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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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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Human Rights in Ireland
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

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

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offsite link UK Employment Tribunal Awards Compensation to Man For Having Disease Which Doesn?t Exist Wed Dec 17, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
A UK employment tribunal has awarded compensation to a man for having Rejection Sensitivity Disorder, i.e., not liking criticism. Sounds more like Not Being Able To Do Your Job Properly Syndrome, says Steven Tucker.
The post UK Employment Tribunal Awards Compensation to Man For Having Disease Which Doesn?t Exist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Dec 17, 2025 01:45 | Toby Young
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.
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offsite link Jimmy Lai?s Conviction Shows How Far Hong Kong Has Fallen Tue Dec 16, 2025 19:00 | Kwai Lou
Handpicked judges, retrospective laws, implied crimes and the abandoning of juries in case they might "pervert the course of justice" ? the conviction of Jimmy Lai shows how far Hong Kong has fallen, says Kwai Lou.
The post Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Shows How Far Hong Kong Has Fallen appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link New Homes Must be Bird-Friendly Despite Reeves War on ?Green Tape? Tue Dec 16, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
New homes will have to include special bricks for endangered birds such as swifts under Labour's new planning rules, despite?Rachel Reeves?s?war on "green tape".
The post New Homes Must be Bird-Friendly Despite Reeves War on “Green Tape” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link At Tommy?s Carols Tue Dec 16, 2025 15:30 | Chris Larkin
Tommy Robinson's Whitehall Christmas carol service was met with a chorus of pre-condemnation from C of E bishops. But Chris Larkin came away impressed, uplifted and encouraged. Tommy is taking his new faith seriously.
The post At Tommy’s Carols appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / racism & migration related issues / other press Friday April 13, 2007 11:29 by nano   text 5 comments (last - saturday april 14, 2007 00:43)
The grotesque and disgusting, pathological, lying coward Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard is cutting a comical figure as he flounders from one gaffe and blunder to another. Jumping straight from the ‘cubicle’ of support for a known racist and questionable character (Alan Jones) to the primitive, superstitious behaviour of stigmatising individuals suffering manageable maladies and preventing them from entering the country. Howard’s recent gesture of banning individuals with HIV is reminiscent of the all-male, ruling priest class of the Old Testament who banished women experiencing their menstrual cycle. Menstruating women once struck fear into the hearts of ignorant and primitive men – the primitivism of it all! Howard is exposing some extremely disturbing gender issues and phobias with his latest unenlightened attempt to manipulate Australian society. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday April 13, 2007 05:26 by barra
One could almost feel sorry for highflying, right wing, media types who derive a living from exploiting the lowest aspects of human nature. But there is ‘no love lost’ around here and I imagine anywhere else. Media moguls are getting a taste of life at the receiving end, perhaps they may think twice before making IRRESPONSIBLE racist, vilifying comments at the expense of those in the least position to defend themselves. The results of negative media hype and racist remarks include foul abuse levelled at you, your wife and kids in public; being spat on for no reason other than your skin colour or religion, and the ugly culmination of all racist behaviour, the race riot (Cronulla, 2005). Are we sorry the purveyors of social division and slur are experiencing frustration at the lack of recourse and remedial action available to them – not on your life? read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday April 12, 2007 16:24 by Cormac Ryan PRO éirígí   image 1 image
John Monaghan provides an insight into the ongoing campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday April 11, 2007 20:22 by shane ocurry   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 11, 2007 22:41)
French State 24 hr news channel, France 24, today broke the news that the working class estate of Clay's Lane in eastern London, site of the proposed 2012 Olympic stadium, may be contaminated by radioactive waste dumped there in 1959. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday April 11, 2007 16:09 by barra
The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has come out in support of a known public toilet-loitering homosexual, racist – Alan Jones, a ‘controversial’ talkback radio host was recently found to be in breach of the broadcasting code. Another dubious and prominent character, John Singleton, known for his past links with Heroin importing former grade footballers and the CIA Nugan Hand Bank, has also expressed his support for the toilet-loitering, sexual deviant broadcaster. [I do not wish to labour a point but Jones was arrested and charged in London with two counts of “outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner under the Westminster by-laws”.] read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Tuesday April 10, 2007 23:57 by John Meehan   text 7 comments (last - saturday may 12, 2007 18:13)
The Scottish Socialist Party has set up a special election website

here's the link :

http://www.ssp-election-2007.org.uk/ read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday April 10, 2007 13:36 by Lorg
RUC/PSNI in the Occupied North eastern part of Ireland are today investigating two attempted bombings in a village in two days.

Residents of Sion Mills, Co Tyrone, were warned to be on the alert against further attacks. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / other press Monday April 09, 2007 09:39 by Frugal Rural   text 8 comments (last - tuesday april 10, 2007 23:34)   image 1 image
Only 5 per cent, or one in 20, of 15 to 24-year-olds could quote the first of the 10 Commandments when interviewed for a new survey in Ireland.

Almost one-third (32 per cent) could not say where Jesus was born and more than one-third (35 per cent) did not know what is celebrated at Easter.

