Ali Messer
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Teacher Education. History. Trad music. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
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https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
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Now with non-Substack link
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Jane Austen as a writer about law
Boxing Day 2025 Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice * There were a couple of significant Jane Austen anniversaries this year. It was the 250th anniversary of her birt…
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December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Now with non-Substack link
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You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
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This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
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What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
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how to dress for the trump kennedy center now that the armrests are made from cold hard marble
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
how to dress for the trump kennedy center now that the armrests are made from cold hard marble
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No they aren't , lol
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No they aren't , lol
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So the anger reflects the schism between the traditional and populist right, but also the incoherence of the populist right's attempt to harness 'anti-Establishment' grievance together with nostalgic grievance about the loss of the established order. 3/3
December 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So the anger reflects the schism between the traditional and populist right, but also the incoherence of the populist right's attempt to harness 'anti-Establishment' grievance together with nostalgic grievance about the loss of the established order. 3/3
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"Give it a rest" posted podcaster Connor Tomlinson at 3.15pm on Christmas Day about the King's message
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
December 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Give it a rest" posted podcaster Connor Tomlinson at 3.15pm on Christmas Day about the King's message
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
Tomlinson advocates bamning all British citizens who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist from parliament & civil service, along with ethnic minorities who lack white British ancestors.
As you might expect, the reading recommendations in the replies look epic.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
As you might expect, the reading recommendations in the replies look epic.
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This article is fantastic and offers an even more expansive account of computer center demonstrations than the account Chris and I cited from Dobson’s (great) book. String recommend. bsky.app/profile/ali-...
have i shared this paper before? i can't find it searching my posts. apparently i started reading it a little while ago but either didn't finish or forgot. it's interesting IMO
"Computer Center Sabotage, 1968-1971: Luddism, Black Studies, and the Diversion of Technological Progress" by Max Larson
"Computer Center Sabotage, 1968-1971: Luddism, Black Studies, and the Diversion of Technological Progress" by Max Larson
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December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This article is fantastic and offers an even more expansive account of computer center demonstrations than the account Chris and I cited from Dobson’s (great) book. String recommend. bsky.app/profile/ali-...
'Learning is not a problem to be solved; it’s a process to be undertaken' #HistoryEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'Learning is not a problem to be solved; it’s a process to be undertaken' #HistoryEducation #AcademicSky #EduSky
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so when is bins
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
so when is bins
Tbf not -usually- interested in the monarch's speech. But seeing these grim responses, I might need to make an exception
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Tbf not -usually- interested in the monarch's speech. But seeing these grim responses, I might need to make an exception
Honoured to contribute to this Council of Europe series of history education lectures. You can listen to my talk, & to 7 others, on the OHTE’s site.
www.coe.int/en/web/obser...
@coe.int @ioe.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @justice2history.bsky.social
#historyeducation
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@coe.int @ioe.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @justice2history.bsky.social
#historyeducation
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... change is vital
UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’
Letter from 19 organisations says a cap would help to protect democracy, weeks after £9m donation to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... change is vital
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and to my Jewish friends, a happy go to the movies and eat Chinese food day
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
and to my Jewish friends, a happy go to the movies and eat Chinese food day
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Be merry, be merry.
December 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Be merry, be merry.
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My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
Books by Hare and Woods, James Baldwin, Corinne Fowler, Alice Wong from my daughters. Got some catch up reading to do.
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Books by Hare and Woods, James Baldwin, Corinne Fowler, Alice Wong from my daughters. Got some catch up reading to do.
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Pick of the Christmas books. Looking forward to reading @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Contested Commons.
December 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Pick of the Christmas books. Looking forward to reading @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Contested Commons.
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Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
Officers closed Christmas event in Haifa, confiscating equipment and also arresting a DJ and a street vendor
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus during a raid on a Christmas party in Haifa, a civil rights monitor has said.
Israeli officers closed an event celebrating Christmas on Sunday, confiscating equipment, and arresting the Palestinian Santa Claus, as well as a DJ and a street vendor. In a video, police can be seen pushing the men to the ground and handcuffing them as bystanders watched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party
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Great advice in @monkemma.bsky.social's latest email 🎄🙂
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Great advice in @monkemma.bsky.social's latest email 🎄🙂
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Here's one idea for a solution:
Have a music recommendation system that's curated by artists and secondarily by fans. Promote each other. Set aside co-op funds to handle studio times and rental.
Emphasis paying artists first, and lining up session work between albums so it's less of a boom-and-mostly-bust cycle.
Emphasis paying artists first, and lining up session work between albums so it's less of a boom-and-mostly-bust cycle.
December 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Here's one idea for a solution: