Wednesday, March 29 - New names for Victoria schools; Super Mario wins ice sculpture comp; Fake photos flood the internet; and Mr Pickles the tortoise dad.

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Today’s Quick Links: 

Indigenous map of Australia: on which traditional lands does your school sit? https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia

Indigenous meanings of Australian town names: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/indigenous-meanings-of-australian-town-names/ttvhkw3sf

Super Maori-o ice sculpture: https://mymodernmet.com/mario-snow-sculpture/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=03222023&utm_medium=email

Mr Pickles and kids: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp2nEZPj2w5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.houstonzoo.org/blog/oh-sweet-baby-pickles/

Newshounds: fake images of Trump: https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-arrested-putin-jailed-fake-ai-images-flood-the-internet-increasing-cynicism-level-20230324-p5cuup.html?btis=

Dig Deeper:

Aboriginal placenames: Naming and re-naming the Australian landscape: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24h9tz

This place already has a name - Yolŋu place names:https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p17331/pdf/ch173.pdf

How to carve an amazing snow sculpture: https://scoutlife.org/features/34081/amazing-snow-sculpture-photos/

AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation: https://theconversation.com/watermarking-chatgpt-dall-e-and-other-generative-ais-could-help-protect-against-fraud-and-misinformation-202293

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