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.
Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist - it's day 14, so have a honky tonk Christmas y'all, (available via app or browser)
Xmas Country - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Country - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist - it's day 14, so have a honky tonk Christmas y'all, (available via app or browser)
Xmas Country - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Country - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
The Queen's Reading Room Medal - The Queen's Reading Room thequeensreadingroom... < for those of us who regularly find ourselves reading while on the throne? 😉
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Queen's Reading Room Medal - The Queen's Reading Room thequeensreadingroom... < for those of us who regularly find ourselves reading while on the throne? 😉
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Coming to BETT on the Thursday? Want to share your teaching practices and ideas? Why not sign up to give a TeachMeet talk?
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December 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Coming to BETT on the Thursday? Want to share your teaching practices and ideas? Why not sign up to give a TeachMeet talk?
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Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist day 13, and today it's Bing and the boys, available via app or browser
Xmas Crooners - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Crooners - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist day 13, and today it's Bing and the boys, available via app or browser
Xmas Crooners - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Crooners - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Advent Calendar Spotify playlist day 12, and today it's a Soulful selection, available via app or browser
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Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via the blogpost at https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via the blogpost at https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Soul
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December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Advent Calendar Spotify playlist day 12, and today it's a Soulful selection, available via app or browser
open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via the blogpost at https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via the blogpost at https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Coming to BETT on the Thursday? Want to share your teaching practices and ideas? Why not sign up to give a TeachMeet talk?
TeachMeet @ BETT 2026 presentation signup docs.google.com/form...
TeachMeet @ BETT 2026 presentation signup docs.google.com/form...
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Coming to BETT on the Thursday? Want to share your teaching practices and ideas? Why not sign up to give a TeachMeet talk?
TeachMeet @ BETT 2026 presentation signup docs.google.com/form...
TeachMeet @ BETT 2026 presentation signup docs.google.com/form...
Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI Launch the Agentic AI Foundation buff.ly/86rSUEb < Impressive industry line-up turns to open source.. The Agentic AI Foundation provides a neutral home where companies, researchers, and developers can collaborate on open source agentic AI.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI Launch the Agentic AI Foundation buff.ly/86rSUEb < Impressive industry line-up turns to open source.. The Agentic AI Foundation provides a neutral home where companies, researchers, and developers can collaborate on open source agentic AI.
Advent Calendar Spotify playlist day 11, and today it's a Christmas Film Soundtrack selection, available via app or browser
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Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
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Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Soundtracks
Playlist · Tony Parkin · 34 items · 4 saves
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December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Advent Calendar Spotify playlist day 11, and today it's a Christmas Film Soundtrack selection, available via app or browser
open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Xmas Playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Hogg promised to make council “more open” – then silenced the councillor challenging him | Putney.news buff.ly/Djs6Uax < popular councillor @MalcolmGrimston blocked from asking important questions by Wandsworth council 'reforms'.
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Hogg promised to make council “more open” – then silenced the councillor challenging him | Putney.news buff.ly/Djs6Uax < popular councillor @MalcolmGrimston blocked from asking important questions by Wandsworth council 'reforms'.
December 9th and it's time for a jive to today's Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Rock 'n' Roll - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Rock 'n' Roll - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
December 9th and it's time for a jive to today's Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Rock 'n' Roll - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Rock 'n' Roll - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Businesses Want Employees With AI Skills. Are K-12 CTE Programs Keeping Up? | EdWeek buff.ly/pdbd0SN < some good examples, but a recent survey found that 27% of educators said their school/district still doesn’t have a policy on the use of generative AI.
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Businesses Want Employees With AI Skills. Are K-12 CTE Programs Keeping Up? | EdWeek buff.ly/pdbd0SN < some good examples, but a recent survey found that 27% of educators said their school/district still doesn’t have a policy on the use of generative AI.
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it. | Washington Post https://buff.ly/88LEtuJ < Chatbots were able to move about 1 in 25 people from their original position to backing either Trump or Harris - more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it. | Washington Post https://buff.ly/88LEtuJ < Chatbots were able to move about 1 in 25 people from their original position to backing either Trump or Harris - more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
December 8th and it's time to go to California for today's Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Surf - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Surf - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
December 8th and it's time to go to California for today's Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Surf - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Surf - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
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This petition
‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’
already has over 110,000 signatures.
