abbi
@abbis.bsky.social
Digital Education Lead @ UCL Arts & Humanities #SCMALT
Vintage bookshop owner: prudenceandthecrow.com @prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social
Caffeinated bodybuilder. Highly talkative. Enthusiastic gig-goer, long-term internetter. Chaotic dropspinner. Any/any.
Vintage bookshop owner: prudenceandthecrow.com @prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social
Caffeinated bodybuilder. Highly talkative. Enthusiastic gig-goer, long-term internetter. Chaotic dropspinner. Any/any.
I find this so confusing. You're learning a whole language, not just "how to read". I learnt the English alphabet and read with a dictionary next to me for like, a decade. I remember learning to read letters, and simultaneously learning to look up words as a toddler.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I find this so confusing. You're learning a whole language, not just "how to read". I learnt the English alphabet and read with a dictionary next to me for like, a decade. I remember learning to read letters, and simultaneously learning to look up words as a toddler.
I think it has to be American Psycho, because I didn't realise you could actually do anything at all with words, there are actually no book police. It made me realise what a choice every single act of storytelling is.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I think it has to be American Psycho, because I didn't realise you could actually do anything at all with words, there are actually no book police. It made me realise what a choice every single act of storytelling is.
All a bit much, this Wednesday day, isn't it? Time to not do anything involving brain and only involving soft quiet now.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
All a bit much, this Wednesday day, isn't it? Time to not do anything involving brain and only involving soft quiet now.
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I am sick and tired of UK politicians' ill-informed crusade to make the UK the least safe place to go online, and the weak link in the global Internet.
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am sick and tired of UK politicians' ill-informed crusade to make the UK the least safe place to go online, and the weak link in the global Internet.
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I just wish less of my life was spent dismissing kind ‘offers’ of ‘help’ from ‘AI’ ‘assistants’.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I just wish less of my life was spent dismissing kind ‘offers’ of ‘help’ from ‘AI’ ‘assistants’.
I think we have to live through a maddening era of "AI" standing in for "objective, sensible" whilst also being radically unaccountable because nobody takes the design and parameter-setting of these things to be an actual, political job.
The difference between including "AI" in a headline and not is going to get super-interesting, depending on the understanding of whether or not the intended audience is for/against.
I think so. This is the press release - it feels like AI-powered was shoehorned in so it would get press attention.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I think we have to live through a maddening era of "AI" standing in for "objective, sensible" whilst also being radically unaccountable because nobody takes the design and parameter-setting of these things to be an actual, political job.
The difference between including "AI" in a headline and not is going to get super-interesting, depending on the understanding of whether or not the intended audience is for/against.
I think so. This is the press release - it feels like AI-powered was shoehorned in so it would get press attention.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Education Secretary sets roadmap to improve attendance levels
Every school to be set an individual minimum target to improve attendance and set up every child to achieve and thrive.
www.gov.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The difference between including "AI" in a headline and not is going to get super-interesting, depending on the understanding of whether or not the intended audience is for/against.
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but also screenshot any that force a choice you don't want to make or don't allow a none of the above option, and send an ESOMAR complaint
Once more begging people to join yougov and take the flipping surveys
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
but also screenshot any that force a choice you don't want to make or don't allow a none of the above option, and send an ESOMAR complaint
Once more begging people to join yougov and take the flipping surveys
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Once more begging people to join yougov and take the flipping surveys
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Hi there! We’re the Archive Sector Leadership team at The National Archives UK.
We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hi there! We’re the Archive Sector Leadership team at The National Archives UK.
We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
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This is utterly shocking. The Olympic spirit is about inclusive humanity and kindness.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is utterly shocking. The Olympic spirit is about inclusive humanity and kindness.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
I am so very much not in the mood to go to the gym this morning but I really must...
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am so very much not in the mood to go to the gym this morning but I really must...
Who was I telling to watch Solaris the other day, @thatteacat.bsky.social was it you?! Loook!
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Who was I telling to watch Solaris the other day, @thatteacat.bsky.social was it you?! Loook!
The poppy is such a specific thing to me, a person who grew up by the Poppy Factory, where we, as small children in school and at Brownies, regularly sang Old Songs and Christmas carols to deeply scarred, disabled and traumatised men at the Star and Garter. I do indeed remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The poppy is such a specific thing to me, a person who grew up by the Poppy Factory, where we, as small children in school and at Brownies, regularly sang Old Songs and Christmas carols to deeply scarred, disabled and traumatised men at the Star and Garter. I do indeed remember them.
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I am truly shocked to not find more thinkpieces on the incredible graphic design and typography of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign but maybe that’s because searching on the internet is garbage now.
TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op
Roundup of articles in thread 🧵
TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op
Roundup of articles in thread 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am truly shocked to not find more thinkpieces on the incredible graphic design and typography of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign but maybe that’s because searching on the internet is garbage now.
TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op
Roundup of articles in thread 🧵
TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op
Roundup of articles in thread 🧵
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Giving people devices doesn't solve digital exclusion - is just a sticking plaster - and it also doesn't address the societal issues that arise from over-dependence on smartphones. In a democracy, it would also be an odd move to mandate digital inclusion, but I guess we'll see what happens
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Giving people devices doesn't solve digital exclusion - is just a sticking plaster - and it also doesn't address the societal issues that arise from over-dependence on smartphones. In a democracy, it would also be an odd move to mandate digital inclusion, but I guess we'll see what happens
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Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
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Pub is the Queen's Head, E15 4PH - it's a busy shift so you do need bar work and EPOS experience
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pub is the Queen's Head, E15 4PH - it's a busy shift so you do need bar work and EPOS experience
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PLEASE REPOST: a couple of bar staff urgently needed for shifts in Stratford tomorrow - it's a West Ham home game and I've had staff drop out so you can borderline name your price
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE REPOST: a couple of bar staff urgently needed for shifts in Stratford tomorrow - it's a West Ham home game and I've had staff drop out so you can borderline name your price
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This plus Frankenstein, my heart is soothed, what a fine Friday night <3
aforementioned platter of wonder #food
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This plus Frankenstein, my heart is soothed, what a fine Friday night <3
also to drink a heady mix of brandy and Dr. Pepper what's the worst that could happen
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
also to drink a heady mix of brandy and Dr. Pepper what's the worst that could happen