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lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

But what I consoled my brother with was this: both he and Dolly lived long, full lives, and gave us all so much. At the end of the day, that’s the most any of us can hope for. Lives well lived, with so much to remember them by.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Bloody hell, not Tim Curry too! What a on-two punch. GNU Tim.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

That's it. Lockdowns aren't so much about shooters, but any number of reasons Erratic parent managed to break in and hunting their kids Medical emergency that requires hallways to be clear (I experienced this at school actually) Knife on the premises Lots of reasons we need lockdown regs for

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

True. I know when I was in education, I don't recall any lockdown drills. Maybe it was a regional thing But certainly now, it's a more regulated thing. Even with just a brief look, NASUWT was calling for a more concrete strategy in 2017 And every school I've seen so far has a clear lockdown policy

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I was about to say this Every school has to perform a lockdown drill, and an invacuation drill at least once a year, as standard, in addition to regular fire drills I've worked in education for about three years, and this has been the case across all of them. Probably gone on longer than that too

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes, if a child is always quiet, worry, but that isn't the criteria. The DSM isn't saying a child should always be quiet. If a child is playing football, I would expect them to be loud. If they're drawing, quiet (which, quiet ≠ silent) I find this whole documentary offensive to my entire being

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Also, her use of the word 'always' doesn't feature in the DSM. It doesn't say 'completely unable' just 'often'. I would read that as a child is unable to engage in quiet play where appropriate, e.g., mindfulness arts and crafts type provision

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

As someone who works with children, I do wonder how many of these people actually have a full view 'If you had a child who always played quietly, you would be worried about them' Anecdotal, but I have known a number of children who can do so. Children happy to play with building blocks quietly.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Watching 'The Great ADHD Myth' so I can judge it for myself. Not even halfway through, and I feel like I'm going insane, there's so much shoddy work One child does not a study make So many statements which boggle the mind Almost no counterarguments, and the lightest ones get an immediate 'but'

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm excited to get my blu ray copy as well. I read the book the other week, and was so moved. Didn't get to see it, so this'll be my first time And yeah, physical media releases can be weirdly spotty. I'm still bitter that EEAAO never got a physical UK release

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A lot of schools are pretty variable. I've seen some that are amazing. And others that are not Though, stats show that it's difficult to get new teachers to stay in the profession Unfunded pay rises, which means less money for essentials The send crisis Education isn't great, one could argue

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

absolutely amazing. just straight up lying and then immediately doubling down on the lying bc it Really Makes You Think

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Beluga Whale Escapes Research Facility And Swims Hundreds Of Miles Back To Her Baby.
It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.
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Two types of people will see this. The first type is the emotionally shallow person who just sees Al and that's it for them. Everyone else will think about the emotions it created for a self-aware being they personally don't know and understand that cetacean captivity is wrong. I love it for this!

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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I remember growing up, there seemed to be a lot of fuss over E Numbers, but very little discussion over what they are. When they're just shorthand for stuff inside food. Including e.g., vitamins Ultra processed is just the sucessor to old food/health anxiety, and will be replaced itself in time

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is exactly it. The work is the point.

When I assign analysis, I am not trying to extract a polished product; I am trying to put the student’s mind through resistance in order to make it stronger. Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not “free students up for higher-order work.” It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's insane they think that Maybe not adding much with this, but when I was reading up on CLT, I learned that our brain processes reading and auditory input in the same region. Our brain treats reading like an auditory process. The same process happens whether we listen or read

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hi. Librarian here. Let me settle this once and for all: audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. It's all fucking reading. Stop gatekeeping and stfu. Thank you an have a good night.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My family has a bunch of paperback copies through my dad. The only secondhand ones, are a copy of I Shall Wear Midnight, which I found whilst on holiday, and I think Wyrd Sisters, which is signed (and a misprint iirc) Besides that? Every book is either new, or original printing I think

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I honestly love Marumori so much. It's what actually got me through N5 after starting and stopping it for so many years, I find it so genuinely helpful

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Gwen 🏳️‍⚧️ @cynderglow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

At this point I've dropped all other apps to focus only on MaruMori for now. If anyone reading this is interested in learning Japanese, I warn you'll probably want "premium" after the two week trial but I'm currently wishing I had just started with this app and recommend it.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I do wonder how this person would approach cyber security. Or adjustments based on User Feedback. Or picking up bugs you can't easily find in contained test Or. Y'know, the various reasons why software gets updated

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Similar experience with me, but I wind up pointing out every breach of safeguarding rules/regulations

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Very possibly. Reflecting on it, and doing some more reading, we were doing it well ahead of it being standard policy I also don't remember ever doing anything like Brain Gym when I was at school, so maybe my school/LEA was just really on it

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yeah, Phonics allows kids to make informed attempts at getting the word right. It's easier to teach the exceptions as you mentioned, than to try teaching most words they may encounter. Looking online, the average person knows about 20000 words. Trying to teach to that would be herculean

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I recently found my old phonics book when I was helping clean my parents bedroom. That would've been from around 2005 probably, so. Some anecdotal evidence that it was more mainstream at the time

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Probably this one, he looks so happy with himself

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 07/03/2026

i love this little website youraislopbores.me

A prompt: "Draw a cat riding a skateboard in space." What follows is an AMAZING drawing of a little pixel art cat on a skateboard, surrounded by stars and a planet

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Help, I cannot breathe

I have asked 'draw a Giraffe wearing a Sombrero'

A creature with a thick long neck that is the same size as its body and little legs, wearing a Sombrero has been drawn. The Giraffe has a big smile on its face

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's an excellent time, but it is turn based. Main difference is not getting hit is down to you and your skill, not chance. But even so, that may not be enough of a difference if you don't like turn based

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Also, on reading the article: Not all unis have robust library teams to digitise resources. And also, some students will commute in from afar (I knew some who did this) Not being able to easily access phys resources can be everyday thing for them, yet they just have to deal with it

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I do wonder how much of this is spurred on by 'I didn't get the student experience' which... The experience isn't, what you pay for And I do sympathise, I missed out on lab experience. But my uni did try and slot some in. Some Unis could have done more, sure, but a pandemic isn't a common thing

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

It's such a joke. I'm midway through N4, and focussing on consolidation of what I've already learned whilst I have some work in, and I've been at it for a much longer than a year (granted, that was life being life)

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Skimming this (will read in full later), and it's really interesting. The bits I have read bring Terry Pratchet to mind The matter of material, openings, rarely writing in defined chapters. And of course, his use of footnotes. Definitely gonna read it fully later, and reflect on it for a bit

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I've experienced that somewhat. I learn new vocab via SRS to start, but hearing/reading a word/grammar used in context can be really helpful for consolidating them. Sometimes, it also helps a word to 'click' in my brain, when I otherwise struggle to remember it

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This is why I get mad when people say it's easy and imply that people who don't pass N1 after a few years aren't good enough. As Dr. Robertson says, the JLPT isn't the only measure of Japanese ability. Speaking, reading, and writing fluency are different from test taking ability.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Exactly! Like. For me. I can read graded readers, and maybe understand a good. 40-50% of it, without much thought. The rest, I need to actively parse. And that is. Okay. For now. To be able to do that, in spite of life being. Life. Is big, for me. And I can still grow, however long it takes

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It's taken me... Maybe, 5 or so years to finally get through learning N5 Grammar points. Largely due to turbulence in life (University, job, teacher training, etc.) and also finding the right way to learn for me. If I tried to just. Cram it, I would have burnt out, long ago

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This is really dumb. 1. Thinking getting N1 in 1-2 years is an "incredibly attainable" goal is dumb, because it's actually impossible for the vast majority of people. 2. Belittling people who learn a certain way is dumb because everyone's different. We can't all get fluent from Anki and grit.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Slow progress in learning Japanese. But I have just a little bit more to go in Marumori before I finish the N5 content. Finding most of it is sticking, and with every lesson, I'm now getting further and further than I did in my first attempt at learning.

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Probably 'forgive yourself when you haven't been able to do much study due to work. Life can be hard and busy, and accepting your small wins, even if it is just reviewing 5 pieces of vocab, can help keep you on track long term' I've done a hard reset on learning cause I didn't do that to be honest

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Tom Sherrington @teacherhead.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Whoop! Thanks to everyone supporting us on this amazing journey. It's been exciting - and working with @olicav.bsky.social @mattteachcoach.bsky.social and @johncattedu.bsky.social is amazing. More to come. walkthrus.co.uk

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K Fardell @fardellk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

This is something I'm glad I have just seen! Been using Marumori for about two months, and really vibed with it. It's maybe the main resource that has fully clicked for me, so I'm glad to have seen their stance on AI, helps me feel a lot better about using it

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

MaruMori shared their stance on AI! "MaruMori uses no generative AI, nor do we wish to associate ourselves with AI. All content is written and checked by humans, a mix of natives and advanced non-native speakers. Our artwork is also made by a very talented illustrator who is part of our team!"

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Barely holding it together over these AI generated Japanese materials

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

When you look between the lines he's being very sneaky with his wording. They've already got rid of 'contract' linguists, but their 'emoloyees' (probably managers) are apparently safe. The whole thing is super ick.

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Tom Sherrington @teacherhead.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We're celebrating 5 years of @walkthrus.bsky.social with a giveaway. 50 books! 50 people selected randomly from people who fill in this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Closes May 2nd. Got to be in it to win it... Reposts appreciated. With thanks to Alex at @johncattedu.bsky.social

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