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Ceri H

@ceried.bsky.social
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Researcher of environmental education, place and politics. Special interests: deliberative democracy, youth agency, literacy & literature. Trustee of Another Way. Love Europe ❤️

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/06/2026
A generation of children confined to exclusively posting on LinkedIn, humbled to share that they have been recognised as thought leaders in vertically integrating your mom's supply chain.
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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🗺️ RESEARCH | JUST's first major report explores who, where, why and how a fair, low‑carbon future is being built in the North of England and beyond. 📑 Read the full report: bit.ly/4cwMRKW 🎥 Watch the webinar replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTg8...
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Webinar | Joined Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape
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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🗳️ As the dust settles after Gorton and Denton's hard-fought byelection, JUST Deputy Director @matpaterson.bsky.social provides a striking expert analysis of how the UK political landscape is evolving - and what this means for climate policy. Read the full analysis: bit.ly/40cSczE
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JUST: Gorton, Denton and just climate transformations
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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Date: 25 March 2026 Time: 7.00pm-8.00pm Location: Online via Zoom See you there!
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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We’re excited to support @futureproofcumbria.bsky.social's 'Tell Your Green Story', a hands-on virtual workshop to help community groups build confidence in sharing the powerful work they’re doing during Great Big Green Week. 👉 Info and registration: futureproofcumbria.org.uk/events/?civi...
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Events - Futureproof Cumbria
events Learn skills and gain knowledge to help yourself and your community Spotlight on... Webinar: Funding & resourcing decarbonisation Wednesday 4th March | 12.30pm - 1.30pmHow do we finance Cumbria...
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Most wonderful antidote to doom scrolling reading here about Back on the Map's community work in Sunderland 👏👏 What a model to follow
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‘This country’s divided’: how a Sunderland charity is changing that – one house, park and shop at a time
Far-right rhetoric fuelled rioting here in 2024, but Back on the Map is helping to unite the community, through good accommodation, new shops, and an aim to genuinely uplift and improve people’s lives
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This is such a good story of how random interaction can lead to potentially huge impact from new science It’s on one of the major frontiers of science- understanding the soil that grows pretty much all our food www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢
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Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Stunning! ❤️ Sharing for those also needing a beautiful musical interlude from pretty much everything else!
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The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
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Rosa Groen @rosagroen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
End of this month is our book tour! See for details: - 30th of September: www.humanityhub.org/calendar/pea... at @the Hague humanity hub - 2nd of October: at @THUAS: www.dehaagsehogeschool.nl/over-de-haag... AND AT 17.00: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... at @unileiden.bsky.social
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The best news!!! 😍
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Having just been through something similar at Newcastle University, full solidarity to colleagues at Lancaster. Over 400 jobs at risk, with all the wider reverberations cuts at that scale will involve. Please sign and share their petition. chng.it/6yPC66XSKB
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Many ecologists seem to be rallying to the politically-led aligning of nature recovery with economic growth But with only vague notions about nature’s economic role Degrowth is what is needed from the rich nations - to really allow nature to recover www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help
Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The Trump administration is set to incinerate nearly 500 tonnes of emergency food, enough to feed 1.5 million children for a week. Despite repeated requests from USAID staff to distribute the food intended for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, they did not receive approval.
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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chloehadj.bsky.social @chloehadj.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Get your National Climate Assessment from archive -dot- org: web.archive.org/web/20250629...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🧵 Just finished reading Upgrading Democracy by @pollycurtis.bsky.social at @demos-uk.bsky.social . It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work. demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is how you normalize authoritarianism.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The BBC plans to alter news “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters, Byline Times reports. The plan was drawn up by senior executives including Director General Tim Davie and former GB News executive Robbie Gibb.
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
What a night! Needing coffee and carbs but first a snooze 😴
Cat asleep on a coffee machine with paw on the bread bin
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please help my friend and her little charity by donating if you can and sharing this far and wide. Thank you ❤️
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Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We did it!!
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Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Hugely proud of @scientistsx.bsky.social on the launch of their new book #ScientistsOnSurvival Personal Stories of Climate Action. This is a deeply moving and inspiring book that everyone needs to read -every chapter left me in tears or with goosebumps. Read more: www.scientistsforxr.earth/our-book
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme is 'Community.' #Libraries try to remain at the heart of the communities they serve, providing information, wellbeing, and free, safe public spaces while tackling loneliness through events, clubs and group activities. #LoveLibraries ❤️
An Orkney Library card held up in front of shelves of books in Orkney Library
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Association for Citizenship Teaching @acitizenshipt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Join us at 3pm for this important online event on the future of Citizenship in the national curriculum. Hear the latest updates and share your views with ACT & @politicsproject.bsky.social. Last chance to join! 🔗 ow.ly/9xeV50VR06B #CitizenshipEducation
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I’d be so peed-off if Andrew Bowie was covering my maternity leave and busy making headlines with no substance: "There’s quite a few scientists that say we don’t need to get to net zero by 2050" Unfortunately he and his office "were unable to name such scientists when pressed."
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Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’
Exclusive: Andrew Bowie calls climate scientists biased and says country should not be ‘hamstrung by arbitrary targets’
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree. The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now. Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK. www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
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Nature writer’s requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree
Robert Macfarlane’s composition The World Tree will performed by the Helsinki Chamber Choir this year
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Some conclusions from this dismal episode: * heritage trees need listing & strong legal protection * a sense of nature/the living world as disposable, even laughable, runs deep * “Far from being the big men they thought they were…they were rather pathetic.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall
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Andreas Dür @andduer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Come along! Join in ! Great opportunity to meet up, share ideas - join us! Sign up via our website ! 😊https://englishassociation.ac.uk/ea-conference-2025/
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EA Conference (14 June 2025, 10:00 - 18:00) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 08/05/2025
📢 NEW: Today we're delighted to launch our report into the evolution of reading in the early years, based on longitudinal research with families on low incomes. It highlights the importance of supporting families throughout this time of rapid change: www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
A photo of a woman and child looking at a book together, plus a triangle reading: "How reading evolves in the early years - Longitudinal insights from families"
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
There will be a book launch on 12 June at LSE for the new political theory introduction Leigh Jenco has written with Paulina Ochoa Espejo & Murad Idris. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-we...
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Ceri Houlbrook @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Have you ever been told a story in an English pub? If so, please consider filling in this survey by one of my Folklore Studies MA students, who's seeking to understand the role of English pub culture in contemporary storytelling: forms.office.com/e/8tX4g94L6u
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
At last! Horizon funding is back!🎉
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UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout
Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hello—Is A River Alive? has been adapted as Radio 4’s Book of the Week next week. Five episodes, read by me—& we’ve folded in field recordings & some beautiful Max Richter music. First episode, Anima, broadcasts tomorrow at 11.45am. You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane, Episode 1: Anima
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May. It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has. To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much. I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
In a screeching u-turn, it emerges that Tony Blair does have a reverse gear after all Extraordinary error of political judgement for him to make his initial attack on net zero policies a week after Starmer’s clean energy speech & days before local elections
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
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FIDE - Europe @europe.fidemocracy.org · 24/04/2025
🚦Do you think you know how the government works? There can be a knowledge gap between those who design and those who implement assemblies. It's crucial to plan the follow-up phase from the start. 🎥 Watch Graham Smith’s talk: shorturl.at/Kp0Yf 👉 Upcoming Spring School: fide.eu/spring-school-2025
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Happy St George' Day!
Cartoon for St George's day by Stephen Collins for the guardian. Script as follows:

