A seasonally inspiring quote: “As we approach Christmas and recall the Holy Family’s own flight as refugees, we reaffirm our commitment to stand alongside others in working for an asylum system that is fair, compassionate, and rooted in the dignity of being human.” - Bishop Arun Arora

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... This is worth reading and sharing

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... This is a genuinely important opinion piece for our times. Congratulations Alexander Hurst!

Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them

www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic... Unbelievable and revolting…. effectively a summit of rapists in the White House

Two artists, one catastrophic war … Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman on Israel-Gaza and the ceasefire. It is so depressing, but it is a civilised look at this grotesque horror, a much needed antidote from what passes as international politics these days

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers Wow! What a brilliant and insightful article. Rebecca Shaw captures the nausea so many of us feel. I love “gragillionnaires” - maybe we should call the people she describes as “Gragillons”

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...

I’m looking forward to offering a workshop tomorrow at University of Kansai, Osaka on Five Capitals of Learning: 生 涯 学 習 の 5 つ の 資 本 ― 生 涯 学 習 の 重 要 性 、 学 習 者 主 導 の方 向 性 、 現 代 の高 等 教 育 機 関 な ど が 現 代 の 状 況 に お い て こ の 増大 す る 課 題 に ど の よ う に 対 処 で き る か @asemlllhub.bsky.social @aceatucc.bsky.social

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Another enlightening presentation at SEAMEO RIHED 2024 Inter-Regional Research Symposium in Bangkok. Prof Tan Tai Yong, President, Singapore University of Social Sciences. Universities need to change or die, lifelong learning strategy is an urgent priority. @asemlllhub.bsky.social

Dr Supachai Yavapraphas former Director of SEAMEO RIHID, giving a sensationally inspiring keynote at 2024 Inter-Regional Research Symposium in Bangkok. What an amazing, positive and paradigm changing leader @seameow.bsky.social @asean.bsky.social

I’m honoured Dr Steve Frye, President, American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE) has awarded me a 2024 AAACE President’s Appreciation Award For Exemplary Commitment & Service to AAACE. Awardees: Séamus Ó Tuama, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, E. Paulette Isaac-Savage. @ucc.bsky.social