Ian Horsewell
@teachingofsci.bsky.social
Once a teacher, now supporting physics education and those who still do it.
partner/parent, reader/writer/blogger, geeky/ND, runner/climber, humanist/secular/atheist 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ he/him
partner/parent, reader/writer/blogger, geeky/ND, runner/climber, humanist/secular/atheist 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ he/him
So full-time teachers in England, according to the DfE's own figures, are working an average of 50 hours per week.
Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926d0...
Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926d0...
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So full-time teachers in England, according to the DfE's own figures, are working an average of 50 hours per week.
Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926d0...
Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926d0...
I've reread the _Rising_ trilogy by @seananmcguire.bsky.social's twin sibling several times. I still recommend it, both for the narrative and the ethos: Rise up while you can.
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I've reread the _Rising_ trilogy by @seananmcguire.bsky.social's twin sibling several times. I still recommend it, both for the narrative and the ethos: Rise up while you can.
Christmas music in the gym? That's got to be cause for complaint.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Christmas music in the gym? That's got to be cause for complaint.
A thorough and interesting read, but I've no idea how @samfr.bsky.social resisted using the Sidney Harris cartoon.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A thorough and interesting read, but I've no idea how @samfr.bsky.social resisted using the Sidney Harris cartoon.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You know you're getting old when you put in a Garmin feature request for "physio" to be added to the activity options
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
You know you're getting old when you put in a Garmin feature request for "physio" to be added to the activity options
Feels like an important point.
(I have read the government's consultation paper carefully. Nowhere does it answer this very simple question -what is this policy supposed to achieve?)
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Feels like an important point.
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Of all the people you could defame, I wouldn’t pick a judge
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Of all the people you could defame, I wouldn’t pick a judge
I'm not able to run yet - the joy of rehab - but will wanted to share info about #LetsLiftTheCurfew to remind fellow runners about not being unintentionally scary. www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/our-partners...
Let's Lift The Curfew | This girl can
This Girl Can's campaign, Let’s Lift The Curfew, launched in October 2023, to showcase women’s stories and concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months. Alongside this, it called on wi...
www.thisgirlcan.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm not able to run yet - the joy of rehab - but will wanted to share info about #LetsLiftTheCurfew to remind fellow runners about not being unintentionally scary. www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/our-partners...
Home from the hardest vet appointment any pet parent ever has. Sometimes the right and kind choice is also the hard one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Home from the hardest vet appointment any pet parent ever has. Sometimes the right and kind choice is also the hard one.
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
First bake from _Baking With Granny_ smells good! bakingwithgranny.co.uk/scottish-bak...
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
First bake from _Baking With Granny_ smells good! bakingwithgranny.co.uk/scottish-bak...
Data management can be time consuming and mind numbing. But I'm currently converting last year's student teacher records to teachers at their schools, which is actually really nice.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Data management can be time consuming and mind numbing. But I'm currently converting last year's student teacher records to teachers at their schools, which is actually really nice.
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And there are so many of these small things that govt could have fixed
*to show it knows about all the little broken pieces
*to show that it cares
*because it can fix and fix now
*as proof of concept that they can and will fix things
*because it's the efficient thing to do
*to show it knows about all the little broken pieces
*to show that it cares
*because it can fix and fix now
*as proof of concept that they can and will fix things
*because it's the efficient thing to do
This is the sort of small but meaningful thing that helps to tackle a major frustration for one group of people inability to do something as basic as book a driving test furthers their feeling Britain is broken. Sort of thing govt should be leading with not infighting.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And there are so many of these small things that govt could have fixed
*to show it knows about all the little broken pieces
*to show that it cares
*because it can fix and fix now
*as proof of concept that they can and will fix things
*because it's the efficient thing to do
*to show it knows about all the little broken pieces
*to show that it cares
*because it can fix and fix now
*as proof of concept that they can and will fix things
*because it's the efficient thing to do
I know it's not the fault of the individuals, but having my orthopedic appointment cancelled and then told it will be a month before they can see me - during which time I can't drive - is massively frustrating.
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I know it's not the fault of the individuals, but having my orthopedic appointment cancelled and then told it will be a month before they can see me - during which time I can't drive - is massively frustrating.
It feels like the objection was that Panorama provided a soundbite summarizing the intent of the speech - Trump & co assumed, probably rightly, that their fans wouldn't make the link when the statements were separated in the original speech.
IMV the BBC made a bad mistake with the spliced speech, but the idea that it distorted an otherwise peaceful bit of oratory is nonsense.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the speech etc = insurrection. SCOTUS didn't dispute those factual findings. www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/fi...
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the speech etc = insurrection. SCOTUS didn't dispute those factual findings. www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/fi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It feels like the objection was that Panorama provided a soundbite summarizing the intent of the speech - Trump & co assumed, probably rightly, that their fans wouldn't make the link when the statements were separated in the original speech.
Paging Buffy or the Winchesters...
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Paging Buffy or the Winchesters...
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Husbands with Grindr profiles?
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Husbands with Grindr profiles?
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All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
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My main life goal from this day forward is to never ever be closer than 1000 miles away from this thing
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
My main life goal from this day forward is to never ever be closer than 1000 miles away from this thing
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WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THIS
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THIS
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i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
This evening I am mainly absorbing 72 pages of boiler manual and many YouTube videos to try and get it central heating working.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This evening I am mainly absorbing 72 pages of boiler manual and many YouTube videos to try and get it central heating working.
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God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.