There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today. @drbronking.bsky.social is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏

I was ironing my children's school shirts while I watched this. They wear masks in school.

Masking up and advocating for clean air at #UNGA w/ Violet Affleck and @myrabatchelder.bsky.social!

"I was diagnosed with #LongCovid  seven months after my initial illness–my life has never been the same. I had to leave my flat, I lost my relationship, and I moved back with my parents. I also dropped out of university when I became too sick to finish" Alex, UK metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...

My favourite song on Disney+ is “Happy Birthday Mr Burns” This is my second favourite I love music. I don't want to fund silence. Bare Necessities What's your favourite song on Disney+, and what's your reason to cancel your subscription?

Give the teacher your full attention when they give the instruction "1,2,3 track me". This means; sit up straight, arms folded in front of you with nothing in your hands; track the teacher. Does this sound like a good idea? #ScienceOfLearning

Some days I wonder if I need to be wearing this. Today was not one of those days.🧵

#MedSky No. Your exposure in the community is not as hazardous as your exposure at work if you are seeing patients with infectious diseases. Frequency. Pathogens. Proximity. Procedures. Use PPE at work… for you, and your patients. #Respie Don’t catch it all, and definitely don’t spread it all.

Why the deafening silence from the teaching profession on COVID? A🧵 There is vigorous debate about the best way to educate children. This is a debate worth having. But nothing on COVID. Why?

This is the best pandemic photo that I've taken. It tells a story about how we’ve kept our children safe. It says something about the blurry distinction between reality & fantasy. Several things in the photo have also been the subject of “moral panic”.🧵

School uniform

Taking a short break - social media is not something we have to do every day. At The Chime Of A City Clock (Nick Drake cover) from the album "Heaven In A Wild Flower"

There are happy noises coming from the next carriage. My children are going to the seaside with friends. Now they are making loud growling noises. Someone just said “I love you” (in a platonic way). COVID-safety can't compete with that. A🧵about keeping children safe online.

Elements. RIP Tom Lehrer

Am I in a cult? People in cults don't question their own behaviour, and they don't ask “Am I in a cult?” What I do is #BootlegPublicHealth Will there be music by Oasis in this🧵? I said maybe.

In the UK, children specialise early. We've not had much of a discussion of "What is education for?" over the last decade. It's not a surprise that languages are in decline. La Marcheuse / The Walker (Christine & The Queens) Yes, I am attempting to sing in French.🧵

I teach. My degree is in Psychology, so I've always been interested in the relationship between learning & the brain. Sometimes this is called “Cognitive Science” Right now there is a conference in San Francisco - #CogSci2025 What do you think they should be talking about?🧵

So what am I trying to do? An “Adaptive Teaching”🧵 Every teacher has had the following experience: You taught a lesson. A few students learned it all. Some of them learned a bit. But it seems that many students have learned nothing at all. What do we do about it?

En direct, Gaza : Macron annonce que la France va reconnaître l’Etat de Palestine, Nétanyahou dénonce une décision qui « récompense la terreur »

#ComeOnEngland 3 Lions (Lionesses version)

This song was released 40 years ago this week. COVID can affect your memory. I wear a mask, and my children wear masks, because I want them to be able to remember the amazing music released today, in 40 years time. In Between Days (Cure cover)

End of the school year for my sons. One has the highest number of House Points in the Year. He treated himself to this. The other was given the Head of Year’s award and treated himself to the book in the next post.🧵 And in case you want to ask, yes, they still are.

There’s a lot of stuff I don’t know. I don’t really know how jazz works. I don’t swing. I’m not alone. I’m marking, so I can see just how much people don’t know! A little🧵about barriers to learning.

