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Paul Roberts
@paulhroberts.bsky.social
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married, 2 sons, 2 granddaughters, used to work in housing & health, watches football - #CTID @ManCity - and runs/cycles. Μαθαίνω Ελληνικά. Tavronitis/Whitefield
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thoughtrise.bsky.social
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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The dogs in grass

#dogsofcrete
#cretelife
#Loumi
#Tyki
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Chania 10k Night Race 2025 - right hamstring playing up again
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him
December 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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The FIFA peace prize isn't awarded on my behalf - #Infantino is a joke, a brown-nosing creep
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I think they may have forgotten something...

#cretelife
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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“David Bowie’s The Jean Genie, a one-page advert in Melody Maker, November 25, 1972.”
- via Glam Slam
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It does!
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Different ways to attract attention...
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
paulhroberts.bsky.social
You have got to be joking - this, I'm afraid, is typical of Liverpool, the entitlement. It really isn't that controversial - just watch Robertson's reaction to the goal, sheepishly walking away, tells you everything
sport.theguardian.com Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · Nov 10
Liverpool contact PGMO over Van Dijk’s disallowed goal at Manchester City
Liverpool contact PGMO over Van Dijk’s disallowed goal at Manchester City
* Club do not believe Robertson impeded Donnarumma * Slot refused to blame controversy on side’s poor display Liverpool have complained to Professional Games Match Officials (PGMO) over the decision to disallow Virgil van Dijk’s header at Manchester City on Sunday amid concern that the relevant criteria were not met. Van Dijk’s effort was ruled out in the 38th minute, when City were leading 1-0, and the referee Chris Kavanagh’s on-field decision was backed by the video assistant referee, Michael Oliver. The VAR agreed that the Liverpool defender Andy Robertson was “in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper” when ducking out the way of Van Dijk’s header as it sailed past Gianluigi Donnarumma. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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As only the Mediterranean can - just strolling home from watching #mancity in the kafeneio
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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martinsfp.bsky.social
"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim."

A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Only people who have only ever known peace and safety; who have zero sense of the chasm that yawns beneath us, would pull stunts like this. Like the generals who plunged us into WW1 because they wanted baubles like their granddads.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Well, he would say that, wouldn't he...
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Sleeping is what they do best

#dogsofcrete
#Loumi
#Tyki
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Meet Tahoma the bobcat for National Cat Day! 🐾

He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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The pups having a drink on their walk

#dogsofcrete
#Tyki
#Loumi
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Convince people you are a Timelord by saying “Ah! Gallifrey!!” in a booming voice as you emerge from a portaloo. #TopTips
Stock image of a blue portaloo. A TURDIS, if you will.
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Orogenesis

Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Huge crowd at Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester, early 20th century. Not sure what the occasion was.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Sunrise above Maleme Airfield, Friday 17 October

#cretelife
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
paulhroberts.bsky.social
"Can one mourn both Jewish and Palestinian victims? I wonder what is happening that we think this is even a question? To mourn the dead on both sides is surely not incompatible with political commitment – but an intelligent commitment, not a stupid one."
daphnenews.bsky.social Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · Oct 14
"In Greece, one sees how difficult many people find it to get their heads round the difference between Jews and Israelis as if they are the same thing or as if you can assume a political position from an ethnicity or a nationality," says historian Mark Mazower.
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/int...
‘After October 7, 2023, words became highly charged’ | eKathimerini.com
The Greek edition of renowned British historian Mark Mazower’s new book, “On Antisemitism: A Word in History,” will be released this week by Alexandria Publications.
www.ekathimerini.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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In Prestwich Library other day, 5 days after the Crumpsall synagogue attack, & I saw some books about local people, 1 of whom was Chaim Ferster. In it was a picture of him receiving the MEB in 2016. My dad received his MEB at the same ceremony. I spoke to Chaim, who showed me his Auschwitz tattoos
October 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Back in the day, when I had 'staff' to design my motivational posters
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM