"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Weathering the storm or changing the weather? Challenging the dominant narrative about adult education thelearningage.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/a...

False hearts and fake awards #Trump #FIFA and the crisis in democratic leadership thelearningage.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/f...

Calls for Norman Bettison to be stripped of knighthood after new Hillsborough report

Hillsborough disaster report live: bereaved and survivors angered as ‘no one will be held to account’

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

The writer-activist argues that online platforms are getting worse, fast — and proposes radical regulation as the cure on.ft.com/46AfjYU

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

"A cut in adult education budgets coinciding with challenging new benefit rules will remove a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable in our communities." Read @simonparkinson.bsky.social response to the government's Spring Statement: www.wea.org.uk/news-views/n... #SpringStatement

In March 1955, the first issue of the International Review of #Education hit the shelves. Seven decades later, the journal is still sparking global conversations on #LifelongLearning! Editor @paulstanistreet.bsky.social shares why this anniversary matters 👉 tinyurl.com/jctp2rsp

The new issue of the International Review of Education is out now. Articles from four world regions on women's literacy, flexible learning, non-formal education, learning environments and more, plus reflections on 70 years of continuous publication. link.springer.com/journal/1115...

The International Review of Education has published continuously for 70 years. The introduction to our new issue (out in full next week) describes how UNESCO's founding mission to promote international solidarity and cooperation shaped the journal's unique identity and outlook. rdcu.be/ecBLp

Trump hates Zelensky because Zelensky has courage, something Trump can’t buy or fake or steal.

Can participation in adult learning grow to meet need? Where can the funding be found to invest in provision which benefits everyone? Join us on the 13 March as we host expert speakers exploring current practice and future challenges #lifelonglearning #adulteducation

Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war. Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.

People from working class backgrounds can't afford to focus on their creative work. I'm guessing Eton alumni don't have the same issues...Tom Hiddlestone...Eddie Redmayne etc must have relied on family to support them before they became famous and rich.

Why is it more expensive to be poor in Britain? Low-to-middle income households in Britain fare worse than their German. French and Dutch counterparts.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

who will be right in the end, who will have fathomed the right. Of chance they sing descending. Of chance. And the winds blow. And the motives hiss. ‘The Falling’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“At the museum I learn I am as tall as some bombs.” — Steven Duong, “Ordnance,” At The End Of The World There Is A Pond

Never forget that Trump's idea of heaven is the Gulf States, where migrant workers die in the tens of thousands building megaprojects for the rich.

To mark 70 years of IRE we are making selected articles from our archive available open access, each for two months. The first - Forty-six years of IRE: A statistical and documentary survey, by Knut Schwippert - analyses trends in authorship, research focus, methodology & more. shorturl.at/dhk0a

'"We must invest in humankind. That means taking a profound look at ourselves and our own behaviours, emotions, and feelings."' I think you mean we must redistribute wealth and power, wife of future hereditary monarch who lives in several castles that I help pay for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yes, research that has been carried out across the 21st century so far shows the over- arching factor most negatively impacting on development is poverty. Kate was never going to be a good figurehead for this project. She means well, but… #EduSky yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/sch...

"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..." Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...

Hello Bluesky! It's great to be here and to see so many familiar faces! Follow us to hear more about open access articles, calls for papers and special issue proposals - as well as our plans to mark 70 years of continuous publication of IRE this year with a double special issue and launch event!

remember: british people who like nfl are just pretending.

This is essentially Trump putting out a hit on Fauci www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

RIP Phil Hammond. Phil lost his 14 year old son, also called Philip, at Hillsborough. He later was Chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group and he along with many others dove the campaigns for justice for their loved ones who had no voice. Liverpool fight, Liverpool family. YNWA

David Lynch 1946 - 2025 Tristesse infinie 💔🖤🌟

David Lynch on It's a Wonderful Life:

Rip David Lynch

Shocking lack of investment in Adult Community Ed highlighted by @theifs.bsky.social annual report. Particular decline in venue based Community Ed. We need to ensure the wider economic and societal benefits of community education are not lost @weaadulted.bsky.social www.wea.org.uk/news-views/n...

Although I didn’t post much in 2024, my blog had more views and visitors than ever. I thought I would put together a list of the 10 most viewed posts across the year, starting with #10, published in May Written off: Education and the war against the British working class wp.me/p2BTmp-cH

Written in our bodies thelearningage.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/w...

Written in our bodies thelearningage.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/w...

End-of-year thoughts on #hope, #adulteducation and social change (and Emily Dickinson) #adultedu #lifelonglearning thelearningage.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/t...

End-of-year thoughts on #hope, #adulteducation and social change (and Emily Dickinson) #adultedu #lifelonglearning thelearningage.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/t...

Deadline for applications is tomorrow: www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/news/index.h... #adultedu #edusky

We need to ask far more urgently *why* so many children are falling off this cliff. We have materially advantaged societies that are desperately socially and emotionally impoverished. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/chil...

‘Education is survival’: parents of Rohingya refugee children fight for their right to go to school in India

"Global ecosystem breakdown and soaring temperatures require us to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system. If we want the children of today to have a future on this planet, we cannot keep obediently colouring inside the lines." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