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Short updates @ bevanholloway.com — all my writing is now offline, sent to physical mailboxes @smataapp.bsky.social is simple AI free edtech made to help you see your learners and their strengths Part of Aotearoa Educators Collective @aec.org.nz
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I’m 60 pages into @quinnslobodian.com’s Crack-up Capitalism and FAARRRRKKK

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

I can't tell you how cross I am at politicians who've not read my books - not even to their own children, I bet - but want copyright restrictions relaxed to help A.I. developers. They don't understand what I do for a living, or how I make a living doing it, and they certainly don't understand A.I.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

submitted 8 days ago • 312 comments

“Compass … advised individuals with halal requirements exercised personal discretion and assessed their comfort levels before consuming the meals.” Or, in the words of Seymour: “I don't believe that expense would be justified” Or, as a kid will hear it: We don’t care, eat or go hungry.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

"Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don't understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn't understand what they were talking about." Jim Jarmusch Film director & musician

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Professional learning this morning focused on our pillars of powerful learning and the ways we can bring them to life in a classroom. I sat there the whole time thinking about how this govt’s education changes will make almost everything we talked about close to impossible.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

There are many salient points made here that all of us in education should be aware of and think about in relation to our values. Having played in the edtech world, I am very sceptical of the vision of education being portrayed as inevitable.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Just finished @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s On Freedom. Found it a very interesting, intellectual stimulating and hopeful book. You should read it!

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

My Year 13s are about to start Fahrenheit 451, so I got a whole bunch of books from the library and brought them to class. “Today, we are mucking around with books,” I said. “Roam across a few, and when you stumble upon a quote that seems to hit you, write it down on a big bit of paper …

submitted 17 days ago • 8 comments

I don’t think this is a good sign

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

An excellent thread from a thinking human.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Time and time again, the facts seem to suggest the only thing juiced about our covid stimulus are the minds of the current govt and their cheerleaders. This is an excellent thread.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Another late meal. Not sure you can blame it on teething issues when you defunded a perfectly working model that provided local jobs.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Maths textbooks - debacle School lunches - abhorrent Testing - a mess PLD - inadequate The list of ways this govt is screwing up education grows and grows.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment