Elaine WIlson
@egwilson.bsky.social
Emeritus Fellow of Homerton College University of Cambridge
https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/wilson/
https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/wilson/
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At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” under Labour.
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why – Full Fact
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right.
fullfact.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” under Labour.
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
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If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US
“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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‘America Must Save Britain’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
GB News’ new programme broadcast live from Washington DC features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner telling ‘MAGA’ politicians ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US
“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education
The production and circulation of knowledge in education increasingly depends on large-scale digital infrastructures. In this article we provide a critical review of the transformation of the conte...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
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Looks like the science community has found a home.
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Looks like the science community has found a home.
academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
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3 weeks since he was shot 5 times. Today he was out running with me.
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
3 weeks since he was shot 5 times. Today he was out running with me.
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
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#CenTCS #SeminarSeries
We're delighted to invite you to our next seminar with Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their own school improvement programmes and products by repurposing professional learning networks **
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
We're delighted to invite you to our next seminar with Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their own school improvement programmes and products by repurposing professional learning networks **
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
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#CenTCS #SeminarSeries
We're delighted to invite you to our next in-person seminar presented by #CenTCS Fellow, Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#CenTCS #SeminarSeries
We're delighted to invite you to our next seminar with Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their own school improvement programmes and products by repurposing professional learning networks **
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
We're delighted to invite you to our next seminar with Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their own school improvement programmes and products by repurposing professional learning networks **
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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I spotted him out of the corner of my eye last night.
While the team operated on 5 dogs today and saved several lives this was the one that felt super gratifying to me! Instant change in his quality of life!
While the team operated on 5 dogs today and saved several lives this was the one that felt super gratifying to me! Instant change in his quality of life!
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I spotted him out of the corner of my eye last night.
While the team operated on 5 dogs today and saved several lives this was the one that felt super gratifying to me! Instant change in his quality of life!
While the team operated on 5 dogs today and saved several lives this was the one that felt super gratifying to me! Instant change in his quality of life!
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We are going to try and launch something that operates on 5000 dogs and stops 100,000 dogs being born into suffering.
We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here.
Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...
We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here.
Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...
Insane 30 Day Marathon Challenge for Street Dogs in Thailand
YouTube video by Happy Doggo
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We are going to try and launch something that operates on 5000 dogs and stops 100,000 dogs being born into suffering.
We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here.
Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...
We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here.
Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
We need to treat epistemic security as a public good to preserve our shared capacity to know, reason, decide.
🧵👇
We need to treat epistemic security as a public good to preserve our shared capacity to know, reason, decide.
🧵👇
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
We need to treat epistemic security as a public good to preserve our shared capacity to know, reason, decide.
🧵👇
We need to treat epistemic security as a public good to preserve our shared capacity to know, reason, decide.
🧵👇
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In short: if you care about democracy, don’t just talk about “saving journalism” or “algorithmic bias”. Ask: how are we supporting verification? How are we designing for deliberation? How are we enabling accountability?
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In short: if you care about democracy, don’t just talk about “saving journalism” or “algorithmic bias”. Ask: how are we supporting verification? How are we designing for deliberation? How are we enabling accountability?
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You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
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And here's another incredible woman showing us all how it is done. Education for the sake of education and the enjoyment of learning. Wonderful to see this goal achieved. 👏👏👏
BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates from university at 90 years old
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates from university at 90 years old
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And here's another incredible woman showing us all how it is done. Education for the sake of education and the enjoyment of learning. Wonderful to see this goal achieved. 👏👏👏
BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates from university at 90 years old
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates from university at 90 years old
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Steve Witkoff: “I would like to acknowledge the vital role of the United Kingdom in assisting and coordinating efforts that have led us to this historic day in Israel. In particular, I want to recognize the incredible input and tireless efforts of National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell.” 1/
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Steve Witkoff: “I would like to acknowledge the vital role of the United Kingdom in assisting and coordinating efforts that have led us to this historic day in Israel. In particular, I want to recognize the incredible input and tireless efforts of National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell.” 1/
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I’ve skimmed this and it looks v interesting about the homogenising effect of AI - a business monoculture?
AI as a Centripetal Technology: Price Compression, Homogenization, and Entry: Aliya Turegeldinova; Bakytzhan Amralinova; Mate Miklos Fodor; Akerkin Eraliyeva; Chen Dayou; Aidos Joldassov
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’ve skimmed this and it looks v interesting about the homogenising effect of AI - a business monoculture?
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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It’s about the harms.
"When people falsely claim that we are doing censorship work, I think…what they are trying to do is stop us from trying to understand the harms they are trying to push...using bad information.
I think…we want research in trying to understand harms.”
youtu.be/kFoO3H_upAI
"When people falsely claim that we are doing censorship work, I think…what they are trying to do is stop us from trying to understand the harms they are trying to push...using bad information.
I think…we want research in trying to understand harms.”
youtu.be/kFoO3H_upAI
University of Cambridge Prof Jagolinzer on the need to understand the harms from disinformation
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It’s about the harms.
"When people falsely claim that we are doing censorship work, I think…what they are trying to do is stop us from trying to understand the harms they are trying to push...using bad information.
I think…we want research in trying to understand harms.”
youtu.be/kFoO3H_upAI
"When people falsely claim that we are doing censorship work, I think…what they are trying to do is stop us from trying to understand the harms they are trying to push...using bad information.
I think…we want research in trying to understand harms.”
youtu.be/kFoO3H_upAI
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A very big day for the street dogs
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A very big day for the street dogs
@bbcstever.bsky.social
Congratulations on your Charles Wheeler award. Very well deserved
Congratulations on your Charles Wheeler award. Very well deserved
October 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@bbcstever.bsky.social
Congratulations on your Charles Wheeler award. Very well deserved
Congratulations on your Charles Wheeler award. Very well deserved
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“Voters aren’t hearing” in part because many are tuned into their parasocial relationships and tuned out of other comms channels that are typically used by old school politicians.
I’ve discussed this with several MPs and MEPs and this will be a topic at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
I’ve discussed this with several MPs and MEPs and this will be a topic at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
From Peter Kellner's latest substack:
Of 560 Labour voters present and recent past (switched since '24), *not one* said any of the following when asked about gov's best achievements
Some obv will be conscious of these things, but Labour still has a big problem, he writes: "voters aren’t hearing"
Of 560 Labour voters present and recent past (switched since '24), *not one* said any of the following when asked about gov's best achievements
Some obv will be conscious of these things, but Labour still has a big problem, he writes: "voters aren’t hearing"
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“Voters aren’t hearing” in part because many are tuned into their parasocial relationships and tuned out of other comms channels that are typically used by old school politicians.
I’ve discussed this with several MPs and MEPs and this will be a topic at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
I’ve discussed this with several MPs and MEPs and this will be a topic at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
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The emotional exhaustion is intentional.
How opportunist influencers leverage “visceral” emotional narratives to profit from chaos and undermine democratic and accountability infrastructure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjt...
How opportunist influencers leverage “visceral” emotional narratives to profit from chaos and undermine democratic and accountability infrastructure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjt...
How some disinformation campaigns attempt to undermine democracy
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
m.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The emotional exhaustion is intentional.
How opportunist influencers leverage “visceral” emotional narratives to profit from chaos and undermine democratic and accountability infrastructure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjt...
How opportunist influencers leverage “visceral” emotional narratives to profit from chaos and undermine democratic and accountability infrastructure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjt...
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Call for Papers now open for the
Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social.
Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social.
Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Cambridge disinformation summit (2026) - Cambridge Judge Business School
Connect with Cambridge Judge! Explore our full calendar of upcoming events, learn about our programmes and connect with world-class speakers.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Call for Papers now open for the
Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social.
Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social.
Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
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Yesterday was @unesco.org World Teachers' Day, a chance to recognise the 'transformative potential of collaboration'. Happy (belated) World Teachers' Day to teachers across the globe, from all of us at #CenTCS🎉 www.unesco.org/en/days/teac...
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yesterday was @unesco.org World Teachers' Day, a chance to recognise the 'transformative potential of collaboration'. Happy (belated) World Teachers' Day to teachers across the globe, from all of us at #CenTCS🎉 www.unesco.org/en/days/teac...
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What a profound message from Jane Goodall
We don’t give up. We find hope in taking action on a daily basis. We do our best in the time we have left on this lovely planet
We don’t give up. We find hope in taking action on a daily basis. We do our best in the time we have left on this lovely planet
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What a profound message from Jane Goodall
We don’t give up. We find hope in taking action on a daily basis. We do our best in the time we have left on this lovely planet
We don’t give up. We find hope in taking action on a daily basis. We do our best in the time we have left on this lovely planet
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In memory of one of humanity’s greatest conservationists!
Dr. Jane Goodall
(April 3, 1934 - October 1, 2025)
#janegoodall #janegoodallinstitute
#RootsandShoots
#NonhumanRightsProject
Dr. Jane Goodall
(April 3, 1934 - October 1, 2025)
#janegoodall #janegoodallinstitute
#RootsandShoots
#NonhumanRightsProject
October 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In memory of one of humanity’s greatest conservationists!
Dr. Jane Goodall
(April 3, 1934 - October 1, 2025)
#janegoodall #janegoodallinstitute
#RootsandShoots
#NonhumanRightsProject
Dr. Jane Goodall
(April 3, 1934 - October 1, 2025)
#janegoodall #janegoodallinstitute
#RootsandShoots
#NonhumanRightsProject