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Mar 24 • 46 tweets • 13 min read

This week, Tory Minister for Work & Pensions, Mel Stride, decided to offer up his considerable expertise on mental health… wait... hold on... nope, sorry... his absolutely not any expertise whatsoever on mental health...

Settle in folks. A thread. 🧵
uk.news.yahoo.com/concern-mental… Stride said: “While I’m grateful for today’s much more open approach to mental health, there is a danger that this has gone too far...

Oct 2, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read

I make no apologies for retweeting this shit over the weekend. Ignorance is not always bliss. Some still choose to believe that racism doesn't exist, or that it's not that bad. Some are "shocked" by this, or think that these are bots not worth engaging with.

1/ But these are real people. Admittedly people with literal shit for brains, but still real people with real jobs.

You probably walk past them on a daily basis, maybe interact with them, maybe work with them.

They won't show their racism to you, but they're there.

2/

Jul 30, 2023 • 15 tweets • 4 min read

I try to be optimistic. Honestly.

But, for the love of Tina Arena, everything is awful, isn't it? And while I know it might seem simplistic, naive even, there's got to be a better way of doing just about everything. 🧵 Like, for example... instead of allowing Water and Sewerage companies to continue making massive profits while excessively dumping untreated sewage into our rivers and waterways, we could... I don't know, NOT allow them to do that?
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

May 12, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read

Dear Students,

I just asked ChatGPT to write me a 1500 word literature review on a topic.

I asked it to add citations (cos there weren't any)

I then asked it to write a reference list.

I then checked the references.

They were all totally fake.

LESSON: ChatGPT is shit. Now, obviously it isn't shit.

But we do need to have genuine conversations about how it can best be used to support students work.

I'm not saying anything that hasn't been said before, but wholesale panic in HE about AI generated essays isn't' the answer.

Apr 16, 2023 • 30 tweets • 7 min read

So what's funny is that for the Golliwogs article, I accidentally went on a bit of a Facebook trawl for comments. Want to see some of them?

Of course you do. Settle in. 🧵 A fairly straightforward start. Just not knowing about history isn't a problem. There's loads of stuff I don't know.

But then when someone actually shows you that history, you can't just say "how ridiculous, Golliwogs were just about Jam."

Jan 6, 2023 • 45 tweets • 8 min read

All of the reasons why The Walking Dead makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

In fact, I might start it now 👀🧵

https://twitter.com/ThePhDPlace/status/1611335994233556994

I started the New Year by getting Covid. It's still out there, folks, and it's no joke. I've been in bed for 3 days so thought I'd finish The Walking Dead (all my 🧠 could cope with), which after about S4, just became a chore, rather than a pleasure... bit like a PhD, ironically.

Dec 31, 2022 • 15 tweets • 7 min read

A lovely #NewYear 🧵

Do you want to develop HABITS to become a more SUCCESSFUL version of yourself?

Well here are my top 'life-hacks' for 2023 that will make you an instant SUCCESS and a BETTER human.

You are welcome.

#NewYears #NewYearsResolution #NewYear2023 #RandomCaps 1. WAKE UP EARLY! Getting up at 4am means you're up an hour earlier than those losers who get up at 5. Even if your kid has been awake most of the night and you've had 90 minutes total sleep, rise and shine, you lazy git. You can use the extra hour to be MORE SUCCESSFUL at life.

Dec 30, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read

I sort of want to comment on how we shouldn't really laugh at the Andrew Tates of this world... but it in fairness self-owns are never not utterly hilarious! But in all seriousness, it is easy to laugh and point at the ridiculousness of the Alpha male... I can only use the word bullshit... but we should realise that this toxic masculinity and violent mysogyny is the end product of a culture that we are all capable of contributing to.

Dec 14, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read

Mini 🧵

I've talked before about how we're all very much socialised into a society steeped in #racism.

It's in the many subtle (or not so subtle) things that we learn without being explicitly taught.

Exhibit A...

It's really easy to look at this early years reading book and the pictures within it and not see anything problematic.

But when you piece it together, you can clearly see the messages that very young kids are being exposed to (and internalising).

Dec 2, 2022 • 45 tweets • 8 min read

So this thread 👇🏿seemed to strike a nerve (you have to read past the first tweet btw!)

I have a lot more to say about this stuff, but I need to think carefully about how I phrase it so that I don't... you know... get fired.

I'll try for fewer typos this time too.

Settle in 🧵

https://twitter.com/PeteOlusoga/status/1597519547699200000

I have real concerns about the future of Higher Education (and education in general), as do many of my colleagues. Yet I feel like we're all just sort of stumbling along, punch drunk, because we've been beaten into submission.

Nov 29, 2022 • 50 tweets • 10 min read

Dearest Students,

I don't want to hear a single word of complaint from you EVER, about ANYTHING.