Help it to grow even stronger by signing and sharing far and wide.
#Petition 🇷🇺
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’
already has over 110,000 signatures.
Help it to grow even stronger by signing and sharing far and wide.
#Petition 🇷🇺
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This petition
‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’
already has over 110,000 signatures.
Help it to grow even stronger by signing and sharing far and wide.
#Petition 🇷🇺
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’
already has over 110,000 signatures.
Help it to grow even stronger by signing and sharing far and wide.
#Petition 🇷🇺
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
The 7th of December and it's time to go to New Orleans for my seventh Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Dixieland - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Dixieland - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The 7th of December and it's time to go to New Orleans for my seventh Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
It's Xmas Dixieland - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
It's Xmas Dixieland - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Trump was so overwhelmed by FIFA that didn't notice it was actually the Piece prize for being such a piece of work?
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Trump was so overwhelmed by FIFA that didn't notice it was actually the Piece prize for being such a piece of work?
The 5th of December and it's wassailing time for my fifth Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas Folk - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas Folk - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Folk
Playlist · Tony Parkin · 42 items · 5 saves
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December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The 5th of December and it's wassailing time for my fifth Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas Folk - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas Folk - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
The 4th of December and time for my fourth Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmass Reggae open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmass Reggae open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Reggae
Playlist · Tony Parkin · 33 items · 8 saves
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The 4th of December and time for my fourth Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmass Reggae open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmass Reggae open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists by day or genre via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Beyond Infographics: How to Use Nano Banana to *Actually* Support Learning | Dr Phil's Newsletter buff.ly/C5Iure3 < research-supported learning strategies from cognitive and educational science, showing exactly how Nano Banana can operationalise each one.
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Beyond Infographics: How to Use Nano Banana to *Actually* Support Learning | Dr Phil's Newsletter buff.ly/C5Iure3 < research-supported learning strategies from cognitive and educational science, showing exactly how Nano Banana can operationalise each one.
Technology in schools survey report: 2024 to 2025 | GOV UK buff.ly/zum3gHY < mostly upbeat report showing progress, but sadly "The 2025 survey found indications of a fall in the proportion of teachers confident in using education technology."
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Technology in schools survey report: 2024 to 2025 | GOV UK buff.ly/zum3gHY < mostly upbeat report showing progress, but sadly "The 2025 survey found indications of a fall in the proportion of teachers confident in using education technology."
The 3rd of December and time for my third Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas in Cuba - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas in Cuba - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The 3rd of December and time for my third Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlist, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas in Cuba - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas in Cuba - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
AI country hit 'Walk My Walk' by 'Breaking Rust' built on Blanco Brown's sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics | Associated Press https://buff.ly/wOyHff7 < even in the era of AI we still see the white-washing and exploitation of black musicians! #BreakingTrust
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI country hit 'Walk My Walk' by 'Breaking Rust' built on Blanco Brown's sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics | Associated Press https://buff.ly/wOyHff7 < even in the era of AI we still see the white-washing and exploitation of black musicians! #BreakingTrust
The 2nd of December and time for the second of my Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlists, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas Blues - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas Blues - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Xmas Blues
Playlist · Tony Parkin · 79 items · 12 saves
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December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The 2nd of December and time for the second of my Advent Calendar Spotify Christmas playlists, available via browser or app.
Today it's the turn of Xmas Blues - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
Today it's the turn of Xmas Blues - open.spotify.com/pla...
Or access all my Christmas playlists via https://bit.ly/49NO5A1
New Regulations Proposed for AI Chatbot Providers | EdWeek buff.ly/pS2pb3x < the bi-partisan US Senate proposed legislation appears to exempt AI chatbots, such as Khan Academy’s Khanmigo, that were developed specifically for learning
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New Regulations Proposed for AI Chatbot Providers | EdWeek buff.ly/pS2pb3x < the bi-partisan US Senate proposed legislation appears to exempt AI chatbots, such as Khan Academy’s Khanmigo, that were developed specifically for learning