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John Pearce

@johnpearce650.bsky.social
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Writer and environmentalist. Find me on Medium: medium.com/@johnpearce650 Author of: "The Little Green Book - A Guide to the Green Revolution" “Gaia — A Faith for the Future” “The Medium Story — The Ultimate Guide to Medium"

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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 10h
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Would Hemingway Have Used AI?
The temptation of our times
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Falling Out Of Love With Writing Platforms
A tale of two platforms
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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“My Last Innocent Year” by Daisy Alpert Florin
A review
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Why I Am Leaving Substack
From the departure lounge
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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“The Lost Bookshop” by Evie Woods
A review
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Vocal Fry, SKIing, And The Batman Effect
The Word Collector — Part 154
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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The Age of Deception
On the impact of AI, and growing resistance
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Now We’re Golden With MacGuffins
The Word Collector — Part 153
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
Pick Of The Week — 8th September 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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The Pangram Witch Trials
On the AI witch-hunt on Substack
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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A Narpy Sentence-Continuation Machine
The Word Collector — Part 152
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Find Love On Medium
Pick Of The Week — 1st September 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Be A Good Human
Pick Of The Week — 27th August 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Should Writers Be Luddites?
Deciding the best approach for writers to AI
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Is Tech Eating the Planet?
How AI is a modern-day Trojan Source
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Be A Good Human
Pick Of The Week — 27th August 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Should Writers Be Luddites?
Deciding the best approach for writers to AI
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Can Medium Be Saved?
Is Medium Totally Kaput?
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Tham Zhiwa introduces a Gaian perspective to the climate emergency and asks what happened to the truth: panpsychic.substack.com/p/gaslightin...
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GASLIGHTING GAIA & Reclaiming the Woke Perspective
Euthanizing Human Spirit in a Time of Existential Crisis
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Kinda Chic to Hang Out On Medium
The latest etymological extravaganza
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As AI infiltrates ever further into our lives, perhaps we need a new name for this era: medium.com/the-daily-gl...
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The Age of Deception
On the impact of AI, and growing resistance
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Driven To Distraction
A review of “Culpability” by Bruce Holsinger
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabort...
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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It’s Not All About Us
Pick Of The Week — 19th August 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kinda chic to be a trendsetter - www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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‘A long hot summer of copy, paste on social media’: why everything is kinda chic now
The latest online craze reveals how quickly personal expression can be absorbed into a homogenised feed and exploited by brands
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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I’m Not Racist But…….
That conversation you dread
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Small Is Still Beautiful
Doughnut economics, degrowth and the magnificent bribe Photo by Louis Maniquet on Unsplash Conventional economic growth has lifted billions of people out of poverty, but at the same time has put hu…
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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AI Is Eating Books
The curse of recursion
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Comfort Creep, Owlets, Shrekking and CV Botoxing
The latest etymological extravaganza
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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I Tried Medium’s New TK App So You Don’t Have To
Elias Thorne checks out
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Courage, kindness, and never give up
Photo by Adam Nemeroff on Unsplash Courage, kindness, and never give up. This is the philosophy for life of Bear Grylls, former member of the SAS (Special Air Service — the UK special forces), turn…
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Anthropic's AI used fake human profiles to trick people in safety test
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Should we give thanks to AI?
When good manners cost
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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A Better Life
“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you still paying for — in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, …
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Medium hacked
The latest AI hacking incident
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Scapabobiddywiddilydoobapbapaphobia, the Gen Z Stare, Reward Hacking, Frugal Hedonism and…
The latest etymological extravaganza
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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The Eight Horsemen of the Apocalypse
When Listicles Get Creepy
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Slothmaxxing: a guide to productive laziness
Embrace your inner sloth
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Enjoy the simple things
Pick Of The Week — 27th July 2026
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I made quite an entrance at a recent job interview. I arrived early and went to push the front door open, only to realise too late it was automatic, and fell flat on my face. Now instead of my dream job, I have got a bruised head and two broken wrists. I guess it was a sliding doors moment.
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Was the OpenAI hack a “false flag” attack?
On OpenAI’s hack of “Hugging Face”
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Receivers, Interfaces Or Filters?
On consciousness and the human condition
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Reading Is Sexy!
Be part of the hot literati set
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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How to be a Medium Giga Chad and Discover Your P(Doom)
The latest etymological extravaganza
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Eleven Subtle Ways To Get Unwanted Guests To Leave
How to be a party pooper
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Medium Is Dying and Nobody Wants to Say It
The elephant in the Medium room
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John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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I Came for the Cinnamon Buns, I Stayed for the Insult
The baker’s shop confessional: things I wish I hadn’t heard
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