James Murphy
@jamespmurphy.bsky.social
Teaching, learning and behaviour. Director at Thinking Reading. Working with secondary schools to eradicate illiteracy.
Web: thinkingreading.com
Web: thinkingreading.com
First, they came for the puppies, but I did not speak up.
October 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
First, they came for the puppies, but I did not speak up.
Far from being a ‘miracle’, this private school is funded by local authority EHCPs, has a selective intake, discredited understandings of reading disability, and every student will have special exam access (usually, extra time and/or a reader-writer).
But let’s all be breathless at the ‘miracle.’
But let’s all be breathless at the ‘miracle.’
June 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Far from being a ‘miracle’, this private school is funded by local authority EHCPs, has a selective intake, discredited understandings of reading disability, and every student will have special exam access (usually, extra time and/or a reader-writer).
But let’s all be breathless at the ‘miracle.’
But let’s all be breathless at the ‘miracle.’
This is the problem. 28% of Americans polled believe it’s fine for Trump to ignore a ruling by the Supreme Court.
More than a quarter believe in Trump above the Constitution.
More than a quarter believe in Trump above the Constitution.
April 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is the problem. 28% of Americans polled believe it’s fine for Trump to ignore a ruling by the Supreme Court.
More than a quarter believe in Trump above the Constitution.
More than a quarter believe in Trump above the Constitution.
Someone might need this
April 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Someone might need this
Looooong ago. Like at some point during the fourteen years this guy and his party were supposed to be governing the country.
Another example of politicians choosing soundbites on the assumption that no one will remember who could have done something, and didn’t.
Another example of politicians choosing soundbites on the assumption that no one will remember who could have done something, and didn’t.
April 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Looooong ago. Like at some point during the fourteen years this guy and his party were supposed to be governing the country.
Another example of politicians choosing soundbites on the assumption that no one will remember who could have done something, and didn’t.
Another example of politicians choosing soundbites on the assumption that no one will remember who could have done something, and didn’t.
It’s a trend but we started it here in the 51st state!
March 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s a trend but we started it here in the 51st state!
Troublemakers in the back row at Research Ed Brum
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Troublemakers in the back row at Research Ed Brum
I bet. Much easier for Trump to re-assign US mineral rights to Russia than fight a war he can’t win.
February 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I bet. Much easier for Trump to re-assign US mineral rights to Russia than fight a war he can’t win.
For that inevitable post where someone claims Einstein didn’t go to school (usually implicitly or explicitly closing that schools are not needed or desirable).
Source Wikipedia. So there’s that.
Source Wikipedia. So there’s that.
January 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
For that inevitable post where someone claims Einstein didn’t go to school (usually implicitly or explicitly closing that schools are not needed or desirable).
Source Wikipedia. So there’s that.
Source Wikipedia. So there’s that.
Had to happen, adopted a wolf. Meet Silas.
January 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Had to happen, adopted a wolf. Meet Silas.
Amazing photo. Dark times.
January 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Amazing photo. Dark times.
Yes! From a few Christmas Eves back:
January 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yes! From a few Christmas Eves back:
Dusk on the shortest day.
December 22, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Dusk on the shortest day.
It’s fabulous, isn’t it! Meanwhile . . .
December 17, 2024 at 11:18 PM
It’s fabulous, isn’t it! Meanwhile . . .
Finally finished. Agree with Dan Snow. Masterpiece.
December 1, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Finally finished. Agree with Dan Snow. Masterpiece.
Even in the hard heart of the city, the magpie is alive amongst the bricks, against the blue sky
November 22, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Even in the hard heart of the city, the magpie is alive amongst the bricks, against the blue sky
Hooded crow, West Cork.
October 19, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Hooded crow, West Cork.
Never thought we’d tick something off the bucket list by driving a few miles out of town, but there you are 😊
October 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Never thought we’d tick something off the bucket list by driving a few miles out of town, but there you are 😊
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,694,010!
September 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,694,010!
Yes we did! Such an otherworldly, lonely place. We explored some of the coast on zodiacs too - delighted every time we saw puffins!
September 12, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Yes we did! Such an otherworldly, lonely place. We explored some of the coast on zodiacs too - delighted every time we saw puffins!
Slo-mo of superb co-ordination as they enter the water on an angle at 60 mph, snatch fish by compensating for refraction, keep their eyes open via a transparent third eyelid that closes ten milliseconds before they hit the water, with special air-filled cavities in their skulls to absorb the impact.
September 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Slo-mo of superb co-ordination as they enter the water on an angle at 60 mph, snatch fish by compensating for refraction, keep their eyes open via a transparent third eyelid that closes ten milliseconds before they hit the water, with special air-filled cavities in their skulls to absorb the impact.
Seeing as we now have video, a short clip of the summer that has forsaken us so swiftly: gannets off Stac Armin and Stac Lee.
September 12, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Seeing as we now have video, a short clip of the summer that has forsaken us so swiftly: gannets off Stac Armin and Stac Lee.
