Ian Goldsworthy
@iangoldsworthy.bsky.social
Primary teacher. Dad to a young man with learning disabilities. Occasional writer.
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Ian Goldsworthy: anxiety rises as we plan for my son to flee the nest
Neither myself nor my son are ready for him to leave home. Rather than feeling excitement and hope, I worry about his future happiness and making the right choices for him
communitylivingmagazine.com
I wrote a little thing about how it feels to be preparing both my boys to leave the family nest
One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
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One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
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God I wanted to love this but the ending is just a gigantic mistake all round
Shame as I was fully on board to 3/4 of this and Michael Sheen’s performance of the audiobook is phenomenal
app.thestorygraph.com/books/d729cf...
Shame as I was fully on board to 3/4 of this and Michael Sheen’s performance of the audiobook is phenomenal
app.thestorygraph.com/books/d729cf...
The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
‘Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the r...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
God I wanted to love this but the ending is just a gigantic mistake all round
Shame as I was fully on board to 3/4 of this and Michael Sheen’s performance of the audiobook is phenomenal
app.thestorygraph.com/books/d729cf...
Shame as I was fully on board to 3/4 of this and Michael Sheen’s performance of the audiobook is phenomenal
app.thestorygraph.com/books/d729cf...
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In 1983’s The Right Stuff, Ed Harris plays John GLENN, Scott GLENN plays Alan SHEPARD, and Sam SHEPARD plays Chuck Yeager, what kind of a clown casting director was in charge here
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In 1983’s The Right Stuff, Ed Harris plays John GLENN, Scott GLENN plays Alan SHEPARD, and Sam SHEPARD plays Chuck Yeager, what kind of a clown casting director was in charge here
The Night Manager
Bloody hell!
Bloody hell!
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The Night Manager
Bloody hell!
Bloody hell!
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Absolutely absurd
February 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Absolutely absurd
Played Mafia (Traitors basically) at my daughter’s 12th birthday party yesterday
It was a massive hit
I played one game with them. I was a Mafia and they rumbled me immediately. I am basically Hugo at these games🤦♂️
Did enjoy being Claudia though (I think the fringe might be beyond me however)
It was a massive hit
I played one game with them. I was a Mafia and they rumbled me immediately. I am basically Hugo at these games🤦♂️
Did enjoy being Claudia though (I think the fringe might be beyond me however)
February 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Played Mafia (Traitors basically) at my daughter’s 12th birthday party yesterday
It was a massive hit
I played one game with them. I was a Mafia and they rumbled me immediately. I am basically Hugo at these games🤦♂️
Did enjoy being Claudia though (I think the fringe might be beyond me however)
It was a massive hit
I played one game with them. I was a Mafia and they rumbled me immediately. I am basically Hugo at these games🤦♂️
Did enjoy being Claudia though (I think the fringe might be beyond me however)
A ★★★★ review of 28 Years Later (2025)
This was far better than it needed to be Really enjoyed this
boxd.it
February 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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the theater is screening DOS Boot
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
the theater is screening DOS Boot
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My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
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“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
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Just awful news
What a legend
What a legend
a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "
ALT: a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just awful news
What a legend
What a legend
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Remember in the olden days when initiatives were tested through small pilot schemes to see if they actually worked before being rolled out to vulnerable citizens…?
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Remember in the olden days when initiatives were tested through small pilot schemes to see if they actually worked before being rolled out to vulnerable citizens…?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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'This is not a progressive system, it's a regressive one.'
@lewisgoodall.com explains how the student loan system has 'quietly shifted the burden' from higher earners onto those 'least able to bear it'.
@lewisgoodall.com explains how the student loan system has 'quietly shifted the burden' from higher earners onto those 'least able to bear it'.
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
'This is not a progressive system, it's a regressive one.'
@lewisgoodall.com explains how the student loan system has 'quietly shifted the burden' from higher earners onto those 'least able to bear it'.
@lewisgoodall.com explains how the student loan system has 'quietly shifted the burden' from higher earners onto those 'least able to bear it'.
Lad in my class wrote me a note today saying he loves me and he hopes he makes me proud
Teaching young children really is a pure and wonderful privilege sometimes
Teaching young children really is a pure and wonderful privilege sometimes
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Lad in my class wrote me a note today saying he loves me and he hopes he makes me proud
Teaching young children really is a pure and wonderful privilege sometimes
Teaching young children really is a pure and wonderful privilege sometimes
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A very disturbing proposal being floated by the government: stop SEND parents from appealing education, health and care plan refusals since councils lose 99% of cases
inews.co.uk/news/educati...
Just as before the woeful budget, ministers are testing lots of dreadful ideas. Prepare for the worst
inews.co.uk/news/educati...
Just as before the woeful budget, ministers are testing lots of dreadful ideas. Prepare for the worst
Parents of SEND children face being blocked from EHCP appeals
Ministers are seeking to curb the sharp rise in tribunal challenges - where parents win 99 per cent of cases
inews.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 AM
A very disturbing proposal being floated by the government: stop SEND parents from appealing education, health and care plan refusals since councils lose 99% of cases
inews.co.uk/news/educati...
Just as before the woeful budget, ministers are testing lots of dreadful ideas. Prepare for the worst
inews.co.uk/news/educati...
Just as before the woeful budget, ministers are testing lots of dreadful ideas. Prepare for the worst
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
Just played the traitors board game with my family
Had to restart it as I was selected as the traitor and immediately laughed so uncontrollably that it rather gave the game away
Had to restart it as I was selected as the traitor and immediately laughed so uncontrollably that it rather gave the game away
a man in a brown suit and glasses is sitting in a chair and smiling .
ALT: a man in a brown suit and glasses is sitting in a chair and smiling .
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Just played the traitors board game with my family
Had to restart it as I was selected as the traitor and immediately laughed so uncontrollably that it rather gave the game away
Had to restart it as I was selected as the traitor and immediately laughed so uncontrollably that it rather gave the game away
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Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
"1 in 5 pupils are getting a SEND diagnosis..the vast majority then trip into the benefit system because they get child disability allowance allowance.'
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
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The decline of the west, 1818-2025
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The decline of the west, 1818-2025
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"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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Apollo 10 faced a floating turd that no one would own up to
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Apollo 10 faced a floating turd that no one would own up to