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Education Professor, Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862 .. more

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Now available for preorder

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 40m

The rainbow is Brocken Spectre, btw. One of the loveliest mountain cloud phenomena

📚Er👻n H🎃ust🎃n📚 @thereadwarrior.bsky.social · 44m

These photos are spectacular. What a day for it. The one with the rainbow and the other with the dog's reflection 👌 One of my favourite books is Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain.

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 41m

Great pics - taken on her run over Ben Each, Stuc a Chroin and Ben Vorlich

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📚Er👻n H🎃ust🎃n📚 @thereadwarrior.bsky.social · 44m

These photos are spectacular. What a day for it. The one with the rainbow and the other with the dog's reflection 👌 One of my favourite books is Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 50m

I missed a fabulous day in the Scottish hills today. @andreahgp.bsky.social took these pictures

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

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

www.cbsnews.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

This is an interesting and important contribution - especially in the way it reported that the government is considering weakening the OBR

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

This article clearly illustrates why the government should be prosecuting the individuals who enabled and benefited from this wholesale corruption, including the politicians who facilitated it

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 1d

I am still looking for Canadian and Scottish teachers to talk about their lifelong experiences of engaging with parents. If interested, send me an email to [email protected] @centcs.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

A Brexshit ‘benefit’ - further delays and bureaucracy

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Britons travelling to EU to undergo new biometric checks at border from Sunday

Most non-EU nationals entering Schengen area will have photo and fingerprints taken as part of entry-exit system

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

This looks very smelly

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Who would have believed it, eh! 😮

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Corruption

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely but windy day on Beinn a Ghlo. Flyover at strava.app.link/bumlaVwsmXb

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

We did. Back now 😁

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

And a very fine microbrewery next door - a great way to unwind with @andreahgp.bsky.social and @rushtondr.bsky.social after a busy week of travel, seminars and a PhD defence

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

And thankfully it wasn’t the orange man-baby

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Burgers with attitude in Karlstad, Sweden

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 2d

The classic fascist playbook - to target education

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

A clear consequence of the toxic theatric by many politicians and some n the media

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Head of UK Muslim charity ‘deeply worried’ as anti-Muslim hate crimes up by a fifth

Shaista Gohir says latest government figures are an ‘underestimation’ as many incidents go unreported

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

Feeding time in Oslo

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3d

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

Lstest brilliance from John Crace

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Badenoch enjoys her first, and probably last, Tory conference leader’s speech | John Crace

The audience cheered and clapped to convince themselves the whole thing hadn’t been a waste of time

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

A catastrophe ignored by world governments

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

Disgraceful

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 4d

Agree. I wish these people would look at the data, if that's what floats their boat. Courses like maths and biology don't perform better that art history or English. And why not make it possible to do STEM AND arts/hums? (I did).

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 4d

A polite way of describing fuckwittery

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 4d

They are abject philistines

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