Andy Brockman
@andybrockman.bsky.social
Reporting from where politics and money meet archaeology and heritage at http://thepipeline.info/
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“We do not post A.I.-created images and, recognizing the potential sensitivity, removed it,”
The British Museum
Artnet on the angry response after the British Museum posted 3rd party #AI generated images, apparently promoting its galleries and the Museum's response.
The British Museum
Artnet on the angry response after the British Museum posted 3rd party #AI generated images, apparently promoting its galleries and the Museum's response.
British Museum’s A.I.-Generated Post Sparks Online Backlash
The British Museum has been called out for posting images containing A.I. generated content on its Instagram and Facebook.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“We do not post A.I.-created images and, recognizing the potential sensitivity, removed it,”
The British Museum
Artnet on the angry response after the British Museum posted 3rd party #AI generated images, apparently promoting its galleries and the Museum's response.
The British Museum
Artnet on the angry response after the British Museum posted 3rd party #AI generated images, apparently promoting its galleries and the Museum's response.
Kudos to everyone who has worked to raise the issue of the sale of human remains in the UK, including many Archaeologists and expert bodies.
But a caution.
Ten-minute rule bills are primarily a way of testing opinion in the House of Commons. They seldom become Law.
There is a lot still to do.
But a caution.
Ten-minute rule bills are primarily a way of testing opinion in the House of Commons. They seldom become Law.
There is a lot still to do.
I'm in Parliament today, presenting a ten-minute rule bill to ban the sale of human remains.
Human body parts are not curiosities to trade and decorate with.
We should ban this macabre trade for good.
Human body parts are not curiosities to trade and decorate with.
We should ban this macabre trade for good.
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Kudos to everyone who has worked to raise the issue of the sale of human remains in the UK, including many Archaeologists and expert bodies.
But a caution.
Ten-minute rule bills are primarily a way of testing opinion in the House of Commons. They seldom become Law.
There is a lot still to do.
But a caution.
Ten-minute rule bills are primarily a way of testing opinion in the House of Commons. They seldom become Law.
There is a lot still to do.
#WhoNeedsSportBooksAndMiddleEastCoverageAnyway News
What is being described as the Jeff Bezos "catch and kill" of the #WashingtonPost continues.
Ironic the paper which starred in #AllThePresidentsMen investigating political corruption, is being evicerated by one of this President's broligarch men.
What is being described as the Jeff Bezos "catch and kill" of the #WashingtonPost continues.
Ironic the paper which starred in #AllThePresidentsMen investigating political corruption, is being evicerated by one of this President's broligarch men.
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
#WhoNeedsSportBooksAndMiddleEastCoverageAnyway News
What is being described as the Jeff Bezos "catch and kill" of the #WashingtonPost continues.
Ironic the paper which starred in #AllThePresidentsMen investigating political corruption, is being evicerated by one of this President's broligarch men.
What is being described as the Jeff Bezos "catch and kill" of the #WashingtonPost continues.
Ironic the paper which starred in #AllThePresidentsMen investigating political corruption, is being evicerated by one of this President's broligarch men.
#HeritageCrimeNews
In an attack which bears the hallmarks of a metal theft, three masked thieves have stolen the bronze statue commemorating East End boxing champion Teddy Baldock.
In an attack which bears the hallmarks of a metal theft, three masked thieves have stolen the bronze statue commemorating East End boxing champion Teddy Baldock.
Masked thieves steal statue of local hero boxer from London park using three-wheel bike and hi-vis jacket
The statue of Teddy Baldock, known as "The Pride of Poplar", was removed from its stone plinth on Sunday night by four suspects dressed in black, police said.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
#HeritageCrimeNews
In an attack which bears the hallmarks of a metal theft, three masked thieves have stolen the bronze statue commemorating East End boxing champion Teddy Baldock.
In an attack which bears the hallmarks of a metal theft, three masked thieves have stolen the bronze statue commemorating East End boxing champion Teddy Baldock.
The Guardian with a correction de nos jours, to place alongside that other, now legendary, correction where the Mirror explained why Katie Hopkins had really been arrested in South Africa.
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The Guardian with a correction de nos jours, to place alongside that other, now legendary, correction where the Mirror explained why Katie Hopkins had really been arrested in South Africa.
For Candlemas, a typically wise, wry and captivating post from David Allen Green, highlighting the value of librarians, "holders of the old skills", over the "mischievous demons of our own age – that is ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence".
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
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February 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
For Candlemas, a typically wise, wry and captivating post from David Allen Green, highlighting the value of librarians, "holders of the old skills", over the "mischievous demons of our own age – that is ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence".
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
The Potteries Museum is attempting to raise £150k to buy one of only seven such gold Bronze Age clothing fasteners found in the UK and allow a metal detectorist and the landowner, to enjoy their Treasure Act casino win.
The Potteries Museum is attempting to raise £150k to buy one of only seven such gold Bronze Age clothing fasteners found in the UK and allow a metal detectorist and the landowner, to enjoy their Treasure Act casino win.
