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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.
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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.
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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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dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 21:55 by .   text 2 comments (last - monday december 08, 2008 00:03)
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national / education / news report Wednesday December 03, 2008 17:37 by Mark C   text 4 comments (last - monday december 08, 2008 20:00)
The recently launched "Doodle 4 Google" campaign is a slick method of promoting Google to school children, without their consent, and usually without the consent of their parents. It is a scheme that is heavy on Google brand recognition, but very low on curricular relevance; this is something that CCFE has come to expect from commercial schemes that are promoted in schools. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Wednesday December 03, 2008 16:38 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - sunday december 07, 2008 19:50)
Here is an extract from an interview with Maryam Namazie who argues that Political Islam makes abolishing the Death Penalty more difficult. Full text at link.

IPS: Your organisation campaigns for the separation of religion and state. In Muslim countries, is it religion, more than anything else that prevents the abolition of the death penalty?

Maryam Namazie: The death penalty exists in quite a large number of countries and is a form of social control still exercised by states, not all of them ruled by Islamic laws (I wouldn't call them Muslim countries any more than I would call Britain and France Christian ones). The U.S. and China are good examples of this. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / other press Wednesday December 03, 2008 15:25 by mary and john
Veteran rights campaigner Peter Tatchell makes an impassioned plea in today’s London Independent for the rights of the thousands of animals languishing under the voyeuristic gaze of the gawping squawking horde that visits London Zoo each day. Cutting through all the prison/ Zoo’s PR spin , Peter points out that its primary concern lies in satisfying the prurience of these cash-cow visitors , and not in animal conservation .

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 15:19 by Laura Dowling
To mark the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Front Line would like to invite you to attend “Defending Life with Life”, an exhibition of photographs illustrating the lives of human right defenders on the frontline.

These stunning photographs were taken by photographer Mark Condren to illustrate a series of five special features in The Sunday Tribune documenting the lives of human rights defenders at risk in Honduras, Western Sahara, North East India, Serbia and Kenya.

The exhibition will run from December the 8th until December 23rd, 9am-5pm, in European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 14:39 by swp
With Speakers from the Congo, the Niger Delta and Zimbabwe.
Central Hotel, Exchequer St. @8pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 14:19 by LMHR
Madison Bar, Rathmines Doors 7.30pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 14:15 by NS   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 03, 2008 14:24)
dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday December 03, 2008 13:03 by Erin   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 06, 2008 10:32)
Why "Ring the changes"?
Saturday December 6th marks the Global Day of Action Against Change coinciding with the united Nations talks in Poznan, poland,
December 1st to 12th 2008

With just 12 mounths to go until a global deal must be reached, more needs to be done, especially by governments,
to ensure real progress is made in the fight against climate change.
Events will be held across the world on Saturday December 6th to call on world leaders to take urgent action.
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dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday December 03, 2008 01:16 by Laura Broxson   text 47 comments (last - saturday december 13, 2008 04:51)
Don't let them get away with this! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday December 02, 2008 22:58 by Coilín   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 20:35)
The Danish evening paper, Ekstra Bladet, reports that foreign minister Per Stig Moeller has provided the parliament with written documentation to show that the prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was aware of a UN report indicating that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, eleven days before the government submitted a parliamentary bill to invade Iraq. Fogh has previously denied all knowledge of the report.
This development may signal a rift in the Liberal-Conservative coalition and ultimately lead to a parliamentary majority to launch an investigation of Denmark's participation in the invasion. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 02, 2008 20:18 by Richard Walsh
Confirmation that RUC Chief Hugh Orde has applied for the post of Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police comes as no surprise, given the legacy of the force he currently commands, a statement from Republican Sinn Féin said. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 02, 2008 17:22 by redjade
A tribunal into political corruption in Ireland has used the law to prevent some Irish newspapers from printing its preliminary report.

Two Dublin-based papers, the Irish Times and the Sunday Business Post, received threats of injunctions aimed at preventing them from disclosing the main conclusions of the Moriarty tribunal. As a result, the Irish Times was forced to halt printing and destroy 25,000 copies of the paper on Friday night. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 02, 2008 16:57 by Paul McAndrew
It's time to say loud and clear that gay and lesbian people have a civil right to have their relationships, and their families, protected by the State. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 02, 2008 16:20 by Namgyal Damdul
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Tibetan Community in Ireland will hold a protest demonstration on 10th December, 2008. The protest will start from 10 am at the Chinese Embassy, 40 AILESBURY ROAD, DUBLIN 4, IRELAND. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 02, 2008 15:03 by Academic
A Motion of Censure and No Confidence in the President of Dublin City University (DCU) was carried with a clear majority on Thurs Nov 20, 2008 following a secret ballot of all staff at the university organised by the representative for all staff, SIPTU. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Tuesday December 02, 2008 14:57 by Rory Hearne   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 04, 2008 08:49)
Rory Hearne, People Before Profit Alliance Dublin South East, local resident and active campaigner with the Combined Residents Against the Incinerator speaking on the EPA decision said:

"Local residents of Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount are once more devasated and dissapointed by a state body's decision in relation to the incinerator. I was one of the hundred or so local residents that attended the EPA's Oral Hearing and made statements to it outlining the impact on the health of the community if the incinerator was to ahead. However just as with An Bord Pleanala the EPA has ruled in favour of an anti-community, illogical and unsustainable monster incinerator. It is a PPP and therefore will be operated to maximise profits for the private company which will result in maximising waste production rather than minimsing and reclying waste.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday December 02, 2008 11:09 by doconnor
Community Childcare provides high quality, affordable childcare, mainly in economically disadvantaged areas. However, with the change in the governments funding system, some projects are facing closure, working parents fees are increasing, and workers pay and conditions remain minimal.

Workers, parents and providers will address meetings in Dublin and Cork to explain the impact this new "subvention" funding. In terms of public expenditure on early childhood services in OECD countries, Ireland comes in second last, at barley over 0.2%. (UK 0.6%, France 1.2%, Denmark 1.6%). read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 02, 2008 02:05 by John McCoy   text 7 comments (last - monday december 22, 2008 16:32)
TEEU General Secretary wastes taxpayers money while bashing self-employed Electrical Contractors read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 02, 2008 01:41 by Gary Sudborough
The terrorism perpetrated by nation-states is much vaster in scope and cause many more casualties than that caused by individuals or groups of individuals even though the corporate media give the majority of attention and condemnation to the latter. read full story / add a comment
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