Here's a little guitar lesson: Three Lions (by Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds)🧵 #Lionesses #YallMasking #SaltingTheVibes #OpenETuning #ComeOnEngland

This photo doesn't look very exciting, but it was taken in my children's school. My children wear masks at school. I don't post them online, so this is the closest you are going to get. 😉

Yeah, this would be easier if more people did it, but thank you to everyone who provides support to those who wear masks. With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles cover)

I went record shopping with my son. Can you guess what he bought? Look behind me. HMV is like stepping back in time - it's like the '90s in there! Either more people are doing what we're doing than I thought, or HMV have made a terrible mistake!🧵 #CDsAreNotOver

"The Streisand effect" - an attempt to hide, remove, or censor, which results in increased public interest. Who do you think my children have been listening to this weekend? The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand cover) (hint - it's not Barbra Streisand!)

I teach. I've always been interested in the brain, so here's a little🧵on a popular idea called “cognitive load theory”. One of my sons is the best artist in his year group. But classrooms and corridors in his school have bare walls, to “reduce cognitive load”.

Who has failed you for the last time?

Just in case it’s not obvious, you shouldn’t be getting advice on pretty much anything from musicians. You should be getting information from journalists instead. Maybe from governments and official institutions. Tell Me Mama (Bob Dylan cover)🧵

What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself. bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I'm an amateur musician who uses music to make a point, but the responsibility of the organisers is to keep everyone at the festival safe.

If you are a doctor, struggling to understand your masked patients, ask for a consult from Dr Robert. He’ll help yo-ou to understand. Patients who wear masks - Beatles night starts 7.30pm tonight (Liverpool time). DM for link. Dr Robert (Beatles cover)

1. The prevailing discourse surrounding mitigating against SARS-CoV-2 infection is rife with false dichotomies. At a societal level, the most obvious of these is the notion that mitigation measures stand in opposition to economic growth, when, in fact, the opposite is true:

This album came out today. My son bought it while wearing a mask like this. What albums have you bought on the same day they were released? #CDsAreNotOver

My sons have LGBTQ+ friends. Without the support of their friends, it would be much harder for my sons to wear masks in school. Thank you. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

If you are feeling that it's all too much, COVID-informed musicians will be getting together this weekend to play lots of Beatles songs. Get in touch if you want to join us. It's All Too Much (Beatles cover) #GlobalBeatlesDay #YallMasking #SaltingTheVibes #CovidIsNotOver

I was today years old when I discovered that you can see reflections of the audience when performers wear glasses. Alison (Elvis Costello cover)

Hi James, here’s a fabulous campaign promoting the benefits of clean air for kids. It’s starting in Bristol, but who knows, tomorrow, maybe the world. And it’s a very pretty website, too. Would you give it a puff, please? @mrjamesob.bsky.social @ruthbrooker.bsky.social www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Really pleased to see this initiate formally get off the ground! Well done @ruthbrooker.bsky.social www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

CC & LC people will know the term "fall by the wayside", but this rather lovely anti-war song was written 20 years and several wars ago. By The Wayside (Slim Francis cover)

It seems the new COVID variants are being named after clouds.🧵

I teach. Nobody wished me "Happy #CleanAirDay" today. But I didn't see a single person smoking today, and I haven't seen a single student smoking this year. We will get there. Happy #CleanAirDay!

“Lockdown babies, Mm-hmm.” I was in a meeting last week, and I heard the phrase “lockdown babies” used with certainty & sincerity. Everyone else in the meeting nodded and agreed. “Mm-hmm, yes, lockdown babies.” Time for a🧵about low expectations and starting school.

💡The first release of our far-UVC Blueprint is here💡 Two years in the making, the report contains a highly comprehensive overview of this promising technology for combatting airborne disease. More than just a resource, it's a plan for advancing far-UVC. blueprintbiosecurity.org/far-uvc-prep...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably. I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me." & the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."

I had a lovely Father’s Day weekend. Partly because we bought my son his first CD player. There will always be great music.🧵 #CDsAreNotOver #AlbumsAreNotOver

I have a number of life goals. You know what I'm trying to help with now. But once that's dealt with, I might get into this.

@keithedwards.bsky.social hey Keith… I’m the person who’s post you put on X in an attempt to dunk on maskers & Bluesky. I wanted to let you know I make no money for my advocacy. I’ve been talking about mask bans for well over a year in an attempt to save lives. My post was 100% genuine.