Jenny Bailey
@thatjennybailey.bsky.social
Sixth form English teacher. Left wing, woke and proud of it. Fierce LGBTQ+ ally. Interested in thoughtful and witty stuff on education, literature, politics, film and theatre.
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If there is a national institution that reflects, represents, and encompasses the shared social and cultural values of the UK, it is not the royal family, it is the BBC.
Ultimately that's why the Tories hate it, because it is a bulwark against selfish individualism.
Ultimately that's why the Tories hate it, because it is a bulwark against selfish individualism.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
If there is a national institution that reflects, represents, and encompasses the shared social and cultural values of the UK, it is not the royal family, it is the BBC.
Ultimately that's why the Tories hate it, because it is a bulwark against selfish individualism.
Ultimately that's why the Tories hate it, because it is a bulwark against selfish individualism.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
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When I was 25 I was sad I had not written The Great American Novel. At 55, I realize there's no Great American Novel, there are merely the stories I'm the best person to tell. Don't worry about how others see greatness. Work on being the best version of who you are and what you can do in the world.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When I was 25 I was sad I had not written The Great American Novel. At 55, I realize there's no Great American Novel, there are merely the stories I'm the best person to tell. Don't worry about how others see greatness. Work on being the best version of who you are and what you can do in the world.
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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Lindy West’s Love Actually takedown is still one of my favorite pieces of writing www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...
I Rewatched Love Actually and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Lindy West’s Love Actually takedown is still one of my favorite pieces of writing www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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What we all know to be true now proven
Academic study reveals BBC Question Time dominated by right-leading non political guests with columnists & contributors from outlets like The Telegraph, Daily Mail, GB News, & TalkTV appearing far more frequently than their left-leaning counterparts
Academic study reveals BBC Question Time dominated by right-leading non political guests with columnists & contributors from outlets like The Telegraph, Daily Mail, GB News, & TalkTV appearing far more frequently than their left-leaning counterparts
Cardiff study reveals right-wing media dominance on Question Time panels
Academic analysis detailing the over-use of right-wingers on Question Time has resurfaced after Nigel Farage was platformed for the 38th time.
www.spottednews.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:47 PM
What we all know to be true now proven
Academic study reveals BBC Question Time dominated by right-leading non political guests with columnists & contributors from outlets like The Telegraph, Daily Mail, GB News, & TalkTV appearing far more frequently than their left-leaning counterparts
Academic study reveals BBC Question Time dominated by right-leading non political guests with columnists & contributors from outlets like The Telegraph, Daily Mail, GB News, & TalkTV appearing far more frequently than their left-leaning counterparts
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“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
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Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 9:34 AM
“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
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"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
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NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.
With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.
With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.
Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification
At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.
With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.
With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.
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Delighted to have found dozens of pro-EU local groups last night.
I did a big search & screen operation.
Please to follow them all the rebuild the thriving community on here. 👇👇
I did a big search & screen operation.
Please to follow them all the rebuild the thriving community on here. 👇👇
December 3, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Delighted to have found dozens of pro-EU local groups last night.
I did a big search & screen operation.
Please to follow them all the rebuild the thriving community on here. 👇👇
I did a big search & screen operation.
Please to follow them all the rebuild the thriving community on here. 👇👇
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This is pretty accurate...
December 1, 2024 at 7:59 AM
This is pretty accurate...
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Bluesky is THE environment for new media and 'public good' publications.
Lots of people have been saying it - but I can tell you from the publisher perspective - it's true. Unlike X or Threads, external news content thrives here.
So please follow & share my UK media for public good starter pack. 👇
Lots of people have been saying it - but I can tell you from the publisher perspective - it's true. Unlike X or Threads, external news content thrives here.
So please follow & share my UK media for public good starter pack. 👇
November 30, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Bluesky is THE environment for new media and 'public good' publications.
Lots of people have been saying it - but I can tell you from the publisher perspective - it's true. Unlike X or Threads, external news content thrives here.
So please follow & share my UK media for public good starter pack. 👇
Lots of people have been saying it - but I can tell you from the publisher perspective - it's true. Unlike X or Threads, external news content thrives here.
So please follow & share my UK media for public good starter pack. 👇
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Everyone knows by now that what they taught us in school about Thanksgiving was bullshit, right? A lie, because the truth was so horrific we’d question EVERYTHING about the founding of this country.
Book banning is real now, but whitewashing history was always real.
Book banning is real now, but whitewashing history was always real.
November 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Everyone knows by now that what they taught us in school about Thanksgiving was bullshit, right? A lie, because the truth was so horrific we’d question EVERYTHING about the founding of this country.
Book banning is real now, but whitewashing history was always real.
Book banning is real now, but whitewashing history was always real.
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And yet we can’t find £5m to give non academised sixth form college teachers an equitable pay award.
🚨 @mrp-ict.bsky.social reveals the shocking £31m wasted on "pointless" Government tests in primary schools every year.
You'll be amazed when you find out what else that money could buy for schools! 👀🤯
youtu.be/nzCRHXDXXd8
You'll be amazed when you find out what else that money could buy for schools! 👀🤯
youtu.be/nzCRHXDXXd8
Mr P reveals the shocking £31m yearly waste spent on testing
YouTube video by National Education Union
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 6:40 AM
And yet we can’t find £5m to give non academised sixth form college teachers an equitable pay award.
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can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 AM
can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
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Elon Musk: The Comic Strip
November 28, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Elon Musk: The Comic Strip
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🐦 Twitter: right wing lies.
🦋 BlueSky: organising against them.
That’s what we can do, together.
1. Follow @mvtfwd.bsky.social coordinating a mass voting movement
2. Join MVTFWD.com with your email for updates/action
3. Starter pack of voices for change to follow+share go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
🦋 BlueSky: organising against them.
That’s what we can do, together.
1. Follow @mvtfwd.bsky.social coordinating a mass voting movement
2. Join MVTFWD.com with your email for updates/action
3. Starter pack of voices for change to follow+share go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
November 26, 2024 at 4:57 PM
🐦 Twitter: right wing lies.
🦋 BlueSky: organising against them.
That’s what we can do, together.
1. Follow @mvtfwd.bsky.social coordinating a mass voting movement
2. Join MVTFWD.com with your email for updates/action
3. Starter pack of voices for change to follow+share go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
🦋 BlueSky: organising against them.
That’s what we can do, together.
1. Follow @mvtfwd.bsky.social coordinating a mass voting movement
2. Join MVTFWD.com with your email for updates/action
3. Starter pack of voices for change to follow+share go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
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We have a very long road ahead of us
Please listen to Timothy
Snyder
We are all in this together
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Please listen to Timothy
Snyder
We are all in this together
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
November 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
We have a very long road ahead of us
Please listen to Timothy
Snyder
We are all in this together
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Please listen to Timothy
Snyder
We are all in this together
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
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No mandate! No landslide victory for Trump!
The FELON does NOT have a landslide or a mandate!
It’s a PLURALITY, less than a majority!
His margin is 1.6% which is 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.
This is the narrowest margin for an R since 1968, excluding the 2xs Rs lost the popular vote & won the Electoral College.
36% didn’t vote.
It’s a PLURALITY, less than a majority!
His margin is 1.6% which is 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.
This is the narrowest margin for an R since 1968, excluding the 2xs Rs lost the popular vote & won the Electoral College.
36% didn’t vote.
November 24, 2024 at 4:21 AM
No mandate! No landslide victory for Trump!
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From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
Research reveals that Tessa Jowell’s programme not only helped early years children but went on to reduce youth crime
On 22 February 2019, I spoke at a conference in memory of a good friend, Tessa Jowell. The event was about her legacy, marking 20 years…
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 AM
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell