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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 Labour ?Tears Up Islamophobia Definition? Amid Free Speech Concerns Sun Oct 19, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Labour has ditched its old Islamophobia definition after concerns it could curb free speech. The party now prefers "anti-Muslim hate".
The post Labour ?Tears Up Islamophobia Definition? Amid Free Speech Concerns appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Who Counts as English? Sun Oct 19, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
There are some questions we can answer definitively. However, the question of what Englishness means does not lend itself to any simple answer.
The post Who Counts as English? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Europe?s Terminal Decline: The Philosopher Queens and Their Ruinous Rule Sun Oct 19, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
The geopolitical humiliation of Europe is already manifest, says Dr Tilak Doshi. Led by deluded philosopher queen Ursula von der Leyen and her green comrades, the once mighty continent is headed off a cliff.
The post Europe’s Terminal Decline: The Philosopher Queens and Their Ruinous Rule appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Oct 19, 2025 00:12 | Will Jones
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 BBC Gaza Documentary Breached Ofcom Code Sat Oct 18, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The BBC breached Ofcom's broadcasting code with a Gaza documentary that was narrated by the son of a Hamas Government official, the regulator has found.
The post BBC Gaza Documentary Breached Ofcom Code 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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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday October 14, 2011 12:09 by Dave   text 1 comment (last - saturday october 15, 2011 23:46)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
A flavour of Day Six on Dame Street ... read full story / add a comment
BRITISH CITY OF CULTURE DERRY RENAMED LONDONDERRY.
international / arts and media / news report Friday October 14, 2011 09:10 by BrianClarkeNUJ   text 36 comments (last - thursday october 20, 2011 13:45)   image 7 images
Another bomb exploded outside the British City of Culture offices in Derry city last night, an hour after a warning had been given but the British paramilitary disposal police, did not once again bother to turn up until after the explosion.. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday October 14, 2011 01:03 by NC   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 16, 2011 15:14)   image 1 image   1 attached file
Despite the persistent government denials regarding the dangers associated with depleted uranium munitions, an undeniable body of evidence has been constructed to show their long-term adverse ramifications. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / other press Thursday October 13, 2011 17:20 by SpunOutter   image 1 image
WE ARE THE YOUTH RISING....

We are the younger generation. We make up 40% of the population, making Ireland the youngest country in the EU. 30% of us are unemployed and dream of work. We are among the 1000 weekly emigrants who don’t want to leave. Many of us are artists without spaces, visionary entrepreneurs with no investment, politicians without parties, the spiritual without churches, and idealists without leaders. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday October 12, 2011 22:32 by Pip O'Regan   image 1 image
Protest against Fascist BNP leader Nick Griffin.

Assemble TCD Front Gate 3 pm Saturday 15 October. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday October 12, 2011 22:27 by Pip O'Regan   text 6 comments (last - friday october 14, 2011 15:33)   image 1 image
Protest against Fascist BNP leader Nick Griffin.

Assemble TCD Front Gate 1 pm Friday 14 October. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 12, 2011 21:01 by Claudia Tormey   image 1 image

Fundraiser and Information night in association with United Speech.
https://www.facebook.com/unitedspeech
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European Day of Action - Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 11, 2011 21:24 by Enough   text 9 comments (last - saturday october 15, 2011 23:39)   image 5 images
No More Cuts – Austerity Isn’t working.

No Sell-off of State Assets

IMF-EU-ECB back in Ireland on October 15th

DEMONSTRATE Saturday Oct 15th 1pm Parnell Sq read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 11, 2011 15:13 by LASC   image 1 image
On Saturday 22nd October we are holding an open day and a mini fair in LASC for members, volunteers and friends.

