All this in the world's greatest democracy...

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There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

Don’t worry. He’ll be much better under pressure when trying to resolve the war he started in Iran…

The UK is spending £369m refurbishing Buckingham Palace for King Charles, who has £22bn and gets £500m more a year. He can pay for his own renovations, £369m is more than England spends on building Social Housing in an entire year for the whole country.

Thoroughly enjoying watching Ian Hislop eviscerating Gove on #hignfy

On my way into school. We’ll have prospective science teacher trainees visiting and sitting in on our classes over the next couple of weeks. If you know anyone who’s going to train as a science teacher, you should buy them a copy of this. Read the reviews to see why

At the end of June, I will be in Devon and Cornwall playing libraries and bookshops www.robinince.com #book #library #poetry #neurodiversity

Happy Pride Month to everyone who brings a little more color to our world 🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️

The prediction of a Reform government shows what this country has become due to our nasty spiteful media class who have allowed the far right to thrive - today will be 35 degrees and our next government could very well be one of climate change deniers , robber barons and asset strippers

134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.

You wanna build a data center? Fine Power it with your own solar/wind Cool it with seawater filtered through your own desalination plant You will be required to fund and build the complete infrastructure needed for the product that makes you billions of dollars and fucks the surrounding communities🖕

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Congratulations to @jennygilruthmsp.bsky.social on her promotion to Deputy First Minister and we look forward to working with her colleague, Mairi McAllan, on improving the working lives of teachers and the outcomes for pupils. www.nasuwt.org.uk/article-list...

It's #physics exam day! Wishing every success to those sitting N5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams in Scotland today.

Shameful. And cowardly. I thought at least with foreign policy Starmer was getting it mostly right.

National Official @mikecorbett1.bsky.social was on BBC last night talking about violence in schools.

National Official, Mike Corbett, spoke to Radio Scotland Breakfast this morning about the rise in teacher assaults in schools, questioning the reliability of the figures and calling for action to be taken to make teachers safe in their workplace.

"I once said I was given £5 million for my security, then a few days later said it was a reward for Brexit"

If you teach #science you should get yourself a copy of this book. And maybe grab a second copy so that you can give it to a colleague... I'm going to get another couple to give to my early career colleagues.

My word. I'd forgotten what a delicious dram is #Ardbeg. Happy weekend folks!

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

"I cannot be bought by anybody," says Nigel Farage, who supported the IRA, rioters, and neo-Nazis for £79 a pop Imagine what he'd do for £5 million. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

The findings reflect trends in the our own research, which have consistently found levels of concern from teachers over pupil behaviour to be higher in Scotland than in the UK as a whole. @mikecorbett1.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/education/pr...

Another outreach activity with my #CentreforTeachingExcellence hat on. Attending the #starme Festival of Learning in Glasgow. Always a pleasure to meet with colleagues from other subject areas and share ideas and experiences. @uogcfte.bsky.social

An earlier me - privileged, white, wealthy - could not have imagined finding this stuff terrifying or understood why othered people - Black, Jewish, immigrants - did. But I listened, and I watched, and I learned. And they were right. I'm begging you to listen and watch and learn.

First time at the new venue for The Stand in Glasgow. Great seats for @robinince.bsky.social !

Wes Streeting wants new laws to force your GP to share your medical records. The bill was not in Labour's Manifesto and Palantir has explicitly said, under a new Government, it would be happy to use medical data for other purposes. Be afraid.

7️⃣ days until #PedagooGhlaschu ✅ We’ve a cracking programme of teacher-led conversations 🎯Grassroots professional learning #connect #share #learn with like-minded educators 🤩 @senoract.bsky.social & friends are looking forward to welcoming you on 16/05/26 🔗🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-gh...

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

SNP more than 3 times the size of the nearest party. That’s a result. Reform with zero constituency seats. That’s a result too. Tories in 4th place. I’ll drink too that. Politics in Scotland is very different to other parts of the UK.

One of the reasons I resigned from Infinite Monkey Cage was show’s executives saying it was not acceptable to mention ( on my personal social media account) known pedophiles who have been very close to the Monarchy - that’s why I will be in Trafalgar Square tomorrow at midday

News full of people saying they voted for change. No doubt they'll get change, but I very much doubt it'll be any kind of improvement. That so many working class people have been convinced to vote against their own interests genuinely beggars belief. Farage's billionaire backers must be delighted.

Delighted to be able to share the work of @uogcfte.bsky.social at the @nasuwtscotland.bsky.social conference today.

Kids nipped out to the shop earlier, asking if I wanted anything. Foolish of me to reply "surprise me.." Channelling the Two Ronnie's, they returned with a Four Candle...

Thanks to @robfmac.bsky.social for letting me use his excellent 'Clean Up Your Mess' presentation as the basis for my input on presentations, cognitive load theory & adaptive practice at today's in service day. See the full splendour of Robert's slide deck here - www.slideshare.net/slideshow/cl...

I'm 56. Racism was everywhere when I was a kid. People just did it, without comment. Normalised. In the 90s political correctness (later: Woke) appeared, and racism withdrew. I'm not saying it vanished. But by 2015, it was socially unacceptable, even in the rough areas I grew up in. Then Brexit.

They are desperate they can't attack the Green Party's policies so instead they need to SMEAR. And it is not one of them, it is all of the Establishment. Desperate to protect their billions from taxation.

Struggling to decide who to vote for? I just took the quiz at elector.uk and am now 100% sure I know where my second vote will go. Going to hold my nose for the first vote...

Trump: I’m not a king. Official White House account:

A great discussion about the see Tate of #education in #scotland, highlighting the excellent work being done in schools around the country, often in spite of, rather than due to the bodies to direct and fund the sector. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I don't know how to express how much I hate that this man -- innumerate, ignorant of science, mendacious, and incurious -- has power over so many millions of lives.

Beggars belief that Met Police is in talks with #Palantir about giving them access to highly sensitive data, when there’s already such concern over its links with ICE & Israeli military. Palantir already has UK contracts worth over £500m, incl. with NHS. We should be scrapping them not signing more

Can’t wait to hear from @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @fiplayscotland.bsky.social & co @audreyfarley.bsky.social repping @womenedscotland.bsky.social & other non Bluesky presenters at #PedagooGhlaschu on Sat 16/05. Connect with creative & curious educators #SharingMatters #LearningMatters

A collection of short tutorial videos covering some of the most useful AI tools available to teachers right now. whiteboardblog.co.uk/2026/03/getting-started-with-ai-videos-for-teachers/ #edusky #artificialintelligence

Because the work will never be finished. Teaching could take 24/7/365 if we let it. Set your boundaries and aim to keep them 90% of the time. The 10% buffer is to stop you giving up if you sometimes have to compromise.

Pretty soon, the OECD report on fixing the Scottish "Curriculum" by having clarity, better support and good articulation will be reported on. The technical Framework is a really good start at getting away from the vague CFE statements that caused so much damage.

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Just published an #InformedScotland Scottish Parliament Election Extra 2026 - A brief scan of manifestos & resources focusing on or highlighting learning & skills issues ahead of the election. Free to download: informedscotland.co.uk/2026/04/20/i... #HolyroodElection #edusky

Saying I think other political parties are rubbish so I’m going to vote Reform is like saying I don’t like this burger so I’m going to eat this toxic waste tip instead. Nuts.