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Chris Read

@chrisjread.bsky.social
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Schools, teacher education, and governance. MAT trustee. Manager in a SCITT. Governor of a primary. Dad. Was MAT Head of CPD, Manager at Ambition Institute. Secondary English teacher.

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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TimeGuessr #1223 — 41,093/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆9,941 · 📅 0y · 🌍 2.4km 2️⃣ 🏆9,898 · 📅 1y · 🌍 2.0km 3️⃣ 🏆8,833 · 📅 5y · 🌍 2.9km 4️⃣ 🏆6,744 · 📅 9y · 🌍 255.6km 5️⃣ 🏆5,677 · 📅 1y · 🌍 3865.0km timeguessr.com
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48416/...
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Britain is an island in the middle of the Atlantic between Europe and North America, then it doesn't feel like you should literally be able to swim there from France
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When making jam on toast for the kids I enjoy choosing whether to sing "Spread out the jam" to the tune of MC5 - Kick out the Jams or to Technotronic - Pump up the Jam.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I wanted to do Wasp Factory with my year 10s back when I was a teacher and was told no. I maintain it would have been a good choice!
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You didn't tell us, as it would seem too unbelievable, that it was your collected diaries of Tony Benn falling from the bookshelf that broke the Britain Stronger in Europe mug which soaked the Heath biography
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Euro Country 👌
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watching MTV2 after a day at college and this comes on... bit of mid afternoon headbanging
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Adamski and Seal is the first song I have memory attached to, I was only little in 1990 but feel like I remember it being on everywhere
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1. Killer. Seal and Adamski (1990)- 2. Born Slippy. Underworld (1996). 3. Soma. The Strokes (2001). 4. Mykonos. Fleet Foxes (2008). 5. I don't live here anymore. War on Drugs (2021) Not necessarily my most favourite songs ever, but 5 that strongly remind me of those time. #FridayFive
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Such a fun game TimeGuessr #1210 — 37,730/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆9,540 · 📅 3y · 🌍 2.5km 2️⃣ 🏆9,520 · 📅 3y · 🌍 3.8km 3️⃣ 🏆9,162 · 📅 4y · 🌍 9.4km 4️⃣ 🏆6,796 · 📅 13y · 🌍 26.1km 5️⃣ 🏆2,712 · 📅 13y · 🌍 3942.3km timeguessr.com
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TimeGuessr
TimeGuessr - the game that tests both your geography and history knowledge. Guess where and when historic photos were taken.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are geniuses TimeGuessr #1210 — 37,730/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆9,540 · 📅 3y · 🌍 2.5km 2️⃣ 🏆9,520 · 📅 3y · 🌍 3.8km 3️⃣ 🏆9,162 · 📅 4y · 🌍 9.4km 4️⃣ 🏆6,796 · 📅 13y · 🌍 26.1km 5️⃣ 🏆2,712 · 📅 13y · 🌍 3942.3km timeguessr.com
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Archway voters experiencing a fit of the vapours when someone from Holloway or Mildmay arrives to canvas...
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When I lived in Archway, the Lib Dems did "the Labour candidate doesn't even live here" leaflets. Meaning... he lived in another ward but still in Islington. Imagine thinking London voters are that parochial!
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was in Kraków for a city break last year and decided not to visit Auschwitz as I just don't think it's something to do to tick off a list, and then you're drinking Tyskie and having a fun time in the city centre that evening. It deserves an intentional visit and respect.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Same at the holocaust memorial in Berlin and the twin towers memorial. People seem to think "we are on holiday, so everywhere is a holiday place" rather than "this memorialises / is the sight of something tragic and real". Brains off behaviour.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The age at which middle age begins may well be 40, but apparently starting in 2026 the offical onset of middle age is going up by one year every year, which is great news for anyone born in 1987.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 21 99🎯 95🏅 95🏅 100🎯 84😁 Final score: 936
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TimeGuessr #1209 — 36,786/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆8,892 · 📅 1y · 🌍 557.8km 2️⃣ 🏆4,831 · 📅 18y · 🌍 668.7km 3️⃣ 🏆6,835 · 📅 5y · 🌍 1130.7km 4️⃣ 🏆7,614 · 📅 6y · 🌍 285.6km 5️⃣ 🏆8,614 · 📅 5y · 🌍 46.4km timeguessr.com Thanks for sharing, love this game!
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TimeGuessr
TimeGuessr - the game that tests both your geography and history knowledge. Guess where and when historic photos were taken.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Allowing your mum to track your phone should be grounds for immediate rustication
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I was 17 and still living at home I completely forgot to tell my mum I'd decided to go to France for a week. She rang up "are you around for dinner?" "Oh sorry no I forgot to say but I'm in France". She didn't care. Doing this with 19 year old at uni beyond unhinged.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Hello Mitch, it is me Senate Republican leader John Thune. What's that? I don't look like John Thune? I don't sound like John Thune? Silly sausage, I can assure you I am! Now come with me, we're voting 'yes' to universal free health care"
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Catriona: I am so random
ALT: Catriona: I am so random
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1. Let's Stay Together. Al Green 2. Both Sides Now. Joni Mitchell 3. Fast Car. Tracy Chapman 4. New Rose. The Damned 5. From the Morning. Nick Drake #FridayFive
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I formally invite Jim Henson studios to accompany me in a joint venture. The premise: Charles Dance plays the doctor, absolutely everyone else (sidekick, villains, extras) are muppets
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 17 99🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 99🎯 Final score: 996 Woop! My highest to date
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm selling without commission here for some tech kids monetising phone addiction, but it does a job www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You tell it the apps to block/not block. And can set 'strict mode'... i.e deleting the app won't help you
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You can choose to block that too and tell important people to SMS or call
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You knew the risks you were running re. social interaction when you got that cute pup a jumper
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not selling, not sponsored, but Brick does what you need and can block everything like browsers, social media, but leave apps you choose (maps? Whatsapp?) available
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's Friday night! Time to go to the one single pub it's possible to go to that's not even that good!
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Saddleworth of course is in the historic county of Yorkshire and until the 1974 reorganisation of local government considered part of the West Riding, so David Clark who was Saddleworth's MP until the Feb 74 election could be considered..."
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She was the eldest daughter (and child) but primogeniture means she'd have just been the alive aunt of King George V rather than Queen I think
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Current favourite genre of people to encounter in the world: grumpy misanthropes cursed with a very friendly, sociable and cute dog. They just want to keep themselves to themselves, but their dog has jumped up on you adorably and is demanding a fuss.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Parisian cyclist nearly flattened my daughter, who learnt some interesting new words once I'd pulled her out the way
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🎵 Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Once got up and left the house at 6am, pitch black outside, for a busy day in school. Year 8, Period 1: "Sir, are you wearing shoes from two different pairs?"
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wait(rose) Mile
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Impressive levels of name the nearest hipster bar to Acland Burgley school without googling it from me there....
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Year 10 curriculum will be written in partnership with Aces and Eights
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"My school is making me post on X. That sounds like a bad thing..." Well, yes it does. Given the psychopathic algorithm, it's not where I'd be sending teenagers.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is there a name for being slightly too hip and contrarian to watch the series everyone says is great and that you should watch when it actually airs, then you eventually fold and watch it two or three years later, by which time you already know all the spoilers?
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Very happy to, amongst many others, been a mark for the "what am I going to do with my kids today? Oh yes the free museum! Clearly that's the obvious choice. Right now I'm here I guess I have to feed them and it seems they also want a little key ring or something" game the museums have going
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I was in the Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum two weeks ago, saw their permanent exhibition and the temporary Ozzy Osborne one they have at the moment, and paid £0 for the experience
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Each to their own, but although I like podcasts and they have their place (e.g. to listen to when cooking or driving) but as a leisure activity I much prefer sitting with a paper and a coffee and leafing through. I wouldn't just sit and listen to a podcast.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
True facts
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Make a band edible ...And you will know us by the trail of the bread
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Becoming a Razaullah mega-fan.
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Chris Read @chrisjread.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
😭
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