Published inDialogue & Discourse·Jun 23Member-onlyMeet NAFO, Twitter’s Latest Harassment NetworkThe story is a familiar one. An edgy political group on Twitter takes a meme, attaches it to their cause du jour, find themselves in the right place at the right time and a movement is born. The latest such movement is NAFO — or North Atlantic Fellas Organisation. It…Ukraine6 min readUkraine6 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·May 24Member-onlyThe Associated Press Vs Elon MuskAP’s Attempt to Increase Twitter Censorship Betrays their Activist Agenda — On May 18th the Associated Press published a highly personal attack on Elon Musk. They claimed that in the week after Trump’s May 11th CNN Town Hall, Twitter allowed popular tweets stating that the 2020 Presidential Election was “rigged” to appear on the platform without Community Note labels. To make…Elon Musk7 min readElon Musk7 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Dec 6, 2022Member-onlyThe Activist Rot: How Harvard is fast becoming the leading purveyor of disinformation onlineIt reads like the script for a straight-to-streaming low-budget thriller. Joan: “When I was first getting my bearings around journalists, Luke took me to a gross bar in DC and introduced me to a hacker. …Osint13 min readOsint13 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Feb 7, 2022C4ARR has two choices: Disband or Acknowledge they are an Antifa mouthpiece.On February 2nd, 2022 Dr Craig McCann published a piece with C4ARR (Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right) titled “Beware the Anti-Fascists, for they have become what they oppose”. The piece should have gone unnoticed. It simply pointed out that the extreme and violent tactics being adopted by…Antifa7 min readAntifa7 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Jan 25, 2022Media Credibility is Germany’s Biggest Covid VictimCoverage of Spaziergänge (anti-mandate protests) has destroyed people’s faith in the news and caused lasting social damage. Diana is a young mother who lives in a multigenerational house with her parents just outside of Ulm. Her family had always been extremely close which is why they chose to build that…Covid8 min readCovid8 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Jan 16, 2022German COVID DemonstratorsWho are they and what do they want? — At 7pm every Monday evening 150 or so people gather in front of the City Hall in a small town just outside of Ulm, Germany. To stumble upon them one might be forgiven for thinking they are some local walking club. If these were normal times one might even think…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Dec 4, 2021Gizmodo, Cronyism and Narrative Building: A Case Study of Modern ‘Journalism’On Friday 3rd December 2021 Gizmodo published an article about Twitter’s new rule for posting personal media without consent. The article claims the new rule is being weaponized by fascists who can now get Antifa accounts locked for doxing people. …Fake News7 min readFake News7 min read
Nov 7, 2021Dear Antifa, the Media is Not your Friend — The Case of Antifash Gordon and HuffPoAntifa is in turmoil. Celebrity doxer Christian Exoo, also known as AntifashGordon on Twitter has long been a media darling. HuffPo extremism expert and senior editor Andy Campbell has spoken lovingly of his work and he was given the ultimate Antifa seal of approval by being supplied with his own…Antifa5 min readAntifa5 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Oct 26, 2021Teacher Mental Health: Breaking the SilenceI asked my PLN (professional learning network) the question “If you suffered from a mental health condition would you feel comfortable talking about it with your administration?” The response to the question was rather unanimous: 68% of teachers would not. What I did not expect was the openness of educators…Mental Health11 min readMental Health11 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Oct 26, 20213 Ways for Teachers to Minimise Stress and Stay Healthy this School year.Teaching is a stressful profession. In fact, a recent report by the National Union of Teachers in Britain found that 41.5% of teachers reported being “highly stressed”, making teaching the most stressful profession in the UK. The study further revealed that teachers were more than twice as likely to be…Wellbeing5 min readWellbeing5 min read