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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 Exposed: The Hoax that Targeted Health Freedom Sun Nov 16, 2025 19:33 | Jeffrey A. Tucker
A couple of activists visited the Children's Health Defence conference to get attendees to endorse a fake study while on film. Their plot was foiled, and they were confronted by Brownstone Institute's Jeffrey A. Tucker.
The post Exposed: The Hoax that Targeted Health Freedom appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Government ?Withholding Data That May Link Covid Jab to Excess Deaths? Sun Nov 16, 2025 15:05 | Jonathan Barr
The UKHSA refused to publish data that could link the Covid vaccine to excess deaths, the Telegraph reports, arguing that it would cause bereaved relatives "distress or anger".
The post Government “Withholding Data That May Link Covid Jab to Excess Deaths” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A Government on the Edge of a Precipice Sun Nov 16, 2025 13:14 | Sallust
Thatcher wanted to "change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society", but our present Government seems to be "dedicated to the exact opposite", writes Sallust.
The post A Government on the Edge of a Precipice appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Britain?s Police State Unmasked: The Shocking Numbers Clapped in Handcuffs Over ?Offensive? Social M... Sun Nov 16, 2025 11:14 | Jonathan Barr
The Mail submitted Freedom of Information requests to Britain's police forces asking how many arrests they had made for 'offensive' social media posts. The numbers are alarmingly high -- over 30 a day in 2023 and only slightly less in 2024.
The post Britain’s Police State Unmasked: The Shocking Numbers Clapped in Handcuffs Over ‘Offensive’ Social Media Posts appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link EXCLUSIVE: New Freedom of Information Request and the UK Met Office has to Rewrite its Temperature E... Sun Nov 16, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
The UK Met Office's excuses for its invented temperature data from non-existent stations get more fanciful by the day, says Chris Morrison. A fresh FOI release has brought forth yet another unconvincing explanation.
The post EXCLUSIVE: New Freedom of Information Request and the UK Met Office has to Rewrite its Temperature Explanations Again 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 / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday June 21, 2006 20:33 by Sharon   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 23, 2006 13:49)
Fund-raising function in Clondalkin for the Republican Movement . read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 21, 2006 19:40 by Mustafa Tubevis   text 10 comments (last - tuesday june 27, 2006 02:32)
The Scottish Socialist Party United Left (or SSP United Left for short) is a new grouping in the Scottish Socialist Party. An appeal to launch this grouping took place on 13 June 2006. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 21, 2006 16:54 by Mark Malone
Next week the WSM and Porco dio are holding a benefit gig for the Israeli grouip 'Anarchist Against the Wall'. This article explains who AATW are. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 21, 2006 15:42 by Séan Ó Murchú   text 30 comments (last - wednesday july 26, 2006 17:26)
We the Republican POWs call on all nationalist, Republican people of Ireland and abroad to support us in our upcoming protest for better conditions and the restoration of political status. In 2003 we embarked on a protest for segregation, this battle was won and segregation was introduced in September of that year. At that time the Brits asked for a period of transition and conditions would then improve. These terms were accepted reluctantly by Republicans.

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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Wednesday June 21, 2006 14:30 by Residents Against Racism   text 12 comments (last - thursday june 22, 2006 15:34)
Public meeting for activists
Sunday 24th June
12.30 Teachers Club
36 Parnell Square read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Wednesday June 21, 2006 14:03 by Mark G   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 22, 2006 01:08)
USI wants street signs, maps and other notices to be designed in such a way that traditional place names are not made subordinate to the English versions. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 21, 2006 13:37 by Ryan   text 8 comments (last - tuesday september 12, 2006 18:14)
There is a complete lack of parental control and responsibility for their children in this country.
Young girls and young boys totally unequipped for adult life are enagaging in sexual intercourse at increasingly young ages.
This is a direct result from imagery on television, the internet, print media and most importantly from the behaviour of their adult peers.
Every day I recoil in disgust as I see young girls barely finished playing with their dolls dressed in skimpy clothing with rouged lip and make up and overhear them openly using the most profane language and engaging in sexually explicit conversation or blatant heavy petting in public.
Young boys are supposed to fulfill a predatory hard drinking macho stereotype. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Wednesday June 21, 2006 13:25 by gael
Support from Britanny to irish political prisonners in maghaberry, who are on protest to get back the political statu. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 21, 2006 13:20 by Mark G   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 22, 2006 11:10)
The Homeless agency last month claimed that homeless figures had dropped by a fifth in Dublin last year. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday June 21, 2006 12:27 by Joseph Anderson, Berkeley, California, USA   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 03, 2010 20:34)
Now that Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have broken the taboo in the mainstream American media establishment of not only pointing out that the Israel lobby exists, but actually analyzing it from their perspective, the only place that open discussion, analysis and debate about the lobby remain firmly taboo is, ironically, ON THE LEFT! It’s a taboo imposed on the left by certain leftist icons and their suppression – if not censorship – of free expression and debate on this topic in progressive venues (lectures, panels, press or broadcast). Even some Palestinian-Americans have been forced to knuckle under to these leftist icons’ denial of the power of the Israel lobby in exchange for those icons’ or certain progressive/leftist groups’ political support.

