Sean in Staffordshire
@shocktigan.bsky.social
Materialist. Educational Psychologist.
Writer of stuff relating to psychology and Marxism at - https://borrowed-language.ghost.io
Speaking here in a personal capacity, not on behalf of any organisation.
Writer of stuff relating to psychology and Marxism at - https://borrowed-language.ghost.io
Speaking here in a personal capacity, not on behalf of any organisation.
Pinned
Really pleased to announce our first set of speakers, with more exciting announcements to come.
It’s guaranteed to be a great day, accessible to all.
I look forward to seeing you there!☺️
#edusky
#edpsychs
#psychology
It’s guaranteed to be a great day, accessible to all.
I look forward to seeing you there!☺️
#edusky
#edpsychs
#psychology
Starmer is clearly driven by power and actively advancing the will of the state, wherever it chooses to go.
His turn to authoritarianism doesn’t show that he is being passively dragged along by the Labour right.
It demonstrates active ideological devotion to a state spiralling towards fascism.
His turn to authoritarianism doesn’t show that he is being passively dragged along by the Labour right.
It demonstrates active ideological devotion to a state spiralling towards fascism.
Kind of, but if Sir Keir was ever interested in being anything more than just a balloon with a face drawn on it that can get shoved in front of a camera, he’s shown no sign of it at all. Hard to sympathise with that.
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Starmer is clearly driven by power and actively advancing the will of the state, wherever it chooses to go.
His turn to authoritarianism doesn’t show that he is being passively dragged along by the Labour right.
It demonstrates active ideological devotion to a state spiralling towards fascism.
His turn to authoritarianism doesn’t show that he is being passively dragged along by the Labour right.
It demonstrates active ideological devotion to a state spiralling towards fascism.
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There are people on the left who keep saying the Greens aren't a socialist party. But if a highly democratic party elects a socialist leader in a landslide, then trebles its membership by virtue of the new leader's socialism attracting 100k+ new members, surely that party is now de facto socialist?
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There are people on the left who keep saying the Greens aren't a socialist party. But if a highly democratic party elects a socialist leader in a landslide, then trebles its membership by virtue of the new leader's socialism attracting 100k+ new members, surely that party is now de facto socialist?
7/10 (10 being extremely shit)
🚨🚨Major #EU news: More than 80 percent of Europe’s companies will be freed from environmental reporting obligations after @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu reached a deal on a proposal to cut green rules on Monday. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
EU closes deal to slash green rules in major win for von der Leyen’s deregulation drive
Controversial “omnibus” bill saw center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards.
www.politico.eu
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
7/10 (10 being extremely shit)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Yes it was offensive (main female character with literally no lines, another alternate history storyline that makes light of suffering etc) but it was also just *so so boring*.
You could almost hear Tarantino boorishly moaning about woke from behind the camera
Yes it was offensive (main female character with literally no lines, another alternate history storyline that makes light of suffering etc) but it was also just *so so boring*.
You could almost hear Tarantino boorishly moaning about woke from behind the camera
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Yes it was offensive (main female character with literally no lines, another alternate history storyline that makes light of suffering etc) but it was also just *so so boring*.
You could almost hear Tarantino boorishly moaning about woke from behind the camera
Yes it was offensive (main female character with literally no lines, another alternate history storyline that makes light of suffering etc) but it was also just *so so boring*.
You could almost hear Tarantino boorishly moaning about woke from behind the camera
Hi trade union movement - this is a good example of how AI affects the workplace!
Less workers needed, those who are employed have to work harder, and the end result is noticeably worse!
Maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to implement this tech!
Less workers needed, those who are employed have to work harder, and the end result is noticeably worse!
Maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to implement this tech!
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hi trade union movement - this is a good example of how AI affects the workplace!
Less workers needed, those who are employed have to work harder, and the end result is noticeably worse!
Maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to implement this tech!
Less workers needed, those who are employed have to work harder, and the end result is noticeably worse!
Maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to implement this tech!
Welcome to C.L.A.D.E - the Covert League of Animal Detective Experts! *motorik beat commences*
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Welcome to C.L.A.D.E - the Covert League of Animal Detective Experts! *motorik beat commences*
One day, if you work really hard, you too could have a similar sized steak to that of your male counterpart!
youtube.com/shorts/ibSEI...
youtube.com/shorts/ibSEI...
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One day, if you work really hard, you too could have a similar sized steak to that of your male counterpart!
youtube.com/shorts/ibSEI...
youtube.com/shorts/ibSEI...
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I've worked in social care for 20yrs & supported people with their benefits that whole time & never met anyone like this so can confidently say Saddlesore here is lying out of his arse
We all know people who deliberately haven’t worked in years and who have no intention of ever working. They know every trick and every scam to get maximum benefits. I know of some who get pushed about in a wheelchair! The mistake every govt makes is in thinking they can get them into work.
