Heather
@iamhthr.bsky.social
Gen X | autism specialist teacher | SEND parent | late-diagnosed AuDHD | knitter & crocheter | void cat owner | TV and film obsessive | they/she
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Heather
@iamhthr.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Here are some things I love, in no particular order:
Our Flag Means Death
Stardew Valley
John Green
Knitting
What We Do in the Shadows
Iceland
Pedro Pascal
Birds
Crochet
Andrew Scott
Occasional cosplay
Hannah Gadsby
Podcasts
Yorgos Lanthimos films
Peep Show
Chappell Roan
Killing Eve
Lego
Our Flag Means Death
Stardew Valley
John Green
Knitting
What We Do in the Shadows
Iceland
Pedro Pascal
Birds
Crochet
Andrew Scott
Occasional cosplay
Hannah Gadsby
Podcasts
Yorgos Lanthimos films
Peep Show
Chappell Roan
Killing Eve
Lego
I went to see Ride the Cyclone in London. My favourite part was when the two boys kissed (iykyk)
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I went to see Ride the Cyclone in London. My favourite part was when the two boys kissed (iykyk)
Very excited to be saving up my socks to get a kitchen on #FocusFriend
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Very excited to be saving up my socks to get a kitchen on #FocusFriend
Been ploughing through the first three seasons of The Sinner on Netflix. Decently watchable with plenty of twists and suspense.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Been ploughing through the first three seasons of The Sinner on Netflix. Decently watchable with plenty of twists and suspense.
My autistic special interest musicians, 1992-2025
1. Tori Amos
2. Björk
3. Pj Harvey
4. Regina Spektor
5. Amanda Palmer
6. The Unthanks
7. Chappell Roan
8. Lorde
1. Tori Amos
2. Björk
3. Pj Harvey
4. Regina Spektor
5. Amanda Palmer
6. The Unthanks
7. Chappell Roan
8. Lorde
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My autistic special interest musicians, 1992-2025
1. Tori Amos
2. Björk
3. Pj Harvey
4. Regina Spektor
5. Amanda Palmer
6. The Unthanks
7. Chappell Roan
8. Lorde
1. Tori Amos
2. Björk
3. Pj Harvey
4. Regina Spektor
5. Amanda Palmer
6. The Unthanks
7. Chappell Roan
8. Lorde
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Um...Focus Friend is Google's...App...of the Year.
OF THE YEAR?!
Not like, in a category. But APP OF THE YEAR.
BRIA, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE!!! @bobabria.bsky.social
blog.google/products/goo...
OF THE YEAR?!
Not like, in a category. But APP OF THE YEAR.
BRIA, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE!!! @bobabria.bsky.social
blog.google/products/goo...
Google Play’s best apps, books and games of 2025
We’re announcing Google Play’s Best of 2025 awards, celebrating the best apps, games and books of the year.
blog.google
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Um...Focus Friend is Google's...App...of the Year.
OF THE YEAR?!
Not like, in a category. But APP OF THE YEAR.
BRIA, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE!!! @bobabria.bsky.social
blog.google/products/goo...
OF THE YEAR?!
Not like, in a category. But APP OF THE YEAR.
BRIA, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE!!! @bobabria.bsky.social
blog.google/products/goo...
Saw some tweets about a lack of security at the AO Arena (considering May 2017) and did a bit of Googling.
It turns out that they use an AI scanner that has been found to miss 42% of large knives.
This is concerning.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
It turns out that they use an AI scanner that has been found to miss 42% of large knives.
This is concerning.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
AI scanner used in hundreds of US schools misses knives
After a school stabbing, a BBC investigation into Evolv’s AI weapons scanner reveals doubts about its effectiveness.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Saw some tweets about a lack of security at the AO Arena (considering May 2017) and did a bit of Googling.
It turns out that they use an AI scanner that has been found to miss 42% of large knives.
This is concerning.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
It turns out that they use an AI scanner that has been found to miss 42% of large knives.
This is concerning.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
Went to see Lorde last night! ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Went to see Lorde last night! ❤️
Pluribus is so, so good!
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Pluribus is so, so good!
Quite proud of my last-minute Toga pumpkin for my daughter #MyHeroAcademia #Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Quite proud of my last-minute Toga pumpkin for my daughter #MyHeroAcademia #Halloween
This is a really interesting study. Do I think use of internal exclusion in schools is necessary? Often, yes.
Do I think school leaders need to ask themselves some important questions about unintended consequences? Also, yes.
Do I think school leaders need to ask themselves some important questions about unintended consequences? Also, yes.
Great story in @theguardian.com sharing the latest @beewelluk.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social research looking at prevalence & impact of isolation in schools.
More detail in here 👉 tinyurl.com/yffvjp4x
@erthornton.bsky.social @neilhumphrey.bsky.social @olademk.bsky.social @qiqicheng.bsky.social
More detail in here 👉 tinyurl.com/yffvjp4x
@erthornton.bsky.social @neilhumphrey.bsky.social @olademk.bsky.social @qiqicheng.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is a really interesting study. Do I think use of internal exclusion in schools is necessary? Often, yes.
Do I think school leaders need to ask themselves some important questions about unintended consequences? Also, yes.
Do I think school leaders need to ask themselves some important questions about unintended consequences? Also, yes.
A thought provoking piece. I agree that the questions we need to be asking about isolation practices should be focused on the why and the how.
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A thought provoking piece. I agree that the questions we need to be asking about isolation practices should be focused on the why and the how.
Week 1 of my half term holiday has been a bit of a write off due to some sort of lurgy, but I have had time to watch some stunning films.
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Week 1 of my half term holiday has been a bit of a write off due to some sort of lurgy, but I have had time to watch some stunning films.
Slightly belated #FridayFive
1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song
3. Unthanks - Foundling
4. Tori Amos - Mother
5. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song
3. Unthanks - Foundling
4. Tori Amos - Mother
5. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Songs that make you cry.
1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon.Dolly Parton.
2. Wires. Athlete.
3. 18 Wheels Of Love. Drive by Truckers YouTube story version.
4. He Stopped Loving Her Today. George Jones.
5. In My Life. The Beatles.
#FridayFive
1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon.Dolly Parton.
2. Wires. Athlete.
3. 18 Wheels Of Love. Drive by Truckers YouTube story version.
4. He Stopped Loving Her Today. George Jones.
5. In My Life. The Beatles.
#FridayFive
October 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Slightly belated #FridayFive
1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song
3. Unthanks - Foundling
4. Tori Amos - Mother
5. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Amanda Palmer - The Bed Song
3. Unthanks - Foundling
4. Tori Amos - Mother
5. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
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For Trick or Treat I’m going to visit teachers’ houses, dressed as a giant 67.
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
For Trick or Treat I’m going to visit teachers’ houses, dressed as a giant 67.
Inside No 9: Stage Fright was so much fun! Surprise Les Dennis jump scare and Reece corpsing 😂
October 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Inside No 9: Stage Fright was so much fun! Surprise Les Dennis jump scare and Reece corpsing 😂
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
- Coconut
- Requiem for a Dream
- Rockstar by Nickleback
- Coconut
- Requiem for a Dream
- Rockstar by Nickleback
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
-Mushrooms
-The Wind that Shakes the Barley (spectacular film)
-Amazing Grace on bagpipes
-Mushrooms
-The Wind that Shakes the Barley (spectacular film)
-Amazing Grace on bagpipes
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
- liver
- lawrence of arabia
- karma chameleon
- liver
- lawrence of arabia
- karma chameleon
October 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.
- Coconut
- Requiem for a Dream
- Rockstar by Nickleback
- Coconut
- Requiem for a Dream
- Rockstar by Nickleback
The boy is poorly with (I think) tonsillitis. Because he has interoception & communication difficulties, I always worry in case there are symptoms he can't tell us about.
