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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey Team Wolves 🐺 Listen to Clarke Award winner E.J. Swift in conversation on BBC Sounds, approx 45 mins in... Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Cover of When There Are Wolves Again by E.J.Swift: a wolf in stylised trees on a pale yellow background

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I still remember being shown it in school in English - it terrified everyone!! Then having to write an essay about life after a nuclear war!! - which I think was part of our coursework! It was back on iPlayer a while ago!

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Looking for #space #horror? Stars and Bones by Gareth L Powell is available from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good book sellers.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We still think of wildfires as something that happen to other people, in other places. But the world is changing, and the wildfire in Suffolk is a symptom of that. This is how average annual temperature in Dunwich has changed since 1940, from here: era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=52.28&ln...

Graph showing the average annual temperature in Dunwich, which is approximate flat from 1940-1990, and then rises signficantly

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

..whereas we had to stop photocopying one year as we ran out of budget - and years ago we went through redundancy procedures and had to cut staff and increase class size. We would have had new buildings had the 'building for schools' not been scrapped when a certain 'mike' got his hands on education

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We used to just off 'double' science and didn't have any issue with students progressing to A level. The only advantage these days is that some topics jn triple are repeated at A level so they have a head start. I did wonder if the new review would go for just one route (either 2 or 3) for parity

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As long as you only have one component in a circuit its sometimes fine... as soon as you have more than one then physics often breaks. KS3 students building parallel circuits often enter parallel realities!

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Gateway to a Parallel Universe

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 24/07/2026

Talk about a cosmic glow-up✨📸 This progression of images of galaxy group RSCG 55 shows the evolution of ground-based sky surveys spanning more than three decades🤯, ending with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view. 🔭🧪

Five-panel image showing the progressive evolution of sky surveys from 1994 to 2025, revealing more and more detail in a triple merging galaxy system and the surrounding sky.

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ChatPhysics @chatphysics.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We are still here! This place wasnt a replacement for 'That Other Place' but we will still try to help out if you are an ECT or experienced teacher or just bored and needing a chat. Make social media 'social' again!

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Ricky Gervais: Always Nice To Chat

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve had a few queries from new followers asking which of my books belong to which series. To help, I’ve prepared this quick reference guide. I hope it’s useful.

Standalone novels. Jitterbug and future’s edge.

The embers of War trilogy. Embers of War. Fleet of knives. Light of impossible stars.

The continuance series. Stars and bones. Descendant machine.

Collected short fiction. Who will you save?

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just been offered an interview for a job I really want… only they won’t consider letting me do it part time so no point. My losing streak with trying to do more interesting work continues.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 02/07/2026

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Ocean of Stars image is packed full, but where to start? Our new Skyviewer tour introduces you to some of the objects hiding in plain sight. Knowing where to look is half the fun! 🔭🧪 skyviewer.app/tours/ocean-get-orien… 📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

A wide, panoramic view of a dense field of countless tiny, pinpoint stars filling the entire frame like fine dust. Wispy, faint, grayish-brown clouds of galactic cirrus drift across the scene, creating a subtle, patchy texture over the dark background. Several brighter, prominent stars stand out across the field, most notably a large, brilliant blue star on the upper right surrounded by a soft glowing halo, along with a few other scattered bright blue and warm orange stars.

$A close-up view of a dense star field centered on a bright, face-on spiral galaxy with a glowing yellowish-white core and delicate, swirling arms. The surrounding dark sky is crowded with hundreds of pinpoint stars in shades of warm orange and bright white. A brilliant blue star with faint diffraction spikes shines prominently near the top center.$ $A close-up view of a star-filled field showcasing multiple distant galaxies and a striking foreground star. Two diffuse, oval-shaped yellowish galaxies sit near the center and upper right, while a tilted spiral galaxy is visible in the upper left. In the lower right corner, a brilliant orange star stands out with sharp, multi-pointed diffraction spikes, situated just below and right of a bright blue star.$ A close-up view featuring a cluster of four large, softly glowing yellowish-white elliptical and spiral galaxies in an arc across a dense field of stars. The background has a faint, misty appearance from wispy dust clouds, which are sprinkled with hundreds of tiny white and orange stars.

A close-up view featuring a cluster of four large, softly glowing yellowish-white elliptical and spiral galaxies in an arc across a dense field of stars. The background has a faint, misty appearance from wispy dust clouds, which are sprinkled with hundreds of tiny white and orange stars.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

**** This is not a drill **** The Met Office has issued a red warning for parts of the UK this week. That means that you *should not* expect to carry on your normal activities. There is a real danger of power supplies & transport failing. Plan now. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...

