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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · 9d

My #MathsConf39 workshop choices:

1 - @robeastaway.bsky.social
2 - @morrismaths359.bsky.social
3 - Jason Gottfried
4 - Georgina Green
5 - @mrmattock.bsky.social‬

Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf39

Complete Mathematics - MathsConf39

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

completemaths.com

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Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social · Aug 14

We all know that the #hedgehog is the cutest and the best, but they also do get up to some very strange things - have a read of this and share your observations! hughwarwick.substack.com/p/self-anoin...

Self-Anointing

a strange hedgehog behaviour!!

hughwarwick.substack.com

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Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Aug 16

🎤 Loved our penultimate in conversation event at the Museum in the Park with @nicolatallis.bsky.social recently talking about Young Elizabeth & more.

The final event in this series is on Friday 29th August at 2.30pm when I’ll be talking to @metchick.bsky.social about forecasting the weather ⛅️

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Aug 2

I did…! And some smiles. ☺️

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Aug 2

Come see me in Stroud on 29th August!

Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Aug 1

After a busy few months, August is a bit quieter for events for me but sees the final two in conversations at the Museum in the Park in Stroud:

Sat 2nd, 2.30pm: @nicolatallis.bsky.social

Fri 29th, 2.30pm: @metchick.bsky.social

Just a few tickets left for tomorrow!

jodurrant.co.uk

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jul 27

Lots of medium and high cloud so very watery sunshine…just lovely to get some steps in, greet some complete strangers with a cheery “good morning” whilst listening to A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail. ☺️

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · Jul 27

Did you know that we are on YouTube? ▶️

Like and subscribe for new episodes. ⭐

Explore curated playlists of *sleep safe* episodes, trees, sea and more... 🎧

www.youtube.com/@RadioLento

screenshot showing our playlists on YouTube

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jul 27

I’m staying in north London after a family gathering last night. Had a very pleasant walk this morning. ☺️

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jul 23

Big hugs. Xx

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 10

Obscene ideas are injected into public life with "humour" ... and then enacted. My column this week is pegged to the recent calls in the Spectator to murder people at Glastonbury, and on GB News to starve and shoot disabled people.
You could call it wink murder.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot

Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guasrdian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jul 6

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 21

Really looking forward to this event on 29th August.

Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Jun 20

#FridayFlashback to Ep 195 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast when @metchick.bsky.social joined me to talk about maths & meteorology, including heatwaves ☀️🥵🌡️

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

Dee will also be with me at Museum in the Park on Fri 29th August talking about the weather!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 14

Definitely!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 14

Having been a guest on Jo’ excellent podcast, I’m really looking forward to chatting live on stage at this event on Friday 29th August.

Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Jun 14

Looking forward to rest of my in conversation series at Museum in the Park:

👑 Sat 21 June, 2.30pm: @nikkiclark86.bsky.social

📒 Sat 5 July, 2.30pm: Shalina Patel

👸 Sat 2 Aug, 2.30pm: @nicolatallis.bsky.social

🌤️ Fri 29th Aug, 2.30pm: @metchick.bsky.social

museuminthepark.org.uk/our-beautifu...

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 13

I will!

Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really looking forward to your workshop...!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Jun 11

So hard to choose...!

My #MathsConf38 workshop choices: 1 - @jemmaths.bsky.social 2 - @‪@arithmaticks.bsky.social‬ 3 - @drbennison.bsky.social 4 - @emmaemma53.bsky.social 5 - @jemmaths.bsky.social Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf38

Complete Mathematics - MathsConf38

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

completemaths.com

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Apr 28

Having missed the last 2 events, I’m really looking forward to nerding out at #mathsconf38 on 21st June in Dudley.

Who’s going, where are you planning to stay and where will the Friday night social be held?!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m really looking forward to being Jo’s special guest on 29th August. Tickets already available!

Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Mar 30

🎤 My new in conversation series has started at Museum in the Park, with Jack Boskett for being my first guest.

🎟️ Tickets out now:

23/04 @freeburian.bsky.social
22/05 Mark Cummings
21/06 @nikkiclark86.bsky.social
05/07 Shalina Patel
02/08 @nicolatallis.bsky.social
29/08 @metchick.bsky.social

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · Mar 29

Next partial solar eclipse visible from the UK will be August next yr..around 90% coverage..relative to today's ~40% max coverage

Next total solar eclipse visible from the UK will be in 2090!

the sun is partially obscured by the moon during a solar eclipse

ALT: the sun is partially obscured by the moon during a solar eclipse

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Rob Southern @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social · Mar 29

#ALevelMaths

Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · Mar 29

Made a circles completion table for yr12, but gave it out in bits. Liked it. Reflection, resources, desmos file and a few habdwritten solutions here: mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...

Circles Completion Table

Circles and Intersections Completion Table ResourceDownload I love a completion table. I love a completion table where there’s some variation thrown in too. This is a completion table for cir…

mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Mar 29

Happy birthday!!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Mar 28

Hope so!

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Mar 3

@canopyrobin.com Thank you for your amazingly interesting and engaging contribution at the RI yesterday evening. 😄Sadly I can’t make your event there in early April. 🥺

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Dee Atkins-Greig @metchick.bsky.social · Feb 24

The Week in Polls
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The Week in Polls | Dr. Mark Pack | Substack

Keep on top of what you really need to know about the latest political polls with a concise weekly newsletter that dives behind the headlines, tells you what the numbers really mean and gives you the ...

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