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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.
I think we are so obsessed with dashboards and especially in schools now - people need to do what people in business do and just say no lol
Not scrabble around to provide more charts and insight
Not scrabble around to provide more charts and insight
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 AM
I think we are so obsessed with dashboards and especially in schools now - people need to do what people in business do and just say no lol
Not scrabble around to provide more charts and insight
Not scrabble around to provide more charts and insight
I simply refuse to use it
Because every time you use it in a school context you are giving them more data on “how teachers use ai”
It won’t end well even if you aren’t using the results
Because every time you use it in a school context you are giving them more data on “how teachers use ai”
It won’t end well even if you aren’t using the results
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I simply refuse to use it
Because every time you use it in a school context you are giving them more data on “how teachers use ai”
It won’t end well even if you aren’t using the results
Because every time you use it in a school context you are giving them more data on “how teachers use ai”
It won’t end well even if you aren’t using the results
And yet I know soooo many schools who are simply doing this and trusting the results, and that’s without discussing the risk of putting data into ai
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 AM
And yet I know soooo many schools who are simply doing this and trusting the results, and that’s without discussing the risk of putting data into ai
If you can’t analyse data, why are you being asked to do so? Could you use a tool you already have or ask for help? If you can’t read the minutes or create exam tasks or make a poster then pay someone who can. Ask someone else. Or work harder? Challenge yourself?
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 AM
If you can’t analyse data, why are you being asked to do so? Could you use a tool you already have or ask for help? If you can’t read the minutes or create exam tasks or make a poster then pay someone who can. Ask someone else. Or work harder? Challenge yourself?
I really need just one day when I don’t have to listen to someone telling me how amazing AI is, how it does a job so well, when it clearly does not.
How did we get to a point where we boast that we don’t do core parts of our jobs?
How did we get to a point where we boast that we don’t do core parts of our jobs?
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I really need just one day when I don’t have to listen to someone telling me how amazing AI is, how it does a job so well, when it clearly does not.
How did we get to a point where we boast that we don’t do core parts of our jobs?
How did we get to a point where we boast that we don’t do core parts of our jobs?
Every time a new education initiative comes along I think about how we spent several years writing WALT and WILF on the board.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Every time a new education initiative comes along I think about how we spent several years writing WALT and WILF on the board.
The royal family have spent two full years now providing case studies for decades to come in “what not to do in a crisis comms situation”
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The royal family have spent two full years now providing case studies for decades to come in “what not to do in a crisis comms situation”
Also alllll teachers should be mad about 1) the testing this dangerous tool on the most vulnerable 2) the risk to their own livelihood if they don’t see the risk (1) as this is where pay and promotion will go
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Also alllll teachers should be mad about 1) the testing this dangerous tool on the most vulnerable 2) the risk to their own livelihood if they don’t see the risk (1) as this is where pay and promotion will go
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I come back to this open letter (from 2020) a lot, and I’ll give it the last word. amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com/amazon-emplo...
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I come back to this open letter (from 2020) a lot, and I’ll give it the last word. amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com/amazon-emplo...
Eufy / netatmo are better than ring, more expensive but worth it. I’ve watched ring be pushed by every large retailer for years and even asked places like John Lewis why they were part of harm. They don’t care ofc
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Eufy / netatmo are better than ring, more expensive but worth it. I’ve watched ring be pushed by every large retailer for years and even asked places like John Lewis why they were part of harm. They don’t care ofc
I’d argue edtech is a key part of the ring ecosystem too- they find out who to target from edtech data and then use ring and flock etc to track them down. That’s why you get stuff free or for low cost
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I’d argue edtech is a key part of the ring ecosystem too- they find out who to target from edtech data and then use ring and flock etc to track them down. That’s why you get stuff free or for low cost
Edtech is like ring cameras: sold everywhere and everyone seems to be a customer, but the product is about data and surveillance not providing any kind of really useful service.
So much tech is just selling you a basic product cheaply because the profit is in data from your use of the product.
So much tech is just selling you a basic product cheaply because the profit is in data from your use of the product.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Edtech is like ring cameras: sold everywhere and everyone seems to be a customer, but the product is about data and surveillance not providing any kind of really useful service.
So much tech is just selling you a basic product cheaply because the profit is in data from your use of the product.
So much tech is just selling you a basic product cheaply because the profit is in data from your use of the product.
That awful ring camera ad isn’t new- I’m sure they used it last year ?
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 AM
That awful ring camera ad isn’t new- I’m sure they used it last year ?
The car sales dude called me on a SUNDAY. Times must be hard
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The car sales dude called me on a SUNDAY. Times must be hard
We need regulation but also education
Just telling people that they can mute block and report and they don’t have to share a live link.
All of that is sense but it is received with awe when I say it to adults.
Just telling people that they can mute block and report and they don’t have to share a live link.
All of that is sense but it is received with awe when I say it to adults.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
We need regulation but also education
Just telling people that they can mute block and report and they don’t have to share a live link.
