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edtech and digital /cyber strategy/ advisor against tech enabled harm/ domestic abuse #edtech #education #harmreduction she/her
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· Oct 18
I like to re-share this picture of me presenting at Google to an audience including the FBI, because yes, I will fight for digital rights and better privacy and security by design. And I will have great hair while I rip apart tech bro work and egos. Especially edtech egos.
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Every educator, but especially every academic with a platform who carried water for the tech industry as it worked to undermine education overall should be ashamed and shamed without exception: www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-tech-f...
For tech's new generation, college is an expensive waste
Inside tech's anti-college movement: "If you have to go to college, it's probably because you're mediocre."
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every educator, but especially every academic with a platform who carried water for the tech industry as it worked to undermine education overall should be ashamed and shamed without exception: www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-tech-f...
We are now officially in “circle back in January” season
Time to delete all your emails and run free
Time to delete all your emails and run free
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We are now officially in “circle back in January” season
Time to delete all your emails and run free
Time to delete all your emails and run free
Nothing (most of) my friends in straight marriages tell me ever makes me want to not remain single for the rest of my life.
Financially I’d be better off in a couple but the price you seem to pay is living with someone who dislikes you. A lot.
** yes I do know and admire SOME amazing couples
Financially I’d be better off in a couple but the price you seem to pay is living with someone who dislikes you. A lot.
** yes I do know and admire SOME amazing couples
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nothing (most of) my friends in straight marriages tell me ever makes me want to not remain single for the rest of my life.
Financially I’d be better off in a couple but the price you seem to pay is living with someone who dislikes you. A lot.
** yes I do know and admire SOME amazing couples
Financially I’d be better off in a couple but the price you seem to pay is living with someone who dislikes you. A lot.
** yes I do know and admire SOME amazing couples
Children today are honestly tired of all the tech the adults have put into schools, and the same adults now call them “distracted”
Once it was books, now its laptops & mobile phones.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Children today are honestly tired of all the tech the adults have put into schools, and the same adults now call them “distracted”
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If you are in the EU we have a book club and upcoming workshops tbc - first is next week - you don’t have to have the book, we will talk through themes and how to use the book’s arguments to push back on ai and edtech constructively
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Civics of Technology Book Club. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Discussing “Resisting AI” by Dan McQuillan.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you are in the EU we have a book club and upcoming workshops tbc - first is next week - you don’t have to have the book, we will talk through themes and how to use the book’s arguments to push back on ai and edtech constructively
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Parents, educators, tech and ed policy fans--See you on Dec 6th. Register if you can make it or to get sent the recording.
act.climatefamilies.org/ai-in-school...
act.climatefamilies.org/ai-in-school...
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Parents, educators, tech and ed policy fans--See you on Dec 6th. Register if you can make it or to get sent the recording.
act.climatefamilies.org/ai-in-school...
act.climatefamilies.org/ai-in-school...
Fun how Bloomberg is doing what the education media won’t. We desperately need this to be a discussion in schools, but it won’t be.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Fun how Bloomberg is doing what the education media won’t. We desperately need this to be a discussion in schools, but it won’t be.
A shame that this advice isn’t given to schools
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A shame that this advice isn’t given to schools
Years ago I tried to get major electrical retailers here like John Lewis to add safety labels to tech like Ring. Instead of heavily discounting and promoting them. Now their latest ad includes an oura ring.
It could all have been so different but no one cares
It could all have been so different but no one cares
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Years ago I tried to get major electrical retailers here like John Lewis to add safety labels to tech like Ring. Instead of heavily discounting and promoting them. Now their latest ad includes an oura ring.
It could all have been so different but no one cares
It could all have been so different but no one cares
The problems in tech ( and society) aren’t just men. Go back 6 months and you will see most of the women screaming about try hack me today, all of them in rooms with terrible men, selfies and more, rocking up to “awards” and isolating us when we call it all in. There ain’t no solidarity
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The problems in tech ( and society) aren’t just men. Go back 6 months and you will see most of the women screaming about try hack me today, all of them in rooms with terrible men, selfies and more, rocking up to “awards” and isolating us when we call it all in. There ain’t no solidarity
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We’re gracing your feed with Alt Text Advent. Lucky you! 🎄
Every day, from Monday 1st December, we’ll be posting our favourite festive memes and moments, complete with alt text that... sleighs.
Look out for some treats from our lovely team, and some fellow charity pals too. Let’s go-ho-ho!
Every day, from Monday 1st December, we’ll be posting our favourite festive memes and moments, complete with alt text that... sleighs.
Look out for some treats from our lovely team, and some fellow charity pals too. Let’s go-ho-ho!
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We’re gracing your feed with Alt Text Advent. Lucky you! 🎄
Every day, from Monday 1st December, we’ll be posting our favourite festive memes and moments, complete with alt text that... sleighs.
Look out for some treats from our lovely team, and some fellow charity pals too. Let’s go-ho-ho!
Every day, from Monday 1st December, we’ll be posting our favourite festive memes and moments, complete with alt text that... sleighs.
Look out for some treats from our lovely team, and some fellow charity pals too. Let’s go-ho-ho!
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/t...
I was happy to give a quote here because cyber and tech are toxic and many women sadly enable it too, with silly awards, ageism and mean girl antics.
Ego will always be your biggest vuln.
I hadn’t seen the calendar but it is just another day in tech for us tbh
I was happy to give a quote here because cyber and tech are toxic and many women sadly enable it too, with silly awards, ageism and mean girl antics.
Ego will always be your biggest vuln.
I hadn’t seen the calendar but it is just another day in tech for us tbh
TryHackMe admits mistake leading to public diversity gaffe
: Training outfit scrambles to fix all-male lineup before December kickoff
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I was happy to give a quote here because cyber and tech are toxic and many women sadly enable it too, with silly awards, ageism and mean girl antics.
Ego will always be your biggest vuln.
I hadn’t seen the calendar but it is just another day in tech for us tbh
I was happy to give a quote here because cyber and tech are toxic and many women sadly enable it too, with silly awards, ageism and mean girl antics.
Ego will always be your biggest vuln.
I hadn’t seen the calendar but it is just another day in tech for us tbh
Hahahaha they are asking Ciaran Martin to solve it? Hahaa hahaa that should solve it lol
"The BBC was able to access the PDF version of the OBR's key report at 11:45 on Wednesday by replacing the word 'March' with 'November' in the web address of a previous edition." www.bbc.com/news/article...
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hahahaha they are asking Ciaran Martin to solve it? Hahaa hahaa that should solve it lol
Avoid Ionos at all costs, I closed an account with them ( which you have to do by phone). They made an error and kept it open. They sent DEBT COLLECTION after me for £19:20.
It took me 7 months to sort out. Avoid all companies who make you call to cancel. Just scam behaviour.
It took me 7 months to sort out. Avoid all companies who make you call to cancel. Just scam behaviour.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Avoid Ionos at all costs, I closed an account with them ( which you have to do by phone). They made an error and kept it open. They sent DEBT COLLECTION after me for £19:20.
It took me 7 months to sort out. Avoid all companies who make you call to cancel. Just scam behaviour.
It took me 7 months to sort out. Avoid all companies who make you call to cancel. Just scam behaviour.
My ex husband said “and here’s some feedback for you” in an argument..reader it did not go well for him after that.
I am thankful for divorce today
I am thankful for divorce today
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My ex husband said “and here’s some feedback for you” in an argument..reader it did not go well for him after that.
I am thankful for divorce today
I am thankful for divorce today
Yesterday I did a presentation on trusted adults and several children told me they use chat gpt for advice ..
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Yesterday I did a presentation on trusted adults and several children told me they use chat gpt for advice ..
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
What I find funny is allll the screen free parents watch this and even fetish material on TikTok and don’t see it for what it is
The BBC should have been stopped after this.
Big Cook Splash the crem fresh into little cook's face
YouTube video by Vikrant Arudchelvan
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November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What I find funny is allll the screen free parents watch this and even fetish material on TikTok and don’t see it for what it is
All I will say is we have this moral panic about banning children from being online, while the U.K. prime minister enables YouTube memes with 6 year olds and we have a royal princess (so thin she’d be banned as a “pro ana” account years ago) doing “child mental health” visits.
It isn’t about safety
It isn’t about safety
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
All I will say is we have this moral panic about banning children from being online, while the U.K. prime minister enables YouTube memes with 6 year olds and we have a royal princess (so thin she’d be banned as a “pro ana” account years ago) doing “child mental health” visits.
It isn’t about safety
It isn’t about safety
If I have to see one more close up video of a dirty, un groomed bearded white dude in cyber security on my social media ..
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If I have to see one more close up video of a dirty, un groomed bearded white dude in cyber security on my social media ..
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Social media is so dangerous that we need to get the entire population to age verify, which is why the Prime minister is reinforcing an internet meme with children too young to be online. According to his own policies.
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Social media is so dangerous that we need to get the entire population to age verify, which is why the Prime minister is reinforcing an internet meme with children too young to be online. According to his own policies.
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Adults created a world of gamification, social media and an education system that teaches to tests.. and yet they want to blame children for attention spans and device addiction… babe..the adults are the problem
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Adults created a world of gamification, social media and an education system that teaches to tests.. and yet they want to blame children for attention spans and device addiction… babe..the adults are the problem
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Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Australia's social media ban for kids under 16 - how will it work?
The world-first law aims to reduce the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
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I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
Kate Says Addiction Isn’t a Choice. William Says “Cheers!”
November 2025 Well, isn’t timing a funny old thing. Kate Middleton issued a statement declaring that “addiction is not a choice, or a personal failing, but a complex mental health condition.”…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
Please could edtech ethics people do some background checks before they invite folk like this into our rooms
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
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In February 2025, she spoke at a conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, alongside figures including Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage and Peter Thiel.[35]
In February 2025, she spoke at a conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, alongside figures including Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage and Peter Thiel.[35]
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Please could edtech ethics people do some background checks before they invite folk like this into our rooms
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
Every time I write or talk about this I get told by edtech governance advocates that I shouldn’t “be political”. But I am simply begging us to notice that the screen free/ age verification isn’t about child safety. And that is politics but I can say that neutrally without representing any party
Someone absolutely needs to do a dissertation on the appropriation of “child safety” in the policy sphere by affluent white elites on the political right wing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Every time I write or talk about this I get told by edtech governance advocates that I shouldn’t “be political”. But I am simply begging us to notice that the screen free/ age verification isn’t about child safety. And that is politics but I can say that neutrally without representing any party