Tom Pattison
Seasoned edu bore. Kendalian. Cantona devotee. History Teacher in Exile. He/Him.
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- Reposted by Tom Pattison#FridayFive is nostalgic. 1. Nightswimming. REM. 2. Grand Canyon. The Drive by Truckers. 3. Life in a Northern Town. The Dream Academy. 4. The Little Pot Stove. Nic Jones. 5. River. Joni Mitchell.
- Reposted by Tom PattisonI don't think there are good arguments against this position
- Reposted by Tom PattisonThis is an OUTRAGEOUS assault on the press and just goes to show that Convicted Felon Donald Trump doesn’t want people to see the truth about what is happening in our country when he tries to silence us!
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- Looking for announcement of further funding for hosting, staffing and training on Alternative Provision facilities. Can't seem to find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Tom Pattison1. Been thinking about this more overnight. Years back I worked at a school where the MAT told us to reduce suspensions by "finding other strategies." They gave no guidance on what these should be. They sort of "challenged" us to find them. I'm sure the aim was noble but it was bad..
- Thoughts on this mess. 🧵👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Tom PattisonCNN: “Trump called you a loser.” REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis: “I’m thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary AND senior advisor to the president.” 🔥 👀
- Reposted by Tom PattisonOmg! Local San Antonio news is at a protest in Dilley, Texas at the Family Prison where Liam Ramos is being held. Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio. Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.
- Reposted by Tom PattisonMINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)
- Reposted by Tom Pattison#OtD 30 Jan 1972 the Bloody Sunday massacre took place when British soldiers fired on unarmed civil rights protesters in the Bogside, Ireland, killing 14. Protesters had been opposing the policy of internment stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1028...
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonMusic FACT: Placebo were originally a Cure tribute band.
- Reposted by Tom PattisonThoughts on this mess. 🧵👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Tom Pattison"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
- Soul mate
- Reposted by Tom PattisonOn almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers. But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
- This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonIn our chat with Tomas Rothaus, author of 'Argentina, A Tale Of Two Utopias: Anarchism, Soccer, Neoliberalism', we touched on various parts of Argentine football culture, inc clubs' roots in immigrant communities and the workers' movement. Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/e115-1...
- Reposted by Tom PattisonI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonAs an ex e-learning developer, I can confidently say this will be a terrible learning experience. I cannot wait to rip it to shreds. Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵 1/
- BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonPleased to announce I've been hired to do the marketing for this campaign
- Agree with all of this. The extent to which our apparent "Government for the people" have jumped into bed with the very same big US tech firms that threaten livelihoods of working people is beyond disappointing.
- Proper History
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonThere's so much Labour could use to attack him and they go with this www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonThis is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton. He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
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- Reposted by Tom Pattison"Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week". The West's normalisation of the mass death of black Africans (because that is predominantly who these people are) will never be less than devastating.
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonThe cruel concentration camp in Libya, the German looting in Tunisia, the King's role in saving Jews in Morocco: The story of North African Jews during the Holocaust. For DW. #HolocaustMemorialDay www.dw.com/en/trauma-st...
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- This really is disappointing. Hard to believe those chosen are the product of a rigorous process designed to reflect the diversity and experience across subject communities. Full of wonderfully talented people but for a curriculum to serve all schools a range of voices are required.
- The outcome might well be an exceptional curriculum but in practice, will it be deliverable in all contexts? Where are the actual practicing teachers? Where are the voices of successful practitioners in deprived areas? Strikes me as an easy option has been taken which is a shame.
- Reposted by Tom PattisonThe UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
- Reposted by Tom Pattison4yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?' Me: 'No, not today.' 4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?' Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
- Reposted by Tom PattisonTory defections were useful to Reform at the start but are now a real risk. There is little sense in packing the party full of the very politicians the electorate overwhelmingly voted out. You can’t pitch to fix the country whilst hiring the Home Secretary and cabinet who broke it.
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonThe defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
- Re-form
- Reposted by Tom PattisonGenuinely the funniest possible panel line-up of all time and it's for a real estate conference in Riyadh
- So true. Frustratingly often schools know it doesn't work but fear the parent backlash of taking it away. Failure to recognise the damage of persisting with a flawed approach.
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonWe have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
- Reposted by Tom PattisonProtesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonI keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
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- Reposted by Tom PattisonI think a useful thing is for secondary teachers to be aware of what year 6 can actually do. There's some unnecessary repetition from what I can gather but also understand how independent they are capable of being.
- Absolutely love this. #UpTheBlues youtu.be/hhjvKgLHulE?...
- Reposted by Tom Pattison🚨"We wonder why people in the 1930s were quiet, we need to show we weren't quiet. History is gonna look back at all the people that didn't show up—their grandkids are gonna ask what were they doing! It's like -10 degrees and we're here!" -Minneapolis ICE protester. LIVE NOW⬇️
