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Karl Burke
@karlburke.bsky.social
Artist , painter. Interested in the military-industrial complex, AI, non-AI, climate change, geopolitics, history, human cognition, social behaviour. Dublin/Paris.
http://www.karlburke.com
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Study after da Vinci

2025
oil on panel
81 x 61 cm (32 x 24 in.)

#art #painting #peinture
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Amazon's House of David Season 2 had 350 to 400 AI-generated shots, up from 70+ in Season 1, using 10 to 15 tools from companies like Runway, drawing criticism (Kat Tenbarge/Wired)

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November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Not (in this case) a China thing but using gps to control and immobilise infrastructure is a serious issue:

www.404media.co/polish-hacke...
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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La Chine met en service son troisième porte-avions, une démonstration de sa montée en puissance
La Chine met en service son troisième porte-avions, une démonstration de sa montée en puissance
Le porte-avions « Fujian » est notamment doté d’une catapulte électromagnétique, permettant de projeter des avions plus lourds, mais ne dispose pas de la propulsion nucléaire.
www.lemonde.fr
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004.

"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.

She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!

Which is your favourite? ❤️

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺

#Archaeology
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The violent persecution of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank is the worst it's been since 1967. This is a state orchestrated campaign of terror.
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest

Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.

www.972mag.com/olive-harves...

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Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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📸 There's a story behind this breathtaking shot of Hungary’s opposition rally marking the 1956 revolution: Orbán’s government banned drones to try conceal the crowd’s size. Yet a passenger on a landing plane caught the scene in Budapest from above — the photo hit Reddit and went viral instantly.
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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5 men were just jailed in London for their roles in a arson attack masterminded by Russia - part of a wider sabotage campaign.

At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...
Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign
A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption...
apnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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"Conscripts report that mixed rooms have a calmer atmosphere, which supports rest and recovery," Maijanen wrote in an email to Yle. "They also feel the 'men versus women' mindset has diminished or disappeared entirely."

#Defence is equality. It is what we defend.

yle.fi/a/74-20171359
Mixed-gender barracks now standard in Finnish Defence Forces, feedback largely positive
A few years ago, single gender rooms were the norm on garrisons across Finland.
yle.fi
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria.
The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies.
The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2

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October 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Today in 1860 a Franco British force destroyed the Summer Palace of the Chinese Emperor. The future general, Charles Gordon, wrote: You can scarcely imagine the beauty and magnificence of the places we burnt. It made one's heart sore to burn them....It was wretchedly demoralising work for an army.
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Thanks to the first volume of Michael Palin's diaries, I recently discovered the glory of one of the greatest travel pieces in British publishing history.

In early April 1977, The Guardian published a 7-page travel supplement on this "little-known" island nation...

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July 24, 2023 at 2:21 PM
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Some things never change!

4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian writing board with a student’s many spelling mistakes corrected in red ink by the teacher! 😂

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
September 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Compilation of some background readings here : against-a-i.com/deep-backgro...
Deep Background - AGAINST AI
Image: The Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio
against-a-i.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Study after da Vinci

2025
oil on panel
81 x 61 cm (32 x 24 in.)

#art #painting #peinture
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM