@markrpriestley.bsky.social
Education Professor, Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
What is the point of the dozens of bots following me on @bsky.app everyday? Hell will freeze over before I will engage with any of them, including following back
Can’t quite believe that journalists are having to report this latest visceral spasm of rightwing idiocy. How feeble-minded our politics have become for the leader of the opposition - and Farage of course - to feel they have to turn this utter non-event into a culture war moment. Dear god.
Who could possibly have foreseen that war on Iran would (a) make Iran retaliate by closing the strait of Hormuz, which (b) could disrupt world oil markets, enriching Russia and penalizing most everyone else?
Who, indeed, except EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE about the situation.
There are signals from various sources that Russia knows it is going to lose in its illegal invasion of Ukraine. We must prevent Donald Trump from assisting Vladimir Putin any further with one of his bullshit deals. Keep the pressure on.
It will be pretty much the same talk - but time to discuss
Join us next Tuesday
This is hilarious.
Also, completely enraging.
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
‘America demands that its ‘allies’ blindly follow where it commands. And where does that lead? To the bombing of another Iranian girls’ school. More civilian deaths, more atrocities? Another illegal war added to Britain’s count?’
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Watching Trump’s Iran speech currently. I fail to see how anyone can take seriously this rambling incoherent buffoon
The mind simply boggles. These things are opening Pandora’s Box in the name of progress
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Altruistic Russia. How nice! #bullshit
Funnily enough, that’s what we are having tonight - Goan seafood curry (yum)
You’ve stolen my chopping board and vegetable knife ! 😮
As an educator, I strongly support action to deal with the growing problems of misogyny and sexual harassment in schools. This sort of approach seems necessary to foster equality and reduce the scourge of VAWG. As ever, these initiatives need to be properly resourced, inc specialist staffing
I’d rather poke out my own eyes than watch this drivel
Ukrainian forces have liberated up to 435 kilometers of Russian-occupied territory in the country's south, thwarting Moscow's efforts to mount a southern offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 8.
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-sha...
The coldest 'stars' in the galaxy might actually be alien megastructures - #Astronomy - phys.org/news/2026-03...
Well they must be better than a world dominated by a senile narcissist toddler
peterfhamilton.fandom.com/wiki/Silfen
My favourite aliens are the Silfen - mystical elf-like beings who travel mysterious pathways through the galaxy in Peter F Hamilton’s Commonwealth saga
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What a revolting, small minded arsehole he is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Under a regime that banned them from school, work & public life — a small but fearless group of Afghan women walked into the streets of Kabul today. No protection. No guarantees. Just courage. 🤍
This is what IWD looks like under the world’s only gender apartheid regime. Share this. 🌍
Happy International Women’s Day!
Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?
