Trump fires US attorney who told border agents to follow law on immigration raids

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

@richarddare.bsky.social - @aptshadow.bsky.social saw this coming... Cephalopods Passed a Cognitive Test Intended For Human Children : ScienceAlert share.google/wQGkHLmoy1xE...

The actual group moving most strongly to Reform are male Gen X-ers. We need more articles on how to deal with them.

In #MathsToday (this week) it's been Maclaurin series with Year 13 FM, quadratics with Year 12, and upper and lower bounds with Year 9. A couple of ✨new✨ practice strips made and added to the site - truncating numbers and using bounds to find a suitable degree of accuracy. #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths

Brave, flag-bearing patriots pissing against a wall next to the playground in Victoria Embankment Gardens just now. So proud.

Welcome to adulthood, where even minor achievements really do deserve a fricking badge

📖⚙️ Our new book is out and arriving on doorsteps! From Principle to Practice: Evidence-Informed Leadership aims to support senior leaders, headteachers and those working in leadership roles across multiple schools. Get your copy here: www.hachettelearning.com/leadership/f...

What a treat to return home to! @collegeofteaching.bsky.social An amazing collection of expert authors.

Amazing blog from @bennewmark.bsky.social here. Thank you, @teachertapp.bsky.social for recommending it! bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/t...

@duolingoverde.bsky.social We need to talk

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

She’s only blooming gone and done it. 100 miles for MacMillan this month. 💚 Some of you generously donated; I can’t thank you enough. socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...

May I recommend, in these troubled times, taking an edible, putting on the Cure, and reading a book about pirates?

“Dido and Aeneas (ending)” by Henry Purcell #nowplaying #radio3

Teaching First Lessons curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/t...

Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup. "Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It's not just you. Survey says: "Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky" arstechnica.com/science/2025...

In this blog post, Humayun Ahmed reflects on his enlightening experience so far working with teacher training providers to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion in recruitment practices. Read it here: https://chartered.pulse.ly/bfdvzxq7wl

OH GREAT NOW THE SWAMP IS WOKE www.iflscience.com/deep-in-virg...

I’m thinking of making a set of tea towels commemorating “horrors the Starmer government is not prepared to rule out”.

open.substack.com/pub/daisychr... Great blog from @daisychristo.bsky.social

Are you a leader working in an International School in Asia? We just launched our first online CPD Leadership cohort for professionals like you. Find out more at https://tdtrust.org/qualification-in-cpd-leadership-international/

Hello Bluesky!

Science Teacher looking to connect and network with teachers, educators and education professionals including leadership to share and collaborate ideas. Share best practice.

CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...

A thing I made back in 2017. Twelve pyramids joined together in two zigzags roll up into two cubes and one silver rhombic dodecahedron.

I’m retiring next month. Just before I decided to retire, I’d been to the funerals of my neighbour, my first employer as a teacher and my friend and former colleague. On LinkedIn, week by week, I’m reflecting on every job I’ve ever had and how they’ve made me. It’s mostly about the multitude in me.

Seal, deer, and horses. We saw dolphins on the journey over, too. Lundy

500th #Strava activity. Slow but hilly trails. Trail runs are the *best*

Seems appropriate to share this on a Sunday! Sorry if this is early for you, but those of us in Leicestershire are getting ready to go back! The Sunday Reset - tips I've learnt over the years to make term time less chaotic! www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/the-sun...

URGENT: Sign the petition to end plastic pollution act.gp/4jo69Db

Even in the holidays, a Friday is a Friday. Enjoy the sun, beautiful people, and I wish you health and happiness whatever you are doing this weekend.

Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

New meta-analysis of expertise reversal effect: lower prior knowledge learn more from higher instructional guidance; higher prior knowledge learn less Differences in effects of guidance for low-high knowledge groups (60 studies) supports theory: Tetzlaff et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm very pleased to have passed the wonderful Steplab Certificate in Coaching Leadership. This was a really fantastic course and really pushed on my coaching and leadership skills! #SteplabCCL

Interesting ay?

“Cancel culture is out of control” *cancels any federal grant that has a word I don’t like*

Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll - The Washington Post share.google/nR5KrkoE6zE6...

Today, error-correcting codes are operating behind the scenes everywhere your data is stored or transmitted — even on Netflix. Tune in to The Joy of Why: www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-math...