Well I made it to #ReChatUk I had to remember my login and prove that was not underage ... that was the tricky bit ... had to grimace 🤣

Teaching: when you'd rather go into school with a bleeding open wound than set cover and deal with the fallout. Also teaching, setting cover before getting a bleeding open wound attended to!

Is Putin Really a Defender of Traditional Values? Slavoj Žižek argues that Putin isn’t a true defender of Orthodoxy but another authoritarian modernizer, like Stalin or Peter the Great. His use of the Church is about power, not faith. Read more: prosyn.org/mMTAWA5

Fundamentalist Perverts | by Slavoj Žižek - Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek regards most violent religious conservatism as merely an inauthentic expression of resentment.

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Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social

Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2y ago

☸️ 'We need a secretary of state with the nerve to place foundational knowledge about religions and worldviews within a common framework'

Pretty true in Orthodox circles too!

@saimasaleh.bsky.social Thoroughly enjoyed your slot!

Interesting to see Byzantine wedding crowns and the Chora icon framed as ‘fascinating’ in contrast to Western traditions by Dr Richard Kueh. So familiar from my Orthodox perspective, but great to see them used here. I’ll dig out my resources to share with colleagues. #StrictlyRE #Byzantine #Orthodox

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UK Government rejects pan-Europe customs deal despite EU invite

THE UK Government is not planning to participate in a pan-European trade agreement touted by an EU trade chief as an option for the UK, a minister…

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A reminder that BlueSky works differently. Make sure if something resonated with you to repost so others in the community can see the awesome. #TLSky #TLSkyChat #EduSky #EduSkyChat #EduAI #KitLit #TLChat #Skybrarians #Edtech

Final thread These are the female #Orthodox saints who have courageously spoken out against corrupt rulers, standing for justice and truth even at great personal cost. 🧵 1/9

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde stands in a good tradition. I have my #Orthodox take here.

Marina Robb@marinarobb.bsky.social · 2y ago

Christians are called to 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢—boldness in faith. The prophets, apostles, and martyrs spoke truth to power, not to condemn, but to bear witness to God’s justice and mercy. When a bishop calls upon a ruler to show mercy to the vulnerable, they stand in this same tradition.

Another thread. Many #Orthodox saints have courageously spoken out against corrupt rulers, standing for justice and truth even at great personal cost. Here are some notable examples: St. John the Baptist (1st century) 🗡️🦗 was beheaded for denouncing King Herod’s unlawful marriage.

Christians are called to 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢—boldness in faith. The prophets, apostles, and martyrs spoke truth to power, not to condemn, but to bear witness to God’s justice and mercy. When a bishop calls upon a ruler to show mercy to the vulnerable, they stand in this same tradition.

Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x

When you're a Spurs supporter, watching Spurs play separately from your Liverpool supporting Dad, and you discover his online match has a couple of minutes lag!

Waiting for the magnificent Arab Christmas to begin. Always a wonderful yearly event. Lovely memories of attending the first ones with the late great "Archimandrite of the Oecumenical Throne", Ephrem Lash, who knew most of the different languages in addition to Arabic ...Syriac, Aramaic and Coptic.

Lovely thread on Twelfth Night. We keep the lights up for Theophany - colloquially Τα Φώτα in Greek - the Feast of Lights, and then sorrowfully take them down.

Prof Bob Davis@rokewood.bsky.social · 2y ago

The old confusion about #TwelfthNight … The Council of Tours in 567 set 12th Night definitively as *#Epiphany Eve* in the West. But for a long time the Byzantines had regarded #christmasday as a *Solemnity* & hence the 1st Day of the #Christmas season proper as the 26th …

Welcome to friends who've joined me. Check out my lists for interesting topics and people. They are not comprehensive - but there's something for everyone. bsky.app/profile/mari...

🌊 Today we celebrated Theophany, the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan! ✝️ The Great Blessing of Waters reminds us of God’s sanctification of creation and our renewal in Him💧🙏 It’s a day of joy,faith and blessing - grateful to be with my church family! 🌟🏡 www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...

@teachertapp.bsky.social You asked about a snow day today. My term starts tomorrow. Neither staff or students in. Colleagues at former schools started today, but it's an INSET day. I went for not relevant. But technically, all of these schools would be closed to pupils anyway!

I have one more day of holiday (we go back on the 7th). I'm not sure it makes it any better - other than I can get to Church for Theophany.

Happy New Year 2025! 🎉 Wishing you a year filled with joy, success, and blessings. May 2025 bring new opportunities, and God’s grace guide your steps with peace, hope, and love. Cheers to a bright and blessed year ahead! 🥂✨

Teacher to dinner lady in a day! With the kitchen short-staffed for our festive Christmas Dinner, it was all hands on deck – from the Deputy Head to office staff. Even the Maths teacher on tills, adding bills! 🎄🍽️✨ Team Work is the Dream Work – Yorkshire puds flying, plates full, Christmas saved! 🎅🍴👏

One week till Christmas, just back from Year 11 parents' evening – some lovely chats, but I’m absolutely done in. Still a mountain of work waiting for me, and it’s far too late to be staring at a to-do list this long. 🎄📚😩 #TeacherLife #EndOfTermMadness"

Talks over return of Parthenon marbles to Athens are ‘well advanced’

Talks over return of Parthenon marbles to Athens are ‘well advanced’

Keir Starmer reiterates support for British Museum reaching deal with Greek PM, who visits UK on Tuesday Talks concerning the Parthenon marbles between Athens and the British Museum are “well advanced”, the Guardian has learned, even if officials have…

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My 6th Formers introduced me to this word, warning of the perils of TikTok. The kids are alright.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

“Brain rot” has been named 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press.

Chat GTP cannot produce results if prompted with the name "David Mayer". I guess know who will be featuring in all my rubrics for assignments from now on!! officechai.com/stories/chat...

ChatGPT Seems To Be Unable To Say "David Mayer" In Strange Bug

ChatGPT is extraordinarily powerful — it can now write articles, understand images, and even perform data analysis, but it still appears to trip...

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When we introduced fit for work assessments, we were told nobody who was genuinely disabled would be denied disability benefits because there would be safeguards, and then people died because they were denied disability benefits. You see the problem with assisted dying "safeguards" yet?

Made my first block on here. Ill-informed bigotry comes in all forms, including those who think they are the last person to be bigots.