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Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 21h

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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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 13h

Impressive multi-tasking!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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HeadteacherChat @headteacherchat.bsky.social · 14h

A gentle reminder:
It’s okay if you’re struggling right now.
Take a moment to pause, catch your breath, reflect — and then keep going.
You’re doing better than you think.

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 13h

I paid £98 for a booster jab at Boots. Asthmatic and work in school so just seemed sensible. I had it at 4:30 in the afternoon - came home - took painkillers and slept through. Wasn’t aware of any side affects at all.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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SueP @sparkes66.bsky.social · 14h

#confused reading week 3 but then realised it’s uni not school! #week5

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h

So many questions, but my main one is:

Why is St. George riding the dragon?

Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 22h

Reform: Lefties are disrespecting our national saint!

Also Reform:

(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Amy Ludwig VanDerwater @amylvpoemfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Stacking our front porch with winter wood, I carved out a cozy nook made from firewood walls. Tonight I am knitting here, listening to the glorious sound of much needed rain. 🧶

#Home #Socktober #Knitting #KnittingForCalm #AntifaKnitter #Socks #LibrarySocks #KimsDyedYarn #Home #Grateful #Cozy #Hygge

A pink bistro table with knitting scattered atop sits in a cozy nook made from stacked firewood.

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Kevin Young Propagandist @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 18h

This shutdown is utterly unique in US political history in that it essentially stems entirely from the House majority's total inability to do anything but run in circles trying to satisfy the whims of an unstable, incompetent, self-obsessed president. It doesn't obey normal political rules.

Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson furiously backpedaling on the back pay thing is a pretty good indication that nobody in the GOP has the slightest clue how to deal with the shutdown.

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 18h

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 @nancy1910.bsky.social · 16h

"Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else."

Mr. Gradgrind in 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens.

This could have been a line from Badenoch.

Of course if you've never read Dickens....

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Nobody @davidepike.bsky.social · 1d

Every vaccine expert in the world - myself, my colleagues, every single pediatrician, epidemiologist, and physician I've ever met - vaccinates their kids.

Every shot, on time.

I think that says something very important about vaccines.

substack.com/@gidmk/note/...

Health Nerd (@gidmk)

Every vaccine expert in the world - myself, my colleagues, every single pediatrician, epidemiologist, and physician I've ever met - vaccinates their kids. Every shot, on time. I think that says some...

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Aaron Milstein @neurosutras.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 16h

Kemi Badenoch appears to be getting plaudits for a speech in which she breezily claimed to have found £47,000,000,000 in savings.

The inconvenient truth is that these numbers are nothing more than a fantasy.

This really is Liz Truss's party now.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 21h

The last few days I have seen first hand the NHS struggling to meet needs.
Staff of all kinds of nationalities & skin tones at GPs, hospitals & ancillary services working hard and remaining cheerful in the face of overwhelming demand and awkward, sometimes rude patients

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 1d

Vote them ALL OUT in 2026 !

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Count Davidula @dmuma.bsky.social · 1d

Just know that “conversion therapy” is three incoherent pseudoscientific ramblings standing on each other’s shoulders under a trench coat. It’s not therapeutic (it doesn’t help, does net harm), it doesn’t convert (practically no “success” documented), and it should absolutely be banned.

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Elisa 🌶️🥔 @spicytater.bsky.social · 1d

My sweet little fluff. 🥰

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