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gplunk.bsky.social
Old man who shouts at the cloud. Serving a life sentence in education.
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Great summary by Private Eye......

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse. A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c

submitted 76 days ago • 20 comments

British Steel's turnover (2023) £1.26 billion - Votes at risk! Red Wall! Urgent legislation! UK universities' combined turnover (2023/4) £57.2bn - Central to innovation and the industrial strategy. Educating a dumbed down nation. Silence. Yes, let's save steel, but for heavens sake help unis too!

submitted 76 days ago • 4 comments

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have chosen to ‘under invest’ in community development and well-being.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

very worried about Suzanne O Sullivan’s book about over diagnosis - in particular on ADHD - a Radio 4 book of the week loved by The Guardian - having spent a great deal of time talking to neurodivergent people -knowing the battles they’ve had & have - I fear this will be ammo for cynicism

submitted 102 days ago • 32 comments

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.

submitted 102 days ago • 3 comments

As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”. The man is a fraud.

submitted 110 days ago • 108 comments

Telegraph reports that Ukraine membership of the Single Market would boost its economy. Irony is dead. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

submitted 110 days ago • 23 comments

'Did you even say thank you?'

submitted 117 days ago • 224 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

submitted 118 days ago • 745 comments

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

submitted 121 days ago • 470 comments

80% of German voters did NOT vote for the AFD. This is not a victory for the racists.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not having Fraser Nelson playing dumb on the rise of racism on the right after years spent printing Murray, Liddle, Taki and Shriver. I literally had a DM row with him years ago where I said this would happen.

submitted 125 days ago • 51 comments

By the way... When are getting the #emojiBZH and #emojiKernow, @unicode.org? 🤔 Why can't Brittany and Cornwall have their own flag emojis? 😕

submitted 133 days ago • 3 comments

Europe should continue exporting aluminium, and say but these tariffs are for aluminum, we sell aluminium

submitted 137 days ago • 4 comments

My father Raymond was born 103 years ago today. He dwelt in his own imagination, and I was not his biggest concern; nonetheless, he totally created the template for what I am, good and bad - he might as well have named me Raymond Jr. I owe him a lot: happy birthday, dad! 💕

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

Lord Dan Hannan's insane 2016 look ahead at the sunlit uplands of future Brexit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWC... Don't let anyone forget what they conned the country into voting for. Also that our media needs to be held to account for so enthusiastically platforming this propaganda.

submitted 147 days ago • 11 comments

But hang on, I read all over the news last week that there’s no way on earth this guy has Nazi sympathies, so what’s he doing addressing a Nazi rally? It’s a real head-scratcher! www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...

submitted 152 days ago • 4 comments

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

submitted 153 days ago • 680 comments

Yesterday we wrote to Secretary of State Bridget Phillipson regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Read the full letter here: headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/a...

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece from @teachertapp.bsky.social on the organisation of classes in secondary schools, with the extraordinary fact that a third of secondary schools begin Key Stage 4 at the start of Year 9, as well as plenty of other nuggets of information about KS3 & 4.

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Proof of a corrupt platform peddling disinformation.

submitted 169 days ago • 76 comments

I can't believe that Trump is essentially talking about invading Greenland and everyone is behaving like this is totally fucking normal

submitted 170 days ago • 98 comments