Allan Alach
@allanalach.bsky.social
Another refugee from .... Retired primary school principal. career cut short by ME/CFS, with a very left view of life. Looking forward to meeting old and new friends. Email [email protected]
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Giving Amelia her world back with Sammy the Service Dog
A complex neurological condition has changed 14-year-old Amelia's world since 2024. Service dog Sammy will give her some of her life back.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Merlin is having a moment. The app, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York, which listens for birdsong and identifies the species singing, has been downloaded 33m times, in 240 countries and territories around the world.
Merlin is having a moment. The app, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York, which listens for birdsong and identifies the species singing, has been downloaded 33m times, in 240 countries and territories around the world.
‘It brings you closer to the natural world’: the rise of the Merlin birdsong identifying app
Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the world
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Merlin is having a moment. The app, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York, which listens for birdsong and identifies the species singing, has been downloaded 33m times, in 240 countries and territories around the world.
Merlin is having a moment. The app, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York, which listens for birdsong and identifies the species singing, has been downloaded 33m times, in 240 countries and territories around the world.
Listen to this on a decent sound system. Mind blowing. Best version ever.
youtu.be/ZPdk5GaIDjo?... thinking about how Vivaldi wrote this banger in the early 1700s and we're still like "oh HELL yeah go OFF king" 300 years later. Like the entire Four Seasons rules but god damn, Winter, god damn.
Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno), original version. Freivogel & Voices of Music RV 297 4K
YouTube video by Voices of Music
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December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Listen to this on a decent sound system. Mind blowing. Best version ever.
My latest article
Seymour’s Charter School Boondoggle Continues. | The Daily Blog
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December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My latest article
I wrote this...
More of Erica’s Magic Tricks | The Daily Blog
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November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I wrote this...
I've been writing again
Whoever Thought Fixing Education Would Be So Easy? | The Daily Blog
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November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've been writing again
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National-led government crafting a separate curriculum for disabled students.
Education's Stanford experiment not for everyone
From Auckland University - Opinion: The exclusion of disabled children from the latest iteration of the curriculum can be added to the list of problematic ministerial decisions in education.
newsroom.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
National-led government crafting a separate curriculum for disabled students.
corruption in plain sight
Slow clap
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust
The contract would see a secondary school with a focus on young athletes in Years 11-13 established in Trentham, near Wellington, next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
corruption in plain sight
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MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
Behind the education overhaul: Outcry reveals deep divisions in the sector
Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
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Hi, my name is Erica Stanford, and instead of having the guts to got through the proper regulatory process and make my case to the sector, I'm going to use sneaky, undemocratic means to strike at the heart of what it means to be a learner in New Zilund, and then hide behind my media mates.
Erica Stanford: Why I'm removing Treaty rules for schools
OPINION: The move reverses a 2020 change.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hi, my name is Erica Stanford, and instead of having the guts to got through the proper regulatory process and make my case to the sector, I'm going to use sneaky, undemocratic means to strike at the heart of what it means to be a learner in New Zilund, and then hide behind my media mates.
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If Erica Stanford has any sense of self preservation, she would throw this smug self-serving fail-upwards Pakeha statue guy under the bus. He has potentially wrecked her political career.
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If Erica Stanford has any sense of self preservation, she would throw this smug self-serving fail-upwards Pakeha statue guy under the bus. He has potentially wrecked her political career.
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Also has the NZ media even reported on the OIA by NZATE (I think it was) that returned evidence that David Seymour logged in to a Google Doc of the English curriculum rewrite and started making his own edits to it, completely outside the chain of responsibility and Ministry procedures?
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also has the NZ media even reported on the OIA by NZATE (I think it was) that returned evidence that David Seymour logged in to a Google Doc of the English curriculum rewrite and started making his own edits to it, completely outside the chain of responsibility and Ministry procedures?
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Damn…..did the people that wrote the new “knowledge rich” curriculum even proof read their work or know how to math?
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Damn…..did the people that wrote the new “knowledge rich” curriculum even proof read their work or know how to math?
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Why are random citizens consistently, and continuously, turning up major scandals by the government that NZ media are both *incapable of finding* AND refuse to report on even when they learn about it via citizen journalism???
Also has the NZ media even reported on the OIA by NZATE (I think it was) that returned evidence that David Seymour logged in to a Google Doc of the English curriculum rewrite and started making his own edits to it, completely outside the chain of responsibility and Ministry procedures?
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Why are random citizens consistently, and continuously, turning up major scandals by the government that NZ media are both *incapable of finding* AND refuse to report on even when they learn about it via citizen journalism???
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it’s preparing the curriculum for “AI” “teachers”. it’s really hard to read the prescriptiveness any other way in the current context.
The new curriculum is cooked. It treats teaching like it's just standing at the front of the class making kids learn an endless series of facts for 6 hrs a day. The science lists of bullet points all end w a dead western scientist they (presumably) need to learn abt & cram for an assessment. Cooked.
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
it’s preparing the curriculum for “AI” “teachers”. it’s really hard to read the prescriptiveness any other way in the current context.
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Jesus fucking christ on a bike.
This is really REALLY BAD. This isn't history, it's propaganda.
This is really REALLY BAD. This isn't history, it's propaganda.
The new Social studies curriculum is atrocious in general, but I just want to shine a spotlight on the explicit retreading of literal Nazi propaganda that is woven through the year 10 content! Buckle up this shit is shocking!
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Jesus fucking christ on a bike.
This is really REALLY BAD. This isn't history, it's propaganda.
This is really REALLY BAD. This isn't history, it's propaganda.
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Letter to Stanford from
The NZ History Teachers’ Association about that complete fuck up of a social sciences curriculum #nzpol
The NZ History Teachers’ Association about that complete fuck up of a social sciences curriculum #nzpol
NZHTA Special Pānui 29 October
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October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Letter to Stanford from
The NZ History Teachers’ Association about that complete fuck up of a social sciences curriculum #nzpol
The NZ History Teachers’ Association about that complete fuck up of a social sciences curriculum #nzpol
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Putting together a Board to lead a hostile bid to make Auckland Grammar a charter school.
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Putting together a Board to lead a hostile bid to make Auckland Grammar a charter school.
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I’ve just realised that new curriculum was written by people who think winning a pub quiz is a measure of well educated you are.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’ve just realised that new curriculum was written by people who think winning a pub quiz is a measure of well educated you are.
Read this!
Erica Stanford’s Risky Experiment with Our Children’s Education | The Daily Blog
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October 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Read this!
My latest article
Is David Seymour Ignorant or Deliberately Misleading? | The Daily Blog
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October 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The whole charter school set up smells.
The Wheel of Corruption Just keeps On Rolling | The Daily Blog
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October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The whole charter school set up smells.