Graeme Tiffany
@graemetiffany.bsky.social
Independent education consultant, trainer, lecturer and researcher in informal & community education, community development and #communityphilosophy. https://graemetiffany.co.uk/; https://communityphilosophy.co.uk/
Even in the epicentre of an evolving autocracy, the people have power.
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Even in the epicentre of an evolving autocracy, the people have power.
Wish I could vote for this lassie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNmz...
Gorton & Denton
Gorton & Denton
Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer
YouTube video by Novara Media
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February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Wish I could vote for this lassie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNmz...
Gorton & Denton
Gorton & Denton
Maybe it's my age, but there's little I disagree with @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Maybe it's my age, but there's little I disagree with @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social
Probably give that a miss then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
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February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Probably give that a miss then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Whether DOGE or DOLGE, there is nothing to find here; local authorities have been cut to the bone for years.
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Whether DOGE or DOLGE, there is nothing to find here; local authorities have been cut to the bone for years.
14 years in Opposition; what was Labour doing?
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
14 years in Opposition; what was Labour doing?
We might need to learn a version of this if #Reform gets in; better though to ensure that never happens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...
ICE, F**K You - A Protest Song for Minneapolis
YouTube video by scaredketchup
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January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We might need to learn a version of this if #Reform gets in; better though to ensure that never happens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...
Reposted by Graeme Tiffany
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
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January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
There's lots to worry about in terms of US politics, and how what's happening has implications for the rest of the world. By far, though, is the threat to #democracy; #Trump's is a regime whose primary purpose is to pull up the democratic ladder, to ensure they will never lose power ever again.
January 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
There's lots to worry about in terms of US politics, and how what's happening has implications for the rest of the world. By far, though, is the threat to #democracy; #Trump's is a regime whose primary purpose is to pull up the democratic ladder, to ensure they will never lose power ever again.
Better think again if you believe AI is the answer to everything: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cold and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions
US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three years.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Better think again if you believe AI is the answer to everything: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PFI - didn't that go well. Worth remembering that 'New' Labour was as keen on privatisation as Thatcher; where's the thinking now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
PFI - didn't that go well. Worth remembering that 'New' Labour was as keen on privatisation as Thatcher; where's the thinking now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ask yourself, if you had to flee, whether war or persecution, or whatever else, what one thing would you take with you? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners
People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Ask yourself, if you had to flee, whether war or persecution, or whatever else, what one thing would you take with you? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The folk in N Lincs would do well to study what happened in Tower Hamlets: share.google/3GbX9NXAE9Fq...
Plans to restrict North Lincs social housing to local residents - BBC News
The plan would give priority to people who have lived in North Lincolnshire for at least five years.
share.google
January 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The folk in N Lincs would do well to study what happened in Tower Hamlets: share.google/3GbX9NXAE9Fq...
Surely time to worry when even the architects of #AI are terrified by what they have unleashed: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘This will be a stressful job’: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI
New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face unnerving in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could ‘turn on us’
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Surely time to worry when even the architects of #AI are terrified by what they have unleashed: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ryder Cup golf - a lesson on the Trumpification of America: www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
I was there: Europe’s dramatic Ryder Cup win signed off a strange week
Extraordinary golf was often overshadowed by Donald Trump, colourful fans, crazy MCs and tempers flaring
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ryder Cup golf - a lesson on the Trumpification of America: www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
It's not just sex and gender; a great deal of the language we use is lacking in conceptual clarity, poor question design and political impartiality. Surely a case for #philosophy being taught more broadly? www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It's not just sex and gender; a great deal of the language we use is lacking in conceptual clarity, poor question design and political impartiality. Surely a case for #philosophy being taught more broadly? www.gov.uk/government/p...
"He thinks silence is peace, and does not seem to realise it can also reflect oppression." One of the first thing peace studies students learn is that peace is not simply the absence of conflict / violence / war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australian move to fast-track new gun and protest laws draws criticism
Civil liberties advocates say laws 'damage our democracy' while others say they scapegoat gun owners.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"He thinks silence is peace, and does not seem to realise it can also reflect oppression." One of the first thing peace studies students learn is that peace is not simply the absence of conflict / violence / war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today I learnt that the number of 'peace walls' in Belfast has doubled since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today I learnt that the number of 'peace walls' in Belfast has doubled since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Awaiting the backlash; expect a diatribe about foreigners coming in by the backdoor etc. Commentary on costs will be misplaced too, UK will likely be a net recipient #Erasmus www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027
British students will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Awaiting the backlash; expect a diatribe about foreigners coming in by the backdoor etc. Commentary on costs will be misplaced too, UK will likely be a net recipient #Erasmus www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Back in the day, the likes of Carey would have walked. Has technology become an inhibitor to #ethics? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
The Ashes 2025-26: Australia's Alex Carey reprieved by Snicko operator error
The company that owns the Snicko technology takes
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Back in the day, the likes of Carey would have walked. Has technology become an inhibitor to #ethics? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Lecturer uses #AI to write course materials. Lecturer uses AI to set essay question. Student uses AI to write essay. Lecturer uses AI to mark essay. At least and at last the questions posed by philosophers of #education for millennia come to the fore: what is education and what is it to be educated?
December 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Lecturer uses #AI to write course materials. Lecturer uses AI to set essay question. Student uses AI to write essay. Lecturer uses AI to mark essay. At least and at last the questions posed by philosophers of #education for millennia come to the fore: what is education and what is it to be educated?
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM