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Pieter Stroobach

@pieterstroobach.bsky.social

Worldwide wanderer, son, accidental actor, engineer, AVgeek, E-Street band fan. https://app.spotlight.com/9310-6724-7905

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Janne M. Korhonen@jmkorhonen.fi · 2mo ago

Israeli plan to surround a prison for Palestinians with man-eating alligators stopped due to concerns for <checks notes> animal welfare. It must be hard to do satire these days. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israeli court issues injunction freezing Ben-Gvir's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan

The judge ruled that claims that the move would harm the animals must be examined. Ben-Gvir responded by accusing the judicial system of 'siding with terrorists' and obstructing measures he said were ...

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 2mo ago

❗️Zelensky: Today, many were shocked by another video of the Russian drone safari against people in Kherson. The man was injured by the explosion. The world must see this. It must see every fact that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that the Russian military enjoys killing and mocking people.

Lord Hardthrasher @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

AI is, essentially, a bit like smoking. It makes things a bit easier, you can turn off your brain, and stuff just happens. To some extent this is harmless. You want a recipe or a travel tip – sure why not. You want to fact check a date or a person – no problem. But it is super addictive

Willem de Prater@willemdeprater.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‘Het fijnste van alles vind ik nog dat ik dat wat ik denk en voel tenminste nog op kan schrijven, anders zou ik compleet stikken.’ Deze tekst schreef Anne Frank in maart 1944. Vandaag, precies 82 jaar geleden, schreef ze voor het laatst in haar dagboek.

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Paul Carnahan@pacarnahan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Starmer announces that the UK is pursuing closer EU relations: “Brexit did deep damage to our economy. And the opportunities to strengthen our security and cut the cost of living are simply too big to ignore. We want to be more ambitious. Closer economic cooperation. Closer security cooperation.”

Dan Conway@magisterconway.bsky.social · 7mo ago

So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The new project mapping 7,000+ ancient letters is impressive: romanletters.org . The database & geolocation (although noting Pleiades rather than just AWMC would be nice) are great. But I absolutely cannot get over use of AI—however transparent—for translation. 🚨 Value human translators 🚨

AI translation transparency Modern English translations were produced using Claude (Anthropic), working from either the Latin/Greek original or an existing 19th-century English version. Translation work was guided by two internal documents: a translation guide covering late antique epistolary conventions, rhetorical register, and how to handle common formulaic phrases; and a modern voice guide specifying tone, vocabulary level, and how to avoid archaism while remaining faithful to the original. Al-generated translations are clearly marked in the interface. They are provided for accessibility and research convenience, not as authoritative scholarly translations. The original Latin or Greek is preserved alongside every translation, and 19th-century English versions are shown where available. Corrections from domain experts are welcome.