Ben Newmark

So long and thanks for all the fish. I've pretty much completely moved to BlueSky now. Find me there. Just search my name.

My wife is a trustee of @CarersWorldwide an international charity supporting unpaid carers. It's tough here but where there are minimal resources its often intolerable. We'd love it if you donated at Christmas - the money is needed and will be well spent. carersworldwide.org/festive-appeal…

@mrawolfe @CofE_EduLead Oh wow thank you, Andy.

Ben gave this talk to our @CofE_EduLead Flourishing Trusts Network last week. It’s visionary, pragmatic, challenging and encouraging. If you’re interested in ways we can prioritise the vulnerable and the reasons that we must, then take a read - it was electric in the room. 👇👇

@LeeDon1982 I have exactly those glasses.

New blog post. Christian Inclusion. My talk to the Flourishing Trusts Network on prioritising vulnerable children and how to frame this within a Christian values system. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/chr…

@mrdissent @rEDBerks Thank you! Mainly on bluesky btw now.

New - Who are schools for? Transcript from my talk at @rEDBerks bennewmark.wordpress.com/2023/04/29/who…

It looks as if the clown did finally crash the clown car.

@benjrooney @informed_edu I think it'll be different but the conversation will be there. Less in one place. More spread out. Which might well be better.

Comparing Blue Sky and Threads, the former is rapidly winning for edu and politics chat. For me at least.

@benjrooney @informed_edu But I've been wrong on this before!

@benjrooney @informed_edu My bet is it is going to be Bluesky and it's over for twitter now.

Also on Bluesky now: @bennewmark.bsky.social

@JamesTheo Is it still invite only?

@bennewmark Bluesky is the place to be.

I'm off. Find me on threads. ben.newmark It's the Musk thing. Will check DMs for a bit.

@bernywern Genuine moral question as to whether to keep using twitter now. And especially worrying given how clearly unstable he is.

Hope as part of Labour’s Curriculum review they look to Scotland and learn from the significant mistakes that have been made there and what not to do. Both falling standards and a widening attainment gap for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds is truly depressing.

It's utterly bonkers that Elon Musk has the influence he does, especially given how clearly unstable he is. Continuing to use twitter feels like a genuine moral issue now.

@c_j_read Thank you! Ordered it.

@bennewmark amazon.co.uk/Desi-Pubs-guid…

I'm looking into Desi pubs for something I'm working on. Anyone aware of any books, stuff available on YouTube or elsewhere about them?