One of these images is a close up of Jupiters moon Io taken from space. The other is an incredibly detailed and enhanced image of a loaf of bread taken in my kitchen just now.

My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.

Morning, A request for help: I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since. I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp. Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on? I’d really appreciate it!

Elite ... a long time ago

I have made this video about electron diffraction which features what I think is a new demonstration which uses three crossed diffraction gratings, a violet laser and glow in the dark film to demonstrate and explain relatively simply why the electron diffraction produces rings at 3 mins 30.

The Prime Minister must pick up the phone now to Donald Trump. We have 24 hours to stop Trump’s billion-dollar raid on British licence fee payers. We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.

Every day is a school day with TutorGroupThink ...

A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.

It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him. The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK. The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.

Published by the "Militant Christian Patriots" in 1938. Sound familiar? We are in a scary moment, where racism has been normalised and the 'Overton window' has shifted so far to the right it is shocking. "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it". Let's not.

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

I really love this: What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before #WomenInStem www.science.org/content/arti...

Every picture tells a story. Sadly no one is listening to the tale these two tell. It’s been put in the box “too difficult”.

Fair question ...

Wow, quite the day! Thanks to all of you that have supported, engaged with, and input to, the Curriculum and Assessment Review. Having the different sources of evidence, including the experiences and wisdom 'from the ground' from teachers and school leaders, has been pivotal. Many thanks again!

I did not know ...

The Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published and... ❎ Ebacc is out ✅ Triple science for all is in ✅ Oracy framework is in 🤷‍♀️ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test... The 14 key points you need to know are below ⬇️ www.tes.com/magazine/new...

I love this. It might be hard, it might be complicated. It might be ridiculously difficult. But it is never pointless .... !!!

Teaching can be incredibly hard work, but one thing I've *never* felt about it, unlike with other work I've done, is that it is pointless.

Evolution is astonishing ...

Wow this is wild 🤯 🧪🎢⚛️🧬

I don’t like to ask but - how DO you get followers in this place? If it helps, here’s a pic I took of Mercury crossing the Sun! I post space things and am the creator of skycalpro - a personalised calendar of stargazing events. #FollowersWanted #Astronomy

Apparently, it's the International Day of Medical Physics next week www.iomp.org/idmp-2025/ so in tutor time we'll be celebrating our (one and only) Nobel-Prize winning alumnus Sir Godfrey Hounsfield en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey... @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social

It's 1940, and the British Prime Minister, Cabinet, BBC, War Office, and the Royal Society are all merrily broadcasting on Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft Because that's "where the conversation is...."

X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain. Nobody with any sense or decency should be there. No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there. Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.

Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Farage: epic grifter

This is an amazingly useful analysis of what is happening in US under Trump - and spilling into the rest of the world. Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...

'She's only sorry she got caught and called out'

The Trump Action Tracker has an update! Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions. www.trumpactiontracker.info? 1/2

An elected MP, Reform’s Sarah Pochin says there are too many Black and Asian people on TV - so plain racism - and the coverage of it is buried. Silence and ignorance is complicity, causing lasting damage. When we see racism it’s what we do next, individually and collectively, that matters.

Sitting Reform MP Sarah Pochin publicly said “Adverts full of black people ‘drive me mad’” I’m old enough to remember when an MP saying something so abhorrent would have quickly led to them being fired by their Party or forced to resign.. But hey.. it’s Reforn so she’ll get a standing ovation 🤷🏼‍♂️😡

Why would you give a shit about there being Black and Asian people in adverts? Quite apart from the racism, why are you watching adverts? Is it 2004?

We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.

Zero entries so far! This’ll be an easy #halfterm draw!

I've been given these puzzle books for children by Usborne as a little half term giveaway treat. If you'd like them, please pop your name in the comment below with the biggest puzzle about children, and I'll choose one at random on 31st October! UK only sorry!

NEW POST We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching. open.substack.com/pub/adamboxe...

TGT wraps up the term with the 150th Anniversary of the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1. Now considered a masterpiece, when Tchaikovsky showed it to his first choice pianist, his friend called it worthless! Play it for your students and see what they think. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Thursday's TGT highlights a rather stunning avenue of Beech trees in Northern Ireland known as 'The Dark Hedges' that were used as a location in Game of Thrones. Discuss film sets, imposing approaches to houses or how much protection we should give old trees. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Wednesday's TGT introduces your students to Karl Jansky, who accidentally discovered a new way to 'listen' to the universe while trying to get rid of the static on long-distance telephone calls. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

“We’ll All Be Happy Then”. Cartoon depicting technological luxuries of the future, by Harry Grant Dart, 1911

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Did you know Bletchley Park is credited with shortening World War II by an estimated 2-4 years by providing crucial intelligence, primarily from breaking the Enigma code? Enjoyed attending an AI & Intelligence event here 👨🏻‍💻🤫 Definitely worth a visit. #BletchleyPark

Taking 40 students to visit the @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social Culham Centre for Fusion Energy next month ... although we don't get to see MAST #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

We're on our "Nottinghamshire" 2- week October half-term ... but I'll be adding these to the slides for November as extras ...

I think what the west needs to ask itself is why we started electing people with track records like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, who, even a decade previously would have never even been considered for high political office. How did this bloke ever become U.K. PM?