#redfox eating fallen apples taken today in the middle of Worthing, UK #naturephotography

As it is #caturday I thought I’d post these delicious lovelies who my son rescued this week and are currently being the joy/chaos #unexpectedkittens

While most people don’t initially seek out deep engagement with an AI, argues psychologist Vaile Wright, many AIs are designed to keep us engaged for as long as possible to maximize the data we provide to their makers. “Your data is the profit."

Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"

I love this book. I’m biased because it is a year long observation of the flora and fauna of the countryside around the parish where I live including an #sssi If you ❤️ vivid nature writing, this is perfect. 🦅🦆🦢🦉🪶🐦‍⬛🪹🪺

A quick, muddy cross country #5k for Boxing Day. Just in time to catch the sun setting over the nature reserve and the geese settling in for the frosty night to come.

Really nice references to his previous teaching career in this article.

The incredibly right Joe Lycett is still the only good guest to go on Laura Kuenssberg's show. He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.

“It is astounding that private equity companies are making huge profits from a system that has left families desperate for the very basic level of support their children need" Jon Ungoed-Thomas on the private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil https://bit.ly/4pD6l49

Actor and longtime woodworker Nick Offerman says he has a "responsibility" to continue making things by hand as the world becomes more automated.

"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany. One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."

Look up #moon

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Chemi-luminescencent visual art, it’s like watching a galaxy being formed 🤩

Just in case anyone, like me, has never understood this meme, this is my go-to resource: www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/t... Yummy looking biscuits btw 😋

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

This is one of Ken Robinson’s TED talks that I missed first time around. And although he died in 2020, what he has to say is still crucially relevant today. #EduSky

@bennewmark.bsky.social 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m a late mark today

This has been my worry all along with the breakfast club nonsense. You can talk about funding all you like, the long and the short of it is that school leaders end up with another job on the list, another extension to their working day, and the job becomes ever harder... And this is from DfE advice!

@kateowbridge.bsky.social 👋👋👋

Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

@mrjamesob.bsky.social do you mean the whole avocado stone plopped in the dish of guacamole or ground up?

Zack Polanski, "Zohran Mamdani's win means that hope has triumphed" "He connected with lives or ordinary people, mobilised young people. It wasn't just about social media, it was about his relentless focus on inequality"

#Stunday Northern skies over Ullswater, Cumbria, UK at night

'In one fell swoop, the government could reduce the number of children growing up in poverty by 330,000 today and save a further 150,000 children from that fate by 2029-30'. Excellent, unambiguous analysis by @resfoundation.bsky.social www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

After three days spent with AI researchers from around the world, one thing is very clear to me: we need the humanities and social sciences more than ever. We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/

I’m just stuck in traffic on the M6 with a coach full of children who are exhausted, happy and full of nature’s abundance. We’ve all spent the first half term week at #outwardboundtrust, Ullswater, playing in nature, learning new skills and challenging ourselves to be #betterthanyouthink

Friday #Scape Martindale, Cumbria, UK

Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.

When I was a little kid in the 80s, there was this thing called ‘The Hole In The Ozone Layer’. Our teachers taught us about it in school. We all collectively decided it was a Bad Thing, banned CFCs, did some other stuff, and at no point do I remember anyone being called a Woke Maniac.

RESULT. Put gambling taxes up

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck. Women only want one thing, and it's Mildred Hubble’s broom.

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system. Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts Spending is controlled, not spiralling Worklessness is near record lows My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change" "All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern" "I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened" "And I get more scared every single day"

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

Lol. Humour really works here. The haters don't know what to do with it.

Tories can't spell the name of the country they want to be in charge of:

This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

- I see the knights are drawing in. - Don’t you mean the nights are draw *GETS RUN THROUGH BY A LANCE*

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

What should the Government prioritise in the Autumn Budget? We’re submitting to HM Treasury to ensure psychology’s voice is heard. BPS members, share your views: https://forms.office.com/e/K2xBB4prXs?utm_campaign=PsychMat&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social Deadline: 8 Oct ’25

Call for evidence on early years from the education select committee. ⬇️ #EduSky #EYFS committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...