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The older I get, the more I like local community things. The local football team, local writers, local independent businesses, the local newspaper, our local area whatsapp group.

These are the things that really matter - everyday solidarity, ordinary kindnesses.

The question isn’t ‘are people more evil or not than they were in the past?’

The question is - are more people likely to get away with their evil than they did in the past?

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Good morning 🌞

It's been quite a year... loving my new world though and considering a return to the classroom (reception!) x

PS: I second someone else's comment, bring back New Voices!

Wishing you the best Jane, I enjoyed following your yr6 to reception posts - this is what experience in the classroom looks like! Hope you enjoy the new role.

Grammar schmammar, only editors use it... (😳)

Rediscovering the joy of reading the baby.

Not sure if I bought Faerieland for me or for him but it's an unknown gem which I'd love to have used in the classroom if I were still teaching!

Through a glass darkly.
The media sees click bait revenue as its only goal.
When marketing & advertising replaced actual income from paper sales the news became secondary.
Reality?
Facts?
Not interested.
Write a little piece with all the right words to boil blood & retain the viewer through adverts.

It looks like the far Right think they are onto a winner by appealing to the worst instincts of many British people

It is up to their opposition - those of us with a shred of empathy - to convince the unthinking that this is wrong

"We don’t pause to ask: What kind of day were they having? What if they were grieving? Overwhelmed? Underpaid? In the rush to moralise a moment, we strip away all context. There’s no room for nuance."

A thoughtful read.

"It’s not just about justice any more. It’s about content spreadability."

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/o...

👆 Interested in what you and Ellie think to this @rlrossi64.bsky.social. My former team mates and I appear to be in the 'not in my day' camp.

Anyone got an opinion on the players keeping false lashes/nails on during matches, especially at this level?

I'm trying to be all happy and supportive buuut...when I was a coach the standards were clear. Health and safety first. Can't help feeling this aspect is a poor advert for the women's game.

I hope they take better ones than the England game!

Some fancy french footwork going on tonight as well but too hesistant when it comes to placing their shots (at the moment...)

They heard us! 🙌 ⚽️ 😁

Was about to say the same thing. England need to get their heads back in it, Sweden are playing to win. England still seem surprised they're playing #SWEENG #euros2025

If I were health minister, I'd make it mandatory for hospitals to:

- be built in protected green space, not having views like these
- have (safety locked) windows that actually open
- be partnered with local farms to provide quality, nutritious food.

Anyway, we had our 11th A&E visit and 5th hospital stay in 5 months this week but, warrior by name, warrior by nature.

He's seeing off his 4th infection now and we're taking a 'come an have a go if ya think yer 'ard enough' attitude to any potential 5th 💪

I think we're in a period similar to 1920s Germany where Labour were elected this time on an unrealistic bounce of hope - the 'saviours' are 14yrs of Tory chaos. It creates the conditions for a Reform 'let the people take back control' swoop, fuelled by voter apathy and fatigue.

That's how it began for my age group - log on to MSN to check if someone could meet or wrote something stupid in funky colours then say goodnight.

Nobody wanted to spend hours typing to each other when they could see each other, how sad would that be?!

Smartphones have taken off because there is nothing accessible (free) for youngsters to do anymore.

By and large, no safe spaces to play, less green areas to play, no youth centres, no cross-generational socialising and role modelling, less grassroots community clubs (that are minimally priced).

It is disgraceful + utterly immoral for anyone to be elevated to the house of lords, who has the power to vote on legislation without us knowing who they are and why they're there. Full transparency required

This is it: brilliant people should see it as a long-term career option. But funding just means it’ll only ever be a revolving door occupation.

You haven't lived if you haven't had a pot noodle with doritos now and again! Hope the move is all going well.

How fascism works in India India’s fascist turn under Modi’s Hindu nationalism mirrors Nazi tactics, targets Muslims and threatens democracy

The tactics we saw in India are being followed by the Trump administration. Anyone familiar with 2019 in India, with what they did to Jawaharlal Nehru University, will see the parallels in Trump's assault on US universities. Jason Stanley writes:

Ooof Norway, spicing things up! #euros2025

We can't see our dreams, through such vicious blinds...

The new alarming Tory language on Britishness By redefining ‘native’ to exclude mixed-ethnicity Britons, the Conservatives shift towards a racial purity test once unthinkable

www.ft.com/content/86f4...