Penny
@digitaldaisies.bsky.social
Ex-teacher. Post 16 ed, social justice, birding and nature. And ranting. Views my own, though shared by many...
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Always worth remembering that, when it comes to populist leadership (and cults), the ideas and policies are not supposed to make sense. Hypocritical whiplash is part of the power.
As cult psychologists discovered ages ago: after a certain commitment point, inconsistency *increases* belief strength.
As cult psychologists discovered ages ago: after a certain commitment point, inconsistency *increases* belief strength.
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Always worth remembering that, when it comes to populist leadership (and cults), the ideas and policies are not supposed to make sense. Hypocritical whiplash is part of the power.
As cult psychologists discovered ages ago: after a certain commitment point, inconsistency *increases* belief strength.
As cult psychologists discovered ages ago: after a certain commitment point, inconsistency *increases* belief strength.
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The government are ignoring this protest, that's not the action of a government in control of the narrative.
• 8 UK prisoners are on Hunger Strike and in some cases have been so for 42 days.
Please do not let them die.
Please do not let them die.
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The government are ignoring this protest, that's not the action of a government in control of the narrative.
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It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow.
You may call it Wednesday.
I'm going to give out loads of free books and also encourage you to give out free books too.
Can we make it a big old Christmas Special please?
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
You may call it Wednesday.
I'm going to give out loads of free books and also encourage you to give out free books too.
Can we make it a big old Christmas Special please?
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow.
You may call it Wednesday.
I'm going to give out loads of free books and also encourage you to give out free books too.
Can we make it a big old Christmas Special please?
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
You may call it Wednesday.
I'm going to give out loads of free books and also encourage you to give out free books too.
Can we make it a big old Christmas Special please?
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
Why does it still us cost so much money then?!?!
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why does it still us cost so much money then?!?!
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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Schools need more staff, more resources and better support services. More funding is needed. #SaveEducation
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2025/12/08/t...
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2025/12/08/t...
Teacher Workload 2025: Still Unsustainable!
DfE 2025 data shows teacher workload is easing slightly, but admin, accountability and trust still drive teacher stress and exits.
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Schools need more staff, more resources and better support services. More funding is needed. #SaveEducation
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2025/12/08/t...
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2025/12/08/t...
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"The daily experience of admin, behaviour follow-up and system trust still defines the job for far too many teachers."
Our members have consistently raised the alarm about workload. Lack of funding is a major driver.
Our members have consistently raised the alarm about workload. Lack of funding is a major driver.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"The daily experience of admin, behaviour follow-up and system trust still defines the job for far too many teachers."
Our members have consistently raised the alarm about workload. Lack of funding is a major driver.
Our members have consistently raised the alarm about workload. Lack of funding is a major driver.
I wish First Bus and WECA would reintroduce the three stop hop. I saw an ad on the side of a bus saying you could buy a 5 journey short hop ticket but I think that must have been for another city. Keep milking us First Bus
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I wish First Bus and WECA would reintroduce the three stop hop. I saw an ad on the side of a bus saying you could buy a 5 journey short hop ticket but I think that must have been for another city. Keep milking us First Bus
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Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular
Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021.
Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Hmm… interesting that Polanski thinks we should be building more council houses given the fact that the Greens running Bristol City Council have just sold off a whole development of council houses to the housing association sector
Zack Polanski, "Army barracks and hotels are not the place to house asylum seekers as if they're some sort of amazon return"
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hmm… interesting that Polanski thinks we should be building more council houses given the fact that the Greens running Bristol City Council have just sold off a whole development of council houses to the housing association sector
Had full moon been renamed supermoon now? Every full moon this year seems to have been called this.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Had full moon been renamed supermoon now? Every full moon this year seems to have been called this.
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Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
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Has nobody asked for this one yet?
It sounds AMAZING.
This #buyasstrangerabook offer from @emmavardy2.bsky.social is still up for grabs.
Check it out and if you'd like it, just ask!
UK only
It sounds AMAZING.
This #buyasstrangerabook offer from @emmavardy2.bsky.social is still up for grabs.
Check it out and if you'd like it, just ask!
UK only
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Has nobody asked for this one yet?
It sounds AMAZING.
This #buyasstrangerabook offer from @emmavardy2.bsky.social is still up for grabs.
Check it out and if you'd like it, just ask!
UK only
It sounds AMAZING.
This #buyasstrangerabook offer from @emmavardy2.bsky.social is still up for grabs.
Check it out and if you'd like it, just ask!
UK only
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IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
biggreenbookshop.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
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Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
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What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
‘Simple’ ways for the DfE to help schools save money. The colossal amount of money bled out of tax payers pockets through PFI contracts in particular really needs sorting. Well - and all the other points here
‘If there is to be no more money – and we have to make do with less (again) – then there are some real expenditures the Department for Education could actively work on reducing that would help hugely’
schoolsweek.co.uk/5-helpful-wa...
schoolsweek.co.uk/5-helpful-wa...
5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs
With no new funding expected for schools at the budget, one leader outlines how costs could be cut
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
‘Simple’ ways for the DfE to help schools save money. The colossal amount of money bled out of tax payers pockets through PFI contracts in particular really needs sorting. Well - and all the other points here
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This is dreadful! I'd never heard of this "Anna's Archive" before, but you know what I have heard of? Libraries. If you cannot afford to buy a book, the library is right there. If it's not available, suggest it to your library. Ahem.
Stealing from authors isn't it, my darlings.
Stealing from authors isn't it, my darlings.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is dreadful! I'd never heard of this "Anna's Archive" before, but you know what I have heard of? Libraries. If you cannot afford to buy a book, the library is right there. If it's not available, suggest it to your library. Ahem.
Stealing from authors isn't it, my darlings.
Stealing from authors isn't it, my darlings.
For goodness sake. Why don’t Labour just put up income tax an extra penny in the pound? Stop fannying around the edges of the tax system to try and please the top earners and get on with raising more money.
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For goodness sake. Why don’t Labour just put up income tax an extra penny in the pound? Stop fannying around the edges of the tax system to try and please the top earners and get on with raising more money.
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A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If you’re after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I won’t judge! Reshares appreciated! 🍫✨
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If you’re after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I won’t judge! Reshares appreciated! 🍫✨