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Jonny Dixon-Smith

@jonnydixonsmith

Teacher, Lawyer, Writer.

Katılım Mart 2017
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John Cleese
John Cleese@JohnCleese·
The Islamic regime in Iran is the one that just a few weeks ago slaughtered 32,000 protestors, and then, when relatives came for the bodies, demanded payment for them One of the nastiest regimes the modern world had ever known, now supported by many of the marchers
𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎@NiohBerg

From the same march: Real Iranians on one side waving the Lion and Sun flag. White privileged leftists waving the islamic regime flag on the other side. The progressive Left wants Middle Easterners to be oppressed. You can't make this shit up.

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Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker@sapinker·
It's not just phonics: Schools have failed to teach reading because they ignore 50+ years of findings in cognitive psychology that reading depends on general knowledge. ED Hirsch has been banging this drum for a long time but Ed Schools shut their ears because the whole idea was unromantic & had a vaguely right-wing aroma. Now he joins with Dan Willingham to make a strong case that kids can't read if they don't have the background knowledge that makes sense of the rarer vocabulary, allusions, and understandings that allow us to read between the lines - which all reading requires. educationnext.org/rediscovering-…
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Kosher
Kosher@koshercockney·
🚨 Wow. The Islamic Regime in Iran has f*cked up that bad that the Arab states and Islamic countries have completely called them out. Saudi Foreign Minister: “I do not understand how they claim to defend Islamic causes while attacking Islamic countries” "They are not attacking just one nation — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Türkiye, all are Islamic countries, and all have been targeted." "Even before this war, what was Iran’s contribution to the Islamic world?" Isn’t it mad that the Arab world hates the Iranian Regime but there are some in the West seemingly support the regime? (we all know it’s only because these people hate Israel)
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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
@millihill Sentencing in Criminal law has many aims - not just punishment. Deterrence and protection of the innocent among them. It defines what society knows is wrong. This new change is appalling.
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Milli Hill
Milli Hill@millihill·
People desperate to believe that a law has been passed enabling women to murder late term babies and then run around cackling wildly afterwards. This A) shows your low regard for women and B) shows you're incapable of reading things properly. That's the kindest way I can put it.
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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
Proud to say, I attended both 🙌👍🙏
Fiona Rose Diamond@CoviLeaks

Two London Protests in May 2021 - during lockdown measures, covid jab rollout and mandates - prior to being 'granted freedom' in July 2021, both attended by hundreds of thousands of people. I need to say this again; unapologetically, and without dilution. A slightly emotional moment here, anyone who lived it will understand... others just want to forget. To the people who stood up in 2020 and kept standing when it would have been safer, easier and more convenient to acquiesce - you matter more than history will ever properly record. This one's for you, the un-'vaccinated,' the early freedom fighters. Anyone who 'woke up' and spoke up in 2022 or later will never understand what it was like. They cannot. There has been nothing - not before, not since - that compares to the psychological warfare, the social exile, the professional destruction, the coordinated humiliation of those years. It was singular. It was relentless. It was designed to break people. And still, you stood. You were mocked as irrational. Painted as dangerous. Deplatformed. Censored. 'Fact-checked.' Threatened. Arrested. Some of you were physically assaulted. Some lost careers, friends, reputations, family. The hostility didn’t just come from institutions, it came from neighbours, colleagues, strangers in the street. From the self-proclaimed 'compassionate.' From the enforcers of 'safety.' From police who forgot restraint. From citizens who forgot humanity. I know. Because I was there. I was arrested - sometimes violently - beaten, charged and convicted. Multiple times. Arrested as a terrorist and placed on a watch-list as a 'prolific anti-vaxxer.' They tried to outlaw your speech - literally. They tried to erase your questions. They wanted silence... total, obedient silence. And you refused. History has a pattern: the people who are first to speak are always punished hardest. It is only later - when the dust settles and the narrative softens - that others cautiously admit what those early dissenters endured. But those of us who were there know. We know the cost. We know the fear. We know how alone it felt. And we also know this: without those stubborn, 'crazy,' humanitarian, brave souls who refused to comply, who tried to inform others - the damage would have been worse. The injuries. The deaths. You were not reckless. You were resolute. You were not selfish. You were principled. You were not insane. You were early. And whether the world acknowledges it or not; lives were saved because you would not be intimidated or coerced into silence. That kind of courage doesn’t disappear just because the headlines move on. It remains. And it matters. Still. If you survived that. If you did not acquiesce. If you kept fighting... I know I’ll see you soon. Because that time was not just a test of compliance for the masses, it was a test of endurance. And you passed. Now, get ready... once again. We warned about what's looming, too. And we cannot afford to be 'vindicated' in the same way again. We must stop it in its tracks. But this time, the army is larger. The truth has spread farther. The awareness is greater. And our strength - tested, forged, unyielding - stands truly fucking steadfast. Thanks to @OracleFilmsUK for making sure history - and the truth - was captured and preserved.

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Erin Derham
Erin Derham@HistoryBoutique·
@elonmusk And can we please start writing stories and producing content with strong male role models? I want all my children to feel proud of who they are.
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Normal American...Soccer Fan
Normal American...Soccer Fan@normalus23·
@JohnCleese Jon Cleese, I love your work. Be yourself til the end, but I think you are not thinking about the future and maybe it is because you are 90. Your Britain is disappearing. Trump is a bit of a tool, but he is a needed tool, for this world to get back levelheaded.
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John Cleese
John Cleese@JohnCleese·
Read this, please It's very, very good news
Occupy Democrats@OccupyDemocrats

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney blindsides Trump by forming a super alliance of 40 powerful countries to defeat his disastrous MAGA agenda. Carney has become one of Trump's most brilliant adversaries... According to Politico, the European Union, composed of 27 nations, as well as a geopolitical bloc of 12 Indo-Pacific countries, have begun negotiations to form one of the largest economic alliances in the entire world. This historic pivot comes as Trump continues to wage erratic tariff wars on close allies, turning the once-stable United States into a deeply unreliable partner. The talks are being led by Canada and will be the fruit of Carney's vision of a world in which the so-called "middle powers" unite to undermine Trump's tariffs and make themselves immune to his bullying coercion. If successful — and it certainly appears to be heading in that direction — the supply chains of countries as far off as Canada, Malaysia, and Germany could be intwined into one super supply chain. “The work is definitely coming along,” a Canadian government official said to POLITICO. “We’ve had very fruitful discussions on it with other partners around the world.” “We see a lot of value in increasing trade among the EU and [Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership] parties, which would also contribute to enhancing supply chain resilience,” stated a Japanese trade official. Last month, Carney gave an astonishing speech at the Davos World Economic Forum during which he announced the end of American dominance, stating that the "bargain no longer" works for the rest of the world. American hegemony once offered benefits, now it offers only chaos. "Let me be direct, we are in the midst of a rupture not a transition," Carney said during that speech. "Over the past two decades a series of crises in finance, health, energy, and geopolitics have laid the bare risks of extreme global integration." "But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons," he said, referring to Trump. "Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructures as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination." He predicted that allied nations would "diversify to hedge against uncertainty" and "rebuild sovereignty" and that's exactly what's happening with this nascent trade alliance. Carney said that the deal will "create a new trading bloc of 1.5 billion people." Left out in the cold would be the American people, who will be forced to stand by as the citizens of other nations enjoy easier, cheaper access to reliable goods. Trump has made us a world pariah, and the price will be shouldered by your wallet. “We hope that if that’s a success, if you can see tangible benefits in different areas, that could also entice other countries to join in and team up in a positive sense,” said Klemens Kober, the Director of Trade Policy, EU Customs, Transatlantic Relations at the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce. “So the more the merrier," Kober added. This is what happens when you elect an ignorant conman and give him unilateral power over foreign policy. Trump and his MAGA sycophants thought that the rest of the world would simply roll over as America proceeded to pillaged and ransack their coffers. Instead, they'e banding together to completely shatter the balance of power forever. Please ❤️ and share if you think that Trump is the worst president in American history!

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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
@JohnCleese There’s a cognitive dissonance in your posts. You appear to dislike the liberal globalist agenda as it plays out in the UK and in Europe but then object to Trump who is the one person bold (and confident/arrogant) enough to actually change it.
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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
@JohnCleese Omg, John. Why so blind on this? It’s obviously AI & clearly political not factual. Trump Derangement Syndrome. I thought you’d have more sense.
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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
@JohnCleese Oh, John. You have a blind spot when it comes to Trump. Love all your other stuff tho 😉
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John Cleese
John Cleese@JohnCleese·
Is it not obvious to everyone by now that Trump is acting on Putin's orders, and that this is a form or treachery towards the United States ?
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Narinder Kaur
Narinder Kaur@narindertweets·
I respect Bangor University for refusing to launder racism under the banner of “debate.” That’s the kind of integrity and moral clarity I expect from every institution in the UK.
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The White House
The White House@WhiteHouse·
🚨 EFFECTIVE TODAY: The United States has exited the World Health Organization. This fulfills President Trump’s commitment under an executive order signed one year ago, following the WHO’s mishandling of COVID-19 and its ongoing lack of reform, accountability, & transparency.
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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
I accept the some of what Trump does is insane but the media bias against him is unhelpful. The world has changed ; globalism has failed; and Donald Trump is shaking things up - we need to realise that
Elon Musk@elonmusk

Same person

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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
#education #edutwitter - what do you think ?
Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧@JChimirie66677

The scrapping of an Eton-backed free sixth form in Middlesbrough tells us more about Labour than any manifesto ever could. A project designed to educate the brightest children from one of the poorest parts of the country was not stopped because it failed, cost too much, or lacked need. It was stopped because it threatened to succeed. And success, when it cannot be controlled, is intolerable to this government. This was not a fee-paying outpost or a vanity scheme. It was a free school, approved under the last government, partnered with a proven academy trust, aimed squarely at deprived pupils with high academic ability. The offer was simple: take children who show promise and give them an education equal to the best in the country. That should have been uncontroversial. Instead it triggered hostility, suspicion, and finally cancellation. Not because of what it would have done, but because of what it symbolised. The real offence was a four-letter word: Eton College. That name short-circuited reason. Local Labour figures spoke of "elitism" while opposing a free school for poor children. Ministers talked about surplus places and SEND funding while quietly abandoning a project already designed to address a regional attainment gap that everyone admits exists. None of it holds up. The explanations came after the decision, not before it. Look at the facts Labour prefers not to dwell on. The North East lags badly behind London on A-level results and university entry. That gap has widened, not narrowed. This school was explicitly designed to deal with the A-level drop-off that has trapped bright pupils in the region for years. Its location was central, its funding secure, its academic model tested. Scrapping it did nothing to help SEND pupils and nothing to raise standards elsewhere. It simply removed an option that would have worked. What happened in Middlesbrough fits a pattern we have already seen. When schools succeed by insisting on discipline, knowledge, and high expectations, the response from Labour is not curiosity but suspicion. Not imitation but obstruction. Katharine Birbalsingh and Michaela showed what happens when deprived children are taken seriously. Instead of being celebrated, that success is treated as a problem to be managed. The lesson is the same here: excellence outside the approved model must be neutralised. The Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, claims the money could be better spent elsewhere. That argument collapses on contact with reality. Identical Eton-Star colleges have been approved in other Labour-run areas. The money exists. The model is acceptable. What differed in Middlesbrough was not need, but politics. Local ideological resistance was indulged, and bright children paid the price. This is the quiet cruelty of modern Labour education policy. It speaks endlessly about disadvantage while dismantling the very ladders that allow people to climb out of it. It treats aspiration as a threat and excellence as exclusion. It would rather keep everyone inside a failing system than allow some to rise beyond it, because rising exposes the lie that background is destiny. We are told this is about fairness. It is not. Fairness would mean expanding opportunity wherever it appears. What Labour practices instead is levelling by denial. If not everyone can have something, no one should. If a school might allow working-class children to outperform expectations, it must be stopped in case it embarrasses the system. Middlesbrough did not lose a school. It lost permission to excel. A message was sent to its brightest children: know your place. That is not compassion. It is control. And until Labour grasps the difference, it will keep dressing envy up as justice and calling restraint care. Ministers will feel nothing. Children will pay the price. "Bridget Phillipson, claims the money could be better spent elsewhere. That argument collapses on contact with reality."

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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
This is good on the problem of treating “Adolescence” as if it’s some great revelatory warning. It’s a drama - commercial fiction and the school scenes were wholly inauthentic 👇
Lawrence Patihis, PhD@lawrencepatihis

I'm a psychologist. The problem with Adolescence, as brilliantly acted as people report it is, is that essentially it gives us a blank slate model of violence. This blank slate view of violence pervades the worst pseudo-research in forensic psychology advocacy as well (although there is good research as well in the field). The blank slate assumption is wrong, just factually wrong, and leads to the conclusion that all boys are potentially dangerous, and can be placid one year, and dangerous the next with the wrong influences. In actual fact, there is likely a large genetic component of sociopathy and callousness in violent youth, as well as cultural components, such as fatherlessness, and is not the case that crimes typically happen in the way shown in program. I don't think non-violent boys, with fathers present, are dangerous powder kegs. Boys should be treated with good expectations, great decency and respect. I think about 3% of men and boys are dangerous due to violent callousness, and will have shown prior signs of that since childhood. Nevertheless, the dangers of the internet are real, with warping influences. That is true. Knife crime in the UK does not tend to emerge primarily from stable homes like the one in the show. Evidence from systematic reviews, public health studies, and official statistics shows it is strongly associated with unstable family environments and gang involvement.

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Jonny Dixon-Smith@jonnydixonsmith·
@KirstieMAllsopp I don’t know or really care whether London is safer or less safe than it was but I do think Twitter needs voices like yours & a healthy variety. Please stay.
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