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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 28m

Going into my children’s school later to give a talk about science and history of timekeeping after which the children will design their own clock faces before attaching a quartz mechanism to them. If you want to do this yourself, template and details of where to buy clock kits below

“About Time” Teaching Resources

The lovely people at DK have made some teaching resources to accompany “About Time” which include activities to help children think about the importance of time, practise telling the ti…

alomshaha.com

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 11m

'films' :-)

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 15m

Thanks Ian. I have read the Jacobsen book, it's a page turner! I'll wait and see what the reviews say about the new film.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 12h

There's a lot of good stuff around at the moment, so haven't tried this yet but won't be too upset if it's a dud (relatively speaking!)

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 16h

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 2d

Surprised this hasn't created more of a stir...

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

Michael Wolff: I've seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein's girls. Here's what's in them.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 2d

Interview with Cory Doctorow by @zoecorbyn.bsky.social

(TIL we are deep in the enshittocene era)

#TheNerve

www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

‘The platforms got worse because we let them!’: Cory Doctorow on his fight to save the internet from enshittification

The author and cyber-activist argues that the tech giants have ruined life online. The only thing that can save the virtual world now, he tells Zoë Corbyn, is its users

www.thenerve.news

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 23h

I'd vaguely heard of Dugin, but had not seen this specific Russian plan.

"The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from the European Union."

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 23h

And hidden in plain sight but ignored

* Ukraine should be annexed
* The UK should be cut off from Europe
* Create instability in the US

"The Foundations of Geopolitics"

Planned 28 years ago by Putin's "brain", Aleksandr Dugin

Foundations of Geopolitics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 17h

Visited the Turner exhibition at the Whitworth in Manchester. Ends 2nd Nov.

(Oxford Road teeming with students. Epic queue at one point for what turned out to be Starbucks)

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

Turner: In Light and Shade | Whitworth Art Gallery

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 2d

Replace stamp duty on homes with a land value tax bit.ly/474UkfC says @DanNeidle an idea as sensible as it is unlikely.

Scrap stamp duty: there’s a new tax that could make us richer

The tax expert warns that Kemi Badenoch’s plan risks handing a windfall to today’s homeowners without helping tomorrow’s… but there is a better solution

bit.ly

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 17h

Visited the Turner exhibition at the Whitworth in Manchester. Ends 2nd Nov.

(Oxford Road teeming with students. Epic queue at one point for what turned out to be Starbucks)

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

Turner: In Light and Shade | Whitworth Art Gallery

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks. I'd heard that Dugin had said some of this stuff, but it's interesting to read the whole (short) interview.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 23h

I'd vaguely heard of Dugin, but had not seen this specific Russian plan.

"The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from the European Union."

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 23h

And hidden in plain sight but ignored

* Ukraine should be annexed
* The UK should be cut off from Europe
* Create instability in the US

"The Foundations of Geopolitics"

Planned 28 years ago by Putin's "brain", Aleksandr Dugin

Foundations of Geopolitics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

I've been over at my friend Amy's. Her very Christian neighbours have named their Wi-Fi network 'Jesus Loves You'. Her other neighbours have responded by naming theirs "Satan's Information Hole'.”

Notebook

Tom Cox

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 2d

He's definitely a Pope for our times isn't he...

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 2d

Based on the first episode this is going to be very good. And of course an important and intriguing story to bring to a wider audience.

Plus David Tennant and Toby Jones demonstrating their uncanny acting skills.

www.itv.com/watch/the-ha...

www.itv.com

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Pants, Manchester @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 1d

In a previous life, I helped to make a continuity database for long running radio serial The Archers. After the event. I was told it was the only thing that kept it on air through lockdown. I’m sorry

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 1d

These are Halloween outfits yes?

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 1d

OMG

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official on.ft.com/48ZgCC2

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official

Warsaw’s national security chief says Moscow is also using a shadow fleet to launch drones into European airspace

on.ft.com

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 1d

Got mine today thanks to your post here. (The vax, not the broccoli etc)

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it's interesting to get the inside story on an industry, especially when we use the product.

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 1d

And Cameron.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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