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This is an older post but aligns with the content of my most recent book. I'll continue to promote the importance of metacognition in learning until the cows come home. theemotionallearner.com/2024/06/03/s...

Updated this to include Reform's economics now it's embraced so many ex-Tories. This could probably be called Goodwinism as he distances himself from figures such as Rupert Lowe and Tommy Robinson in the far-Right, who both claim to respect democratic norms, unlike fascists, but maybe not for long.

There us a way to reduce workload. If you don't vote, what next?

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But 16/17 year olds are adults, no? Who gives them the mobile phones? Who permits them to have social media? Who refrains from using parental controls?

I’m a fuck no on this vote. War funding, UN cuts, IRS gutting, and censorship dressed up as policy. @danielbiss.bsky.social @laurafine4congress.bsky.social How about you?

As always, 2 things can be true at once: 1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll 2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today

Madrid will now avoid a possible Copa del Rey final defeat to Barcelona. 4D chess from Arbeloa.

Disgusted to see the US flag, along with the logo for Trump's politicised version of the 250th anniversary celebration, on display at the Scottish Parliament tonight. As the US descends ever further into fascism, MSPs should be standing alongside those the regime threatens, not with its leadership.

Learning Exchange on the UK Government’s proposed “A Fairer Pathway to Settlement" organised by @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social When: Tuesday, 3 February 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: Online via Microsoft Teams. To register, follow this link👇 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The brutal & horrific repression of protest in Iran is just the latest illustration why immigration may be falling, numbers of asylum seekers are not falling at all. People need to escape danger - Iran has long been a key country of origin of refugees reaching the uk #r4today

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It all fits. ~AdminMatt

You are trying to explain why it is bad to kill people to folks who are fine with 13 year old girls being raped.

The UK government signalling they may unblock arms sales to Israel is deeply troubling. Let’s not be fooled by talk of “ceasefires” or “peace.” Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped. Killings have continued. The illegal blockade remains as does the system of apartheid.

Zahawi and Mandellson. Both fired multiple times by Government for all sorts of nefarious reasons. Yet they still keep turning up like a bad smell and the media will be all over them. Shameless, unprincipled, gutless through and through and they think we’re all mugs.

This is a corrupt, politically motivated attack on the Federal Reserve. The strict independence of the Fed has been paramount to the stability of the global economy for over a century, which will collapse if Trump moves to seize control of it.

What this world needs is 100% fewer pasty-white douchebag techbros and far more Toshiro Mifune.

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like. Runrig 07 December 1990.

Do you have any 16/17 yr olds at home? Remember they can vote in the Holyrood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 election.The more people vote,the harder it is for racist parties to win. Especially since the future will impact them more. It takes just a few mins. Please register and then vote ❎ www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...

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Plus, it’s not the ‘kids’ giving the parents a phone without any idea about how the thing works, let alone the available controls.

Again, the people who seem to be most damaged by social media aren't the kids - who are quite good at navigating it - but the middle-aged, who get caught up in extremism, fooled by misinformation, trapped by scammers, and addicted to porn. Stop focussing on the kids. Start with the rest of us.

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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

Pictures that explain things Contour lines Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Understanding Map, 1967)

This is Sir Richard Dearlove who ran MI6 when British intelligence was spinning a web of lies to get the UK into the murderous and illegal Iraq War. He also wanted the hardest possible Brexit. So he’s both blood soaked and an idiot. He is a danger to Britain’s interests.

As we begin the new year, here is our message to refugees around the world.

“Over a three‑year period, across 382 public authorities in England - including local councils, NHS trusts and domestic abuse refuges - only four formal complaints were recorded regarding trans women using facilities such as toilets, hospital wards or shelters.” Transphobic panics are manufactured.

On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.

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Plus he hit CB with the ball first!

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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

This is the kind of stand every mainstream politician and media outlet needs to take now. Enough of the cowardice, the pacificying of fascism. Call it out, directly and clearly.

The ICE murder in Minn. along with our takeover of Venezuela show beyond a doubt this is a rogue government, run by a president who gets his power from billionaires who own the GOP outright and rent most of the Dems. Perhaps we should consider that when we're told to write letters of protest?

This is how you do it. Pay attention, Democrats and everyone who wants to stop these murderous thugs. "Disappointed" doesn't meet the moment. "Get the fuck out or else" does. Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. Fuck MAGA. Fuck everyone who supports them.

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

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Ms Regan said "There is no basis for this assertion. If you even think for one second, I cannot possibly be suspended from Holyrood. If I was suspended from Holyrood, using a complex system of guylines and pulleys, how would that be in line with workplace safety laws?" news.stv.tv/politics/msp...

I still remember Ma telling me five years ago that if these insurrectionists on January 6th were Black, then they would be dead. Five years later, they are almost all alive, out of jail, and their guy is back in the White House. If that’s not White privilege, then I don’t know what is.

The blatantly illegal US invasion of Venezuela, only chimes with what we have seen in the past - case in point- Panama Read Joy James' article for Race & Class from 1990 here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark: