Interesting. Track seem less random than holes of varying sizes - consistency and predictability (and perhaps, quality of workmanship?)

Teachers and school librarians! Nominations are still open for The Barrington Stoke Reader of the Year Award. Open to UK pupils in Year 7 and 8, the award will recognise young people who have overcome challenge to discover the joy of reading. Learn more: bit.ly/3OAsVNg @sla.org.uk

Were there potholes during the Roman times?

Thank you for the 2k followers. So grateful to have left twitter and found community here! 💛

Please enjoy this photo of Odie enjoying the bounty of spring

look all these articles acting like rent is the future, and most people won't own their homes, etc etc

this is feudalism, plain and simple. They're trying to go back to feudalism

Covers of two books: New You For Ever by Steve Cole features an illustrated girls face split into two by a beam of light with a shadowy figure running towards you, and The God of the Woods by Liz Moore featuring a areal view photo of an orange autumn woodland bordering an ominous darker body of water with a tiny figure standing on the bank.

Picked these two up from my local library #ReadingForPleasure the God of the Woods was enthusiastically recommended to me by the librarian! @lizmoorebooks.bsky.social And the @barringtonstoke.bsky.social was on the 'new additions' shelf so I had to have it! @stevecolewriter.bsky.social

Building anti-ableism through representation in children's material culture. Join us for seminar 2: Books and Reading. 21 April, 1-4:30pm, hybrid event online and at University of Strathclyde, free to attend.

I will be speaking at the anti-ableism in children's books seminar about the project I manage #Sharing #Sensory #Stories - you can join in person or online, so do come along, it will be very interesting!
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-ablei...

Congratulations! I've already heard excellent reviews, so would encourage people to pick this up! #ReadingForPleasure

Today is the debut of my Young Adult novel, A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE!
Thank you to @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for everything, I cannot express how much it means to have this out there in the world!
www.waterstones.com/book/a-milli...

There’s not much better than getting an order of books through the post. Absolute beauties, all of them 🤩

Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfam Charity calls for a levy on the very richest and the closing of tax loopholes in its report on offshore wealth

Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials.

0.1% of households have more wealth than the poorest half of the global population.

Govts funded by the super rich, don't shut down tax havens and the tax abuse industry or levy wealth tax.

HMRC goes easy on wealthy individuals.

Hey @cyaconference.com, I’m not sure if all your posts are scheduled and the account unstaffed, or if you’ve simply not seen people commenting about your use of AI, but I’d love to hear your reasoning behind using it. Here’s your post from today, with another genAI picture: bsky.app/profile/cyac...

"Members are recruiting" with a megaphone at the side and Together logo. Graphic.

Our member @cycjscotland.bsky.social is seeking research participants aged 14-26 with experience of the justice system in Scotland

Find out more info here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

I would love to see a plan like this in #Edinburgh @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

I really like the poster, it's very eye-catching and cheerful!

#EmpathyDayFestival 4 -11 June JUMP into someone else’s story with a FREE week-long Festival offering education settings, bookshops, libraries, community groups and families worldwide fun and inspiring activities to build real life empathy through stories. bit.ly/4cj7jx8 @empathylabuk.bsky.social

Ticking on in the background, the government's consultation on taking rights away from disabled children rolls on.

The system isn't good enough to make this work, and what is being proposed might well make it worse.

It's great @tom-richmond.com is covering this.

2014 statute to Helen Crummy in Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh. Helen was the driving force behind the Craigmillar Festival and was known as the 'heroine of Craigmillar'. Pic: Steven Robb.

I am looking for a learning professionals (teachers, librarians, EY staff etc) practicing #SensoryStories in Scotland / UK to share their insight with others who would like to try it. Please drop me a message and SHARE 🙏🏻 #ASN #Inclusion #Sensory #Teaching #Stories #Accessibility #SEND

So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS.

Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea

Guy Kelly: A Foolish Man For Hire This is the website for Guy Kelly: AuDHD comedian, writer, voice actor, photographer, and general silly sausage for hire

I need work outside of my day job. Do you need a me? I've got a me! I am one!

I can:

•Write jokes!
•Punch up scripts!
•Provide voiceover
•Consult on immersive projects
•Photograph things real well!
•etc!

Please nose through here for examples and more info: www.guykelly.co.uk

Book cover for Wolf Siren by Beth O’Brien.

I’m listening to Wolf Siren my Beth O’Brien as recommended by my colleague @signeru.bsky.social (who is off on tour with Beth this week). Gosh it really is something special. Absolutely deserving of its Carnegies nomination.

I would use the tactic that I employ for most things in life that I find scary - "don't think, just do".. I would probably hug-lift the beastie🪿 and waddle out

Just Edinburgh doing Edinburgh's thing 😉

this may or may not be my downfall, but I am going to say a goose

Oh wow, Louis Theroux is speaking in Edinburgh! [Checks tickets] £55 per person 😦 (That's more than 50% of my weekly food shop) Guess not. #wealthinequality

love seeing influencers boosting UBI

To celebrate the launch of his nail-biting new thriller, #NewYouForEver, bestselling author @stevecolewriter.bsky.social discusses the importance of dystopian fiction for young readers and shares some of his top picks in the genre on our blog: collins.co.uk/blogs/barrin...

The book cover of "Wolf Siren" by Beth O'Brien. The tag line says "inside every good girl is a wolf". Shows dark tree shapes in the background, in the foreground there are three huge black wolves with pointy faces and yellow eyes and in the middle there is a figure of a girl covered in a bright red cloak.

The book cover of "Ella Jones vs the Battle Noise" by Lucy Edwards. The Guardian quote says "a thrilling adventure". The cover is shiny and light blue and white. There is braille writing and a navilens code in the corner. The cover shows the main character, Ella, with red hair and a blue t-shirt; she is holding on to her guide dog's harness and dodging a bright lightning bolt shooting in the background.

This year I have been working with authors who write characters who have visual impairment. Shout out to Beth O'Brien and @lucyedwards.bsky.social I have really enjoyed Wolf Siren and the Ella Jones series! #InclusiveStoriesTour #ReadingForPleasure

A sensitive request: I'm looking to speak *anonymously* to parents or trusted adults who have supported teenage children/relatives through early relationships that showed signs of coercive control or other forms of abuse.

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