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Sarah is watching the BBC series "King And Conqueror" about Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings. I love the way that every episode, James Norton has a comic plotline where he is in danger of hurting his eye in some way, as a foreshadowing of his final ocular assault. It's like Chekhov's Eye.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sarah is watching the BBC series "King And Conqueror" about Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings. I love the way that every episode, James Norton has a comic plotline where he is in danger of hurting his eye in some way, as a foreshadowing of his final ocular assault. It's like Chekhov's Eye.
Firework petition bores are the worst bores
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Firework petition bores are the worst bores
How many economists do I have blocked on Twitter.
1
Noah Smith
1
Noah Smith
Disturbing that it was clear the economist in question would be Noah Smith.
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How many economists do I have blocked on Twitter.
1
Noah Smith
1
Noah Smith
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i can't express how fast and hard i clicked on this and how little i was surprised to see @adamserwer.bsky.social's byline atop this banger
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
i can't express how fast and hard i clicked on this and how little i was surprised to see @adamserwer.bsky.social's byline atop this banger
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Do you want to spend £10 for a hardback book with 100 barely filled pages, covered with this sort of nonsense? That's Richard Ayoade's "Afterthoughts".
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Do you want to spend £10 for a hardback book with 100 barely filled pages, covered with this sort of nonsense? That's Richard Ayoade's "Afterthoughts".
Amazingly, British idiots have given £1.35 MILLION to a political party that
a) isn't yet an actual party
b) has 2 leaders that won't talk to each other
c) has 2 membership lists that have been referred to the ICO
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
a) isn't yet an actual party
b) has 2 leaders that won't talk to each other
c) has 2 membership lists that have been referred to the ICO
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Amazingly, British idiots have given £1.35 MILLION to a political party that
a) isn't yet an actual party
b) has 2 leaders that won't talk to each other
c) has 2 membership lists that have been referred to the ICO
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
a) isn't yet an actual party
b) has 2 leaders that won't talk to each other
c) has 2 membership lists that have been referred to the ICO
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This month:
✏️ Blogs from
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🎙️ Podcast highlight: @talkteachingpod.bsky.social ingPod.bsky.social
👉 Read here: bit.ly/Edaptinsights
This month:
✏️ Blogs from
@Mr_Stammers
@petejackson.bsky.social
@katejonesteach.bsky.social
🎙️ Podcast highlight: @talkteachingpod.bsky.social ingPod.bsky.social
👉 Read here: bit.ly/Edaptinsights
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📚 New Education Policy Insights is live!
This month:
✏️ Blogs from
@Mr_Stammers
@petejackson.bsky.social
@katejonesteach.bsky.social
🎙️ Podcast highlight: @talkteachingpod.bsky.social ingPod.bsky.social
👉 Read here: bit.ly/Edaptinsights
This month:
✏️ Blogs from
@Mr_Stammers
@petejackson.bsky.social
@katejonesteach.bsky.social
🎙️ Podcast highlight: @talkteachingpod.bsky.social ingPod.bsky.social
👉 Read here: bit.ly/Edaptinsights
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If any maths teachers feel like feeling annoyed by people being confidently wrong on the internet this evening, go and check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/Cz...
From the AskUK community on Reddit: Can someone please explain why my daughter only got one mark for this question in her year 8 maths?
Explore this post and more from the AskUK community
www.reddit.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If any maths teachers feel like feeling annoyed by people being confidently wrong on the internet this evening, go and check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/Cz...
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“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”
Oh bless you, Google Gemini, don't ever change
Just a reminder: don't use AI in secondary education
Just a reminder: don't use AI in secondary education
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Oh bless you, Google Gemini, don't ever change
Just a reminder: don't use AI in secondary education
Just a reminder: don't use AI in secondary education
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Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
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‘Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
‘Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’
From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.
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Rage against group think, writes Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times, by reading out a paragraph of what *I* think at the beginning of every BBC editorial meeting.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Rage against group think, writes Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times, by reading out a paragraph of what *I* think at the beginning of every BBC editorial meeting.
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Updated again, thank you @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social for the 'best guess' practice paper 3.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Updated again, thank you @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social for the 'best guess' practice paper 3.
100 flats (so more than 100 people, and more than 100 cars) and only 6 "guest spots"
Sounds like a first-world-privilege recipe for disaster
At my mother's gated development, the 2-bed flat owners get spots nearer the building than the 1-bed owners.
And no guest spots!
Sounds like a first-world-privilege recipe for disaster
At my mother's gated development, the 2-bed flat owners get spots nearer the building than the 1-bed owners.
And no guest spots!
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
100 flats (so more than 100 people, and more than 100 cars) and only 6 "guest spots"
Sounds like a first-world-privilege recipe for disaster
At my mother's gated development, the 2-bed flat owners get spots nearer the building than the 1-bed owners.
And no guest spots!
Sounds like a first-world-privilege recipe for disaster
At my mother's gated development, the 2-bed flat owners get spots nearer the building than the 1-bed owners.
And no guest spots!
Yeah thanks BT
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Yeah thanks BT
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November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
looking for a cheap and rewarding read? The latest issue of Tesco’s free food magazine has a £2 off voucher for new scientist valid until 3rd December.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
looking for a cheap and rewarding read? The latest issue of Tesco’s free food magazine has a £2 off voucher for new scientist valid until 3rd December.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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“Best Guess” Predicted Paper for Edexcel Foundation Paper 3 is up. Video going through it on my YouTube too via the QR code. static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Best Guess” Predicted Paper for Edexcel Foundation Paper 3 is up. Video going through it on my YouTube too via the QR code. static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...
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Let’s just say this new book of Harper Lee pieces stands out for two important reasons:
The typeface is the largest I have ever seen in a book, a sure sign of padding.
And many of the pieces are two pages long, but then granted a full title page and two more blank pages just to do more padding.
The typeface is the largest I have ever seen in a book, a sure sign of padding.
And many of the pieces are two pages long, but then granted a full title page and two more blank pages just to do more padding.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Let’s just say this new book of Harper Lee pieces stands out for two important reasons:
The typeface is the largest I have ever seen in a book, a sure sign of padding.
And many of the pieces are two pages long, but then granted a full title page and two more blank pages just to do more padding.
The typeface is the largest I have ever seen in a book, a sure sign of padding.
And many of the pieces are two pages long, but then granted a full title page and two more blank pages just to do more padding.
"We tried to cancel a £22k SAGA cruise but we only had £5k of insurance because we are skinflints. Are we cooked?"
Yes.
Yes.
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"We tried to cancel a £22k SAGA cruise but we only had £5k of insurance because we are skinflints. Are we cooked?"
Yes.
Yes.