Robert Macmillan
@robfmac.bsky.social
He/Him
Raconteur
Modern Studies teacher.
Good design preacher.
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❤️ @audproctor77.bsky.social ❤️
Raconteur
Modern Studies teacher.
Good design preacher.
robfmac.com
❤️ @audproctor77.bsky.social ❤️
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Robert Macmillan
@robfmac.bsky.social
· Nov 13
To introduce myself.
I’ve been a teacher for almost 28 years.
Forever striving to help young people equip themselves with the knowledge and skills, to take the power that belongs to them, to make their world a better place.
Citizens first, consumers last.
I’ve been a teacher for almost 28 years.
Forever striving to help young people equip themselves with the knowledge and skills, to take the power that belongs to them, to make their world a better place.
Citizens first, consumers last.
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
Same goes if you work in education…
…and is one of the reasons for ‘Clean Up Your Mess’.
…and is one of the reasons for ‘Clean Up Your Mess’.
If you work in management and basically your entire job is to make presentations, perhaps you should get an absolute fucking minimum set of skills to author them succinctly and make them look good, rather than going "hey is anyone here good at Powerpoint" right before the meeting
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Same goes if you work in education…
…and is one of the reasons for ‘Clean Up Your Mess’.
…and is one of the reasons for ‘Clean Up Your Mess’.
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Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
“Independent work to examine how reducing unnecessary bureaucracy can improve teacher workload…”
Fair enough, it’s only been over *a dozen years* since there was a group/report on ‘tackling bureaucracy’.
Fair enough, it’s only been over *a dozen years* since there was a group/report on ‘tackling bureaucracy’.
NEW: Teacher contact time plans include assemblies, tech and timetabling www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Teacher contact time plans include assemblies, tech and timetabling
Scottish government proposals also call for pilot schemes to ‘begin immediately’ but councils have ‘significant concerns’ about cost and impact - and, along with unions, say they’ve been blindsided
www.tes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“Independent work to examine how reducing unnecessary bureaucracy can improve teacher workload…”
Fair enough, it’s only been over *a dozen years* since there was a group/report on ‘tackling bureaucracy’.
Fair enough, it’s only been over *a dozen years* since there was a group/report on ‘tackling bureaucracy’.
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Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
What do neoliberalism, US aid, and Gulf land grabs have to do with hunger in Sudan?
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social will join us to discuss the politics of hunger in Sudan
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
🎟️ register to join us in-person or online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Honoured to be hosting the incredible Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social next month at LSE - join us for this important lecture on December 3
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The UK still isn't following airborne precautions for Covid e.g. In healthcare or education - what will children's health be like after say 20 years of repeated infection?
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The UK still isn't following airborne precautions for Covid e.g. In healthcare or education - what will children's health be like after say 20 years of repeated infection?
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There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
Excellent and very important blogpost.
New post: Expertise, Government, the Media and Covid
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/expe...
The Covid inquiry shows not just political failure on a deadly scale, but of media failure to transmit expertise and to hold to account politicians that let tens of thousands die unnecessarily.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/expe...
The Covid inquiry shows not just political failure on a deadly scale, but of media failure to transmit expertise and to hold to account politicians that let tens of thousands die unnecessarily.
Expertise, Government, the Media and Covid
It is now generally (although not universally) accepted that those of us who campaigned vigorously against the government’s auster...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Excellent and very important blogpost.
'Kurdish women’s activism in Iran: struggle for re-conquest of the public sphere' by Azad Rahim Hajiagha & Wendelmoet Hamelink
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Starting to think that Liverpool’s lack of anything resembling a good performance is linked to the lack of long-sleeved shirts availability.
It’s been months now.
It’s been months now.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Starting to think that Liverpool’s lack of anything resembling a good performance is linked to the lack of long-sleeved shirts availability.
It’s been months now.
It’s been months now.
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Sorry US friends, you are truly fucked!
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Sorry US friends, you are truly fucked!
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Scotland's victory the other night was joyous and all about the fans, in complete contrast to those determined to crush football's soul www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uefa orders Scotland fans to remove celebration videos from X
European football's governing body claimed clips of fans cheering Scotland's World Cup qualification in front of TV screens breached copyright.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Scotland's victory the other night was joyous and all about the fans, in complete contrast to those determined to crush football's soul www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
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Judith Butler in 2021
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Judith Butler in 2021
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Looks like I'll have to add two grand to my pre-election poll crowdfunder because I certainly won't be working with this rag again. Absolutely disgraceful, awarding a hate campaign that is out to destroy my community and kill my best friend like this. Shame on you.
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Looks like I'll have to add two grand to my pre-election poll crowdfunder because I certainly won't be working with this rag again. Absolutely disgraceful, awarding a hate campaign that is out to destroy my community and kill my best friend like this. Shame on you.
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the nominees were
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the nominees were
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
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“At a time when calls for ideological anti-LGBT censorship in schools are growing across the world, we must protect and strengthen our approach here in Scotland.”
📰 United Nations Independent Expert emphasises that safe and inclusive schools are a prerequisite for realising the right to education.
📰 United Nations Independent Expert emphasises that safe and inclusive schools are a prerequisite for realising the right to education.
United Nations report recognises LGBT Inclusive Education in Scotland - Time for Inclusive Education
A report from the United Nations Independent Expert, Graeme Reid, has recognised Scotland's approach to LGBT Inclusive Education.
tie.scot
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“At a time when calls for ideological anti-LGBT censorship in schools are growing across the world, we must protect and strengthen our approach here in Scotland.”
📰 United Nations Independent Expert emphasises that safe and inclusive schools are a prerequisite for realising the right to education.
📰 United Nations Independent Expert emphasises that safe and inclusive schools are a prerequisite for realising the right to education.
Pro tip: an announcement is not a policy let alone a plan for implementation.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pro tip: an announcement is not a policy let alone a plan for implementation.
Oooh another promise of the vague.
That’s new.
That’s new.
NEW: Reduced class contact time measures announced in Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Reduced class contact time measures announced in Scotland
Four-day teacher working week, dedicated day for professional activities and minimum pupil learning hours proposed, but union expresses 'deep disappointment' at handling of announcement
www.tes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oooh another promise of the vague.
That’s new.
That’s new.
At Stirling Uni today for a @sstatradeunion.bsky.social school rep training day.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
At Stirling Uni today for a @sstatradeunion.bsky.social school rep training day.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Increasingly, we have to see climate denial, or refusal to act, as pursuing a policy of mass murder.
#climatechange #climatedenial #globalheating #netzero #trump
#climatechange #climatedenial #globalheating #netzero #trump
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
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November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Increasingly, we have to see climate denial, or refusal to act, as pursuing a policy of mass murder.
#climatechange #climatedenial #globalheating #netzero #trump
#climatechange #climatedenial #globalheating #netzero #trump