Brett Handley
@physicsmrh.bsky.social
Physics teacher 🦄 and second in science. Staff governor. Former electronic engineer and chef. Graduate of UMIST and NTU.
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
Published by the "Militant Christian Patriots" in 1938. Sound familiar?
We are in a scary moment, where racism has been normalised and the 'Overton window' has shifted so far to the right it is shocking.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Let's not.
We are in a scary moment, where racism has been normalised and the 'Overton window' has shifted so far to the right it is shocking.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Let's not.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Published by the "Militant Christian Patriots" in 1938. Sound familiar?
We are in a scary moment, where racism has been normalised and the 'Overton window' has shifted so far to the right it is shocking.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Let's not.
We are in a scary moment, where racism has been normalised and the 'Overton window' has shifted so far to the right it is shocking.
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Let's not.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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I really love this: What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
#WomenInStem
www.science.org/content/arti...
#WomenInStem
www.science.org/content/arti...
What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I really love this: What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
#WomenInStem
www.science.org/content/arti...
#WomenInStem
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Every picture tells a story.
Sadly no one is listening to the tale these two tell.
It’s been put in the box “too difficult”.
Sadly no one is listening to the tale these two tell.
It’s been put in the box “too difficult”.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Every picture tells a story.
Sadly no one is listening to the tale these two tell.
It’s been put in the box “too difficult”.
Sadly no one is listening to the tale these two tell.
It’s been put in the box “too difficult”.
Fair question ...
My question is whether it was the drug use, Nazi salutes, election interference, racist and antisemitic tweets, creepy pronatalism, chilling sociopathy, puzzling inarticulateness, allegations of IP theft or persistent flouting of US law that pushed Tesla bros over the top on gifting Elon $1 trillion
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fair question ...
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Wow, quite the day! Thanks to all of you that have supported, engaged with, and input to, the Curriculum and Assessment Review. Having the different sources of evidence, including the experiences and wisdom 'from the ground' from teachers and school leaders, has been pivotal. Many thanks again!
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wow, quite the day! Thanks to all of you that have supported, engaged with, and input to, the Curriculum and Assessment Review. Having the different sources of evidence, including the experiences and wisdom 'from the ground' from teachers and school leaders, has been pivotal. Many thanks again!
I did not know ...
Did you know Sax was a man? What else is a man?
On Thursday's TGT discuss Adolphe Sax and his invention of an instrument to bridge the tonal gap between brass and woodwind.
bit.ly/TutorGroupThink
On Thursday's TGT discuss Adolphe Sax and his invention of an instrument to bridge the tonal gap between brass and woodwind.
bit.ly/TutorGroupThink
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I did not know ...
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The Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published and...
❎ Ebacc is out
✅ Triple science for all is in
✅ Oracy framework is in
🤷♀️ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test...
The 14 key points you need to know are below ⬇️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
❎ Ebacc is out
✅ Triple science for all is in
✅ Oracy framework is in
🤷♀️ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test...
The 14 key points you need to know are below ⬇️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Curriculum and assessment review: 14 key points
The Francis review’s final recommendations include scrapping the EBacc, reducing exam time and making triple science available to all at GCSE
www.tes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published and...
❎ Ebacc is out
✅ Triple science for all is in
✅ Oracy framework is in
🤷♀️ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test...
The 14 key points you need to know are below ⬇️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
❎ Ebacc is out
✅ Triple science for all is in
✅ Oracy framework is in
🤷♀️ Some confusion over two versions of Y8 reading test...
The 14 key points you need to know are below ⬇️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
I love this. It might be hard, it might be complicated. It might be ridiculously difficult. But it is never pointless .... !!!
Teaching can be incredibly hard work, but one thing I've *never* felt about it, unlike with other work I've done, is that it is pointless.
Spent a large part of today doing marking, ready for going back to school after half-term, and had an unexpected moment of joy when I realised a student with really low self-esteem and confidence in their abilities has just *smashed* an end of topic test. I can't wait to hand it back to them.
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I love this. It might be hard, it might be complicated. It might be ridiculously difficult. But it is never pointless .... !!!
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Teaching can be incredibly hard work, but one thing I've *never* felt about it, unlike with other work I've done, is that it is pointless.
Spent a large part of today doing marking, ready for going back to school after half-term, and had an unexpected moment of joy when I realised a student with really low self-esteem and confidence in their abilities has just *smashed* an end of topic test. I can't wait to hand it back to them.
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Teaching can be incredibly hard work, but one thing I've *never* felt about it, unlike with other work I've done, is that it is pointless.
Evolution is astonishing ...
Wow this is wild 🤯
🧪🎢⚛️🧬
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Jamming avoidance response - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Evolution is astonishing ...
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Wow this is wild 🤯
🧪🎢⚛️🧬
🧪🎢⚛️🧬
Jamming avoidance response - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wow this is wild 🤯
🧪🎢⚛️🧬
🧪🎢⚛️🧬
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I don’t like to ask but - how DO you get followers in this place? If it helps, here’s a pic I took of Mercury crossing the Sun!
I post space things and am the creator of skycalpro - a personalised calendar of stargazing events.
#FollowersWanted
#Astronomy
I post space things and am the creator of skycalpro - a personalised calendar of stargazing events.
#FollowersWanted
#Astronomy
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I don’t like to ask but - how DO you get followers in this place? If it helps, here’s a pic I took of Mercury crossing the Sun!
I post space things and am the creator of skycalpro - a personalised calendar of stargazing events.
#FollowersWanted
#Astronomy
I post space things and am the creator of skycalpro - a personalised calendar of stargazing events.
#FollowersWanted
#Astronomy
Apparently, it's the International Day of Medical Physics next week www.iomp.org/idmp-2025/ so in tutor time we'll be celebrating our (one and only) Nobel-Prize winning alumnus Sir Godfrey Hounsfield en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey... @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social
IDMP 2025
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MEDICAL PHYSICS (IDMP) 2025 IOMP President Speech IDMP 2025 Theme IDMP 2025 Message IDMP 2025 Poster IDMP 2025 Webinar IDMP 2025 theme:“Medical Physics and Emerging Technologies: ...
www.iomp.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Apparently, it's the International Day of Medical Physics next week www.iomp.org/idmp-2025/ so in tutor time we'll be celebrating our (one and only) Nobel-Prize winning alumnus Sir Godfrey Hounsfield en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey... @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social
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It's 1940, and the British Prime Minister, Cabinet, BBC, War Office, and the Royal Society are all merrily broadcasting on Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
Because that's "where the conversation is...."
Because that's "where the conversation is...."
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It's 1940, and the British Prime Minister, Cabinet, BBC, War Office, and the Royal Society are all merrily broadcasting on Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
Because that's "where the conversation is...."
Because that's "where the conversation is...."
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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This is an amazingly useful analysis of what is happening in US under Trump - and spilling into the rest of the world.
Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social
The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social
The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...
The Trump Action Tracker has had an update!
Finer-grained domains, easier filtering, better views on a phone, to help make sense of 1600+ actions
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is an amazingly useful analysis of what is happening in US under Trump - and spilling into the rest of the world.
Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social
The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Thank you for your time and expertise, @chrischirp.bsky.social
The Trump Action Tracker has had an update! open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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'She's only sorry she got caught and called out'
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
'She's only sorry she got caught and called out'
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The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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