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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 Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link Activists Attack Crown Jewels With Apple Crumble and Custard Sat Dec 06, 2025 17:00 | Toby Young
A new Marxist protest group calling itself Take Back Power ? consisting of public school-educated toffs called Tarquin and Arabella, no doubt ? have thrown custard at the Crown Jewels to, er, fight poverty.
The post Activists Attack Crown Jewels With Apple Crumble and Custard appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Arrest Anti-Abortionist at Peaceful Protest Sat Dec 06, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
A 27 year-old Christian has been arrested for protesting peacefully against abortion in Cambridge. The incident comes after the US warned the UK's arrest of abortion protestors put the countries' "shared values" at risk.
The post Police Arrest Anti-Abortionist at Peaceful Protest appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Imminent Closure of 50 Universities Really Such a Bad Thing? Sat Dec 06, 2025 13:00 | Duke Maskell
The Guardian reports that 50 universities are at risk of imminent closure. But Duke Maskell wonders if this really is the catastrophe the Guardian thinks it is.
The post Is the Imminent Closure of 50 Universities Really Such a Bad Thing? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Tories Demand Deportation of Anti-Semitic Foreign Students Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young
Two senior Tory shadow cabinet ministers have written to the Education Secretary urging her to deport anti-Semitic foreign students who harass and intimidate their Jewish peers.
The post Tories Demand Deportation of Anti-Semitic Foreign Students appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Global Warming Gravy Train is Coming to a Screeching Halt at Long Last Sat Dec 06, 2025 09:00 | Laurie Wastell
The global warming craze is dying out, says Matt Ridley in the Spectator, as banks, billionaires and politicians bail out of the Net Zero agenda. Good. The climatastrophe narrative has been a terrible mistake.
The post The Global Warming Gravy Train is Coming to a Screeching Halt at Long Last appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 11, 2011 12:19 by Trade Union TV   text 3 comments (last - wednesday february 16, 2011 21:14)   video 3 video files
For those who were unable to attend the ‘New Political Possibilities in Ireland for all Left-Wing Parties in Partnership with Civil Society‘ conference last Saturday you can watch the sessions that are available online so far on Trade Union TV. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday February 11, 2011 03:18 by TD   text 31 comments (last - saturday february 12, 2011 19:57)   video 5 video files
Egypt's on Fire: The winds for democratic change are strongly blowing in that country to dislodge US/Israeli backed traitor Hosni Mubarak and his Obama picked replacement, Omar Suleiman (also, "Israel's favourite Egyptian", Robert Fisk). Yesterday afternoon in Dublin, Egyptians, Arabs, internationals and Irish people of conscience assembled outside the Egyptian Embassy in Clyde Road, Ballsbridge to give the ambassador and all who care to listen a strong message that Mubarak and Suleiman will no longer be endured or tolerated and both have to go and be replaced with true democracy. Judging from the shuttered and closed blinds of the Embassy windows, denial held sway and the blind eye and deaf ear was being turned to the trumpeting elephant inside.? read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday February 10, 2011 15:48 by Rudiger   video 1 video file
Here is a video of the audio of a clip recorded from the An Bord Pleanala (ABP) Oral Hearing into the onshore pipeline for the Corrib Gas Project. Although it is very technical in detail in gives an insight into some of the oral hearing and also the way that some language is used to fudge, confuse, protect and hide.

http://vimeo.com/19790044 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday February 07, 2011 15:11 by Vol   video 1 video file
Recession, depression, corruption and climate change - Ireland needs some super-heroes to save the day and the pioneering web driven youth organisation SpunOut.ie is today starting a nationwide quest to find them.

SpunOut.ie, a non profit youth organisation which provides information, support and opportunities to over 500,000 young people each year, is launching a unique new micro-grant scheme designed to support the country’s young people in becoming active to bring about social justice in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday February 05, 2011 22:29 by Kruk   video 1 video file
The Happy Pear Film Club is back on 19th of February! We’ll be showing Zeitgeist: Moving Forward! It is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.

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cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday February 01, 2011 09:37 by Eric   video 1 video file
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday January 30, 2011 22:33 by Trade Union TV   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 02, 2011 14:22)   video 1 video file
Many took part in a rolling solidarity rally for the Egyptian revolution at the Egyptian Embassy, Clyde Road in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday January 30, 2011 12:40 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
The Save Navan Hospital Campaign held a mass rally outside the Dáil 20th January 2011. Hundreds came from Navan to defend the local hospital service. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 29, 2011 03:18 by TD   text 15 comments (last - thursday february 03, 2011 13:14)   video 5 video files
Yesterday, on the fourth and most violent day of protests in Egypt against Mubarak's 30-year iron fist rule in which at least 20 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured, Ireland's Egyptian community along with people with live conscience from other Muslim countries, activists from the Irish group Act for Palestine and the Irish Anti-War Movement vented their outrage at the ongoing murderous repression of their countrymen outside the Egyptian Embassy in Clyde Road, Ballsbridge. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 27, 2011 12:24 by Steven Bennett   text 14 comments (last - monday february 07, 2011 17:19)   video 1 video file
Demo at the Egyptian Embassy in Solidarity with the Egyptian People
Time: 3pm-5pm on the 28th of January.

