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Librarians throw books away.

If you don't read the books, they get binned.

Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew

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Little Engineers, Big Projects: The ultimate colouring book for curious young minds and where imagination builds the future Little Engineers, Big Projects: The ultimate colouring book for curious young minds and where imagination builds the future [Giurca, Flavia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Little Engineers, Big Projects: The ultimate colouring book for curious young minds and where imagination builds the future

One should give this coloring book to daughter, grand daughter, niece, whoever think girls don’t fit in engineering and science…
Little engineers, big projects by Flavia Giurca.
(Works for boys too)

#WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #STEM #science #kidsbooks #childrenbooks

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Hey #EduSky #WomenInSTEM folks, am after recommendations to further investigate...
Who (academic/school/educator) do you know that has the best/really cool initiatives for increasing the number of girls electing to study computing (IT/CS) at a post-compulsory level? (Must be outside of Australia)

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My Vote Compass Results - 2025 Australian Election Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the candidates running in the 2025 Australian election. Try it for yourself!

This is how my views compare with the election candidates in the upcoming Australian election according to @VoteCompass. Try it for yourself! #AusPol #AusVotes
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The 8 talking points fossil fuel companies use to obstruct climate action New research highlights companies’ “aligned and coordinated” use of Twitter to deny climate change and delay solutions.

(Download and read the PNAS Climate paper, highlighted in this post. There is so much detail about the actions of Big Fossil Fuel.)
"Twitter and other social media apps were vectors of misinformation and propaganda, including from fossil fuel interests"
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Young ppl are not fkn around this election. We want a habitable earth for now and the future. We want an end to our complicity in other nations war crimes, we want an end to the unspoken aparthied and continued genocide of Indigenous ppls in so called Australia. We want to end the duopoly.

Holding Truth to Power Have you had enough of Commercial Media? Its lies and misinformation? How it tries to manufacture and control the news, instead of simply reporting it. How it mixes facts with opinions to manipulate the truth. How it stays silent on the biggest global issues and instead feeds us stories on petty crime and celebrity gossip. This is a reminder that there is a lot of GOOD QUALITY INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM IN AUSTRALIA, if you know where to look. (Not the ones who claim to be independent but are being funded by Russia or the Koch Brother) Good Journalists holding the Rich and Powerful to account who need our support. Some organisations to follow for news and politics Kangaroo Court of Australia #POLITICS www.kangaroocourtotaustralia.com www.thepolitics.com.au www.michaelwest.com.au www.thenewdaily.com.au www.crikey.com.au www.theconversation.com/au www.theklaxon.com.au/ www.independentaustralia.net www.themonthly.com.au www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/ newmatilda www.johnmenadue.com www.newmatilda.com www.youtube.com/@punterspolitics www.youtube.com/@friendlyjordies www.reneweconomy.com.au www.themandarin.com.au www.thejuicemedia.com www.chaser.com.au Inside Story www.insidestory.org.au www.thefifthestate.com.au www.theshot.net.au www.aap.com.au www.overland.org.au www.womensagenda.com.au www.youtube.com/@NewsAU www.australlainstitute.org.au www.theshovel.com.au

#AUSpol

🧪 Meet Lise Meitner: The nuclear physicist who explained atomic fission in 1939, revolutionizing science. Despite her groundbreaking work, her male colleague Otto Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize while she was excluded. #womenshistorymonth #STEM

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A5: I try to give back as much as I can, and share cool stuff that I find so others can see it too. I've definitely benefited from others too, so it's a balance.
#EduSkyAU

agree with the quality over quantity!
But yeah *shakes fist at algorithms*

A4: For DigiTech it's Kings College London, CAS, and the Raspberry Pi foundation that have such fantastic resourses and insights. Learned so much from them. Also generally speaking @philosophyteach.bsky.social for his approach to rich discussions. Made me see things in a different light.
#EduSkyAU

A3: That's a great question, I guess it's sharing ideas and inspiration and trying stuff and feeding back how to make them better. Respectfully challenging things. Sharing wins, supporting failures, building each other up. Teaching is too hard to do alone, we need to work collaboratively.
#EduSkyAU

A2: Remembering! Yes, setting alarm would have been useful for this one (Mr 10 swimming lessons at the same time)
Also cutting out all the irrelevant STEM bandwagon noise, and also rubbish from people that think DT is what ICT was renamed to. Twitter used to be good, BSky is getting there!
#EduSkyAU

A1: It made such a huge difference, starting in Primary and being the only DT teacher in the school, I relied on my online PLN to keep myself sane and reassured I was on the right track. Also the CSER community too from their MOOCs.
#EduSkyAU

BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.

Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

We had our Epilepsy PL/training only 2 weeks ago! I didn't know there were so many different types.

Haha I'm just really good at multitasking - currently on this and posters and GPN planning stuff :)

It was really interesting! The Y8 selecting for Y9 was all about what their friends had chosen, but Y9 selecting for Y10 was more about their own interests. #EduSkyAU

Oh yes, this!
And "Oh I'm no good at Technology!"
aarrgghh!
#EduSkyAU

A5: I tell them to approach things with the confidence of a mediocre white man :D
But seriously, they do need more encouragement though. I try to build them up, tell them they're good at stuff. Eventually they start believing me! #EduSkyAU

This was a list of factors that affected enrolment in elective computing subjects at Y9 & Y10 level. I think most of them have been mentioned in this chat! #EduStemAU

There's definitely still some closely held beliefs in families of gendered careers. This is changing but quite slowly.
There's a great edu/awareness campaign in the UK, think of a Nurse, is it a male? Think of a Mechanic, is it a female? Think of a Project Manager, is it a male, etc. #EduSkyAU

Choose topics that would interest girls in subject selection in Years 9/10. Often the boys will choose it anyway without reading the descriptions. By getting more girls at Y9/10 level you have more chance of some staying on. Friends choosing subjects also influences choice. #EduSkyAU

Why do we need to prepare girls, we need to prepare the businesses! Allocate them mentors in industry who will help them navigate a path. Build their confidence so they know their worth and can advocate for themselves #EduSkyAU

Confidence is such a major factor. Girls in high school won't try something unless they know they will succeed. Also belonging. Make spaces neutral where girls can feel like they belong. And encouragement. Range of contexts, boys like to tinker, girls like to improve society.
#EduSkyAU