For example, as of this writing, where is an informed rebuttal to Noam Chomsky's dismissive position on the Lobby or at least an honest, open debate about the lobby on the national radio program Democracy Now? So, I wanted to incisively debunk at least some of the major arguments used by certain Left icons in denying the power and influence of the Israel lobby in U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and in suppressing discussion of its power domestically. Now, some people will bring up a red herring list of other possible influences in U.S. Mideast foreign policy to deny my analysis, but here I am dealing with THE ISRAEL LOBBY and how leftist icons respond to that topic. My ultimate position is: whatever our positions on the lobby, do we get to honestly discuss and debate it in formal public settings? Please read more: read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 21, 2006 11:04 by rory   text 30 comments (last - wednesday august 23, 2006 10:25)
Residents from across Dublin campaigning against the planned incinerator for Dublin Bay will protest at the Dail this evening at 7.30pm while a vote takes place on the incinerator. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday June 21, 2006 03:33 by UPI
Filthy American capitalists make money from the Internet. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 21, 2006 00:46 by Stephen James Sakamoto   text 1 comment (last - monday june 26, 2006 23:18)
Cynicism and insecurity seems to reverberate amongst the 'Laboratory Rats - namely those who are full of FEAR'. Action is required and bravery of creating a movement, underground and silent resistance - rather than Protests! read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 20, 2006 23:39 by Jack White   text 3 comments (last - wednesday june 21, 2006 10:36)
Just over a year ago, on the 2nd of June 2005 Terence Wheelock was arrested on suspicion of car theft and brought to Dublin’s Store Street Garda station. Just two hours after his arrest he was found unconscious in his cell. He entered a coma and passed away in September 2005. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday June 20, 2006 22:35 by Niall Farrell   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 29, 2006 16:02)
Galway’s newly elected Mayor, Green Party Councillor Niall Ó Brolchain and his deputy, Billy Cameron of the Labour Party have both refused to officiate at the Salthill Air Show. Instead both councillors will be in attendance at an alternative event being organised by the Galway Alliance Against War.

The Galway Alliance Against War is arranging its own air show at Nimmo’s Pier, the Claddagh at 1.30pm next Sunday as a counter event to the Salthill Air Show. Instead of warplanes and military helicopters, the Galway peace group will be floating 99 red balloons - biodegradable of course - over Galway Bay. The idea stems from the 1980s anti-war pop song of the same name, 99 Red Balloons. (Lyrics of song attached below)
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 20, 2006 21:30 by Michelle Clarke   text 31 comments (last - friday january 22, 2010 08:41)
'Knowledge is no load'........Today Knowledge flounders in vanity by revelations of a woman who forms the centre stage in Irish politics.

Money is the core ingredient of motive......entertainment, dress, holidays, no divorce because after all that would involve the judiciary deciding how to allocated funds......a deletion of power!!!!

Remember: The bus pass was a great populist move but as we moved into the pre-ordained capitalist route, privatisation will no doubt end this.

Yes, the 1970's, a woman could marry into a farm and the husband could leave it to the son.....and her fate could be the county home

But does anyone ask about Divorce, the fact that there is no clean break, the fact it is 50/50, the fact that when a person dies, their spouse is notified and within 6 months can make a claim on their estate.....

What about the 2nd bite of the Cherry.....The truth is there is one rule for the rich ......... and a completely different one for the ordinary person.

The trend in Ireland is to leave the house with wife, contributing to men living in one bed flats and in some cases homeless.

The English divide.........What is Fair? read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday June 20, 2006 20:41 by Int Brigade supporter
Brigadista: An Irishman's Fight Against Fascism
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 20, 2006 20:02 by Chris Murray   text 2 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 21:28)
Today Conor Lenihan , Minister of Children , who was vaguely
absent , the weeks of the constitutional crisis provoked by the release of Mr A by Ms Justice Mary Laffoy admitted to reporters
that he would listen to young people regarding the age of consent.
This was followed by a worthy statement, wherein he said that
though he would listen, the final decision on age of consent
rested with the deputies( one presumes in the Dail) and not with
the views of the people they hope to question on their sexual habits. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday June 20, 2006 19:40 by FG   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 02, 2007 02:12)
Briefing Meeting:
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SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP:
A GOOD DEAL FOR WORKERS?
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 20, 2006 19:16 by Séan Ó Murchú   text 25 comments (last - thursday june 22, 2006 15:43)
Statement by Ruairi O Bradaigh, President, Republican Sinn Fein

Republican Sinn Fein declares its support for the protest action of the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim commenced on June 19.

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