Not speaking ill of the dead is how Jimmy Saville got something approaching a state funeral.

Did you know Google Vids has a built-in screen recorder? #googlevids youtube.com/shorts/TmrXd...

Did you know Google Vids has a built-in screen recorder? #googlevids

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🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

This has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...

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Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli

Blues Brothers: Country & Western Music

Alt: Blues Brothers: Country & Western Music

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Jane Goth@janegoth.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

Is crazy how we look back misty-eyed to when Sepp Blatter was running FIFA....

This is interesting & sensible on "Pupil photos, AI and school websites: what schools should do now" - taking care with EXIF metadata (photo timing can indicate routine), not identifying pupils by name etc... www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk/blog/index.p...

One of the worst things about the Senate’s attempted Fauci show trial is how the supposed evidence against him is early in COVID he considered multiple hypotheses, then increasingly ruled some unlikely as evidence came in. The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.

I see we're at the "Yes it's real, but there's no point doing anything about it *now*, just live with it" stage of climate change opinion pieces.

This Is Fine Dog Meme - Everything's Fine

ALT: This Is Fine Dog Meme - Everything's Fine

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It’s exhausting. For years, decades, right wing media have lied and told us #climate breakdown was just woke nonsense. Now, it’s whoopsies, yes it’s real, but relax everyone & enjoy our new “Mediterranean” climate as Europe goes up in flames around us.

Heres the announcement #ADHD #Neurodivergents #Disability. I suggest given the track record. We all oppose it now just from the framing.... it's awful. Do that here. www.channel4.com/4viewers/con... now Complain now. www.channel4.com/press/news/n...

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

*standing up on the plane* It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully...

Jennifer Liang@jenniferliang.bsky.social · last wk.

*standing up on the plane* The Wheel of Time turns and ages come and go… No, I’m not going to skip this part. It’s the author breathing life into the story, you philistine. Anyways, a wind arose in the Mountains of Mist…

For anyone who's starting a primary teacher training course in September - a reminder to get hold of a copy of my Science Fix book to prepare you to teach science. It's the perfect Summer read! #edusky #eduskyprimary #ite #itt #teachertraining

Join award-winning author and former science teacher Danny Nicholson for this engaging online session, packed with practical ideas for using children's books to spark curiosity, inspire scientific enquiry, and deepen understanding. 💙 Free for ASE members 👉 Book today! https://ow.ly/yhHf50Zne8S

Hey @royalsociety.org, this is your esteemed Fellow. This is who you have chosen to represent the Society as an ambassador. Through your silence at his atrocities, you endorse his behaviour. Indeed you raise his values as your own. Racism, white supremacy, murder, fascism etc. This is your legacy.

Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️@gemmaclark.bsky.social · last wk.

Twitter is a pervert’s app www.thenational.scot/news/2641538...

When AI updates classic adverts...

As someone who taught GNVQ Science, IT and even a bit of Health and Social Care in the late 90's, this is exactly the cycle.

Laura McInerney@missmc.bsky.social · last wk.

I fear for what I call The Inevitable Doom Loop of Vocational Education: - it starts off hard to get parity of esteem - loads of kids fail - it’s made easier - it’s seen as a doss and schools lump kids in to game outcomes - numbers drop - it gets cancelled

"The share option within Claude tells a user that 'anyone with the link' may view the contents of that link, but does not explicitly state that the link may end up in Google and search results." Internet scholars have been saying for years that ToS are flawed -> www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online

Hundreds of conversations with Anthropic’s chatbot were discovered as being publicly accessible.

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Grim. "We don't have time to reject you properly. Please paste this prompt into your AI of choice to complete the rejection process"

Theo@theopriestley.net · last wk.

Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.

I’m also sure loads of PGCE places will be available next year to get enough QTS-trained specialists for this and it won’t just be given to random teachers with spare timetable slots.

Laura McInerney@missmc.bsky.social · last wk.

Don’t worry, I’m sure they’ve thought through how this will be staffed, funded, and the class size implications for GCSE options. They learned that from the last time, right? RIGHT? www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Terrible news. Aside from learning more about the universe, we're not going to get much economic growth by cutting science funding. (If only we had a Prime Minister who was interested in supporting the north, and Manchester in particular, who could stop this.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Rowling looming over a progressive Irish cultural festival with her menacing insinuations & a phalanx of expensive lawyers dashing off legal letters. And all because the organisers don’t want transphobes peddling hate at their event. A nauseating spectacle of spite.

Is down the pub. Happy Friday everyone

Something just went boom down here about 10 mins ago. Shook the house.

Congratulations to the class of 2026 who graduated yesterday. #graduation #teachertraining youtube.com/shorts/mSSo9...

Congratulations to the class of 2026 who graduated yesterday. #graduation

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We had a wonderful time this afternoon celebrating the graduation of the class of 2026 and welcoming them into the teaching profession. It was great to share the day with all your families and friends who have supported you on this journey.

In case you missed it: that moment when the Artemis II crew captures the Earthset from a window of the Orion capsule. In the background, astronaut Reid Wiseman can be heard commenting: "Dude. No. Way." Just posted on the NASA Image and Video Library: images.nasa.gov/details/art0... #Artemis 🧪🔭

You can dismiss any news that appears in the format "Elon Musk says [blank] will [blank] by the end of [blank]"

Watcher Guru@watcher.guru · 2w ago

JUST IN: Elon Musk says Grok will make a "full-length movie" of The Odyssey that is "historically accurate" by the end of this year.