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New episode of @infiniteescaperoom.bsky.social is out! This one was an absolute pleasure to co-host, as cognitive load in escape rooms is a really interesting topic. Escape rooms can borrow (and perhaps should) borrow a lot from puzzley video games with this.

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I miss hair a little bit. I miss proper youth a lot.

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This evening we fixed our cooker. It's the third time I've had the guts out of it in 9 years and we're still very chuffed to keep the thing kicking. It was second hand when we bought it, so the thing owes nothing to anyone.

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I look forward to facing tonight's inevitable baby plop in the bath armed with friendship and a colander. Cheers @dannynicholls.bsky.social you wonderful bloke.

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I'm noticing a direct correlation in how incoherent and dickish I am with how much sleep and coffee I've had. Interesting.

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This made my weekend: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ALSPD/...

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Crikey the stuff that's come out about how Meta nakedly pirated stuff to train their AI is mad. Smoking gun, person holding gun, person saying 'it was me I did it' next to the body of copyright. Even with this I'm not confident UK or US courts are going to do owt about it...

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My 1 year old daughter's favourite game this weekend was lifting up my jumper and slapping my flabby belly with a tambourine.

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🥁 Drumroll please .. The Infinite Escape Room has a new co-host! We're absolutely bloody delighted to announce that puzzlemaker extraordinaire @mairispaceship.com has joined us as a co-host. Mairi's puzzlemaking skills are second to none and she's worked with some heavy hitters in the industry.

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If you're going to put eye drops in the eyes of a sleeping baby, for the love of god don't do it after you yourself planned to go to bed. That way lies sadness for all involved

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I just ate so much rotisserie chicken that I think I might need to have an early night

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You know your local GP surgery is bad when you get a letter from your MP saying parliament are considering deconsecrating it

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I vibe with this. I do some of my best stuff out of spite.

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There's something really special about catching the moment your kid falls asleep. It's such an amazing transition - it's just on to off in a matter of seconds.

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New episode alert! It's sustainability meets Jurassic Park, but were we so preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should? www.pedagodzilla.com/what-can-jur...

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A friend of mine revealed he used Pedagodzilla to help put his baby to sleep. I am genuinely flattered

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Gyoza are fucking brilliant

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Just published the last of the Playful Learning 2024 recordings, with a look back at how the conference started, where play sits in practice, and some top tips for submitting an abstract for 2025. Submissions are open now folks! www.pedagodzilla.com/playful-lear...

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I am now near enough to my forties that the most exciting part of the week is batch cooking a couple of litres of chilli con carne, because that means I get to have chilli on toast for breakfast the next day .

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Why was I not informed that @charlixcxofficial.bsky.social slaps?

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Baked beans are great

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Well hello wobbly bits, goodness knows how you happened.

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Crikey Ogmore is a gorgeous part of the world. Of all the places in South Wales to wander to in a failed attempt to get the baby to nap, this was the wettest.

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After three days of culinary hedonism my attempt to cook something healthy ended in shame and mush

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Last years resolution was to get the girl out for some fresh air every day, which barring a couple of illnesses I managed. Racking my brains for an achievable resolution for 2025 which will work with my energy depleted carcass. Top of the list atm is a nap a day.

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Ye gods why didn't Kaos get a second season? Just finished season 1 and it was the best thing I'd watched in ages

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Christmas eve was a record breaker for us. A 9 hour bedtime with baby Hayley that went until 3.30am. Will we have a Christmas miracle and all get to sleep tonight? Let's find out!

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Crumbs as of this week I've been working for the @openuniversity.bsky.social for 10 years. Some ups and downs along the way, but overall it's been a pretty positive professional decade.

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Finished the Wild Bastards story campaign yesterday and loved it. A nice compact, pick up and put down indie shooter which didn't outstay it's welcome. Need more bitesize indie fun!

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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

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The Seafort Saga is absolutely scrumptious

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Is it just me, or is #bluesky 90% @scalzi.com or @scalzi.com adjacent content? Not that I mind, it's just that I'm starting to think of it as #bluescalzi, which sounds like a series of short naughty sci-fi stories.

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Here's the latest episode of the Pedagodzilla #podcast: Grand Theft Auto or Mario? Which design philosophy makes for a better curriculum? With my fab cohost @markchilds.bsky.social and our guest Luke Pearce...who doesn't seem to be on Bluesky yet...doh! www.pedagodzilla.com/gta-or-mario...

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