Oct 26, 2026, 2:14 PMIt's critically important to teach your kids a sport. It will come in handy one day.
#ParisProtest #France #StudentProtesters #StateViolence #PoliceOppression
- Oct 26, 2026, 2:14 PM
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Bob Tregiluselaterite@mastoart.socialOct 26, 2026, 2:49 PM@dbattistella Ha ha, if that were stencil art on a wall, I'd say it was a Banksy.
Oct 26, 2026, 3:08 PM@dbattistella slop
- Oct 26, 2026, 3:11 PM
Thibaultmol 🌈 🔜40C3thibaultmol@en.osm.townOct 26, 2026, 3:33 PM@hypha @dbattistella AH FFS, honestly hadn't even thought to check it.
Thx for tagging me, unboosted it.- Thibaultmol 🌈 🔜40C3thibaultmol@en.osm.townOct 26, 2026, 3:34 PM
cc @grayrattus @delafin @lashman @mdione since you're following me and also boosted it
Oct 26, 2026, 3:49 PM@thibaultmol @grayrattus @lashman @mdione same thanks - no one is immune
- Thibaultmol 🌈 🔜40C3thibaultmol@en.osm.townOct 26, 2026, 4:40 PM
@dusk ^
Oct 27, 2026, 4:56 AMThanks for tagging me! Unboosted
grayrattusgrayrattus@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 3:37 PM@hypha @dbattistella thanks!
Sven A. Schmidtfinestructure@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 4:58 PM@hypha @dbattistella Yep, way too much top spin for a gas grenade
aphantasticaphantastic@vivaldi.netOct 26, 2026, 5:06 PMI thought it was too good to be true. That always ends up being the case.
Al SweigartAlSweigart@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 5:51 PM@hypha @dbattistella Yeah, my first reaction is this is *too* good of a shot. The better tactic is to (with glove) dunk the canister in water or douse it to stop the gas-producing reaction. Please delete the original post to not spread AI slop.
David Njokudavidnjoku@mastodon.worldOct 26, 2026, 5:55 PM@hypha Thanks for this. Just unboosted it.
Spawniespawnie@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM
Joltrastjoltrast@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 8:14 PM@hypha
Arse. It was too perfect.- Oct 26, 2026, 8:32 PM
@joltrast if you see a too perfect photo AND it has no credit, this should raise your suspicion instantly
Oct 26, 2026, 8:42 PM@hypha what’s worse is the original photo was just fine. https://eldritch.cafe/@ml/117508212048558879
RalfMaximusralfmaximus@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 8:52 PMThe AI sloppified version shows them holding the racket incorrectly to actually hit anything.
Oct 27, 2026, 8:15 AM@hypha Even though, I happen to have seen that scene on numerous occasions in Paris...and it'll give ideas to young generation.
@dbattistella
Chris Hayeschris@nutmeg.socialOct 26, 2026, 3:11 PM@dbattistella This is ai-generated btw.
Rock'n'Roll_φapy 🔻RocknRoll_Papy@mastodon.socialOct 27, 2026, 9:13 AM@chris @dbattistella
OK, c'est bien, mais est-ce vraiment d'importance ici ?
Taxo Rubiotaxorubio@owo.cafeOct 26, 2026, 3:26 PM@dbattistella Other people have pointed out that this is a generated image *but* it's based on a real one from ten years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ail2z3/protester_uses_tennis_racket_to_return_gas/
The glasses face outfit is almost identical and the pose is quite similar to this one. Still, too perfect hands :_)
Anyway, great original picture, nothing to do with the France protests of 2026, but of 2016.
Cassandrichdalias@hachyderm.ioOct 26, 2026, 4:24 PM@taxorubio @dbattistella Because as always "gen" AI is not generative. It's finding things to copy from an incomprehensibly large corpus and altering them enough to make the copying harder to detect while blending them with other parts of the corpus.
- Taxo Rubiotaxorubio@owo.cafeOct 26, 2026, 4:27 PM
@dalias @dbattistella Yes, that was the point of my post ;-)
Princesseprincesse@eldritch.cafeOct 26, 2026, 5:48 PM@taxorubio omg, haven't seen it in such a long time, but yeah, saw it a lot in 2016, and it's still as great in 2026!
Oct 26, 2026, 6:51 PM@taxorubio @dbattistella oof, thanks for the catch (volley?)
- Taxo Rubiotaxorubio@owo.cafeOct 26, 2026, 7:01 PM
@emma didn't mean to cause a racket ;-)
- Joltrastjoltrast@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 8:17 PM
Of course it's origin was scraped data. Why should I be surprised? 🙄
Also I just noticed on closer inspection, GAI couldn't work out the guy was carrying a bag for the racket, so we just get a random piece of plastic/vinyl hanging off his hoodie 😖
Thanks for finding the original @taxorubio
- Taxo Rubiotaxorubio@owo.cafeOct 26, 2026, 8:41 PM
@joltrast I had an edit back from the day where the guy was edited to be made out of smoke. When I saw the picture I had a neuron activation moment :p
- Joltrastjoltrast@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 8:58 PM
@taxorubio Hurrah for pattern recognition!
ScriptFanix 💑:this_is_fine:ScriptFanix@maly.ioOct 26, 2026, 3:27 PM@dbattistella This is France alright, but it's from 2016. Photograph by Stéphane Mahe for Reuters
https://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/06/tennis-shot-paris-riot/This may be a recreation by AI.
