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Eleanor Rees @eleanorrees@mas.to

**Eleanor Rees** @eleanorrees@mas.to · Jul 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023

I wonder if there might be any longterm educational consequences of leaving children repeatedly exposed to a virus which can cause cognitive impairment.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/11/england-sats-results-primary-school-attainment-below-pre-covid-levels

Sats attainment in English primary schools still below pre-Covid levels

Proportion of children meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined matches 2022 figure of 59%

www.theguardian.com

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 11, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023

Confirmed as a lone sighting. :-)

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**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 11, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 11, 2023

Jul 11, 2023

The lesser-spotted batting point has been sighted in #Middlesex. Fans wondering if they come in pairs... #cricket #CountyChampionship

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

Grenadessance: n. Explosion of cultural ideas in c14-17.

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

I mean, Buzzcocks and Magazine? Legend.

A white transit van branded with “DE photo”.

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** · Jul 10, 2023

**Cyanocitta** @Cyanocitta@sfba.social · Jul 10, 2023

Cyanocitta @Cyanocitta@sfba.social

California Towhee using the birdbath this morning.

#Birds #Birding #Towhee

A California Towhee is perched on the side of a blue birdbath with water droplets in the air.

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

Stuck clueing a grid, before *again* realising I've not done any anagrams yet. D'oh.

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 10, 2023

Crossword roundup: the mystery of the googly

Latest Guardian #crossword blog from @alanconnor is up: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2023/jul/10/crossword-roundup-the-mystery-of-the-googly

Words from cricket and politics in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

www.theguardian.com

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

Cleopatra Bags Fish – Ep. 30 - Off-Grid Podcast

The 1 time that #OffGridPod, the not-really-about-#crosswords #podcast, briefly strayed into #cricket territory (twice): https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/03/12/cleopatra-bags-fish-ep-30/

It's highly unlikely that an ancient queen might be found toiling away in Billingsgate, but do you ever wonder if Cleopatra bags fish?

Off-Grid

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** · Jul 9, 2023

**DevWouter** @DevWouter@s.poweredbydev.com · Jul 9, 2023

DevWouter @DevWouter@s.poweredbydev.com

Oh my god, the #Dutch #government has launched a mastodon server! Welcome to the fediverse!

https://social.overheid.nl/@beheerder

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** · Jul 9, 2023

**Eleanor Rees** @eleanorrees@mas.to · Jul 9, 2023

Eleanor Rees @eleanorrees@mas.to

(small grumble about how the #cricket should be on free-to-air TV)

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

https://qoto.org/@TheVoidTLMB/110680506550406886

As I was saying...

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

@skirwingle 1a, 2, 4, 6a, 29 .

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 9, 2023

Roooo...ooops! #cricket #ashes

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

‘Revolutionary’ solar power cell innovations break key energy threshold

#Solar efficiency breakthroughs with perovskite. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/revolutionary-solar-power-cell-innovations-break-key-energy-threshold

Next generation cells surpass limits of today’s cells and will accelerate rollout of cheaper, more efficient solar power

www.theguardian.com

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** · Jul 8, 2023

**Helen Czerski** @helenczerski@fediscience.org · Jul 8, 2023

Helen Czerski @helenczerski@fediscience.org

Just seen in a hotel lift. Possibly the best description of a bar that I’ve seen in a long time. #noise #bar #hotel

Lift menu: Main exit, reception, drinks and din

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

Phew! #ashes #cricket

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

Schoolboy, Where Are You Going? | Moudhy Al-Rashid

Dead languages being kept alive... 4000years ago: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/education/schoolboy-where-are-you-going #ancient #history #sumerian #Mesopotamia #BiteMe #akkadian

Scribal education in the ancient Mesopotamian tablet house.

www.laphamsquarterly.org

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org · Jul 8, 2023

Big Dave's Crossword Blog

I have a #cryptic #clue in the NTSPP #crossword #700, out today: https://bigdave44.com/2023/07/08/ntspp-700/ #crosswords #CrypticCrosswords

NTSPP 700

A Puzzle by Hydra + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

**The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR!** · Jul 8, 2023

**Skirwingle** @skirwingle@mastodon.social · Jul 8, 2023