@mattdocking.bsky.social
Old chemistry/geology teacher, mainly reposting pictures of minerals, trilobites and standing stones. Do like a nice tree as well.
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Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
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Helpful and free to all...sharing at it's best!
With the new Ofsted toolkit removing deep dives, subject leaders need a new way to consider quality assurance.
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool
With the new Ofsted inspection toolkit removing subject deep dives, it’s now harder for leaders to demonstrate the quality of education through traditional triangulation.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Helpful and free to all...sharing at it's best!
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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Devastating to hear about Rachel Cooke, a generational talent whose writing was often an inspiration, especially her political interviews. So much more she could have written.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Devastating to hear about Rachel Cooke, a generational talent whose writing was often an inspiration, especially her political interviews. So much more she could have written.
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Terrible, terrible news. So sad. Condolensces to her family, friends and those like me who would often turn to her column on a weekend as one of the first to be read properly. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Terrible, terrible news. So sad. Condolensces to her family, friends and those like me who would often turn to her column on a weekend as one of the first to be read properly. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Incredibly sad to see this. I never met or even spoke online to Rachel but her words were known to all of us. 56 years old. Life really can be cruel.
Really shocked to hear about the death of the brilliant Observer writer Rachel Cooke - what a terrible loss.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Incredibly sad to see this. I never met or even spoke online to Rachel but her words were known to all of us. 56 years old. Life really can be cruel.
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Wayland's Smithy in its autumnal coat.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wayland's Smithy in its autumnal coat.
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It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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Grab your #ASEConf2026 tickets before prices rise 🎟️
📅 8–10 Jan 2026
📍 University of Nottingham
ASE members get exclusive discounts — not a member yet? Join today & save!👉 ow.ly/etm850XgQK1
#ScienceEducation #STEM
📅 8–10 Jan 2026
📍 University of Nottingham
ASE members get exclusive discounts — not a member yet? Join today & save!👉 ow.ly/etm850XgQK1
#ScienceEducation #STEM
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Grab your #ASEConf2026 tickets before prices rise 🎟️
📅 8–10 Jan 2026
📍 University of Nottingham
ASE members get exclusive discounts — not a member yet? Join today & save!👉 ow.ly/etm850XgQK1
#ScienceEducation #STEM
📅 8–10 Jan 2026
📍 University of Nottingham
ASE members get exclusive discounts — not a member yet? Join today & save!👉 ow.ly/etm850XgQK1
#ScienceEducation #STEM
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M6.5 earthquake, Guadeloupe, at 12.38 UTC on 27 October 2025. Recorded in Nottingham using (top to bottom) 'slinky', horizontal pendulum, and LEGO school seismometers
#earthquake ⚒️ #geology 🦕
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
#earthquake ⚒️ #geology 🦕
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
M6.5 earthquake, Guadeloupe, at 12.38 UTC on 27 October 2025. Recorded in Nottingham using (top to bottom) 'slinky', horizontal pendulum, and LEGO school seismometers
#earthquake ⚒️ #geology 🦕
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
#earthquake ⚒️ #geology 🦕
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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🚨 Early bird alert! 🚨
Thank you to everyone who’s already booked for ASE Annual Conference 2026 8-10 January 2026!
Don’t miss out – early bird member tickets end Sunday 2nd. Grab yours now and save! 🧪📚
Book today 👉 www.ase.org.uk/events/ase-a...
#ASEConf2026
Thank you to everyone who’s already booked for ASE Annual Conference 2026 8-10 January 2026!
Don’t miss out – early bird member tickets end Sunday 2nd. Grab yours now and save! 🧪📚
Book today 👉 www.ase.org.uk/events/ase-a...
#ASEConf2026
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🚨 Early bird alert! 🚨
Thank you to everyone who’s already booked for ASE Annual Conference 2026 8-10 January 2026!
Don’t miss out – early bird member tickets end Sunday 2nd. Grab yours now and save! 🧪📚
Book today 👉 www.ase.org.uk/events/ase-a...
#ASEConf2026
Thank you to everyone who’s already booked for ASE Annual Conference 2026 8-10 January 2026!
Don’t miss out – early bird member tickets end Sunday 2nd. Grab yours now and save! 🧪📚
Book today 👉 www.ase.org.uk/events/ase-a...
#ASEConf2026
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C'est la 29e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre à Montpellier toute la semaine 🌐🌋🦕 Demain après-midi je parlerai du changement de végétation dans la zone tropicale fin Carbonifère-début Permien avec l'exemple des flores de Graissessac & Lodève (session 8.1)⛏️ 🌿 #paleobotany #geosciences #paleontology
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
C'est la 29e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre à Montpellier toute la semaine 🌐🌋🦕 Demain après-midi je parlerai du changement de végétation dans la zone tropicale fin Carbonifère-début Permien avec l'exemple des flores de Graissessac & Lodève (session 8.1)⛏️ 🌿 #paleobotany #geosciences #paleontology
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Today's Rebel Britannia, by @rebelbrit.bsky.social is on 'Freeborn John' Lilburne: 'As an adult he was, in fact, rarely free, but his achievements were extraordinary for their lasting effect on the constitution and the law.'
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Rebel Britannia
24th October 1649:
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Today's Rebel Britannia, by @rebelbrit.bsky.social is on 'Freeborn John' Lilburne: 'As an adult he was, in fact, rarely free, but his achievements were extraordinary for their lasting effect on the constitution and the law.'
open.substack.com/pub/rebelbri...
open.substack.com/pub/rebelbri...
open.substack.com/pub/rebelbri...
open.substack.com/pub/rebelbri...
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"Our story begins over 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. As glaciers melted and the climate warmed, people began moving back into what we now call Britain."
What a great way to start the archaeology story of the A66 highway upgrade! bit.ly/48IbjqE
What a great way to start the archaeology story of the A66 highway upgrade! bit.ly/48IbjqE
The A66 Through History: A Road That Built Connections
The Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) teams have been continuing the archaeological investigations alongside the A66. This is a short glimpse into the archaeological history of the A66 and an…
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October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Our story begins over 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. As glaciers melted and the climate warmed, people began moving back into what we now call Britain."
What a great way to start the archaeology story of the A66 highway upgrade! bit.ly/48IbjqE
What a great way to start the archaeology story of the A66 highway upgrade! bit.ly/48IbjqE
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Stately homes, pubs and theatres have commodified their phantoms. Turned them into neat little stories, spectre-magnets to draw in visitors with ache for ghost-glimpse. Then there are the places where shades and their stories are feral. Unowned, uncurated spots. I hold to these. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The Rolling Stones, Avebury 1968 photo by David Bailey
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Rolling Stones, Avebury 1968 photo by David Bailey
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A North Norfolk sunset this evening
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A North Norfolk sunset this evening
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Lovely writing, fit for a mast year and a bumper year for oak galls.
Distorted reality or beautiful manifestations of the diversity of life? You decide, in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Even acorns grow strange in the misty gloom | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: The larvae of gall wasps burrowed into these acorns in summer. Now they’re gone, leaving behind the weird, hardened detritus
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lovely writing, fit for a mast year and a bumper year for oak galls.
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We are comparing the diffusion speeds of halogens along damp starch/iodide paper. This activity is conducted in Petri dishes on the bench. The final section shows iodine result and uses 1 tiny ball of iodine.
#ChatChemistry, #ITeachChem @cleapss.bsky.social #chemistry #greenchemistry
#ChatChemistry, #ITeachChem @cleapss.bsky.social #chemistry #greenchemistry
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are comparing the diffusion speeds of halogens along damp starch/iodide paper. This activity is conducted in Petri dishes on the bench. The final section shows iodine result and uses 1 tiny ball of iodine.
#ChatChemistry, #ITeachChem @cleapss.bsky.social #chemistry #greenchemistry
#ChatChemistry, #ITeachChem @cleapss.bsky.social #chemistry #greenchemistry
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Drawing from early 2023, Lepidocaris rhyniensis, a crustacean from the Rhynie chert swimming through charophyte algae #crustacean #arthropod
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Drawing from early 2023, Lepidocaris rhyniensis, a crustacean from the Rhynie chert swimming through charophyte algae #crustacean #arthropod
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There is an old prayer much favoured in Hookland which I offer up today for my friends in America: Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There is an old prayer much favoured in Hookland which I offer up today for my friends in America: Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings
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Many thanks to @richardfisher.bsky.social for this lovely article on my #urbangeology rambles! www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'Urban geology': How to find fossils (and other discoveries) in your city's buildings
If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Many thanks to @richardfisher.bsky.social for this lovely article on my #urbangeology rambles! www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...