Reporting from where politics and money meet archaeology and heritage at http://thepipeline.info/ YouTube: Watching Brief Co-Author: The Buried Spitfires of Burma-A fake history Tips/Gossip/Commissions: PipeLineNews@protonmail Signal: AndyBrockman.25https://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mx4mqv2uoc2p"Great stuff guys. Thanks for another enjoyable and interesting episode." Episode 10 of Graham Hancock: A Life NOT In Archaeology is out now on YouTube, where we dabble with Dibble, go rogue on Rogan and identify the Two Horsemen of the #Hancockalypse. Join us & please Like, Share and Subscribe. https://youtu.be/hfQCo8sR0Sg?is=5aDMk6o-Y3C8cOx-05 Oct 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4mqv2uoc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mx3f7ht4ls2uShadow chancellor, Andrew Griffith to pledge that, if the Tories return to Government, they will “streamline regulations”, including by abolishing Natural England & leaving the Aahus Convention. No specific mention of Archaeology, but environmental protections would be diluted. #AttackOnNature2 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/04/tories-scrap-environment-agency-natural-england-conservative-conference?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu04 Oct 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3f7ht4ls2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mx3eepezi22uAffectionate memories of taking 125's on the Great Western line from Paddington to Bristol, going to Uni. They looked the business, but a joke at the time was based on a British Rail marketing slogan and alleged shortcomings and outdated ideas on the network. "125. This is the age of the train." [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3eepezi22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mx3duigicc2u"It’s a cultural and historical atrocity...” The Las Playas Intaglio, a 6500 year old geoglyph, claimed as the oldest so far dated in the Americas, situated in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, irreparably damaged during construction of the Trump Border Wall. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trumps-border-wall-construction-cut-ancient-ground-carving-older-stone-rcna60021704 Oct 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3duigicc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mx2c4djamk2pIn the 90's I was at an Anti-Racism event in the Old Town Hall in Newham. Among the speakers was a veteran East End activist who had been at #CableStreet & who cut through the platitudes saying, "The only way to fight Fascism is on the Streets." Still true although now the Streets extend online. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2c4djamk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwxq7hih722zThe penultimate episode of "Graham Hancock: A Life NOT In Archaeology" drops soon. Catch up with previous episodes on the #Archaeosoup playlist. You know #BigArchaeology wants you to.03 Oct 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxq7hih722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwxoipd4h223If this isn't satire then presumably the Tory Party comm's team have forgotten, if they ever knew, that the Bayeux Tapestry depicts an episode of European integration brought about by an army of fighting age men arriving on the South Coast in small (by modern standards) boats where the English lost. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxoipd4h223https://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwwdst5hls2xFederal Judge stops construction of the Trump border wall across the Big Bend National Park. The construction project has faced furious opposition from archaeologists, ecologists, Native American groups and many others. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/border-wall-big-bend-texas.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes02 Oct 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwdst5hls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwvhitbroc2e"Manchester City are appealing" is a term which will collapse under its insurmountable internal contradiction: Discuss https://share.google/6MQVQ55xeNG5rdy9w02 Oct 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvhitbroc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwvgn6qoy22eThis is wonderful, and why #AI becomes a dessicated husk of a technology when people try to apply it to the creative industries. Songwriter Brian Wilson and Beatles producer George Martin play with one of the finest pop songs ever written. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvgn6qoy22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwvfbki6mc2eTime to get "Breturn" trending. #Breturn [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvfbki6mc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwvejajqk22e"It is outrageous that a mandatory submission platform can change their terms and propose using our hard work to train their AI models… This is not what we signed up to, nor do we consent to this." Justine Pedussel: President NUS Scotland WONKHE on the ownership & use of Student's IP in #AI LLM's. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/a-supplier-shouldnt-be-able-to-rewrite-who-owns-students-essays02 Oct 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvejajqk22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwv6b563mk2eA row in Cairo over a mural and at the centre of it is... ... #AI LLM ChatGPT, which the painters of the mural used to "create" the design. With arguments about Afrocentricism, #AI researchers point out LLM's exhibit the biases of their designers & the material they are trained on. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/02/row-erupts-over-cairo-mural-depicting-tutankhamun-and-nefertiti-with-dark-skin?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu02 Oct 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv6b563mk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwu57zlq322pReports, including here on BSky, that International CRM company Chronicle Heritage has laid off staff at less than 24 hours notice and has entered liquidation. The company, which also operates in the UK and Middle East, has been controlled by private equity firm the Riverside Company since 2021. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu57zlq322phttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwtv7xo22223"According to findings in the UNESCO Global Report on Cultural Policies, only 1 in 4 countries has the means to safeguard its heritage. Communities are being asked to do more with less as climate change accelerates & the skills needed to care for these places are being lost." World Monuments Fund https://www.wmf.org/press-releases/funding-shortages-climate-change-and-expertise-gaps-emerge-as-top-threats-to-global-heritage-sites-world-monuments-fund-warns01 Oct 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtv7xo22223https://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwt5oz6f7c2mThe #EAA isn't the only body facing push back from members (and about to be ex-members) over its policies towards work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The American Society of Overseas Research #ASOR, also faces allegations its work is not aligned with international law & codes of conduct. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt5oz6f7c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwt3b65ln22mGood to see the Conservatives bringing forward policies to engage the under-25's in politics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cklyjy9pv93yo01 Oct 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt3b65ln22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwsvsjj4zs2mLow was one of the first to address what would come to be the Holocaust when in December 1942 he published, "I've settled the fate of Jews and of Germans" showing an open train car filled with people labeled "JEWS to the Slaughterhouse" & death as Nemesis standing over Hitler and keeping a ledger. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsvsjj4zs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwrhueehk22i#Museum News UK Government decides the 15 National museums, including the BM, will remain free to enter for all, including foreign visitors. The DCMS states that the museums contribute £1bn per year to the UK economy and there were fears charging could deter domestic visitors as well as tourists. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c68048k1d3ppo30 Sep 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrhueehk22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwqcdcw5wk2dA symbol of hope after suffering in war, as well as being a regular venue for productions of the famous medieval Coventry Mystery Plays, the ruins of Coventry Cathedral are under threat and are the subject of a new conservation campaign. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6zxzvn5k8x4o?app-referrer=deep-link30 Sep 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqcdcw5wk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwq6d5nmo22d#TinfoilBeanieHat NW Pub League Div 2 News Guys, £830m+ of sham contracts and disguised funding and being caught lying about it is not quite up there with JFK and Area 51. The History Channel doc should be fun though, especially when Giorgio interviews Erling Haaland about the Premiership's #MIB. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq6d5nmo22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwq4ez2qb22jThe excellent @theatrestrust.bsky.social doesn't just campaign to save theatres under threat. It helps the theatres we have to serve their audiences and communities in even better ways. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq4ez2qb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwnnb25fhk24Speaking from experience (in another, this time heritage related, prosecution), one of the underrated advantages of the Social Media is that really stupid people can save the Police a lot of time. https://share.google/GUwKQO4kKCbreLHuS29 Sep 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnnb25fhk24https://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwjny6pdvs2v"...PR company Coast Communications had sought a closed meeting. Councillors said the minutes should be made public, and a recording released, but this was refused." Accusations of excessive secrecy & prejudged decisions as Techco Xlinks plans massive #AI data centre in Devon Unesco biosphere. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/27/people-are-standing-up-and-fighting-back-north-devon-ai-datacentre27 Sep 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjny6pdvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwirm54vvk2v"Thanks for another splendid episode guys. A lot of great points made and plenty of good laughs too." Episode 9 of Graham Hancock: A Life NOT In Archaeology out now on YouTube. Hancock tries to neutralise critics by saying he's a journalist, not an archaeologist. We ask if that claim stacks up? https://youtu.be/zJXe19i9MqA?is=3ThHy4HwK8enGQrv27 Sep 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwirm54vvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwh4cgcx322n"I am happy to explore any memorials on a personal basis of genuine armed forces who were actually recognised by the country, but currently I don't have any plans for statues of Marxist fighters." Questions why Reform Leader of Sunderland Council opposes memorial to volunteers who fought Fascism. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmly4rp77361o?fbclid=IwdGRzaAUlAvJjbGNrBSUCRmV4dG4DYWVtAzEwMABwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHv6dXen_KxdyM7UxI0Fkxb2DijiBnH3DoPGRZFiiqUDaa8MjaSJIgoobvPfV_aem_LrmOuA7aR16pfESoBYPwvQ26 Sep 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh4cgcx322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwgyxrydjs2kWhat is left unsaid here is that, if the Bodleian aims to digitise 25% of its collections by 2030, 75% won't be digitised. That's how much source material in just one library which won't be available when your #AI theftbot of choice punts an answer, that a human researcher can find & interpret. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgyxrydjs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwgpr4pr7s2kThis (from an Australian POV but applicable anywhere). https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/sep/25/some-datacentres-we-should-support?CMP=aus_bsky26 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgpr4pr7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwgjduj3jc2kTalking of Meta, today's Guardian newspaper in the UK with an example of what happens when a company loses control of the narrative around one of its flagship products.26 Sep 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgjduj3jc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andybrockman.bsky.social/post/3mwgd34bogk2o#FreeSpeech News Hollywood Reporter reporting that YouTube, TikTok and Meta platforms are refusing to take even paid ads for Alex Gibney's documentary which takes a, let's say, sceptical and questioning view of Elon Musk's career, personality and alleged achievements. "Musk" opens on 9 October. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/elon-musk-documentary-trailer-rejected-tiktok-youtube-1236710259/26 Sep 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:cor37y2oapqf7elt2khzenr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgd34bogk2o