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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Google tells me they’re “rolling back this feature” while they “work on implementing stronger guardrails”

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Hi Joanne,
Please find our statement below, attributable to "a Google spokesperson":
"We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we’ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies. So we’re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails. It's important to note that generated images didn’t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others to see and were watermarked as AI generated."
Regarding Lens (also attributable to "a Google spokesperson"): “SynthID detection triggers when users ask Search or Gemini queries like ‘Is this made with AI?’ or ‘Is this AI generated?’ ”
Thank you

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oof. Google told Henk van Ess "if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was Al-generated." That works if I upload the original screenshot, but not if I crop out the TEXT THAT SAYS IT'S AI. (Funny with the crop it thinks this is Iran)

Screenshot of Google Images AI mode saying the AI image is AI because of "interface artefacts", literally text that says "experimental" and a "create image button". The button for control prompts is also visible, so Google picks up on that.

Screenshot of Google Images AI mode on the altered image, in which I very crappily cut out the text that triggered it last time, and this time AI Mode says it's a satellite image showing destruction of military aircraft in Shiraz, Iran, with no mention that the image was made by Google's own AI.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Whereas Philadelphia has had a clear campaign for years and updates it pretty regularly

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Day ???? of the Sahara dust storm here

Dawn shot of the Barbican Estate with one of its towers barely visible through the muddied blue sky. Dust in the air has flattened the horizon for days and blanketed my part of the city in haze.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Excuse me but what do you mean the Dutch queen has joined the army reserves www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieu...

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands training how to use a gun, in full military fatigues. The caption says: Breda, February 4, 2026: Queen Máxima has begun training as a reservist for the Royal Netherlands Army. She is taking the "Mental Skills" course at the Royal Military Academy, part of the General Military Training (AMO) program that all reservists attend.

Image: ©Ministry of Defence

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This, sadly, feels like the appropriate ending for Sigar

Email screenshot:

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) will terminate as an agency on January 31, 2026.

As SIGAR continues its pre-planned termination process, the SIGAR website (SIGAR.mil) has ceased to function as an active website.

SIGAR has delivered its final archived version of the website – with all of SIGAR’s public reports and public work products – to the U.S. Government’s “CyberCemetery.”

SIGAR expected the archived version of the SIGAR.mil website would be available online in the CyberCemetery shortly after the active SIGAR.mil website ceased.

As of today’s date, it is not. SIGAR does not know why UNT Digital Library/CyberCemetery has not yet published it.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Might as well blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Ah here now. Not verified, obviously, but Russian state media says this is the boat. That looks to me like a US special operations MH-6/AH-6.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This must be how it felt to watch the Bronco chase

Screenshot showing the path of the crude oil tanker Marinera (formerly Bella 1, IMO: 9230880) which is trying to get to Russia through the eastern Atlantic, changed course abruptly at 11:36 UTC on Wednesday

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Finnish authorities haven't confirmed the name of the suspected vessel but Fitburg IMO: 9250397 is pretty sus

Past track of the general cargo ship Fitburg IMO: 9250397, which left port in Russia yesterday (Dec 30) bound for Haifa, Israel. It made a sharp turn after passing over the Finland-Estonia cables and is now headed towards Finland accompanied by two Finnish boats.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

US defence contractors write like normal people challenge: impossible

A Lockheed Martin press release about drones, which says the following:

PALMDALE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® and XTEND collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works' MDCX™ autonomy platform, allowing simultaneous Command and Control (C2) of multiple classes of UAS, creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios.

So, Lockheed and XTEND, a Florida-based AI defence company, put a new operating system on a drone.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“Sure did, boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked”

A mural of a blue frog posing almost like Stupid Sexy Flanders, seemingly not ironically

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Starting to accept I’m a bit mad

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Their stares into the camera are breaking my brain

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The children yearn for the salt mines Last Supper

Close-up showing a faithful depiction of The Last Supper carved entirely out of salt mine walls, part of an underground church in Kraków’s salt mines

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Congratulations to Polymarket on their Nobel Peace Prize win

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

FR also says the flight landed nine minutes later than scheduled, which contradicts Bulgaria's to the FT that the flight circled the airport for an hour before pilots hand to land with paper maps (the phrase is now "analogue maps" in the updated FT report).

Screenshot of flightradar24 X post: We are seeing media reports of GPS interference affecting the plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen to Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Some reports claim that the aircraft was in a holding pattern for 1 hour.

This is what we can deduce from our data.

* The flight was scheduled to take 1 hour and 48 minutes. It took 1 hour and 57 minutes.
* The aircraft's transponder reported good GPS signal quality from take-off to landing.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Here's Zelensky wearing the jacket in Austria, and a highlight from Anisimov's SS26 collection, which he says was inspired by their collaboration (both photos from his Instagram www.instagram.com/anisimov_men...)

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III in Gaza today (photos courtesy the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III outside the Holy Family Church in Gaza

Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III inside the Holy Family Church in Gaza

Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III visit an injured person in Gaza

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It's a beautiful day for loop-de-loops

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Indefinite leave to remain is not "automatic". There's a salary threshold, the application costs £3,029 for each person applying, you have to pass a test and, if you're on a Skilled Worker visa like me, your employer needs to verify that they still want you here.

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