#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter

As annoying, frustrating, and genuinely demoralising as this is for me, I think it's important to ask why this is happening.

There was a real clamour from students for face-to-face teaching after 18 months of lock-down, zoom teaching, but they just aren't showing up.

Oct 15, 2022 • 25 tweets • 11 min read

Oct 2, 2022 • 36 tweets • 21 min read

I'm a day late. I meant to start this 🧵 yesterday, but hey, whatever.

For #BlackHistoryMonth this year, I'm going to highlight some of the all time greats from the world of sports - trailblazers, record breakers, game changers, every one.

Let's begin with... 1. Jerry Rice

Considered by some to be the greatest player the NFL has ever seen, certainly the greatest receiver.

20 yrs in the NFL
15 with the 49ers ('85-'00)
3 Championships

Still holds the 'Big 3' receiving records:
Total rec (1,549)
Rec yds (22,895)
Rec TDs (197)

Sep 18, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read

I'm actually a bit sad that The Queue™️ is going to end.

Can we not just keep it going forever? A permanent art instalation.

Join The Queue™️

What's at the end of The Queue™️?

No one knows.

It changes every 6 hours.

You don't know what you're going to see.

It could be... A giant Toblerone

A chance to win a holiday

Some breakdancing

Wasps

An episode of Hey Duggee

Mischief

A hairy dog

Michelle Roux Jr

Whimsy

A vast collection of pies

Too many MCs

Not enough mics

The finest gravy

Sep 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 7 min read

ATTENTION COACHES!

😫 ever felt totally exhausted by the career you’ve chosen?

😫 ever feeling stuck in a job that you’re meant to love?

😫 ever feel a little despondent about your work?

Check out this free webinar on #COACH #BURNOUT. Sign up here 👇🏿 mailchi.mp/0d8a89dc5ec1/b… If you want to know a little more about coach burnout, check out this episode of the #EightyPercentMental #Podcast episode with @NutritionDanny.

eightypercentmental.com/2021/01/18/1-1…

Sep 17, 2022 • 22 tweets • 7 min read

So a few days ago, I asked a question about burnout and the replies were pretty revealing - thanks to everyone who replied for their honesty in talking about this stuff.

#Burnout is much more than just feeling a bit worn out.
Settle in... 🧵

@coachblueprint1

https://twitter.com/PeteOlusoga/status/1567878650338344961

Burnout is far more than just feeling worn out, or a bit over-stressed.

It is a complex and ongoing syndrome with three major characteristics...

May 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

When you say we shouldn't teach kids about racsim, you forget that young Black kids and kids of colour HAVE TO learn about racism. They have no choice in the matter.

This breaks my heart. He's just a baby. 11 years old. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Think about the things that stick with you from being a kid. The time you called you teacher 'mum', the time you read 'orgasm' instead of 'organism' in a biology textbook.

I doubt 'having your finger ripped off while trying to get away from racist bullies' is on your list.

Mar 20, 2022 • 25 tweets • 5 min read

As usual, the replies to those pointing out the racism involved in the Child Q case are full of people shouting "Bollocks!" or "what about Muslim rape gangs?"

Well please allow me to retort.

Settle in... 🧵 It's all very well and good to say "this wouldn't have happened if the girl was white," or "this is a clear example of yet more racism," but I think it might be important to explain how and why we *know* that to be true, rather than just repeating it over and over again.

Feb 15, 2022 • 30 tweets • 7 min read

Yet again, "woke" is trending on Twitter as it continues to be used (deliberately) as a pejorative.

But why is being aware of very real issues of inequality and injustice something to be derided?

I'll tell you why... myblackface.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/the… One of the stats I cite in the above is that Black women are 5x more likely to die in childbirth than white. It's one that people seem to have real difficulty with.

"Are you saying that midwives are all racists?"

No, obviously bloody not...

Oct 29, 2021 • 20 tweets • 5 min read

Would you like to hear about an all-Black Ice Hockey League? An often forgotten, yet crucial piece of history that actually shaped the way the game is played today?

Oh you would? Wonderful.

Let's begin.
#BlackHistoryMonth So I think we can all agree that Ice Hockey is pretty white, and I’m not talking about the ice. In today’s NHL, about 5% of the players are players of colour. As of last year, it was just 43 players out of over 700.

Oct 28, 2021 • 18 tweets • 4 min read

So who want's to hear about the Syracuse 8?

All of you?

Fantastic. Let's begin.

Now the very best thing about the story of the Syracuse 8 is that there were 9 of them.
#BlackHistoryMonth #AthleteProtest In 1970, a group of 9 American Football players at Syracuse University boycotted practice and eventually sat out the entire 1970 season.

Gregory Allen, Richard Bulls, Dana Harrell, John Godbolt, John Lobon, Clarence 'Bucky' McGill, A. Alif Muhammad, Duane Walker, and Ron Womack.

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