John Luker
@johngl.bsky.social
Retired teacher, teacher educator. Now a part-time doctoral student and blog editor. Also a keen hobby woodworker who spends far too much of his pension on new woodworking kit 😁. No DMs thanks.
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When a former NATO DESACEUR says “Trump is our enemy’s friend,” it’s not rhetoric, it’s a strategic warning from someone who knows how fragile the alliance has become. Europe is now openly preparing for a future where US leadership is no longer guaranteed. #Witkoff
When a former NATO DESACEUR says “Trump is our enemy’s friend,” it’s not rhetoric, it’s a strategic warning from someone who knows how fragile the alliance has become. Europe is now openly preparing for a future where US leadership is no longer guaranteed. #Witkoff
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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When a former NATO DESACEUR says “Trump is our enemy’s friend,” it’s not rhetoric, it’s a strategic warning from someone who knows how fragile the alliance has become. Europe is now openly preparing for a future where US leadership is no longer guaranteed. #Witkoff
When a former NATO DESACEUR says “Trump is our enemy’s friend,” it’s not rhetoric, it’s a strategic warning from someone who knows how fragile the alliance has become. Europe is now openly preparing for a future where US leadership is no longer guaranteed. #Witkoff
With today’s Reuters piece confirming that the 28-point plan drew directly from a Russian non-paper routed through the Miami channel, the picture shifts again. A foreign draft was shaping the process long before most officials even knew the channel existed.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
With today’s Reuters piece confirming that the 28-point plan drew directly from a Russian non-paper routed through the Miami channel, the picture shifts again. A foreign draft was shaping the process long before most officials even knew the channel existed.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Doctoral research is demanding, but so much growth happens when we stop and reflect on the process itself. In my latest Slow Lane Boomer post, I introduce ARC-R: my way of structuring reflection through Awareness, Reframing, Commitment, and Resilience.
#PhDSky
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#PhDSky
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When “Resilience” Just Meant Carrying On
Awareness, Reframing, Commitment, Resilience: A reflective toolkit for researchers and travellers in the slow lane
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August 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Doctoral research is demanding, but so much growth happens when we stop and reflect on the process itself. In my latest Slow Lane Boomer post, I introduce ARC-R: my way of structuring reflection through Awareness, Reframing, Commitment, and Resilience.
#PhDSky
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#PhDSky
jluker.substack.com/p/when-resil...
My first attempt at a Substack article:
When the sirens stayed silent.
Why Britain’s civilian readiness is lagging behind — and what we can learn from neighbours who are already preparing for air and drone threats.
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When the sirens stayed silent.
Why Britain’s civilian readiness is lagging behind — and what we can learn from neighbours who are already preparing for air and drone threats.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
When the Sirens Slept: What Civil Defence in Europe Can Teach the UK
Why Britain’s civilian readiness is falling behind — and what we can learn from our neighbours.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My first attempt at a Substack article:
When the sirens stayed silent.
Why Britain’s civilian readiness is lagging behind — and what we can learn from neighbours who are already preparing for air and drone threats.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
When the sirens stayed silent.
Why Britain’s civilian readiness is lagging behind — and what we can learn from neighbours who are already preparing for air and drone threats.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Another new BELMAS Blog post
#BELMASblog
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Do we understand the leader as a heroic individual accomplishment, or as a networked ecological process?
#BELMASblog
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-imp...
Do we understand the leader as a heroic individual accomplishment, or as a networked ecological process?
The Importance of Collaborative Networks in Educational Leadership - BELMAS
The editorial team really enjoyed reading and commenting on Köksal's blog. It both reminds us of and adds a significant dimension to a classical contention in leadership theory...
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February 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Another new BELMAS Blog post
#BELMASblog
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-imp...
Do we understand the leader as a heroic individual accomplishment, or as a networked ecological process?
#BELMASblog
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-imp...
Do we understand the leader as a heroic individual accomplishment, or as a networked ecological process?
Oh so true!
Saw this in the comments section of today’s FT and it struck home with me in these strange times:
"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools to applaud them"
Erasmus 1509.
#StrangeTimes
Saw this in the comments section of today’s FT and it struck home with me in these strange times:
"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools to applaud them"
Erasmus 1509.
#StrangeTimes
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Oh so true!
Saw this in the comments section of today’s FT and it struck home with me in these strange times:
"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools to applaud them"
Erasmus 1509.
#StrangeTimes
Saw this in the comments section of today’s FT and it struck home with me in these strange times:
"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools to applaud them"
Erasmus 1509.
#StrangeTimes
Read the latest BELMAS blog post #BELMASblog
Steven J Courtney has written a piece “Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology”
How leadership can be studied and understood, engaging with CELPS as a tool.
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/introdu...
Steven J Courtney has written a piece “Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology”
How leadership can be studied and understood, engaging with CELPS as a tool.
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/introdu...
Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology - BELMAS
In this piece, author, Steve Courtney, presents Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship (CELPS)...
www.belmas.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Read the latest BELMAS blog post #BELMASblog
Steven J Courtney has written a piece “Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology”
How leadership can be studied and understood, engaging with CELPS as a tool.
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/introdu...
Steven J Courtney has written a piece “Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology”
How leadership can be studied and understood, engaging with CELPS as a tool.
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/introdu...
Are you a PG researcher in educational leadership? Do you fancy dipping your toes into publishing your own research or practice-based thoughts and experiences? Why not try the BELMAS blog? www.belmas.org.uk/news/blog-gu...
#PhDSKY #EduSky
#PhDSKY #EduSky
Blog Guidelines - BELMAS
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January 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Are you a PG researcher in educational leadership? Do you fancy dipping your toes into publishing your own research or practice-based thoughts and experiences? Why not try the BELMAS blog? www.belmas.org.uk/news/blog-gu...
#PhDSKY #EduSky
#PhDSKY #EduSky
Reposted by John Luker
If you haven’t already read it, here’s my essay on the late Gary Indiana, one of the best novelists of the American Empire
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EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
An obituary of novelist and critic Gary Indiana by Ed Luker
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December 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM
If you haven’t already read it, here’s my essay on the late Gary Indiana, one of the best novelists of the American Empire
effects-journal.com/archive/empi...
effects-journal.com/archive/empi...
October 11, 2024 at 8:30 AM