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Joanne Stocker

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Producer, CBS News Confirmed. Philadelphian/Londoner by way of Northern Ireland. I like to poke at things that don’t make sense. Big fan of big boats.

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Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· 11d

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

Screenshot:

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· 12d

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· 12d

Well this is a nightmare

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jun 22

Pope Leo in the style of a Kyrylo Budanov meme. The top pane says "they asked if I would be a transitional pope. The second says, "I said: I don't do transition. I do mission."

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jun 18

Come on, man

A screenshot from MarineTraffic dot com showing a container ship in the Persian Gulf called "Yekta 4". Yekta is a Persian word meaning "the one"

A list of multiple ships called "Yekta", including "Yekta 110", making a mockery of definite articles

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jun 16

I'm too tired for this

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Apr 17

Same, buddy

Screenshot of marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz with one ship broadcasting its destination as "OMG" (like "oh my God", which is probably how we all feel right about now).

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 27

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 25

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

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 25

Mate, have you seen Sirat?

Screenshot from a Times article with the text: British intelligence believes mines have been laid in the strait, but officials said there remained “a clear path” that Indian, Pakistani and Chinese ships had used to pass through.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 12

Everything is in good hands

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 9

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Mar 4

A riff on the "shelter cats to coyotes" meme:

My neighbor told me AMERICA keep eating his KURDS so I asked how many KURDS he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new KURD afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding THE KURDS to AMERICA and then his daughter started crying.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Feb 5

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

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 28

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 25

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 21

The fist edition cover of The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin, featuring a rising hand with leaves and a rather regal snail balanced on top, all rendered in cream and brown. The background is nearly “cabbage” coloured.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 18

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

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 7

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 7

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 7

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 7

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

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Jan 7

I'm sure this is nothing

Three US Special Operations Pilatus U-28A Draco aircraft took off from two RAF bases around 09:00 local and are flying north across the east coast of Britain 90 minutes later

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Dec 31

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Dec 18

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.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Dec 5

Like, yikes, buddies.

Screenshot from an Irish Times article with the text:

The drones were spotted by the crew of LÉ William Butler Yeats, which was positioned in Dublin Bay as part of the large scale security operation in place for Mr Zelenskiy’s visit.

The Yeats was unable to take any action regarding the drones aside from observing and reporting their location. It is not equipped with jammers or other countermeasures.

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Nov 28

rip to a real one

Screenshot of a Facebook page showing Russia's notorious shadow fleet crude oil tanker Eagle S, suspected in breaking Baltic undersea cables, at the Aliaga ship breaking yard in Turkey

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Nov 21

“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

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Nov 11

Starting to accept I’m a bit mad

Joanne Stocker@joannestocker· Oct 15

Their stares into the camera are breaking my brain