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@theniceman.bsky.social

French and Spanish teacher. I like to play football in the park with my brother. Last weekend I went shopping. Next weekend if it is sunny I would like to swim. https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/

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My photo collage shows four images of Roman-era clear-glass cups painted with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman Arena. Known as ‘circus cups’, fourteen of which have been found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark. Dated AD 200s.

The top two images show two sides of the same cup. Top left: a brown lion with shaggy mane, its front and rear legs outstretched as if running at full speed. Top right: a green spotted leopard. Out of shot, a blue goat is being hunted down by the lion and the leopard.

Bottom left: fragmentary glass cup decorated with a light brown lion with shaggy mane. Nose and lips outlined in black.

Bottom right: image of a gladiator with green leggings and blue shield, and in front of him a large brown bear.

My photo collage shows four images of Roman-era clear-glass cups painted with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman Arena. Known as ‘circus cups’, fourteen of which have been found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark. Dated AD 200s. The top two images show two sides of the same cup. Top left: a brown lion with shaggy mane, its front and rear legs outstretched as if running at full speed. Top right: a green spotted leopard. Out of shot, a blue goat is being hunted down by the lion and the leopard. Bottom left: fragmentary glass cup decorated with a light brown lion with shaggy mane. Nose and lips outlined in black. Bottom right: image of a gladiator with green leggings and blue shield, and in front of him a large brown bear.

Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration of animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s.

Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

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‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Knihy autora Vincent Everett | AJSHOP.cz Objevte knihy autora Vincent Everett na AJSHOP.cz.

I don't remember writing these?!?

www.ajshop.cz/autor/6330/v...

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No carol singers yet.

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Dreams of integration and legacies of colonialism in French sports films Jonathan Ervine The way in which contemporary French sports films depict social justice issues is evolving. Not as many are based on the exploits of stereotypically macho males; an increasing amoun…

I recently wrote a blog article about legacies of colonialism in contemporary French sports films. I discussed some of the themes which feature in my upcoming book French Sports Films: Visions of Masculinity. Read it here:
cinemasocialjustice.org/2025/10/28/d...

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This is the country we’ve become under the Trump administration.

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My normal route to work has been cut since Sept. Mrs E's route to work is now cut. The road out of the village one way is going to be closed for months. Just got a letter. The road the other way will be closed for 2 months. Buying toilet roll!!

31.10.2025 17:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And may mass times acceleration accompany you always.

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Marking the Conversation at GCSE (AQA) -- Not funny There are two meanings to the word "a joke". One is something deliberately risible, to make those in the know laugh. The other meaning is t...

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/10/mark...

31.10.2025 14:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

1-9 in England is just a temporary aberration that nobody understands or can take seriously.

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This map by @xruiztru shows the school grading systems across Europe. What is going on in Bulgaria? Grades from 2 to 6? Weird.

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Marking the Conversation at GCSE (AQA) -- Not funny There are two meanings to the word "a joke". One is something deliberately risible, to make those in the know laugh. The other meaning is t...

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/10/mark...

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Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

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31.10.2025 12:19 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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a man sitting on a bench with the words that was the only way to do it behind him ALT: a man sitting on a bench with the words that was the only way to do it behind him
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Starting to get young women following me like in the bad old days of legacy twitter. Blocked.

31.10.2025 14:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Tech Industry’s "AI" Play for Education Dollars with Dwayne Monroe YouTube video by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live!

@cloudquistador.bsky.social is honestly making me cry; amazing interview/vodcast. This explains a lot of the dynamics of how the companies have captured educational institutes: www.youtube.com/live/sey7TS4...

(more CAIL videos: olivia.science/ai#talks & allies: olivia.science/ai#allies)

1/n 🧵

31.10.2025 09:49 — 👍 34    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 4
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¿Quién fue 'el perro de San Roque' por qué se dice que no tiene rabo? Este can es el protagonista de un popular trabalenguas, y cuenta la leyenda que le salvó la vida al santo

Saint Roque's dog, @januszczak.bsky.social, features in a popular plague related Spanish tongue twister.

Interested in the pronunciation of Roque and Job on this week's show. Perhaps you could learn the tongue twister.

www.larazon.es/cultura/quie...

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2,800 men* get breast cancer in USA every year

Uncommon but not rare. Nearly 1% of breast cancer cases has a "Y" chromosome and 10% of those have Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)

And now Donald Trump wants to stop them getting treatment 'because of wokeness'

bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

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But Gove said all contracts were handled by civil servants. Surely you're not telling us he lied?

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Marking the Conversation at GCSE (AQA) -- Not funny There are two meanings to the word "a joke". One is something deliberately risible, to make those in the know laugh. The other meaning is t...

What is going on with the criteria for the AQA GCSE conversation?

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/10/mark...

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FT graph of relative popularity of different countries for immigrants

FT graph of relative popularity of different countries for immigrants

What could have possibly happened in 2016 to result in such a steep decline? Who could possible know…

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Oh

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What Tech Calls Thinking — AdrianDaub.com

What can a German studies and gender studies professor have to say about tech and thinking? Quite a bit! Well-written and insightful, with a bit of SV "inside baseball" thrown in. The quotes at the bottom of this page are surprisingly accurate. #BookReview
www.adriandaub.com/books/what-t...

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Marking the Conversation at GCSE (AQA) -- Not funny There are two meanings to the word "a joke". One is something deliberately risible, to make those in the know laugh. The other meaning is t...

What is going on with the criteria for the AQA GCSE conversation?

whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/10/mark...

31.10.2025 07:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How the manufactured narrative of ‘failure’ is distracting us from resolving the systemic problems holding back the study of Modern Languages – Part 2.  - HEPI This post was kindly written by Vincent Everett, who is head of languages in a comprehensive school and sixth form in Norfolk. He blogs as The Nice Man Who Teaches Languages.  In Part 1, I looked at h...

The challenge isn't to channel more people into doing A Level. The challenge is to have mainstream language learning pathways.

www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/10/h...

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How the manufactured narrative of 'failure' is distracting us from resolving the systemic problems holding back the study of Modern Languages - Part One. - HEPI This post was kindly written by Vincent Everett, who is head of languages in a comprehensive school and sixth form in Norfolk. He blogs as The Nice Man Who Teaches Languages. We have to bring an end t...

People who think that the entirety of language teaching is not quite good enough compared to say history teachers. And who think they could step in and put it right with their pet project.
Really? Who do they think they are?

www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/04/h...

31.10.2025 06:27 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Dog pretending to be a Tonka toy.

Or the other way round?

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‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

This explains more about the racists behind it. share.google/lbARJn7vJwKC...

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The BBC struggling with unlikely pics/stories today.

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