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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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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday March 17, 2007 12:49 by yarra
While America leads the world in insularism and denial, Australia is the world leader in complacency and apathy. No cultural equivalent for the Oz expression, “she’ll be right, mate”, exists anywhere – notwithstanding the variation of “who gives a shit?” Today, non-involvement is proving to be a very costly cultural habit. America has become the world’s most hated nation and will soon attract very real consequences for its actions, one of which is the acquisition of Australia as a colonial trophy. Australia remains an international laughing stock under the servile leadership of lackey prime minister, John Howard; Aussies are experiencing their eleventh year under the rule of the most slavish, gutless, lying, duplicitous, cringing, government on record. No other leader in world history has displayed the servility and cowardice of John Howard. When America says jump, the despicable little coward, Howard, says how high, boss! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday March 17, 2007 00:15 by Anarchy Rules   text 1 comment (last - monday march 19, 2007 12:50)
British Coroner rules a 'friendly fire' incident in Iraq as 'criminal.' read full story / add a comment
Sinn Féin Cllr Gerry Murray expressed disquiet about water contamination in Carrowmore Lake
mayo / environment / other press Friday March 16, 2007 13:54 by s.cat   image 1 image
Here is the latest article from the Mayo Advertiser, a free newspaper widely distributed throughout the county.

Main important facts :

Erris Fishermen prepare for action.

Shell to Sea Information meeting packed out (probably all Special Branch but sure they need education too)

Water contamination raised at Council meeting, Director of services "at a loss".

Fishermans spokesman is called Eddie Divers

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West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA's Barry McElduff, Claire McGill and Pat Doherty M.P. with Sinn Féin party President Gerry Adams in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday March 16, 2007 11:55 by Barry McElduff, Claire McGill and Pat Doherty M.P.   text 1 comment (last - friday march 16, 2007 14:36)   image 1 image
Ba mhaith linn ómós a thabhairt do na 18, 437 daoine a chaith vóta do Shinn Féin in Iarthar Thír Eoghain ar an 7 Márta. Leis an sainordú iomráiteach seo agus trí bhainisteoireacht vótála diansmachta, rinne sibh deimhin de go dtoghadh an trúir iarthóir Shinn Fein sa dáilcheantar ar bharr an liosta. Bainfidh muid úsáid as an sainordú seo chun ár seirbhísí dáilcheantair a fhorbairt ar bhur son, chun a dheanamh cinnte go mbeidh an pholaitíocht ag obair, chun athrú bunúsach dearfach a dhéanamh ar chursaí sóisialta agus eacnamaíochta agus chun Éire Aontaithe a bhaint amach. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Friday March 16, 2007 11:47 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton   text 5 comments (last - friday march 16, 2007 15:51)
Below is the latest MediaShot from MediaBite. We have focused this time on the extraordinary myopia that appears to have overtaken the Irish media when considering the so-called 'evidence' being pushed by the Bush administration for military intervention in Iran. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / other press Friday March 16, 2007 10:25 by QR   text 1 comment (last - friday march 16, 2007 10:31)
Queens student uni election results read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday March 16, 2007 10:20 by Dr. Nadje Al-Ali
Islamist militants and terrorist groups pose a particular danger to Iraqi women. Many women’s organizations and activists inside Iraq have documented the increasing Islamist threats to women: the pressure to conform to certain dress codes, the restrictions in movement and behaviour, incidents of acid thrown into women’s faces and even targeted killings.

After the U.S. invasion in 2003, many women in Basra, for example, reported that they were forced to wear a headscarf or restrict their movements in fear of harassment from men. Female students at the University of Basra reported that since the war ended groups of men began stopping them at the university gates, shouting at them if their heads were not covered read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Wednesday March 14, 2007 23:37 by neptune's eye   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 28, 2007 17:26)
This is thrilling stuff. I could point you in loads of directions at stunning analysis & biting cartoons. But it's best just to look at the nitty gritty of the pieces of paper that go into Hansard - the official record of the Houses of Commons and Lords SW1A Aaakkkmi6mi5. now one of those is a real secret society with hoods on. & I'm not talking about hoodies or asbestos. We do though (get hoodies & asbestos) because we're scum.

