Ali Messer
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History. Trad music. Teacher Education. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
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https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
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https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
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I thought we were only supposed to get shortages with socialism
Things really shaping up for Republicans in the mid-terms
September 17, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I thought we were only supposed to get shortages with socialism
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#historyteacher #TeacherMentors #ITT #PGCE #SCITT #HistoryEducation #UKEd #UKTeaching #EduSky
Please invite new ITT beginning #history teachers to register for this FREE webinar with @histassoc.bsky.social on 30th September. Register at the link below:
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
Please invite new ITT beginning #history teachers to register for this FREE webinar with @histassoc.bsky.social on 30th September. Register at the link below:
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
HA Webinar: Survive and thrive in your initial teacher education
Calling all those beginning their initial teacher education! In this session you’ll hear from and be able to ask questions to both teacher educators and those who have just completed their initial tea...
www.history.org.uk
September 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
#historyteacher #TeacherMentors #ITT #PGCE #SCITT #HistoryEducation #UKEd #UKTeaching #EduSky
Please invite new ITT beginning #history teachers to register for this FREE webinar with @histassoc.bsky.social on 30th September. Register at the link below:
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
Please invite new ITT beginning #history teachers to register for this FREE webinar with @histassoc.bsky.social on 30th September. Register at the link below:
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
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"Democracy depends on people who disagree still having some shared understanding of the world about which they are disagreeing."
Baroness Kidron OBE gave a rousing speech about the role of Public Service Media (PSM) at a conference about the future of PSM, held at the British Academy recently.
Baroness Kidron OBE gave a rousing speech about the role of Public Service Media (PSM) at a conference about the future of PSM, held at the British Academy recently.
September 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
"Democracy depends on people who disagree still having some shared understanding of the world about which they are disagreeing."
Baroness Kidron OBE gave a rousing speech about the role of Public Service Media (PSM) at a conference about the future of PSM, held at the British Academy recently.
Baroness Kidron OBE gave a rousing speech about the role of Public Service Media (PSM) at a conference about the future of PSM, held at the British Academy recently.
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There's expensive and there's "out" or "none" and that is language American consumers in every era have rejected as a failure not of the markets but of officials and policy.🗃️
Things really shaping up for Republicans in the mid-terms
September 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
There's expensive and there's "out" or "none" and that is language American consumers in every era have rejected as a failure not of the markets but of officials and policy.🗃️
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I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
September 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
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"Hid mistakes and made up data" used to be called by the cozy term "hallucination" up until it became vitally important for the IPO that AI is now evil
OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes, made up data and moved files onto the open internet without permission, amid an ongoing industrywide debate about A.I. safety.
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"Hid mistakes and made up data" used to be called by the cozy term "hallucination" up until it became vitally important for the IPO that AI is now evil
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We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist, showcasing six exceptional books that explore how societies navigate periods of seismic change.
Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚
bit.ly/4yCLe5T
Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚
bit.ly/4yCLe5T
September 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist, showcasing six exceptional books that explore how societies navigate periods of seismic change.
Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚
bit.ly/4yCLe5T
Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚
bit.ly/4yCLe5T
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'The strike action, planned for 22 September, marks the first time staff have organised to walk out in The Lancet’s 200-year history. The Lancet Group, now owned by the Elsevier publishing conglomerate, comprises 29 monthly specialty titles, in addition to the flagship weekly medical journal'.
Staff at prestigious medical journal set to strike over pay
For the first time in The Lancet’s 200-year history, union members plan to strike over “unacceptable” pay offer
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
'The strike action, planned for 22 September, marks the first time staff have organised to walk out in The Lancet’s 200-year history. The Lancet Group, now owned by the Elsevier publishing conglomerate, comprises 29 monthly specialty titles, in addition to the flagship weekly medical journal'.
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Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
September 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
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Wow.
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
September 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Wow.
'And we all have a responsibility to lower the temperature of our politics' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have faced abuse, assaults and death threats because I’m an MP. It’s making politics a no-go zone | Dawn Butler
A new report highlights the dangers experienced by those who seek to serve the public. People are being deterred and your democracy is suffering, says Labour MP Dawn Butler
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
'And we all have a responsibility to lower the temperature of our politics' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
September 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
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Morning Kittens
September 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Morning Kittens
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60% of people think there should be a limit on the amount of money individuals and entities can donate to a political party, as opposed to only 22% who disagree.
https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260914-9dc17-1
https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260914-9dc17-1
September 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
60% of people think there should be a limit on the amount of money individuals and entities can donate to a political party, as opposed to only 22% who disagree.
https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260914-9dc17-1
https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260914-9dc17-1
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She is so brave and good. I hope she doesn't get too much grief.
One of the 'vox pops' from #newsnight last night was quite intelligent.
September 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
She is so brave and good. I hope she doesn't get too much grief.
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Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
bylinetimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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If you are ever in New Haven this academic year, be sure to check out this amazing exhibition at the Beinecke on William Hogarth's "moral progresses," featuring material from the Lewis Walpole Library. Starting October 12. #18thc #earlymodern 🗃️: library.yale.edu/events/satir...
Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progress Prints
“Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique” will be on view at Beinecke Library from Oct. 12, 2026, through May 30, 2027. Drawing from the rich William Hogarth collections of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library,...
library.yale.edu
September 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
If you are ever in New Haven this academic year, be sure to check out this amazing exhibition at the Beinecke on William Hogarth's "moral progresses," featuring material from the Lewis Walpole Library. Starting October 12. #18thc #earlymodern 🗃️: library.yale.edu/events/satir...
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I’ve been curious about the AHA’s upcoming AI & History conference. So I spent some time on the site today deciding whether I would attend virtually. Some thoughts…
September 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I’ve been curious about the AHA’s upcoming AI & History conference. So I spent some time on the site today deciding whether I would attend virtually. Some thoughts…
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‘Danny Tommo’, leader of the balaclava-clad blackshirt rallies, says he will travel to Piddington “in the coming days” following the Parish Council’s stunt referendum: “I want to hear about safety concerns for their women and children.” Tommo was jailed for two years in 2016 for a knifepoint kidnap.
September 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
‘Danny Tommo’, leader of the balaclava-clad blackshirt rallies, says he will travel to Piddington “in the coming days” following the Parish Council’s stunt referendum: “I want to hear about safety concerns for their women and children.” Tommo was jailed for two years in 2016 for a knifepoint kidnap.
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Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing.
Voter suppression is.
Voter suppression is.
September 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing.
Voter suppression is.
Voter suppression is.
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today is song cycle day in my English Musical Renaissance seminar & we’re looking at two settings of Housman’s A Shropshire Lad, Butterworth’s Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad & RVW’s On Wenlock Edge, so i give you the most perfect performance of the most perfect song setting youtu.be/ALmtaSGbu3s?...
On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)
YouTube video by Ian Bostridge - Topic
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September 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
today is song cycle day in my English Musical Renaissance seminar & we’re looking at two settings of Housman’s A Shropshire Lad, Butterworth’s Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad & RVW’s On Wenlock Edge, so i give you the most perfect performance of the most perfect song setting youtu.be/ALmtaSGbu3s?...