Richard Nevell

The only thing wrong in this piece is the statement Gazans had "normal lives" before the start of (this) war - they v much didn't: like other Palestinians they existed in an apartheid state without equal rights to movement or access to vital resources & facilities, subject to numerous oppressions.

The fact that no one involved in this report seems to have even considered the ethics of image creation this way, or the fact that image creation by scraping existing visual images will certainly reproduce, harmful, visual stereotypes, is absolutely appalling.

If you're just plugging in "signing of Magna Carta" you're missing out on a process which improves you *as a researcher and communicator*

And as a researcher creating a brief for a reconstruction artist was one of the most testing exercises I've ever done. You have to do research, looking for precedent, comparisons, and decide what it is you're depicting.

Seeing the American Historical Association suggest using AI to create "historical" images is disappointing. They are not historical, they are fabrications.

Reconstruction drawings are a great tool for making history accessible. Poorly done images are harmful.

New scientist headline critics of de extinction hit by mystery smear campaign

Like science? Then you better be interested when *someone* starts putting out hit pieces on scientists. This is beyond the pale ethically and honestly anyone who doesn’t want to slide to hell on a slick of ai generated content that benefits billionaire business, maybe now is the time to get angry.

We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

If you're out for a walk on this gorgeous Sunday, please look out for any memorial benches.

Snap a photo of the inscription and upload to openbenches.org

You'll need to make sure "location" is enabled on your camera.

THANKS GANG!

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

In "Legitimate Concerns" news.

41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.

For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’”

post text: “I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.”

The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

Palestine: As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and communities we work with are wasting away | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Over 100 humanitarian groups, including MSF, urge governments to act as starvation spreads in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders joins more than 100 organizations to sounding the alarm that lifesaving aid must enter #Gaza.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-as...

In recent days, I operated on two women who were shot by quadcopters while sheltering in their tents near one of the locations, according to the people who brought them in. One was breastfeeding her child when she was hit; the second was pregnant. Thankfully, both have survived their injuries so far. These women weren't even seeking aid - they were simply sheltering in areas that are supposedly "safe" but exposed to indiscriminate fire from the IDF's weaponised hunger apparatus.

What is left to say? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What a profoundly idiotic move

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard

A rare 14th‑century Hebrew‑inscribed astrolabe from Islamic Spain shows how science transcended faiths, uniting Jewish & Muslim scholars through shared curiosity. A true bridge between cultures.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/953p76r6

#Interfaith

UNRWA has food for the entire population for over three months — stockpiled and ready also in Al Arish, Egypt.

The supplies are available. The systems are in place.

Open the gates. Let UNRWA deliver.
1 million children are waiting.

“Solar power is now growing faster than any power source in history, and it is closely followed by wind power”

Take a look inside the latest issue of @tudorplaces.bsky.social with me. My article explores Lady Margaret Beaufort’s lesser-known connections to Stamford in Lincolnshire. Out now in Issue 18

Full-scale excavation at former mother and baby home in Tuam gets underway The dig is anticipated to last two years.

Our thoughts and best wishes go to colleagues involved in this difficult but necessary work.

www.thejournal.ie/tuam-mother-...

So... ChatGPT made SCPs escape containment?

A link to save:

The Archaeologist's Guide to Good Practice:

archgoodpractice.com

The best and perhaps the only post-excavation stratigraphic analysis--principle developer is York's James Taylor, Keith May, Kenneth Aitchison, & Doug Rocks-Macqueen, funded by AHRC.

Manuscript image from Cotton Claudius D. II, f.116

Slighting often takes time, so it's not certain John's orders were intended to be followed. Perhaps the act of giving the order was symbolic.

A drawing of a man on a horse with hunting dogs running alongside. The scene is framed by a square border with Latin text underneath as it comes from a manuscript. The background of the image is divided into a red portion on the left and a larger blue one on the right. The man is wearing a crown, a blue cloak and red tunic, and is intended to depict King John.

In 1213 King John wrote to Eustace de Vesci to recall him for exile after a failed conspiracy. The same day he sent orders to demolish two castles that had belonged to Eustace: Alnwick and Malton.

you're gonna wanna see this

Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and subu...

'Destruction' seems inadequate as a description. Annihilation or erasure is more suitable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

(AXIOS) - The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of issue tell Axios.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/07/18/i...

But the best thing about this image is that the Zentralbibliothek Zürich have digitised it and shared it as a public domain image so it is free to use. www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuz/content/...

Tschachtlanchronik - Wikipedia

Its shows the late medieval understand of what was involved. In this case, it was soldiers breaking down the castle walls and damaging a building carrying a coat of arms, the emblem of the family that held the castle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschach...