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Indymedia ireland

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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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 17, 2006 22:08 by David MAnning   text 2 comments (last - saturday january 05, 2008 08:10)
The Illusion of Balance

Ah that wistful sense of balance so uncommon in the liberal media. In response to a letter sent to the Irish Times criticising Charles Krauthammer's mis-quotation, among other things, of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks at the "World without Zionism" conference held in Tehran, the Irish Times printed a 'counter balance' of sizeable proportion. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / news report Wednesday May 17, 2006 19:41 by interfere   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 18, 2006 10:33)
Belfast Solidarity picket for Afghans in hunger strike meets with Irish government officials
Discusses structural racism in immigration and asylum policy

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 17, 2006 17:55 by NC   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 15, 2006 15:20)
The bullying and intimidation of workers in the Social Economy in Ireland has gone unpublisised for far to long. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Wednesday May 17, 2006 16:14 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Depression Dialogues take place on the first Thursday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at 2 Eden Park, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday May 17, 2006 16:11 by Sean   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 04, 2006 19:30)
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Wednesday May 17, 2006 16:04 by Basil Miller
Monthly meetings of Depression Dialogues will take place at 2 Eden Park, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin on the first Thursday of each month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 17, 2006 14:39 by Geraldine Moorkens Byrne   text 5 comments (last - friday june 02, 2006 22:29)
The NRA throws around groundless allegations: and those who protest find the price of exercising their democratic rights comes very high indeed. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday May 17, 2006 14:37 by Dublin Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 03, 2006 02:12)
Shell to Sea activists will assemble this evening at 6.30 p.m. at the Belvedere Rugby Club where the Norwegian ambassador will be hosting a reception, to protest at the Norwegian government's involvement in the Corrib gas scandal through its 36.5 share in the Corrib gas field. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 17, 2006 13:51 by Dave   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 18, 2006 18:36)
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 17, 2006 13:41 by Chris Murray   text 5 comments (last - saturday june 17, 2006 18:27)
On Sunday 15th May and Monday 16th May members of the Peace network, including Irish Anti-war, some unmanageables , individuals from residents against Racism
and concerned individuals gained access to St Patrick's Cathedral and spent large parts of the day and evening inside talking to the men and to the authorities on their behalf.
I do not speak on behalf of this group, but as an individual who was a part of it. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / news report Wednesday May 17, 2006 12:14 by Dáil Observer
"Interference by the major powers for more than two decades has plunged Afghanistan into being one of the most violent and disturbed countries on Earth. First the Russians and then the CIA and Saudi Arabia and the rest intervened with their national interests in mind. Latterly, the CIA and Saudi Arabia called both the jihad and the horrific Taliban, which has been a major source of the instability and violence, into existence." read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / other press Wednesday May 17, 2006 06:21 by Disgusted Republican   text 7 comments (last - sunday june 25, 2006 11:22)
Families of the 1981 hunger strikers along with H-block protest veterans have denounced Sinn Fein's main support group in the United States for selling plates commemorating the death fast. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 17, 2006 02:42 by Seán Ryan   text 7 comments (last - friday may 19, 2006 14:24)
I got caught up in Monday's Rail Strike and Iarnród Éireann tried to trample on my rights read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday May 17, 2006 02:08 by AWI   text 4 comments (last - wednesday may 17, 2006 15:40)
AFTER-WORK ANTI-WAR SOLIDARITY VIGIL, ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, 6.30pm

The anti-war vigil held earlier this evening in solidarity with the Afghan hunger strikers was a modest success. In total, about 40 or so anti-war activists, from a wide range of groups (and none), turned up outside St Patrick's Cathedral. This was a wonderful turnout, when one considers that the vigil was called that morning. We expect the numbers to increase as word of these daily anti-war solidarity vigils spreads.

As of tomorrow, solidarity vigils will be held outside the cathedral at 12.30pm and 6.30pm daily. Please ensure that you attend at least one of these events. The 12.30 vigil is especially important.

Anti-war activists have decided to offer tangible support to the Afghan hunger strikers by continuing to organise the 6.30pm vigil. Residents Against Racism, and others, are putting enormous work into organising solidarity during the day and it is only right that the anti-war movement mobilises in support of their efforts. We must offer more than mere words.

At a meeting held in the wake of last night's (Tuesday) vigil, anti-war activists agreed to continue with the 6.30pm vigil. These will be held each evening between 6.30pm and 7.30pm, and it is very important that everybody makes a genuine effort to be there. If you are free during the day, go to the vigil at 12.30pm; if you are working, turn up at 6.30pm. But do something!

Please bring placards (preferably home-made and colourful!) and your solidarity to tonight's vigil. And spread the word!

Warm regards,

Fintan Lane,
Anti-War Ireland
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international / racism & migration related issues / other press Wednesday May 17, 2006 00:53 by Phuq Hedd   text 29 comments (last - thursday july 06, 2006 18:20)
One of the most famous celebrity islamophobes has been exposed as a fraud and is fleeing Holland to join the payroll of the American Enterprise Institute. Cited often on Indymedia and other venues as an exemplar of feminist criticism of "islamofascists" it turns out that many details of her ordeal at the hands of Somali islamicists may be false.

The fact that she is so allied to neocons ought to give pause to those that are too enthusiastic in their blanket attacks on Islam. Of course it doesn't discredit /all/ critics of Islam, or even some of her own criticisms, but it does show that such criticisms are happily amplified and exploited by sinister forces. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday May 16, 2006 22:01 by rory hearne
at the 12 noon protest day it was confirmed that there will be protests each day at 12.30 and 6.30pm at st patricks cathedral-friday at mcdowells office and saturday at two pm at st patricks cathedral-spread the word read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday May 16, 2006 20:16 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 66)
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: saoirse@iol.ie
Date: 15 Bealtaine / May 2006 read full story / add a comment
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