Angelo Gavrielatos

OMG, the Nationals' stance on renewable energy makes them a laughing stock.
That's if you get your laughs from an idiotic cult of climate deniers, fools and grifters.
Like the Ouroboros... the mythical snake that eats itself in a death spiral.

ETUCE Conference on Artificial Intelligence – Education trade unions shaping the future of our education systems Copenhagen, 7–8 October 2025 – The ETUCE European Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education brought together over 70 education unionists, researchers, and experts from across Europe. Organis...

We're doing a European wide study on the state of play, policies, union responses and we're working on exchanging and building best practices and capacity. We'll publish more soon.
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Screenshot reading: in the last month I have had to deal with multiple instances of AI being used to bully other pupils, produce images that are offensive, cheat at homework, answer maths questions, write English speeches and even settle debates about who would win in a fight between a shark and a crocodile. The good, the bad and the trivial are here to stay – and teachers are being left to navigate this world largely alone, muddling through as best we can. We need guidance, training and support in how to use AI with pupils safely. But when each day we are having to plan and teach five lessons, attend a whole-staff meeting, run after-school intervention, mark a set of exams and call parents, time is limited.

Let's be honest, AI in schools is going exactly as expected - poorly

Problem with this piece is it then responsibilizes teachers to sort it out which seems pretty crazy given openAI is valued at half a trillion dollars and teachers are not valued much at all
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Go Public! Fund Education successfully takes off in Pacific Islands Education union leaders from the Pacific Islands came together to share experiences, challenges, and Go Public! Fund Education campaign priorities in their respective countries.

Our #GoPublic #FundEducation campaign unites Pacific education unions in their struggle to address teacher shortages and push for greater investment in public education.
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The slaughter of innocent people continues.

North-Asian education unions mobilised for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to Go Public! Leaders of Education International (EI) member organisations across North Asia have committed to “organise, organise, organise; day and night” and pledged to “strengthen solidarity across North Asia a...

“Education unions have committed to organise, organise, organise… and pledged to strengthen solidarity across North Asia.”
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
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A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal “Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."

Ethiopia: Teacher unionists set bold agenda and chart the future for quality education The 23rd General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) convened from October 14th-15th, 2025, bringing together educators and union leaders from across the nation and continent. The ev...

#Teachershortages continue to impede education progress across... [Africa]. 44 million new teachers are needed to achieve SDG 4 by 2030, 15 million of them in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. The root cause is insufficient investment”
#GoPublic
#investinteachers

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Taiwan: “Teachers have nearly become forced labor in sweatshops called schools” The National Teachers Association (NTA) is urging the government of Taiwan to listen to teachers and improve their working conditions and to align with the UN Recommendations on the teaching professio...

@eduinternational.bsky.social stands with colleagues in Taiwan demanding fair working conditions and quality education for all; echoing the global call on governments to #GoPublic and #investinteachers

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Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press

“You can’t be ‘objective’ about fascism. You can’t be ‘objective’ about genocide. You can’t be ‘objective’ about whether people have the right to live. You can’t be ‘objective’ about the climate crisis.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social 👇🏼

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“We have been amazing allies” says Trump as our sovereignty goes down the drain and we capitulate to militarism, US hegemony and containment of China. We will inevitably be dragged into a war with our most important trading partner. A sad, dangerous day not a diplomatic triumph!

‘The loss of education is the loss of the future itself’: Gaza’s children and teachers on two years without school With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopes

With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education.”

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There must be a medical explanation for this madness.

AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.

South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers
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🤯 Can teachers be forced to make an "AI" avatar of themselves? Why is the government allowing this mass experimentation on children and teachers by a private entity? Is there any oversight whatsoever? Were teachers, students and parents part of the decision making process?

@neunion.bsky.social

Single frame. Monochrome. Wasteland of rubble and detritus. Man greets woman through a door frame, the only structure in the scene.

Welcome home.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

In Asia-Pacific and around the world, growing pressures on democratic institutions and shrinking civic space go along with increasing attacks on the autonomy of educators and researchers.

Education unions are leading the resistance. Defending academic freedom and democracy are top priorities.

Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

Yeah, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is not all that great.

Not being Trump doesn’t make you good.

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463 people including 157 children have been starved to death!!!

Starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime, a crime against humanity, an act of #genocide

Dear ABC News,
Why do you refer to Israeli hostages yet Palestinian prisoners? The word prisoner implies they've committed a crime. Yet you know almost all of the Palestinians were held w/o charge, trial or conviction. Words matter. Hostages on both sides. #Israel #Palestine #JournalismMatters

History Illustrated: Is the US eyeing its next Latin American target? US warships massing off the coast of Venezuela raise the spectre of yet another military intervention.

“From 1898 to 1994, the US successfully ousted a Latin American government at least 41 times. While US security interests may have often been cited as justification, economic interests often prevailed.”

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World's media today will be full of emotive stories about the release of ~20 Israeli hostages held by HAMAS for 2 years. There will be no similar stories about the ~2000 Palestinian hostages to be released by Israel, many imprisoned for much longer.

Racist, much? That's x100 racist.

IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.

Mongolia: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government The peaceful sit-ins by teachers and education support personnel in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar are drawing national attention and growing solidarity from other sectors, such as the railway secto...

Mongolia: The public has shown strong support for teachers’ demands, urging the government to prioritize investment in teachers and the education sector.
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
#investinteachets

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I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

Another @benpatrickwill.bsky.social must read thread. 🔥 🔥 🔥

Lebanon: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action Informed by the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (UNHLP), the Santiago Consensus and new research focusing on the political economy of education in Lebanon, Educ...

Lebanon: The time has come to move from words to action, and to invest meaningfully in public education.

#GoPublic
#FundEducation
#investinteachers

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Together for teachers, together for tomorrow: A profound World Teachers’ Day in Palestine This year’s World Teachers’ Day marked a historic and deeply emotional moment as Education International’s General Secretary marked the occasion in Palestine — standing in solidarity with the General ...

Education International’s presence in Palestine this World Teachers’ Day served as a powerful reminder: solidarity, dignity, and hope must remain at the heart of global education efforts.
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Historic: Education union leaders bring their voice to the African Union Leaders of Education International Africa (EIA) member organizations exchanged experiences and strategies during a Go Public! Fund Education event and then actively participated in the Pan African Co...

African unions demand immediate and decisive action to fully fund public education and invest in teachers at the Africa Union
#GoPublic
#FuneEducation
#investinteachers
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