Neesh
@neesh-bloggs.bsky.social
Science Teacher, SEND parent, wild swimmer, reluctant park runner, eco warrior , socialist. Trying to learn gardening. 2025 goal - to complete a sprint triathlon, and learn how to swim butterfly
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And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
I feel I should go full time next year.
Mainly because years of supply and part time teaching means my pension is pathetic, and I'm now over 50.
However, that means less time to cook dinners such as tonight's:
Homemade sourdough pizzas, salad, and home made iced vanilla traybake sponge for pudding.
Mainly because years of supply and part time teaching means my pension is pathetic, and I'm now over 50.
However, that means less time to cook dinners such as tonight's:
Homemade sourdough pizzas, salad, and home made iced vanilla traybake sponge for pudding.
a pizza with mushrooms tomatoes spinach and peppers on it
ALT: a pizza with mushrooms tomatoes spinach and peppers on it
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December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I feel I should go full time next year.
Mainly because years of supply and part time teaching means my pension is pathetic, and I'm now over 50.
However, that means less time to cook dinners such as tonight's:
Homemade sourdough pizzas, salad, and home made iced vanilla traybake sponge for pudding.
Mainly because years of supply and part time teaching means my pension is pathetic, and I'm now over 50.
However, that means less time to cook dinners such as tonight's:
Homemade sourdough pizzas, salad, and home made iced vanilla traybake sponge for pudding.
Another helpful phrase, thanks Duolingo! I can see myself using that one loads.... 🙄😁
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another helpful phrase, thanks Duolingo! I can see myself using that one loads.... 🙄😁
I solved Dr W's Minute Cryptic member clue!
Party escort Sim to become Simone (4, 3)
Hints: 0, Letters revealed: 0
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Party escort Sim to become Simone (4, 3)
Hints: 0, Letters revealed: 0
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I solved Dr W's Minute Cryptic member clue!
Party escort Sim to become Simone (4, 3)
Hints: 0, Letters revealed: 0
www.minutecryptic.com/custom/67cf4...
Party escort Sim to become Simone (4, 3)
Hints: 0, Letters revealed: 0
www.minutecryptic.com/custom/67cf4...
So today I started getting itchy sides.
Then on my tummy.
Then shoulders and back.
By the time I got home I had huge welts and hives and was ready to tear my skin off!
The only thing I can think that caused it is the cold and stress.
I skipped the gym, took an antihistamine, and it's calming. Weird!
Then on my tummy.
Then shoulders and back.
By the time I got home I had huge welts and hives and was ready to tear my skin off!
The only thing I can think that caused it is the cold and stress.
I skipped the gym, took an antihistamine, and it's calming. Weird!
a woman is holding her hand to her chest in a room .
ALT: a woman is holding her hand to her chest in a room .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So today I started getting itchy sides.
Then on my tummy.
Then shoulders and back.
By the time I got home I had huge welts and hives and was ready to tear my skin off!
The only thing I can think that caused it is the cold and stress.
I skipped the gym, took an antihistamine, and it's calming. Weird!
Then on my tummy.
Then shoulders and back.
By the time I got home I had huge welts and hives and was ready to tear my skin off!
The only thing I can think that caused it is the cold and stress.
I skipped the gym, took an antihistamine, and it's calming. Weird!
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"Entry to grammar schools is already largely the preserve of those who can afford to pay for private tuition to pass the 11+."
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-labour-p...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Entry to grammar schools is already largely the preserve of those who can afford to pay for private tuition to pass the 11+."
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-labour-p...
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-labour-p...
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
Wordle Puzzle Created By DrW
Choose a word for friends to guess, then share your own puzzle.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today is my half day (part timer)
I have brought marking home.
I am currently doing anything but the marking.
Argh!!!!
I'm as bad as the kids 🙈
I have brought marking home.
I am currently doing anything but the marking.
Argh!!!!
I'm as bad as the kids 🙈
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is my half day (part timer)
I have brought marking home.
I am currently doing anything but the marking.
Argh!!!!
I'm as bad as the kids 🙈
I have brought marking home.
I am currently doing anything but the marking.
Argh!!!!
I'm as bad as the kids 🙈
I feel seen
Mom Just Wants To Watch Something Nice https://theonion.com/mom-just-wants-to-watch-something-nice-1819579574/
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I feel seen
Me: Happy Halloween (opening door and proffering sweets)
Teen: Aargh argh!! Argh! It's my science teacher!
Me: Bwa ha ha ha 😁
Teen: Aargh argh!! Argh! It's my science teacher!
Me: Bwa ha ha ha 😁
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Me: Happy Halloween (opening door and proffering sweets)
Teen: Aargh argh!! Argh! It's my science teacher!
Me: Bwa ha ha ha 😁
Teen: Aargh argh!! Argh! It's my science teacher!
