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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 Nigel Farage Warns Britain Faces Financial Collapse as He Steers Reform to the Right on Spending Mon Nov 03, 2025 15:22 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage has warned that Britain faces financial collapse as he steered Reform to the Right on spending, saying he will now keep the two-child benefit cap and promising to slash inappropriate disability benefits.
The post Nigel Farage Warns Britain Faces Financial Collapse as He Steers Reform to the Right on Spending appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Less Than Half of Public Believe Diversity is a Strength Mon Nov 03, 2025 13:20 | Will Jones
Less than half of the British public think diversity is strength, a survey by the National Centre for Social Research has found.
The post Less Than Half of Public Believe Diversity is a Strength appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Man of the Match? is Offensive, Says England Rugby Mon Nov 03, 2025 11:10 | Will Jones
The term 'man of the match' should not be used,?England Rugby?has declared, with a new woke language guide issued by the national team recommending 'player of the match' as a?gender-neutral?alternative.
The post ‘Man of the Match’ is Offensive, Says England Rugby appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reform Chief?s Outrage After Schools Compare the Party to Nazis in Lessons on Extremism Mon Nov 03, 2025 09:00 | Richard Eldred
Reform UK has slammed a group of London schools for labelling the party alongside Nazis in extremism lessons, and for telling pupils to trust the BBC and Guardian over the Mail.
The post Reform Chief?s Outrage After Schools Compare the Party to Nazis in Lessons on Extremism appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 100,000 Rainforest Trees Likely to Have Died In Vain as COP30 Faces Brutal Net Zero Reality Mon Nov 03, 2025 07:00 | Chris Morrison
COP30's here, having wiped out 100,000 rainforest trees to clear the way ? but Net Zero is falling apart fast, says Chris Morrison, who reckons the climate circus is broke, out of ideas and losing the crowd.
The post 100,000 Rainforest Trees Likely to Have Died In Vain as COP30 Faces Brutal Net Zero Reality appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday March 27, 2012 22:52 by .
Sharing Ireland is an informal project to connect anyone in Ireland who is interested in non-commercial culture. We want to encourage varied and meaningful forms of direct sharing, cooperation and mutual aid. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday March 27, 2012 06:07 by James Connolly Soviet   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 11, 2012 18:39)
Connolly Soviet is opening a weekly comedy club, every Friday, at Ned Keenan's Bar, the Maple Hotel, 74\75 Lr. Gardiner St. on 30th March, doors open at nine. Free admission for the opening night, and everyone welcome. We hope to see as many of you as possible. There will be live music afterwards till late, and pints are 3.50 till eleven. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday March 26, 2012 15:45 by Tadhg   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 14, 2012 12:20)
A Film Festival of short films and documentries from Latin America read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Saturday March 24, 2012 22:19 by Off the cuff   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 12, 2012 13:47)
With less than a week to go before more than one million people will be hauled into court for breaking the law the Household Charge protest hs taken one more step closer to success. The only people who believe this tax is justifable are the same people who can well afford to pay this tax. While this government squeezes more and more out of the people politicians like Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore give themselves pay rises to compensate them for losses they incured through their so-called ''we are all in this together' cry of unity. Should one million people refuse to pay the cahrge before the deadline of the 31st Match, then this must be seen a s a sign of no confidence in this government and Irish politicians in general.

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national / crime and justice / news report Saturday March 24, 2012 20:08 by Larry Kelly   text 3 comments (last - friday april 06, 2012 18:29)
The Mahon Tribunal Report exposes endemic corruption in public life which was very evident for many years. Bertie Ahern had to deal with corruption surrounding the Charles Haughey era and now Micheal Martin has to deal with the corruption surrounding the Bertie Ahern era. The question is - is Micheal Martin going to break the systemic line of corruption or will the next leader of FF be dealing with his corruption?
The most disturbing endemic corruption in this country is what happens to hundreds of people sucked into the legal system and it needs to be dealt with immediately. It is far more important as peoples lives are being detroyed. No ones life has been detroyed or will be destroyed with regard to the Mahon Report Corruption. read full story / add a comment
offaly / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday March 24, 2012 11:08 by Auld Rotten Hat   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 27, 2012 22:46)
For a number of years now, I have been going regularly to music festivals – everything from Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, Life and much smaller independent music festivals which I have always found to be a huge contrast to the often staid, boring meetings and rallies on social justice issues. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday March 23, 2012 22:58 by pat c
Yet another example of how Palestinians are second class citizens in Israel. Full text at link.

Hundreds of Beitar Jerusalem supporters assaulted Arab cleaning personnel at the capital's Malha shopping center on Monday, in what was said to be one of Jerusalem's biggest-ever ethnic clashes. "It was a mass lynching attempt," said Mohammed Yusuf, a team leader for Or-Orly cleaning services.
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kerry / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday March 23, 2012 20:55 by Jacques De Molay
There will be a demonstration against the household charges in the centre of Tralee on Saturday March 24th, to coincide with the national rally of the campaign in Dublin.

With only a week to go before the registration deadline 80% of those liable for the tax have not registered, and the boycott slogan of “Don’t Register, Don’t Pay” has been enthusiastically received.

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international / eu / other press Friday March 23, 2012 20:23 by abc
'We’ll continue to discuss and make sure that what we’re looking at is substantive,' the EU foreign policy chief said. read full story / add a comment
cork / history and heritage / event notice Friday March 23, 2012 18:38 by Séan Ó Murchú   text 4 comments (last - sunday april 08, 2012 09:07)
Republican Sinn Féin Easter Commemoration Cork read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday March 23, 2012 12:54 by Proinsias Ní Mhurchú
Beidh Cruinniú Poiblí chun Saoirse a éileamh do Mharian Price, atá a coinneáil go héagórach i bpríosún sa tuaisceart, ar an Domhnach 25 Márta, 2012 ar 3 p.m. in Institiúid na hÉireann, 27 Sráid an Phiarsaigh, BÁC 2.
Cainteoirí, An Mons. Réamonn Ó Muirí, Eamonn McCann agus Íte Ní Chionnaith. Bí gníomhach sa bhFeachtas chun Marian a shaoradh. Eolas: www.freemarian.co.nr
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday March 23, 2012 12:34 by Proinsias Ní Mhurchú
Public Meeting for Marian Price
3 p.m Sunday 25 March 2012
Speakers: Monsignor Raymond Murray, Eamonn McCann
Íte Ní Chionnaith
Information: www.freemarian.co.nr
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cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Monday March 19, 2012 09:22 by Alan Gibson
Come and join in a relaxed night to both meet your fellow corkonians, have a bit of a laugh with a table quiz, win some great prizes, eat some tasty food, and help raise some funds for the Campaign Against Household and Water Tax. Starting roughly around 7:30/8pm ish upstairs in the Spailpin Farnac.
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international / racism & migration related issues / other press Saturday March 17, 2012 21:55 by Pip O'Regan   text 1 comment (last - monday march 26, 2012 03:32)
A new report shows just how extreme BNP members and supporters are: they believe in the use of armed force when defending the British way of life. This summary is from physorg.com . The full text of the report may be accessed at the url below.

Far right supporters in the UK believe violent conflict between different religious, racial and ethnic groups is largely inevitable, according to a new survey on political extremism.

From Voting to Violence? Far Right Extremism in Britain examines the beliefs of those identifying themselves as members of the British National Party, the English Defence League or the UK Independence Party. Examining a YouGov survey of 2,152 individuals, Dr. Matthew Goodwin, of The University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations, and the University of Salford’s Professor Jocelyn Evans found evidence that large numbers of BNP and UKIP supporters endorse the view that violence between different ethnic, racial and religious groups in Britain is largely inevitable, with much stronger agreement amongst the BNP group.

Within the BNP sample, the study also found evidence of support for armed conflict when defending the British way of life.
“It is current and former BNP members who are the most likely to think that violence may be needed to protect their group, and that inter-group violence is largely inevitable,” said Dr Goodwin. “In contrast, while significant numbers of supporters on the periphery of the extreme right adopt similar views, they are noticeably less extreme in their views than those who are at the core.” read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday March 14, 2012 22:09 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 15, 2012 11:56)

The Galway Alliance Against War has welcomed the news that the Red Arrows, the British RAF’s military display team, will not perform at the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race this coming July. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday March 14, 2012 21:13 by RoS   text 17 comments (last - thursday march 15, 2012 11:14)
Red meat is not only unhealthy but can be positively lethal, according to new research read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday March 14, 2012 17:50 by Prisoner solidarity group   text 2 comments (last - monday march 26, 2012 12:38)
Independent protest in solidarity with all republican prisoners

24th march 3pm daunt sq Cork city read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Tuesday March 13, 2012 20:24 by a
The European Commissioner for external relations has said Israel should transfer money due to the Palestinian Authority it has held back since Hamas won the Palestinian elections in January.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday March 12, 2012 22:46 by The Watcher
Is the time for passive protest and resistance over in Ireland? read full story / add a comment
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