David Pearson

Singapore's National Library & Archives Board recently launched A S.U.R.E. Mystery, an interactive detective mystery experience across 16 libraries and online that aims to help participants sharpen their critical thinking and information literacy skills www.nlb.gov.sg/main/site/su...

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Recreating Adobe: AI and the limits of software copyright There's been a fascinating story brewing in software developing which has exploded into my social timelines in the last few days. A creative suite called ArtCraft has been making headlines in software circles as it is an open source,…

'Phil Newton, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Swansea, said the rise of AI had reduced the need for Turnitin’s core plagiarism checking service, with its AI detector proving less useful for universities.'

IF ANYONE TRIES TO REACH ME ABOUT MY NOBEL I TOO AM LISTENING TO THE WIND.

The snails in Helmsdale #Sutherland are stag-gering #Reddeer #Scotland Image: Helmsdale Facebook Page

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

Queen Mary, Goldsmiths, SOAS and Birkbeck you need to up your game to be with your federation colleagues (Not Imperial)

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Happy #internationalpodcastday to all who celebrate! If you've never checked them out before, please have a listen to my food history-themed shows: *The British Food History Podcast *A is for Apple with cohosts @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @alessandrapino.bsky.social Available on all podcast apps!

🎓 Graduated from SOAS? Stay connected with the library! SOAS alumni can access the library through: 📖Reference membership: free 📚Borrowing membership: £100 per year Apply using the SOAS Library Membership Form.

We're now closed and busy preparing to welcome you back from 2nd Oct to enjoy the work of #RaymondFung in the exhibition Beyond Emptiness in partnership with #3812Gallery and some highlights from our own #SOAS Object and Artwork Collection

Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...

As usual, telescopes named after women can do the same difficult jobs as telescopes named after men, but they are still expected to take care of the home

If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.

“…local communities in Bolivia have been aware of the species’ presence for generations. “‘This cat, they call it tilcayo. […]” Nogales-Ascarrunz said. “This is a traditional knowledge that they have in the community. We want to preserve that knowledge and we didn’t want to give it another name.’”

'The Royal Society should declare the rapid development of artificial intelligence to be an “emergency”, mathematicians have urged, amid escalating alarm about the technology’s potential threat to humanity.' Open letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

A Fair Bargain by Charles N.C. Sherwood is out now! 🎉 "Accessible, timely and deeply engaging" — Benjamin Ferguson, Professor of Philosophy, @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Available to read and download for free via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...

Better make the most of October folks… (Published in Science in 1960: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...)

🏆 Modern masterpiece update

A walk from Boppstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg to Bopp’s grave at Trinity Cemetery (Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II) takes 25 minutes. Enough time to listen to episode 2 of our podcast, where we discuss comparative-historical grammar and the work of Franz Bopp 😉 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2020/01/31/p... #Histlx

Yes, newspapers' "Good University" guides are deeply problematic and pernicious. But they're also a real reminder of a key strength of the current UK HE system: the distribution of excellence across the full range of institutions and places.

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✨🗣️ Here is the link to register for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium 💕 a free, online three-days event (April 15 to 17) with 20+ participants and two awesome keynotes ✨😎 Program below and at the link here 👉 events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

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🧵 Just 2 weeks left to see Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan at SOAS Gallery! Discover around 100 remarkable embroidered textiles from across Afghanistan, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. 📅 Until 19 Sept | Free admission

🏕️ Embroidery wasn’t only worn, it also transformed the home. This early 20th-century cloth comes from the Lakai Uzbek embroidery tradition of northern Afghanistan. Made to decorate a yurt, its striking design combines sun and plant motifs. 📍 SOAS Gallery | Until 19 Sept

@awinolily2002.bsky.social, PhD researcher in Law at SOAS. Her research on the trafficking of young women from Kenya to Europe and the Gulf asks why existing responses fall short and whose accounts get to shape the answer.

The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories 7 Oct 2026 5:15pm Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SOAS Open to all Register here www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

✨ Take your ticket (free!) for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026 🌈🥹⬇️⬇️ join us online from September 14 to 17 and listen to talks on fashion, manga, anime, video games, idols, etc by scholars from around the world!! events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

'The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns.'

And those Brexit hits just keep on coming! #BrexitReality #r4today

Had a great time launching the paperback of Folklore at Topping Books in York yesterday ❤️ It was lovely meeting so many new people and chatting about their favourite folklore. Other stops on the book tour include Manchester on 6 Sep and Glossop on 8 Oct

A journal editorial asked whether autism has lost its meaning. A documentary asked whether ADHD is real. My new blog post is about what that does to the people who then say nothing. blogs.city.ac.uk/needs/autism...

The true state of British Higher Ed? You should ask if the course, modules and even the institution you're being sold will still be there in three years' time. nation.cymru/news/more-re...

EThOS provides access to over 650,000 metadata records of UK PhD theses via @britishlibrary.bsky.social #libraries www.bl.uk/stories/news...