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Triathlete #triathlon - Cyclist - Blogger - Carbon Literacy Trainer #GreenSky - European -Southampton FC #Saintsfc - History - Politics - Refugee from the other place. teachinglive.net/carbon-literacy about.me/Johnsutton

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Danny Nicholson @dannynic.bsky.social · 6h
A couple of new things I've been working on. The Great Science Puzzle Book and the Brilliant Book of Science Wordsearches. Available on Amazon now. link.amazon/B09rSaiO4 link.amazon/B0gjULW3K
The great science puzzle book, and the brilliant book of science wordsearches. Now on Amazon.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11h
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Liz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 10h
Many years ago I interviewed a woman who had witnessed the execution of the man who had killed her son and daughter in an armed robbery. She said it gave her no comfort at all, and spent the rest of her life campaigning against the death penalty.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 22h
Of all the AI slop memes and deepfakes doing the rounds, this is by far the wittiest.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 September 1894 | A German Jewish woman, Margarete Schmul, was born in Rogoźno (Rogasen). She lived in Berlin. In 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Women at Auschwitz Read: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Listen: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with a calm expression, wearing a light blouse.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Fairford Five were: a) Fly tipping; b) Stealing diesel; c) Dogging; d) Engaged in a complex terror plot involving Mossad, Iranian proxies, false flags and immigrants in boats. Pick the scenario that politicians & media consider the most plausible .
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blood Sacrifice on Netflix- top notch Scandi Noir
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As likely an explanation as anything else put forward.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As likely an explanation as anything else put forward.
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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 28/09/2026
Dedicated to the residents of Fairford and Whelford. youtu.be/sSaV3YUGiM8?...
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Fascinating Aida - Dogging
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, the suspects from the Fairford incident are being released on bail. Hardly likely if explosives, foreign powers or grave threats to national security were at stake. I suspect activists rather than terrorists if that's the case.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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John Cosgrove @johncosgrove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Times has published another article dishonouring Ruth Perry's memory. Let's not forget that before Ruth the deaths of 10 other heads were linked to Ofsted, and only Julia Waters' courage allows us to hope positive change may come from awful tragedy. johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2023/06/02/c...
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Courage Deserves a Hearing
Warning: this article discusses suicide Carol Woodward was a headteacher for 19 years and a good one: she had been named regional “Headteacher of the Year.” Then, in 2015, inspectors decided that h…
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Paul James @prj45.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
South Tyneside's ReformUK Council have found savings to their budget by closing all their subsidised nurseries, but it has allowed them to cut parking charges in the town centre, where it used to cost a penny a minute to park, or £8 all day. Drivers will now get an hour of free parking.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An inconvenient truth. A brilliant thread (all 33 posts) that picks apart Badenoch’s disgusting framing of the immigration “crisis”.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK ✍️ Written by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org 📊 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/VpxOLE5
EVs are now up to nine times cheaper per mile than diesel cars. Pence per mile. A chart shows diesel highest at around 21p, petrol at 20p, EV at price cap at 7p, and EV off peak lowest at under 2.5p. Source: Carbon Brief analysis, DESNZ, Ofgem, Zapmap. - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's the waiting that kills you. #Saintsfc
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We were told that smartwatches would replace your phone. That didn’t happen and they morphed into fancy exercise recorders. Now we’re told smart glasses will do the same. The tech bros are desperate for us not to put our tech into our pockets and ignore it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With big thanks to @doctorofmusic.bsky.social, here's my discussion today with Lord Jackson about North Sea oil and gas. Tape your jaw to your face before watching. Really.
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Muckers @muckers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Time to get serious with these idiots spouting hatred and now endangering lives. They’re not protesting, they’re out to cause harm. Lock em up in that dingy MOD site in Piddington.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ed Sheeran "both sides" Israel's War Crimes. I guess Ed believes there was two legitimate sides during 1930's Nazi Germany too then...
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Remco looks unbeatable! #Montreal #Cycling
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watching the world TT champs on iPlayer. Genuine medal chances for GB with Thornley and Hayter.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Farage being deliberately misleading by pretending the Govt have only announced that the donations cap will be retrospective as a response to Refuk's recent £76m. In reality, Govt made clear in March that the cap would apply from then. Perhaps if Farage sat in the House more he would have known...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This from a party with liberal in the title. Zero moral leadership from either Labour or the Lib Dems on this issue
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John Cosgrove @johncosgrove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW BLOG The Confederation of School Trusts recently published a report claiming schools in MATs are (on average) better than others. It says it's "time to take stock" and decide where we're going with our school system. I agree - with that bit anyway... johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/t...
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Time To Take Stock
1 million young people not in Education, employment or training (NEET); numbers of young people excluded from school, educated at home and in alternative provision (AP) reaching levels not seen sin…
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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Reform MP Danny Kruger went on Question Time to deliver a furious moral lecture about how wrong it is for governments to pass retrospective laws, only for Fiona Bruce to instantly point out Reform’s own official policy involves retroactively stripping settled status from migrants" via The Poke +1
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case - proper journalism alert! MI5 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case
It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Leader of Reform in Wales has quit, Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has defected to Plaid Cymru and now three councillors in Durham have resigned. Just another day on our unstoppable march to power.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
this year's interpretation lectures are going to be great
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
All this stuff about Neet data in the press is interesting. But why is no-one pointing out that the data itself is shit? Schools email ex-pupils and rely on them to self report. It’s statistically useless. My son has such a toxic relationship with his ex school that he ignores all communication.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Recorded only my 4th ever DNF in a triathlon this morning. Was ill in the week but thought I’d got over it. Apparently not. Bugger! The Vitruvian Triathlon at Rutland Water is still a gem of the English tri scene, though.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Glen de la Cour @glendelacour.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
League 1 Minus 10 - Southampton 3 Swansea 1. RPs appreciated. Another table topper bites the dust at #saintsfc. Featuring Leo's rampage, the BFG, Tonda and the subs, Woody on the through ball and Azazagain
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Championship Match 6 – Southampton 3 Swansea 1
Azaz-az-az For the second home game in a row, we entertain the team that is top of the table. Millwall last time around, Swansea this. Three wins and two draws have the Swans dreaming of being this year‘s Coventry, and staying in the top two all season, though the more realistic among them will expect the usual mid-table finish which they've produced in the last four or five years.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is there an impossibly long compound German noun for a media campaign out of all proportion to the proposed measure they are campaigning against? Sadly, however, I fear we might soon need an even longer one for when a spooked government gives into that campaign.
Front page of Telegraph on the tourist taxFront page of the Mail on the tourist tax
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Careful not to jump the "phased array electronic assault weapon". Causing an accident would be the least of your worries. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 10/09/2026
8 years ago, I tweeted side-by-side maps from NASA GISS showing global temperatures in 1976 and 2018 – both hot summers in the UK. It subsequently went viral and was printed in the Daily Mail! The 2026 version is stark. Two locally extreme summers separated by 50 years of global climate change.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Explaining to my friends that the giant horse lives in a place that's pronounced "Toaster" and getting yelled at because they think I'm taking the piss.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Colin From Accounts is back! This will brighten my evening's viewing over the next few days.
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