Mark Wildman
@wildthinker.bsky.social
Natural history nerd.
Still practising Dark Ages Primary headteacher.
Allotmenteer.
I have walked around England's boundary...every step.
Still practising Dark Ages Primary headteacher.
Allotmenteer.
I have walked around England's boundary...every step.
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What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers
As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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That's 95k!
We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament.
Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament.
Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
That's 95k!
We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament.
Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament.
Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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correct, these are the best flowers. (especially thrift!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m obsessed with coastal wildflowers: they look so delicate but thrive in tough conditions
From the rock sea-spurrey, which appears to grow out of solid rock, to the slender centaury that lives on a landslip, these plants exist where they do for good reason
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
correct, these are the best flowers. (especially thrift!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Harbour Energy made £4.9 BILLION in 2024 drilling for oil and gas . These companies and their execs are quite literally killing life on earth . Sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships now govpetition.uk/700024 – 60K by midnight ? C'mon !
April 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Harbour Energy made £4.9 BILLION in 2024 drilling for oil and gas . These companies and their execs are quite literally killing life on earth . Sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships now govpetition.uk/700024 – 60K by midnight ? C'mon !
I scroll through Bluesky and am disappointed by the lack of coherence and spirit. Threads is still so much better IMO.
March 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I scroll through Bluesky and am disappointed by the lack of coherence and spirit. Threads is still so much better IMO.
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Can we get over 2500 signatures today for traditional and social media reform?
We are so close to this threshold!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We are so close to this threshold!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
March 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can we get over 2500 signatures today for traditional and social media reform?
We are so close to this threshold!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We are so close to this threshold!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Let's get some Sunday morning support for cleaning up our media!
Sign and share the petition!
Who can you share with this morning to help us get more signatures?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign and share the petition!
Who can you share with this morning to help us get more signatures?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
March 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Let's get some Sunday morning support for cleaning up our media!
Sign and share the petition!
Who can you share with this morning to help us get more signatures?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign and share the petition!
Who can you share with this morning to help us get more signatures?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Multiple people have got responses from the BBC after lodging complaints over their absurd and excessive coverage of Rachel Reeves.
Quite frankly the response is weak and simply tries to justify again what they were doing.
Our media needs urgent reform!
And I have a petition for just that!
Quite frankly the response is weak and simply tries to justify again what they were doing.
Our media needs urgent reform!
And I have a petition for just that!
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
February 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Multiple people have got responses from the BBC after lodging complaints over their absurd and excessive coverage of Rachel Reeves.
Quite frankly the response is weak and simply tries to justify again what they were doing.
Our media needs urgent reform!
And I have a petition for just that!
Quite frankly the response is weak and simply tries to justify again what they were doing.
Our media needs urgent reform!
And I have a petition for just that!
One for @gnashette.bsky.social
What’s fluency and why is it important? Should you use extracts or full texts? How do you approach a class discussion about a book?
Hear @suchmo83.bsky.social’s wise insights on these questions and many more, and share with anyone who cares about getting kids reading.
youtu.be/DyrGjl-U2Xc?...
Hear @suchmo83.bsky.social’s wise insights on these questions and many more, and share with anyone who cares about getting kids reading.
youtu.be/DyrGjl-U2Xc?...
Reading Myths, Mastery & Motivation, Getting Fluent with Christopher Such, Mind the Gap, Ep92(S5,E8)
YouTube video by Mind the Gap with Jon & Emma
youtu.be
February 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
One for @gnashette.bsky.social
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Our new soap has arrived! From plant to bar with the help of a local soap maker.@_goly.natural Using the Attar Of Roses scented pelargonium leaves it smells like Turkish Delight. Thank you to year 6 for harvesting the leaves! #Gardening #School
February 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our new soap has arrived! From plant to bar with the help of a local soap maker.@_goly.natural Using the Attar Of Roses scented pelargonium leaves it smells like Turkish Delight. Thank you to year 6 for harvesting the leaves! #Gardening #School
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The media need new rules. They are out of control - whether the dodgy headlines in Times and Guardian, the abhorrent GB News spreading hate, to the Murdoch controlled newspapers or online video channels encouraging a general to be mysoginistic.
Something has to change!
Something has to change!
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
February 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The media need new rules. They are out of control - whether the dodgy headlines in Times and Guardian, the abhorrent GB News spreading hate, to the Murdoch controlled newspapers or online video channels encouraging a general to be mysoginistic.
Something has to change!
Something has to change!
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I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
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@gardenshour.bsky.social Good evening! Thank you so much for sharing our move.🥰 #GardensHour
February 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@gardenshour.bsky.social Good evening! Thank you so much for sharing our move.🥰 #GardensHour
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Here’s an article I wrote on the Behaviour Hub scheme and why Labour should keep this approach…
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...
Behaviour Hubs: What we learned and why they should be kept
The programme hasn't just taught us about behaviour. It's been an effective model for school improvement
schoolsweek.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Here’s an article I wrote on the Behaviour Hub scheme and why Labour should keep this approach…
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-lessons...
Anyone out there walked the Great Chalk Way? #longdistancewalk
January 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Anyone out there walked the Great Chalk Way? #longdistancewalk
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They don’t care about you .
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
They don’t care about you .
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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
January 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
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Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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It might be expected, but is it enough?
The risk of tracking towards expected standards.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/i...
The risk of tracking towards expected standards.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/i...
It might be expected, but is it enough? - Insight Inform
Many years ago, following a meeting of the Reception Baseline Stakeholder Group at DfE Towers, I went for a cup of tea with a fellow group member and was told a story that blew my mind. As we sat sipp...
www.insightinform.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It might be expected, but is it enough?
The risk of tracking towards expected standards.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/i...
The risk of tracking towards expected standards.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/i...
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The Eco Jurisprudence monitor is a fascinating & hopeful resource: an interactive database of Earth-centred legal initiatives (eg river-rights) as their number & consequences grow & grow.
Cartography as imagining otherwise; a glimpse of a geography of hope.
Here: ecojurisprudence.org/dashboard/?m...
Cartography as imagining otherwise; a glimpse of a geography of hope.
Here: ecojurisprudence.org/dashboard/?m...
January 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Eco Jurisprudence monitor is a fascinating & hopeful resource: an interactive database of Earth-centred legal initiatives (eg river-rights) as their number & consequences grow & grow.
Cartography as imagining otherwise; a glimpse of a geography of hope.
Here: ecojurisprudence.org/dashboard/?m...
Cartography as imagining otherwise; a glimpse of a geography of hope.
Here: ecojurisprudence.org/dashboard/?m...
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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
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Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...
Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher’s personality and desire for autonomy; let’s celebrate that.
A theme I find myself exploring a lot is the need for teachers to feel that they can be themselves in their own classrooms, expressing their personality and enjoying teaching, doing things they fee…
teacherhead.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...