Ben Ballin

Educationalist @Big_Brum; Consultant to @The_GA; Writer, @oddizzi and @2041schools; Secretary @wmsussch; Trustee, Switched On-Gambia. Born 317ppm

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

I’m putting another Bwindi coffee and honey order in soon. Let me know if you’re interested (a direct message is best). All proceeds to their amazing locally-led work in Uganda

[Franka De Mille - MUSIC 🇪🇺🎶🎵🇺🇦 @FRANKADEMILLE]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. 💕🙏🏻💫

[Vincent Alexander @NonsenseIsland]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. She was only 56. A great talent. She will be missed.

[neyi kaybettiğini hatırla @neyikaybettik]

Hussam Ebu Safieh, "İsrail'in rehineler için ölüm cezası" ile öldürülecek olan Filistinli doktorlardan biridir (diğer 95 doktor arasında).

Onu öldürmelerine izin verme.
Bunu yeniden yayınlayın.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

"We want to use Henry’s heartbreaking story to make change for the better. We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.”

I am in awe of Henry Nowak's family.
Anyone callously ignoring their wishes deserves nothing but contempt.

[Cllr Gurpreet Singh Johal @GSJohal85]

Today, Thursday 04 June 2026 marks:

3135 days of wrongful imprisonment
3135 days of torture & abuse
3135 days of human rights breach
3135 days of injustice
3135 days of arbitrary detention

700 days of failure by the UK Government

No evidence.
No conviction

#FreeJaggiNow

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

If only someone in the media would expose Farage's incitement yesterday via performative utterance in the same way that Jonathan Miller humiliated Enoch Powell and his grubby little racism.

[National Drama @National_Drama]

#NDMembers Research Champion Bursary
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[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

This month marks Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month.

Despite facing discrimination in many areas of life, our Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities have long contributed to life in our capital and today we celebrate that rich legacy.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

This is all clear, isn't it? Nothing hiding. Nothing to be surprised of when it happens. No conspiracy theory that has invented this.
https://t.co/m7ZrOGoP01

[Geographical Association @The_GA]

Weekend reading recs!

What makes geography inherently "sticky"?

Our latest journal editorial by Dr Paula Owens introduces the concept of Sticky Geography : designing purposeful curriculum plans that ensure core subject knowledge, skills, and stories truly stick with pupils for life.

The upcoming curriculum revisions for England will bring tweaks rather than radical changes, placing a much more visible profile on sustainability and the complex, value-laden topic of climate change.

As you approach your next round of curriculum-making, discover how geography acts as the perfect curriculum glue to mesh disparate ideas into meaningful, enquiry-led learning.

Read the full piece and access supporting classroom resources today: https://t.co/AU2VrvFEVS

[Dr Paula Owens FRGS @Primageographer]

Just been reading this fascinating article - more impacts of #ClimateCrisis #geographyteacher
‘… the rate at which our days are lengthening is now “unprecedented” in 3.6 million years of geological history’.  https://t.co/qqOE96qN1J

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Now that Gaza lies in ruins—shattered, like a beloved face after a long brutality—Israel moves with a terrible confidence to the next act: The act of leaving every soul there not merely wounded, but permanently disabled. Injured, sick, hungry, homeless, without work, without hope. This is not war’s collateral damage. This is design.

As my friend Gideon Levy writes—and he knows, he knows—this is the prelude to expulsion. Think of it: a society without teachers, without doctors, without social workers, without engineers, without clerks. That is not a society. That is a holding pen. A slow erasure. And when nothing functions—no school, no hospital, no office, no heart—then it becomes ‘easy,’ they tell themselves, to scatter the people to the four corners of the earth. Like seeds from a broken pod, except no soil will take them.

We must name this. Not with rage alone, though rage is honest. But with the cold, clear tears of recognition: they are making life impossible so that departure becomes the only ‘choice.’ And the world watches, adjusts its spectacles, and calls for restraint. Restraint! There is no restraint in a slow drowning.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel planted explosives in a school for disabled children at dawn today in South Lebanon and blew it up.

Not a military target.

A school for disabled children — perhaps the only one in the country.

In what universe is this considered “self-defense”?

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

@MichaelRosenYes Congratulations!

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨BREAKING : Southern Gaza is burning right now under intense Israeli bombardment.

[Earth @earthcurated]

Scotland became the first nation in the UK to pass a law requiring “swift bricks” in new buildings where reasonably practical and appropriate.

These small built-in nesting spaces provide safe homes for birds such as swifts, sparrows, and starlings, whose populations have declined as older buildings with natural nesting gaps are replaced by sealed modern construction.

[#FreeJaggiNow @JaggiNow]

Today, Friday 29 May 2026 marks:

3129 days of wrongful imprisonment
3129 days of torture & abuse
3129 days of human rights breach
3129 days of injustice
3129 days of blatant disregard by @AmnestyUK

No evidence.
No conviction.

#FreeJaggiNow

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🎥 Juliet Lamont, an Australian documentary filmmaker and Gaza flotilla activist, speaks to Double Down News about being raped by Israeli soldiers after the aid vessel she was aboard was intercepted earlier this month.

Lamont says soldiers pulled down her trousers and underwear and that an Israeli soldier forcibly penetrated her vagina while she was in detention. She was among more than 450 activists seized when Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla in international waters. Organizers say at least 15 detainees reported sexual assault or rape while in Israeli custody.

Full interview is linked below.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Francesca Albanese: the israelis are killing doctors, nurses, parents, little children: we always knew it was a genocide @DoubleDownNews

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

I, together with ICC judges and Palestinian HR defenders, need your help to counter US admin's abuses.

Please sign and share the petition.

The EU must not ignore its responsibilities toward us!