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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 Memories of the Way We Were Mon Nov 10, 2025 19:45 | Graham Cunningham
What have 70 years of liberal 'progress' done to us? Graham Cunningham looks back on the England of his youth and sees a society that, while not perfect, had strengths and charms that are now almost gone forever.
The post Memories of the Way We Were appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Olympics Set to Ban Transgender Athletes from All Women?s Events Mon Nov 10, 2025 17:34 | Will Jones
The Olympics is set to ban transgender athletes from all female competition following a science-based review of evidence that reportedly showed there are irreversible physical advantages to being born male.
The post Olympics Set to Ban Transgender Athletes from All Women’s Events appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Threatens BBC With Legal Action as Chair Samir Shah Fails to Apologise to Him Mon Nov 10, 2025 15:13 | Will Jones
President Trump has threatened the BBC with legal action ? as its Chair Samir Shah insists the corporation is not institutionally biased and fails to apologise to him.
The post Trump Threatens BBC With Legal Action as Chair Samir Shah Fails to Apologise to Him appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump to Deport Boss of Starmer-Linked Censorship Organisation Centre for Countering Digital Hate Mon Nov 10, 2025 13:06 | Will Jones
Donald Trump's White House is poised to deport the boss of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, an internet censorship organisation founded by Sir Keir Starmer?s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney.
The post Trump to Deport Boss of Starmer-Linked Censorship Organisation Centre for Countering Digital Hate appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Prince Philip?s Brave Highlanders to be Evicted From Barracks to Make Way for Asylum Seekers Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
War heroes are being booted from their historic Inverness barracks to make way for asylum seekers, sparking outrage over the lack of respect shown to veterans and their legacy.
The post Prince Philip?s Brave Highlanders to be Evicted From Barracks to Make Way for Asylum Seekers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 11, 2008 14:52 by Sean Matthews (pc)
The insurrection in Greece is a violent manifestation of the flame of class war that is sweeping across the world. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 11, 2008 12:19 by Seomra Spraoi
Afternoon of Galician culture in Dublin 1 this Sunday read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday December 11, 2008 11:42 by Comhlamh
Comhlamh First Wednesday Information Evening

Will the UN Convention on the Rights of People
with Disabilities really make a difference?

Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Grafton Street, Dublin
January 7th from 6.15 to 7.45

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 11, 2008 07:31 by Sevinch
What do they say about Dermo's Crimbo Quiz.
“If you only make it to one quiz this year – make it this one. “ some famous person who might be there

“Other people do quizzes – Dermo does events” Krossphader

“Unmissable” Guns and Ammo Magazine

“Catch this if you can” Fishing and Anglers magazine

“The only problem with this event is that it’s in the wrong city” The New Yorkier read full story / add a comment
national / education / other press Wednesday December 10, 2008 15:35 by Dev
There are good teachers, then there are the incompetent. Read more about them at Gombeennation.

It seems that Irish teachers are about to have a belated introduction to the hire-and-fire aspect of the world of work – but at least they’ll still have their holidays, counted in months, to recover from the trauma. This follows a revolutionary agreement forged between Department of Education, and school and teacher representatives.
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national / racism & migration related issues / press release Wednesday December 10, 2008 11:38 by Borbala Farago   text 2 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 15:00)
Call for Submissions

As the editors of an anthology of immigrant poetry in Ireland we are asking poets from other countries who live here and who write in English to send us poems for possible inclusion in the anthology. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 10, 2008 03:15 by Emma - Residents Against Racism   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 13, 2008 17:41)
Demonstration against scheduled Deportation to Nigeria outside Garda National Immigration Bureau Thursday December 11th at 1.30pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 09, 2008 13:01 by Ciaron   text 4 comments (last - friday december 12, 2008 13:31)
Anti-War Vigil *GPO Monday Dec. 15th. 4pm-6pm
Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon, Iraq & Afghanistan!"
*Outside GPO, O'Connel St. Dublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 22:28 by tony fitzsimons
Burma Action Ireland will be joined by Fair City actress Una Kavanagh and students from Liberties College who will perform street theatre at an event to both celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to highlight it's lack of significance to the Burmese People.
The event will take place on Human Rights day,Wednesday 10th of December at the Central Bank Plaza on Dame Street Dublin.
Your support for the long suffering people of Burmah would be appreciated. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday December 08, 2008 21:14 by Tom Cooper   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 19, 2010 12:47)
The recent 'Nationwide' programme on the national broadcastor RTE, on the life and times of 'Irishmen in British uniform' on their day to day life in Aldershot army barracks in England as they prepare for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and perhaps even to the country that gave them birth, peddled a pro-British pro-unionist line that implied both the Irish and British armies are synonymous with each other. Despite the fact that the British army has been engaged in the blatent murder of Irish citizens since colonisation right up to present times, RTE, in the making of this programme, acted like a recruiting agency for the foreign army that continues to colonise six counties of this island. The behaviour of RTE in this matter is both unsavoury and sordid and acts against the national interest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 17:35 by Sarah Lundberg
The Seven Towers Agency is delighted to announce the launch of Census The First Seven Towers Anthology at 3pm on Sunday 14th December, in Cassidy's Bar, Westmoreland St, Dublin 2.

This Anthology is a collaboration between the spoken work and the written word – all contributors are committed to performing and reading their work in public places and all have read at events organised by or participated in by Seven Towers
1 euro from every copy of Census sold will be donated to the Charity AWARE

AWARE is a national voluntary organisation providing support through depression. The organisation undertakes to create a society where people with depression are understood and supported, are free from stigma, and have access to a broad range of appropriate therapies to enable them to reach their full potential.

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 17:28 by Sarah Lundberg
Part of the'Run up to Christmas Litfest and an opportunity to buy numbered limited edition books and get them signed by the author!
1euro from each Seven Towers Book sold will go to AWARE read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 17:19 by Sarah Lundberg
Part of the'Run up to Christmas Litfest and an opportunity to buy numbered limited edition books and get them signed by the author!
1euro from each Seven Towers Book sold will go to AWARE read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 17:07 by Sarah Lundberg
Part of the 'Run Up to Christmas Litfest; 1 euro from every Seven Towers' Book sold will be donaqted to AWARE read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 15:47 by events@lasc.ie
Each class has a maximum of 12 students. The classes are taught in a lively and participative style. The 10- session course focuses on basic survival Brazilian Portuguese for beginners. All of the classes are geared at beginners, but the speed of progress in each group and the amount of Portuguese used in the lessons will be determined by the level you are placed in. In all of the levels students will learn to manage simple tasks such as introductions, shopping and getting around and will learn to use the present tense. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Monday December 08, 2008 14:35 by John Cornford   text 30 comments (last - thursday january 22, 2009 19:09)
Lindsey German and John Rees have declared all out war on the SWP central committee majority. There can be only one winner in this fight. If Lindsey and John lose the battle then a split is likely. Peter Manson reports on this fight to the finish. Full story at link.

The SWP leadership has continued the process of disempowering its former number one, John Rees, by recommending that he be removed from the central committee at the SWP annual conference, due to take place in London over the weekend of January 9-11 2009. Meeting on Wednesday November 26, the CC decided to exclude Rees from its take-it-or-leave-it slate, with only his long-time allies, Chris Bambery and Chris Nineham, voting against ditching him. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 08, 2008 14:14 by Kostas   text 8 comments (last - tuesday december 23, 2008 11:51)
The Communist Organization of Greece (KOE) salutes the dozens of thousands of youth and people who continue, for the third consecutive day, the resolute and combative demonstrations against the government and the police murder. At this moment (morning of Monday 8 December) thousands of school pupils are demonstrating in front of the Athens Police General Headquarters, as well as in many neighborhoods of Athens and all over Greece. This afternoon the Coalition of Radical Left (SYRIZA) and other left organizations call for big popular demonstrations in the centre of Athens and in many other cities. Even the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which until now made nothing and did not participate in any protest, now feels the pressure and the anger of the youth and of the popular masses and calls for a (separate, as always…) meeting in Athens.
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dublin / education / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 13:42 by events@lasc.ie
Each class has a maximum of 12 students. The classes are taught in a lively and participative style. The 10- session course focuses on basic survival Latin American Spanish for beginners. All of the classes are geared at beginners, but the speed of progress in each group and the amount of Spanish used in the lessons will be determined by the level you are placed in. In all of the levels students will learn to manage simple tasks such as introductions, shopping and getting around and will learn to use the present tense. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Monday December 08, 2008 13:28 by Laura Broxson
The Pearl Brasserie have continued to sell foie gras for far too long now... Join us on Saturday - let's show them we mean business! read full story / add a comment
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