"The best way for Labour politicians to appear authentic is to avoid saying things they don’t believe" 💯👇

But that is not what the Tories have done here. Instead they’ve said ‘climate change is real, it demands a response, we’re just not going to tell you what we’d do about it’. Just tragically unserious.

There are no more urgent technological challenges in the world at this time, than finding a reliable way to tell if a baked potato is cooked without cutting it open. I guess I could live with a formula for cooking time, if you have one.

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

More importantly, mentions Stoke 👇

There are not many sports officials who are more famous than the players in their sport, but Dickie Bird, who died last week aged 92, arguably was. Discuss Dickie's remarkable life or have a wider discussion about being a top official as a route into elite sport. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

TBF, this is mentioned in footnote 1.

I don't understand latest @emollick.bsky.social post on AI agents and the replication crisis. May be different in economics but in the areas I touch on the issue is replicating the *experiments* not the data analysis.

I continue to be perplexed by the gap between what advocates (not tech bros) of GenAI seem to be able to do and what I can do. Here are the @sport-england-se.bsky.social Active Lives survey tables www.sportengland.org/research-and... Manually...

All the children have to walk past my office on the way to lunch. Some days the children walk calmly and quietly, little joys of politeness. Other days they're fucking mental and it's like the Pamplona Bull run. It's bizarre.

Good thread, but what do we think of the threads?

I really don't think this helps the climate change message. I think you can make the point that heat waves do cause excess deaths. I think you can make the point that heat waves are more likely because of the effect of global warming. But as soon as you say...

Ah, Rule 1.

Okay further thinking on GenAI, as a starting point with new students. There's more to it than this (e.g. my uni has a policy position and guidance) but as heuristic rules... What do you think? Shoot me down (please - it's helpful). 👇

Feel like I'm starting to get a handle on viable uses for GenAI, and when it's crap. Half-formed thoughts atm but thinking rule 1 is something like, "never use GenAI for something that needs to be accurate" and rule 2 something like "never use GenAI for something you couldn't do yourself".

We used this today, thanks for creating. Led to bigger conv about equal access to education etc, great pic!

Nice!

It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.

All of these things 👇 But I do wish folk on here (and elsewhere IRL, of course) would engage with the many problems it would actually cause, rather than arguing against some imaginary policy of deportation of all foreign citizens.

dudes rock

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

💡'Rosenshine on knowledge structures' "What is striking is how active the requirement is for explanation & argument. It poses a challenge to notions that developing knowledge is the mere stacking of information in quiz after quiz, or... somehow passive." alexquigley.co.uk/rosenshine-o...

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

A broad and fairly balanced article here. But, whilst I think anyone criticising parents for choosing an independent school needs to acquite a better and more empathetic understanding of the human condition...

As recognition of your child’s sustained effort and commitment... ... we are pleased to ask you for £40 so we can take them to a theme park.

Do people know about the Greenhouse Glasnost thing Redford organized not long before the fall of the Soviet Union? www.gravityisgone.com/robert-redfo...

Really interesting paper here on GenAI in assessment in HE: Corbin, T., Bearman, M., Boud, D., & Dawson, P. (2025). The wicked problem of AI and assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–17. doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Nice illustration of why qualitative data has an important place in education research. 👇

This is excellent. So much good work has come from previous ones like the Avon longitudinal and Millenium cohort studies.

I'm liking this variation on FIFA (and EVERY) 👇 Feels like it's going to need some heavy "air quotes" every time you say it.

Actually, not sure I mean "encouraging the top end". Perhaps scratch that. Undecided. 🤷‍♂️

I think I missed this one (sometimes find threads hard to follow in BS). Yes, if that's what you mean I'm in strong agreement.

Not in total eclipse for us by the time it rose, but the lunar eclipse is still worth a look if you haven't already seen it. There's a full moon atm (not sure if this is the Harvest moon), so the crescent you can see is the part lit directly by the Sun and the rest of it is in the Earth's shadow.

This is appalling. I don't think Connolly should have been prosecuted, never mind jailed, but have they all forgotten Grenfell already? If you're famous for not caring if buildings full of people are set on fire, you shouldn't be getting invited anywhere.

Oh, come on folks. Precocious children speaking confidently but simplistically in support of strongly right and strongly left political positions has been a thing for as long as I can remember. This is nothing new.

Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.

This looks interesting, although it sounds like it's a long way from being what your next pint of milk comes in. www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs...

Haven't read yet but thought we'd better get #iTeachPhysics on this one.

Yes, it's concerning the government and MPs of all parties aren't pushing back hard on this, but I remember some of the same sentiment when the BNP were having a bit of electoral success.

This is great - especially the bit about ad libbing and not needing to be word perfect! Feels like a good complement to: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

Some gratuitous, hopefully useful, advice for trainee teachers, some of whom will be starting today, and others over the next week or two. dodiscimus.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/k...

My annual reminder that sciencedoctor.school.blog is there to help with your back to school planning. Over 500 freely downloadable worksheets, booklets and resources across KS3 science to KS5 physics. Worth sharing with new teachers/colleagues?

It would be great to hear from anyone that's seriously tried this in their own teaching. #iTeachPhysics The idea has been around, with supporting evidence, for some time now. Seem to remember it in Craig Barton's book, amongst other places.

Peter Hyman sets out five ways Labour can change the story. I’m most persuaded by points 3, 4, and 5. 3. Think of boats and hotels as if it was the Covid Vaccine Taskforce 4. Focus on long-term strategy not just short term tactics. 5. Take more risks with communication

I finally got around to making a new visual for precision and accuracy that doesn't use a target!! I'm looking forward to introducing these concepts alongside uncertainty in a way that is a little more authentic to scientific measurements 🧪 #iteachphysics

Farage is content with allowing people to be murdered and tortured. I'm not on that side and never will be.

So, this is useful info. Who wants to suggest something that matches a median Gemini AI response as listed below, for: Electricity 0.3 Wh. Water 0.3 mL CO 0.1 g Or do x/day for a week/month/year if you prefer. #iTeachPhysics

People of the West Country (Bath/Bristol/Somerset/S.Glos maybe even Dorset) gimme a hidden gem day trip for tomorrow. Mrs has an unexpected day off and we need an awesome day trip. Family friendly.

Amanda Spielman having a slight moment talking about the performance of children from ethnic minorities compared to "... uh... white, British... uh... other, uh, local children." Shame, because that's an important point when discussing our school system and also immigration, and we need to unpick...