A lot of my students seemed to be unaware that I knew it was hot today.

UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

I love how this is so much like a big budget American version of the Boris/Cummings break-up.

Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.

Oh, what I've been saying *forever* is suddenly news.

Shipman's ST column says that Bridget Phillipson is going to be replaced as ed sec by Peter Kyle in June. But she's working on a massive/complex overhaul of special needs which will have to be signed off before then. Mad to have her make that call and then be replaced (if that is the plan).

Stop the world I want to get off.

"What do you mean 'good luck with the polar bear'? Where are you going?"

So a nail-biter of an evening awaits. *If* the exit poll is correct. What is certain: turnout was 84%, the highest of any election since German reunification.

Everything hinges on whether FDP & BSW stay under 5%. If so, GroKo is in play without also needing Greens, which you have to think is least worst scenario at this point

Every teacher who leaves teaching -- and by all accounts retention is in a bad state -- is one who decided the "long holidays" aren't worth it.

Really interesting data via @keiranpedley.bsky.social. Starmer: OK Badenoch: extinction-level dire Davey: an embodiment of the traditional Lib Dem brand Farage: de facto Leader of the Opposition

Six areas have been added to the government’s Devolution Priority Programme - paving the way for more mayor-led authorities. They are: • Cumbria • Cheshire & Warrington • Norfolk & Suffolk • Greater Essex • Sussex & Brighton • Hampshire & Solent

I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread): www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...

This is a David Brooks line about Trump but arguably applies to Musk as much (when stoned): "We’ve got this perverse situation in which the vast analytic powers of the entire world are being spent trying to understand a guy whose thoughts are often just six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar."

In a world full of Elon Musk wannabes, be a Matt Damon.

Last vid of Brighton Burning the Clocks…

Even more Brighton Burning the Clocks…

More Brighton Burning the Clocks…

Brighton Burning the Clocks this eve…

If you’re wondering where the grey pound is being spent, get yourself to a garden centre cafe on a week day.

Watched the Do They Know It's Christmas doc with 17 year old daughter - and it was like explaining a complex lost civilisation to a person from the future.

Should we be worried that 2025 begins with WTF? 😬 😊 #Funny

Can anyone cheer me up and convince me there's some hope in this latest talking shop? I'm sure there are well-meaning people involved but few teachers ('consulting' re voluntary online submissions doesn't count) and little LA input (short sighted considering...

If you’re looking for some weekend listening, download The Trapped. A shocking expose of the country you really live in. A 4 year investigation in 1 podcast. You won’t regret it. thetrapped.co.uk Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7vwTNdv... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Malawi is much closer to being food self-sufficient than Singapore, but Singapore is massively more food secure. Please let's not fall for the "food security" thing for a rich open trading nation like the UK, seriously.

Many people have fled X, but still valued the political insight on the platform. Good news! Many big accounts have now arrived on Bluesky. Here is a starter pack with the Top 50 UK Political Commentators, based on their follower numbers. Hopefully helpful for new arrivals here. Feel free to share.

Just going to post #TomorrowsPapersToday here tonight as well as at the other place as a little test…

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

Your starter pack for all the current UK MPs on Bluesky so far ✅

Wonder if screen distraction is to some degree behind this. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10...

It’s truly remarkable that X is now nearly as Republican-leaning as Fox News.

Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

Hello! I’ve finally got fed up of the binfire that is X these days and hoping for a less toxic experience over here…

There were, and I'm not exaggerating, ~30 questions about the Prime Minister's Taylor Swift tickets at the lobby briefing with the PM's spokesman this afternoon. More than any other topic by far. Strange. Countless conflict of interest stories were glossed over by the press pack under the Tories...

*** NEW POST *** @greeborunner.bsky.social explores why a sense of belonging matters - whether to a school, a trust or elsewhere. teachreal.wordpress.com/2024/10/12/b...

God I can’t breathe.

A new article about scripted lessons. I know @carolaj.bsky.social will be particularly interested in this one. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Not before time - thanks to @divideclass.bsky.social for campaigning on this. And academies/free schools should cooperate on this. www.brightonandhovenews.org/2024/10/02/r...

First econ talk to school students done. 40 very informed youngsters about to join the voting age cohort. Absolutely machine gunned me with great questions. If you are a state school and will pay travel expenses, I'll do one for you for free.

Wow. (Link to source in thread below.)

I’m getting inset-triggered here…

8am: publish article saying that support for women’s rights is a fundamental value. 11am:

This is really interesting by @soumayakeynes.bsky.social on the impact of termtime holidays. Teachers should rightly pelt me with olives in that I really wasn’t expecting there to be a negative effect on longterm learning in poorer *and* richer schools.

Here too please. And for size... physical space is 'environment' too.