Tony Parkin
@tonyparkin.bsky.social
Disruptive Nostalgist & Educational Technologist. Freelance speaker, writer and mentor.
Left leaning & right learning Yorkshireman, so posts involve politics and education.
Left leaning & right learning Yorkshireman, so posts involve politics and education.
AI-Powered Threats to Schools: Why This Is Every Leader's Problem | Educate Ventures Research buff.ly/zSAYiI5 < Online 1 hour session by Prof Rose Luckin, Wed 26 Nov, 2025 ££
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
AI-Powered Threats to Schools: Why This Is Every Leader's Problem | Educate Ventures Research buff.ly/zSAYiI5 < Online 1 hour session by Prof Rose Luckin, Wed 26 Nov, 2025 ££
Jeffrey Epstein Had Access to Trump's Inner Circle, While Working With Steve Bannon | Byline Times buff.ly/IzKIeEr < Emails & texts reveal Jeffrey Epstein had a direct line into Donald Trump’s inner circle, while Bannon worked to rehabilitate him just before his arrest
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jeffrey Epstein Had Access to Trump's Inner Circle, While Working With Steve Bannon | Byline Times buff.ly/IzKIeEr < Emails & texts reveal Jeffrey Epstein had a direct line into Donald Trump’s inner circle, while Bannon worked to rehabilitate him just before his arrest
Bett UK 2026 Agenda released | Bett UK buff.ly/yEB4gE7 < "Explore the world-class speakers and sessions taking place at Bett UK 2026." Another unsurprising focus on AI, but lots of other good stuff too.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Bett UK 2026 Agenda released | Bett UK buff.ly/yEB4gE7 < "Explore the world-class speakers and sessions taking place at Bett UK 2026." Another unsurprising focus on AI, but lots of other good stuff too.
'Embarrassing': AI attendance reports suspended just days after launch | Schools Week buff.ly/6HlR7DZ < DfE confirmed on Friday the “reports are currently down”. It expects them to be available this week. However, it did not say what went wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
'Embarrassing': AI attendance reports suspended just days after launch | Schools Week buff.ly/6HlR7DZ < DfE confirmed on Friday the “reports are currently down”. It expects them to be available this week. However, it did not say what went wrong.
BSL GCSE rules confirmed – but will exam boards offer it? | Schools Week buff.ly/nAkOj5A < BSL “does not neatly fit into the traditional GCSE or MFL assessment criteria boxes and will require some innovative thinking for the organisations who want to develop it”
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
BSL GCSE rules confirmed – but will exam boards offer it? | Schools Week buff.ly/nAkOj5A < BSL “does not neatly fit into the traditional GCSE or MFL assessment criteria boxes and will require some innovative thinking for the organisations who want to develop it”
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... < classic Trump arrogance, assuming he has any say over media shown another sovereign country which was NOT even available in the US. No jurisdiction!
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... < classic Trump arrogance, assuming he has any say over media shown another sovereign country which was NOT even available in the US. No jurisdiction!
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This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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The irony of Danny Kruger accusing the BBC of left-wing bias when Reform UK - with just 5 MPs - gets more airtime than the Liberal Democrats, who have 72 MPs.
The BBC doesn't have a left-wing bias.
The BBC doesn't have a left-wing bias.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The irony of Danny Kruger accusing the BBC of left-wing bias when Reform UK - with just 5 MPs - gets more airtime than the Liberal Democrats, who have 72 MPs.
The BBC doesn't have a left-wing bias.
The BBC doesn't have a left-wing bias.
DfE Guidance: Plan technology for your school | GOV UK buff.ly/jJCOtTN < updated guidance to help you find out how your school can plan and use digital technology effectively (and your data is not shared with Ofsted!).
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
DfE Guidance: Plan technology for your school | GOV UK buff.ly/jJCOtTN < updated guidance to help you find out how your school can plan and use digital technology effectively (and your data is not shared with Ofsted!).
Ofsted slammed over secret consultation analysis method | Schools Week buff.ly/3yN2Ven < as they used AI reporting, analysis by sentiment is one thing it could have done very reliably! So we can safely assume that Ofsted are burying the feedback negativity.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ofsted slammed over secret consultation analysis method | Schools Week buff.ly/3yN2Ven < as they used AI reporting, analysis by sentiment is one thing it could have done very reliably! So we can safely assume that Ofsted are burying the feedback negativity.
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Most people think the BBC is biased but in different directions (or they're not sure).
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Most people think the BBC is biased but in different directions (or they're not sure).
