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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 Mandatory Masking Not Necessary ?Yet?, Says Streeting Wed Dec 17, 2025 16:00 | Will Jones
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is no need to mandate mask-wearing for "everyone around the country" "at this stage" as "the time has not yet come for everyone to wear masks".
The post Mandatory Masking Not Necessary “Yet”, Says Streeting appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Problem With ?Safeguarding? Wed Dec 17, 2025 13:56 | Mary Gilleece
'Safeguarding' is becoming a big problem, and not just because it's being weaponised against conservatives, says Mary Gilleece. Children are being put at risk as criminal conduct is tolerated under 'safeguarding' rules.
The post The Problem With ‘Safeguarding’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Migrant Families Cost ?5 Billion to Bring to Britain Wed Dec 17, 2025 11:37 | Will Jones
Reuniting migrant families is set to cost the British taxpayer ?5.6 billion over the course of their lifetimes, research by the Government's Migration Advisory Committee has found.
The post Migrant Families Cost ?5 Billion to Bring to Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Shell Oil Sued Over ?Causing Typhoon? in Philippines in Major Test Case Wed Dec 17, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Shell Oil has been sued over a claim that it was partly responsible for a typhoon in the Philippines in 2021 in a major test case backed by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. What a pile of nonsense, says Chris Morrison.
The post Shell Oil Sued Over “Causing Typhoon” in Philippines in Major Test Case appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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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

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Party against the pipe
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Sunday May 29, 2011 16:10 by party against the pipe   text 1 comment (last - monday may 30, 2011 20:27)   image 1 image
Only a week to go before the Party Against the Pipe celebration of 10 years of resisting Shell in Mayo.
There's loads to do and it's a great atmosphere on camp with everyone busily making it all come together. We need you! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday May 28, 2011 10:14 by Basque Info
Basque Pro-independence Left becomes the elections' success read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 27, 2011 21:13 by maken
PLANNED ACTION:
individuals to withdraw 155 euro from their bank account on 30 May 2011
http://www.democraciarealya.es/?page_id=88

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international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 27, 2011 06:34 by iosaf mac diarmada   text 15 comments (last - saturday june 04, 2011 16:35)   image 21 images   video 5 video files
Massive joint police operation with helicopter presence is clearing the camp in Barcelona at this moment under the order of the Catalan Interior Ministry so that Catalonia Square may be free for the traditional celebration of Barca football club who play in Wembley this weekend.

Once more the success of Catalan football and the power of its soccer team serve to divert such wonderful energy. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Thursday May 26, 2011 11:58 by C   text 6 comments (last - saturday september 03, 2011 10:49)   image 9 images
On Tuesday afternoon (24th May), Shell work at the Aughoose compound was successfully stopped from 2pm for the rest of the day. read full story / add a comment
the protest begins at 7.30am
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday May 25, 2011 21:36 by rossport solidarity camp   image 5 images
Shell's Belmullet office was once again shut down by protestors to highlight the ongoing concerns by local residents and supporters about Shell's proposed Corrib gas project. This morning (wed 25th may) the blockade began at 7.30am and for 2 1/2 hours protestors were able to stop Shell workers entering the building. IRMS arrived around10am to end the blockade. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday May 24, 2011 18:30 by Contaminated Crow
In Rossport an international solidarity meeting hears from activists of the Choctaw Nation, from Guatemala and from the campaign for justice in Bhopal read full story / add a comment
Tahrir > Spain > World
international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday May 23, 2011 23:03 by Dunk   text 9 comments (last - tuesday october 04, 2011 13:47)   image 17 images   video 6 video files   audio 1 audio file
All are agreed, something amazing is happening right here and right now on this beautiful little planet. And, by Christ do we need it!!! A week ago, even in Spain, there wasn’t too much awareness of what was going on with the M-15 movement, but now, only days later and it appears that a bomb has gone off. Last look on the digital map of places participating in the #SPANISHREVOLUTION gave a count of 650 (yes that’s right SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY) places around the planet expressing solidarity with what’s going on here in Spain, or being inspired to bring the revolution to their part of the world. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday May 23, 2011 11:52 by Ciaron   text 18 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2011 07:49)   image 2 images
It has been weird being in Dublin security city the past week. It reminds me a lot of
growing up in the police state of Queensland/Australia in the late '70's.

On Thursday, I was stopped and searched by police five times before noon and shaken down by the Special Branch 3 times over the two daze. My poster (photo of Giusepe Conlon...with the words "Remember Giuseppe Conlon and All Victims of Empire") remains in police custody,
confiscated by an Inspector under State Security legislation.
Photo - Giuseppe Poster...set it free!
http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1206924 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 22, 2011 21:11 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
Hundreds took part in a joyful protest in Dublin in solidarity with the Europe Summer protests in Spain. This is a flavour of the Dublin solidarity protest. read full story / add a comment
A shell security guard in front of a broken fence
national / environment / news report Saturday May 21, 2011 18:12 by Andrew   image 2 images
Today at mid-day shell to sea and rossport solidarity camp walked onto shell land,
destroying fences, and yet again clashing with security guards in the ongoing dispute over the corrib gas field. read full story / add a comment
32CSM protestors carrying coffin of the British Empire.  The cops wanted to seize this prop...
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday May 21, 2011 00:29 by Ray   text 17 comments (last - wednesday may 25, 2011 12:07)   image 34 images
The armed power of the Irish state and the local establishment extended a heavily stage-managed and trumped-up 'welcome' for the reigning British monarch, while denying Cork citizens freedom of movement in their own city. Once again An Garda Síochána infringed upon people's freedom of protest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday May 20, 2011 12:32 by Ciaron   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 25, 2011 10:56)
Yesterday morning, I had the poster that appears in this clip of Giuseppe Conlon with the wording
"Remember Giuseppe Conlon and all Victims of Empire" confiscated by a Gardai inspector under some state security legislation.

I had been phoned by the Gardai about 11 pm the night before saying a friend of mine was in custody chargeed woth a pUblic Order offense and needed a lawyer and that he wouldbe appearing at the new court on Infimary Rd. I had been unable to get back to where I was staying as the city was closed down and had crashed on another friend's floor.

As I made my way to the court Thursday morning, a young Gard said she would not let me through her checkpoint with the sign. I asked if she could hang on to it and I would be back in 4o mins. She agreed.

After realsing I could not cross the road I returned to that checkpoint and the sign was gone. She pointed out the inspector that had seized the sign. I approached him and I said if read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday May 18, 2011 13:52 by Dave Donnellan   text 3 comments (last - monday april 30, 2012 15:43)   video 1 video file
The walking tour of Dublin, on the eve of the visit of Queen Elizabeth, was led by an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the slogan: "No queen but Mary Queen of Heaven -- single mother, refugee, role model for a revolutionary!" read full story / add a comment
7.30am..
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday May 17, 2011 23:31 by KatyB   image 3 images   video 1 video file
In response to Shell's AGM today in The Hague and London, the Shell to Sea campaign have shut down the Belmullet Shell office in protest against the on-going controversial Corrib Gas project which has no local consent or benefit to the people of Ireland. Shell will attempt to begin construction on the high pressure raw gas pipeline shortly despite a legal challenge by An Taisce and two local residents.

This protest is also to highlight the fact that every hour Shell accumulates another £1.6 million pounds sterling ( 1.83 million Euro) by destroying communities across the globe, from the Niger Delta to the Canadian Tar Sands. Shell's appalling record of human rights abuses, oil spills, gas flaring and accidents forces people to protect their communities and their environment.

We call on all shareholders to disinvest.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 17, 2011 16:18 by Trade Union TV   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 17, 2011 21:31)   video 1 video file
Watch the video report from the protest held at the Tallaght offices of SDCC Monday 16th, 2011. read full story / add a comment
Jafar Panahi
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday May 13, 2011 19:04 by John Cornford   text 1 comment (last - friday may 13, 2011 19:27)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Imprisoned Iranian film-makers Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi have both found success in Cannes.

Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film Good Bye (Bé Omid É Didar) has found a world wide distributor.

Jafar Panahi will be awarded the Carrosse d'Or in absentia. The Carrosse d'Or (or Golden Coach), awarded by the Société des Réalisateurs de Films (SRF), rewards film-makers' courage and independence of thought. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 11, 2011 09:56 by Kevin Doyle   text 4 comments (last - sunday may 15, 2011 03:03)   image 2 images
Yesterday/ In Castle Street/ I saw two goblins at my feet/ I saw a horse without a head/ Carrying the dead/ To the graveyard/ Near Turner's Cross/ I am the madwoman of Cork/ No one talks to me (From The Mad Woman Of Cork) read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 10, 2011 13:29 by Justin Morahan   text 4 comments (last - monday may 16, 2011 13:08)
Lesbians and gays are already living in fear and terror in Uganda. Tomorrow, Uganda is about to legislate them almost out of existence. Unless we stop it. read full story / add a comment
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international / animal rights / news report Tuesday May 10, 2011 09:13 by Bernie Wright   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 10, 2011 10:43)   image 1 image
Animal rights group appeal to Irish filmgoers to boycott Water for Elephants due to Cruelty.
A Video released today by Animal Defenders International shows the elephant that appears alongside Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in the new film Water for Elephants, being beaten and electric shocked during training.
We in AFAR are now urging the General Public to boycott this film in IRELAND.

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