Location:
Egyptian Embassy, 12 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland
http://www.yelp.ie/map/embassy-of-egypt-dublin

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189979791020502 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 25, 2011 20:19 by gar   text 42 comments (last - friday february 11, 2011 18:23)   video 7 video files
Inspired by Tunisian demonstrators, thousands of Egyptian protesters on Tuesday gathered in Cairo and other major cities, calling for reforms and demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, The anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armoured police truck, were chanting slogans against Mubarak, who has ruled the country for three decades.Downtown Cairo came to a standstill with protesters chanting slogans against the police, the interior minister and the government, in scenes that the capital has not seen since the 1970s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtMZH9Ddm4
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cork / arts and media / event notice Sunday January 23, 2011 11:14 by Eric   video 1 video file
Co-winner of last year’s Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review (and one of their Five Best Documentaries of the Year), Winner of the Special Jury Award at IDFA, and in contention for the year’s Best Documentary Oscar, The Most Dangerous Man in America tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, who in 1971 concluded that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday January 18, 2011 19:11 by joe mcivor   text 51 comments (last - saturday november 07, 2020 23:36)   video 1 video file
Indymedia UK article on Mark Stone , aka Mark Kennedy , a police officer who infiltrated the Nottingham activist scene in 2001 . Kennedy/Stone admitted his role after being confronted .


UPDATE:
Stone goes rogue and reveals details of operations and "outs" other officers. A police chief with detailed knowledge of the deployments of undercover officers in the protest movement said Kennedy's breach of protocol could lead to the "relocation of a considerable number of people". At an estimated 250,000 per person what have the UK government been spending taxpayer money on while making huge austerity cuts? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday January 17, 2011 10:37 by Ciaron   text 15 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2011 09:07)   video 1 video file
VID (3 mins 14 secs)
100 folks vigil outside the White House at 7 pm Saturday Jan 15th. (Martin Luther King Day in the United States), the exact prime time for U.S television that the 20 year ongoing war on Iraq began Jan 15 1991. These 100 foks outside the White House were joined insimutaneous oppostion at U.S. embassies in Dublin, London, Wellington also at Menwithhi HI and in Brisbne and Christchurch.
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/150784/index.php read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / event notice Sunday January 16, 2011 11:14 by Eric   video 1 video file
Film screening: Starsuckers, 8pm, Wednesday 19th January

Starsuckers is a feature documentary about the celebrity obsessed media, that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it. Made completely independently over 2 years in secret, the film journeys through the dark underbelly of the modern media. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday January 15, 2011 18:43 by Rebels YELL   video 1 video file
A few years ago a debate in New York brought together some of the world's leading journalists including John Pilger, Seymour Hersh, Robert Fisk and Charles Glass, for a debate called 'Breaking the Silence: War, lies and empire'.John Pilger's address was, 'War by Media' something a lot of people at the receiving end of British brutality, here in Occupied Ireland, have come to be very aware of over the course of the last forty year phase, of Britain's war on Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 13, 2011 21:42 by Trade Union TV   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2011 16:10)   video 2 video files
In a letter dated 22nd December 2010 to the Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern TD, the Irish Refugee Council called for an independent inquiry into the treatment of 34 Nigerian nationals, including 12 children, and 1 Irish citizen child, who were returned to Dublin from Athens following a technical fault on a Frontex* deportation plane. The Council also called for a halt to all deportations pending an independent review of deportation procedures. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday January 13, 2011 16:33 by Rebels YELL   video 1 video file
For traditional Irish republican socialists there are certain realities and difficult choices facing us in the very near future. With the reality of the EU being with us for the foreseeable future and an impending general election in the southern scum state, there are some very difficult choices to be made by committed activists. We can continue with our old policy of boycotting elections, which frankly if we are honest with ourselves, has not been progressive. One of the options that will have to be considered, with a major shift in the re-alignment of political forces, probable after the next election, is tactical voting or voting for the lesser of the evils, who are genuine contenders to be part of Government after the next election. Obviously the two right wing parties of failed Fianna Fail and fascist blue shirt Fine Gael are not an option for any socialist republican, which leaves lackey Labour and provisional Sinn Fein. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / news report Tuesday January 11, 2011 23:44 by Eoghan Myers   text 17 comments (last - thursday march 24, 2011 23:31)   video 1 video file
Bóthar na Saoirse (The Road to Freedom) is a trilogy of documentaries on the lives of Dan Breen, Tom Barry and Ernie O’Malley, iconic hardline republicans from the War of Independence.

It begins on Wednesday on TG4 with My Fight For Irish Freedom, Scéal Dan Breen, the colourful and complex South Tipperary guerrilla who started the War of Independence at Soloheadbeg in 1919 on the day the First Dail sat in Dublin. Forced to flee Tipperary he joined Michael Collins’ hit squad in Dublin but then opposed the Treaty negotiated by Collins. Later he joined De Valera’s Fianna Fail and was the first anti-Treaty activist to enter Dail Eireann and take the oath of allegiance he had fought to abolish. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 11, 2011 21:36 by Rebels Yell   video 1 video file
The British secret service MI5 has displayed nothing but contempt for democracy in Ireland, indeed its own agents are on record as describing it as Nazi like body, particularly when it comes to the Irish people throughout its history. During all its years in Ireland its agenda has involved, wholesale slaughter of Irish citizens, in directing and co-ordinating the Dublin and Monaghan no warning car bombs, that murdered 33 people.Aside from co-ordinating several such bombings against innocent Irish people, it was identifying, targeting and killing Irish people they considered a threat or challenge to their control over all of Ireland, north and south. MI5still continues to this day to frame innocent Irish people all over the island, into lengthy prison sentences, among them the innocent brother-in-law of dead hunger striker Bobby Sands for twenty years, simply on the basis of vindictiveness and his ties to the Sands family. read full story / add a comment
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