Even scarier is when a high fever makes him have waking dreams/nightmares and wander round the house.
Hope it calms down soon.
Even scarier is when a high fever makes him have waking dreams/nightmares and wander round the house.
Hope it calms down soon.
October 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The boy is poorly with (I think) tonsillitis. Because he has interoception & communication difficulties, I always worry in case there are symptoms he can't tell us about.
Even scarier is when a high fever makes him have waking dreams/nightmares and wander round the house.
Hope it calms down soon.
Even scarier is when a high fever makes him have waking dreams/nightmares and wander round the house.
Hope it calms down soon.
So much to unpick here.
1. If the parents' only concern is that their hardworking child is not getting high enough grades, why would this necessarily lead to "some sort of diagnosis"?
It's much more likely that there would be wider concerns than that.
1. If the parents' only concern is that their hardworking child is not getting high enough grades, why would this necessarily lead to "some sort of diagnosis"?
It's much more likely that there would be wider concerns than that.
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So much to unpick here.
1. If the parents' only concern is that their hardworking child is not getting high enough grades, why would this necessarily lead to "some sort of diagnosis"?
It's much more likely that there would be wider concerns than that.
1. If the parents' only concern is that their hardworking child is not getting high enough grades, why would this necessarily lead to "some sort of diagnosis"?
It's much more likely that there would be wider concerns than that.
This is awful - a SEND child in so much distress in school that she would lock herself away and try to abscond.
Yet even the person *defending* the family in court said "She's simply a girl that doesn't like school."
Yet even the person *defending* the family in court said "She's simply a girl that doesn't like school."
Parents fined as daughter with SEND absent nearly 200 times from school. Basically, we tried to help, the parents tried hard, but we thought it best to fine them… It doesn’t say if she had a needs assessment or an EHCP www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
Parents fined as daughter absent nearly 200 times from Stoke-on-Trent school
A mum and dad have been fined, despite spending up to £70 per week trying to get daughter to school, a court heard.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This is awful - a SEND child in so much distress in school that she would lock herself away and try to abscond.
Yet even the person *defending* the family in court said "She's simply a girl that doesn't like school."
Yet even the person *defending* the family in court said "She's simply a girl that doesn't like school."
Slow Horses S5 Ep3 no context
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Slow Horses S5 Ep3 no context
Was awake since 3.30am and couldn't get back to sleep so decided to watch it.
Absolutely superb episode, 10/10 no notes.
Absolutely superb episode, 10/10 no notes.
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Was awake since 3.30am and couldn't get back to sleep so decided to watch it.
Absolutely superb episode, 10/10 no notes.
Absolutely superb episode, 10/10 no notes.
Reposted by Heather
I don’t usually post much personal stuff, but I thought this was worth it. Cleaning my little boy’s room and found that he’s been writing some notes to himself to make sure he keeps his head up. 🥹
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I don’t usually post much personal stuff, but I thought this was worth it. Cleaning my little boy’s room and found that he’s been writing some notes to himself to make sure he keeps his head up. 🥹
I was born in the 70s and have never seen Back to the Future. Also never seen a single episode of EastEnders or Coronation Street.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I was born in the 70s and have never seen Back to the Future. Also never seen a single episode of EastEnders or Coronation Street.
Any recommendations for Australian crime/drama series?
I have already watched and very much enjoyed Mr Inbetween, Deadloch, Black Snow and North Shore.
I have already watched and very much enjoyed Mr Inbetween, Deadloch, Black Snow and North Shore.
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt is sitting in an office
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt is sitting in an office
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Any recommendations for Australian crime/drama series?
I have already watched and very much enjoyed Mr Inbetween, Deadloch, Black Snow and North Shore.
I have already watched and very much enjoyed Mr Inbetween, Deadloch, Black Snow and North Shore.