Interesting headgear.

How do the Sovereignty shouters stand on the US?

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Our investigation finds that Trump's actions in Venezuela and Greenland are the product of a long-running Russian influence campaign that began during his first term. Read + share the complete report. america2.news/the-russian-...

Greenland has been Danish longer than the United States has *existed*. Chew on that, Donald.

Where are we with the AQA GCSE Conversation? whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...

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Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.

A Quiet MFL – enabling quieter and introverted students to thrive in a languages classroom This post has been inspired by reading Jamie Thom's "A Quiet Education". Quotes are taken from the book. You can find more of his thoughts on Twitter @teachgratitude1. As I have drafted and redrafted this…

How does it get 2 degrees warmer from 20.00 to 21.00?

The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.

TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force? MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO T: So force is on the table? M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Teachers following @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social might be interested in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, open to pupils aged 11-18 ⬇️Once registered, first competition tasks for French German Italian Mandarin Russian Spanish for 2026 launch 02/02 🎉Perfect for #LangsWeekScot

"Philippe-Auguste picked up the brush at 52, in part, to better provide for his seven children. In 1960 he joined the Centre d’Art in Port-Au-Prince. His vibrant works were included in a 1978 exhibition of Haitian art organized by The Brooklyn Museum..."

Radio 5 live talking about using AI for FPL teams. If they had tried it there would be no debate. Last week it told me to buy 3 players who are out of action or not even in the league.

#LanguageLearning #LearningFrench #French #Francophone #FrenchLanguage #Duolingo

I need to do a follow up post about whether this Y9 work is really good or really terrible in terms of how language learning happens. whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...

Setting the expectations for participation in lessons, engaging with all pupils, and teasing out (mis) conceptions. Plus, when doesn't it work... whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2024/05/hot-...

It didn't have to be this way.

This isn't some random ranting fool. This is the ranting fool who holds power in the trump regime.

Aagh. So obvious when @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social points it out. There's a reason Henry VII's heir was to be King Arthur!

Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.

Are we in Trump's hemisphere? Or does someone else get us?

Setting the expectations for participation in lessons, engaging with all pupils, and teasing out (mis) conceptions. Plus, when doesn't it work... whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2024/05/hot-...

Gemini AI is quite good at transcribing medieval French hand writing from manuscripts. Only problem is that when it's not sure it makes things up.

I need to do a follow up post about whether this Y9 work is really good or really terrible in terms of how language learning happens. whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

The New Year is a good time for making changes, and we’ve decided the time is right to use BlueSky and LinkedIn as our main social media platforms, and to no longer post on X. Do give us a follow and please do share this post.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Finally locked into a title: 📗 Teaching Meaning: What Works When Telling Isn't Enough Coming soon, it will explore teaching and learning according to *enactive* cognitive science. #EduSky

Watching @didau.bsky.social teaching a bunch of our Y11s on a day so cold the mini whiteboards didn't rub off. Turned the heating off so we could hear the kids...

Chemistry too!

This is interesting www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026...

Treason

He's such a thing you open doors with.

Tricky one. I don't think it's what I would say.

Does it matter if language learning is like a sudoku to put the right words and grammar correctly? Or should pupils be learning to say things they want to say? whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...

a piece of good news to cleanse your timeline www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

I don't believe necessarily that Germaine Tailleferre changed her name to spite her father. If my name was Taillefesses I might have changed it too.

Her parents married her to a man who didn't like music. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bonis

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Trump said yesterday that interim Venezuela leader Delcy Rodríguez would help him "run" the country. Her later statements put the lie to that. Now, in a new Atlantic interview, Trump says “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.” (Gift link)

The French word ‘huit’ (8) stems from Latin ‘octō’, so why does it have an h? Its h was added at a time when u and v were still variants of the same letter: ‘uit’ (8) could be read as ‘vit’ (lives). The h of Spanish ‘huevo’ (egg), from ‘ovum’, has the same origin. Zoom in to learn all about it:

Trying to identify a work I heard at the Huddersfield contemporary music festival in the 1990s. AI keeps stepping in to give me answers. But it gives the same names for whatever year you put in.

I bet the heating has been off to save money. Going to be very cold at school tomorrow...

England's greatest church? www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/kempley...

Gislebertus of Autun www.alamy.com/stock-photo/...