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[Gemma @GemSpecs]

Just completed a YouGov survey and got an incredibly weird mix of 'TV personalities' to rate from 'really don't like' to 'really like'. Obviously, @HelenZaltzman is my favourite here, but who to chose next...?!

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

forced to reevaluate not being bothered by mother's day after getting my thousandth "🚨ARE YOU TRAUMATISED BY OUR MOTHER'S DAY MARKETING EMAILS BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER IS DEAD😪? CLICK HERE➡️ TO UNSUBSCRIBE " email

[Ashley James @ashleyljames]

In the last couple of weeks I've learned from the police / media if I want to avoid going missing or being murdered I need to:

Not be too ambitious or high-achieving.
Not earn more than my partner (too late)
Not go to a park.
Not to drink alcohol.
Not to go through menopause.

[Adrián J Ortega 🗺️🧭 @AdrianJOrtega]

As a content designer

I want to constantly have to explain what the point of a content designer is

So that I can hopefully maybe someday be allowed to design content

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

@The_HBradford You can't say that and then not show us the evidence

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

I miss those heady days of a full three and a half months holiday each year, and only being present 9-3pm on the days I did actually "work". Wonder why I haven't gone back to it after all this time....

[𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕂𝕒𝕪𝔹 🐦: Tommaths in Museums @TeaKayB]

🧵Teaching: A Day in the Life

08:00 - I'm still in bed while the children let themselves into school. They chat politely whilst tidying classrooms.

08:30 - I get up and have breakfast. At school, the kids are in their form rooms unsupervised. One takes the register. ... (1/6)

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

@Clare_OC @candiwrites @bumble @callmesara would this be of any interest, on the off chance?

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

@NooPuddles Happy to chat from the perspective of someone who quit very suddenly at Oct half term without a job to go to by Xmas, then did supply for a bit before completely changing careers and has never regretted any of it. But it has to be right for you, of course 🙂

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

Not your average work trip… (too many photos to share, so just had to pick the best few). Incredible opportunity to see and experience a World Heritage site #athens #parthenon #acropolis #ancientgreece https://t.co/9sa9vqEXzS

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

@iainoneil @CapgeminiUK have a great apprenticeship scheme for a range of qualifications (including fully paid degree apprenticeships)- feel free to inbox for more info if wanted 😊 https://t.co/faiTEeSw0v

[Gemma @GemSpecs]

@victoriasyates @Gwenelope I'm a content designer working in IT (after a Lit/Lang degree and a previous career teaching English!). Feel free to DM if you'd like to know more about it-lots of relevant careers in IT for Eng grads

[The Wonder of Tolkien @TolkienWonder]

The invitation to Christopher Tolkien’s 21st birthday. Love the bottom lines…

[Dr Rachel Roberts @Runrober]

Some findings from my study asking Y11 & Yr12 students why they do/don’t choose English at A Level

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Ministers aren’t expected to be perfect.

But is it really too much to ask that they don’t treat the public like this?

[Jennifer Blair @SqueakinglyJen]

I myself have wondered why refugees didn't stay in European countries and have travelled on. So I asked them.

[Dr Jamie Gallagher @JamieBGall]

I train researchers in policy engagement and very few are aware of quite how many routes to engage there are, so here is a 🧵 of ways to engage with UK Government and Parliament

[Sara Wilcox @S_Wilcox]

We've published a new standard for creating health content in the NHS digital service manual today, developed with @NHSEngland.

https://t.co/GRZoz6pWxg

[Rachel Cunliffe @RMCunliffe]

I've said this before, but. If you genuinely believed abortion is murdering babies, you'd do everything you could to prevent the need for it. Comprehensive sex ed. Widely available free contraception. Criminal penalties for men who remove a condom mid-sex without consent.

[Darliza ✨🇵🇭 @ContentDesignPH]

Books that I recommend for aspiring content designers:

Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug. A UX classic, and content design is very much a UX role. When you're designing with words, you want to use language that is simple, straightforward, and usable. Don't make your users think!