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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 2h

I gave a keynote on accent bias and social mobility at the ABI (Assoc. of British Insurers) last week. Alongside my keynote, they invited me to write a blog post on our work which you can now read below:

www.abi.org.uk/news/blog-ar...

Accent bias as a barrier to social mobility | ABI

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VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

TLDR (6/6):

Parents shouldn’t feel they must choose between protection & participation. By treating online life as part of family life — something to discuss, question, & navigate together — we can empower children to use technology safely & confidently.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

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3. Negotiation beats restriction. Research shows that hard bans can backfire — driving secrecy, not safety. Open, ongoing dialogue helps children build digital resilience & critical awareness.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #onlineharm #safeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

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2. Panic helps no one. From the “radio scare” of the 1930s to TikTok today, every generation has faced media that adults fear will “corrupt” youth. Sensationalist headlines often make parents feel more anxious & powerless.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #onlineharm

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

TLDR (3/6):

The article highlights three key takeaways:

1. Progress is real, but imperfect. Yes, children can still encounter harmful material — but platforms are making measurable changes.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #onlineharm #safeguarding #digitalsafeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

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While safeguards are improving — most major adult sites now use age verification or UK blocks — the story is more complex than headlines suggest.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #onlineharm #safeguarding #digitalsafeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

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It’s a worrying finding, especially given that the UK Online Safety Act is meant to prevent children from accessing such content. Yet it’s also a reminder that regulation alone can’t solve everything.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #onlineharm #safeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 3h

A new investigation has revealed that even with “restricted mode” enabled, TikTok’s protections for teens aren’t watertight — with researchers from Global Witness easily uncovering explicit pornographic content on accounts set up as 13-year-olds.

🔗 tinyurl.com/bdev8b69

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#DRAGON

Should parents allow their children to go online? All the inflammatory coverage makes the decision far harder

The media have been freaking out about children’s use of technology since at least the days of radio, and it doesn’t make parenting decisions any easier.

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 16h

#NowReading

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 22h

As long as there is always a Magikarp, I'm happy.

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 23h

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Now, he’s taking Dim Probs on tour across Wales, performing in village halls and community centres — reconnecting music to place, people, and language.

💬 “If you make music in Welsh,” he says, “you play where people speak Welsh.”

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 23h

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Thanks to activism, cultural pride, and legislation like the Welsh Language Act (1993), Cymraeg now sits proudly alongside English in daily life — “even the self-service checkout speaks Welsh,” Rhys jokes.

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 23h

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He describes Welsh as “a playful language” — still being invented as a pop language, rich with creative possibility and free from the clichés of English. But it’s not just about art; it’s about visibility.

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 23h

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From the DIY punk energy of Ffa Coffi Pawb to Mwng (still the best-selling Welsh-language album of all time), Rhys has shown that music in Cymraeg doesn’t have to translate to resonate.

#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 23h

In his new Welsh-language album Dim Probs, Gruff Rhys - frontman of Super Furry Animals - celebrates the beauty, humour, and resilience of his first language.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

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#langsky #linguistics #Cymraeg #Welsh #Welshlanguage

Gruff Rhys: ‘Welsh is still being invented as a pop language’

The Super Furry Animals frontman is back with his ninth solo album. Before a tour of regional village halls in Wales, he talks creating songs in his first language – and why English is the best for sw...

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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Learning also takes place through an interactive story-based activity where children help a character make safer choices in image-sharing scenarios.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #digitalsafety #digitalsafeguarding

Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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It also includes age-appropriate examples to help students reflect on what they might face & what happens when something goes wrong.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #digitalsafety #digitalsafeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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“Picture the Consequence” offers a lesson built around quizzes & discussions to explore behaviours, pressures, & consequences.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #digitalsafety #digitalsafeguarding

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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Focus groups with 11–17 year-olds reveal education on this topic is often superficial or absent in schools.

Despite this, around 92% of child sexual abuse material removed comes from self-generated images — i.e. children taking & sharing images themselves.

#DRAGON #onlinesafety

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

@internetmatters.bsky.social has released a free, ready-to-use lesson called “Picture the Consequence” aimed at upper primary / pre-teen students to help prevent coerced or risky nude image-sharing.

🔗 tinyurl.com/5n6z7m8j

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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #peerpressure #childprotection

How to tackle nude image-sharing among children in schools

Free lesson to prevent image-sharing among kids | Internet Matters. Use this free lesson plan to prevent nude image-sharing between children.

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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As the late Jane Goodall understood, real understanding begins with humility — recognising that communication isn’t defined by how closely it resembles ours, but by what it means to those who use it.

#langsky #linguistics #animalcommunication #language

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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However, each species has its own linguistic world: whales speak in clicks, cuttlefish in colour, chimps in gesture, birds in dialect.

#langsky #linguistics #animalcommunication #language

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

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This article by for @theguardian.com reminds us that these discoveries say as much about us as they do about them.

Too often, we interpret animal communication through a human lens — expecting syntax, grammar, or “words”.

#langsky #linguistics #animalcommunication #language

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 1d

Every few weeks, a new story reminds us how astonishingly communicative animals can be — from dogs like Mr Waffles pressing buttons to “talk”, to dolphins naming their calves, elephants calling each other by unique sounds.

But do they have a language?

🔗 tinyurl.com/2t8hj97k

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#langsky

Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher

If we really want to grasp what animals are ‘saying’, we need to understand their communication on their terms, not ours, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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