I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Happy New Year you lovely people. A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)

TGT on Wednesday looks at the career and influence of toy designer Patrick Rylands who passed away just before Christmas. Lots of direction for discussion: product design, the purpose of toys, design simplicity and whether toys should have gender specific marketing. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

This is unhinged. A 75 year old alliance in NATO is being trashed to serve one man's ego. Trump is not a reliable ally, he's a reckless bully. Starmer needs a plan B to stand up for Britain and our allies.

Tuesday's TGT remembers the anniversary of Alfred Wegener's public proposal of continental drift in 1912. Discuss geology and timescales involved, how this exemplifies the scientific method, or discuss whether Wegner is famous enough given the scale of his idea. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

At the departure gate at an airport ... I've seen better :-) #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

Statement from she who should have been our President.

First Venezuela, next Greenland? You don't suck up to bullies like Trump, he will just see it as a sign of weakness. Keir Starmer needs to get on the phone to our European allies including the Danish PM, and show a united front against Trump's threats.

No music on the original BBC Micro version, I think The Blue Danube was introduced on later (other platform) versions ...

I am not a particularly musical person, but this is just beautiful, and hilarious 😁 *Also, geeks of a certain age will know this as the music that plays while docking in Elite 😉

The government’s had 24 hours to agree a line on this. There are obviously diplomatic reasons they might not condemn things as forcefully as many of us would like. But this weird “we respect international law but won’t say anything further” line is nonsensical and cannot hold.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. “Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”

This is what happens. This is so unfair to "the 29". But what is the (acceptable) solution?

New Blog Post 📝 A fair amount of conversation is happening surrounding the causes of poor behaviour, however, what I wanted to highlight is the impact the poor behaviour of one pupil has on the other 29. Even just a few minutes has, collectively, a large impact. open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...

Get off Twitter. There’s no excuse anymore.

As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise

100% What @robinince.bsky.social said ...

The rainbow is one of those things I feel I have to teach to A-level students - at least giving them a basic understanding - even though it's not really on our spec at all (except for understanding reflection/refraction)

Living in the same town as my school I'm used to bumping into pupils ... but one being on the same flight back from holiday was a new one yesterday!

Just do not support that platform by being on it.

Must be able to create a few questions around this ... #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

haven't seen romanesque in ages

Going on holiday on Xmas day. Recommendations for something new to download to read? #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

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The case of the “Gimli Glider” is a cautionary tale for aviators!

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Another one of those "lefty" teachers who are turning the kids woke www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The anniversaries of the death of two artists who pop up in guises throughout my record collection - inspiring wonders

On the last day of term, TGT remembers the blessed George and Last Christmas. Just don't think about how sad and depressing the lyrics are, yet it's till a holiday favourite. It must be due to the genius of George Michael. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

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Great story to tell and the "explainer video" is excellent.

Thursday's TGT looks at the anniversary of the discovery of the Chauvet cave paintings in 1994. Undisturbed for 30,000 years they were protected and preserved and an exact replica built nearby. Discuss the replica and preservation or whether creating art makes us human. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Six period day, break duty and a small fight during P5. Great day. Roll on end of term.

Wednesday's TGT uses the Roman festival of Saturnalia which began on December 17th a prompt to discuss the universality of Winter Festivals, visiting ancient ruins and perhaps What The Roman's Ever Did For Us? bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Beyond words. But I'll try anyway. Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be. And it's this cunt, isn't it.

Monday's TGT marks the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons publication. One of the first examples of program music; written to represent something else. Play your students Winter and ask them if it makes them think of Winter? bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Thank you all for your support

This year we have built on using homework as retrieval by taking questions that the specific class struggled with in the homework and adapting them for the next do now. Hopefully this goes some way to addressing the issues raised here by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social

@robinince.bsky.social Indeed ...

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

@robinince.bsky.social We are living in a world where lovely, empathetic, supportive people have to leave the BBC (Ince, Lineker) while outrageous, extremist, bigots (Farage etc) appear on the BBC every day.

We are living in a world where lovely, empathetic, supportive people have to leave the BBC (Ince, Lineker) while outrageous, extremist, bigots (Farage etc) appear on the BBC every day.

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So disheartening to see that @robinince.bsky.social has been compelled to resign from his show on the BBC as they felt that him expressing compassion for and solidarity with some of the most vulnerable and oppressed groups in our society did not fit with their values.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

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Wonderfully funny man who brought joy to millions of people. How many human beings can claim that? RIP #stanleybaxter