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PugJesus 5d ago

Figurine of musicians atop a camel, Tang Dynasty China, 7th-9th century AD

Leon Furze Mar 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence and Film Studies: Midjourney versus CAMELS

CAMELS? As an English teacher, I’ve done a lot of analytical film studies over the years. The biggest problem is always students’ grasp of technical language: film analysis tends to drift off into character and plot description, even more so than for written texts. So, when I teach film, I lean more into my Media Studies background. In the UK I completed my undergrad in English and American Literatures. When I trained to teach, it was in English, Media, and Drama. Then, when I first […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/03/29/artificial-intelligence-and-film-studies-midjourney-versus-camels/

Andy Fletcher Mar 5

This is a sentence I never expected to read in a newspaper.

"A camel beauty pageant in Oman has been plunged into chaos as 20 of its competitors were disqualified after their owners enhanced their humps and other features using injectable fillers, silicone wax and Botox."

#oman #cheating #camels

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/camel-pageant-scandal-oman-hump-injectables-b2932979.html

Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables

Camel owners had used injections to enhance the camel’s lips, dermal fillers around their noses and silicone wax to enlarge the humps

The Independent

Ruins of Ephesus near Selcuk, Turkiye, 1962

Ruins of Ephesus near Selcuk, Turkiye, 1962

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1843859/ruins-of-ephesus-near-selcuk-turkiye-1962

PugJesus Feb 22

Rainy street in Varanasi, India, ~1940

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1805743/rainy-street-in-varanasi-india-1940

Giuseppe Michieli Feb 10

Decoding #antibody response to #MERS-CoV in wild dromedary #camels, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/02/decoding-antibody-response-to-mers-cov.html

Decoding #antibody response to #MERS-CoV in wild dromedary #camels

Morpheus Being Jan 31

#WaterWars #Camels

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/big-thirsty-and-willing-to-do-anything-for-water-australias-camel-chaos/z2m228vl8

Big, thirsty, and 'willing to do anything' for water: Australia's camel chaos

A joint task force has been set up in central Australia to manage feral camels wrecking 'havoc' in remote communities.

SBS News

PugJesus Jan 24

Travelers with riding camels in Biskra, Algeria, ~1880

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1699387/travelers-with-riding-camels-in-biskra-algeria-1880

earthling Jan 22

New Delhi, #India
The Remount Veterinary Corps walk their Bactrian camels during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade.

Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#camels