-war front will be expected to tow the line? read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Friday November 12, 2004 12:42 by Courtesy of Irish Independent   text 52 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 19:33)
Attack on War Memorial Gardens, Jewish Museum. 'Free Iraq' daubed on national war memorial gardens. Swastika painted on Jewish Museum in apparently coordinated attacks. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Thursday November 11, 2004 20:44 by ;-) iosaf   text 5 comments (last - thursday january 05, 2006 12:56)
-"Non-religious songs cannot be sung at funerals under new guidelines for funeral masses published by the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Dr Dermot Clifford.
that's like if you want to get buried a catholicke."

Today's RTE national news message along with her exellency's an uachtarán Mary Mc Aleese's oath which now sworn gives her a second term under our constitution as president of Ireland.

Great stuff. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday November 11, 2004 14:07 by io   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 11, 2004 15:46)
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday November 11, 2004 11:53 by The Guardian   text 2 comments (last - friday november 12, 2004 00:22)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu was arrested by Israeli police Thursday for passing on classified information to unnamed international parties, police said. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Thursday November 11, 2004 11:24 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - monday november 29, 2004 17:04)
Tommy Sheridan has resigned as SSP leader

Tommy Sheridan has resigned as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party with immediate effect. A source within the party confirmed that the Glasgow MSP had quit for personal rather than political reasons. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday November 10, 2004 15:12 by Ali H.   text 22 comments (last - sunday january 23, 2005 00:44)
The PA has sent blood samples to the US and Germany to confirm poisoning.

President Bush replied that it would perhaps be best to leave Arafat's fate in the hands of the Almighty.

Sharon said that one should sometimes help Him!

Insiders say Arafat whispered to one of his long-time confidants just before being taken away to France: "This time they got me..." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday November 10, 2004 03:03 by Anthony   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 02, 2005 19:38)
A month later, the dust still hasn't settled on this attack on freedom of speech. This article gives the latest news on the current situation and provides an excellent summary of the story so far. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday November 09, 2004 19:30 by Dissent   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 13, 2004 20:45)
United Kingdom G8 Protest read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Monday November 08, 2004 16:35 by ReSect Watch   text 7 comments (last - tuesday november 09, 2004 14:43)
The October 30-31 conference of Respect showed the SWP at its worst, writes Peter Manson: fixing delegations, voting down socialist and democratic principles, demonising opponents and riding roughshod over any remaining pretence of inclusivity read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday November 08, 2004 12:25 by pat c   text 7 comments (last - friday november 12, 2004 22:03)
The blast caused extensive damage to the Muslim school .

A bomb explosion has hit an Islamic school in the Netherlands, as tensions run high after the murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh. Monday's blast in the southern city of Eindhoven caused heavy damage, destroying doors and windows.

Police say it could be a revenge attack for the killing of Van Gogh by a suspected Islamic radical last week. Mosques in several Dutch cities have been the targets of vandalism and failed arson attempts in recent days. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Monday November 08, 2004 05:46 by R. Isible   text 2 comments (last - monday november 08, 2004 21:43)
In what is either a demonstration of the lack of control that surrounds nuclear waste shipments or yet another murder of a peaceful activists by the thugs of the State a protestor has been murdered on the Franco-German border. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday November 07, 2004 17:59 by Liam
The Garda Fraud Squad is inquiring into an alleged expenses deception within the Dublin County Council branch of trade union Siptu, writes Ian Kehoe. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday November 07, 2004 04:55 by gdy
By 8:00 PM on Election Day, I was convinced that I was watching the slickest damn con job ever put over on the American people. The TV coverage was pitiful. By now its becoming increasingly clear that Bush stole another election. Once the results in western states could be predicted the vote tally in Florida could be juggled in favor of Bush. Once the outcome in the west was known the vote tally in Ohio could be juggled similarly. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday November 07, 2004 04:43 by The Patrick Crusade
A view from inside: people are dying like flies in here...patrick swiney (americanized sweeney) was a cop who did his job a little too well during the drug war, busting a couple of influential politicos who said they would get him when they got out...they did...he was framed for murder and has been in jail for near 20 years...all evidence to contrary of states case denied at trial, no appeal...justice my hiney....the USSA folks. read full story / add a comment
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