- RT @jimsciutto: Breaking: Trump admin has identified 471 parents who were removed from the US without their children and “without being giv… 00:25:53, 2019-03-07
- RT @missy_ryan: A step back for transparency and accountability: The White House has revoked part of an Obama-era executive order on civili… 00:33:33, 2019-03-07
- RT @Peston: Attached is the official position of the official Brexit campaign. Vote Leave said UK would not even start the legal process to… 01:05:34, 2019-03-07
- RT @DeoTasDevil: [ Thread ]
To start, I wrote this article to explain what tactics neo-nazis use to recruit people, how those tactics work… 01:11:45, 2019-03-07
- RT @MicroSFF: "Hey, what's the matter?"
"Bleurgh. Work. Life. Politics. Stuff."
"I know, I know. Want my help?"
"You can help?"
"I can give… 01:48:21, 2019-03-07 - RT @letterror: Ouch: “ Have you ever seen the contents of an end-of-term art school skip? Is anything sadder?” — @GreatDismal https://t.co… 01:50:57, 2019-03-07
- RT @matthewamiller: My word, this is so sketchy: “At one point in the discussions, one of the attorneys sent Cohen a phone screenshot to pr… 01:52:52, 2019-03-07
- Thread.
My final GCSE project for DT was a travel board game called "Dodo Demise". It was a small folding board wit… https://t.co/nBaZ6apxjP 01:56:53, 2019-03-07 - My grandfather let me work on it in his shed. The only tools I owned myself at 16 were a plane, a ball-peen hammer,… https://t.co/Mk5nU8tBPx in reply to SciStarborne 01:59:20, 2019-03-07
- I still have it. I almost didn't. I wasn't allowed it back as it was selected to go in the DT display cabinet. I wa… https://t.co/gT8va93tpa in reply to SciStarborne 02:03:12, 2019-03-07
- This did not encourage me to work hard. I put more effort into this than I had before. I had a lot of trouble conce… https://t.co/NzKI0jFcxQ in reply to SciStarborne 02:05:56, 2019-03-07
- It didn't matter though. I went on to do Advanced Engineering GNVQ.. and that toy was still the last time I made an… https://t.co/kbZLcbXwtx in reply to SciStarborne 02:07:24, 2019-03-07
- Those workshops are gone now. I was told they sold the whole building to a housing developer. All the equipment went out for scrap. in reply to SciStarborne 02:08:30, 2019-03-07
- In my research for the feasibility of a makerspace, I phoned up my old school to get an idea what sort of skills a… https://t.co/JzYMefx0s8 in reply to SciStarborne 02:14:21, 2019-03-07
- I was told "If we had a single student of exceptional skill, who wanted to do one specific job, and we trusted them… https://t.co/onq8wZkRhb in reply to SciStarborne 02:14:37, 2019-03-07
- While this seems to be worse in London, it's a trend across the UK. School DT shops are computer labs with attached… https://t.co/X6qh51Gp0s in reply to SciStarborne 02:17:58, 2019-03-07
- If you want to learn a material skill, vocational training is the only way.
And baby-boomers act surprised to lear… https://t.co/dp3uiqq58A in reply to SciStarborne 02:19:55, 2019-03-07
- I don't like the nationalist overtones of getting back to the "good old days" of Britain as an industrial powerhous… https://t.co/Z3U6iX7u2Y in reply to SciStarborne 02:23:02, 2019-03-07
- I do feel though that lack of physical making skills separates people from the world around them. Things you own ar… https://t.co/8ws51f5fhb in reply to SciStarborne 02:24:36, 2019-03-07
- As an aside, a few years ago I first heard young people who weren't just so disconnected that they didn't realise f… https://t.co/bZiO5hLjQk in reply to SciStarborne 02:26:52, 2019-03-07
- But beyond that, having even rudimentary making skills opens an entire world to you. It EMPOWERS you. And it is dif… https://t.co/8JSgDdQK93 in reply to SciStarborne 02:28:44, 2019-03-07
- Also, take a trip to the London Science Museum some time. Have a look at all the old British inventions and read their stories. in reply to SciStarborne 02:33:12, 2019-03-07
- The most common one is "we" invent something, declare that it's the best thing ever, proudly put up our feet, then… https://t.co/SWTtklnltz in reply to SciStarborne 02:35:26, 2019-03-07
- So yeah, there's a summary of my experiences with engineering skills in the UK over my life so far. in reply to SciStarborne 02:36:59, 2019-03-07
- RT @Neeerts: my hot take on LGBT "education" (aka legally being allowed to mention that not everyone is cishet in a school without losing y… 02:52:08, 2019-03-07
- RT @MessickWasHere: @Neeerts As a substitute teacher, I would be allowed to tell kids if I was dating a woman. I am not allowed to tell the… 02:52:11, 2019-03-07
- RT @ElliotElinor: This morning Gavin Williamson stated that the army stands ready to 'fill the gaps' in UK policing.
Now Karen Bradley say… 02:53:41, 2019-03-07
- RT @nicholsonj: The is a great thread and should be required reading for all humans https://t.co/ddBjbzuyMX 03:04:45, 2019-03-07
- RT @NewElectricIRL: Making great progress with the #Tesla powered DeLorean and I hope to have some photos I can share later in the week ?… 03:09:50, 2019-03-07
- RT @ScottMStedman: Breaking: The Trump administration is creating a database and tracking journalists and immigration advocates covering th… 04:12:15, 2019-03-07
- RT @ScottMStedman: Holy shit: "In addition to flagging the individuals for secondary screenings, the Homeland Security source told NBC 7 th… 04:12:54, 2019-03-07
- RT @Jessifer: Turnitin to Be Acquired by Advance Publications for $1.75B.
So, that's what all that student Intellectual property is worth.… 04:14:16, 2019-03-07
- RT @eliehonig: This is a subtle but common tactic of real life mafia: Boss provides legal counsel to “represent” associates (but really to… 04:17:08, 2019-03-07
- RT @brahmsposting: I am absolutely losing my marbles over the fact that this is what NASA engineers think women's bodies look like https://… 04:22:29, 2019-03-07
- The inequality result seems pretty marginal and doesn't mention HOW the inequality is being lessened. Are the poor… https://t.co/A5j0hmu6Hx 14:37:16, 2019-03-07
- RT @thenation: Over a century ago, John Ruskin predicted how ugly and inhuman industrialized capitalism would become. https://t.co/aoyFbM6t… 14:40:46, 2019-03-07
- RT @doctorow: The EU hired @AFP, a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive, to make a (completely batshit) video to sell… 14:44:00, 2019-03-07
- A little stencilling, spray paint, and maybe a cheap belt, and that'll be the final part of an approximation of The… https://t.co/6bmejIpMZb 16:02:44, 2019-03-07
- The 3mm ID tubing is too tight to fit around the 3mm steel cable. Maybe 4mm ID and some PTFE tape? Putting both in… https://t.co/FRX4JdgBe1 22:53:02, 2019-03-07
- RT @PaintedDog: Having a caretaker personality type but forgetting to keep up with your own mental health https://t.co/ha2d8FnMSv 23:00:47, 2019-03-07
- @Garnett0 @dirdwolf My thoughts are with you both :( in reply to Garnett0 23:02:48, 2019-03-07
- RT @HulkSJW: Bill would create a felony for officers who disable body cameras https://t.co/ilemTjZuf9 23:04:25, 2019-03-07
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