Tony Parkin

There Are 47,635 unreleased Epstein Files Offline for Review, DOJ Says | Wall St Journal buff.ly/3scHdD9 < Among the unreleased documents are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump.
Nothing to see here - just keep watching the war in Iran

The $165 Billion Question: What The Economist Got Right (and Terribly Wrong) About Education Technology A response to "Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless"

Talking of an Education Technology Evidence-based approach....
The $165 Billion Question: What The Economist Got Right (and Terribly Wrong) About Education Technology

If you think I'm overstating concerns about the loyalties of US tech companies - check out this memo from Anthropic CEO to staff on their battle with the Trump administration.

After seven years, a minister finally says Hammersmith Bridge “would be a good candidate” for funding - Putney.news buff.ly/OKmn87F < N.B. The Millau Viaduct, the world's tallest bridge (343 meters), was constructed in just over three years!

War! (Good God y'all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...
Except maybe distracting folk from asking more about those missing Epstein files that mention Trump?

Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/jus... < all they are saying is give peace a chance. And stop putting up gas prices.
Oh, and about those unreleased Epstein files...?

‘Incoherent’: Hegseth’s Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymakers  | Politico buff.ly/LsizddL < Dept of War demands right to use AI with ethical guidelines removed, enabling mass surveillance of US residents and autonomous AI weapons. Nothing scary at all!

Bored of Peace, anyone?

Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: factchecking Trump’s State of the Union claims The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims

Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: fact-checking Trump’s State of the Union claims www.theguardian.com/... < The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims

What the Schools White Paper Means for Trust Leaders | Edurio on LinkedIn https://buff.ly/it5mlua
< "the challenge is not just understanding the ambition. It is understanding what changes now, what is being consulted on, and what this signals for the next 6–24 months."

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AI's First Substitution: Freelancers Ramp data shows firms are replacing freelancers with AI…at a steep discount.

AI's First Substitution: Freelancers - | Substack by Ara Kharazian buff.ly/XRJliE8 after the anxiety that the gig economy woul damage real employment, now it looks like freelancers may be the most vulnerable to AI replacement

But it certainly wasn't the subordinates who were required to refund a shed load of 'expenses'! 🙂

Radio 4 midday news - Starmer appoints Antonia Romeo as Cabinet Office Secretary.
Followed by:
Radio 4 - Bottom Line - workplace bullying.
Timing! 😀

Baroness Lawrence describes profound sense of betrayal, as she alleges the Daily Mail illegally spied on her in hacking case against publisher https://buff.ly/iZ4xOh8 < with 'friends' like the Daily Mail, who needs enemies?

Mail intrusion “abhorrent and outside even the most basic standards of human decency”, Sir Elton John alleges in claim against the Daily Mail | Hacked Off https://buff.ly/mwaMaK7 < more evidence from Sir Elton John and Sadie Frost on the appalling depths plumbed by the DM.

Lords launch second attempt to strip Wimbledon Park of legal protection | Putney.news https://buff.ly/RbEs2ZD < yet again, the stench of corruption from vested interests in the Lords, attempting the rewriting of history by retrospective legislation

I think it may be because my early ice-cream came from Capaldi's, an Italian ice-cream family business in York, or Jaconelli's in Scarborough.
The traditional still survived in the 50s!

Now when I was a lad Neapolitan ice cream was strawberry, vanilla and pistachio, echoing the Italian flag.
When did this chocolate aberration become a thing?

If the first half refereeing at #ASTNRW was poor, the second half is worse.
Chris Cavanagh should certainly have his premier league status reviewed

Those who are sceptical about VAR would do well to watch the #ASTNEW cup tie, with a goal that was a yard offside, a clear red card given as a yellow, and a missed offside that nearly gave another goal.
Appalling assistant refereeing.

Gallup Ends Presidential Approval Ratings After Nearly 90 Years of Documenting Public Opinion | People https://buff.ly/SgM6SVQ < under presidential threat from Trump - this is how fascism works....

You have to wonder just how long it will be until Spur's fans realise that sacking managers is fairly easy, but it has never solved their problems?
Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different outcomes?

Council buries the truth: even with fixes, traffic is twice as bad with new junction - Putney.news buff.ly/ibd8YXS < demonstrating why having good local journalism is crucial in holding politicians to account.

‘name a time and place, face to face’ for your #TeachMeet20 | magsamondposts https://buff.ly/Nb5GUO1 < #TMBETT2026 celebrated 20 years of this wonderful 'by teachers, for teachers' CPD model. We look forward to YOU holding a #Teachmeet20 - no big names, just honest sharing!

LibreOffice blasts Microsoft for putting "commercial interests" over everything | Neowin buff.ly/7GNEnJL < the so-called 'open' OOXML standard from Microsoft was ALWAYS designed to be proprietary and lock in their enterprise customers

LinkedIn Pulse

Is Anyone Actually Listening? | Edurio
buff.ly/LO8YdyH < survey specialists Edurio on how and why to close the loop and become a 'listening organisation'.

Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has denounced ICE, celebrated Latino heritage in his largely Spanish-language performance.

President Trump denounced Bad Bunny over his Super Bowl halftime show, complaining that “nobody understands a word this guy is saying” after the largely Spanish-language performance.

Seems to me that the combined commentariat have decided Starmer must stay because “there’s no obvious candidate”.

I think this translates to “all the possible candidates I have good contact with are currently compromised and we need to wait a bit so people can forget that about my favourite”.