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I've worked in social care for 20yrs & supported people with their benefits that whole time & never met anyone like this so can confidently say Saddlesore here is lying out of his arse
I’ve always said Angela Rayner was a champagne socialist 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅etc
Look, I know things aren’t great at the moment for (a) anyone, and (b) the Labour Party, but fuck me that’s bleak
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’ve always said Angela Rayner was a champagne socialist 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅etc
Aslan is MrBeast and the plot is a surface level liberal critique of Christianity designed to sell more Feastables
IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond says Greta Gerwig’s ‘NARNIA’ film will be a “cultural event” that is “going to change the world”
“This is not your mother’s or your grandmother‘s Narnia”
“This is not your mother’s or your grandmother‘s Narnia”
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Aslan is MrBeast and the plot is a surface level liberal critique of Christianity designed to sell more Feastables
Me on my film podcast: ‘yeah but here’s The Thing’
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Me on my film podcast: ‘yeah but here’s The Thing’
This is not what ‘offer’ means
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is not what ‘offer’ means
The bleakly funny thing about the ‘Polanski is economically illiterate’ attack line, is that it’s being made by those who support a consensus logic that has destroyed the economy to the point where I doubt we’ll have access to clean drinking water in 10 years time
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The bleakly funny thing about the ‘Polanski is economically illiterate’ attack line, is that it’s being made by those who support a consensus logic that has destroyed the economy to the point where I doubt we’ll have access to clean drinking water in 10 years time
I came to this conclusion by being an expert economist.
I have read all the economy books on economics
I have read all the economy books on economics
I think it would be good if we stopped funnelling public and private money to the already very rich and instead funnelled public and private money to the already very poor
This stuff really is snake oil. Would be a great shame if @zackpolanski.bsky.social fell for it. Politically it’s a one way ticket to nowhere. Important under current circumstances to have an articulate and credible voice on the left. Zack needs to steer clear.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I came to this conclusion by being an expert economist.
I have read all the economy books on economics
I have read all the economy books on economics
I think it would be good if we stopped funnelling public and private money to the already very rich and instead funnelled public and private money to the already very poor
This stuff really is snake oil. Would be a great shame if @zackpolanski.bsky.social fell for it. Politically it’s a one way ticket to nowhere. Important under current circumstances to have an articulate and credible voice on the left. Zack needs to steer clear.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
MMT matters because it reveals power – and gives us back the right to choose
I think modern monetary theory (MMT) matters. That is not because it is perfect, because no theory is. Instead, it is because it explains something that almost no one in mainstream economics has ever ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I think it would be good if we stopped funnelling public and private money to the already very rich and instead funnelled public and private money to the already very poor
Reposted by Sean in Staffordshire
Die Hard is a movie.
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Die Hard is a movie.
Reposted by Sean in Staffordshire
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
‘have you tried ID cards yet?’
Remember when Britain voted for Tony Blair? It was twenty years ago, so the public are entitled to ask why the fuck this malicious clown’s opinion on anything is relevant now.
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
‘have you tried ID cards yet?’
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Every AI related meeting I’ve attended has involved a ‘pros/cons’ activity where colleagues present a litany of unspeakable horrors as the cons and then one person says ‘yes but it did give me an inaccurate recipe for apple crumble’
Then everyone agrees that, on balance, AI is good for society
Then everyone agrees that, on balance, AI is good for society
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every AI related meeting I’ve attended has involved a ‘pros/cons’ activity where colleagues present a litany of unspeakable horrors as the cons and then one person says ‘yes but it did give me an inaccurate recipe for apple crumble’
Then everyone agrees that, on balance, AI is good for society
Then everyone agrees that, on balance, AI is good for society
Jfc. How much evidence do the education trade unions need to stop talking about ‘safe implementation’ and start organising against this.
I really hope I’m in an AI booster meeting at the exact moment the bubble bursts.
#edusky
I really hope I’m in an AI booster meeting at the exact moment the bubble bursts.
#edusky
Honestly at this point I assume that all the really pushy AI bros are doing this as well
www.404media.co/1-in-10-mino...
www.404media.co/1-in-10-mino...
1 in 10 Minors Say Their Friends Use AI to Generate Nudes of Other Kids, Survey Finds
A new survey attempts to quantify just how common it is for minors to AI-generate nudes of other minors.
www.404media.co
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Jfc. How much evidence do the education trade unions need to stop talking about ‘safe implementation’ and start organising against this.
I really hope I’m in an AI booster meeting at the exact moment the bubble bursts.
#edusky
I really hope I’m in an AI booster meeting at the exact moment the bubble bursts.
#edusky
listen to @bloodwork.show (starting to realise that everything is gun)
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
listen to @bloodwork.show (starting to realise that everything is gun)