These are among the findings, published today, of an opinion poll conducted last December and January by Lansdowne Market Research for the (Catholic) Iona Institute and the (Protestant) Evangelical Alliance Ireland group. The survey involved a representative sample of 950 people nationwide. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / other press Sunday April 08, 2007 19:23 by F   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 08, 2007 20:18)
We have a ten-year window to act. As the megalomaniac G8 leaders meet in Germany, masked behind a barrier of fences and soldiers, intent on leading us further towards catastrophic and irreversible climate chaos, we must shout, scream and roar ‘no more’. Now is the time to take direct action and shut them down, them and their climate criminal industry friends! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday April 07, 2007 14:30 by Seán Ryan   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 24, 2007 16:55)   image 1 image
Eric Montanez arrested and charged with feeding the hungry. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / other press Saturday April 07, 2007 01:43 by S.Cat   text 3 comments (last - sunday april 08, 2007 10:14)   image 1 image
In news sneaked out late on Good Friday, the Irish government has announced that the country has just gotten a bit bigger. We now have the right to extend our territorial waters beyond the 200 mile limit.

Because of today's news. we can claim a much larger chunk of the Atlantic sea bed off the south-west coast. Sadly, we don't get the fishing rights.

But if there should, by some chance, be oil and gas there, then we own it*.

So that's good news then.

*Note: This development is going to mean more to certain members of the political establishment than to, for instance, pensioners, or people on hospital waiting lists. The big energy companies might be happy tonight too, wheras children in overcrowded, underfunded schools won't notice much difference.

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Gardaí say they are happy with their operation
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday April 07, 2007 00:45 by Shell to Sea   text 22 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2007 00:30)   image 1 image
This week's Mayo Advertiser reports that Shell are very happy with the progress of peat removal from their refinery site at Bellanaboy in County Mayo, which started earlier this week. The surface of the site has to be removed before construction of the refinery can begin.

The Gardaí say they are also happy with their operation, reporting that they have easily contained the demonstrations and protests. The massive Garda operation has been widely criticised, with those opposed to the Shell/Govt scheme arguing that if protesters are breaking the law they should be arrested, and if not they should not be interfered with. To date there have been no arrests in this current phase of the conflict.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday April 06, 2007 20:19 by El Greco   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 18, 2007 01:50)
The Royal Navy crew have been giving a press conference
Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran were blindfolded, bound and held in isolation during their 13 days in captivity, the crew have said.
They were lined up while weapons were cocked, making them "fear the worst", one of the 15 freed sailors revealed.

The crew were told that if they did not admit they were in Iranian waters when captured that they faced seven years in prison, a press conference heard.

And after their capture the 15 marines and sailors were subjected to random interrogation and rough handling, and faced constant psychological pressure, they said.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 05, 2007 19:30 by Cedar   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 08, 2007 02:22)
An American Indymedia journalist, Josh Wolf, was relased from prison on Tuesday following eight months in US Federal Prison for refusing to testify about video footage he had shot of street demonstrations. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday April 05, 2007 15:24 by Gary Goff
Iraqi feminist and labor leader Houzan Mahmoud spoke to Gary Goff, Vice President, Local 2627, on life during the war, which can lead to unjustified jailing, kidnapping and rape. She lives under an open-ended death sentence from a religious court. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday April 04, 2007 13:54 by non-payer   text 15 comments (last - saturday april 07, 2007 14:32)
Questions remain unanswered read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday April 04, 2007 13:45 by Anti Water Charges   text 10 comments (last - wednesday april 04, 2007 17:41)   image 1 image
Dismissing claims by the Won't Pay Campaign Secretary, Gary Mulcahy that Sinn Féin has announced the introduction of water charges through the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA said:

"Firstly politicians have no control over how television producers edit pre-recorded interviews but I have to say that even in the interview referred to by Mr Mulcahy at no time did I say that the Assembly would introduce water charges.

Sinn Féin's position is absolutely clear. We are opposed to people having to pay twice for any service. We have pointed out to the British government that we are already paying for water and sewage through the Regional rate. Sinn Féin will also lead the way in opposing any attempts to privatise our water service.
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mayo / environment / other press Wednesday April 04, 2007 00:28 by 1 of Shell to Sea   text 31 comments (last - wednesday april 11, 2007 22:22)   image 1 image
The peat removal process has started from the refinery site at Bellanaboy.

Protesters are watching the process for the moment.

Some people from outside Erris will be travelling down over Easter and next week to have a look.

If you are in Dublin, and want to come down and have a look with some Dublin activists next week, call 087 132 33 69.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 16:43 by Toma Hamid
Articles in this issue:

The Occupation is Not the Solution, It is the Problem.

‘The U.S. Project in Iraq is Doomed to Fail’.

IFC Supports Teachers Strike in Althawra (Sadr City).

Safety Forces Remove Sectarian Militia from a Residential Area.
The IFC Safety Forces have thwarted efforts by the Mahdi Army attempting to install its camps in the Alaskari complex in the Babalmuadham district of Baghdad.

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international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 16:10 by Houzan Mahmoud
In Iraq amid chaos, sectarianism, a rise in tribalism, and the enslavement of women, one can think of a constitution which is being written only as a document - or some how an agreement between the political players in Iraq.

The constitution is only a clear indication of power sharing, pleasing each party's desire to practice their policies, and practices outlined by law.

When reading the constitution, from the preambles to the end, I thought it is just written in a patriarchal, religious and tribal language, and this is the political mixture of the parties we have in power in the so called “parliament”. It does not represent anything to do with Iraqi people, and their aspiration for freedom and equality.

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