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SueP

@sparkes66.bsky.social

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UK Headteacher NPQH. Working on NPQEL Moved from IT 18 yrs ago. Mum to 3. 1 engineer, 1 History teacher & 1 History undergrad. Passionate about inclusion. Interested in education. Hobbies include crafting, hiking, singing, reading. #UKTeaching

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 11h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 8h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 22h

Oh look everyone….how a real president writes and speaks…..

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 5h

Enjoy

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19h

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 9h

If I removed the Lego from the classroom, there would be protests. They just love a bit of Lego!

This is so good from 4/5 year olds.

#PlayIsTheWay #EduSkyPrimary

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11h

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11h

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, so embarrassing.

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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 1d

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 7h

Yes!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h

That's Nigel "Twelve Jobs, Four Homes and a Chauffeur driven BMW" Farage to you !

Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 13h

Labour need to shouting this from the roof tops.

They need to be challenging Farage over his multiple jobs.
They need to be challenging Reform over their tex exile donor base.
They need to be challenging Reform policies at every opportunity.

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 7h

This is just wonderful

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 7h

Love this

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 8h

😳😳😳😳

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18h

Tales of the Riverbank

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 18h

Exclusive: Reform UK-run Kent council plans to raid £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford, sparking fears of more classroom cuts

schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-run-k...

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid

Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies from 'DOGE' unit

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 2d

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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 2d

The timescales on this are interesting. Not being funny, any decent consultant is likely to have little or no availability between now and the deadline. I have 3 days left available in 2026, I know I’m not the only one.

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive, I think: DfE seeks consultants for £500-a-day work to rewrite England’s national curriculum
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/dfe-see...
But would-be drafters of detailed programmes of study warned: you must not use AI.

Education Uncovered | News| DfE seeks consultants for £500-a-day work to rewrite England’s national curriculum

Invitation to tender document also reveals that ministers expect much of the detailed programmes of study work on the curriculum to be completed by next summer. But the instruction to consultants is: ...

educationuncovered.co.uk

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Mary Hrovat @maryhrovat.bsky.social · 3d

Tuesday's sky.

Blue sky with puffy clouds. The sun is just outside of the frame on the right, and the sky shades from darker blue on the left to lighter blue on the right.

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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 2d

Give other people grace. You have no idea what lead up to what just happened and no one owes you anything. 😊

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