@mattdocking.bsky.social
Old chemistry/geology teacher, mainly reposting pictures of minerals, trilobites and standing stones. Do like a nice tree as well.
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There are case studies to be written on why Labour has become the fiefdom of several families, and how its structures keep elevating their progeny to prominence.
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.
Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
There are case studies to be written on why Labour has become the fiefdom of several families, and how its structures keep elevating their progeny to prominence.
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What a superb day yesterday. As part of @originalgcg.bsky.social annual seminar, I went walking in the footprints of giants - mainly Iguanadonts. Between Pett Level beach & Fairlight Cove, I observed dinosaur trackways, tail marks, bone beds, fossil wood and ripples ⚒️🪨🦕 @derbyuni.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What a superb day yesterday. As part of @originalgcg.bsky.social annual seminar, I went walking in the footprints of giants - mainly Iguanadonts. Between Pett Level beach & Fairlight Cove, I observed dinosaur trackways, tail marks, bone beds, fossil wood and ripples ⚒️🪨🦕 @derbyuni.bsky.social
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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Here is an 82-page On This Day in Physics document I made using Gemini. It gives 3 milestones for each day of the year. I hope you find it useful
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Here is an 82-page On This Day in Physics document I made using Gemini. It gives 3 milestones for each day of the year. I hope you find it useful
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Oh my.
Even in silence we rebel.
Even in silence we rebel.
28 December 1795 In protest over the suppression of public meetings for the discussion of political grievances, a ‘Thinking Club’ was formed at the Coopers’ Arms Manchester. 300 people joined that first meeting and were silent for an hour.
December 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh my.
Even in silence we rebel.
Even in silence we rebel.
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We’re back again with more of our 2025 highlights!
Ozone hole discovery anniversary – We marked 40 years since BAS scientists Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin discovered the ozone hole in 1985. Their findings led to the Montreal Protocol which prevented an additional 2.5°C of warming.
Ozone hole discovery anniversary – We marked 40 years since BAS scientists Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin discovered the ozone hole in 1985. Their findings led to the Montreal Protocol which prevented an additional 2.5°C of warming.
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We’re back again with more of our 2025 highlights!
Ozone hole discovery anniversary – We marked 40 years since BAS scientists Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin discovered the ozone hole in 1985. Their findings led to the Montreal Protocol which prevented an additional 2.5°C of warming.
Ozone hole discovery anniversary – We marked 40 years since BAS scientists Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin discovered the ozone hole in 1985. Their findings led to the Montreal Protocol which prevented an additional 2.5°C of warming.
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Physics teachers. These are 2 for £1 in The Works at the moment. Useful for lessons on Energy Stores 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Physics teachers. These are 2 for £1 in The Works at the moment. Useful for lessons on Energy Stores 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
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Olenellus fowleri is a very spiny beast. Imagine something trying to make a meal out of this trilobite.
#12DaysofFossils
#12DaysofFossils
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Olenellus fowleri is a very spiny beast. Imagine something trying to make a meal out of this trilobite.
#12DaysofFossils
#12DaysofFossils
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I can't believe I'm older now than Strummer was when he died.
Remembering JOE STRUMMER - who left us 23yrs ago today, aged just 50.
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I can't believe I'm older now than Strummer was when he died.
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Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
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🎵Simply having a wonderful
Christmastime🎵
Christmastime🎵
December 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🎵Simply having a wonderful
Christmastime🎵
Christmastime🎵
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Not drifts of snow, but drifts of feldspar crystals in the steps of Liverpool Street Station on Bishopsgate. Cornish Carnsew Granite #urbangeology
December 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Not drifts of snow, but drifts of feldspar crystals in the steps of Liverpool Street Station on Bishopsgate. Cornish Carnsew Granite #urbangeology
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Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
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Gruinard Bay ripples.
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Gruinard Bay ripples.
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Which is the best tier of Entry for GCSE maths predicted grades 5 students? EEF funded research. Two more days to complete this survey for maths HoD/KS4 maths leads. Prize draw for a voucher.
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Grateful for reposts @mathsjem.bsky.social @mathsimpact.bsky.social
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December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Which is the best tier of Entry for GCSE maths predicted grades 5 students? EEF funded research. Two more days to complete this survey for maths HoD/KS4 maths leads. Prize draw for a voucher.
shusls.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Grateful for reposts @mathsjem.bsky.social @mathsimpact.bsky.social
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Grateful for reposts @mathsjem.bsky.social @mathsimpact.bsky.social
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Trilobite: "Get it off get it off GET IT OFF!!"
Van Viersen et al. - Two cases of sclerobionts including foraminifers on Lower Devonian asteropygine trilobites from Germany and Luxembourg
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trilobite: "Get it off get it off GET IT OFF!!"
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An adaptation I'm surprised more parents don't ask for is to be in a specific teacher's class.
Yes in some schools where consistency is really high it might not matter but in a lot I think it really does.
Yes in some schools where consistency is really high it might not matter but in a lot I think it really does.
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An adaptation I'm surprised more parents don't ask for is to be in a specific teacher's class.
Yes in some schools where consistency is really high it might not matter but in a lot I think it really does.
Yes in some schools where consistency is really high it might not matter but in a lot I think it really does.
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Bargate Stone, a local variety of the Upper Greensand (Cretaceous marine sands) is used as a building stone in parts of Surrey, including here at SS Peter and Paul’s church in Godalming. Clunch chalk is used for dressings #urbangeology
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bargate Stone, a local variety of the Upper Greensand (Cretaceous marine sands) is used as a building stone in parts of Surrey, including here at SS Peter and Paul’s church in Godalming. Clunch chalk is used for dressings #urbangeology
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There are certain pools whose drowned spirits sing of weakened sunlight, weed-dressed bones. Sing of mud embrace, decay's alchemy. At the threshold of their banks the witch may sing back of those things she wishes transformed in their waters. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There are certain pools whose drowned spirits sing of weakened sunlight, weed-dressed bones. Sing of mud embrace, decay's alchemy. At the threshold of their banks the witch may sing back of those things she wishes transformed in their waters. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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Day 1 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. We retrieve the Bloody Boy ornament from the box of china Mummers. Some say it's not blood that makes his skin red, but crabapple bark dye. I say best not spoil the seasonal magic. Besides, we all know where the skin of his drum comes from.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Day 1 of the #HooklandChristmasTree. We retrieve the Bloody Boy ornament from the box of china Mummers. Some say it's not blood that makes his skin red, but crabapple bark dye. I say best not spoil the seasonal magic. Besides, we all know where the skin of his drum comes from.
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The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
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Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
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Helpful and free to all...sharing at it's best!
With the new Ofsted toolkit removing deep dives, subject leaders need a new way to consider quality assurance.
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
I’ve shared a practical Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool to help evidence strengths and plan next steps within the 2025 framework.
Download it here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Subject Leader Self-Audit Tool
With the new Ofsted inspection toolkit removing subject deep dives, it’s now harder for leaders to demonstrate the quality of education through traditional triangulation.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Helpful and free to all...sharing at it's best!
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...