This will also be available at the MA bookstand at #MathsConf36#ALevelMaths
Stuck on a train wishing I’d driven to Birmingham after all. Will probably get a home an hour later than if I had driven
#WeeklyWins#ALevelMaths#MathsToday@mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social at the A level Pedagogy Work Group Leads event in Birmingham today. What a lovely group of teachers! Is it imposter syndrome if the people you are giving a session to really do know more than you?
Wow - running the NCETMs Developing A level Pedagogy project workshop today in Birmingham - so many dedicated professionals keen to share their knowledge with other teachers. Thanks to @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social@susanwhitehouse.bsky.social@catrionaagg.bsky.social for the help today.
BBC really are enthralled to the super rich aren’t they? Rather than being shocked by the gross inequity they are more worried about these people ‘leaving’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is some concern tax rises in the Budget could prompt an exit of the super-rich, hurting UK finances.
Our new paper takes you Inside the funhouse mirror factory and explains how social media distorts perceptions of norms 0.1 % of users share 80% of fake news! A tiny proportion of bad actors cause most of the problems and distort the social norms. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Labour gift scandal latest: someone spent their own money buying a nice Christmas present for their partner
'But Musk’s use of X to try to influence the 2024 U.S. election is the most extreme example to date of a person in his position using a major social media platform for a specific political outcome. It is so blatant and outside the norm, it can be considered a class of its own'
Yesterday, Elon Musk joined Donald Trump on stage at a political rally in Butler, PA. He's the world's richest man and owns one of the most important communications forums in America. How might he use it to influence the 2024 election? What if any guardrails exist? Dean Jackson and I explore:
The limits and ability of social media companies to influence the outcome of elections.