American Studies, too…

Totally separate question: what is the name of the post postmodern era?

Same!

Testing mania has trickled down to KS2 as well…we spend so much time at home rehearsing times tables ahead of the Y4 exam instead of exploring any number of topics…

Sign the Petition Urge NICE to Reverse Its Decision on the Life-Saving Drug Vorasidenib

Petition: Urge NICE to Reverse Its Decision on the Life-Saving Drug Vorasidenib
Please read and think about signing
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Quaker Week 2025: Love Your Neighbour - a call for compassion in a divided world As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour.

As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour.

Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Congrats! Go celebrate.

What has happened?!

What book is this?

Congrats, Stuart! Excited to read.

The Wealth of Freedom: Radical Republican Political Economy Abstract. What is an economy for? The republican tradition in political thought offers a compelling way of exploring this question. The economy is for the

What would an anti-oligarchic, republican economy look like? UBI? Wealth tax? Workplace democracy? Strong trade unions? Investment democracy? I explore a radical republican economics in my new book, 'The Wealth of Freedom', which is now out online. academic.oup.com/book/60075

Same…

Love this one.

What do you think Leo might do with the synod and its fruits?

As promised…

A writing prompt to distract you for a few minutes from the sadness of what we see around us:

“Give to each emotion a personality, to each state of mind a soul”
— Pessoa, 1931

We marched with and for families today to protest the cuts to the ASGSF. It was a really well organised and moving event.The support fund is a lifeline for so many and cutting it does not make economic or moral sense. Thank you @asgsfprotest.bsky.social

Prevent broken attachments for children in care Prevent broken attachments for children in care, a FosterWiki Campaign - It takes a village to raise a child.

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FosterWiki’s Noah’s Campaign is about protecting those vital connections.When we break attachments, we break trust. When we protect them, we hold their future in our hands.
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When the right complains about 'over-diagnosis' they really mean people aren't suffering at all & so don't warrent support. For the left that's disengenious, as people's suffering is real, but rather points to psycho-social problems that over-medicalisation mistreats & ignores.

What kind of wheelchair?

I’m kinda curious!

Just spent 30 mins discussing the metaphysics of the Easter Bunny with a 6-yr old refusing to sleep. Wish I’d done my own personal prolegomena to avoid contradictions in my story, all of which were caught out by said 6-yr old.

It was 1:55 when I was a kid. But in recent years, it’s taken me more than 4 hours on more than one occasion.

One of an expat's unofficial functions is to serve as a cultural interpreter and translator between their countries of origin and their countries of adoption.

And I think I'm speaking for all US expats when I say that we are working overtime right now.

!!!

Le pauvre ! He looks in good form, though

Bumble sends healing purrs Oxford-way.

In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.

Can Mexico build a national care system covering care for children, people with disabilities, the elderly—and the caretakers themselves?

This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.

Future of the adoption and special guardianship support fund - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament That this House expresses deep concern over the future of the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF), which is set to expire on 31 March 2025; recognises the vital role the fund plays ...

MPs call on government to confirm future of Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund as lack of clarity over vital funding beyond March causes anxiety for thousands edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social

More Than a Memory: Seeing Children in Care as Individuals, Not Numbers At a recent gathering of foster carers at our local pub, I found myself in a conversation that has lingered in my thoughts ever since. A…

More Than a Memory: Seeing Children in Care as Individuals, Not Numbers
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#Empathy #Individuality #Care #Respect #Dignity