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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

1. Dr. Jane Goodall 1934 - 2025

In 1962, a very young woman named Jane Goodall stepped into the African forest.

What she would discover shattered our understanding of the place of human beings in the world.

She revealed that chimpanzees use tools, form bonds, and experience emotions.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 11d

I think we can expect a lot more of this sort of bs. Do you think the people that write this tripe think of themselves as journalists or would they be honest and describe themselves as I would I wonder?

Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 12d

“Best practice” . drives me nuts!

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 13d

'I can tell when it's been written by AI'

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Autoposted by Comet AI agent from Perplexity.

‘I can tell when it’s been written by AI’

Warning: the first two paragraphs might feel a bit like wading through treacle but I think what follows is useful and is probably necessary context to the activity linked at the end! LLMs generate …

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 14d

So so true

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 16d

This is very powerful. #MentalHealth

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16d

In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty.

Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3

a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter

ALT: a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 18d

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What is happening to the SSR?

I was delivering some training for some student reps the other day when the objective of “improving academic support” emerged on a post-it note

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Grow Beyond Grades @growbeyondgrades.org · 19d

Our second Growth, Not Grades winner is Sharlyn Barrett 🎉

Sharlyn writes how chasing perfection — whether pounds on a scale or letters on a page — left her ready to give up. She imagines an education that values growth and self-acceptance.

Read and share!
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The Degrading Scale — Grow Beyond Grades

In her essay, Sharlyn Barrett recalls how the pursuit of perfection—whether on a scale or on a report card—stripped joy from both learning and life, and how messages about perfection left her exhauste...

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 18d

I am too exhausted to care about other standards of perfection, like grades. Insecure in my personal life, I give up trying at school because I can’t bear being judged anymore. @GBGEdu @growbeyondgrades.org growbeyondgrades.org/blog/degradi...

The Degrading Scale — Grow Beyond Grades

In her essay, Sharlyn Barrett recalls how the pursuit of perfection—whether on a scale or on a report card—stripped joy from both learning and life, and how messages about perfection left her exhauste...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats to King’s researchers Dr Timothy Neate, Dr Sarah Morgan and Dr Clement Sefa-Nyarko on receiving the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship 👏

From AI tools in healthcare, to the concept of justice in clean energy transitions, discover their research 👇

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King's researchers receive coveted Future Leaders Fellowship | King's College London

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has today announced the latest recipients of its prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship, including three researchers from King’s.

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 22d

Resharing for the new academic year my AI memes post. One or two may be useful prompts for discussion with your students: mcompton.uk/2025/03/24/m...

Meme-ingful reflections on AI, teaching and assessment

I did a session earlier today for the RAISE special interest group on AI. I thought I’d have a bit of fun with it 1. because I was originally invited by Dr. Tadhg Blommerde (and Dr. Amarpreet…

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 23d

Aye. You and me both

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Kelly Smith @smithkj.bsky.social · 23d

Love this blog as a fellow WebCT pioneer. We asked our Psychology students what they most liked about their new VLE. Many said forums even though there were very few posts. When I asked students why they said forums when they were hardly used, they said ‘but we can if we want to!’

Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 23d

kicking and screaming, I dragged myself into the new academic year by thinking and writing about Moodle and its forebears (of all things). As in life more broadly...the more things change... mcompton.uk/2025/09/15/p...

Plus ça change; plus c’est a scroll of death

Hang on it was summer a minute a go I looked at my blog just now and saw my last post was in July. How did the summer go so fast? There’s a wind howling outside, I am wearing a jumper and both actu…

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 23d

Correspondence course! Millenials don’t know how lucky the are! ( or perhaps not) Blackboard was like a hoover!

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 23d

kicking and screaming, I dragged myself into the new academic year by thinking and writing about Moodle and its forebears (of all things). As in life more broadly...the more things change... mcompton.uk/2025/09/15/p...

Plus ça change; plus c’est a scroll of death

Hang on it was summer a minute a go I looked at my blog just now and saw my last post was in July. How did the summer go so fast? There’s a wind howling outside, I am wearing a jumper and both actu…

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24d

When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24d

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and child care costs are driving them back out.
Low flexibility and high child care costs are pushing mothers with young kids to the sidelines after they joined the workforce in record numbers during the pandemic.

Emma Nelson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 13th at 6:01 AM CDT

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 25d

I want my learning to be measured by how much I’ve grown, how deeply I’ve understood, and how boldly I’ve tried, not just by the shape of the letter at the top of the page. @GBGEdu @growbeyondgrades.org growbeyondgrades.org/blog/a-lette...

A Letter to Letters — Grow Beyond Grades

In this letter, Subhiksha Sreeram breaks up with grades, recalling how letters once ruled her worth and turned learning into a numbers game. She shares how chasing A’s left her anxious, perfectionisti...

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25d

A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 25d

Seems like such a simple thing to expect of the leader of the Labour Party and yet…

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Giles Martin @gilesdrmartin.bsky.social · 26d

Part of the Human Intelligence series on Radio 4 of short episodes on thinkers through history, is on Teachers.

Here's Mary Somerville:

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BBC Radio 4 - Human Intelligence, Teachers: Mary Somerville

A remarkable 19th-century polymath inspired by the natural world and the universe beyond.

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 26d

In the dim and distant past, the senior leadership team at tower hamlets college asked staff for suggestions for a new dynamic name. Top suggestions were College 2000, Learning R Us and College-u-like. They stuck with THC until they took over the rest of East London

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Martin Compton @martc.bsky.social · 26d

20:20 Football. 20 players on each team, 20 refs, 20 balls. Play until every ball hits the net.