PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants. Ratcliffe’s a vile man. Made his money here and then buggered off to Monaco to avoid paying tax. Parasite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please read the whole thread - what is going on in the US is just evil!

Not often I agree with Piers

Variation is absolutely key to learning. However, I'm going to guess that if retrieval practice isn't working in a context, it might be because in that context people treat learning as storing and retrieving. #EduSky

I do think its amazing that Ratcliffe is clearly unaware of the degrèe to which the football of Charlton, Law and Best, and later of Giggs, Beckham, Keane snd Scholes was a lingua franca not just for Manchester immigrants but nationwide football loving immigrants. Gerald Ratneresque comments really

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.

Reform UK Staffordshire: Leader Ian Cooper sacked because he’s a white supremacist. Replacement Leader Chris Large faces council racism claim probe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘Epstein has given us a portal thru which we can now see how hostile state influence, criminality & the impunity of the billionaire class are intimately enmeshed… But we can’t understand any of this until we realise Epstein isn’t just a doorway, he’s also a mirror.’ 👏 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Seamus Culleton said conditions at his detention centre in Texas were akin to “torture” and that the atmosphere was volatile. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”

Ffs why? Dreadful man.

We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.

It seems to fit 😊

My thoughts are with the families, friends and wider Brent community following today’s appalling stabbings. Violence like this has no place in our city.

If Jesus returned and came to the United States today, he would be criticized for not speaking English. He would be called “Marxist” for telling us all to help the poor. He would be targeted for deportation because of the color of his skin. All by people who claim to follow him.

One of the most blatant forms of hypocrisy in our time is Christians holding all ordinary people accountable to the most rigid moral standards while simultaneously holding their preferred politicians and celebrities accountable to no standards at all.

No, your artificial lawn is not a "life hack". It's another tiny nail in the planet's coffin.

🇪🇺💛🇪🇺💙🇪🇺💛🇪🇺💙 Are you on the waiting list? I am! Very exciting!

FROGSPAWN IN OUR POND!!! 🐸 🐸 🐸 And quite a lot of it, too. Look @katebradbury.bsky.social x Added to @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social PondNet Spawn Survey Map - freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resou... #frogs #frogspawn #amphibians

Zinaida Serebriakova's 'Self-Portrait at the Dressing-Table', 1909, reflects a candid depiction of daily life, highlighting a modern, confident, autonomous young woman #WomensArt

Canada shooting: 10 dead including suspect in attack on Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and residence, police say

Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...

Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says

I've just returned home from photographing this juvenile snowy owl near our small airport in Ashland, Wisconsin. 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #owl

Nature getting a Winter hug from morning mist 📷🕊️ …

Woman in Euston Station: Don’t stress. Woman she’s with: Don’t stress? Don’t stress Rona? We’re at the wrong station, at the wrong time, on the wrong day. Again!

I’m giving away a signed copy of my book Nature’s Acre, delivered worldwide. To enter, reply with one small thing you do (or notice) that helps nature where you live. A bird, a plant, leaving something untidy, a corner of a garden, anything! I’ll pick one reply at random in 48 hours. #gardenSky

The first of the Iris in #mylittlegarden #TuesdayBlue #Bloomscrolling

‘So, how to seek redemption? Well, to me and I suspect many others out there, the answer to this is obvious. Give the fullest evidence that you can, about Epstein and his web of vice, blackmail and bribery, under oath.’ @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

Dry stone walls of Cumbria

Education is devolved btw so I'm not convinced that Reform could carry out their ridiculous threats anyway. It's amazing how often people forget that the DfE/UK government only runs education in England.

Youngest is student at Bangor. Their response.

This is pretty menacing. Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students." When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.

Can anyone help this young Headteacher out? I found an amazing group of Heads on Twitter in the olden days. They helped me no end and are still a massive support.

Starmer needs to kill this inhumane immigration policy proposal and replace Mahmood as Home Secretary. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

All calm and peaceful beside the lake at Coniston this afternoon.

My upcoming book 'Best Walks in the Lake District" will be on sale at Waterstones for 25% off RRP as part of their pre-order campaign between 17th-20th February. Customers will need to enter "FEB26" at the checkout to redeem the offer. www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...

Bewdley framed.

Lovely to interview Guy Claxton last week as he helps us to look beyond the outdated 'working memory/longterm memory' warehouse metaphor of learning. It's a model that has stripped joy from learning, ignoring motivation, emotion and body and we can do better. educationappg.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We *told* them all this when they introduced the policy! I'm not surprised at low take up if schools are only taking from 3 years old because it's the funding for 9 months to 2 years that is new and driving demand. schoolsweek.co.uk/school-nurse...

Brilliant as usual.

Cats secretly rule the world.. 😅

New: How staff and parent campaign toppled the leadership of 24-school academy trust educationuncovered.co.uk/news/how-sta...

‘Peregrine’ Birds of Prey, 1970 Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

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430,000 social homes fail to meet basic standards. Too many people live in appalling housing without their complaints about conditions being taken seriously. Urgent action is needed now. We can’t wait for the slow wheels of bureaucratic policy making to move. We need change now!

Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says share.google/9xt36F4cZ38c... Pro-life? My arse.

Flash floods sweep northern Morocco, killing at least four including toddler

🗣️ "BAFTA nominated actors are still five times more likely to have attended a fee paying school than the population as a whole." Great to see Lord Parkinson directly cite our research on the lack of class diversity in creative professions in a debate in the House of Lords ⬇️

Coastal Foam, 2019 by US painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt