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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 Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The?Green Party?has committed itself to "abolishing landlords" after party members at its conference in Bournemouth passed a motion to seek the "effective abolition of private landlordism".
The post Green Party Votes to Abolish Landlords appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Will the Green Tory Blob Allow Kemi to Cancel Net?Zero? Mon Oct 06, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
Kemi Badenoch plans to scrap the Climate Change Act and Net Zero, but 49 Tory MPs in the Green Blob might block her ? Paul Homewood urges voters to call them out.
The post Will the Green Tory Blob Allow Kemi to Cancel Net?Zero? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass... Mon Oct 06, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
A bonkers new book claims 1970s sitcoms hide occult codes about damp and decay ? whether it's satire or sincere, it perfectly exposes academia's mouldy absurdity, says Steven Tucker.
The post Does a New Book Claiming Classic 1970s Sit-Coms Contain Secret Occult Messages About Mould Embarrass Pretentious British Academia by Accident or on Purpose? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Oct 06, 2025 01:21 | Richard Eldred
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 Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? Sun Oct 05, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Elon Musk is taking on 'Wokepedia' with Grokipedia, an AI-powered encyclopedia aiming to cut bias, fix errors and add missing context.
The post Elon Musk Plans to Take on Wikipedia With ?Grokipedia? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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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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Make Termination For Medical Reasons Available In Ireland

category national | gender and sexuality | press release author Monday May 27, 2013 21:01author by Turing - Termination For Medical Reasons Report this post to the editors

After hearing the comments from the Minister for health we urge you to help us continue to fight this very important cause. Here is a template we ask you to send to as many TD'S SENATORS AND COUNSELORS. Not just in your own area but to them all I will post all their addresses also.
Again Thank you so much for your support if we all pull together we can make this happen.... Please can you share this and encourage your friends to do so as well.

Dear TD/Minister

I am writing to express my support for amendment to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill to include a provision for terminations in cases of diagnosis of Fatal Foetal Abnormality. For those expectant mothers and fathers who have found themselves in this heart breaking situation, the time for a change is long overdue. It is totally unacceptable to expect a grieving, broken couple to travel to another country for termination or early induction at the lowest point in their lives.

Every week that passes is another week too long, seeing more and more couples affected. The recent Oireachtas Health Committee meetings have heard from numerous legal experts on how the proposed Bill could make a provision for these cases, and it has been included in draft legislation presented by Dr Simon Mills. The Committee also heard from other legal experts, including Jennifer Schweppe and Ruth Fletcher as to why this change is possible within the existing legal framework. Cross party members of the Dail are currently drafting such an amendment, and I urge you to support this.

The Irish government is now presented with a rare and historic opportunity to somewhat lessen these parents pain, and to provide dignity and support for future parents who find themselves in this heart breaking situation. I urge you to support an amendment to the Bill which provides for the option of termination in cases of Fatal foetal abnormalities. Couples in this situation are already facing the greatest loss of their lives. There is no purpose to compounding their pain.

