Fascinating find of the text of the Iliad in a Roman-era Egyptian mummy.
Even more interesting that the Catalogue of Ships was their go-to excerpt.
‘Are you sure you don’t want the duel betw-‘
‘No. All the ships.’
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
I've not been involved personally but sure this is something that colleagues at Falmouth University are now starting to do (inc the creative practice part) - I'm sure they'd be happy to help www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...
1% of the population owns half the land in England.
What does that mean for nature recovery?
Really interesting conversation with Guy Shrubsole on land, power, and stewardship.
www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/epis...
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
*Screams into a void*
"Data centres built to power AIs produce so much heat that they can raise the surface temperature of the land around them by several degrees"
www.newscientist.com/article/2521...
An example of every post with a compelling image or video now devolving into a confused debate in the comments on whether it’s real or AI.
Thinking about how nature photography used to be a window onto a world bigger than us. What did we get in exchange for having that world’s reality ripped away?
Grant application: submitted.
Is anyone on here a specialist in the landscapes of Devon? I might have a small but pleasant job for you.
An important reminder about how colonial-type exploitation is at the centre of the AI revolution:
www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligen...
If your priority is stopping Reform you need to know who to vote for to do it. This site has the answer. 👇🏻
If Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day.
It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Photo of a shop front ‘Brilliante’
We’ve been in Costa Rica for over a week and this lovely little shop in Saint Elena is the first mention of its (still existing) indigenous people - check it out if you’re there for traditional crafts supporting them
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
Over 26,000 have emailed their local trust to keep Palantir out of the NHS.
Will you join them?
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-pal...
Mull / Cornwall Artist Exchange:
We are inviting applications from artists based in Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) & on the Isle of Mull, Iona, & Ulva to take part in a new cross-regional artist exchange exploring creative practice in rural places.
associates.creativekernow.org.uk/mull-cornwal...
Frosty blue sky over still river in York uk
Fleeting glimpse of god’s own river on the way to the station this morning #york #rowing
On Friday 13 Feb I’ll be at the perfect place to talk about extinction in natural history museums: Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
Free tickets available for “Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction”
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
#extinction
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
It really shouldn't be so hard to source vegetarian + organic dairy products (veggie parmesan, organic sunflower spread etc). Does anyone out there know someone who will deliver to the far west of Cornwall...?! (or preferably make it here obvs) #organic #dairy #sustainable #food
"From today, 2 December ... trans girls and young women will no longer be able to join Girlguiding.' 😡😢
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Selfie in a hat at Versailles
Fountain pool and reflection of Versailles with warm evening sun
Front view of Versailles illuminated at night
Whistlestop trip to Versailles this week to share reflections on the Re:voice project and hear about other JPI CH funded projects.
Also, pleasingly I was asked for directions by French people twice, which made a nice change from being pegged as a tourist. Think it must be the hat.
Oh and also my favourite piece Brahms 4 for good measure. Yes please.
Photo of choir and orchestra rehearsing and the nave of Truro cathedral
Brahms’ Requiem has been on my singing bucket list for ages - super excited for tonight’s concert with @threespiressing.bsky.social - tickets available on the door if you’re in Truro!
Ask a stupid question, dry up a river.
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Shamblin’s conversation partner wasn’t a classmate or friend – it was ChatGPT, the world’s most popular AI chatbot. A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Shamblin and the AI tool in the hours before his July 25 suicide, as well as excerpts from thousands more pages in the months leading up to that night, found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last moments.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Double rainbow over a white lighthouse with sandy beach
A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
