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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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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national / arts and media / other press Sunday July 17, 2005 08:33 by Phuq Hedd   text 9 comments (last - monday july 18, 2005 21:38)
The Sunday Independent (the weekend organ of the Independent Newspaper group, famously run by industry boss William Martin Murphy, leader of the attempt to break the unions in the 1913 Lockout immortalised in Strumpet City) has two copies of the same story sandwiching a fulminating opinion piece about the IRA. The two working titles show an indecision as to whether or not the IRA should be implicated directly in alleged threats against Shell/Statoil or not. Make up your mind editors. Do you dare to tell a blatant lie or not? read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday July 16, 2005 18:28 by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!
Latest issue of FRFI, newspaper of Revolutionary Communist Group.

Whats New :http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/about/whatsnew.html read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / other press Saturday July 16, 2005 17:31 by SouthSide People   text 8 comments (last - sunday august 14, 2005 21:51)
“They had SWP banners all over the place. A lot of people felt uncomfortable with it.” read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / other press Saturday July 16, 2005 16:07 by Paul
Last night at the Eco Village in Stirling for the Irish barrio. We build and burn a Wickerman to celebrate.

Fire, music, poi and sacrifical teddy bears!

German flag burnt at the end, roll on G8 2007! read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Saturday July 16, 2005 05:03 by irish times observer   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 17, 2005 22:56)
(from the Irish times)
Una McCaffrey



A consortium fronted by former Emo Oil managing director Danny Murphy has won the takeover battle for Shell Oil's Irish retail and commercial business. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday July 16, 2005 04:44 by tourish watch   text 6 comments (last - monday july 18, 2005 15:22)
What turns an ordinary, unremarkable citizen into a suicide bomber? An examination of how cults work can give some insights, writes Dennis Tourish read full story / add a comment
Following The Pipe At Both Ends
mayo / miscellaneous / other press Friday July 15, 2005 21:06 by dilligent googleer   text 17 comments (last - wednesday july 20, 2005 11:44)   image 3 images
This thread will be a blog with which to follow the money. The Irish State got SFA in return for handing this gas over lock stock and barrel to A Consortium of Shell / Statoil and Marathon. Who in Ireland will benefit? Please help follow the money. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday July 15, 2005 20:52 by Sputnik   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 16, 2005 11:29)
SPECIAL FOOD ISSUE OF THE INDYPENDENT

For two years running, The Indypendent has won more awards for outstanding reporting from the New York Independent Press Association than any other paper. We are soliciting articles around the themes of problems of the global food production network and locally based alternatives. read full story / add a comment
Kounter Kulture, Dublin Hiphop Artist
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 15, 2005 17:51 by Kounter Kulture   text 8 comments (last - tuesday august 16, 2005 13:50)   image 2 images   audio 1 audio file
Over the years Hiphop Kulture has constantly remained under attack by the main cultures of the world who fear the loss of control over the new emerging generations. From the early Emcees and Deejays who were arrested during the park jams to the early Breakers who too were arrested for dancing on the streets; to the new “Hiphop Task Forces” monitoring Hiphoppas in the same way they monitor street gangs; and the recent attempts by some countries to ban “repetitive beats” and the wearing of hoodies. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 15, 2005 13:21 by .:. iosaf ·.· ipsiphi   text 4 comments (last - friday february 10, 2006 10:29)   image 2 images
Last 21 of September 2004, Zapatero addressed most of the United Nations representatives (Israel was absent) on the proposals from the peninsula for
"An Alliance of Civilisations"
at U.N. level and reaching into all inter-cultural and trans-national initiatives as a key mechanism in the combat against emergent forms of imitative terrorism which use extremist islamic fundamentalist beliefs to recruit, fund, plan and execute attacks on civilians. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 15, 2005 12:00 by The Socialist
Cynically using the sense of grief and determination to face down the bombers, Blair has rushed in to argue that the ‘Iraq war had nothing to do with the events of 7/7’. Ken Livingstone and eminent ‘Islamic scholars’ in The Independent all agree with Blair’s arguments. However, this was not the view of the government’s own Joint Intelligence Committee.. read full story / add a comment
tipperary / crime and justice / other press Friday July 15, 2005 11:55 by Betty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 26, 2005 16:53)
The Director of Public Prosecutions has started an inquiry into how two additional charges were made without his authorisation against a man already charged with assaulting Brian Rossiter. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Thursday July 14, 2005 19:36 by Woofwoof   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 01, 2006 00:03)
Shane Hickey in the Irish Independent reports on the conviction of a group of scumbags involved in dog fighting. read full story / add a comment
please help this starving child. He needs £120,000 a week...
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday July 14, 2005 16:09 by Frank Bough   image 2 images
Rio Ferdinand, prancing football hero and icon of stupendous greed has demanded a wage packet of £120,000 PER WEEK. What kind of a union must he have?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4668603.stm read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Thursday July 14, 2005 15:55 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 14, 2005 16:13)
"the french commemorate their national day with a jail break" - Margaret Thatcher the helpful.

Today sees France celebrate Bastille Day.
There is as always a really big military parade,
and this year as extra special guests-
Brazil.
Lula accompanied by brazilian soldiers
gets to stand in the army jeep and review the soldiers and "oooo" and "awe" at the jets above.

On the street of Paris today are roma gypsies whose deportation / round-up has been botched. They include children. read full story / add a comment
the pie
national / eu / other press Wednesday July 13, 2005 21:29 by redjade   text 10 comments (last - wednesday july 27, 2005 12:10)   image 3 images
a long list of interesting questions.... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Wednesday July 13, 2005 13:03 by Java Beens
Irish manufacturers will have to pay for the collection and disposal of all old electrical goods to avoid multi-million euro fines under new regulations published today (6th July) read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday July 12, 2005 18:11 by Browser   text 7 comments (last - friday july 15, 2005 15:09)
LONDON - Police believe all four bombers who attacked trains and a bus in London died in the attacks, Sky News reported Tuesday, citing unidentified police sources. Detectives believe that all four were British citizens, Sky News said. Several news reports said police had concluded that the bomber who blasted a London bus was believed to be among the 13 dead in that incident. Metropolitan Police refused to comment on the reports.

Go to the url below and click on the long url for the full report (did not post that as it would have f****d up the page read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Tuesday July 12, 2005 14:20 by Investigator   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 22:08)
The Garda Representative Association has said it believes a provision in the Garda Act which requires gardaí to account for their actions while on duty may be unconstitutional.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has announced that the provision will come into operation from Friday. read full story / add a comment
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