Lord Nelson was 5ft 6in. His statue is 17ft 4in.
That’s Horatio of 3:1.
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Lord Nelson was 5ft 6in. His statue is 17ft 4in.
That’s Horatio of 3:1.
I will walk like an Egyptian
I wondered where I put my paperweight.
One kid went as Nicky Winmar and I think you can imagine what that entailed
Somewhere I’ve got a photo of our kids dressed up as Ninjago characters (with the premise that the Lego instruction manuals were books)
I think it’s more that it doesn’t support literacy for kids, so they miss out on what books offer (during one of the rare times when reading’s celebrated publicly & nationally)
But as I said, I’m not really pro or anti. Our kids did dress up and it was fun 🤷♂️
Yeah mostly movies/TV/sports costumes.
And again, I honestly don’t much care either way — but this doesn’t do much for reading rates (which is what it’s supposed to do)
I reckon one reason why authors are annoyed (if they are) is that the literary industry is *fucked* and getting more fucked daily, and there’s a lot of hype about these events but basically they do nothing for literacy
fwiw I don’t have strong feelings either way, but I think that’s the logic
Ben, this is really interesting! I especially like the emphasis on teaching rather than policing.
It’s also a great example of Bourdieu’s principle that we can best fight the intrusions of capital by upholding our fields’ autonomy, ie by being the *particular* professionals that we are.
Teachers are hiding invisible prompts in assessments to catch students using AI. I'm trying something different - acting like a teacher, not a cop.
No idea if it'll work but worth sharing though - I find so much of teaching is tweaking, tinkering and experimenting at quite a tactical level.
Dressing up for world book day is bullshit, even leaving the parental finance stuff aside. It's one of very few 'event' days in school calenders set aside for a solo, quiet, activity – and then it's turned into dress-up. Spectacularly misses the point. Schools should drop it from a great height.
“LIEV HIM ALONE”
Two positions!? In this economy!?
(Literally, for once.)
THE SHINING is a horror movie because it depicts a writer having to get a part-time job.
Good point! It’s like suggesting folks should check out this indie studio called Disney
lmao
Sorry, yeah, you've got to hand in your parent card. You'll get it re-issued if they stay away from becoming estate agents.
Yeah, I don't know why it exists. It's a correction to a nonexistent error. And the correction's wrong.
Just weird stuff.
Next: Le Guin with a googly
yeah it's an understandable staple of fiction, but I couldn't leave it behind fast enough!
She's the film editor!
"The characterisation in Potter! The world-building! The ethical complexity!"
Potter's middling at best. And it was middling *nearly thirty years ago*.
Also, Rowling sucks.
1. They’re not.
2. Hyping up the Potter books is bad for your moral and aesthetic credibility.
It’s almost like these two practices are mutually *encouraging* rather than mutually exclusive.
Dudes want to gratify themselves with transgender folks, but don’t want these folks to be free or equal.
Huge shock. Never happened before.
1997 was the future
the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics
this is what it feels like to post on bluesky
"..vaccines still provide excellent protection from severe illness and death even when the virus is not controlled by humoral immunity, likely due to cellular immunity that limits virus, independently of antibody neutralization"
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It's apparently World Book Day, so here are the books I've written/edited, any attention given to them is always appreciated. Thank you🤍
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR; 90s/00s mythic realist coming of age about a Calcuttan family who may be refugees from another reality. BFA winner, Locus nominee.
Kill the fan inside you. Corporate platforms aren’t worth defending