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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 Science Career Bias Against Women Debunked After Study is Repeated Mon Nov 17, 2025 15:12 | Will Jones
A landmark study that claimed men enjoy an unfair advantage in scientific careers has been debunked after a nearly identical rerun of the experiment finds the opposite is true: it's women who have the unfair advantage.
The post Science Career Bias Against Women Debunked After Study is Repeated appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Are Economically Literate Americans More Right-Wing? Mon Nov 17, 2025 13:00 | Noah Carl
Two academics gave a test of economic literacy to a representative sample of Americans. Men scored higher than women, the old scored higher than the young, and Republicans scored higher than Democrats.
The post Are Economically Literate Americans More Right-Wing? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Take Back Migrants or Face Visa Ban, Says Home Secretary Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:29 | Will Jones
Countries that refuse to take back illegal migrants from Britain?will face visa bans, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is to announce as part of a crackdown on immigration. But Labour MPs are getting uncomfortable.
The post Take Back Migrants or Face Visa Ban, Says Home Secretary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Admit Unlawful Arrest of Parents who Complained about School Mon Nov 17, 2025 09:00 | Jonathan Barr
Hertfordshire police have admitted that their arrest of Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine ? two parents who complained about their daughter's school on WhatsApp ? was unlawful, and agreed a ?20,000 payout.
The post Police Admit Unlawful Arrest of Parents who Complained about School appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The UN?s Contempt for Democracy Mon Nov 17, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
It would be premature to celebrate "the failure of this COP meeting," writes Ben Pile, "and it is the broader conversations around the UN that shed light on why we should resist global climate politics."
The post The UN?s Contempt for Democracy 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

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 27, 2006 17:37 by Cian   text 4 comments (last - thursday april 27, 2006 18:51)
Across the Twin Cities, thousands of students are planning to walkout tomorrow, April 28th, against the war in Iraq and against military recruitment in schools. This will likely be the largest youth antiwar demonstration in Minnesota since the Vietnam era.
But in recent days reports of repression and disruption tactics from school authorities has gone way up. Under police pressure, a big peace concert scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, as part of the walkout events at Minneapolis Technical and Community College (MCTC), is being shut down.
Below are two urgent appeals from students at two local schools (Central and Jefferson) were threats against students came to a head yesterday. Please read these, act on their request for solidarity, and forward this appeal for help on to others.
Students from these schools are holding a press conference this afternoon at MCTC's "Free Speech Plaza" at 3:30 PM. Please come and show your support!
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national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday April 27, 2006 15:16 by Fintan Lane   text 18 comments (last - friday april 28, 2006 23:40)
I1m not sure if anybody was actually tasked with producing a public report of the 22 April anti-war gathering in Dublin, so I hope there are no objections if I give my own personal reflections on the event.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday April 27, 2006 14:21 by Mike   text 72 comments (last - monday june 05, 2006 12:29)
Staff not paid because of bank error

SEVENTY workers at the National Aquatic Centre weren't paid their wages because of a bank error.

Money due to be paid to the employees by the operators of the centre, Dublin Waterworld Ltd, failed to appear in their accounts yesterday. Angry workers contacted management who told them the problem would be sorted immediately.

AIB Bank has said that the missed payments were due to a "technical error".

The wages were due to be paid into the workers' accounts last night.
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:59 by Sean Edwards   text 3 comments (last - tuesday may 02, 2006 23:26)
Dublin Baile Átha Cliath
Saturday 13 May, from 10 a.m.

All-day conference and workshops on the ideas of James Connolly to mark the ninetieth anniversary of his execution

▶Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street)

10–11:30 a.m.
Socialism or barbarism?
Can the world afford capitalism any longer?

Paul O’Connell (Trinity College, Dublin)
Patricia McKenna (Green Party)

11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Workshop 1:
Niall Cullinane (CPI, Galway)
Frank Keoghan (People’s Movement)

Workshop 2:
Brian Keenan (Belfast)
Frank Cammock (CPI, Belfast)

2–4:30 p.m.
Socialism and national liberation
The working class in the struggle for national freedom
Guest speakers: David Granville (Britain), Noel Carrillo (Cuba), Avtar Sadiq (India), Jerónimo Carrera (Venezuela)

4:30 p.m.
Panel discussion

Organised by the James Connolly Education Trust
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dublin / history and heritage / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:49 by SEan Edwards
Dublin Baile Átha Cliath
Friday 12 May, 8 p.m.

James Connolly Memorial Lecture
The Life and Legacy of James Connolly
Speaker: Eugene McCartan (general secretary, CPI)

▶Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street)

Organised by the James Connolly Education Trust
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:44 by Sean Edwards   text 1 comment (last - monday may 15, 2006 17:59)
Concert
to celebrate the life and ideas of James Connolly on the ninetieth anniversary of his execution

Liberty Hall (Eden Quay)

Adrian Dunbar and his band
Pzazz: “Connolly’s Daughter”
Drama Group: extract from The Plough and the Stars
Jimmy Kelly and Friends

Sponsors: James Connolly Film Project and Communist Party of Ireland

Tickets: €10, available at Liberty Hall and at Connolly Books (7 Bloom Lane)
All proceeds go to the James Connolly Film Project and the International Brigades Memorial Fund, Belfast read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:32 by Sean Edwards
Baile Átha Cliath
Friday 12 May, 8 p.m.

Aoine 12 Bealtaine, 8 i.n.

Léacht Chuimhneacháin James Connolly
The Life and Legacy of James Connolly
Cainteoir: Eugene McCartan (ardrúnaí, CPI)

▶Institiúid na hÉireann (27 Sráid an Phiarsaigh)

Á eagrú ag Iontaobhas Oideachais James Connolly
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national / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:09 by Sean Edwards
Venue:
Ireland Institute: 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2: (5 mins from College Green)

May From 10 a.m.
All-day conference and workshops

10–11:30 a.m.
Socialism or barbarism?
Can the world afford capitalism any longer?
Paul O’Connell (Trinity College, Dublin)
Patricia McKenna (Green Party)
Coffee break
11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
Workshop 1:
Niall Cullinane (CPI, Galway)
Frank Keoghan (People’s Movement)

Workshop 2:
Brian Keenan (Belfast)
Frank Cammock (CPI, Belfast)

2–4:30 p.m.
Socialism and national liberation
The working class in the struggle for national freedom
Guest speakers: David Granville (Britain), Noel Carrillo (Cuba), Avtar Sadiq (India), Jerónimo Carrera (Venezuela).
4:30 p.m. Panel discussion read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday April 27, 2006 12:02 by Pat
"RedWords" SWP Galway Bookclub present "FRONTLINES" global poetry of revolt, past & present, including anti-war poems, from Afghanistan to the U.S.A. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday April 27, 2006 08:09 by Séan Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 27, 2006 10:57)
At least 600 US soldiers and citizens implicated in abuse of prisoners according to new studies.

And a major scandal about to happen in America as people begin to ask questions that need to be answered. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 26, 2006 19:59 by peptide   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 27, 2006 11:04)
Bush has responded to the recent bombings in Egypt with a finger pounding demonstration of determined imbecility; he once again identifies “the enemy” (as singular) implying a centralised terrorist group. If the USA had any credible intelligence they would know that the ‘enemy’ is in fact many separate and spontaneously occurring cells rather than a fixed hierarchical centralised group. Misinformation could be another reason the USA is failing in Iraq! US troops are unable to locate the “enemy” to which Bush and his administration continually refers – we should not forget that Rumsfeld briefs Bush on these matters. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / news report Wednesday April 26, 2006 19:45 by Dole
St. Michael's primary school is to close this coming June. Apart from the obvious educational concerns, What of it's historical significance? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday April 26, 2006 19:12 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 29, 2006 20:14)
Yet another example of the double dealing by the World Bank. On this occasion however the bare faced fraud carried out by the World Bank has been exposed. They have been shown to have blood on their hands.

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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday April 26, 2006 17:45 by Lara Hill   text 1 comment (last - monday may 08, 2006 19:09)
We hope to start a garden on some waste ground within the school. The school are happy for us to use some overgrown land to grow vegetables, trees, flowers. All help very welcome! If you would like to grow some of your own food, cut down on food miles, make a school grounds more beautiful, please join us on the afternoon of Sunday 30 April. We will meet at 2 p.m. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 26, 2006 17:33 by Razmataz
Night of Revolutionary Irish Music

Thursday 27 April

9.30pm til late

The Hatfield (upstairs)

Music by Sweeney and the Chain Gang

Taille: £3

Organised by Ógra Shinn Féin Saint Mary's College read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 26, 2006 17:19 by Condi Rice   text 1 comment (last - friday april 28, 2006 11:05)
Condi Rice dropped in to Shannon on Monday, seems like she is a regular down there.

from today's Daily Ireland editorial

"Another controversial visitor to these shores is George Bush’s secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who we learn is constantly popping in and out of Ireland on her way to destabilise regions around the world at her master’s behest, like a commuter through Connolly Station.
There is nothing illegal about Ms Rice’s movements through Ireland, but given her current role in the Bush war machine, and the fact that the US involvement in Iraq is deemed illegal under international law, her transitory visits, conducted as they are under virtual secrecy, are distasteful to say the least. They are also extremely discourteous to the Irish sovereign nation, which is officially neutral – a state of affairs which is being progressively eroded by the inaction and toadying of the current government to more militarily and economically powerful nations." read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 26, 2006 16:59 by Kathy Sinnott   text 4 comments (last - thursday september 03, 2015 17:16)
I come from a long line of savers, women and men who believed that a rubber band or piece of string or jar lid should not be thrown away as it will come in handy some day. The fact that being a saver meant full drawers and stuffed shelves didn’t dissuade us, nor the fact that because of the clutter we couldn’t find the thing we saved when we finally needed it. Saving is ingrained. In our case, saving is almost genetic. Recycling was an easy concept for us. “Waste not. Want not” Recycling is just a more communal variation on saving with the advantage of no clutter.
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laois / arts and media / event notice Wednesday April 26, 2006 14:46 by Mark C   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 02, 2006 14:34)
On Tuesday, May 2nd, at 8:30 pm, Kavanagh's pub in Portlaoise will hold what is believed to be the town's first night of a live performance of poetry; what makes this night unique is that all poems being performed are unpublished and have not been read to an audience before.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday April 26, 2006 12:59 by non-payer   text 11 comments (last - thursday october 19, 2006 13:56)
Northern Ireland Committee Irish Congress Trade Unions Biennal Conference backs mass non-payment of water charges read full story / add a comment
wexford / politics / elections / other press Wednesday April 26, 2006 11:44 by Green Ink   text 24 comments (last - thursday april 27, 2006 15:38)
RTE are reporting that the founder of the charity for clerical abuse victims One in Four, Colm O'Gorman, is to run for the PDs in Wexford. Interestingly Slugger O'Toole got the scoop on this last night: http://www.sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/rumour_mi..._pds/ read full story / add a comment
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