Mimi Tatlow-Golden
@mimitgolden.bsky.social
Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies of Childhood & Youth, The Open University
London/Dublin
Interested in how we think about young people, the structures we create for them to inhabit, and what they think of it all.
London/Dublin
Interested in how we think about young people, the structures we create for them to inhabit, and what they think of it all.
Congratulations Mel!!
🌟 Exciting news! My book "Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK" (co-authored with Dr Claire Malcolm) is coming out on 8th July! With a foreword by Professor Jason Arday! Available for pre-order now!
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
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#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
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June 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Congratulations Mel!!
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If the genocidal famine in Gaza makes you feel helpless, follow @thecynicist.bsky.social who regularly posts gofundme's from people she can vouch for, and give what you can.
If you ever wondered what you'd have chosen and done during historic genocides, it's what you're doing right now.
If you ever wondered what you'd have chosen and done during historic genocides, it's what you're doing right now.
May 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If the genocidal famine in Gaza makes you feel helpless, follow @thecynicist.bsky.social who regularly posts gofundme's from people she can vouch for, and give what you can.
If you ever wondered what you'd have chosen and done during historic genocides, it's what you're doing right now.
If you ever wondered what you'd have chosen and done during historic genocides, it's what you're doing right now.
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I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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Email trail: UPF firms pressured Sunak gov't to withdraw recommendation that food promotions prioritise minimally processed foods.
And current gov't accepted it.
Not surprising - yet so disappointing
Bravo to Soil Association for securing these via FOI
And current gov't accepted it.
Not surprising - yet so disappointing
Bravo to Soil Association for securing these via FOI
I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Email trail: UPF firms pressured Sunak gov't to withdraw recommendation that food promotions prioritise minimally processed foods.
And current gov't accepted it.
Not surprising - yet so disappointing
Bravo to Soil Association for securing these via FOI
And current gov't accepted it.
Not surprising - yet so disappointing
Bravo to Soil Association for securing these via FOI
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For those of you without access to X, here's Grok being manipulated to deliver answers with a particular political spin by its operator. Doesn't exactly do much to make us trust the neutrality of these platforms.
May 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For those of you without access to X, here's Grok being manipulated to deliver answers with a particular political spin by its operator. Doesn't exactly do much to make us trust the neutrality of these platforms.
DSA - protection of minors "The draft guidelines are now open for public feedback until 10 June 2025. The Commission is seeking contributions from all stakeholders, including children, parents and guardians, national authorities, online platform providers, and experts."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Daily News 13 \/ 05 \/ 2025
Commission publishes draft guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act \nToday, the Commission launched a public consultation on draft guidelines for the protection of min...
ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
DSA - protection of minors "The draft guidelines are now open for public feedback until 10 June 2025. The Commission is seeking contributions from all stakeholders, including children, parents and guardians, national authorities, online platform providers, and experts."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Ilkka Tuomi has done the digging on this terrible AI in education "evidence" reproduction again over on LinkedIn if you want receipts www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning… | Lucas Wright
"The meta-analysis results of this study confirm the positive impacts of ChatGPT on learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking, while highlighting some variations in eff...
www.linkedin.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ilkka Tuomi has done the digging on this terrible AI in education "evidence" reproduction again over on LinkedIn if you want receipts www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Yet again a big "meta-analysis" of the effects of ChatGPT on "learning performance" - largely arguing there are big positive effects - is getting wildly and uncritically promoted by the usual big names and yet again it appears to be a review of seriously bad science...
May 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yet again a big "meta-analysis" of the effects of ChatGPT on "learning performance" - largely arguing there are big positive effects - is getting wildly and uncritically promoted by the usual big names and yet again it appears to be a review of seriously bad science...
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So many different thoughts, ideas, feelings and art works pulled into a collage that gently reveals itself as a whole new thing entirely. Magic.
🏛️🔥 6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again 🔥🏛️
NEW EPISODE: Cassandra. Unheeded wisdom or unnecessary pessimism? Woman vs Man? East vs West? Science vs Denial?
Why we listen to some people. Why we don't listen to others.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tCz...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
NEW EPISODE: Cassandra. Unheeded wisdom or unnecessary pessimism? Woman vs Man? East vs West? Science vs Denial?
Why we listen to some people. Why we don't listen to others.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tCz...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 10/05/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So many different thoughts, ideas, feelings and art works pulled into a collage that gently reveals itself as a whole new thing entirely. Magic.
Was this my favourite episode of Podyssey? Probably. But all so far are all a beautiful meld of myth, music, movies, literature and piercing yet delicate insights about life - timeless and contemporary, personal and political.
🏛️🔥 6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again 🔥🏛️
NEW EPISODE: Cassandra. Unheeded wisdom or unnecessary pessimism? Woman vs Man? East vs West? Science vs Denial?
Why we listen to some people. Why we don't listen to others.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tCz...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
NEW EPISODE: Cassandra. Unheeded wisdom or unnecessary pessimism? Woman vs Man? East vs West? Science vs Denial?
