Gatsby
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Head of History. Ordinary men avoid trouble, extraordinary men turn it to their advantage. Trouble at Mill
Never has a status update so succinctly explained why I teach secondary
A kid was crying on the playground and said he had fallen over. I bent down to check his knees. He coughed in my face then puked. 🤢 😫
Only in teaching!
Only in teaching!
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Never has a status update so succinctly explained why I teach secondary
No honour amongst traitors it seems
Fiona on her third rosé
It's going off!
Fiona on her third rosé
It's going off!
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
No honour amongst traitors it seems
Fiona on her third rosé
It's going off!
Fiona on her third rosé
It's going off!
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Here is the Gestapo agent walking away, after committing murder, CLEARLY uninjured. The lies of this regime are so vile & brazen they would shame the devil himself. #ICE #ICEShooting #Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Here is the Gestapo agent walking away, after committing murder, CLEARLY uninjured. The lies of this regime are so vile & brazen they would shame the devil himself. #ICE #ICEShooting #Minneapolis
ICE agents should be reminded that "just following orders" is not an acceptable defence and the day will come when they will need one.
A person is dead is Minneapolis.
Video evidence is pretty clear! Despite what Homeland security say about the agent "fearing for his life", she was executed.
A person is dead is Minneapolis.
Video evidence is pretty clear! Despite what Homeland security say about the agent "fearing for his life", she was executed.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
ICE agents should be reminded that "just following orders" is not an acceptable defence and the day will come when they will need one.
A person is dead is Minneapolis.
Video evidence is pretty clear! Despite what Homeland security say about the agent "fearing for his life", she was executed.
A person is dead is Minneapolis.
Video evidence is pretty clear! Despite what Homeland security say about the agent "fearing for his life", she was executed.
This man is an absolute lunatic.
I can't believe this is posted by the actual White House.
Fuck around. Find out
I can't believe this is posted by the actual White House.
Fuck around. Find out
January 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
This man is an absolute lunatic.
I can't believe this is posted by the actual White House.
Fuck around. Find out
I can't believe this is posted by the actual White House.
Fuck around. Find out
This is one of the most amazing histories I have ever read. It is shocking, harrowing and brutal. It is inspiring and illuminating
It took me a week to read and I could barely put it down.
I can not recommend it enough
It took me a week to read and I could barely put it down.
I can not recommend it enough
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
This is one of the most amazing histories I have ever read. It is shocking, harrowing and brutal. It is inspiring and illuminating
It took me a week to read and I could barely put it down.
I can not recommend it enough
It took me a week to read and I could barely put it down.
I can not recommend it enough
RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The one and only.
Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiit!
The one and only.
Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiit!
a man wearing a hat says " the clay davis "
ALT: a man wearing a hat says " the clay davis "
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The one and only.
Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiit!
The one and only.
Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiit!
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In U.S. history, some white people were enslavers & other white people were abolitionists.
White people like JD Vance who think teaching about America's history of racism shames white kids should explain why they think white kids will associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
White people like JD Vance who think teaching about America's history of racism shames white kids should explain why they think white kids will associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
December 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In U.S. history, some white people were enslavers & other white people were abolitionists.
White people like JD Vance who think teaching about America's history of racism shames white kids should explain why they think white kids will associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
White people like JD Vance who think teaching about America's history of racism shames white kids should explain why they think white kids will associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
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For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
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Hoverboards are the future, segways are the future, betamax, laser disc, Google glass is the future, 3d tvs are the future, curved screens are the future.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Hoverboards are the future, segways are the future, betamax, laser disc, Google glass is the future, 3d tvs are the future, curved screens are the future.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
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“The promise of a world-changing technology that isn’t here…companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing computer power at it, draining our aquifers of water, our national grids of electricity and all we have is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up.”
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The promise of a world-changing technology that isn’t here…companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing computer power at it, draining our aquifers of water, our national grids of electricity and all we have is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up.”
Some people are just extraordinary. Nice to read some positive news.
An 11-year-old double amputee has raised £120,000 to take a group of children affected by abuse to visit Lapland over the festive period
Read more: bbc.in/3MVTtYd
An 11-year-old double amputee has raised £120,000 to take a group of children affected by abuse to visit Lapland over the festive period
Read more: bbc.in/3MVTtYd
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Some people are just extraordinary. Nice to read some positive news.
An 11-year-old double amputee has raised £120,000 to take a group of children affected by abuse to visit Lapland over the festive period
Read more: bbc.in/3MVTtYd
An 11-year-old double amputee has raised £120,000 to take a group of children affected by abuse to visit Lapland over the festive period
Read more: bbc.in/3MVTtYd
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Thanks for this essay, D. James and @carlhendrick.substack.com
thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make...
#Edusky #teachlearnsky #AI
thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make...
#Edusky #teachlearnsky #AI
AI will make our children stupid | David James and Carl Hendrick | The Critic Magazine
Of all the recent signs that Western civilization is circling the drain, the most depressing is the apparent decline in IQs. The so-called Flynn Effect once showed IQs rising steadily.
thecritic.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thanks for this essay, D. James and @carlhendrick.substack.com
thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make...
#Edusky #teachlearnsky #AI
thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make...
#Edusky #teachlearnsky #AI
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This is very good. If Reform win the GE, it'll be too late for those who voted for them to say, like this disillusioned Reform member: "I thought they were going to come and change everything. And all they’re doing is coming in and tearing people’s lives apart.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is very good. If Reform win the GE, it'll be too late for those who voted for them to say, like this disillusioned Reform member: "I thought they were going to come and change everything. And all they’re doing is coming in and tearing people’s lives apart.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
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COFFIN COLLARS like this one were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin, making it nearly impossible to remove the body from its grave. Bodysnatchers sold corpses to medical schools. #skystorians
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
COFFIN COLLARS like this one were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin, making it nearly impossible to remove the body from its grave. Bodysnatchers sold corpses to medical schools. #skystorians
If you don't follow Dr Fitzharris, you are doing Bluesky wrong.
And put "The Facemaker" on your Christmas list. It is outstanding.
And put "The Facemaker" on your Christmas list. It is outstanding.
During #WWI, medics applied 1.5 million splints, fitted over 20,000 artificial eyes & used 7,250 tons of cotton wool while applying 108 million bandages to injured soldiers. More than 6,000 medics died & over 17,000 were wounded in the British Army alone.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you don't follow Dr Fitzharris, you are doing Bluesky wrong.
And put "The Facemaker" on your Christmas list. It is outstanding.
And put "The Facemaker" on your Christmas list. It is outstanding.
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
A very concerning thread
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A very concerning thread
I am one of those teachers who wants absolutely nothing to do with AI and hopes to be retired before it consumes the education sector and ruins the requirement for independent thought.
Everything I read about it, is depressing.
Everything I read about it, is depressing.
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am one of those teachers who wants absolutely nothing to do with AI and hopes to be retired before it consumes the education sector and ruins the requirement for independent thought.
Everything I read about it, is depressing.
Everything I read about it, is depressing.
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If any teachers are worried they will be replaced by AI robots anytime soon, fear not.
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If any teachers are worried they will be replaced by AI robots anytime soon, fear not.
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The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.