{"id":9509,"date":"2026-04-10T17:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:35:34","slug":"lego-iran-cont-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/04\/10\/lego-iran-cont-d\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Iran cont\/d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More coverage on LEGO AI-generated content associated with Iran. I am collecting and analysing all the relevant videos for a future publication, but don&#8217;t intend to post them here at present. Also see the related posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/04\/07\/explosive-media-profile\/\">Explosive Media<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mjbwrevzxc2u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicihnseo2gh6kanczawj7fh5mq2czs4qa3uf5dzoex4bfqnuqvyrm\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"en\">More details on the previous post on Lego AI propaganda:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mjbwrevzxc2u?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mjbwrevzxc2u?ref_src=embed\">12 April 2026 at 09:30<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mjakhipxv22m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreib7ioycbk5gfvrmqtqz7vxr7bm73ipxthufk6mngjuzapg2rng64e\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"en\">A great discussion on #Iran #Lego \u2018slopification\u2018 &#8211; including an interview with \u2018Mr Explosive\u2018. I\u2019m writing about all this as part of my next book. @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social  @mattashea.bsky.social  www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mjakhipxv22m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mjakhipxv22m?ref_src=embed\">11 April 2026 at 20:17<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mixpwygiem2n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreign6b4svij5ey6kexsommbgcso6i6bxdccpwbf2luksuazkns37v4\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"\">AI-generated Lego videos and Trump\u2019s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Micha\u0142 Klincewicz for the Conversation<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni\/post\/3mixpwygiem2n?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Guardian (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni?ref_src=embed\">@theguardian.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni\/post\/3mixpwygiem2n?ref_src=embed\">8 April 2026 at 08:02<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3miw6xcy3r22n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiasfisxfhsrl4xm2vmr7vgdcmsrxzh7dc4x6dhpm2h24thoyvn4ja\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"en\">Interesting to see further coverage of Lego Iran AI from @noupside.bsky.social (writing on this at the moment) \u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3miw6xcy3r22n?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3miw6xcy3r22n?ref_src=embed\">7 April 2026 at 17:25<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More coverage on LEGO AI-generated content associated with Iran. I am collecting and analysing all the relevant videos for a future publication, but don&#8217;t intend to post them here at present. Also see the related posts on Explosive Media: More details on the previous post on Lego AI propaganda: [image or embed] &mdash; Gary R&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286,536],"tags":[201,91,1120],"class_list":["post-9509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iran","category-iran-internet","tag-iran","tag-iran-internet","tag-lego"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9536,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509\/revisions\/9536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}