Chris Chivers
@chrischivers.bsky.social
49 year educator career, teacher to headship, ITE & governance. Busy walking daily, volunteering at Butser Ancient Farm museum, petanque. Francophile, bodhran player, novice uke and painter. Eclectic interests.
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Chris Chivers
@chrischivers.bsky.social
· Jul 18
If you're thinking about inclusive approaches, it might be useful to have a few thinking prompts. PDF download, reflections and checklists.
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For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
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It's that off-centre smaller red circle at the start which gets me. Everything else follows logically and just needs a bit of thought, but that one's indistinguishable from witchcraft.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It's that off-centre smaller red circle at the start which gets me. Everything else follows logically and just needs a bit of thought, but that one's indistinguishable from witchcraft.
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
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I genuinely think that AI needs to be considered under safeguarding legislation. We would never allow a child to be left alone with a random adult stranger so why would we allow them to be left alone with an AI?! Tech companies need to be held fully to account for this.
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I genuinely think that AI needs to be considered under safeguarding legislation. We would never allow a child to be left alone with a random adult stranger so why would we allow them to be left alone with an AI?! Tech companies need to be held fully to account for this.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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A hardy perennial in local government reporting (across parties), but I do have to wonder why having a substantial debt to the body you represent shouldn't disbar you from that office (again, not a party political point).
Chronicle Live: Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
Barry Elliott, a Reform councillor in the Blyth ward of Newsham, appeared in court on Tuesday in relation to more than £38,000 worth of council tax and business rates owed to Northumberland County Cou...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A hardy perennial in local government reporting (across parties), but I do have to wonder why having a substantial debt to the body you represent shouldn't disbar you from that office (again, not a party political point).
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Gotta be said - the LibDems are good at this
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gotta be said - the LibDems are good at this
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Oops.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Oops.
Walking group ended up at Fort Nelson on Portsdown Hill for a visit to the current installation. A time for quiet reflection; poignant letters home "in the event of not coming back".
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Walking group ended up at Fort Nelson on Portsdown Hill for a visit to the current installation. A time for quiet reflection; poignant letters home "in the event of not coming back".
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For any U.K. government to continue with Brexit is to intentionally harm the country and its inhabitants.
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For any U.K. government to continue with Brexit is to intentionally harm the country and its inhabitants.
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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And yet, if a teen said these things today they’d get a referral to the Prevent programme.
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
And yet, if a teen said these things today they’d get a referral to the Prevent programme.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
buff.ly/r8yeFmJ
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Lots of interesting connections here, this is the one where he fantasises about genetically engineered intelligence. He’s a walking oxymoron, a deeply dull son of a very clever father, who was one of the architects of the British welfare state.
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Lots of interesting connections here, this is the one where he fantasises about genetically engineered intelligence. He’s a walking oxymoron, a deeply dull son of a very clever father, who was one of the architects of the British welfare state.
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This is right. I sat through the programme for my posts.
Other than the edit-fail, it was a boringly balanced programme.
Other than the edit-fail, it was a boringly balanced programme.
Prescott says the Panorama programme was aggressively anti-Trump. Neutral and experienced journalists who have seen the programme found it admirably balanced
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is right. I sat through the programme for my posts.
Other than the edit-fail, it was a boringly balanced programme.
Other than the edit-fail, it was a boringly balanced programme.
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Of course the Kremlin preferred “Trump’s original proposal.” They wrote it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Of course the Kremlin preferred “Trump’s original proposal.” They wrote it.
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Now we know the extent of how social media accounts expressing extremist views are often fake & coming from industrial scale troll farms in Russia ,Nigeria ,Thailand etc where is the political will to stop it ? Is government so owned by tech that the internet can just continue to be unregulated ?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Now we know the extent of how social media accounts expressing extremist views are often fake & coming from industrial scale troll farms in Russia ,Nigeria ,Thailand etc where is the political will to stop it ? Is government so owned by tech that the internet can just continue to be unregulated ?
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Lots is wrong with the world but sometimes stuff like this happens.
The most wonderful, wonderful news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The most wonderful, wonderful news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Lots is wrong with the world but sometimes stuff like this happens.
The most wonderful, wonderful news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The most wonderful, wonderful news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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BREAKING: MAGA Foreign agent networks exposed on X
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
BREAKING: MAGA Foreign agent networks exposed on X