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Rachael Hurricane
@hurricaneteach.bsky.social
78 followers 200 following 8 posts
Muddling along at motherhood and teaching.
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davesayers.bsky.social
Never ask a linguist "Is that a word?" because you will always get the same response, "IT IS NOW!" 😃 delivered with some variation of jazz hands like you just won a very low stakes game show and I'm so sorry it's just part of the training it's not something we can control.
February 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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wordsiren.bsky.social
uh idk why i suddenly have 3K more followers than last week, but i assume it's because of Black History Month and if so i have a book coming out, THIS ENDS IN EMBERS, sequel to SO LET THEM BURN, and tbh i'd rather you buy it or repost this so other people might buy it 😘

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cover of SO LET THEM BURN paperback by meeee Cover of THIS ENDS IN EMBERS by meeee
February 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Do I know anyone who knows anything about All Saints, Salendine Nook or Honley High in Huddersfield? @hywelroberts.bsky.social could you retweet pls as I think you’re up that way? 🙏
December 23, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Today’s poem is called ‘This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write’.
This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write   This is not the poem I had hoped to write when I sat at my desk and the page was white. You see, there were other words I’d had in mind, yet this is what I leave behind.   I thought it was a poem to eradicate war; one of such power, it would heal all the sores of a world torn apart by conflict and schism. But it isn’t.   Lovers, I’d imagined, would quote from it daily, Mothers would sing it to soothe crying babies. And whole generations would be given new hope. Nope.   I had grand aspirations. Believe me, I tried. Humanity examined with lessons applied. But the right words escaped me; so often they do. Have these in lieu. Brian Bilston
November 24, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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meganfigueroa.bsky.social
Hello new followers! I am the co-host of a podcast about linguistic discrimination called The Vocal Fries 🍟 @vocalfriespod.bsky.social

Check us out! 😊
November 11, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Is there a way of bookmarking on #edusky in the same way as there was on Twitter? TIA ❤️
September 1, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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clairestoneman.bsky.social
This was one of my very favourite blogs to write. It’s a proper love letter to Birmingham and a cross response to the sneering framing of working class families in the media.

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On cultural capital
This weekend the Guardian has churned out a clickbaity article citing research which apparently shows that museum visits or other ‘outings often regarded as “middle class” had no correlation with impr...
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August 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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benniekara.bsky.social
Calling teachers in my network, see request below!
hugheshaili.bsky.social Dr Haili Hughes @hugheshaili.bsky.social · Aug 16
@samgibbs.bsky.social and I would like to speak to BAME teachers who have been in the classroom for 20+ years plus about what has helped them stay in the profession. Please RT and get in touch if you can help
August 16, 2024 at 12:01 PM