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Andy Pearce
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Associate Professor, UCL. Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. Historian & educator rambling about the past in/as the present. Seascapes & sunsets. Just let me go or take me with you
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I'll be plodding the streets this October in the Great South Run to raise money for Alzheimer's Society. Anything you can afford to give would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!

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Great South Run 2025 - fundraising for Alzheimer's Society
Help Andy Pearce raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
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June 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'll be plodding the streets this October in the Great South Run to raise money for Alzheimer's Society. Anything you can afford to give would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!

www.justgiving.com/page/arp
Great South Run 2025 - fundraising for Alzheimer's Society
Help Andy Pearce raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
www.justgiving.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.

But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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If you are a writer/academic, Meta very likely pirated your work to build its AI model. Use the search in the article to find out if Zuck has been stealing from you too...
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Today Pears Foundation, Public First @staracademies.org publish findings of its Commission into Countering Online Conspiracy in the Classroom, & they make for essential, sobering reading.
counteringconspiracies.publicfirst.co.uk

@amybraier.bsky.social
@alisonpeacock.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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I'm recruiting a new researcher to join my team @hopenothate.org.uk. Come join us! hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
HOPE not hate | Careers | Researcher
HOPE not hate are looking for a researcher to join the HOPE not hate Research Team. Application deadline is 31 January 2025 at 7pm.
hopenothate.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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We’ve extended our student survey in England's secondary schools until January!
Take part in our research in the run up to
#HMD2025.
You’ll also get a detailed UCL report of findings for your school.
Find out more: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/tak...
December 9, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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In this HERJ blog, the authors explain how their research, at
@ioe.bsky.social, links with the theme of the current HERJ series on History education in historical perspective.

Delve into the work of the authors, and their reasons for publishing in HERJ:
journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/59/
December 9, 2024 at 11:46 AM