Remember that the link in this "other press" article is to a site envisioned for people who aren't like you, that's why it's called "they work for you". Thanks to the foresight of some maligned predecessors & hard bleeding by other predecessors - we either live in the bubble of the Irish diasporia or in the republic of Ireland & a lot of voting households up the wee north.
& it's not wee actually.... It's global. anyway read full story / add a comment
Members of Terence Wheelock's family protesting outside the Department of Justice on February 16th.
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday March 14, 2007 12:58 by Irish Times reader   text 5 comments (last - tuesday april 24, 2007 21:08)   image 1 image
People may have missed this when it was publicised, since the protest coincided with (extensively reported) Shell to Sea protest in Mayo.

The Wheelock family's plight has been highlighted on this site, so readers will be interested in the report on the forensic testing of Terence Wheelock's clothes. Since the Irish Times is subscription I reproduce the article here in full. read full story / add a comment
Leafleet dropped on Southern Iraq by British Royal Air Force
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday March 14, 2007 12:21 by Guardianista   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 14, 2007 18:56)   image 1 image
Sinn Féin have always been prepared to meet with anyone, and discuss anything.

The party has been excluded and silenced for so long in its history that there have been very few occasions when it has seemed correct to refuse to speak to someone, however much the people concerned might be considered unpopular or wrong.

On the issue of the invasion of Iraq, Sinn Féin has often been critiscised for even speaking to Bush and Blair while the war was ongoing.

This article from the Guardian might restore some people's faith that the party's representatives were not giving the British and Americans an easy time of it during these meetings.

Not that it did much good of course.

But better to try and fail, perhaps, than refuse to engage at all... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday March 12, 2007 17:36 by Dave
In the following footage California governor Arnold Schwarznegger explains his economic policies read full story / add a comment
From L to R : Michelle and Barack Obama, Edward and Mariam Said at a May 1998 Arab community event in Chicago at which Edward Said gave the keynote speech
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 11, 2007 20:23 by TD   text 13 comments (last - thursday march 29, 2007 18:02)   image 1 image
Now that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) - one of the main engines for America's support of Israel - is opening its annual policy conference today in Washington with such keynote speakers as Dick Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, the house speaker and Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, it's clear Palestine needs no further enemies, but, bejaysus, out steps Barack Obaba from his sheeps clothing to renege on his previous near pristine support for Palestine. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Sunday March 11, 2007 18:37 by canal ti zef
Canal ti zef organise a new video activist festival, we need your films ! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 11, 2007 13:46 by Felix Quigley   text 5 comments (last - wednesday march 14, 2007 08:04)
People in Ireland should get a clearer picture of what is happening in the Middle East and the build-up to war against Israel. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday March 11, 2007 12:34 by nano
There is something politically odd about Bush’s tour of various Latin American countries. South American nations were ‘lost’ to the U.S. some time ago – the price paid for America’s fixation in the Middle East. Bush is loathed internationally but is particularly despised in Latin America. The Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez accurately called Bush a “political cadaver” and led 20,000 Argentinian supporters in the chant, “gringo go home”, during his counter-tour of the region. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 11, 2007 00:52 by hogworts   text 3 comments (last - sunday march 11, 2007 22:02)
Saturday saw thousands march in Bilbao the Basque country for civil rights & calling for an end to the so-called "18/98 macro-trial" which has been brought against diverse members of the Basque separatist or independence groups as well as others engaged in cultural activities.

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international / gender and sexuality / other press Saturday March 10, 2007 19:51 by Marie Stopes
In keeping with usual prectice, the police of the Islamo-Fascist Iranian state attacked women who were gathering to celebrate International Women's Day. In Dublin we dealt with their Catholic equivalents at the fake clinic. Sadly in Iran Clerical Fascists won the day.

Iranian police clashed on Thursday with scores of rights activists who gathered in front of parliament to celebrate International Women's Day, one of the activists said.

"Police attacked a gathering of some 700 women's rights activists and hit them with batons," the activist, who asked not to be named, told Reuters. Police cars and ranks of police blocked the roads to prevent the demonstrators from marching, the activist said.


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