Potteries Museum seeks £150k to buy Bronze Age dress fastener
The Potteries Museum has until the spring to raise the funds needed to keep it in the area.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
The Potteries Museum is attempting to raise £150k to buy one of only seven such gold Bronze Age clothing fasteners found in the UK and allow a metal detectorist and the landowner, to enjoy their Treasure Act casino win.
The Potteries Museum is attempting to raise £150k to buy one of only seven such gold Bronze Age clothing fasteners found in the UK and allow a metal detectorist and the landowner, to enjoy their Treasure Act casino win.
ATE Farms Ltd, the company which was ordered to rebuild the mysteriously burnt out & unlawfully demolished #CrookedHouse pub, was due to be struck off by Companies House, but the strike off has been suspended.
This may be due to an objection by a party in ongoing legal action involving the company.
This may be due to an objection by a party in ongoing legal action involving the company.
ATE FARMS LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
ATE FARMS LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
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January 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
ATE Farms Ltd, the company which was ordered to rebuild the mysteriously burnt out & unlawfully demolished #CrookedHouse pub, was due to be struck off by Companies House, but the strike off has been suspended.
This may be due to an objection by a party in ongoing legal action involving the company.
This may be due to an objection by a party in ongoing legal action involving the company.
As the vote at the #EAA over its policy towards Archaeologists affiliated to Israeli bodies comes to an end, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the IDF has accepted the figure of 70,000 deaths among Gazans which it previously cast doubt upon.
The IDF admits it killed 70,000 Gazans. What other accusations might be true?
The Dispute Over the Number of Fatalities May Be Approaching an End, but the Debate on Their Identities Is Still Expected to Trudge On. The Israeli Public Must Ask Itself What This Belated Recognition...
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January 30, 2026 at 11:02 PM
As the vote at the #EAA over its policy towards Archaeologists affiliated to Israeli bodies comes to an end, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the IDF has accepted the figure of 70,000 deaths among Gazans which it previously cast doubt upon.
In G K Chesterton's famous thriller The Man Who Was Thursday all the anarchists turn out to be undercover policemen.
I get the sense that the audience for Melania is similar and that other person sitting in an otherwise echoingly empty auditorium is either a film critic or a political journalist.
I get the sense that the audience for Melania is similar and that other person sitting in an otherwise echoingly empty auditorium is either a film critic or a political journalist.
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In G K Chesterton's famous thriller The Man Who Was Thursday all the anarchists turn out to be undercover policemen.
I get the sense that the audience for Melania is similar and that other person sitting in an otherwise echoingly empty auditorium is either a film critic or a political journalist.
I get the sense that the audience for Melania is similar and that other person sitting in an otherwise echoingly empty auditorium is either a film critic or a political journalist.
The Daily Mail's satirically named "Science" section with the latest click bait "just asking questions" about the age of the Great Pyramid and who built it.
TLDR: A new dating technique...much older than previously thought...unknown technologically advanced civilisation etc.
TLDR: A new dating technique...much older than previously thought...unknown technologically advanced civilisation etc.
New evidence upends origins of Egypt's Great Pyramid
A new study suggests the origins of Egypt's Great Pyramid may be very different from what historians have believed for centuries.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The Daily Mail's satirically named "Science" section with the latest click bait "just asking questions" about the age of the Great Pyramid and who built it.
TLDR: A new dating technique...much older than previously thought...unknown technologically advanced civilisation etc.
TLDR: A new dating technique...much older than previously thought...unknown technologically advanced civilisation etc.
With the Honor Frost Foundation in the archaeological news with the publication of a new paper on using satellite data and high tech analysis to help protect underwater cultural heritage here's a share of @gabemoshenska.bsky.social's graphic story honouring #MaritimeArchaeology #Trowelblazer Honor.
My love of stone anchors is all down to my mini obsession with Honor Frost, the trowelblazer who pioneered underwater archaeology. If you don’t know her, then check out @gabemoshenska.bsky.social’s fabulous troweltoon
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
With the Honor Frost Foundation in the archaeological news with the publication of a new paper on using satellite data and high tech analysis to help protect underwater cultural heritage here's a share of @gabemoshenska.bsky.social's graphic story honouring #MaritimeArchaeology #Trowelblazer Honor.
We also invites Giles Richardson onto the #WatchingBrief to discuss the pioneering work of the #MaritimeObservatory in developing techniques whereby satellite data can be used to monitor Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and deter and investigate #HeritageCrime impacting on such sites.
Satellite Data Can Catch Maritime Looters: Is it Too Late for HMS Prince of Wales? - 16th June 2023
YouTube video by Archaeosoup
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We also invites Giles Richardson onto the #WatchingBrief to discuss the pioneering work of the #MaritimeObservatory in developing techniques whereby satellite data can be used to monitor Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and deter and investigate #HeritageCrime impacting on such sites.
We followed up with further analysis of the looting of HMS Prince of Wales by the Chinese registered crane barge which was identified via satellite data from the Maritime Observatory and other sources, as the culprit.
THE MARITIME OBSERVATORY: CRANE BARGE HAD FIVE MONTHS AND SIX VISITS TO LOOT HMS PRINCE OF WALES
Lead Image: HMS Prince of Wales [Official US Navy Photograph Public Domain via US National Archive 80-G-190724] by Andy Brockman Less than a week after the UK experts at the Maritime Observatory fi…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We followed up with further analysis of the looting of HMS Prince of Wales by the Chinese registered crane barge which was identified via satellite data from the Maritime Observatory and other sources, as the culprit.
The new work is by Jessica Berry and Giles Richardson of the UK Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) and #HeritageCrime expert Peter Campbell of Cranfield University.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
The BIG READ: British Government Accused of Five Decades of Failure to Protect HMS Prince of Wales from Looters
Lead Image: HMS Prince of Wales in 1941. [Official US Navy Photograph Public Domain via US National Archive 80-G-190724]by Andy Brockman and Giles Richardson The peer asked Her Majesty’s Gove…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The new work is by Jessica Berry and Giles Richardson of the UK Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) and #HeritageCrime expert Peter Campbell of Cranfield University.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
Here is an article I wrote with Giles in 2023 where he describes their work on the looting of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaysia.
thePipeLine and #WatchingBrief have been covering the work of Archaeologists to protect historic shipwrecks from commercial #HeritageCrime.
Now the Honor Frost Foundation has published a new study of the use of cutting edge satellite technology and data analysis to identify and track bad actors.
Now the Honor Frost Foundation has published a new study of the use of cutting edge satellite technology and data analysis to identify and track bad actors.
New publication - Satellite Monitoring of Underwater Cultural Heritage - Honor Frost Foundation
New publication - Satellite Monitoring of Underwater Cultural Heritage
The Honor Frost Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of a new White Paper, Satellite Monitoring of Underwater Cult...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
thePipeLine and #WatchingBrief have been covering the work of Archaeologists to protect historic shipwrecks from commercial #HeritageCrime.
Now the Honor Frost Foundation has published a new study of the use of cutting edge satellite technology and data analysis to identify and track bad actors.
Now the Honor Frost Foundation has published a new study of the use of cutting edge satellite technology and data analysis to identify and track bad actors.
"How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI?"
Andrew Cherry takes a GOVUK backed, Big Tech adjacent #AI course.
He gets a badge.
"They" get his data.
Andrew Cherry takes a GOVUK backed, Big Tech adjacent #AI course.
He gets a badge.
"They" get his data.
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
"How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI?"
Andrew Cherry takes a GOVUK backed, Big Tech adjacent #AI course.
He gets a badge.
"They" get his data.
Andrew Cherry takes a GOVUK backed, Big Tech adjacent #AI course.
He gets a badge.
"They" get his data.
As the saying goes,
History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
A bloated, much-married, philandering, orange-coloured megalomaniacal narcissist, possibly mentally impaired later in life, Henry VIII died #OnThisDay 1547.
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As the saying goes,
History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
Important information for anyone who uses Signal for sensitive communications.
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Important information for anyone who uses Signal for sensitive communications.
It is doubly ironic that Springsteen should exercise his creativity and release this blistering attack on the Trump administration and its modern day SA at the same time as the absurd, vanity documentary and "Melania" receives its premiere, and is probably never seen or heard from again.
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
It is doubly ironic that Springsteen should exercise his creativity and release this blistering attack on the Trump administration and its modern day SA at the same time as the absurd, vanity documentary and "Melania" receives its premiere, and is probably never seen or heard from again.
If you need an illustration of why dictators fear and try to control, artists, listen to this cry of anger, pain and defiance from the bard of blue collar America.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
If you need an illustration of why dictators fear and try to control, artists, listen to this cry of anger, pain and defiance from the bard of blue collar America.
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
The latest flash point at Sheffield: in what seems to be a deliberate trial of strength, the University SMT is demanding teaching lost to previous, balloted, strike action is undertaken without payment and if this is not done, the UCU states, staff will face a 100% loss of pay.
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The latest flash point at Sheffield: in what seems to be a deliberate trial of strength, the University SMT is demanding teaching lost to previous, balloted, strike action is undertaken without payment and if this is not done, the UCU states, staff will face a 100% loss of pay.
We recently covered the allegations that the Zooarchaeology Lab at the University of Sheffield was being set up to fail, but that story is taking place against the background of a wider dispute between University management and the Sheffield branch of the UCU, the staff trade union.
No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
We recently covered the allegations that the Zooarchaeology Lab at the University of Sheffield was being set up to fail, but that story is taking place against the background of a wider dispute between University management and the Sheffield branch of the UCU, the staff trade union.
There goes the Superbowl and World Cup.
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
There goes the Superbowl and World Cup.