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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 2h

Outstanding investigation reveals fabricated narratives in IDF animations

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting article on Ireland's (hopefully) evolving defence posture.

If true that 75% of data cables carrying up to 95% of international traffic pass through or near Irish waters, then long past time Ireland took at least some interest in protecting them.

www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 2d

Very enjoyable thread

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No, which means (well, obviously) it’s time to tell you a ridiculous shaggy dog story about the theft of not one but two portraits of the Duke of Wellington

Sean Connery in Dr No’s lair, about to go up a short flight of stairs when he spots a portrait of the Duke of Wellington on a stand. The original had been stolen from the National Gallery the previous year, and this was a joke by the Bond production team

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

I agree - almost all of the work is old style verification work, the AI described sounds like facial recognition/comparison tool - eg Rekognition or PimEyes or open source equivalent - as an additional layer of evidencing

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6d

Machine learning is a neat tool, but clearly companies are desperate to give “AI” credit for what human scholars accomplish in part because companies have bet the farm on the idea that human ingenuity is expendable. This historian is extraordinary and deserves the real credit.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 6d

Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

HGH risks include gynecomastia in males...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6d

feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 6d

Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...

Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry after cyber attack

Vast majority of factories of nation’s most popular beer have stopped work this week

www.ft.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

Totally agree. Suspect number of successful attacks is tiny fraction of volume of attempts.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6d

feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 6d

Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly. Partner luckily can walk to station, won't cycle for fear of losing beloved bike to theft. I'm fortunate enough to have a folding one I can take with me on train. Otherwise it's just too much worrying.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 6d

'Use public transport', they say. Trains now basically unusable if you have to cycle or drive to the station. Already the most expensive fares in Europe, you now need to factor in the cost of losing your bike or car, and who can risk that?

Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

Not just bikes, car theft too. Basically commuters are easy pickings for crims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael Cleary @magnificocleary.bsky.social · 7d

Ukraine keeps pulling off the modern military equivalent of jujitsu. Here Russia’s immense size is turned into a vulnerability, as its sprawling oil infrastructure is almost impossible to protect with limited anti air facilities

Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 7d

Ukraine’s equivalent of Bomber Command is conducting a quietly effective campaign to disrupt Russian fuel supplies. Great investigation led by @olgar.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Surge in Ukrainian oil refinery attacks sparks Russian fuel shortages

Ukraine has attacked refineries deep inside Russia, with Zelensky vowing to continue the strikes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely! although the origins of this campaign go all the way back to 2022: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Precise Mass in Action: Assessing Ukraine’s One-Way Attack Drone Campaign

The study of drones in interstate war is rapidly evolving. Much of the existing scholarship focuses on the impact of a few types of drones, despite growth in new types. Such scholarship also makes ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

Not just bikes, car theft too. Basically commuters are easy pickings for crims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 6d

Also fundamental misunderstanding of how journalism works as a collective endeavour.

Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 7d

Ukraine’s equivalent of Bomber Command is conducting a quietly effective campaign to disrupt Russian fuel supplies. Great investigation led by @olgar.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Surge in Ukrainian oil refinery attacks sparks Russian fuel shortages

Ukraine has attacked refineries deep inside Russia, with Zelensky vowing to continue the strikes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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em @civetta.bsky.social · 7d

(From bbc bitesize, quite possibly the greatest educational resource of all time.)

Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 7d

Trump told military leaders warrior spirit is "a spirit that won and built this nation: from the cavalry that tamed the Great Plains..." not sure history records it in those terms www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...

Main events in the struggle for the Plains - Defeat and demise of the Native Americans of the Plains - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize

Revise the defeat and demise of the Native Americans of the Plains as part of National 5 History.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 7d

Trump told military leaders warrior spirit is "a spirit that won and built this nation: from the cavalry that tamed the Great Plains..." not sure history records it in those terms www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...

Main events in the struggle for the Plains - Defeat and demise of the Native Americans of the Plains - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize

Revise the defeat and demise of the Native Americans of the Plains as part of National 5 History.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 8d

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 13d

Men v Boys. Minuscule likelihood of first round giant killing

Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 13d

Let’s do this fandango!

#QueenWorldCup

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
v
NOW I’M HERE

Mercury v May!

1970s Queen clash! @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social will be pleased.

Steamroller or backlash?

Vote #BoRap or #NIH by 10pm.

a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling .

Alt: a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling and bopping their heads up and down

media.tenor.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 13d

“Many ethnic minority families instil high aspirations despite disadvantage.” Why is this still the case? schoolsweek.co.uk/whats-really...

White low-income pupils’ underperformance is a real issue

Beyond the political grandstanding, new data reveals a genuine problem of early disengagement from school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 13d

Comes back to British exceptionalism, doesn’t it? Possibly rooted in history of policing by consent. Still got my old carte de séjour somewhere, which always proved useful dealing with les flics

Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 13d

Straightforward.

Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 14d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

It's the "mock George Formby" song (@paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) vs Brian May's bug Highlander effort. (@leguape.bsky.social was first to cry "There can be only one")

GOOD COMPANY v WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER

Vote #Good or #Live by 10pm, by the Blackpool Tower clock.

a woman in a purple shirt is holding a guitar and smiling .

Alt: a woman in a purple shirt is holding a ukelele and smiling .

media.tenor.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 14d

“The seat of the diocese of Caithness was originally at Halkirk, but owing to the brutal murder at this location of the two bishops who proceeded Gilbert, his first decision was to transfer the seat of the diocese to Dornoch.” www.dornoch-cathedral.com/dornoch-cath...

Cathedral History | Visit Dornoch Cathedral

www.dornoch-cathedral.com

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 15d

GHF have actively been taking influencers in to Gaza to their sites but refused permission for BBC News to do so www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Killed seeking food - Jeremy Bowen on Abdullah's shooting and Gaza's lethal aid system

Inside Panorama and BBC Eye's investigation into hunger in Gaza and why so many are risking their lives for aid.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 16d

It also has incredibly good environmental data plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org/coverage/cov...

MapBiomas

plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org

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