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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 A BBC Reckoning for the Covid Lockdowns is Overdue Wed Nov 12, 2025 11:26 | Will Jones
Trust in the BBC has been collapsing for years. For many, it finally died during Covid when the national broadcaster took on the role of chief cheerleader for the lockdowns, no dissent allowed. A reckoning is long overdue.
The post A BBC Reckoning for the Covid Lockdowns is Overdue appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Decades of Crying ?Fire!? in the Climate Theatre Have Left the BBC with Net Zero Credibility Wed Nov 12, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
It's been a very long time since the BBC even pretended to be impartial on climate change, says Chris Morrison. The truth is, decades of crying 'Fire!' in the climate theatre have left the BBC with net zero credibility.
The post Decades of Crying ‘Fire!’ in the Climate Theatre Have Left the BBC with Net Zero Credibility appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump?s Eisenhower Moment: COP30 and the End of Europe?s Green Agenda Wed Nov 12, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
COP30 is Trump's Eisenhower moment, says Dr Tilak Doshi. Just as Eisenhower's Suez intervention ended Europe's pretensions to empire, Trump's energy realism is ending Brussels's grandiloquent claims to climate leadership.
The post Trump’s Eisenhower Moment: COP30 and the End of Europe’s Green Agenda appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Nov 12, 2025 01:19 | 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 Reform?s ?Racist Rhetoric? is Tearing Britain Apart, Says Starmer Tue Nov 11, 2025 19:51 | Will Jones
Reform UK?s "racist rhetoric" is tearing Britain apart and such talk should have been "dealt with" decades ago, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The post Reform’s “Racist Rhetoric” is Tearing Britain Apart, Says Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire, international edition

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

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national / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 19:54 by Des Dalton   text 7 comments (last - saturday june 21, 2008 18:35)
Republican Sinn Fein Vice President Des Dalton says the no vote is a rejection of an EU superstate. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 19:05 by No! 2 Lisbon   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 15:50)
It has indeed been a Friday the 13th the yes campaigners would rather forget. A resounding No! 2 Lisbon was the result, with a comfortable 110,000 votes ahead and a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%.

A considerable achievement considering the profile of those calling on support for the Lisbon Treaty. Sinn Féin was the only major party to call for a No! vote.

Sinn Féin and their youth wing Ógra Shinn Féin have continuously said that a better deal could be negotiated for Ireland in Europe, and as a result have campaigned and canvassed for a no vote.
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international / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 16:09 by O. O'C.
Foreign Minister Michael Martin and other Irish Euro-federalists are already planning to subvert the Lisbon Treaty referendum result by urging the other EU States to continue with their ratification process instead of telling them that Ireland cannot ratify the Lisbon Treaty as it stands, and that further ratifications elsewhere are therefore pointless, and the Treaty must be reopened. read full story / add a comment
cork / crime and justice / news report Friday June 13, 2008 15:03 by Coillte Watch   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 01:59)
Coillte in breach of Planning laws on Nowen Hill, Dunmanway, Co. Cork read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:39 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - friday june 13, 2008 17:20)
James Turley, CPGB, writes on how the warmongers have stepped up their threats towards Iran. He says only principled opposition to both US/UK/Israeli Imperialism and to the Iranian Regime will win over mass support to the anti war movement. Full text at link.

Communists unequivocally oppose any imperialist action against Iran. It is clear to all that the invasion of Iraq has been a catastrophe for the Iraqi people, no matter what US and British propaganda says. It is also clear that this catastrophe has real roots in the objective dynamics of recent capitalist development and the relative decline of US global hegemony in the face competition from China and Europe - and so any subsequent adventure in Iran is likely to have similar results.

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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday June 13, 2008 14:24 by jim travers   text 2 comments (last - friday june 13, 2008 16:29)
The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish electorate has not only told politicians, in what now appears to be a unified one party state made up of Labour, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, that the Irish people will not tolerate any interference to our Constitution by unknown bureaucrats in the EU. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Friday June 13, 2008 13:18 by Campaign Against EU Constitution   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 22:44)

The Irish people have spoken. Contrary to the predictions of social and political turmoil, we believe that hundreds of millions of people across Europe will welcome the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. The proposals to further reduce democracy, to militarise the EU and to let private business take over public services have been rejected. Lisbon is dead. Along with the EU Constitution from which it came, it should now be buried. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 12, 2008 16:03 by tomeile
An Iranian woman ,Vahab, writes on the impact an Israeli or American attack would have on her country and addresses the western use of women's rights in Iran to justify war . read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday June 12, 2008 13:31 by old fashioned Green   text 4 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 07:31)
these are the main reasons why I and many Green party members are voting no to Lisbon and why we refused to campaign for a yes vote.
Reason no 1: REACH
Reason no 2: Nuclear power
Reason no 3: EU Corruption
Reason no 4: EU Police state. read full story / add a comment
donegal / miscellaneous / press release Thursday June 12, 2008 12:27 by Juno   text 1 comment (last - friday july 11, 2008 04:58)
Fine Gael's Joe McHugh says that it is time the Government addressed the decline of coastal communities. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 12, 2008 00:24 by liz c   text 11 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 12:10)
in Dublin city centre particularly in the last few days. people aren't just saying they're voting No they're vehemently No and they're saying we could win this ...A lot of people have stopped by the CAEUC stall at the GPO to chat and debate, farmers, fishermen, taxi drivers, disgruntled fiannna failers etc. etc. really varied. it's amazing to hear people talking about politics like this, not just the treaty but the EU and where it's going. it feels like people are really getting into this. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 22:52 by Lantern
Accusations of homicides and grevious bodily harm in private hospitals in Milan. Nine workplace deaths in one day and harrassment of Rom in Milan and Rome. All this in the past week in Italy read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday June 11, 2008 22:51 by The Progressive Film Club
Days of Glory, a film directed by Rachid Bouchareb on at the The Progressive Film Club, New Theatre 43 East Essex Street Dublin.
Where would you get this quality of films in such a fabulous setting? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 11, 2008 22:02 by Dave Butler
The new National Electrical Contractors Ireland (NECI) have been shocked by the level of company's who are operating in the industry and know little or nothing about the Registered Employment Agreement. This in fact is seen by NECI as one of the major failings in the original agreement. At a National Meeting in Athlone Advice was also given on the best way to deal with EPACE at the moment. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Wednesday June 11, 2008 21:05 by Connaught Telegraph   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 12, 2008 15:29)
A COUNTY Clare man who defended himself against public order charges arising out of a protest at the Corrib Gas refinery at Bellanaboy has enjoyed a measure of success at Belmullet court.

Niall Harnett, Doonagore, Liscannor, Co. Clare, had a charge of engaging in threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour dismissed but was convicted of obstruction of a peace officer in the course of his or her duty.

(Mr Harnett has lodged his appeal which is likely to be heard in Ballina Circuit Court in November 2008. - Ed)

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international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday June 11, 2008 19:58 by Miriam Cotton   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 20:30)
Harry Browne interviews read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 19:07 by Dave Donnellan   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 21:00)
A vigil was held outside the GPO to coincide with the Raytheon 9 trial in Belfast. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 16:51 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 31, 2011 23:25)
The Department of Agriculture is currently drafting legislation to update the Animal Welfare Bill, which will be brought to the Government for approval in the coming months.

Although the summary draft of the bill focuses primarily on aspects of farming, such as the control and eradication of animal diseases, and the slaughter and disposal of animals/animal by-products, it also seeks to update the Protection of Animals Act 1911 on cruelty-related offences. It will also include provisions to deal with inspections for specified animals and the conditions in which they are kept (for example, pet shops). read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 11, 2008 16:14 by Damien Moran   text 17 comments (last - sunday june 15, 2008 01:31)
dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 11, 2008 14:52 by Cathal Brennan
Video from the Lisbon Debate hosted by the Socialist Party in Wynn's Hotel on the 5th June 2008. Here Joe Higgins outlines the No argument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89u1OMnJFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zACw6U4Nbgc&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIERKAGbl2U&feature=user read full story / add a comment
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