Come on, all the other parties need to step down and let this be a two horse head to head against @countbinface.bsky.social

And just watch, if they win, Trump will be on the airwaves claiming unironically it was because of him. The man corrupts everything he touches. And revels in it.

Favourite comment on this morning’s match (on Jude’s two goals in two minutes): England score goals like they change prime ministers.

I guess Ode to Joy on a gloriously sunny morning at Downing St ruining your resignation speech is a step up from it being ruined by Things Can Only Get Better in the pissing October rain with no umbrella.

I had a lot of fun discussing multilingualism in our self evidently multilingual country with @4bilingualism.bsky.social Have a listen. It’s good.

GOOD MORNING. Andy Burnham has triumphed in Makerfield. Nigel Farage has been brutally humiliated. The sun is shining and the world is a beautiful place iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...

@sturdyalex.bsky.social Chuffed to hear my name on QR this week. And thank you for going into all the detail about Halo lore (not to mention stochastic terrorism as tort). Who knew!? Lovely sunset tonight btw. 😁

I dunno how The Oxford Union can go ahead with this, with one of the speakers actively (as in right now) inciting pogroms in the UK. This is not about free speech. This is about illegality.

The ref in the #MEXvRSA match.

@quietriotpod.bsky.social One for Wokey Dokey?

I refuse to believe that there are penalty taking coaches anywhere who think taking a stupid stuttering run up is a good idea. #Arsenal

This is the coolest squad selection announcement It’s all starting to get real. Come on England youtube.com/watch?v=2umU...

I haven’t read loads of those books. Too busy reading things like this … probably. Can’t believe it wasn’t at least number 82.

Should include the full quote:

My book BEYOND BELIEF is out today! It says: in a world flooded with questionable claims and misinformation, evidence from science can help show what’s nonsense – and what’s not. In other words: "Essential reading for the rational-minded". Please repost! 1/🧵 @princetonupress.bsky.social

When people don’t report their research clearly and completely what use does it serve? @taliaisaacs.bsky.social and I make the case for standard reporting guidelines to reduce avoidable research waste in applied linguistics research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Low IQ people. That’s the phrase, right?

If he ran for leader I might start voting Labour again. *Currently have absolutely no idea who I’m going to vote for next month.*

Teachers and educators are invited to join us for a full-day workshop exploring the evidence around teaching children for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL). 📅 10 July ⌚ 9am - 5.15pm 📍 Department of Education Sign up now and secure an early bird ticket 👉 bit.ly/4cvov2w

I like the pope, the pope smokes dopes.

🌍 Webinar: Climate Change Education at the Frontlines - Voices from the Caribbean Explore how educators and researchers in the Caribbean are reshaping climate change education. 📅 1 May, 4pm - 5pm BST (GMT+1) 💻 Online 💡 Free to attend Register: https://bit.ly/4c12isT #Edusky

I wonder if those dudes in Artemis have seen Planet of the Apes.

Oxford indie rock band Beaker have released a new single '50 men' in tribute to Frenchwoman Gisele Pellicot. It’s the band’s first single in 27 years, produced and mixed by producer Sam Williams (Supergrass, Plan B).

Good to see m’colleague Prof Steve Strand’s research being used to hand Badloss his arse. Steve’s work also shows there is no deleterious effect on monolingual English kids associated with the prevalence of #EAL learners in their schools.

youtu.be/OQvDRe79F8k?... @chuckdpe.bsky.social

📢 Calling teachers, school leaders, sustainability leads, and school staff! If your school has green spaces, or opportunities for developing some, you are invited to attend our upcoming free event on using school grounds to support curriculum learning and skills development. ➡️ bit.ly/3PhZEY0

We're almost a week away from ‘Playful Pedagogies: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Constructing Meaning’! 🧩 If you are a practitioner, researcher or student who is interested in finding out more about play-based pedagogies, join us at the Department of Education (@education.ox.ac.uk) on 25/03/2026!

Wow!

Can highly recommend. Metal head, history buff, comedy fan. Arrive as any one, leave as all three.

If we just got on and built some wind farms and solar fields we could dispense with all of this nonsense.

Remembering lessons about uncertainty

Join us for a packed half-day of learning about literacy in the Early Years, led by Professor Iram Siraj OBE 📖💡 📅 Friday 20 March ⏰ 9am - 1.30pm 📍 Department of Education, University of Oxford Book your ticket ➡️ bit.ly/4spSwqJ Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event.

You lost, get over it. To…ahem…coin a phrase.

Dear Labour Party If I wanted Reform UK, I’d vote for Reform UK. If I wanted a shitty cosplay version of Reform UK, I’d vote Tory. These spaces are occupied. What I want is a Labour party that represents progressive Labour values and doesn’t insult its base. Too much to ask?

This is fun. A blogger tells as a story of a trip to Wulfleet. Every ‘page’ the blogger travels 100 years back in time, and with him his writing style, spelling, grammar and syntax. It’s a retrospective in prose of the English language. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

BABS!! WE’RE BACK ON 28TH FEB!! FEW TIX STILL AVAILABLE. COME ALONG AND HEAR FROM ACE PEOPLE INCLUDING @carlhendrick.substack.com @daisychristo.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social #rEDBRUM www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

Absolutely. This Darwin quote sums up every writer’s life.

Interesting symposium tonight at St Antony’s: ‘What isn’t working in contemporary politics?’ (How long have we got!) Feat: @samfr.bsky.social, @pronouncedalva.bsky.social, @stellacreasy.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social and Damian Hinds.

“I will bear witness to fascism”

This is 🔥 open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

This is SO GOOD.

It’s not even a new path. Look, there are footprints going off into the distance. Path’s already been walked.

🎙️ New podcast: Bullying or counter-connecting? In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting. 🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky

‘Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

This is very very funny. There's really no reason to take it with any seriousness at all. I love it

‘Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

Oooof!

Someone show him a map

Follow @louisehaighmp.bsky.social Show other MPs that there are places other than X to reach the electorate.

The speakers at this event are excellent. EY and Primary colleagues will really enjoy this I’m sure. #EduSky