Alex Ford

One of my favourites!

this shit is just beyond parody, man

Yorkshire Evening Post article written by Lauren Theweneti in 2017 about the disaster

OTD in 1916 at approximately 10:27pm, an explosion rocked a munitions factory in ‘the north of England’ killing 35 women and girls

A tragedy to those in Leeds and surrounding areas, the explosion at N.F.F.1 Barnbow was a result of working in the production of high explosives

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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

It absolutely is eugenics.

THATS EXACTLY WHAT EUGENICS WAS.

And the fact that this dipshit Sadeghi is talking about IQ points is even more evidence he is a eugenicist. Can we stop with physicians and techbros pretending things aren't eugenics when its blatantly eugenics?

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

Need to work out how to change that thumbnail!!

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I suspect so, yes. Really interested to see how other people find it as the realities start to kick in.

How well does the Curriculum Review navigate breadth, depth and balance? This is the first instalment in my blog series about the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review. You can find the other entries HERE .  In this blog I am looking at how the review has interpreted the.....

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Some thoughts on the Curriculum and Assessment Review split into 5 key questions:

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I think my overall worry is that lots of what was lost in the knowledge turn is not really restored in the CAR. There’s certainly some good come from the change but also a lot of unexpected (for some) consequences too.

Ofsted is a bigger wildcard. Think it could be Ok but depends on interps

No, the broader status quo. Share concern that languages may well take a nose dive

Interesting thread. I think we probably agree on the fundamentals of what seems to be changing or staying - guess I am just more concerned about the current status quo.

Super interested to see what the overall response will be.

Just love them. There’s a brilliant one called “alone” which I think is just such a wonderful story

Discovered Frog and Toad a few years ago when we bought a compendium for my then 3yo. Very old books but if you have not found them yet - get yourself a treat this Christmas

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

Surfing the ‘Semantic Wave’: Helping beginning teachers to think about tackling the ‘pitch’ of their lesson This blog is jointly authored by Victoria Crooks and Alex Ford. Check out to read more blogs from Alex. Photo by Vladimir Kudinov on Pexels.com Matthew is a fab beginning teacher.  He is highl…

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#believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #ishootfilm #blackandwhite

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More emotional than I thought this morning. After 13 months of trying and trying, my 8yo has finally finished her swimming gold award. She got the 800m swim in 25 mins some 9 months back and ever since has been pushing to swim 100m in less than 2:30. Finally did it today!

Honestly so proud!!

Watching docu on Stone Henge w/ my youngest.

H: In ten thousand years, this house won’t be here…
Me: Probably not
H: But if I built a circle of stones in the garden… an archaeologist might find it and know we were here.
Me: Sounds like a project!!

Always fascinating how she historicises herself

Think it’s also because the tribal nature of it all HAS transferred. So new people tend to feel on the outside and struggle to break through unless a big name notices.

As someone who was there for the first time around and still occasionally blogs on key changes I find that engagement has all but gone.

Suspect many people came to Bluesky because Twitter too aggressive. Think part of the move was wellbeing - hence not seeking out discussion / issues

UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.

Some quick pointers for the government
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
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We can all look at Trump and say "that won't happen here" but it can, and it does. We are already seeing the government increase raids, remove people with no regard for their rights or protection, suspend applications for asylum based on nationality etc. We're very close to where US is at. #r4today

Predictable that Trump would use this to demonise and punish whole groups.
Racists don't need excuses, but it makes it easier for them to discriminate against people if they can find one. Don't think this couldn't happen in UK, we are already dangerously close.
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Staggered that we are happy to let companies and AI sell out artists for nothing and rip off all kinds of work. Yet last year I got fined over £700 for using a photo from the Gov website on a blog which got about a dozen views something like 12 years ago. There is a massive disparity here #r4today

Some more peaceful photos from Tynemouth

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I am not sure what the tipping point will be now, but AI has all the same risks in amplifying dangerous content for children. Unlike Google though it will happily find it for them. All those noises Labour made about Netflix Adolescence and yet they’re pushing more AI into education