All of that is sense but it is received with awe when I say it to adults.
Just telling people that they can mute block and report and they don’t have to share a live link.
All of that is sense but it is received with awe when I say it to adults.
And also this could be spoken about in schools - especially to adults
If we knew not to play the game, they wouldn’t be successful
Hate has always made ££££- molly may got to #1 on YouTube by keeping a controversial vlog up in 2021. That’s piers Morgan’s whole schtick. Education AND regulation
If we knew not to play the game, they wouldn’t be successful
Hate has always made ££££- molly may got to #1 on YouTube by keeping a controversial vlog up in 2021. That’s piers Morgan’s whole schtick. Education AND regulation
February 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
And also this could be spoken about in schools - especially to adults
If we knew not to play the game, they wouldn’t be successful
Hate has always made ££££- molly may got to #1 on YouTube by keeping a controversial vlog up in 2021. That’s piers Morgan’s whole schtick. Education AND regulation
If we knew not to play the game, they wouldn’t be successful
Hate has always made ££££- molly may got to #1 on YouTube by keeping a controversial vlog up in 2021. That’s piers Morgan’s whole schtick. Education AND regulation
Plus so many indie stores tie the books with ribbon or have little messages.. absolutely perfect consumer experience
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Plus so many indie stores tie the books with ribbon or have little messages.. absolutely perfect consumer experience
Or you post like your head teacher or your science teacher or your dance leader or uncle who has a tiktok of you as a baby?
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Or you post like your head teacher or your science teacher or your dance leader or uncle who has a tiktok of you as a baby?
I just want people , especially with children involved , to sit with the question” why are we being told children can’t be online while we get no advice as adults on how to use the same tech?”
Because what happens at 16? You get some kind of online licence? Or you just post like your mum?
Because what happens at 16? You get some kind of online licence? Or you just post like your mum?
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I just want people , especially with children involved , to sit with the question” why are we being told children can’t be online while we get no advice as adults on how to use the same tech?”
Because what happens at 16? You get some kind of online licence? Or you just post like your mum?
Because what happens at 16? You get some kind of online licence? Or you just post like your mum?
I’m not saying people are stupid
I’m saying they are conditioned to accept surveillance while totally blaming tech induced harms on individuals,not on the tech companies needing to be regulated and do better
Cyber education failed by design. It was never supposed to help you make good choices
I’m saying they are conditioned to accept surveillance while totally blaming tech induced harms on individuals,not on the tech companies needing to be regulated and do better
Cyber education failed by design. It was never supposed to help you make good choices
February 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
I’m not saying people are stupid
I’m saying they are conditioned to accept surveillance while totally blaming tech induced harms on individuals,not on the tech companies needing to be regulated and do better
Cyber education failed by design. It was never supposed to help you make good choices
I’m saying they are conditioned to accept surveillance while totally blaming tech induced harms on individuals,not on the tech companies needing to be regulated and do better
Cyber education failed by design. It was never supposed to help you make good choices
Facebook is apparently full of 40+ adults sharing the animation char gpt made from what it “knows about them”significant numbers probably work in education and will also tell you kids are dangerously addicted to tech.
Have we LOOKED at ourselves in the mirror not just the LLM picture ?
Have we LOOKED at ourselves in the mirror not just the LLM picture ?
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Facebook is apparently full of 40+ adults sharing the animation char gpt made from what it “knows about them”significant numbers probably work in education and will also tell you kids are dangerously addicted to tech.
Have we LOOKED at ourselves in the mirror not just the LLM picture ?
Have we LOOKED at ourselves in the mirror not just the LLM picture ?
Because the overall messaging is done by people who lack common sense, are addicted to socials and refuse to give decent advice. Fear is easier and makes them more sketchy money contracts than decent digital rights work that would get them fired
Imagine if it had been less phishing sim ?
Imagine if it had been less phishing sim ?
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Because the overall messaging is done by people who lack common sense, are addicted to socials and refuse to give decent advice. Fear is easier and makes them more sketchy money contracts than decent digital rights work that would get them fired
Imagine if it had been less phishing sim ?
Imagine if it had been less phishing sim ?
The generation screaming about phone bans and writing” I do not give Facebook permission to use my posts” but happily shares their chat gpt animation or their Spotify unwrapped because all they ever got told was the internet is scary, not how to make smart choices
February 8, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The generation screaming about phone bans and writing” I do not give Facebook permission to use my posts” but happily shares their chat gpt animation or their Spotify unwrapped because all they ever got told was the internet is scary, not how to make smart choices
Cybersecurity education has failed because no one understands that the ai caricature/ cute filters/ throwback photos or specific dances are all to get your biometrics
But I’m sure saying phish smish vish has been useful for some folk
But I’m sure saying phish smish vish has been useful for some folk
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Cybersecurity education has failed because no one understands that the ai caricature/ cute filters/ throwback photos or specific dances are all to get your biometrics
But I’m sure saying phish smish vish has been useful for some folk
But I’m sure saying phish smish vish has been useful for some folk