Lucy Whiffin
@lucyw1982.bsky.social
Year 6 teacher, Maths and KS2 lead living and working in Somerset. Single mum to three fabulous, exhausting children.
Also, in a one-form primary school (or smaller), who do they think is facilitating this and where is it happening? Most primaries do not have staff available to support this nor do they have spaces for it to happen. Every adult and every space is being used, every minute of the day.
6. Here we seem to be dreaming up from first principles the work skilled pastoral staff are doing every day already. This feels a bit insulting to them to say we're going to start doing this.
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Also, in a one-form primary school (or smaller), who do they think is facilitating this and where is it happening? Most primaries do not have staff available to support this nor do they have spaces for it to happen. Every adult and every space is being used, every minute of the day.
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If Reeves said this, or anything like it, it's the most rank, crass stupidity.
The idea of a Reform govt fills me with horror. But ffs Labour; you're making yourselves literally impossible to support.
The idea of a Reform govt fills me with horror. But ffs Labour; you're making yourselves literally impossible to support.
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If Reeves said this, or anything like it, it's the most rank, crass stupidity.
The idea of a Reform govt fills me with horror. But ffs Labour; you're making yourselves literally impossible to support.
The idea of a Reform govt fills me with horror. But ffs Labour; you're making yourselves literally impossible to support.
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She's paying more attention to intonation and rhythm than typical "seniors do Gen Z" videos I've encountered, which is interesting to me as a linguist
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
She's paying more attention to intonation and rhythm than typical "seniors do Gen Z" videos I've encountered, which is interesting to me as a linguist
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Let's try it the other way about - the wealthy only get AI tutors and the poor only get human ones. We'll see how they get on after a few years.
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 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Let's try it the other way about - the wealthy only get AI tutors and the poor only get human ones. We'll see how they get on after a few years.
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These are the same men who are confident they could score a point against Venus Williams
January 28, 2026 at 6:42 AM
These are the same men who are confident they could score a point against Venus Williams
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Love the way it’s framed as women somehow not being confident in ourselves, rather than justifiably not confident an LLM can do a thing that they’ve seen it can’t do
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Love the way it’s framed as women somehow not being confident in ourselves, rather than justifiably not confident an LLM can do a thing that they’ve seen it can’t do
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I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"
January 28, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
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If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.
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I am not sure I’ll get the same traction here as I did on the dark place but please answer and REPOST and let’s try to build a lovely bookish thread.
The best book you read this year was…
Mine undoubtedly The Elements by John Boyne (please check trigger warnings first).
The best book you read this year was…
Mine undoubtedly The Elements by John Boyne (please check trigger warnings first).
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I am not sure I’ll get the same traction here as I did on the dark place but please answer and REPOST and let’s try to build a lovely bookish thread.
The best book you read this year was…
Mine undoubtedly The Elements by John Boyne (please check trigger warnings first).
The best book you read this year was…
Mine undoubtedly The Elements by John Boyne (please check trigger warnings first).
#3GoodThings
30th December
1. Spent a few hours shopping in Exeter with my younger daughter. I love how much we laugh when we are together.
2. I am loving the book I am currently reading...and nothing to be up for tomorrow morning so planning to finish it then.
3. Finally started Stranger Things 5
30th December
1. Spent a few hours shopping in Exeter with my younger daughter. I love how much we laugh when we are together.
2. I am loving the book I am currently reading...and nothing to be up for tomorrow morning so planning to finish it then.
3. Finally started Stranger Things 5
December 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#3GoodThings
30th December
1. Spent a few hours shopping in Exeter with my younger daughter. I love how much we laugh when we are together.
2. I am loving the book I am currently reading...and nothing to be up for tomorrow morning so planning to finish it then.
3. Finally started Stranger Things 5
30th December
1. Spent a few hours shopping in Exeter with my younger daughter. I love how much we laugh when we are together.
2. I am loving the book I am currently reading...and nothing to be up for tomorrow morning so planning to finish it then.
3. Finally started Stranger Things 5
#3GoodThings
28 December
1. Made a space in our utility room for my daughter to do her homework as her bedroom is too tiny.
2. Had fun playing the "Christmas Tree game" with my younger two on the way for a Spoons tea.
3. Spent over an hour in bed reading and drinking tea this morning.
28 December
1. Made a space in our utility room for my daughter to do her homework as her bedroom is too tiny.
2. Had fun playing the "Christmas Tree game" with my younger two on the way for a Spoons tea.
3. Spent over an hour in bed reading and drinking tea this morning.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#3GoodThings
28 December
1. Made a space in our utility room for my daughter to do her homework as her bedroom is too tiny.
2. Had fun playing the "Christmas Tree game" with my younger two on the way for a Spoons tea.
3. Spent over an hour in bed reading and drinking tea this morning.
28 December
1. Made a space in our utility room for my daughter to do her homework as her bedroom is too tiny.
2. Had fun playing the "Christmas Tree game" with my younger two on the way for a Spoons tea.
3. Spent over an hour in bed reading and drinking tea this morning.
Watching the final episode of #TheErasTour documentary with my Swiftie daughter. I haven't managed an episode without full blubbering tears... the joy and emotion are just remarkable. Taylor is a phenomenon.
#EndOfAnEra
#EndOfAnEra
December 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Watching the final episode of #TheErasTour documentary with my Swiftie daughter. I haven't managed an episode without full blubbering tears... the joy and emotion are just remarkable. Taylor is a phenomenon.
#EndOfAnEra
#EndOfAnEra
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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So we've got to the 'redefining what percentages mean' stage of placating the mad emperor?.
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
So we've got to the 'redefining what percentages mean' stage of placating the mad emperor?.
One thing I think would make a huge difference: more value put on quality childminders and incentives for early years experts to consider this as a career. Very small children get so much from being in a loving home environment and their entire family becomes part of a wonderful extended family.
3. The government funds a large share of EY provision but has not stewarded the childcare market well enough to deliver quality and inclusive access.
This has fostered market failures which deepen inequalities: e.g. patchy provision (especially for SEND), poor quality, fewer small providers.
This has fostered market failures which deepen inequalities: e.g. patchy provision (especially for SEND), poor quality, fewer small providers.
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
One thing I think would make a huge difference: more value put on quality childminders and incentives for early years experts to consider this as a career. Very small children get so much from being in a loving home environment and their entire family becomes part of a wonderful extended family.
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“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
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I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
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It's becoming impossible to deny (a) the levels of needs we are seeing in settings and schools (b) the issues with attendance and exclusion rates and (c) that rigid approaches don't align with an inclusive system. Something has to change. We have to work with the children and families as they are.
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's becoming impossible to deny (a) the levels of needs we are seeing in settings and schools (b) the issues with attendance and exclusion rates and (c) that rigid approaches don't align with an inclusive system. Something has to change. We have to work with the children and families as they are.
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The main reason that I don't want AI generating anything for me is because I like to do the majority of my thinking and creating for myself. And the stuff I can't do, I'd rather pay other people to help me do than farm it out to profit for technology companies.
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The main reason that I don't want AI generating anything for me is because I like to do the majority of my thinking and creating for myself. And the stuff I can't do, I'd rather pay other people to help me do than farm it out to profit for technology companies.
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The geography matters. My children's tiny primary school was forced to join a MAT instead of the small schools hub they were originally part of. My son's SENDCO was based in a school almost an hour away. We never met them. Previously, the Sendco was based in another small school in the next village.
And the 400 should be geographically concentrated too?
And so the invention of the LEA from first principles.
And so the invention of the LEA from first principles.
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The geography matters. My children's tiny primary school was forced to join a MAT instead of the small schools hub they were originally part of. My son's SENDCO was based in a school almost an hour away. We never met them. Previously, the Sendco was based in another small school in the next village.
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50 years ago, it was men telling us that breastmilk was inadequate and low-class and we should use formula. Today, it's men telling us we are inadequate and selfish if we don't breastfeed. What these men need to do is STFU.
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
50 years ago, it was men telling us that breastmilk was inadequate and low-class and we should use formula. Today, it's men telling us we are inadequate and selfish if we don't breastfeed. What these men need to do is STFU.
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Here we go with #CrochetAdvent2025
Just one for me this year. TOFT advent. A mystery. Huge box this year, with a wood theme. Simple start to Day 1 with a ball of cocoa (dark brown) #EdsAdvent2025 🧶
Just one for me this year. TOFT advent. A mystery. Huge box this year, with a wood theme. Simple start to Day 1 with a ball of cocoa (dark brown) #EdsAdvent2025 🧶
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here we go with #CrochetAdvent2025
Just one for me this year. TOFT advent. A mystery. Huge box this year, with a wood theme. Simple start to Day 1 with a ball of cocoa (dark brown) #EdsAdvent2025 🧶
Just one for me this year. TOFT advent. A mystery. Huge box this year, with a wood theme. Simple start to Day 1 with a ball of cocoa (dark brown) #EdsAdvent2025 🧶