keep punching joe posted:

Always struck me as a wrong un that Middleton lass.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

]https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_view_of_spiral_galaxy_IC_342

frytechnician posted:

As someone who has actually drunk Tesco Value Scotch Whisky

happyhippy posted:

https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

This is my current fav I keep checking regularly.
Zoom into how far it will go, and those are individual stars. Absolute amazing.

Just Another Lurker posted:

When you think it's just Pointillism but it's actually a sky FILLED!!! with stars.

smellmycheese posted:

Well , he married Jordan , so he’s used to hanging out with enormous tits etc etc

Guavanaut posted:

Worse than Hitler.

Tesseraction posted:

It's highly unlikely that pursuing a career in painting would have necessarily prevented darker events in European history, but one can't help but wonder how the tides of history could have changed had he just been allowed to keep painting at this level

quote:

Ruth Perry told husband lead Ofsted inspector was a bully, inquest hears
Jonathan Perry says his wife said on first morning of inspection it was going badly and she was traumatised
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The inquest is investigating Perry’s death earlier this year, which occurred shortly after Ofsted’s inspection of Caversham primary school where Perry was headteacher. Ofsted downgraded the school from “outstanding” to “inadequate” over ineffective safeguarding.
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An inadequate grading for safeguarding would mean an overall grade of inadequate, with the school then liable to be converted into an academy with senior staff replaced, including Perry as headteacher.
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Derry agreed that he had not followed up any concerns for Perry’s wellbeing with the school’s governors or in a meeting with a representative of the local authority. But he told the inquest: “I have a very good understanding of mental health.”

In response to questions from Ofsted’s lawyer, Derry said he had previously experienced a “significant psychotic episode” that had kept him off work for a year, adding: “I know what it’s like to be suicidal and have those thoughts.”
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Asked if Perry’s reaction was normal in his experience, Gavin Evans, one of the three inspectors, said: “Many times in inspections, as a school leader and an Ofsted inspector, there are tears, upset, frustration.”

His Divine Shadow posted:

Too loving expensive. I just need sugar, water, turbo yeast and some distillery equipment hidden in the forest for a good time on the cheap.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

... "good understanding of mental health" ....

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Inquest into Ruth Perry's death. She was the head teacher who committed suicide following an Ofsted inspection.
Lead inspector was Alan Derry (in case you read it & the Perry/Derry start to confuse!).

My bolding. Wonder if the Ofsted inspector had a job lined up with a potential academy (pure speculation by moi)?

source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/nov/29/ruth-perry-told-husband-lead-ofsted-inspector-was-bully-inquest

I find this whole thing shocking. I know teachers who have been traumatised by Ofsted inspections and the demands made upon them.
The whole cavalier approach by this Derry guy and his so called "good understanding of mental health" is {fill me in a word, my brain's gone awol}

Why anyone would want to be a teacher in the atmosphere of hatred & contempt that the press in particular encourage their readers to display ("long holidays" anyone? "if you can you do if you can't you teach") & to earn a fraction of what other professionals earn (eg financial adviser / lawyer etc £200 per hour).

(Yes I know we had a long thread regarding schools a week or so back, and I'm not hoping to reignite that!)

happyhippy posted:

https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

This is my current fav I keep checking regularly.
Zoom into how far it will go, and those are individual stars. Absolute amazing.

escapegoat posted:

Fairytale of New York finally making Xmas number one this year.

escapegoat posted:

Fairytale of New York finally making Xmas number one this year.

HopperUK posted:

Great now I'm thinking about the scale of the universe and I have to go to work in a minute

happyhippy posted:

Well if you think about it the other way, there are more atoms in one length step you take to work, then there are stars in my link pic.

keep punching joe posted:

I like Fairytale of New York.

keep punching joe posted:

keep punching joe posted:

Guavanaut posted:

New lyrics are "you're a wee little man, tried to nuke Vietnam, Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last"

Kin posted:

Pretty much to be expected. It's a channel desperate for attention and there's an abundance of d list celebrities equally desperate for attention on any platform.

The extra depressing thing about the whole situation is that these redundant gene blobs are paying eachother silly money just to propel their own vacuous vanity.