Scene is outside a cave, ST GEORGE in armour etc is confronting the DRAGON while the CAPTURED PRINCESS looks on.

DRAGON:
So let me get this straight.

DRAGON:
You’re hoping to reinforce ‘helpless princess’ tropes…

DRAGON:
By publicly stabbing an *endangered animal* to death with a *sword*…

DRAGON:
So you can force a whole Syrian village to convert to Christianity….

DRAGON:
And become a nationalist icon for a colonial state…

DRAGON:
Through the cultural appropriation of ancient medieval dragon myths. 

DRAGON:
You’ve not been *online* very long, have you?

GEORGE: 
I have been quite surprised by the comments.

GEORGE’S SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT [who is filming this encounter on an iPhone]:
I told you it’s problematic, George.

DRAGON:
Problematic? It’s a *bin fire*!

DRAGON:
OK. Here’s how you turn this round - 

CUT TO a YoutTube post called ‘MY JOURNEY (An apology)’. GEORGE is crying to camera, Dragon in background.

GEORGE: 
I am *so sorry* guys… 
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Brilliant breaking news: this year’s Goldman Prize—the Nobel of environmentalism—is won by activist Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari for her work defending the rights & life of Peru’s Marañon River. “For us, the river isn’t just a body of water. It’s fundamental.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2104202...
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Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River - Inside Climate News
“We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, everything in nature has...
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
It’s so good to see more and more people talking about the erosion of children and young people’s space to play and hang out. You can: Raise this with your councillors and MPs, encourage children & young people to play out in your neighbourhoods, use your car less, champion local youth clubs etc.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/04/2025
Nasty work. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
But their defense also hinges on the argument that the individual books themselves are, essentially, worthless—one expert witness for Meta describes that the influence of a single book in LLM pretraining “adjusted its performance by less than 0.06% on industry standard benchmarks, a meaningless change no different from noise.” Furthermore, Meta says, that while the company “has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LLM development,” they see no market in paying authors to license their books because “for there to be a market, there must be something of value to exchange, but none of Plaintiffs works has economic value, individually, as training data.” (An argument essential to fair use, but that also sounds like a scaled up version of a scenario in which the New York Philharmonic board argues against paying individual members of the orchestra because the organization spent a lot of money on the upkeep of David Geffen Hall, and also, a solo bassoon cannot play every part in “The Rite of Spring.”)
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