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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 Why is Private Eye Taking the BBC?s Side? Tue Nov 18, 2025 18:39 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
Why does the cover of the latest edition of Private Eye defend the BBC? Someone needs to explain to Ian Hislop the difference between a politician and a public service broadcaster, says Frederick Attenborough.
The post Why is Private Eye Taking the BBC’s Side? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Civil Servants Taught to Spy on Anti-Migrant Social Media Posts Tue Nov 18, 2025 17:22 | Will Jones
Civil servants are being taught to spy on social media posts that express concern about migrants in order to stop online 'disinformation' and push 'counter-narratives'.
The post Civil Servants Taught to Spy on Anti-Migrant Social Media Posts appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?We Wun?t Be Druv?: Crowborough?s Reaction to the 600-Strong Illegal Immigrant Camp Proposal Tue Nov 18, 2025 14:55 | Madeleine Gillies
The residents of Crowborough in Sussex are battling the Home Office to stop 600 illegal migrants being housed in an army training camp. When will the Government start listening to local people, asks Madeleine Gillies.
The post “We Wun’t Be Druv”: Crowborough’s Reaction to the 600-Strong Illegal Immigrant Camp Proposal appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Ireland Promises Tougher Asylum Rules to Ensure Migrants Continue Heading to Britain Tue Nov 18, 2025 11:10 | Will Jones
Ireland will introduce tougher asylum rules to counter any new measures brought in by Labour and ensure migrants continue heading to Britain, Ireland's Justice Minister has said.
The post Ireland Promises Tougher Asylum Rules to Ensure Migrants Continue Heading to Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link They Said it Was to Protect Kids. Now Your Passport?s on the Dark Web ? and Your NHS Record is Next Tue Nov 18, 2025 09:00 | Simon Panter
They told us the Online Safety Act was to protect children. Now, after several security breaches, your passport's on the dark web and your NHS record is next. And it's all leading straight to digital ID, says Simon Panter.
The post They Said it Was to Protect Kids. Now Your Passport’s on the Dark Web ? and Your NHS Record is Next 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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cork / miscellaneous / event notice Monday December 19, 2005 17:24 by Wendy Knott   text 1 comment (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 15:21)
Major conference in Silversprings Hotel, Cork, on Friday January 13th 9.30am to 4.30pm, bringing together farmers, politicians, NGOs and activists to explore a coherent way forward for agricultural policy. Including speakers from Guyana, Swaziland and Thailand, as well as Irish and European NGOs.

Issues to be addressed include the impact of trade rules on farmers North and South, a review of the WTO talks in Hong Kong; human rights and the WTO and the consequences of CAP reform and the implications of the proposed EPAs.

Further details from Comhlamh 021 4275881 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday December 19, 2005 17:16 by Mairtin O'Cathain   text 13 comments (last - saturday december 24, 2005 00:08)
Mairtin O'Cathain reflects on uncritical use of the word terrorist by many on the left, including anarchists and libertarian communists (and Organise! for that matter) and examines the meaning of the words Terror and Terrorism. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Monday December 19, 2005 14:20 by kahootz   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 19, 2006 00:37)
Political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky gives lecture entitled 'Stark, Dreadful, Inescapable: The Questions of Survival'

7pm, Theatre L (Newman Building).

Lecture hosted by the UCD Literary and Historical Society and UCD Philosophy Society read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday December 19, 2005 14:14 by kahootz   text 12 comments (last - thursday january 19, 2006 01:22)
Political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky gives lecture entitled 'Democracy Promotion: Reflections on Intellectuals and the State' at 7pm in O'Reilly Hall in UCD.



A public lecture hosted by the School of Philosophy and the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday December 19, 2005 14:03 by kahootz   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 27, 2005 21:24)
Some 300 million of South America's 365 million people will now live in countries with left-leaning governments following a convincing victory for a charismatic congressman. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Monday December 19, 2005 12:08 by A correspondent writes   text 6 comments (last - wednesday december 21, 2005 15:39)
Want to tell the UN how seriously Ireland takes its duty to fight torture? In case you missed your opportunity, here it comes knocking again. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday December 18, 2005 23:35 by Jonah   text 11 comments (last - thursday december 29, 2005 21:57)
Sister Ardeth Platte, O.P., a member of the Dominican Religious Order of Grand Rapids, Michigan and of the Jonah House Community in Baltimore, Maryland, is scheduled to be released from Federal Prison in Danbury, CT, on Thursday, December 22.

Sister Ardeth has completed her sentence of 41 months of incarceration, and now faces three additional years of supervised probation. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday December 18, 2005 19:02 by cleaves
Bush has declared that it’s acceptable to illegally bug US citizens for a ‘good cause’; Cheney opposed legislation banning the use of torture by US agencies! Rumsfeld denounces claims that Iraq invasion is related to Oil appropriation; US Congress attacks Bush or rather those responsible for the debacle that is the Bush Presidency. But the news of the week is the residents of Sydney contracting the disease that is John Winston Howard (cowardice). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday December 18, 2005 04:12 by budgie
The inherent qualities of anarchism are egalitarian, democratic and cooperative relations. These qualities enable it to ‘roam’ at will within any cultural dynamic and to be seen or appreciated as compatible with whatever it encounters. However, its inherent qualities are not realised until after the host has been affected/‘equalised’ by constant dilution/dispersal of ‘congested’ power. The cuckoo’s egg becomes the fully developed bird of a completely different genus to that which nurtured it. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 17, 2005 19:28 by Emma   text 25 comments (last - sunday december 25, 2005 17:05)
Asylum seekers from Georgian Court and Hatch Hall have organised a vigil with support from other groups to take place at the spire in O'Connell Street on Christmas Eve please turn out and show your support and solidarity.

Saturday 24th
O'Connell Street Dublin from 4pm read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday December 17, 2005 17:34 by anon
South Korean Farmers stand tall and break into convention center where trade talks are happening. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Saturday December 17, 2005 17:28 by Edward Horgan   text 16 comments (last - sunday january 22, 2006 00:11)
Peace activists, Edward Horgan, Mary Kelly, Tim Hourigan, and Deirdre Morgan, will meet the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 20 December 2005, at 11.30 am. This is an open public meeting.
The main topic will be the US missuse of Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday December 16, 2005 21:00 by Des Dalton   text 3 comments (last - sunday december 18, 2005 10:35)
The Vice President of Republican Sinn Fein Des Dalton states that the Irish Ferries' deal lets the company off the hook by failing to address the re-flagging of ships. read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Friday December 16, 2005 19:34 by Sean Crudden   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 29, 2006 14:59)
The sixth annual winter workshop organised by Cooley Environmental and Health Group is slated to take place in January. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Friday December 16, 2005 19:21 by Mike Ford   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 18, 2005 20:13)
Greasy Loot: This is the shocking exposé documenting the rape of Indonesian rainforest for palm oil, an ingredient central to make-up and margarine. A story of horrendous abuse, of torture, child labour and corruption at the highest level as we reveal the true cost of the Western world’s desire for cheap palm oil. (Repeat)

Éigniú na Faraoise: Nochtaítear an scannal a bhaineann leis an damáiste a dhéantar d’fhoraoisí báistí chun an ola palm a aimsiú. Tá an ola seo riachtanach chun smidiú agus margairín a dhéanamh. Seo scéal faoi mhí-úsáid, faoi chéasadh, faoi fhostú leanaí agus faoi thruailliú ag an léibhéal is airde. Tugtar chun solais chomh daor is atá sé ola palm a fháil. (Athchraoladh) read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Friday December 16, 2005 17:36 by Paul Baynes
A shorter article on this theme was published in Ireland From Below magazine - this is an expanded and original (unpublished) account. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday December 16, 2005 17:28 by Shinner   text 52 comments (last - thursday december 22, 2005 17:09)
Sinn Féin has revealed that a member of the party in Belfast, Denis Donaldson, was expelled last night after it was uncovered that he had been working as a British agent. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday December 16, 2005 17:18 by Emily Henry   text 6 comments (last - sunday december 18, 2005 19:59)
From the black block havin’ a go, to the clown army tickling cops and putting flowers in their hair, from marches to smashing McDonalds, gluing locks to throwing bricks and even it seems going to rock concerts– all of these activities have had the term direct action applied to them incorrectly. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday December 16, 2005 16:17 by Shane Foran
Cyclists call on minister to promote cycling as a viable transport mode and to replace discredited policies with measures based on best practice read full story / add a comment
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