The waxing gibbous moon. 56% today.

Pink flowers on a shrub in my garden. No idea what plant...

A bee, possibly a solitary mining bee in my garden, helping with the pollination.

I popped in to visit the Long Man yesterday. I love this place.

A Ruddy Turnstone in Bexhill on Sea.

Charity shop find today. Happy boy 😁

Incredible www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

I know they're a pest etc. I can't help loving them all the same.

Just 5 more days of being a NZ teacher! Looking forward to getting started in England instead.

First speaker, the amazing @ericcurts.bsky.social sharing about AI and learning. @deploylearning.bsky.social #EduSky

Starting off the first #SummitAotearoa with Deploy Learning and #GoogleforEducation in Auckland. It has been a while since we've done this and it feels good to be back. #edusky

NEW: The American Right is demanding that the nation mourn the loss of one of the most polarizing figures in politics. But Charlie Kirk was an extremist, a bigot, a conspiracy theorist, a bully, and a radicalizing force who reveled in political violence. www.importantcontext.news/p/rewriting-...

Can someone explain to me what #teach180 is all about please? Not been paying attention...

Eek, been given a y9 maths class for the second semester this year. I've never taught maths before, only science (including physics) but it would be a learning curve for me!

Keir Starmer needs to wind his neck in. Calling out a military force that has been enacting genocide is not hate speech, but defending their actions fucking is. Absolutely on the wrong side of history and morality. He needs to go. #BackBobVylan #StarmerOut

#SummerSolstice blessings 💚 "Deep peace to you; Deep peace of the running wave to you; Deep peace of the flowing air to you; Deep peace of the quiet earth to you; Deep peace of the shining stars to you." ~ Irish Druid blessing

The vice idiot is now on Blue sky. Suggest you all go find him and then block the bugger.

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Attending the #InterfaceXpo in Auckland today. It meant getting up just after 4 for the 3 hour drive down, but always good to see what is happening in digital education in Aotearoa. #EduSKY

I am one of the #GEGNZ leaders, and I've just written a blog post about my thoughts for its direction! Read it if you like, not very deep or anything, but it's here: www.nick-major.com/2025/05/gett...

Sydney has never had a Google Educators Group, but that's about to change! Official launch in June, kick off event in July. If you're a Sydney based educator (or anywhere in Australia/NZ really) and interested in learning how to best implement technology in your classroom, follow @gegsydney.com

Come on Google Ads, do better. I've just had an ad for moving to the US on the home page thingy on Android. Possibly the last thing I want to do right now (or ever). No offence meant to any of my lovely friends over there, but I'm not even thinking of coming for a holiday even...

A quick walk in the woods before work today and I encountered this gorgeous tree fern (Mamaku) with the light just peeping through the canopy.

This one is at 12.15pm today. Sovery high in the sky at the moment.

I never get bored of looking at the moon. This was on Friday 14th, so bright the sky was much lighter than normal.

The Druids call for peace🕊️ May there be peace in the North May there be peace in the South May there be peace in the West May there be peace in the East May there be peace throughout the whole world. So mote it be /I\ #Druidsky #Pagansky #OBODsky Share the Call for Peace 🕊️ Spread the intention! 🕊️

I built a free URL shortener for teachers bc we don't need ads when we're just trying to help each other out Edushare.ing No redirecting to ads, no stealing your traffic, no registration or log-in, no charge I hope you find it useful. Please share with teachers freely #TeachersHelpingTeachers

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 is the 10th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👩‍🔬 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🎢 🍎 🥽

A gorgeous male Californian Quail keeping overwatch on his girls and chicks. I love seeing them all around at this time of year. On the retaining wall in my garden.

Phew, my blocked words and tags list is reallt growing. I appreciate the ability to do this, but some of the words still seem to get through. Obviously it doesn't work for images either, but it is an improvement.

A Harvard #Warbirds at Whangarei today

We had some #warbirds at Whangarei today. This is a Stearman biplane.

Yikes. Not on the scale of LA but still not nice having a fire this close.

I'm quietly reflecting on the 228,000 people that lost their lives 20 years ago in the biggest natural disaster in recent memory - the Boxing Day tsunami. Nature can be a benevolent and beautiful thing, but we need to never take her for granted.

A cute little kotare (NZ Kingfisher) in my garden. They perch on the fence and hunt skinks.

Wow, I've just listened to Schandmaul's "Euch Zum Geleit". Powerful stuff, the lyrics could bring a tear to the eye.

Quite a bit of scrolling on here this morning and so far not one Spotify "here's the list of shite you've been listening to" post. This is definitely my place. Admittedly, if I saw a couple appear, there will be some new words on my block list...

Today is the 40th anniversary of the gas disaster at Bhopal. The American company has still not paid suitable compensation to the families of those that died or were injured, neither have they cleaned the contaminated land. mailchi.mp/bhopal/septe...

If we look at any kid at school and see anything but a LEARNER first, then we have to get our vision checked. We shouldn't see a... Poor kid SPED kid White kid RTI kid Bad kid 504 kid Brown kid _______ kid We see a LEARNER first & we lift that kid up as one. #EduSky #EduCoach

Let’s get this to 100k so it’s debated in the HoC petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I joined EduTwitter in 2017 when I was a trainee teacher. I miss the times of prolific resource sharing over there. I'm going to make a starter pack of "Science teaching resource sharing". If you've shared resources & want to be on it then please comment below (with a link to where resources are)

My great-grandparents married 121 years ago today (in 1903 for those mathematically challenged). Sadly, they both died along with 2 of their children in India only 5 years later from cholera. My grandad was the only survivor. Honouring them all as beloved ancestors today.

Wow, this place has suddenly got busy! I am loving it here, but slowly getting back into the idea of it. I used to be in the other place for a while but felt uncomfortable and stopped using it so I am a bit out of practice. It really is lovely seeing so many familiar faces here now, though :)

I have been given a Chromebox to play with. Had to do a hard reset this morning to bring it to life, but now I have a use for my mechanical keyboard with Chromebook layout! I'm really liking it so far, but am a confirmed ChromeOS nut already! #ChromeOS #ChromeBox