The event will run from 12pm-5pm in LASC, 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
Irish people calling for a ban on hare coursing
national / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 11, 2011 02:33 by Ending Hare Coursing Cruelty   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 11, 2011 03:05)   image 4 images
The cruelty of live hare coursing is well documented, but the infighting among coursing clubs also provides an insight into evil nature of this bloodsport. The Greyhound Nuts site, which is leading online website representing the so-called "sporting doggie business" in Ireland, offers an another gripping instalment on the ongoing saga of the horror story that is our "Greyhound Industry"... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday October 10, 2011 21:20 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Consisting of one tasty vegan main meal
Served from 6 to 7.30pm
Every Tuesday in Seomra Spraoi
Suggested Donation €4 read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday October 10, 2011 11:47 by éirígí PRO   image 1 image
Oppose the EU/IMF/ECB troika and the their hateful cutbacks - 8pm, Thursday, October 13, 2011. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Sunday October 09, 2011 18:23 by P. Rampal   text 64 comments (last - tuesday october 18, 2011 14:18)   image 7 images
The discussion continues as to why climate modelling may underestimate Arctic sea ice loss.

In recent decades, Arctic sea ice has suffered a dramatic decline that exceeds climate model predictions. The unexpected rate of ice shrinkage has now been explained by researchers at CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They argue that climate models underestimate the rate of ice thinning, which is actually about four times faster than calculations. This model bias is due to the poor representation of the sea ice southward drift out of the Arctic basin through the Fram Strait. When this mechanism was taken into account to correct the discrepancy between simulations and observations, results from the new model suggested that there will be no Arctic sea ice in summer by the end of the century. This work was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research on 29 September 2011.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday October 08, 2011 18:57 by Ramzy Baroud   text 12 comments (last - tuesday november 08, 2011 20:32)   image 3 images
Ramzy Baroud is the editor of PalestineChronicle.com and author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press, London). Here he writes of Syria and US attempts to interfere in the country's future. But he says: United States involvement in Syria is the second-greatest danger facing the Syria uprising (the first being the cruelty of the regime).

United States ambassador to Syria Robert Ford is quite a feisty diplomat. He shows up unannounced and uninvited at various hot spots in the country, greeted with varying degrees of enthusiasm and, oftentimes, anger. When he made a highly touted appearance in the city of Hama in July, residents reportedly greeted him with flowers. However, his appearance at the home of an opposition figure in Damascus on September 29 earned him a salvo of tomatoes and rocks from angry protesters. read full story / add a comment
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international / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Saturday October 08, 2011 04:58 by Reinarto Hadipriono   image 2 images
How then are we to explain about the very existence of living creatures that have, since they first emerged 3.8 billion years ago, never come to the end of their life process? Therefore, the claim that all living creatures must experience death is one that still needs to be thoroughly proven read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 07, 2011 20:21 by Kev   image 1 image
TUESDAY 18th OCT @ 7:15PM
The Pearse Centre
27 Pearse Street
Dublin 2

FREE ENTRY! read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday October 07, 2011 14:56 by Raymond Deane   image 1 image
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has issued an open letter to John Michael McDonagh, director of the acclaimed Irish film ‘The Guard’, asking him to respect the Palestinian civil society call for a cultural boycott of Israel and to not take part in the Haifa Film Festival in Israel.

Below is the full letter. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday October 06, 2011 19:23 by An Draighneán Donn   text 35 comments (last - friday october 21, 2011 14:05)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
Sirte has become the Guernica of the 21st century. The bombing it has been subjected to surpasses Gaza and even Fallujah for its criminal targeting of civilian homes, hospitals, utilities such as water, gas and oil, etc. And yet, while the people of Sirte face extermination by gangs who have already lynched and ethnically cleansed thousands of Black people, the Irish Left maintains a cold silence towards this agony. Why? read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 06, 2011 11:50 by Real Democreacy Now   text 3 comments (last - saturday october 15, 2011 16:27)   image 3 images
We wish you to invite you to our protest march and open forum on Saturday 15th October. read full story / add a comment
Michael Albert speaking engagements in Dublin for Oct 11th, 12th & 13th
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday October 05, 2011 13:55 by Fintan   text 9 comments (last - friday october 21, 2011 11:03)   image 3 images   video 4 video files   2 attached files
Michael Albert, writer, activist, author of 'Parecon - Life after Capitalism' and co-founder of ZNet, will be speaking at various locations in Dublin on 11th and 12th of October 2011 (details below).

Subjects include media, participatory economics, the creation of a new international organisation for a participatory society, and strategy for social change.

The events are part of a visit that involves UK, Ireland and Spain. Website and further info available here.

Attached are a flyer and poster if you wish to promote the events.

Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.
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