Yours Sincerely,

List of TD'S

gerry.adams@oireachtas.ie
james.bannon@oireachtas.ie
sean.barrett@oireachtas.ie
tom.barry@oireachtas.ie
richard.boydbarrett@oireachtas.ie
pat.breen@oireachtas.ie
tommy.broughan@oireachtas.ie
john.browne@oireachtas.ie
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ray.butler@oireachtas.ie
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eric.byrne@oireachtas.ie
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ciaran.cannon@oireachtas.ie
joe.carey@oireachtas.ie
paudie.coffey@oireachtas.ie
aine.collins@oireachtas.ie
joan.collins@oireachtas.ie
niall.collins@oireachtas.ie
michael.colreavy@oireachtas.ie
michael.conaghan@oireachtas.ie
sean.conlan@oireachtas.ie
paulj.connaughton@oireachtas.ie
ciara.conway@oireachtas.ie
noel.coonan@oireachtas.ie
marcella.corcorankennedy@oireachtas.ie
joe.costello@oireachtas.ie
simon.coveney@oireachtas.ie
barry.cowen@oireachtas.ie
michael.creed@oireachtas.ie
lucinda.creighton@oireachtas.ie
sean.crowe@oireachtas.ie
clare.daly@oireachtas.ie
jim.daly@oireachtas.ie
john.deasy@oireachtas.ie
jimmy.deenihan@oireachtas.ie
pat.deering@oireachtas.ie
pearse.doherty@oireachtas.ie
regina.doherty@oireachtas.ie
stephen.donnelly@oireachtas.ie
paschal.donohoe@oireachtas.ie
timmy.dooley@oireachtas.ie
robert.dowds@oireachtas.ie
andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie
bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie
dessie.ellis@oireachtas.ie
damien.english@oireachtas.ie
alan.farrell@oireachtas.ie
frank.feighan@oireachtas.ie
anne.ferris@oireachtas.ie
martin.ferris@oireachtas.ie
frances.fitzgerald@oireachtas.ie
peterm.fitzpatrick@oireachtas.ie
charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie
lukeming.flanagan@oireachtas.ie
terence.flanagan@oireachtas.ie
sean.fleming@oireachtas.ie
tom.fleming@oireachtas.ie
eamon.gilmore@oireachtas.ie
noel.grealish@oireachtas.ie
brendan.griffin@oireachtas.ie
john.halligan@oireachtas.ie
dominic.hannigan@oireachtas.ie
noel.harrington@oireachtas.ie
simon.harris@oireachtas.ie
brian.hayes@oireachtas.ie
tom.hayes@oireachtas.ie
seamus.healy@oireachtas.ie
michael.healy-rae@oireachtas.ie
martin.heydon@oireachtas.ie
joe.higgins@oireachtas.ie
phil.hogan@oireachtas.ie
brendan.howlin@oireachtas.ie
heather.humphreys@oireachtas.ie
kevin.humphreys@oireachtas.ie
derek.keating@oireachtas.ie
colm.keaveney@oireachtas.ie
paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie
billy.kelleher@oireachtas.ie
alan.kelly@oireachtas.ie
enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie
sean.kenny@oireachtas.ie
seamus.kirk@oireachtas.ie
michael.kitt@oireachtas.ie
sean.kyne@oireachtas.ie
anthony.lawlor@oireachtas.ie
michael.lowry@oireachtas.ie
ciaran.lynch@oireachtas.ie
kathleen.lynch@oireachtas.ie
john.lyons@oireachtas.ie
padraig.maclochlainn@oireachtas.ie
eamonn.maloney@oireachtas.ie
micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie
peter.mathews@oireachtas.ie
michael.mccarthy@oireachtas.ie
charlie.mcconalogue@oireachtas.ie
marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie

nicky.mcfadden@oireachtas.ie
dinny.mcginley@oireachtas.ie
finian.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
mattie.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
michael.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie
john.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie
joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie
sandra.mclellan@oireachtas.ie
tony.mcloughlin@oireachtas.ie
michael.mcnamara@oireachtas.ie
olivia.mitchell@oireachtas.ie
mary.mitchelloconnor@oireachtas.ie
michael.moynihan@oireachtas.ie
michelle.mulherin@oireachtas.ie
catherine.murphy@oireachtas.ie
dara.murphy@oireachtas.ie
eoghan.murphy@oireachtas.ie
gerald.nash@oireachtas.ie
denis.naughten@oireachtas.ie
dan.neville@oireachtas.ie
derek.nolan@oireachtas.ie
michael.noonan@oireachtas.ie
patrick.nulty@oireachtas.ie
caoimhghin.ocaolain@oireachtas.ie
eamon.ocuiv@oireachtas.ie
sean.ofearghail@oireachtas.ie
aodhan.oriordain@oireachtas.ie
aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie
jonathan.obrien@oireachtas.ie
willie.odea@oireachtas.ie
kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie
patrick.odonovan@oireachtas.ie
fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie
john.omahony@oireachtas.ie
joe.oreilly@oireachtas.ie
jan.osullivan@oireachtas.ie
maureen.osullivan@oireachtas.ie
willie.penrose@oireachtas.ie
john.perry@oireachtas.ie
ann.phelan@oireachtas.ie
johnpaul.phelan@oireachtas.ie
thomas.pringle@oireachtas.ie
ruairi.quinn@oireachtas.ie
pat.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie
james.reilly@oireachtas.ie
michael.ring@oireachtas.ie
shane.ross@oireachtas.ie
brendan.ryan@oireachtas.ie
alan.shatter@oireachtas.ie
sean.sherlock@oireachtas.ie
roisin.shorthall@oireachtas.ie
brendan.smith@oireachtas.ie
arthur.spring@oireachtas.ie
emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie
brian.stanley@oireachtas.ie
david.stanton@oireachtas.ie
billy.timmins@oireachtas.ie
peadar.toibin@oireachtas.ie
robert.troy@oireachtas.ie
joanna.tuffy@oireachtas.ie
liam.twomey@oireachtas.ie
leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie
jack.wall@oireachtas.ie
mick.wallace@oireachtas.ie
brian.walsh@oireachtas.ie
alex.white@oireachtas.ie

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