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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The headline here should say: "Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded". (The increase is mentioned way down the article.) www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...

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More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees

Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 31/07/2025

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder. Here’s how to use RSS. www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

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Curate your own newspaper with RSS

Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 27/07/2025

Chloe Kelly thought about giving up football this year. Then she signed for Arsenal.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Second book I've re-read this year. A brilliant, fantastical, dream-like story and a fascinating allegory for trauma, abusive manipulation, and a mind cut totally adrift. A distant descendant of The Tempest I think.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Only one thing reliably trickles down, and it isn't money.

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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 02/07/2025

After quite a goodbye statement to Man City yesterday, today it's confirmed - Chloe Kelly stays at Arsenal! 🙌 dailycannon.com/2025/07/arse...

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Arsenal sign Chloe Kelly on permanent deal

Chloe Kelly has signed permanently for Arsenal following the expiry of her contract with Manchester City.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

And even if we can't quite call 2025-era Jarvis or the crowd at Glasto "common", the feeling of being screwed over by those with the money and knowledge to do a lot more than just commodifying your misery is as relevant today as ever.

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Strange Currencies @strangecurrencies.org · 26/06/2025

Time for one of my favourite poems.

Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America, by Matthew Olzmann:

Tell me what it's like to live without
curiosity, without awe. To sail
on clear water, rolling your eyes
at the kelp reefs swaying
beneath you, ignoring the flicker
of mermaid scales in the mist,
looking at the world and feeling
only boredom. To stand
on the precipice of some wild valley,
the eagles circling, a herd of caribou
booming below, and to yawn
with indifference. To discover
something primordial and holy.
To have the smell of the earth
welcome you to everywhere.
To take it all in, and then,
to reach for your knife.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Minute Cryptic - 13 May 2025 "A selection of decidedly retro GameCubes" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

That NYT pitchbot account except it's the Guardian

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Love this Minute Cryptic - 11 May 2025 "Smeagol lost Sam & ring, ruined part of journey" (3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Minute Cryptic - 10 May 2025 "How to make cat cater for snake?" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

MACBETH Act 1 Sc 1 l.3: SECOND WITCH When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won. The truly significant event of this day will come *after* the noise and chaos of battle has finished. The juxtaposition of "lost" and "won" is important here too. 1/

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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Re LLMs writing term papers: the other day I saw someone say that using LLMs to write is like bringing a forklift to the gym. It's not that the weights need to go up; it's that you need to do the lifting. The doing of the work is the result, not the paper being done or the weights having moved.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Let's read Macbeth. Act 1 Sc 1 l.1: FIRST WITCH When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? The first lines of the play focus us immediately on the motif of TIME. The witches begin by looking to the future: immediately predicting and prophesying. 1/

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Clothes shopping. I wonder if anyone else here in the 35-45 bracket understands the dilemma of a) not wanting to dress like I think I'm still in uni and b) not wanting to buy things my dad would wear. It's a tough balancing act.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

There are teachers apparently not yet following @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social and using his tutor time resources. WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT? GET ON IT!

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I very rarely re-read books (who has time?!) but this was just as brilliant the second time round. A frontier adventure, a harrowing slice of a bloody historical period, a queer love story, a linguistic feast. 10/10.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I liked this clue a lot. Minute Cryptic - 11 April 2025 "One silver piercing belonging to me. Fancy!" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New songs from Pulp and Lana Del Rey released on the same day, just a massive Thursday for a certain breed of music fan (me).

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A really interesting decision in the show to have the murder be the "elephant in the room" in ep3 rather than the obvious route of having him talk through why/how he did it. But this misreading is likely a consequence of that.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

OK English teachers let's talk about something nice. Please nominate your favourite key quote from Romeo and Juliet. Bonus points if you say which themes you relate it to. I'll go first:

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

"Do you think Sir is a gamer?" "Yeah he plays reading simulator."

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Billie Lauren Hindle 🎙️ | 🩷BWT Alpine💙 @billielhindle.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

There’s no such thing as A.I “art.” It’s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 28 March 2025 "A major possibly participating in march or drill" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 25 March 2025 "Harp on about unfortunate issue" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Some quite considered views in response to this, which makes a nice change.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 23 March 2025 "What you put on scrambled tofu with no sides" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Etymology nerd: a little boy in church this morning confused the word "monstrance" with "monstrosity", which is funny! But in fact words such as monstrance and demonstrate do in fact come from the same Latin root as "monster".

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Whoever it was who first set the alphabet to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Adolescence wasn't quite what I was expecting. For the drama "about the manosphere" it actually only touches on that stuff quite lightly. 99% of writers would have had ep3 be explicitly about Jamie's incipient misogyny, so an interesting (good) choice to let it lurk in the background.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This actually feels like...quite a big deal?

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 18 March 2025 "Mixed tennis sides lost 6-3 + 6-0" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

In short I think we're confusing resource creation for planning. As in resources are plans, which is a misconception made worse by heavily centralised curriculum. And AI is making it worse. And ITT/ECT is quite weak on it compared to other areas.

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 16 March 2025 "Crop is blasted with circle - a sign from above" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 15 March 2025 "Some nudist ran down beach" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Love this. Sitting the exams you teach is the best self-cpd you can do.

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Alexis Conran @alexisconran.com · 10/03/2025

Shocked I tell you ... Shocked! No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils.... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Minute Cryptic - 10 March 2025 "Zip on handbag regularly splits" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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