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I’m still unsure where I sit with this. A ban on social media for children 11 and under I would support wholeheartedly, but if we’re going to give 16 yr olds the right to vote*, then this ban feels wrong-footed to me. *see www.gov.uk/government/n...

Worth scrolling through this thread, if only for the tardigrade playing the world’s smallest violin* *even though I realise that it may itself have been generated using AI 🫠

Every time I visit #London, I always aim to visit at least one place I’ve never been to before, to experience something new. Yesterday I thought I’d walk the iconic spiral staircase at Russell Sq. I mean, how hard can 175(?) steps be? I did it but … 😭 <lactic acid> 😭 My advice? Take the lift.

Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch

There’s only #One of these @blueskyartshow.bsky.social The ‘viking’ door (850 yrs old), St Helen’s church, Stillingfleet #Yorkshire #Photography #Church #BlueskyArtShow See: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-he...

Interesting. I’d say as the mouth is connected to the anus—all sphincters theoretically open—this counts as one hole. I’m now thinking about Eustachian tubes … 🤔 @chatbiology.bsky.social

Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday

Though Sartre claimed an individual “is responsible for everything he does," many see free will as an illusion. | https://bit.ly/4pz3Uie Join Paul Bloom, Robert Sapolsky, and Lucy Allais as they tackle an endlessly divisive philosophical and existential question; can fate and free will coexist?

Antoine Pevsner, 1933 Birth of the Universe

The #WolfMoon 2026 #SuperMoon as seen from a very cold #EastYorkshire 🥶 Jupiter is v bright tonight. iPhone camera user? By switching to video mode first you can use your phone camera to capture what your eyes can see.

A Blizzard at the Yorkshire Coast. 0°C. Sandpipers.

A while ago, I posted a set of notes about the Bayesian approach to inquiry and how it can help us think about questions raised in the recent literature on zetetic epistemology. I’ve now corralled that material into something like a first draft of a book. I hope it might be of interest to others.

Post a book you love from the 1980s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Heroes And Ogres - Simon Goodenough #BookSky

#EduSky #EducationalResearch

A chance to get up close to this beautiful Bank vole

If #EducationalResearch is your thing, then the posts in this feed may interest you. Pin and contribute. Feeds are the key to understanding how #Bluesky works. It’s really simple to create your own – whatever interests you will also be of interest others.

#photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #landscape #analog #shotonfilm #doubleexposure #abstract #PotD

The North Sea for a bracing walk on #Christmas day has to be done. #Photography #Landscapes #Coast #Bluesky

'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955) Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was very often boiled to oblivion.

Day 23 #ResearchAdvent 2025 is a very special one for me. As I was officially granted leave to supplicate last week, I can now join the group of fellow #Scholars who have earned the right to say #PhDone 🎓 #PhDLife completed ✔️ A wonderful way to round-off 2025 🥂

Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼 There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.

It is time #Christmas2025 I don’t think there has been a better children’s TV series #TheBoxOfDelights #WhenTheWolvesWereRunning

Paul Evans (British Artist, born 1950) "Winter Light", 2022. Ink and Acrylic, 28 × 28 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Well, as it's the first day of #winter: ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm Still such a lovely little game #Winterbells

Misty And Murky. 6°C with hill fog. Sheep in the valley

A peak inside a miner’s home from the 1900s at #Beamish open air museum in the #NorthEast of #England #WorkingClass #SocialHistory #OpenHouse #BlueskyArtShow @blueskyartshow.bsky.social

Greek tragedy: the rare seals hiding in caves to escape tourists Greece is hoping that protected areas will help keep daytrippers away and allow vulnerable monk seals to return to their island habitats www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A collection of award-winning films, developed for the "Only Human" project through the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public, is widening public conversation about genetic science. Strikingly, science itself barely gets a mention. Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/awar...

"In teacher education, we have to provide space for people to see themselves more clearly, even as they are learning methods and practices that can be useful." —Chezare Warren in a piece published by Vanderbilt University

Teacher collaboration: Why we’re for it (even when the evidence is weak). "A collaborative environment, on its surface, seems like an obviously good thing for any school. Who doesn’t like the idea of colleagues working together to increase student learning?" By Professor Rob Coe

Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England? - Tereshchenko - British Educational Research Journal - Wiley Online Library bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/be…

Book Review opportunity - Calling all PGRs and ECRS! Our Book Reviews Editor is looking for a researcher to write a 500 word book review for our journal, 'History of Education Researcher'. Interested? Check out our news article on this: historyofeducation.org.uk/bookreview20... #histed #edusky

This is one of the many reasons why I love England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Caught on 5th of December #Whamageddon

Christmas baubles, 1900. #decoration #color #oldtimes

The winners of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025 have been announced! Take a look at the stunning photographs from across the categories, starting with the microimaging category and overall winner 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez: royalsociety.org/news/2025/12...

The power of modelling as spoken in cat. #learning #EduSky

The future is fungal www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Why did the Royal Society reject a 1932 scientific paper on the use of X-rays to stimulate the retina? Discover some fantastic (and dangerous) research into real X-ray eyes on our blog: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2025/11/x-ray-vision/

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

New paper klaxon 🚨 Applying for a place on this BERA #ECR scheme was an excellent decision - mentors matter. #PhDLife The inside out of journal editing and peer review: A collective reflection on the Review of Education's mentoring scheme for early career researchers doi.org/10.1002/rev3...

First time in #Boston and I love it 😍 🇺🇸 Catching the end of the #fall / #autumn colour is a real privilege. #Photography #Cityscape #Trees #Colour

Needed some sea air and the chance to stretch my legs. Gorgeous day at #Bridlington but far too warm for the 5th November 🎆

The DfE is inviting teachers to join an advisory group to act as a ‘sounding board’ and advise ministers on school policy

Coffee time spent with the legend that is Beatriz Ferreyra 💿🛸 is time well spent. She’s 88 years old and still, I believe, going strong. #Vinyl

Ladybird wisdom, part 47. Artist: Frank Humphris (A First ‘Do You Know’ Book, 1971)

Things will need to get really bad before humans change their behaviour. A relatively easy win: move to a predominantly vegetarian diet (in a phased approach). Will this happen? No. Harder (much): reduce global population size. Will this happen? No. <Capitalism waves 👋 from the sidelines>

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