Jon Clay
@jonclay1.bsky.social
He/him; poet, photographer, teacher, biker, anti-authoritarian socialist/communist, rock n roller.
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EMC CPD Webinar: GCSE Revision – Approaches to the AQA Power and Conflict Poems
"Engaging, interactive style, plenty of content, high expectations of teachers - good!"
Book by: 8am on 23rd January
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"Engaging, interactive style, plenty of content, high expectations of teachers - good!"
Book by: 8am on 23rd January
buff.ly/2icbfKc
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
EMC CPD Webinar: GCSE Revision – Approaches to the AQA Power and Conflict Poems
"Engaging, interactive style, plenty of content, high expectations of teachers - good!"
Book by: 8am on 23rd January
buff.ly/2icbfKc
"Engaging, interactive style, plenty of content, high expectations of teachers - good!"
Book by: 8am on 23rd January
buff.ly/2icbfKc
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Oh no! RIP Bela Tarr 🖤
'The Turin Horse is an apocalyptic tale of unrelenting nihilism, suggesting an unholy union of Miklós Jancsó, Antonioni and Beckett. It makes Waiting For Godot seem like an episode of Teletubbies'
R.I.P. Béla Tarr
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R.I.P. Béla Tarr
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January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Oh no! RIP Bela Tarr 🖤
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These monsters will strip you of every last right & claim it's ok cos god told them to
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
These monsters will strip you of every last right & claim it's ok cos god told them to
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The United States of America is not the good guy. We are terrorists with better weapons.
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The United States of America is not the good guy. We are terrorists with better weapons.
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Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state
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If you want to spread democracy, start with your workplace.
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
If you want to spread democracy, start with your workplace.
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Study for Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-self-portrait-1982
January 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Study for Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-self-portrait-1982
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One thing you wouldn't learn from Google Maps is that the Barclay brothers, who own an island in Sark's waters & forced constitutional changes on Sark that residents describe as "dictatorial", were major sponsors of climate denial while owners of the Telegraph group:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
January 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
One thing you wouldn't learn from Google Maps is that the Barclay brothers, who own an island in Sark's waters & forced constitutional changes on Sark that residents describe as "dictatorial", were major sponsors of climate denial while owners of the Telegraph group:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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The United States will spend years manufacturing consent for a war by bombarding us with relentless propaganda about some foreign country that has never done anything to us, 80% of the population will still be against it, and then they'll just invade them anyway.
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The United States will spend years manufacturing consent for a war by bombarding us with relentless propaganda about some foreign country that has never done anything to us, 80% of the population will still be against it, and then they'll just invade them anyway.
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Immigration is good for this country!
Let the truth ring out 🔔
Let the truth ring out 🔔
"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth?
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and...
A visit to the French town’s makeshift migrant encampments made it clear that we need a new vision for the new year
observer.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Immigration is good for this country!
Let the truth ring out 🔔
Let the truth ring out 🔔
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I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
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‘And now Christmas beginning’
Aimé Césaire, Return to My Native Land, translated by John Berger and Anna Bostock
Aimé Césaire, Return to My Native Land, translated by John Berger and Anna Bostock
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘And now Christmas beginning’
Aimé Césaire, Return to My Native Land, translated by John Berger and Anna Bostock
Aimé Césaire, Return to My Native Land, translated by John Berger and Anna Bostock
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Gender — and restrictive gender roles — are core to authoritarian projects. Society uses concepts of gender to sort people. Data both reflects and imposes these social definitions.
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
what's in a data gap?
The project to redefine transgender data tells us some things about authoritarianism.
buttondown.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Gender — and restrictive gender roles — are core to authoritarian projects. Society uses concepts of gender to sort people. Data both reflects and imposes these social definitions.
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
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✨THE CRAMPS✨ CBGB , NYC 1977✨🎸♦️♣️♦️♠️♦️🏴☠️
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
✨THE CRAMPS✨ CBGB , NYC 1977✨🎸♦️♣️♦️♠️♦️🏴☠️
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Findings about "informational autocracies" that are of broader relevance, in this 🧵:
Social media functions as a "distorted mirror," explains @pumashen.bsky.social, e.g. 3% of accounts generate 33% of posts; 1% of online communities are responsible for 74% of conflict; 0.1% of users drive 80% of #disinformation.
The strategic response is to neutralize methods of mass amplification.
The strategic response is to neutralize methods of mass amplification.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Findings about "informational autocracies" that are of broader relevance, in this 🧵:
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On Tuesday we were delighted to welcome over 850 students and teachers to Friends House, London, for our last conference of the year, the emagazine Poems of the Decade Student Conference!
Thank you to all of the speakers and to all who attended, we hope you had an enjoyable and informative day!
Thank you to all of the speakers and to all who attended, we hope you had an enjoyable and informative day!
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Tuesday we were delighted to welcome over 850 students and teachers to Friends House, London, for our last conference of the year, the emagazine Poems of the Decade Student Conference!
Thank you to all of the speakers and to all who attended, we hope you had an enjoyable and informative day!
Thank you to all of the speakers and to all who attended, we hope you had an enjoyable and informative day!
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© Daido Moriyama – Tokyo, Japon, 2002.
December 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
© Daido Moriyama – Tokyo, Japon, 2002.
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"Democracy is the power of communities to govern themselves without the state." - Abdullah Öcalan 🌻
📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava Solidarity Fundraiser today at: www.defendrojava.org/donate
📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava Solidarity Fundraiser today at: www.defendrojava.org/donate
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Democracy is the power of communities to govern themselves without the state." - Abdullah Öcalan 🌻
📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava Solidarity Fundraiser today at: www.defendrojava.org/donate
📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava Solidarity Fundraiser today at: www.defendrojava.org/donate
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Ash Sarkar is spot on here. Workers taking industrial action appreciate public support, but strikes are won through industrial strength.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Ash Sarkar is spot on here. Workers taking industrial action appreciate public support, but strikes are won through industrial strength.
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Study of the Human Body https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-of-the-human-body-1987
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Study of the Human Body https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-of-the-human-body-1987
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An Imperial College study on airborne dust in the Tube last year found that "staff who worked in areas with higher levels of fine dust – called particulate matter (PM2.5) – also tended to report more episodes of sickness absence":
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252000/...
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252000/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
An Imperial College study on airborne dust in the Tube last year found that "staff who worked in areas with higher levels of fine dust – called particulate matter (PM2.5) – also tended to report more episodes of sickness absence":
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252000/...
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252000/...
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...