Philip Spalding
@cambolc.bsky.social
Agriculturalist, Science/ComputerScience/Maths Teacher Life Long Learner in the Greater Cambridge Area running the Cambridge Online Learning Community, opinions my own, repost not always endorsement
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Philip Spalding
@cambolc.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hello World
Welcome to the Cambridge Online Learning Community’ s new web presence via WordPress. After 8 years of Blogger use highlighting the useful of this product to first time users i…
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Haven't formerly introduced to the #BlueSky community yet so here is the Hello World blog post
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January 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 AM
AI Insights Focus: AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
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AI Insights Focus: AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
As we edge towards 2026, it's hard not to notice how quickly tools for teachers are improving. Compared to even two years ago, the pace is striking.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AI Insights Focus: AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
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AI Insights Focus: #AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
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AI Insights Focus: AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
As we edge towards 2026, it's hard not to notice how quickly tools for teachers are improving. Compared to even two years ago, the pace is striking.
www.linkedin.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
AI Insights Focus: #AI Won't Replace Teachers. Teacher Shortages Will.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-ins...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-ins...
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To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is
necessary to stand out in the cold.
necessary to stand out in the cold.
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is
necessary to stand out in the cold.
necessary to stand out in the cold.
#Doomsday sayers, are they #furirogists ir just want to make potential billionaire donors notice
www.earth.com/news/superco...
www.earth.com/news/superco...
Scientists predict how and when humans and mammals will face extinction
The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched as it may seem.
www.earth.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#Doomsday sayers, are they #furirogists ir just want to make potential billionaire donors notice
www.earth.com/news/superco...
www.earth.com/news/superco...
#FridayMotivation The #Ashes are on at the moment so took out a #AmazonPrime sports channel subscription
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#FridayMotivation The #Ashes are on at the moment so took out a #AmazonPrime sports channel subscription
#FollowFriday Now have 799 @bsky.app followers as of 28/11/25 Thankyou for following😇🇬🇧👏👏👏
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#followfriday #FollowFriday Have now managed to achieve 100+ #bluesky followers had 2,400 on X before stopped using it back in October
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
#FollowFriday Now have 799 @bsky.app followers as of 28/11/25 Thankyou for following😇🇬🇧👏👏👏
bsky.app/profile/camb...
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As the daylight hours per day become fewer it's easy to see the sunrise over Cherry Hinton 🍒🏘️ #Cambridge and to see it set over the #Suffolk #Brecks!
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As the daylight hours per day become fewer it's easy to see the sunrise over Cherry Hinton 🍒🏘️ #Cambridge and to see it set over the #Suffolk #Brecks!
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A line of Yew trees. I can assure you that each has a thick trunk in there somewhere. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Cambridge
Through the gap is the site of a former chapel with a plaque:
"IN MEMORY OF THE PATIENTS OF FULBOURN HOSPITAL BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY 1862-1953. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
Through the gap is the site of a former chapel with a plaque:
"IN MEMORY OF THE PATIENTS OF FULBOURN HOSPITAL BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY 1862-1953. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A line of Yew trees. I can assure you that each has a thick trunk in there somewhere. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Cambridge
Through the gap is the site of a former chapel with a plaque:
"IN MEMORY OF THE PATIENTS OF FULBOURN HOSPITAL BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY 1862-1953. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
Through the gap is the site of a former chapel with a plaque:
"IN MEMORY OF THE PATIENTS OF FULBOURN HOSPITAL BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY 1862-1953. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."
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RSPB HQ 'The Lodge' is an ideal place to look for Fly Agaric and I was delighted when I found one. Then realised there were lots. 🍄🤗🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🙄
#Fungi #FungiFriday
#Fungi #FungiFriday
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
RSPB HQ 'The Lodge' is an ideal place to look for Fly Agaric and I was delighted when I found one. Then realised there were lots. 🍄🤗🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🙄
#Fungi #FungiFriday
#Fungi #FungiFriday
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Government announces £400m for #Cambridge as Lord Vallance says OxCam region has 'all the ingredients to be the UK's answer to Silicon Valley or the Boston Cluster'
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/400m-in...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/400m-in...
£400m investment for Cambridge announced by Chancellor with consultation due on new development corporation
Part of £500m to help turn Oxford to Cambridge corridor into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’.
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Government announces £400m for #Cambridge as Lord Vallance says OxCam region has 'all the ingredients to be the UK's answer to Silicon Valley or the Boston Cluster'
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/400m-in...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/400m-in...
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"NESTLÉ'S MILK RICHEST IN CREAM", on a corner of Cannon Street, #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk #GhostSign #GhostSigns
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"NESTLÉ'S MILK RICHEST IN CREAM", on a corner of Cannon Street, #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk #GhostSign #GhostSigns
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The reason I was following the path was I hoped to find fungi. This I think this is Clouded Funnel, Clitocybe nebularis, amongst Beech leaves. Meg's Mount Wood near #Cambridge.
#Fungi #FungiFriday
#Fungi #FungiFriday
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The reason I was following the path was I hoped to find fungi. This I think this is Clouded Funnel, Clitocybe nebularis, amongst Beech leaves. Meg's Mount Wood near #Cambridge.
#Fungi #FungiFriday
#Fungi #FungiFriday
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Effective restoration of freshwater and wetland ecosystems requires collaboration, good governance, and integration of Nature-based Solutions into mainstream planning.
🔗 Do you want to learn how this is done? Check our Module 2 in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: merlinacademy.thinkific.com
🔗 Do you want to learn how this is done? Check our Module 2 in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: merlinacademy.thinkific.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Effective restoration of freshwater and wetland ecosystems requires collaboration, good governance, and integration of Nature-based Solutions into mainstream planning.
🔗 Do you want to learn how this is done? Check our Module 2 in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: merlinacademy.thinkific.com
🔗 Do you want to learn how this is done? Check our Module 2 in the 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆: merlinacademy.thinkific.com
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A distant view of a dark tree reflected in the water of Wicken Lode which gets lighter as approached - multi-trunked White Willow, Salix alba.
#WickenFen #ThickTrunkTuesday
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#WickenFen #ThickTrunkTuesday
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October 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A distant view of a dark tree reflected in the water of Wicken Lode which gets lighter as approached - multi-trunked White Willow, Salix alba.
#WickenFen #ThickTrunkTuesday
@midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#WickenFen #ThickTrunkTuesday
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Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
#ThursdayMotivation Haven't posted for a bit but getting back into #wellbeing routine after moving home so #bread #slowcooker and upgrading to a dedicated desk at the #Epicentre www.epicentrehaverhill.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#ThursdayMotivation Haven't posted for a bit but getting back into #wellbeing routine after moving home so #bread #slowcooker and upgrading to a dedicated desk at the #Epicentre www.epicentrehaverhill.co.uk
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Not surprising that a tiny caterpillar should take shelter amongst these flowers on a day as wet as today. Maybe something like Beautiful Plume moth, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, on Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepeta, in Orwell Clunch Pit near #Cambridge. #WildWebsWednesday #TeamMoth
September 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Not surprising that a tiny caterpillar should take shelter amongst these flowers on a day as wet as today. Maybe something like Beautiful Plume moth, Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, on Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepeta, in Orwell Clunch Pit near #Cambridge. #WildWebsWednesday #TeamMoth
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I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
August 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
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Brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, on appropriately named Butterfly Stonecrop, Hylotelephium spectabile, in the garden just now. #WildWebsWednesday
August 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, on appropriately named Butterfly Stonecrop, Hylotelephium spectabile, in the garden just now. #WildWebsWednesday
August 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM