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Dr Ruth Smith
@ruthyie.bsky.social
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Science Teacher. Witney, Oxfordshire.
Local politician, but this is not my councillor account.
Interested in faith- and peace- building.
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publicissues.bsky.social
We could listen to you for another hour! Thanks so much to The Very Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton #ForGood25 #SocialJustice #JPIT
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
I am super excited to be going to the For Goodness Sake @publicissues.bsky.social conference in Derby tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Yes! That's my mayor! So lucky to be working with a mayor with such heart and professional experience.
Andy Bailey piece at @labourlist.bsky.social
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'Supporting refugees doesn't come at the expense of tackling poverty' - LabourList
Welcoming refugees and tackling poverty at home are not competing goals. They go hand in hand.
labourlist.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Email from CND pointed out that the announcement of intention to buy nuclear-bomb-capable jets was not discussed in parliament and, if implemented, breaks the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
June 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
I am trying to find the right characterisation of the evil motif at play - whereby Cruz talks of "blessing" in the context of bombing people, just as Trump goes on about "peace" then threatens the unspeakable. Even Carlson can sort of see it.
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Jun 18
Round two: Tucker Carlson vs. Rafael Cruz.
June 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
It's John Finnemore's Farenheit vs Celsius day - a highlight of the teaching calendar. Y12s are embarking on thermal physics, beyond AS level, and are ready to be initiated to the finer things. Thank you @johnfinnemore.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Sample size 38 adult volunteers.
Author man.
Stand down everyone.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say
Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
The school I went to is wisely letting the pupils out well ahead of any Oasis soundcheck and fans. I remember the Euro 96 campsite at the park during my GCSEs, and camping there myself for Message 2000 Soul Survivor. #Blur

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Pupils to enjoy extra time off as schools close early for Oasis shows
Up to 80,000 music fans are expected to attend each of the five concerts at Heaton Park in July
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social will you find a way to ensure students can complete their GCSEs and A levels at their schools when asked to leave asylum hotels, please? We have seen too many moved on, wrenched from their new communities, mid-studies.
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
This one pulls no punches.
Clanging bell of a symbolic capitalist (more of us than we care to admit - they order from Amazon, demand bike lanes and light rapid transit and nice parks....), or motivated by love?

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Wake/Woke — Church Anew
To be “awakened” is to be able to recognize that our best certitudes are displaced and negated by the order of God’s love in and for the world.
churchanew.org
June 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Walter Brueggemann wrote a weekly column on the Church Anew site from 2020 till May this year - a good source of his latest thinking. He died at 92 this week. A temporospatial life well-lived.

churchanew.org/brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann Column — Church Anew
Church Anew is honored to welcome Walter Brueggemann as our featured columnist. We look forward to sharing Walter’s work with church leaders and faithful people worldwide. May his powerful and reflect...
churchanew.org
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
It's not hard maths. We check this regularly on the Town Council against the Real Living Wage but to fall off the government's min. wage takes serious neglect.

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-risk...
Schools risk 'inadvertently' breaking minimum wage law
Bottom end of unqualified teacher pay scales could fall below legal requirements, experts warn
schoolsweek.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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freereed59.net
#AcademicSky Mike Caulfield always worth a read
June 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Unpopular opinion? - victory parades and OTT celebrations about winning at football are a blight on society. They make children over-react loudly to anything and everything in the classroom.

BBC - Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League win
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Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League win
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence and says those responsible will be punished.
www.bbc.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Dr Ruth Smith
allentien.bsky.social
#SharedFacts about #PM25 particle pollution from brakes, tires, exhaust

#RegenerativeBraking reduces wear by 80%

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EVs reduce PM2.5 pollution in London, debunking myths | Simon Evans posted on the topic | LinkedIn
EVs will reduce dangerous PM2.5 air pollution in London, because regenerative braking cuts brake wear by 80% Another EV myth bites the dust #sorrynotsorry Chart source: https://lnkd.in/eyR-cyts Mor...
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June 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
This looks great!

cumbriacrack.com/2025/05/14/l...
Lake District’s first public observatory opens – cumbriacrack.com
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May 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
LMH didn't teach them to take their time, plan the layout of a letter and to use nice pen and paper and their best handwriting.

BBC News - Books returned to Oxford University library 20 years late - BBC News
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Books returned to Oxford University library 20 years late
An ex-student writes a note explaining they discovered the books while sorting through belongings.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Well said. "Why experience is a cost, not a value".
Someone said to me this week, on meeting me and commenting to me I was a good communicator, and then finding out I was a teacher, "you must be worth your weight in gold". Nice thought.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Why classroom experience is being seen as a cost, not a value
An experienced teacher questions whether budget cuts are forcing schools and trusts to overlook the value of teachers with years of classroom know-how
www.tes.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
5 famous people you have met but one is a lie

1. Shirley Williams
2. Angela Rayner
3. Jon Bon Jovi
4. Ralph McTell
5. Bruce Springsteen
emilysturge.bsky.social Emily Sturgess @emilysturge.bsky.social · Apr 5
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie

1. Milton Jones
2. Sara Pascoe
3. Cheryl Baker
4. Stephen Fry
5. Sally Phillips
levparikian.bsky.social Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · Apr 5
5 Famous People You’ve Met But One Is A Lie

Damian Lewis
Charlotte Church
David Attenborough
Ian Botham
Douglas Adams
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
What a fuss, as though words shouldn't be used. I find the data interesting but the imperative to do something about it unnecessary - children cope. Primary vocab could broaden. And we all know that *reading lots of well-written books* is the absolute key throughout primary and secondary.
tesmagazine.bsky.social Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Apr 4
The abrupt language leap that pupils experience between school phases is significant, but vocabulary can become a powerful tool to support academic transition, say these researchers
It's only words? How the language pupils hear changes at transition
New findings reveal just how drastically language changes between school phases – something that could help schools rethink transition approaches, say researchers
www.tes.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ruthyie.bsky.social
"Nothing to see here"? at the facetious end of the spectrum... or maybe "Bog standard", "Muddling along"... or "no red flags".
Generous end - "Good enough".
schoolsweek.bsky.social Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Apr 5
Exclusive: Ofsted is considering renaming the ‘secure’ grade in proposed new report cards, Schools Week understands, amid concerns it won’t be clear to families where it sits on the new scale,
Ofsted looks at renaming new ‘secure’ grade
Watchdog has been warned parents may not know where the word fits on its proposed new sliding scale
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April 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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freereed59.net
'David Lammy, says Gaza has become the world’s most dangerous place for humanitarian workers and calls for those responsible for the killings to be held accountable.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
ruthyie.bsky.social
Heartbreaking how even in this article, the Secretary General of The Red Cross and Red Crescent sticks to impartiality principles and doesn't state the bleeding obvious of who's to blame for shooting aid workers. He merely asks that it never happens again.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain
My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds, says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social
On Friday's TGT discuss 'good trouble' and standing up for 25 hours without peeing. It's Cory Booker's record breaking Senate speech. An incredible physical feat.
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Friday 4th April You may have seen this week (BBC News) that American Politician Cory Booker set a record for the longest speech ever given in the Senate. He started his speech by saying: “Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble. I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.” ‘Good Trouble’ is a reference to civil rights campaigner John Lewis who said that good trouble arises when you stand up for what is right and just, even if it is uncomfortable and opposed. The rules of the Senate say that speeches can be as long as necessary. As long as the speaker is still standing and speaking they cannot be interrupted. Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes. During that time he remained standing and did not leave to eat or go to the bathroom. His speech was not technically a filibuster (a speech to stop a vote from happening) but it was a protest against cuts to federal jobs that have been made by President Trump. The previous record was a filibuster by Strom Thurmond who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 against a bill protecting African American voting rights. Questions: How do you think Cory prepared for more than 24 hours standing and speaking without a single break? To fill the time he read letters from his constituents who had lost their jobs as part of his speech - have you ever written to a politician? Is it worth being in trouble sometimes, to stand up for what you believe in?
April 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM