Fil
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Opinions about Assistive Technology, music, outdoors and random other stuff.
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Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
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A powerful and important piece - thank you, Ben Bastin, for bringing such clarity to an issue that too often gets overlooked.
Find out more about our awareness week starting on Monday at specialistfe.com #ThePowerofSpecialistFE
Find out more about our awareness week starting on Monday at specialistfe.com #ThePowerofSpecialistFE
'A guarantee that excludes young people with SEND is a moral failure'
Ben Bastin, @natspec.bsky.social on how the government's youth guarantee fails to reflect the needs of SEND young people
Ben Bastin, @natspec.bsky.social on how the government's youth guarantee fails to reflect the needs of SEND young people
feweek.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A powerful and important piece - thank you, Ben Bastin, for bringing such clarity to an issue that too often gets overlooked.
Find out more about our awareness week starting on Monday at specialistfe.com #ThePowerofSpecialistFE
Find out more about our awareness week starting on Monday at specialistfe.com #ThePowerofSpecialistFE
An object lesson in Alt text use.
Who needs the upside down when we have #StrangerThings right here in our world. 💚
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
An object lesson in Alt text use.
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to revisit the topic of ursine cloning: ive said it once before but its bears repeating
October 18, 2023 at 2:46 PM
to revisit the topic of ursine cloning: ive said it once before but its bears repeating
Amazed (every year) that the speaker form for Bett, a behemoth of an EdTech show, is a Word form.
Also has instructions of "please circle" for some answers. Should I be posting it back? No SAE was included.
Also has instructions of "please circle" for some answers. Should I be posting it back? No SAE was included.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Amazed (every year) that the speaker form for Bett, a behemoth of an EdTech show, is a Word form.
Also has instructions of "please circle" for some answers. Should I be posting it back? No SAE was included.
Also has instructions of "please circle" for some answers. Should I be posting it back? No SAE was included.
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Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Tax increases on cigarettes didn't do much, advertising ban slowed a bit. Kicker was indoor smoking ban.
What is gambling's equivalent of the indoor smoking ban?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
What is gambling's equivalent of the indoor smoking ban?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tax increases on cigarettes didn't do much, advertising ban slowed a bit. Kicker was indoor smoking ban.
What is gambling's equivalent of the indoor smoking ban?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
What is gambling's equivalent of the indoor smoking ban?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Spend some time with the Rock Monk Orchestra when you're next in London.
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spend some time with the Rock Monk Orchestra when you're next in London.
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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Blimey muscle memory is both a powerful and frustrating thing isn't it?
(Guess who's got a new keyboard...)
(Guess who's got a new keyboard...)
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Blimey muscle memory is both a powerful and frustrating thing isn't it?
(Guess who's got a new keyboard...)
(Guess who's got a new keyboard...)
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I need everyone who is a school board or governor to justify why they allow their school to keep using Meta( and Twitter )
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I need everyone who is a school board or governor to justify why they allow their school to keep using Meta( and Twitter )
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did you know standard barcodes almost ended up being round instead of square?
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
did you know standard barcodes almost ended up being round instead of square?
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We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.
Massive respect to James Elkington. Flies in from the US *on the same day* as matinee and evening shows - proceeds to deliver both (including a small number of set list changes) with relaxed confidence and such control of his instrument that it felt like he was very much an integral part of the band
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Massive respect to James Elkington. Flies in from the US *on the same day* as matinee and evening shows - proceeds to deliver both (including a small number of set list changes) with relaxed confidence and such control of his instrument that it felt like he was very much an integral part of the band
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Massive respect to James Elkington. Flies in from the US *on the same day* as matinee and evening shows - proceeds to deliver both (including a small number of set list changes) with relaxed confidence and such control of his instrument that it felt like he was very much an integral part of the band
Spend some time with the Rock Monk Orchestra when you're next in London.
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spend some time with the Rock Monk Orchestra when you're next in London.
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
Hit buttons, get drones, tones and light up eyes.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/forKSvR81Bdd...
There is so much BS in this I don't even know where to start, but essentially: Gambling companies now = Tobacco companies in the 90s.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There is so much BS in this I don't even know where to start, but essentially: Gambling companies now = Tobacco companies in the 90s.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Sir Rowley Birkin QC is looking for love, ladies. What a catch.
West Country OAP aristocrat on hunt for bride 20 years younger
She must be taller than 5ft 6ins, have a shotgun licence, and not be a Scorpio
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sir Rowley Birkin QC is looking for love, ladies. What a catch.
Heading home after a couple of excellent but contrasting London gigs.
Four Tet in a bouncing Alexandra Palace, Tortoise in the genteel surroundings of The Barbican.
Four Tet in a bouncing Alexandra Palace, Tortoise in the genteel surroundings of The Barbican.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Heading home after a couple of excellent but contrasting London gigs.
Four Tet in a bouncing Alexandra Palace, Tortoise in the genteel surroundings of The Barbican.
Four Tet in a bouncing Alexandra Palace, Tortoise in the genteel surroundings of The Barbican.
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"Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus."
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus."
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
“One of the most fundamental principles of skill development is that people learn best when they are actively engaged with the material they are trying to learn,”
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“One of the most fundamental principles of skill development is that people learn best when they are actively engaged with the material they are trying to learn,”
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AI in education is obviously not just a technology but something that different groups interpret and construct in various ways. I thought I'd have a go at characterizing them:
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
AI in education is obviously not just a technology but something that different groups interpret and construct in various ways. I thought I'd have a go at characterizing them:
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Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...