- ScriptFanix 💑:this_is_fine:ScriptFanix@maly.ioOct 26, 2026, 3:53 PM
@dbattistella Also tear gas comes in canisters which explode in the air, freeing burning black discs containing CS in powder form. Combustion of the discs creates an aerosol of dust carrying the CS powder.
So a picture showing a canister with a trail of smoke is fake, 99.78% certainty. 
Philiptwinkles@masto.colonelkrud.comOct 26, 2026, 5:04 PM@ScriptFanix @dbattistella also in the OG the people in the background are running out of / avoiding the smoke, while in the Slop version there's a trio of people just chilling
Grumpy Old Techie 🕊️grumpyoldtechie@hostux.socialOct 26, 2026, 6:51 PM@ScriptFanix @dbattistella The tear gas canisters I was exposed to definitely released the gas rapidly as a plume of smoke.
Admittedly 40 years ago. I was on the receiving and delivering end while being conscripted in the South African army. One thing is for sure, exposure to CS really sucks.
Fugue State Machine Motocmdrmoto@hachyderm.ioOct 26, 2026, 8:09 PM@ScriptFanix @dbattistella interesting; I have not seen this version of the technology deployed yet (airburst + burning CS discs). [context: USA, west coast. tear gas grenades i’ve seen do emit plumes of smoke]
where have you seen airburst canisters deployed? are they an EU thing, or what?
- ScriptFanix 💑:this_is_fine:ScriptFanix@maly.ioOct 26, 2026, 8:46 PM
@cmdrmoto
That's the only kind I've seen in France. I'll try and find pictures to illustrate laterI don't know about the rest of the EU, but now that you mention it I do remember seeing canisters used in videos of the protests and riots against the Genoa G8 in Italy.... in 2001.
@dbattistella 
NormanDunbarNormanDunbar@mastodon.scotOct 26, 2026, 4:15 PM@dbattistella Excellent photo!
Oct 26, 2026, 4:19 PM
SpiritSpirit@cybernetic.monsterOct 26, 2026, 4:38 PM@dbattistella you've known this post is AI generated for over two hours and haven't appropriately tagged it.
DreiradOlliefckusa@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 4:53 PM@dbattistella Stop spreading Slop!
XavianFoxXavianFox@hear-me.socialOct 26, 2026, 4:55 PM@dbattistella I get it AI generated, still funny tho lol
Hdunaganhdunagan@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 4:56 PM@dbattistella 🎶 "Teach your children well"🎶
MUGISHA PHOCIT2003MugishaPhocit@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 5:06 PM@dbattistella I trained about table tennis, and I enjoyed it so much.
Which game was that?
It is like a gun shot!
Samsamd@social.coopOct 26, 2026, 5:14 PM
gbsillsgbsills@vivaldi.netOct 26, 2026, 5:49 PM@dbattistella Nice form.
grouchoxgrouchox@freeradical.zoneOct 26, 2026, 7:33 PM@dbattistella Literally six fingers on one hand
- Joltrastjoltrast@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 7:46 PM
@dbattistella I nearly spat out my tea!
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CETshaedrich@mastodon.onlineOct 26, 2026, 8:08 PM@dbattistella combat SPORTS ftw
Thomas Reedthomasareed@infosec.exchangeOct 26, 2026, 8:21 PM@dbattistella @Viss This seems to be AI slop
VissViss@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 8:28 PM@thomasareed @dbattistella yeesh, these things are getting good
steve mookie kongmookie@isdream.ingOct 26, 2026, 9:07 PM
Oct 26, 2026, 9:48 PM@mookie @dbattistella @jrconlin I'm not getting that vibe. 🤔
Oct 26, 2026, 10:01 PMWell, nothing came up on TinEye, but I did find a similar photo on Reuters. It's from Paris, but in 2016, though,
One thing to note is that doing an image search on that particular image leads to mostly Reddit and Facebook posts, which does not bode well for it being "organic".
UPDATE: Apparently, it is slop
- steve mookie kongmookie@isdream.ingOct 26, 2026, 10:11 PM
What gives it away for me is the hyper realistic human and teargas canister, but the low quality strings on the racquet that don't even go all the way across the racquet.
Oct 26, 2026, 9:14 PM@dbattistella nah, teach your kids some good instead... #FuckViolence and also #FuckAI
cλémentdclementd@framapiaf.orgOct 26, 2026, 9:46 PM@dbattistella I remember that during WWII a group of basque soldiers got very good at throwing back grenades with their chistera
Darwin Woodkadarwinwoodka@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 10:05 PMmy kids played soccer, I guess they'll have to kick the cans back
Gabriel Nwtrmt@mastodon.socialOct 26, 2026, 10:53 PM@dbattistella those grenades are quite dangerous: they maim and kill people.
A kid lost his hand during these protest.
People has been disfigured and lost eyes when shot in the face with a grenade. Killed by one of those shot on a high arch. You can also get badly burned by them.
- Oct 27, 2026, 12:35 AM
@wtrmt Yes, savage police violence. A photographer was hit by a 'stun grenade'. It severed his femoral artery and nearly killed him. He's now suing the French police for attempted murder.
This is the level of state violence Macron's police use against their own citizens.
NetzblockiererNetzblockierer@tech.lgbtOct 26, 2026, 11:05 PM@dbattistella Then I guess teaching kids 3-gun ACM and the proper use of a funswitch is a good investment.
