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The Scottish Parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2026. As part of our request to political parties, we are calling for the creation of a new STEM Strategy for Education and Training to be included in the education and skills section of their manifestos.

The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop. Please use - and share with your networks. goodlaw.social/2j5q

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 How genocide happened

Laura Kuenssberg has interviewed all the Party Leaders with more than 10% in the polls. Except Zack Polanski. She cancelled his interview and now refuses to do it. They are scared of Zack, they are scared of you.

We’re asking the Scottish Government and Cosla (the local authorities body) to stop dragging their heels in agreeing the 2025-26 pay award for teachers. We need full pay restoration. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2552508...

If the Scottish government wants to keep teachers in the profession, they need to do better — and they need to do it now. @mikecorbett1.bsky.social @mstaronline.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scot...

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract. The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

We’re going to do what the US is doing and destroy our country because we can’t seem to stop the hateful racists who would rather live in a shithole than share their lives with brown people.

The latest article in Sceptical Scot by Walter Humes. 'Scottish education: genuine partnership or pre-election fix?' Walter is always worth a read. sceptical.scot/2025/09/scot...

Share your memories 🗣️ Make your personal and family story part of the Jags 150th anniversary book Partick Thistle: A People's History ⤵️ thejagsfoundation.co.uk/a-peoples-hi... 🔴🟡🔴 #OurClub #OurStory #OurMemories

@alomshaha.bsky.social Picked this up today from the Book Nook in Stewarton. It's as beautiful as it is fascinating.

Looking at #stormamy on earth.nullschool.net What the heck is that line in the mid Atlantic?

Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic. Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid. ➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...

I'm no fan of her, and certainly not an apologist, but I can't help but feel she's been singled out as a self made woman amongst dozens of robbing entitled rich bastards BBC News - High Court rules Baroness Mone-linked company breached £122m Covid contract - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How about we tax some of the wealth that our billionaire overlords have accumulated at record levels in recent years..? BBC News - Reeves warns of harder choices to come as she hints at tax rises www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Rich people can't be taxed," is a myth made up by rich people who don't want to be taxed.

Spectacular sky as the sun rises over Ayrshire. Camera wholly failing to do it justice.

On BBC Reporting Scotland @mikecorbett1.bsky.social was talking about pupil behaviour. Employers & schools need to take action & implement national guidance. While not captured on the recording, Mike also queried the weight being given to comments from the Commission on School Reform.

TV tonight: an essential record of the Covid contracts scandal

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We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds

Musk said this to a crowd of 100K+ racists in London. Violence will follow.

The Curious Teacher Conference Sat 04 Oct 2025 @edinburghnapier.bsky.social, Sighthill Campus £50 (£35 for student teachers). Registration/details: sway.cloud.microsoft/uiY35a9sitDV... Keynotes: @nuthmani.bsky.social (Education is not neutral) and Kirsten Leask (Learning for Sustainability)

BBC News - Supermoons and meteor showers: Five celestial events to look for this autumn - BBC Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

UN human rights experts have told the UK government they are “dismayed” at the actions of its ministers and what appear to be “discriminatory and unjustified” reforms to disability benefits. #UN #UNCRPD #CRPD www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dismay-at-di...

Even with a day out of school, this week has been pretty full on. Six shared classes (2xS1, and one each of S2-6) means liaising with four different colleagues. With only the Higher physics class doing the same content as the classes I have to myself, planning is somewhat involved.

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with" JR then demolishes Farage, ending with "You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

Not my normal Wednesday today. Attended the launch event at @uofgsocsci.bsky.social for the new Centre for Teaching Excellence this morning, hearing about its ethos & aims and meeting some of my fellow secondees. Got something in my eye on the way to the event, and am now at A&E to get it looked at

About as #iteachphysics as it gets in my lab. PASCO cart & track, QED & light gate overseen by my #SDSS plate. Class did a brilliant job of getting this vintage apparatus to give some decent results as they investigated acceleration.

@livwex.bsky.social Hello! How's things?

After Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper: Measles cases: up 1200% Mumps cases: up 70,000% Multiple fatalities People with no science knowledge were taken in by Wakefield. People with no science knowledge are taken in by anti-vaxxers. Listen to scientists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

One of the most challenging parts of teaching #physics in Scotland (and doubtless elsewhere) is the gatekeeping that makes the #exams needlessly more difficult, giving rise to the notion that it is more difficult, which puts people off choosing it at all. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

“While we understand the clear potential for offence... this language was in line with audience expectations for this channel.” So, make your channel a sewer and you're free to pump out shite? Ludicrous by @ofcom.bsky.social. The clue is in the word "STANDARDS". bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

First day back with students after the summer holidays. Having two in service days has helped to get things ready, and I'm really looking forward to getting going with my 30th year in teaching. Should be halfway decent at it by now...

Did you know? If the Sun were crushed down to make a black hole, it would be only 6 kilometres across. Each week for 5 weeks I’m giving away a signed copy of my pbk A CRACK IN EVERYTHING to a randomly chosen UK person re-posting this (3 of 5) blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... @headofzeus.bsky.social

Which SQA subjects are gaining popularity - and which are falling away? We look at SQA data on entries for N4, N5, Higher and Advanced Higher. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

What else to do during #stormfloris, but build my birthday #lego?

LADS! I did it! I finally did it, and it was fucking glorious. On Sunday 20th July, I finally had a use for one of the hundreds of off-cuts of wood I've stored "just in case I need it" over the years! One down, a few hundred to go.

One of the main reasons for teacher workload in 2025 is the rise in ASN. It is not just about having too much marking or planning etc. Solutions to the rise in ASN is smaller class sizes & more specialists on the ground. @eisunion.bsky.social @jennygilruth.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social

Teachers work 11-15 hrs above contract. The 1.5h would be nice but COSLA and SLS want some of that time. The answer to workload issues is to reduce the amount of work demanded of schools and to have enough leadership posts.

Went for a stroll at Troon beach with MrsB. Just in time to see Air Force One & Two take off from Prestwick. Genuinely conflicted by this 'private visit' of DJT to Scotland, involving visits from the UK PM and Scottish FM. Can't decide whether to be appalled or disgusted.

Why I 🧡 the web. drawafish.com Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

Off out to this event tonight. Was gutted to miss @liammcilvanney.bsky.social when he visited the Book Nook in Stewarton, I hadn't read "The Good Father" at that point. Having since read it, I'm dying to hear him speak about it.

This is a huge and highly consequential story in @theecologist.org‬ We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know. So much for democracy. theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...

Staring into the abyss, France calls for the recognition of Palestine and Britain says it’s really really bad to spray-paint planes.

If and when this is all over, what will happen to the men who are doing these awful things? Will they just carry on doing their jobs but pretend they’re no longer racist, abusive shits? Because they’re not all going to be actually held to account, are they?

Hello. Do I know anyone who knows anyone who knows about the archaeology of Islay? It’s for something I’m writing. All leads appreciated, thanks.

We are conducting a global citizen science study of disposable nappy use and how to reduce it while supporting parents and kids. If you have small people in nappies please do take part. Www.bigtoiletproject.org