Smita Jamdar 🇺🇦
@smitajamdar.bsky.social
Head of Education Shakespeare Martineau, LFC, she/her
We’re with you Dom.
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 AM
We’re with you Dom.
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I spoke at the same @wonkhe.bsky.social conference as him once shortly after Brexit and he properly sounded like someone trying to explain and find solutions. His radicalisation has been something to behold but Ian hits on a great point which is that he also comes across as a bit mediocre.
Matt Goodwin and the end of England: How one man's career explains our public life iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-goodw...
Matt Goodwin and the end of England
How one man's career explains our public life.
iandunt.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I spoke at the same @wonkhe.bsky.social conference as him once shortly after Brexit and he properly sounded like someone trying to explain and find solutions. His radicalisation has been something to behold but Ian hits on a great point which is that he also comes across as a bit mediocre.
Such sad news. She was glorious
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Such sad news. She was glorious
What on earth are these people on and how the living f have we allowed them to become so influential in our society. They ought to be the kind of people you slowly back away from in the pub having inadvertently struck up a conversation with them but instead we have elevated them to our upper chamber
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
What on earth are these people on and how the living f have we allowed them to become so influential in our society. They ought to be the kind of people you slowly back away from in the pub having inadvertently struck up a conversation with them but instead we have elevated them to our upper chamber
Look what my other half got me 😍
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Look what my other half got me 😍
“Someone should look into this thing I just made up”. And people vote for this drivel.
Trump lies (or is confused, or both): "China does most of everything they're doing with coal. They make the windmills, but they don't have a lot of wind farms. Somebody ought to look at that."
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“Someone should look into this thing I just made up”. And people vote for this drivel.
Monsters
Liam Ramos when ICE kidnapped him / Liam after 5 days in the concentration camp.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Monsters
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Liam Ramos when ICE kidnapped him / Liam after 5 days in the concentration camp.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Liam Ramos when ICE kidnapped him / Liam after 5 days in the concentration camp.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
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"it is right to give him thanks and praise" was always the funniest part of catholic mass to me. a bunch of people murmuring "retweet"
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"it is right to give him thanks and praise" was always the funniest part of catholic mass to me. a bunch of people murmuring "retweet"
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Doesn't surprise me, sadly. Even ignoring 'digital', we have 18% with "very low literacy" levels according to the OECD PIAAC survey and it's worse amongst older people. Numeracy improving but from lower base
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Survey of Adults Skills 2023: England (United Kingdom)
The Survey of Adult Skills offers unique insights on adults’ proficiency in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving. These skills are crucial for both personal and societal success, and form the found...
www.oecd.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Doesn't surprise me, sadly. Even ignoring 'digital', we have 18% with "very low literacy" levels according to the OECD PIAAC survey and it's worse amongst older people. Numeracy improving but from lower base
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Just heard that 1 in 4 working age adults in England don’t have what we’re described as “essential skills” in language, numeracy and digital & the stat has completely blown my mind as well as reinforcing what a very particular bubble I inhabit that this issue was hitherto completely invisible to me
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Just heard that 1 in 4 working age adults in England don’t have what we’re described as “essential skills” in language, numeracy and digital & the stat has completely blown my mind as well as reinforcing what a very particular bubble I inhabit that this issue was hitherto completely invisible to me
I am in a hotel in Wales which promises to serve Welsh coffee. I have questions.
January 28, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I am in a hotel in Wales which promises to serve Welsh coffee. I have questions.
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NEW on Wonkhe: A new 10-year workforce plan for the National Health Service ought to be an opportunity to think carefully about higher education’s role. Susanna Kalitowski explains buff.ly/Ej6aOYE
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: A new 10-year workforce plan for the National Health Service ought to be an opportunity to think carefully about higher education’s role. Susanna Kalitowski explains buff.ly/Ej6aOYE
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
From “thank you for your service” and gold star family status for their own to “we never really needed them” for everyone else.
A disgusting human being.
A disgusting human being.
imagine being the father or mother or son or daughter or sibling of one of those brave British troops who died in Afghanistan, and having to listen to this crass ignorance
January 24, 2026 at 8:26 AM
From “thank you for your service” and gold star family status for their own to “we never really needed them” for everyone else.
A disgusting human being.
A disgusting human being.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
I was so excited this morning when we had like 15 minutes without rain but it’s back again. So depressing.
stitch is crying in the rain in a black and white photo .
ALT: stitch is crying in the rain in a black and white photo .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I was so excited this morning when we had like 15 minutes without rain but it’s back again. So depressing.
This photo. What kind of monsters do this to a child. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This photo. What kind of monsters do this to a child. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 AM
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
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Alchemy! Alchemy! They’ve all got it alchemy!
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Alchemy! Alchemy! They’ve all got it alchemy!
I think…Netflix videos could be about to turn the other way up.
Netflix videos could be about to turn the other way up
Netflix videos could be about to turn the other way up
Netflix videos could be about to turn the other way up
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I think…Netflix videos could be about to turn the other way up.
Yuk. A link to the Brooklyn Beckham stuff appeared on my news tab and I clicked it and now I feel really cross with myself because (a) I don’t care; (b) I don’t care; and (c) I really really don’t care.
January 20, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Yuk. A link to the Brooklyn Beckham stuff appeared on my news tab and I clicked it and now I feel really cross with myself because (a) I don’t care; (b) I don’t care; and (c) I really really don’t care.