Human. Nerd. Teacher. All views my own. “We are such stuff/ As dreams are made on”. @gareth101@mastodon.social gareth101 on the ciel blu
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My favourite character is Samwise. The real centre of the films, esp the speech about ‘there’s some good in the world’. Not in the book but it’s the very heart of the story. Perfection!
No fan of Belichick (even though he helped the Giants win two SBs) but he should be a shoo-in for HoF first ballot.
Bold prediction for #TheTraitorsUK … they’re gonna pull a Murder on the Orient Express on us. At elimination time they won’t be allowed to say if they’re traitors or faithful. Why? Because EVERYONE ELSE is a Secret Traitor but they all think they’re the only one. Huge if true.
Hello @VictoriaCoren did you say ‘specialty’ on tonight’s show instead of ‘speciality’?
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When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history. nyer.cm/uICKP9y
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Retweet and like and you could be next. DM me @HistoryWaters this will change your life as a teacher ! Feedback that sticks! Fast marking, do now labels, retrieval labels, praise voice notes to parents, endless uses ! #teacher #teacherlife #education #EdTech #teach
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The federal government doesn’t ‘give’ money to Harvard. The $2.2 billion in frozen payments isn’t for Harvard sophomores’ tuition or library books.
The US government is buying services from Harvard: scientific & medical research & development.
These aren’t ‘woke donations.’
They are contracts. Proposed, reviewed, awarded, with metrics and deadlines and standards of performance.
Harvard is a government contractor in that sense — lab by lab, scientist by scientist — just the way any other company is a contractor.
That’s true of Columbia’s $400 million in ‘frozen’ contracts — and all the rest.
R1 research universities do crucial research the federal government can’t do itself, but that we as a nation have decided we need done.
Mission driven. Pioneering. Essential.
They can’t be done — as Sean Hannity just suggested — at community colleges & vocational schools.
That’s not what the $2.2 billion is being spent on.
…You could Google it. Of course.
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A Plastic Island as Big as Alaska. How does this affect our lives today and how will it impact us in the near future?
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BAGPUSS-
Bagpuss and the Occult. A hitherto unexplored area of Esoteric Studies
Frankie’s logic was awful. For Alexander and Jake to be traitors would have meant 5 traitors out of the last 7 people… do they not do maths? Or was it - shock - just a way to whittle it down to a 50% share?
Films of 2023, a thread to add to:
1. The Wonder (2022, new). 8.5/10. Intriguing, enraging, thought-provoking. Fabulous performances and a great, eerie, score. Not quite a 9 but I can’t put my finger on why, exactly. A good start to the year’s films, though.
Still time for another movie before midnight but, looking at the year, I’m going to call it:
Top film of 2023: Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves