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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 RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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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.

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offsite link News Round-Up Tue Nov 18, 2025 01:47 | Jonathan Barr
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 The Doomed Attempt to Create Academic Journals That Nobody Pays For Mon Nov 17, 2025 19:46 | Dr Roger Watson
Is the academic publishing industry facing ruin from open access journals? Not likely, says Prof Roger Watson. There are some pretty fundamental problems with trying to run a journal that nobody pays for.
The post The Doomed Attempt to Create Academic Journals That Nobody Pays For appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How I Found Myself in the Middle of ?Anti-Fascist? Violence at UC Berkeley Mon Nov 17, 2025 17:14 | Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle was warned there would be trouble when he appeared at UC Berkeley for what was intended to be the final stop on Charlie Kirk's tour. Sure enough, he soon found himself in the middle of 'anti-fascist' violence.
The post How I Found Myself in the Middle of ‘Anti-Fascist’ Violence at UC Berkeley appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 21, 2006 04:07 by RSF
"Those who failed to have a loyalist march forced through the centre of Dublin at the end of February claimed a near-monopoly of suffering for themselves and ignored the sacrifices of the nationalist community over the past few decades," said Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Féin when he spoke at a 30th anniversary commemoration of the deaths of Fian James Francis McCaughey (13), Fian Patrick Bernard (13), Joseph Kelly (57) and Andrew Small (62) in Edendork Cemetery, Co Tyrone. saoirse@iol.ie read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Tuesday March 21, 2006 02:43 by King Dumb of Kerry
The Heresy of 'Business as Usual' - The Looming Energy Crisis and How We Can Deal With It

Síol Chíarraí/ Friends of the Earth South Kerry are very pleased to announce a series of talks in Killarney by internationally renowned speakers analysing the looming energy crisis and offering practical suggestions of how we as individuals, communities and nations can address these crucial issues. The venue for all events is KDYS Killarney Youth Centre, next to the Franciscan Friary, in the centre of Killarney. The talks are free of charge though any donations will be appreciated. All are welcome are to attend. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday March 21, 2006 01:28 by Carmel McKenna   text 2 comments (last - tuesday april 11, 2006 18:50)
Co. Wicklow joins People Before Profit Alliance. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday March 21, 2006 00:48 by Sean   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 22, 2006 14:49)
QUB Anarchist/Libertarian Communist society are holding public meeting on anarchism on the 22 March, at 2pm, Rm 309, Peter Froggat Centre in Queens University Belfast read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday March 20, 2006 23:01 by Tadhg
Regular Shell to Sea Activists meeting- 8PM EENGO 10a Lwr Camden Street Dublin 2 (above the BOUNTY STORES) read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday March 20, 2006 22:50 by pat c
Heres an LGBT event being held in Amsterdam that LGBT Irish Jews might enoy. The novel thing about it is that its being organised by a Jewish Congregation and its taking place in a Synagogue!

Full details at the link.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday March 20, 2006 21:08 by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner   text 3 comments (last - tuesday march 21, 2006 17:55)
Nine days after the start of the American president's 2003 "shock and awe" uranium bombing campaign in Baghdad, an invisible radioactive uranium oxide gas cloud swept through Britain's towns and countryside and throughout Europe read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 20, 2006 20:58 by Kiel Cathers   text 5 comments (last - friday april 18, 2008 11:31)
Ireland's first cannabis policy reform organisation, the Centre for Cannabis Policy Reform Ireland (CCPR) launched their website and campaign this week. The group, in close association with the Colorado-based Safer Alternative For Alternative Recreation (SAFER), who successfully campaigned to legalise the possession of less than an ounce of cannabis, aim to educate the public about the fact that cannabis is safer than alcohol, that prohibition is a failure, and that a system of regulation must be put in place. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday March 20, 2006 17:36 by Conor J. McGowan
There have been a few updates and additions to the ISN site read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Monday March 20, 2006 15:14 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland held a one day event on Thursday 9^th March entitled ‘ Tara Seminar’ in the Helen Roe Theatre. This was partly to celebrate the publication of the latest book on Tara, edited by Edel Bhreathnach, called ‘The Kingship and Landscape of Tara’. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Monday March 20, 2006 13:50 by John Carmody
For Immediate Release
March 20, 2006

Contact:
John Carmody 087-6275579

Dublin — Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) is urging members of the public to get behind its protest this week to call on Canada to stop killing the seals. ARAN members, volunteers and the public will gather outside the offices of the Canadian Embassy to stage a lively protest against Canada’s plans to slaughter 335,000 seals this year. With a huge banner depicting a picture of a seal being clubbed to death and reading “Canada Stop Killing Seals” along with placards reading “Boycott Canadian Seafood” people will plead with Canada to end the seal hunt.

When: March 23, 2006

Where: Canadian Embassy, 65 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 (overhead bank of Scotland)

Time: 12 noon til 2pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday March 20, 2006 11:57 by Mary O Sullivan Pocock
Fundraising Concert in aid of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI)
Kerry Tenors will perform
Liberty Hall,Dublin 1
Monday 10th April at 8pm

Tickets available:01-8721122
www.centralticketbureau.com

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down / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday March 20, 2006 11:51 by ..   text 1 comment (last - monday march 20, 2006 14:56)
Green Party Alderman Brian Wilson revealed the true nature of the Greens when he voted for draconian education cuts in Co Down last week. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday March 20, 2006 01:45 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha
The anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party, which has seen gains in popularity following the attacks of 11 September and the controversy about cartoons of Muhammad published last year, has lost 2.7% of voters' support in the course of the last month.

This is one of the results from an opinion poll conducted by Catinét Research for the Danish news agency Ritzau between 13 and 17 March.

The Danish People’s Party's member of parliament Louise Frevert is one of a number of Danish politicians who have played a key role in inflaming Muslim concerns with a comment on her website that “the Muslim menace ... can be compared with a tumour which we know will kill us, if we don’t find and annihilate it before it spreads.”

Please read my translation from an original Danish article below. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / other press Monday March 20, 2006 01:01 by sp   text 29 comments (last - wednesday march 22, 2006 12:18)
Over 40 people attended a debate between Socialist Youth (SY) and the anarchist group Workers’ Solidarity Movement (WSM). The lively debate had speeches and good discussions on two main points: How to organise to change society? What’s the alternative to capitalism?
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cork / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday March 19, 2006 21:04 by Xanzinho   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 19, 2006 21:09)
On Tuesday, 21st March 2006, UCC will host an international symposium on Galician and Portuguese cultural studies. This event is of relevance not just for the academic community, but also for the Galician and Portuguese residents in Cork, and by extension to the wider Portuguese-speaking community in the area. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 19, 2006 18:54 by Orlaith Farrell   text 6 comments (last - thursday march 23, 2006 13:38)
Irish neutrality is an area that has long been mis understood and mis-interpreted. The majority of people are very opinionated but know very little on the subject. Our Government has made decisions that will affect us without any referendum or regard for public opinion. But were we ever really neutral? The time has come for the Irish people to make a decision. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday March 19, 2006 18:49 by Dunlo T   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 19, 2006 19:57)
In today's Independent on Sunday (UK), Severin Carrell reveals that the number of soldiers absconding from the British Army has trebled since the invasion of Iraq, raising fears that the military is facing a crisis in moral
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday March 19, 2006 18:28 by Strawberry Girl.
Meeting @ 47 Middle Abbey Street,
Saturday 25th March @ 12pm.
Women's planning for the 1916 political theatre. read full story / add a comment
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