Me: Bwa ha ha ha 😁
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I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away'
Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.
www.rollingstone.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Had my flu jab on Tuesday
Feel absolutely rubbish today! Woke up with a terrible headache that has lingered all day, and just feel awful.
Do we think it's the flu jab and I'll be all better tomorrow?
<Hopeful>
Feel absolutely rubbish today! Woke up with a terrible headache that has lingered all day, and just feel awful.
Do we think it's the flu jab and I'll be all better tomorrow?
<Hopeful>
a black and white photo of a woman holding her head and saying oh my head .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman holding her head and saying oh my head .
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Had my flu jab on Tuesday
Feel absolutely rubbish today! Woke up with a terrible headache that has lingered all day, and just feel awful.
Do we think it's the flu jab and I'll be all better tomorrow?
<Hopeful>
Feel absolutely rubbish today! Woke up with a terrible headache that has lingered all day, and just feel awful.
Do we think it's the flu jab and I'll be all better tomorrow?
<Hopeful>
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An article by Amanda Spielman in The Spectator (editor M Gove) about a report authored by former DfE permanent secretary, Jonathan Slater, prompts the question: how did anyone with so little insight, understanding, humanityor even common sense ever get to be HMCI?
October 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
An article by Amanda Spielman in The Spectator (editor M Gove) about a report authored by former DfE permanent secretary, Jonathan Slater, prompts the question: how did anyone with so little insight, understanding, humanityor even common sense ever get to be HMCI?
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Reminder: it is the policy of @greenparty.org.uk that formal schooling start two years later, when children are ready.
Cyrrent system sets kids up to "fail": no they are not "school-ready". They are too young
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cyrrent system sets kids up to "fail": no they are not "school-ready". They are too young
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do we really expect five-year-olds to sit at desks? I want a school that understands play is learning | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
In England, young children go from glitter clay and building dens to classrooms a Victorian would recognise – and that system is failing many of them, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reminder: it is the policy of @greenparty.org.uk that formal schooling start two years later, when children are ready.
Cyrrent system sets kids up to "fail": no they are not "school-ready". They are too young
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cyrrent system sets kids up to "fail": no they are not "school-ready". They are too young
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So 80% of Reform MPs went to private school before going on to careers in such working class jobs as investment banking. By comparison 100% of Green MPs went to ordinary schools alongside the rest of us. So tell me again. Which party is rooted in real working class values.
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So 80% of Reform MPs went to private school before going on to careers in such working class jobs as investment banking. By comparison 100% of Green MPs went to ordinary schools alongside the rest of us. So tell me again. Which party is rooted in real working class values.
Very funny 😁
Minute Cryptic - 28 October, 2025
"Retiring police diver oddly wanting to refrain from farming" (1,1,1,1,1)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (54,890 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 28 October, 2025
"Retiring police diver oddly wanting to refrain from farming" (1,1,1,1,1)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (54,890 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Very funny 😁
Minute Cryptic - 28 October, 2025
"Retiring police diver oddly wanting to refrain from farming" (1,1,1,1,1)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (54,890 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 28 October, 2025
"Retiring police diver oddly wanting to refrain from farming" (1,1,1,1,1)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (54,890 solvers so far).
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janeaustensworld.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I really miss living by the sea, but we are now rooted where we live, far from the coast.
Still, visits like this weekend refresh the soul.
Still, visits like this weekend refresh the soul.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I really miss living by the sea, but we are now rooted where we live, far from the coast.
Still, visits like this weekend refresh the soul.
Still, visits like this weekend refresh the soul.
Minute Cryptic - 25 October, 2025
"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (42,388 solvers so far).
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"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (42,388 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Minute Cryptic - 25 October, 2025
"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (42,388 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (42,388 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
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⚛️ A mole is useful for counting & measuring the number of subatomic particles in chemical reactions
⚛️ The unit "mole" was named after the Latin "moles" (meaning "mass") in 1894 by W.Ostwald who derived the term from "molecule” (also derived from the Latin "moles”) to represent a "mass" of molecules
⚛️ The unit "mole" was named after the Latin "moles" (meaning "mass") in 1894 by W.Ostwald who derived the term from "molecule” (also derived from the Latin "moles”) to represent a "mass" of molecules
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
⚛️ A mole is useful for counting & measuring the number of subatomic particles in chemical reactions
⚛️ The unit "mole" was named after the Latin "moles" (meaning "mass") in 1894 by W.Ostwald who derived the term from "molecule” (also derived from the Latin "moles”) to represent a "mass" of molecules
⚛️ The unit "mole" was named after the Latin "moles" (meaning "mass") in 1894 by W.Ostwald who derived the term from "molecule” (also derived from the Latin "moles”) to represent a "mass" of molecules
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Happy #NationalMoleDay
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Happy #NationalMoleDay
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.