Laura Smith Benson 🇬🇧🇨🇳🇳🇱🇬🇷🇮🇪🇺🇸🇴🇲

Curriculum & Professional Development Specialist, International Schools Services 🌍 Animal Shelter Volunteer🐾 📖Still Learning (she/her)

[Roo Irvine @RooIrvine]

How it began... and where it ended up! What a perfect day & night with @GREY2KUSA From greyhound welfare, tales & tears, to midnight Jenga, laughter & new friends💞 Funny how you sleep better when you're fighting the good fight🙏Thank you for having me Grey fam! 🐾❤️ #greyglobe

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This is what a true friend is like when you are in need…

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Bye, Felicia.

[iain welch @iaindwelch]

Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
The team are singing (to drown out the fireworks...)
Sleep well and sweet dreams.
I am wishing you the very best for the tail end of your week.
#hoorayfordogs #westie #springer #labrador #beagle #redsquirrel

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

There is much to celebrate this week, but I want to call specific attention to historic gains Democratic women made in representation:

- For the first time in history, over 100 Democratic women will serve in the U.S. House.

- At least 16 Democratic women will serve in the Senate.

- At least 14 Democratic women will serve as governors, a record high.

- A record of 2,600 Democratic women running for seats in state legislatures helped flip 12 majorities and break 11 supermajorities.

- Four states elected their first woman governor: Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, and Tennessee.

- @KeishaBottoms will be the first Black woman to serve as a governor.

- @DebHaalandNM will be the first Native American woman to serve as a governor.

- @GinaHinojosaTX will be the first Latina to serve as governor of Texas.

- @peggyflanagan will be the first Native American woman to serve in the Senate.

I am beyond excited to see these extraordinary people and public servants tackle accountability, affordability, and our other challenges to make life better for everyone in this country.

Congratulations to everyone who ran: win or lose, fighting for what's right is always worth it.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

On Election Day, the American people spoke loud and clear: they are done with the corruption, incompetence, and callousness coming from the White House and the capitulation of Republican leaders. As I traveled the country to campaign for Democrats up and down the ballot, I witnessed the resolve of the people to turn pain into purpose, and anger into action.

I congratulate all the great candidates who ran fantastic races and the thousands of volunteers who made calls, knocked on doors, and ensured Democrats won resoundingly.

Now, the work begins to actually deliver results. The American people have elected Democrats across the country in federal, state, and local races who must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families and hold this administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption.

The people demand nothing less.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Dolores Huerta was a hero of mine.

When she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, people thought Dolores was crazy. “How are you going to organize farm workers,” she remembered being asked. "They are poor, powerless immigrants.” But that’s exactly what she did, helping thousands of migrant laborers working in brutal conditions make their voices heard, and demand something better.

Dolores spent the rest of her life fighting for marginalized communities, even as she herself faced sexism and abuse — including, as she revealed earlier this year, from Cesar Chavez and others within her own movement. She also came up with a pretty good slogan, “Si, se puede” — Yes, we can — that I too often get credit for. But as usual, Dolores got there first.

Michelle and I are thinking of Dolores’s family, the people whose lives she changed, and everyone who drew inspiration from her example.

Photo credit: National Archives, Obama Presidential Library

[iain welch @iaindwelch]

Good night lovely people and lovely dogs.
The team hopes that you've had a lovely day.
Sleep well and sweet dreams.
I hope that you have a splendid day tomorrow.
#hoorayfordogs #springer #westie #beagle #labrador #redsquirrel

[Phil Sledge @PhilSledge]

The weekend continues

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

🔄 Instead of asking special education #teachers to support assignments and #homework, let's give them the latitude to support SKILLS and deep understanding. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #UDL

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

Awwww, that is so nice! God bless you ❤️

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

He may no longer be the president but he is still the baby whisperer! No better spot to meet the next generation than the Obama Presidential Center.

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

📝 "Summative" doesn't imply a single, high-stakes test. Summative is a point in time at which we consider ALL evidence, formal and informal. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

[Rolf the University of Warwick Campus Cat @RolfatWarwick]

Rolf report 21 Oct: Meeting up with more students and staff in the Faculty of Arts Building (they don’t call it FAB for nothing). Nice to meet you! … Note the ‘claw of safety’ embedded in my human’s upper arm. Just in case. Rolf x

[Antiques Road Trip @AntiqueRoadTrip]

🥳 The moment you’ve ALL been waiting for! 🤩 Izzie and Raj are teaming up, but whose side are YOU on? 👀

Team Izzie or Team Raj?

[iain welch @iaindwelch]

Good night lovely people and lovely dogs. The team have been watching bake off...
Sleep well and sweet dreams.
I hope that you have a splendid day tomorrow.
#hoorayfordogs #westie #beagle #springer #labrador #redsquirrel

[Antiques Road Trip @AntiqueRoadTrip]

Tim and Tahmina are ready to hit the road and cruise across the UK in search of antiques! 🔎

[Danny Sebastian @MrSebDaniel]

We’re on today in 10 minutes so please watch and hope you enjoy it.
Let’s go @BBCBargainHunt ing 😎🫵😍

[iain welch @iaindwelch]

Good evening lovely people and lovely dogs. I hope that you've had some fab walks today. Ours were lovely. I'm just adding the boops to tonight's good night picture. The westie has a weather update...
#hoorayfordogs #boops

[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

📚 #Students need to be given a variety of ways to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and skills. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter