Agreed! And no worries at all!
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Agreed! And no worries at all!
(reposted as the original link had a paywall)
More details and full list of authors here:
www.dontstealthisbook.com
Very happy to take part in this. The proposed legislation is not fit for purpose, solely benefits AI companies, and will make it even more difficult for many authors and artists to make ends meet.
Certainly - but you can only fit so many rivers on a graph! π
The Dyle is very much in the book, though π
Aw shucks, Clare π
Frankish rivers styled as a tube-map.
This morning's lecture on the vikings in Francia was enhanced by this graphic of Frankish rivers, taken from @ccooijmans.bsky.social's admirable book.
An address label on a parcel, sent to a 'C Cooljams'
Flashback to the most excellent misspelling of my name, and the best pseudonym I could wish for πΆοΈπΈ
The plagiarism machine has discovered necromancy.
The plagiarism machine has discovered necromancy.
This is a really weird fantasia of Edinburgh (and its geography) as it never was and is *full* to the brim of the sorts of simple yet glaring errors and anachronisms you would never have gotten if you hadn't left it to a computer to just barf out an averagised slop answer.
John Peel.
"And that was Lawn Chair ArmΓΆur, the up and coming Norwegian black metal band from Croydon..."
#medievalism at its finest π
Three characters from the 'Vikings' TV series, wearing a variety of impractical-looking dark leather outfits with various gridded elements, arbitrary straps, and decorative panelling.
Three dark leather lawn chairs made of interwoven leather and gridded panelling.
One of our survey respondents characterised present-day popular viking outfits as 'lawn chair armour', and there is frankly no better description out there.
The Tune ship in its steel rig, suspended from a rail, about to enter the new building of the Museum of the Viking Age. Photo: Museum of the Viking Age, University of Oslo
Interior shot of the steel rig containing the Tune ship Photo: Museum of the Viking Age, University of Oslo
The Tune ship in its steel rig, suspended from a rail, slowly making its way towards the new museum building. Photo: Museum of the Viking Age, University of Oslo
Following the earlier Oseberg and Gokstad ship relocations, the Tune ship, snug in its steel rig, has started its journey into the new Museum of the Viking Age (@uio.no) today. Over the course of three days, it will travel a total of 130 metres at a top speed of c. 24 cm per minute.
In your ears?
Great job to you both!
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A short white text formatted like an inspirational quote against a black background. The text reads 'A Viking is an occupation like being a zookeeper but obviously totally different in every way'. It is attributed as 'anonymous, from the Great Viking Survey (2025)'.
Some Friday wisdom from our Great Viking Survey dataset:
The UHI Archaeology Institute is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
Capitalism ouroboros: Paying someone else to pull you up by your bootstraps
Capitalism ouroboros: Paying someone else to pull you up by your bootstraps
π§ͺπΊ Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Ness of Burgi, sitting on a rocky outcrop with a stormy sea below.
The Ness of Burgi - stone structure on a rocky outcrop during a stormy day.
The Ness of Burgi - stone structure on a rocky outcrop during a stormy day.
One of the internal cells at the Ness of Burgi - with the sea in the background
Storm on the horizon when we made it to the Ness of Burgi, one of only few attested Iron Age 'blockhouse forts', all of which are in Shetland. The site feels very exposed and secure at the same time, with steep coastal cliffs on three sides and landward ditch/rampart. Its exact function is unclear.
When Musk said the "cumulative sum of human knowledge has been exhausted" for training AI, what he was really saying is that he would not pay for digitisation, and had reached the limits of useful data he could scrape for free. The GenAI house is built on sand.
Over the next few weeks, the NACBS blog will feature a series of pieces on artificial intelligence. Check out the opening essay by @amywb.bsky.social and stay tuned for more!
www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
A metal sign that says 'chamber', inside a chamber at Muness Castle
Also home to some enlightening signage:
