Rob Tesh
@robtesh.bsky.social
PhD candidate @Dundee University researching the psychology of learning, teacher trainer, experience designer, writer, bus driver, eco-zealot, anarcho-communist. NB (any pronouns).
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uber-wokes, net-zeroists, rejoinerists, corbynites, neo-corbynites, crypto corbynites, Chinese restaurants, why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
uber-wokes, net-zeroists, rejoinerists, corbynites, neo-corbynites, crypto corbynites, Chinese restaurants, why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?
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It's incredible how routine it is now to hear a Labour MP talking like the ranting old bastard at the golf club bar
Nothing here to contradict my thesis (they’re just personally repellent, horrible people).
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM
It's incredible how routine it is now to hear a Labour MP talking like the ranting old bastard at the golf club bar
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I dunno, maybe if you're given national political responsibility and you demonstrate significant incompetence or lack of integrity, that should be that? There's a lot of people in Britain who are both trustworthy and competent, maybe we could give them a go
February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I dunno, maybe if you're given national political responsibility and you demonstrate significant incompetence or lack of integrity, that should be that? There's a lot of people in Britain who are both trustworthy and competent, maybe we could give them a go
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And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
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This might sound like hyperbole.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
Wes Streeting and Louis Appleby should go to prison over this. It's a massive scandal and they covered it up. They knew what they were doing restricting access to care and they did it anyways because of politics.
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This might sound like hyperbole.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
It is not.
They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.
They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.
It is the UK way.
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Once again, for the assholes, YOU DO NOT GET TO SELF-PROCLAIM YOURSELF AN ALLY! You doubly don’t get to do that to deflect from criticism by the people you claim to be an ally to.
February 7, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Once again, for the assholes, YOU DO NOT GET TO SELF-PROCLAIM YOURSELF AN ALLY! You doubly don’t get to do that to deflect from criticism by the people you claim to be an ally to.
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Not just that but Tolkien also said, “Evil cannot create anything new, it can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”
Sound familiar? 🙄
Sound familiar? 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Not just that but Tolkien also said, “Evil cannot create anything new, it can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”
Sound familiar? 🙄
Sound familiar? 🙄
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.
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This line Starmer's supporters keep reciting about him being "a decent man" is honestly just disgusting to me.
A self-degrading thing to say out loud.
A self-degrading thing to say out loud.
When I paid my annual subscription for “Force-feeding the British public Peter Mandelson’s sleaze in ten easy steps,”, I did not expect that the British public would then be force-fed Mandelson’s sleaze. This is an outrage and a tragedy
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This line Starmer's supporters keep reciting about him being "a decent man" is honestly just disgusting to me.
A self-degrading thing to say out loud.
A self-degrading thing to say out loud.
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Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
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Epstein wasn’t a “bad apple”
He didn’t “slip through the cracks”
He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest.
Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him.
He was protected & enabled by institutions of power.
1/n
He didn’t “slip through the cracks”
He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest.
Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him.
He was protected & enabled by institutions of power.
1/n
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Epstein wasn’t a “bad apple”
He didn’t “slip through the cracks”
He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest.
Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him.
He was protected & enabled by institutions of power.
1/n
He didn’t “slip through the cracks”
He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest.
Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him.
He was protected & enabled by institutions of power.
1/n
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Instead of defining success by conversion, by numbers, or media representation, success in my insurrectionary anarchist feminism is defined by my values, my relationships, my actions, my capacity, and how they all might be leveraged to undermine regime and expand agency for those on the margins.
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Instead of defining success by conversion, by numbers, or media representation, success in my insurrectionary anarchist feminism is defined by my values, my relationships, my actions, my capacity, and how they all might be leveraged to undermine regime and expand agency for those on the margins.
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The only surprise is they admit it
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The only surprise is they admit it
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It definitely goes both ways. Nobody with a moral compass becomes a billionaire and vice versa
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It definitely goes both ways. Nobody with a moral compass becomes a billionaire and vice versa
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It's that it's impossible to accumulate that kind of wealth without being evil.
You need to be able to see other people's lives as more disposable than yours in order to justify exploiting them.
And you can't make that kind of money without exploiting people.
You need to be able to see other people's lives as more disposable than yours in order to justify exploiting them.
And you can't make that kind of money without exploiting people.
February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It's that it's impossible to accumulate that kind of wealth without being evil.
You need to be able to see other people's lives as more disposable than yours in order to justify exploiting them.
And you can't make that kind of money without exploiting people.
You need to be able to see other people's lives as more disposable than yours in order to justify exploiting them.
And you can't make that kind of money without exploiting people.
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In the end these statements are meaningless as any more than reputation laundering efforts.
Lithgow can see the hurt and harm. He knows Rowling is directly funding hatred from the proceeds of her merchandising empire. He has chosen to help fuel it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Lithgow can see the hurt and harm. He knows Rowling is directly funding hatred from the proceeds of her merchandising empire. He has chosen to help fuel it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
John Lithgow says he finds JK Rowling’s stance on trans rights ‘ironic and inexplicable’
Actor says he has struggled with the backlash to his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in the new Harry Potter show, and says books are about ‘kindness versus cruelty’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
In the end these statements are meaningless as any more than reputation laundering efforts.
Lithgow can see the hurt and harm. He knows Rowling is directly funding hatred from the proceeds of her merchandising empire. He has chosen to help fuel it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Lithgow can see the hurt and harm. He knows Rowling is directly funding hatred from the proceeds of her merchandising empire. He has chosen to help fuel it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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Friendly reminder that Epstein is not the first child m*lester that J.K. has been linked to.
There's at least two others.
She invited Prince Andrew to the set of her HBO show (where the cast are mostly children)
And sent flowers to Marilyn Manson.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's more I've missed.
There's at least two others.
She invited Prince Andrew to the set of her HBO show (where the cast are mostly children)
And sent flowers to Marilyn Manson.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's more I've missed.
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Friendly reminder that Epstein is not the first child m*lester that J.K. has been linked to.
There's at least two others.
She invited Prince Andrew to the set of her HBO show (where the cast are mostly children)
And sent flowers to Marilyn Manson.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's more I've missed.
There's at least two others.
She invited Prince Andrew to the set of her HBO show (where the cast are mostly children)
And sent flowers to Marilyn Manson.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's more I've missed.
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So Rowling is in the Epstein files.
I'm not surprised.
Transphoba like sexual violence is about power. Neither have much to do with sex (defending or having it), and an awful lot to do with making the perpetrator feel powerful.
I'm not surprised.
Transphoba like sexual violence is about power. Neither have much to do with sex (defending or having it), and an awful lot to do with making the perpetrator feel powerful.
February 2, 2026 at 6:40 AM
So Rowling is in the Epstein files.
I'm not surprised.
Transphoba like sexual violence is about power. Neither have much to do with sex (defending or having it), and an awful lot to do with making the perpetrator feel powerful.
I'm not surprised.
Transphoba like sexual violence is about power. Neither have much to do with sex (defending or having it), and an awful lot to do with making the perpetrator feel powerful.
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How can it be that it all just comes down to "they're chasers and if trans people have rights they're harder to sex traffic?"
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
How can it be that it all just comes down to "they're chasers and if trans people have rights they're harder to sex traffic?"
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
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The question should never be "is fraud profitable" or "is plagiarism good for my h-index". A call for dispassionate study fails to confront power structures that got us here, cedes the framing, and ignores the fact that decision-makers won't fund and won't listen to results of critical studies.
Why limit to empirical effects and not in principle rejecting? We reject things as inappropriate (or worse) based on how they are a conflict of interest — ed tech by fascist companies. No data affect such a judgement once made. Common sense for conflicts of interest, not creation of new databases.
Triggered by claims the "AI in education debate" is caught in a deadlock and by some academics worried that "AI critics: are over-anxious about *possible* rather than empirically documented effects, here are what I think are some worthwhile critical projects about AI in education 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The question should never be "is fraud profitable" or "is plagiarism good for my h-index". A call for dispassionate study fails to confront power structures that got us here, cedes the framing, and ignores the fact that decision-makers won't fund and won't listen to results of critical studies.
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And yes, it's just profoundly antipathetic to having a democratic political culture to suggest we should just have a political class that manages everything on our behalf
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
And yes, it's just profoundly antipathetic to having a democratic political culture to suggest we should just have a political class that manages everything on our behalf
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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Culturally we venerate the original/inspiring teacher who helps us to think differently. It's the main concept they use in recruitment ads for the profession even!
Nah, here's some bureaucracy to fill out to fulfil some metric, related to a centralised curriculum that so rote a machine could do it
Nah, here's some bureaucracy to fill out to fulfil some metric, related to a centralised curriculum that so rote a machine could do it
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Culturally we venerate the original/inspiring teacher who helps us to think differently. It's the main concept they use in recruitment ads for the profession even!
Nah, here's some bureaucracy to fill out to fulfil some metric, related to a centralised curriculum that so rote a machine could do it
Nah, here's some bureaucracy to fill out to fulfil some metric, related to a centralised curriculum that so rote a machine could do it
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The "teacher lesson planning" stuff she mentions is actually grim BTW.
Like we've de-skilled and bureaucratised school teaching to such an extent, now let's see how much we can automate it
Like we've de-skilled and bureaucratised school teaching to such an extent, now let's see how much we can automate it
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The "teacher lesson planning" stuff she mentions is actually grim BTW.
Like we've de-skilled and bureaucratised school teaching to such an extent, now let's see how much we can automate it
Like we've de-skilled and bureaucratised school teaching to such an extent, now let's see how much we can automate it