Why we listen to some people. Why we don't listen to others.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tCz...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 10/05/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Was this my favourite episode of Podyssey? Probably. But all so far are all a beautiful meld of myth, music, movies, literature and piercing yet delicate insights about life - timeless and contemporary, personal and political.
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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The problem we have about health is that it’s marketed as this personal thing & conceptualised as the result of what you do to yourself or what individually happens to you -your bad luck-
But health is largely a collective expression of our environment & circumstances. This requires societal action.
But health is largely a collective expression of our environment & circumstances. This requires societal action.
May 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The problem we have about health is that it’s marketed as this personal thing & conceptualised as the result of what you do to yourself or what individually happens to you -your bad luck-
But health is largely a collective expression of our environment & circumstances. This requires societal action.
But health is largely a collective expression of our environment & circumstances. This requires societal action.
Strongly recommend this thoughtful paper - much of it applies beyond the discipline of law
How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
May 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Strongly recommend this thoughtful paper - much of it applies beyond the discipline of law
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the problem with “tech journalism” is that we had 2 decades of mainly white men regurgitating press releases about new cell phones and usb ports on laptops who now are their own publishing platforms while being unable to grasp how the future became automated high frequency feudalism
May 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
the problem with “tech journalism” is that we had 2 decades of mainly white men regurgitating press releases about new cell phones and usb ports on laptops who now are their own publishing platforms while being unable to grasp how the future became automated high frequency feudalism
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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
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Re: Kids+tech. @tpf.bsky.social is a pioneer in operationalizing risk assessment, w massively influential processes she invented for Google and Common Sense. Her recent work determined AI companions aren't safe for kids <18.
So this news from Google is...interesting.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/g...
So this news from Google is...interesting.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/g...
May 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Re: Kids+tech. @tpf.bsky.social is a pioneer in operationalizing risk assessment, w massively influential processes she invented for Google and Common Sense. Her recent work determined AI companions aren't safe for kids <18.
So this news from Google is...interesting.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/g...
So this news from Google is...interesting.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/g...
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"AI literacy" is set to become part of the OECD's international testing and ranking exercise. The assessment's not due until 2029 but the OECD is already preparing resources for schools to teach to the test and perform on the ranking. codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/p...
Performing AI literacy
Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash A new international test of young people’s “AI literacy” has been announced by the OECD. Providing a global measurement of the competencies to engage with AI, the t…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"AI literacy" is set to become part of the OECD's international testing and ranking exercise. The assessment's not due until 2029 but the OECD is already preparing resources for schools to teach to the test and perform on the ranking. codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/p...
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I know I’m harping on about this endlessly, but just imagine replacing the word ‘universities’ with any other, be it ‘businesses’ ‘schools’ ‘hospitals’ or ‘farms’. This is Labour’s very own “F$&# Business”
Labour MP Jonathan Hinder says he wouldn't be disappointed to see universities go bust.
@nickhillman.bsky.social and @andywestwood.bsky.social think he's "very obviously wrong" as universities are key for local economies and public services.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
@nickhillman.bsky.social and @andywestwood.bsky.social think he's "very obviously wrong" as universities are key for local economies and public services.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Labour MP ‘not disappointed’ if universities go bust - Research Professional News
Jonathan Hinder’s comments that UK has too many universities branded “silly”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I know I’m harping on about this endlessly, but just imagine replacing the word ‘universities’ with any other, be it ‘businesses’ ‘schools’ ‘hospitals’ or ‘farms’. This is Labour’s very own “F$&# Business”
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Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
make people’s lives worse, lose seats
May 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
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It is such a deeply narcissistic way of defining friendship. Someone who knows you. Who tells you what you want or need to hear to feel better. Whose very existence revolves around you. Not somebody you find interesting, you want to know more about, help, support, learn from.
Dictators will love it.
Dictators will love it.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It is such a deeply narcissistic way of defining friendship. Someone who knows you. Who tells you what you want or need to hear to feel better. Whose very existence revolves around you. Not somebody you find interesting, you want to know more about, help, support, learn from.
Dictators will love it.
Dictators will love it.
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Could the UK-EU Summit reset post-Brexit politics? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. If framed as a major strategic announcement, the Summit could challenge the Farage insurgency far more effectively than Labour's 'make Brexit boring' approach: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/coul...
May 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Could the UK-EU Summit reset post-Brexit politics? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. If framed as a major strategic announcement, the Summit could challenge the Farage insurgency far more effectively than Labour's 'make Brexit boring' approach: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/coul...
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The Association of Internet Researchers (@aoir.bsky.social) has released a crucial new guide on risky research—essential for anyone studying digital harms, disinfo, extremism, gender, race and sexuality, etc ... A must read as it's full of practical and actionable advice. aoir.org/wp-content/u...
aoir.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The Association of Internet Researchers (@aoir.bsky.social) has released a crucial new guide on risky research—essential for anyone studying digital harms, disinfo, extremism, gender, race and sexuality, etc ... A must read as it's full of practical and actionable advice. aoir.org/wp-content/u...