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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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link Hamas Executes ?Israeli Collaborators? in Streets of Gaza Mon Sep 22, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Hamas?has executed three Palestinians accused of "collaborating" with Israel on the streets of Gaza, just hours after the UK, Australia and Canada announced their?recognition of a Palestinian state.
The post Hamas Executes “Israeli Collaborators” in Streets of Gaza appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong Mon Sep 22, 2025 17:35 | Dr David Bell
The Covid response was not an error, and it was not the result of rushing to counter an unknown pathogen. It was a lot of people, mostly professionals, systematically doing what they knew was wrong, says Dr David Bell.
The post The Covid Response Was Not a Mistake ? It Was Just Wrong appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link School Accused of ?Brainwashing? Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book ?Blaming Them for The... Mon Sep 22, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A parent has accused a secondary school of "brainwashing" after?he learned that 14 year-old pupils were told to read a book that "blames them for their white skin" ? and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.
The post School Accused of “Brainwashing” Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book “Blaming Them for Their White Skin” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for ... Mon Sep 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage?today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill "by ?234bn", and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with 'settled status' by bringing in stricter visa tests.
The post No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for Those Who Fail Under Crackdown on ‘Settled Status’ Migrants appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:00 | Nigel Biggar
The Church of England has shown that it doesn't care about evidence or ethics, says Prof Nigel Biggar. Why else, when presented with proof its ?100 million reparations giveaway is groundless, would it press on regardless?
The post When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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NYTimes Article & Googling 'US Civil Reserve Air Fleet'

category national | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Friday December 26, 2003 15:23author by Southpark Zapatista Report this post to the editors

watch the money - not the politicians

Please read the full New York Times article.

note: $1.2 billion in Pentagoin expenses and on 14 million euro for Shannon. Why is Ireland so cheap? Shannon has to be one of the cheapest US military outposts in the world!

December 26, 2003

Pentagon's War Needs Are a Lifeline for Airlines

By MICHELINE MAYNARD

The Pentagon spent more than $1.2 billion this year to fly troops and supplies to Iraq on commercial aircraft, giving airlines a financial lifeline as they struggled with the weak economy, the emergence of SARS and travelers' reluctance to fly because of the war in Iraq.

According to a military report that outlined the use of passenger and cargo airlines in the Iraq conflict, the government paid $636.2 million to 10 airlines that flew troops overseas during a 131-day emergency mobilization from February through June. It also paid $574 million to 14 cargo carriers to deliver equipment to Iraq and neighboring countries in that period.

The payments were made as part of the Pentagon's Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, in which airlines contract to transport troops and supplies on domestic and international flights in peacetime, and agree to participate in a mobilization during war. They must provide planes and crews for 30 days at a time, often with as little as 24 hours' notice.

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In all, the airlines have flown nearly 500,000 troops to and from the war zone this year, while the cargo companies have carried more than 161,000 tons of equipment, the Pentagon report said. In addition to the money they earned during the buildup in Iraq, passenger airlines have been paid $1.2 billion in 2003 for moving soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines elsewhere around the world, work they have done for years. Cargo carriers were paid $1.2 billion as well, and the Pentagon has budgeted similar amounts for the air fleet next year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/26/business/26AIR.html
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Fact Sheet: Civil Reserve Air Fleet
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=173

DoD News: Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage I Activation Announced (February 8, 2003)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2003/b02082003_bt064-03.html

Civil Reserve Air Fleet
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/craf.htm

MILITARY READINESS
Civil Reserve Air Fleet Can Respond as Planned, but Incentives May Need Revamping
pdf file
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03278high.pdf
web text
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:GLu4qQYqhQwJ:www.gao.gov/highlights/d03278high.pdf

The Civil Reserve Air Fleet - Future Credibility
by Major Jeffrey A. Porter, USAF
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1990/PJA.htm

Defense taps commercial aircraft for Middle East deployments
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0203/021003kp1.htm

Moving U.S. Forces:
Options For Strategic Mobility
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=11&sequence=0
ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/0xx/doc11/Stratmob.pdf

Civilian Reserve Air Fleet: Should The Usaf Use It Routinely?
pdf file
http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1997/acsc/97-0515.pdf
web text
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1_WnaSUoM-IJ:www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1997/acsc/97-0515.pdf

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World Airlines
http://www.worldair.com

History of World Airlines
http://www.worldair.com/history.html

''Edward Daly was born to the family of an Irish Chicago fireman on Nov. 20, 1922.''

World Airways In Vietnam
''More so than any other airline, World played a major role in the United States' involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

During most of the war, World - along with most other airlines, provided airlift for military personnel and materiel across the Pacific. But in July 1968, World started Rest and Rehabilitation (R and R) flights for battle weary troops from Vietnam to Japan and Australia.''

World Airways Inc Profile
http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp?userID=salon&h=/axsD2rmeWAJSm2VNHmNUg&symb=WLDA

another profile
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WLDA

World Airways gets government loan (WLDAC)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?guid=%7B0D1C9DAE-6219-4862-9751-621EA90ED8AB%7D&symb=WLDA&sid=15453&siteid=NYT&dist=NYT&osymb=WLDA

World Airways, Inc. was granted on Wednesday a $27 million conditional loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board. The loan was approved by a 2:1 margin with board member Treasury Undersecretary Peter Fisher dissenting because he felt the carrier's application did not meet statutory requirements. The carrier has long been a recipient of military contracts to transport troops. Its shares fell 11 percent Wednesday at 75 cents.

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The following air carriers are members of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet:

Long-Range International Section:

Air Transport International
American International Airways
American Airlines
American Trans Air
Arrow Air
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
DHL Airways
Emery Worldwide
Evergreen International
Federal Express Airlines
Fine Airlines
North American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Polar Air Cargo
Sun Country Airlines
Tower Air
Trans Continental Airlines
United Airlines
United Parcel Service
World Airways

Short-Range International Section:
Alaska Airlines
American Trans Air
DHL Airways
Evergreen International
Express One
Miami Air International
Sun Country Airlines
Sun World
USAir Shuttle

Aeromedical Evacuation Segment:
Delta Airlines
USAir

Domestic Section:
America West Express
Reno Air
Southwest Airlines

Alaskan Section:
Northern Air Cargo
Reeve Aleutian
Lynden Air Cargo

author by more infopublication date Mon Dec 29, 2003 14:41author address author phone Report this post to the editors

NY Times Editorial
Over a third of the Army's active-duty combat troops are now in Iraq, and by spring the Pentagon plans to let most of them come home for urgently needed rest. Many will have served longer than a normal overseas tour and under extremely harsh conditions. When the 130,000 Americans rotate out for home leave, nearly the same number will rotate in. At that point, should the country need to send additional fighters anywhere else in the world, it will have dangerously few of them to spare.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/29/opinion/29MON1.html
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