Windows president says platform is "evolving into an agentic OS," gets cooked in the replies — "Straight up, nobody wants this" | Windows Central buff.ly/icyxX4W < and so say all of us. Just focus on not fouling up updates and creating environmental havoc with Windows 11
Windows president says platform is "evolving into an agentic OS," gets cooked in the replies — "Straight up, nobody wants this"
Microsoft's current Windows lead Pavan Davuluri has tweeted that the future of Windows will be one that evolves into an agentic OS, but has received significant pushback online.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Windows president says platform is "evolving into an agentic OS," gets cooked in the replies — "Straight up, nobody wants this" | Windows Central buff.ly/icyxX4W < and so say all of us. Just focus on not fouling up updates and creating environmental havoc with Windows 11
'Breathtaking Stupidity': Trump's Latest Bizarre Claim Quickly Attracts Critics | Huffpost buff.ly/OxOENvo < "nobody knows what magnets are" .... Donald's magnetic personality to the fore...
'Breathtaking Stupidity': Trump's Latest Bizarre Claim Quickly Attracts Critics
The president's magnetic remarks sparked a serious clowning on social media.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
'Breathtaking Stupidity': Trump's Latest Bizarre Claim Quickly Attracts Critics | Huffpost buff.ly/OxOENvo < "nobody knows what magnets are" .... Donald's magnetic personality to the fore...
So Trump and the Right have beaten and bullied US media into submission, or his tech bros have bought them, so now they turn to the BBC and launch an attack on the nearest thing to globally acknowledged and impartial reporting of truth left.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So Trump and the Right have beaten and bullied US media into submission, or his tech bros have bought them, so now they turn to the BBC and launch an attack on the nearest thing to globally acknowledged and impartial reporting of truth left.
Can we teach students to spot misinformation? | No More Marking buff.ly/V7z9cSy < the depressing recognition that 20 years after some of us regularly used it as an example of a hoax, many students still believe that the North West Pacific Tree octopus really exists
Can we teach students to spot misinformation?
Does the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus exist?
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November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we teach students to spot misinformation? | No More Marking buff.ly/V7z9cSy < the depressing recognition that 20 years after some of us regularly used it as an example of a hoax, many students still believe that the North West Pacific Tree octopus really exists
Not sure I have seen Man City ever play better, or Liverpool worse.
Jeremy Doku has been absolutely brilliant - one has to have sympathy for Bradley Cooper.
#MCLIV
Jeremy Doku has been absolutely brilliant - one has to have sympathy for Bradley Cooper.
#MCLIV
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Not sure I have seen Man City ever play better, or Liverpool worse.
Jeremy Doku has been absolutely brilliant - one has to have sympathy for Bradley Cooper.
#MCLIV
Jeremy Doku has been absolutely brilliant - one has to have sympathy for Bradley Cooper.
#MCLIV
Not yet mid-November, and I already hate the far too often repeated TV ads from the likes of Amazon, M&S and John Lewis. They may be well-made and prestigious, but are we really going to have to suffer them in every ad break from now till Christmas?
Will stick to BBC till then.
Will stick to BBC till then.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not yet mid-November, and I already hate the far too often repeated TV ads from the likes of Amazon, M&S and John Lewis. They may be well-made and prestigious, but are we really going to have to suffer them in every ad break from now till Christmas?
Will stick to BBC till then.
Will stick to BBC till then.
How School Districts Are Crafting AI Policy on the Fly | EdWeek buff.ly/MZKJGZY < Nearly half of US teachers, principals, and district leaders say their district or school does not have an AI policy, according to a survey this summer by the EdWeek Research Center.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How School Districts Are Crafting AI Policy on the Fly | EdWeek buff.ly/MZKJGZY < Nearly half of US teachers, principals, and district leaders say their district or school does not have an AI policy, according to a survey this summer by the EdWeek Research Center.
UK department pours massive funds into outdated Windows 10 upgrade while thousands of devices remain stranded on ageing hardware | TechRadar buff.ly/nx3QOxx < DEFRA's devices are barely capable of running Windows 10, let alone 11! Why no switch to a lightweight Linux?
UK government spends millions shifting to the outdated Windows 10
Large volumes of end-of-life hardware continue to undermine service reliability
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November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
UK department pours massive funds into outdated Windows 10 upgrade while thousands of devices remain stranded on ageing hardware | TechRadar buff.ly/nx3QOxx < DEFRA's devices are barely capable of running Windows 10, let alone 11! Why no switch to a lightweight Linux?
The Curriculum and Assessment Review: What we see in our data | Edurio
www.linkedin.com/pulse/curric... < latest national stakeholder data shows what pupils, parents, and staff need from their curriculum today.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/curric... < latest national stakeholder data shows what pupils, parents, and staff need from their curriculum today.
LinkedIn Pulse
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November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Curriculum and Assessment Review: What we see in our data | Edurio
www.linkedin.com/pulse/curric... < latest national stakeholder data shows what pupils, parents, and staff need from their curriculum today.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/curric... < latest national stakeholder data shows what pupils, parents, and staff need from their curriculum today.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Whale meet again
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November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Whale meet again
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Nellie the Elephant
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November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Nellie the Elephant
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