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Dave Shackson
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🇦🇺 Welsh-Aussie Assistant Headteacher, historian, in London at a Girls' School. Traveller, Cycle Commuter. PC games. Former Intelligence Corps Reservist. Surrey CCC. Irony warning. #NAFO, NATO Matters. Will block if you DM unless I have got to know you
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · Nov 9
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Have to say I became tired of the ahistorical nonsense being exchanged here about “are the Nazis left or right wing” which seemed to start with Peter Hitchens in a Mail on Sunday article proclaiming them left-wing: the irony lost on him that his paper and its owners were..
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13h
3 November 1919 | An Italian Jewish woman, Frida Misul, was born in Livorno. A Singer.

In #Auschwitz from 16 May 1944.
No. A-5483
She was liberated in #Theresienstadt.
She passed away in 1992.
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Women at Auschwitz. Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 18h
Grokipedia... the sum of human knowledge as collected and curated by a radicalised and incredibly ignorant fool. Quelle Surpise.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 2d
The true genocide is now in Sudan, el-Fasher and elsewhere. We can't even grasp the true scale of the massacre UAE enabled that happened after the fall of the city.
You can't even imagine what a horrifying tragedy it is to see that from space, it simply doesn't happen ever...
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 1d
And of course, Farage was apparently doing it for free... hmm.
therejoineuparty.com The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 1d
🚨 Here’s what Farage Doesn’t Want You To See…👇 him and Nathan Gill saying the same statements about Russia 🇷🇺
#Brexit #putin
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 3d
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 2d
Crickets... I guess mass protests and activism about "genocide" isn't so worthwhile in this case... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher
Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action
www.theguardian.com
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Resisting Fascism @allmyownphotos.bsky.social · 2d
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 2d
I am sure Farage just parrots pro Kremlin talking points for free.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 2d
True, but it is still relevant in that the original saying is slang that had evolved at a time. It helps illustrate the point that it is not a new phenomena (and reminds the kids they aren't really original in what they are doing.) You may have also created a great idea for a new type of drill rap!
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Aaron King @9000lives.org · 4d
A vital guide for transforming the dreams of our children in care.

It's recommended by the Department for Education.

I hope it helps you to aim high for #ChildrenInCare

#edusky
becomecharity.org.uk Become @becomecharity.org.uk · 4d
Our updated 2025 ‘Children in Care Guide for Governors’,created in partnership with @9000lives.org, is now available to read 🙌

This guide gives governors all the key information they need to help you best support children in care.

Read the guide: loom.ly/enXsH-0
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 3d
How come very article on this fails to mention that the expressions "All Six and Sevens" or "At Six and Sevens" has been an expression in English since the late Middle Ages? It appears in Chaucer's writings. It means to be in a state of confusion. I am already making it uncool by telling kids that.
Slang terms like ‘six-seven’ have no definition. But they’re loaded with meaning | Matthew Cantor
Older generations are demanding explanations of the viral phrase – but slang doesn’t have to make logical sense
www.theguardian.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 4d
30 October 1919 | Polish Jew Moszek Psankiewicz was born in Warsaw. He emigrated to France.

In #Auschwitz from 30 June 1942.
No. 43432
He perished in the camp on 15 September 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 6d
A 2nd Israeli drone dropped a grenade nearby.
Moments later, an Israeli tank fired a round in the direction of the peacekeepers.
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Cosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 6d
A diplomatic source told Le Figaro that the order to shoot down an Israeli drone came from France.
700 French soldiers are deployed with UNIFIL in Southern Lebanon.

Acc to UNIFIL, an Israeli drone flew over a French patrol in an aggressive manner near Kfar Kila. French troops destroyed the drone.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 7d
If he had cycled there I might have had some respect (but not much given it was a totally inappropriatet target). Tosser.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 7d
That hurt my aging body.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 8d
At Limehouse in London about to start cycling along the Grand Union Canal (this is the Regents Canal bit) to Birmingham. In terms of world history this structure is more significant than the Pyramids. Built in the 1780s it heralded the Industrial age.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 8d
I like this. Try being a teacher and having to resist wanting to tell people off going something wrong all the time. Hopefully the kid will remember it when he sobers up.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
He/she was my favourite character. As far as I was concerned at age 7, this was the future I was looking forward to. Found it funny a few years back I was watching an episode where they meet another space traveler and the father looking at his ship says "this is the 1986 model". How we dreamed.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
I was obsessed with it. For a while my parents were worried because I insisted on talking like the robot.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
Lost in Space was the first TV series I ever remember watching and being obsessed with as kid. The fact that the Lost in Space Mum has just died at age 100 makes me feel ancient. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Actor June Lockhart of Lost in Space and Lassie fame dies aged 100
Lockhart started out on stage at age eight and appeared in scores of television series and feature films
www.theguardian.com
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
You have raised an interesting point in that pre-natal care (or in the case of poverty its nonexistent) is very much important even with hospital birth.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
The attack on the teaching of history in the USA to turn it into mindless indoctrination should really be getting more attention. I know I am biased being a history teacher, but it is the most important school subject for preserving the values of a society if it is to continue as a free democracy.
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Dave Shackson @djshackson.bsky.social · 9d
Australia has midwives. You don't need to be in a hospital but FFS, there is no excuse for not having one in attendance. Working in a Girls' School teaching the History of Medicine I always hammer home that for most of human history women had a lower life expectancy than men due to childbirth risk.
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