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Blue Light - Hayley Williams & Kele (Paramore | Bloc Party) Live at London O2 Arena - YouTube

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This too, though this one is 3 years old. Was a huge Bloc Party fan in my teen years.

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WHY IT SCARES ME FEAT. CRYSTAL PAK. OUTBREAK FESTIVAL. MANCHESTER. JUNE 28, 2026 šŸŒø - YouTube

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Yes I was scrolling YouTube but I like this, not sure the kids will like it in the car thoughā€¦

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When your kid does a fist pump because youā€™ve turned up to something theyā€™re a part of. ā¤ļø

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Teaching is too important to be based on whim. But it is also far too gloriously complicated, relational and human to be reduced to a recipe.

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The whole thing is an interesting consideration of how teaching is anything but simple.

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Whereā€™s the Buzz?Ā  | Being Brave! a first time headteachers blog.

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  1. Honestly, hearing Jack Lowdenā€™s actual accent AFTER seeing him in Slow Horses was just strange.
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  2. The idea of him going from Slough House to being Bond, just tickles me.
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Rise and shine.

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a life in a dream
\nalive in a dream
\na life just a dream

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meeting, like a dream
\na whole world outside, waiting
\ncan we wake up soon?

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giant slice of cake\na huge piece of calories
\nis this not living

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I had a dream where I woke and it was like a shock to realise the dream was but a dream. It felt potent, real. I...

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this weeks whiteboard via Austin Kleon

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About teacher shortagesā€¦ letā€™s approach the issue from a different angle in this post by asking: why do teachers stay?

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Huh. Thatā€™s an idea.

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I often say that I am following my dad who was a Maths teacher in a single school for 25 years. Who was first in and first out. Which means he was always home early - which I think we took for granted at the time. He only moved up the ladder to increase his pension. Similarly, this is my 13th year in the same school and Iā€™m quite happy being ā€˜justā€™ a teacher. This is why I started in this career.

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From experience to meaningā€¦

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Quiet exercise: omrrc.com

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social I donā€™t need to post it, because weā€™re both thinking of the same photo.

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Like drinking mango sticky rice, still ok even with the lowest amount of sugar.

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Because am I enough for everyone? Probably not. But can I show up and try my best, yes. Can I plan something every day that is one part of an expansive path that will expand these readers and authors? Can I teach strategies, offer practice, and pull them into the magic of what it means to read and write and leave the door so wide that even the most cautious of children can bumble through. Yes. Always yes.

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Good Enough ā€“ Pernille Ripp

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A haunted house, treasure, ghosts and zombiesā€¦

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This weeks music: omrrc.com

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@dhester I did 100km (around 60miles) once, for charity and didnā€™t train as much as I should of. That was enough. I canā€™t imaging doing 250miles. I think itā€™s the fact it takes 5 days thatā€™s crazy. To keep going for that long! Just so impressive.

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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching - YouTube

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I liked this comment about this documentary about birdwatching because it is about birdwatching but also made me think about lots of other things too.

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ā€œI want my brother to watch this because this film is about brothers; I want people who play outside to watch this because this is what itā€™s like to play outside; I want folks from all over the world to watch this because I feel like there is so much great American culture in here; I want artists, adventurers, and dreamers to watch this because this is all of those things. This is remarkable, and it...

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This makes changing teaching while teaching extremely difficult.Ā The lesson already absorbs the teacher: change diverts their attention, causing mistakes elsewhere. Teachers are swept along by existing habits, even when they mean to change.Ā Lessons rarely allow space and time to teach effectively and to change teaching at the same time.Ā 

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I like to joke, without students Iā€™d have the time to plan such amazing learning, to maintain a tidy desk and classroom, to further my own education. The potential!

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Effective training simplifies reality ā€“ Improving Teaching

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The Cutoff follows the runners at the back of the pack during Cocodona 250. While most race documentaries focus on the winners, this film tells a different story. A film for the rest of us.

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I enjoyed this.

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YouTube

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This week \"Auto-generated : omrrc.com

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Also from Kottke, Things That Are Good to Do ā€” Quarter Mile

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The ability to pause or take a break before reacting isnā€™t just good parenting advice. Itā€™s something all great leaders practice. They donā€™t fly off the handle. They pause. They reflect. They choose their response.

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You Are Just Tired - The Daily Dad

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118 Things to Do Instead of Doomscrolling | Reviews by Wirecutter

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from Kottke

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The annoying thing about climbing is that Touch ID doesnā€™t work for a couple of days after Iā€™ve been.

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A Little More Heart - Lynsey White

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How easy it is to move through a busy day thinking about what needs doing, where we need to be next and what hasnā€™t been finished yet. But these moments matter too. The tiny moments where someone needs you to stop, listen and be there. Just to be present.

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I try to think about this, to not like the wave of all that I need to do rise up and over my head. I feel it when my patience is tested, that Iā€™m worried that not everything will be done. But what is it thatā€™s important?

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@DiplomaticDiva I am most interested in whether they will be consequences and if so, what they might be!

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@Omrrc Used https://www.loaded.com and got it cheaper. A minor scare that Iā€™d not purchased the Java version for my daughterā€™s MacBook aside, it was all good.

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@miljko Interesting how itā€™s fallen out of usage. Chinese has a word for it that we do still use though.

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@ChrisJWilson Thanks for the reminder of this!

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@DiplomaticDiva Iā€™m trying to catch some but working around the time difference. England are on at 4amā€¦

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@DiplomaticDiva Just need to set this one on repeat for the next few weeksā€¦

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social Yeah, I find reading non-fiction much slower. Iā€™ve got a friend who has read 19 books this year! (Itā€™s Ally.)

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social Feels like youā€™re going through books pretty quickly lately!

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@DiplomaticDiva šŸ˜¬

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@chet This cuts too close to home honestly.

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@ndreas I can see a big open space, barbells, boxes and even a ski erg in the background. Here they typically have none of that really. Weight machines and cardio machines mostly. Often they wonā€™t have a squat rack only a Smith machine. Itā€™s just not what I want!

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@ndreas Such a cool looking space. Unfortunately gyms rarely look like that in China :(

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@DiplomaticDiva Good work! šŸ˜©

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@DiplomaticDiva Great result! Hoping Arsenal can take advantage of results todayā€¦

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social People are the worstā€¦

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social What will it be next week?

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@rom Same author! Looking forward to starting this after weā€™ve gotten around to watching the finale of Slow Horses.

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@Munish Interesting and not something Iā€™ve thought about before! I think youā€™re right but, also that people will often use Chinese to mean Mandarin day to day as @KyleEssary says. I tried to talk to my Chinese wife about it and she says ā€˜Chineseā€™ is fine. Though, I wonder what speakers of the other language would say. As another data point, at school Chinese colleagues will says ask children to use äø­ę–‡ and not ꙮ通čƝ.

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@Munish Watching the show has made me want to go back to the books!

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@val Most of the conversations around teaching I have feel similar to that sentiment. Itā€™s funny that lot of things are done ā€˜for the studentsā€™ but just keep making the job so difficult. Of course, I mean not funny at all.

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@val but thereā€™s lasagne and thereā€™s lasagne. Some of the versions Iā€™ve had in China have not been good!

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@jenniferheidi.bsky.social What.

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