Screenshot of Met Office webpage on the Red Warning

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 14/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps TikTok YouTube Snapchat Instagram X Reddit Facebook Twitch Kick Threads

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Buy the Clarke Award 2026 shortlist (or any other books that take your fancy) before 20th June for the chance to win a £250 gift card for MORE BOOKS! 📚 Shop now 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/clarkea...

win a £250 gift card. Buy a book 13-20 June to enter

The 2026 shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year:
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Michael Joseph)
The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami (Bloomsbury Circus)
Luminous - Silvia Park (Magpie)
There Is No Antimemetics Division - qntm (Del Rey)
When There Are Wolves Again - E.J. Swift (Arcadia)
The Salt Oracle - Lorraine Wilson (Solaris)

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Veritasium @veritasium.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Infinite Twin Prime Problem Watch our latest video out now on YouTube! youtu.be/8HBDE-msUjw

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The Infinite Twin Prime Problem

YouTube video by Veritasium

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

4 sets of tests to mark... I wonder if I will need to go out of if I can stay in to make a dent in them!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/06/2026

Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I think it was always going to be 'basket 3' .... before the redefining of P8... it will now be in the 'breadth basket' or however they phrase it...

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Like the good old days when you would actually be able to interact on Twitter...

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Had to give up my lunch time to give students a 2nd chance at a PPE. Had to make a mark scheme myself. Now using my time to mark them. Students haven't come close to it. Even with a formula sheet they are just picking the wrong ones!! Why did I bother??

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Are You Working?

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

If I read this a few years ago on Kindle then did I read version 1 or version 2?

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

How many times have you been reading a book and it wasnt quite what you were expecting but didn't want to stop reading it just in case it gets much better/ changes theme etc. ?

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Matthias Krenz: This Is Not What I Signed Up For

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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

By Jim Benton

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yup... Raggy the Robot decides that humans are causing too much damage and decides to 'weed' us out instead...

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Oh starting at the very Beginning... that's a very good place to start. (I know that one as it was, i think, a major TV series)

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Can you name the previous 39 (in order) winners without looking them up? I think i could name about 15 to 20 but not the year they won!

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Can't access it... it isnt because people are replacing red meat more often than previously...or that a chicken is 3 times the size of what they were in the 60s etc...??

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is bad for climate change because "animal agriculture is responsible for 12-20% of planet-heating emissions and is a leading cause of biodiversity loss". You don't have to give up meat to help, just cut down, which is easy to do if you eat food like this: alomshaha.com/wp-content/u...

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Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds

UN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 04/06/2026

Let's take a panoramic tour of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's site on Cerro Pachón! 🔭🧪 🧵 📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

Panoramic night view of a mountaintop observatory site. From left to right we see: a metal storage container under the two ghostly smudges of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, a boot-shaped observatory building next to a red antenna beneath the Milky Way arching over a star-filled sky, a tall spindly tower topped with a small dome, and a larger traditional cylindrical telescope building.

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Read TINAD ... great book which initially confused me a lot!!! ... i will have to check out the others

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

✨The Shortlist 2026!✨ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami LUMINOUS, Silva Park THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It is always a 'wow' moment - I have often used your video to help with this - not available on iPlayer currently but the clips are still available www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC Four - Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics, Series 1, Making Sound, Chladni experiment

Dr Helen Czerski conducts a modern day version of Ernst Chladni plate experiment.

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

only for today - £1.99 for Children of Strife by @aptshadow.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Str...

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Amazon.co.uk

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 27/05/2026

We just got some big NASA Moon Base updates, including three missions which are scheduled to land this year; Lunar Terrain Vehicle contract awards; MoonFall drones... Oh, and the Artemis III crew are being announced next month → youtu.be/IMSyS8jvquI

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Thanks... we have just last week signed up to the free trial.. strange time if year with exams and assessments to launch it property but it looks really good from what we can see so far

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow!!!... i don't even know where they all have appeared from!! Maybe it was perfect timing after all!!

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow!!!! That is incredible with such a short turn around... hopefully they are (at least 1,anyway) what you are looking for!!

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Did you manage to get applicants in such a short turn around?

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Six ways to keep your home and yourself cool in hot weather. Love the 'optimism' we'll get a heatwave. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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How to keep your yourself and your home cool in hot weather

Six simple things you can do to help keep your house cool when temperatures rise.

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staffdb66.bsky.social @staffdb66.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

No... i think many are on LinkedIn... but that is also very different and doesn't lead itself to what Twitter was (unfortunately)

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