A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!
Elsewhere:
- Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me
Bite marks on York skeleton reveal first evidence of ‘gladiators’ fighting lions
1y 1mon ago in britisharchaeology@feddit.uk from www.theguardian.comThere has been a lot of good studies done on the skeletons, like DNA and isotope analysis:
The tests revealed that most of the York Romans had genomes similar to the pre-Roman iron-age woman, found in Melton in east Yorkshire, suggesting that they were from the region. Isotope variations, however, indicated that some had spent time outside Britain. Many of the men had suffered poor health in childhood. Comparison with modern samples showed that the nearest descendants of the Roman Britons were no longer in Yorkshire but in Wales.
More detailed discussion of the DNA and it is a fascinating snapshot of the Iron Age population. I've spoken to someone who closely matches the U152 gladiator (I'm also U152), which is quite the result.
Adult star 'decapitated and cut up couple' before 'dumping remains off Clifton Suspension Bridge'
1y 1mon ago in crimenews@feddit.uk from www.lbc.co.ukThat's... a lot and is going to be tough going for the jury.
Blahaj.zone has defederated feddit.uk
1y 1mon ago in fediverse@piefed.social from lemmy.blahaj.zoneAddress the comments or address the defederation?
I was the Admin who was contacted by Ada and that is a mischaracterisation of what I said. Our rules still stand that we won't allow transphobia.
Unfortunately, as the ruling on the interpretation of the law has recently changed, we are going to have to figure out how we approach this and that is going to require a consensus amongst the Admins, and an agreement on our wording going forward.
This is going to take a bit for us to work out (although not too long, we're getting there, I have been active on Lemmy but I don't call the shots, and we need input from all Admins) and if, in the meantime, LBZ feel we aren't moving fast enough and they need to defederate from us then that is obviously their right.
Collective licence to ensure UK authors get paid for works used to train AI
1y 1mon ago in unitedkingdom@feddit.uk from www.theguardian.comNew rule: "No generative AI content"
1y 1mon ago in feddituk@feddit.ukTo what extent? Like what about an AI generated humour/satire image in a comment section? I have a funny one of Vladimir Putin sitting on a naughty step
That's a no for that. It's ultimately based on someone else's stolen work.
We would, I suspect, allow AI imagery in discussion about AI and what it us capable of but the days of posting it to laugh at the shitty results seems long gone. In recent examples, I couldn't tell by eye but I ran it through an AI checker which was pretty definitive.
Anyway, I changed casualuk icon as it was an old 2023 AI generated image previously. I think we should work towards revamping other communities
Yeah, there's the odd community avatar we need to swap and we definitely need to give some of the communities a bit of a revamp as they were bodged together over a year ago, often in haste.
Uh oh.
I watched the film Y2K the other week and this is going to get messy.
We don't get a lot of it on here. We'd just been asked for clarification on our AI policy after a meme or two popped up. This now means there isn't any ambiguity and the Mods can shut it down when they find it. AI checkers are quite and pretty definitive.
I'd not factored in the robot overlords. I may have just Roko's basilisked myself. 🤦♂️
Mystery of Welsh medieval cemetery deepens
1y 1mon ago in cymru@feddit.uk from www.bbc.com
Mystery of Welsh medieval cemetery deepens
1y 1mon ago in britisharchaeology@feddit.uk from www.bbc.com
UK economy will be among hardest hit by global trade war, IMF warns
1y 1mon ago in uk_politics@feddit.uk from news.sky.com
The Oscars officially don’t care if films use AI
1y 1mon ago in movies@lemm.ee from www.theverge.comThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acknowledged the existence of generative AI yesterday in new rule changes for its annual Oscars awards ceremony. Rather than dictate its use or require disclosures, the Academy simply says using AI doesn’t, on its own, hurt a movie’s chances — but that how it’s used could.
That seems fair.
The Brutalist used AI to improve Hungarian accents, which seems a reasonable use for it. They also used it to generate photographs of fictional buildings, which has done someone out of a job. However, someone else has to come up with the prompts and sift through the results, it just feels a bit... Cheap? Low effort?
Dear Americans, THIS is what an election in a mature democracy looks like. Yours, The UK
1y 1mon ago in okmatewanker@feddit.uk from feddit.uk
Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'
1y 1mon ago in andfinally@feddit.uk from www.standard.co.uk
'World's first sperm race' to be held in Los Angeles
1y 1mon ago in andfinally@feddit.uk from www.upi.comTreasures found in the UK indicate Thetford was Pagan until the fifth century
1y 1mon ago in britisharchaeology@feddit.uk from phys.orgMoment angry shopper smashes megaphone of vegan activists berating customers for buying Easter lamb
1y 1mon ago in okmatewanker@feddit.uk from www.lbc.co.ukBecause you couldn't eat a whole Saint David in one sitting?
You are mistaking him for Saint David.