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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 31m

Do we want to live in a world where books and culture flourish or in a purely functional world where the value of education is solely measured in expected earnings?

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Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1h

Anglian.

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 8h

How in the world would I know yours?!!! 🤯

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 16h

An adorable little #Roman figurine of a mouse playing a trumpet - because, why not?

#Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 11h

😍😍😍

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 12h

I was given her name last night!

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 21h

I know you have your entire early life rooted there; for me, it started when I was 22. I’m 60 now.

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 22h

Yey!!! 🕺

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Love 'cult-de-sac'. Love this kind of thing. One of my favourite examples is 'well, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it', an enjoyably fatalistic mistaken phrase.

Dave H @thinkfoo.uk · 1d

Great article. The Tories need their Kinnock if they are going to get out of the cult-de-sac* they've gone down.

*Auto correct but I kind of liked it.

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 23h

Very useful for those who design pages.

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

talking with a colleague I was reminded of some accessibility infographics I saw about a decade ago, and was able to find them again. I think they are still pretty good accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/d...

A direct link to the English language pdf set is github.com/UKHomeOffice...

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility

Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimisation to make existing and new services better for our users. Karwai is part of an accessibility group at Home Office Digital,...

accessibility.blog.gov.uk

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 23h

This is excellent!

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

Almost all the external insulation fitted under the Tory government’s energy-efficiency scheme was installed so poorly it will have to be repaired or replaced, an investigation has found.
#NoShitSherlock

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

I’d never heard of this until now, Stan. I dearly wish I’d known about it sooner.

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

It’s down a back alley in Darlington, Co. Durham. ☺️

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

Me too!

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

It stopped me in my tracks.

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 1d

Houston, we have a conundrum.

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. Every living thing.

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

The world turned upside down.

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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 8d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

He was editing simultaneously.

𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚣𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘 @mackaszechno.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

"We've rounded the coordinates"

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

He’s still effete.

Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

An effete chap.

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Maxine Beuret @maxinebeuret.bsky.social · 5d

Local Historians come and make your own short film! One day free course at the @heritagewshc.bsky.social on Monday 10th November. Fun collaborative day learning new skills to share local history and heritage. For more information and to book visit: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Digital Storytelling for Local History. One day free course on Monday 10th November at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham. Booking at https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/digital-storytelling-local-history-chippenham

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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 2d

Earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with coral reefs now facing long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people.

This is, of course, the most important situation facing every single living thing.

a computer generated image of a planet in space

ALT: a computer generated image of a planet in space

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