How reading changes the way your brain works
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4 reasons why children don't like going to school

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Quizlet
| Digital Flashcards & Revision Cards for Students

Master whatever you’re learning with Quizlet’s interactive flashcards, practice tests and study activities.

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Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
| Teacher AI and Resources

Wayground is an AI-powered interactive learning platform for K-12 and business, making education engaging through gamified quizzes, lessons, presentations, and assessments.

It allows teachers to create custom content or use a vast library, track student progress, and provide differentiated instruction for both live and self-paced learning.

It functions as a comprehensive tool for formative assessment, content delivery, and personalized learning, supporting teachers in improving outcomes with features like AI content generation and detailed data reports.

https://wayground.com/

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Hugh Grant says moving GCSE and A-Level exams online would be a ‘catastrophe’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hugh-grant-says-moving-gcse-and-alevel-exams-online-would-be-a-b2884999.html

They manufactured a history to fool you

WWII lives of the soldiers from all over the world not in the history books or media

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CJS CDKeys
- Cheapest Microsoft keys, Steam Keys, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, EA App Keys, Xbox Live, Nintendo Switch Keys

With download links to software

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Live Fun Learn (link tree)

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What is Boost and how can content creators and channel owners use marketing strategies to increase their customer base?

Boosting a Telegram channel can be achieved through both organic growth strategies and official "Boost" features that unlock premium customization options. A successful approach often involves a combination of these methods.

Organic Growth Strategies
These free methods focus on attracting a genuine and engaged audience.
Content is King: Consistently share high-quality, engaging, and relevant content (articles, videos, polls, infographics). Use a content strategy and post regularly to keep subscribers engaged.
Optimize Your Profile: Use a clear name, a recognizable profile picture, and a compelling description that highlights your channel's value proposition. Include relevant keywords to improve discoverability.
Cross-Promote: Share your channel link on all your other social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, personal website, email newsletters, etc.).
Collaborate with Other Channels: Partner with channels in a similar niche for mutual promotion or joint giveaways. This taps into established audiences and is a highly effective free method.
Engage with Your Audience: Encourage interaction through polls, quizzes, and a linked discussion group. Responding to comments makes your audience feel valued and increases retention.
Use Directory Websites: Submit your channel to Telegram directory websites, where users browse for new channels to follow. Search online for "Telegram directory websites" to find relevant sites.
Participate in Groups: Join relevant Telegram groups and be an active, valuable member (without spamming). Build trust and a reputation before occasionally sharing your channel link.

Telegram's Official "Boost" Features
Telegram introduced a specific "Boost" system that allows users to upgrade a channel by using boosts from their Telegram Premium subscriptions.
How Boosts Work: Each Telegram Premium subscription comes with 4 boosts that the user can assign to a specific channel or group. The more boosts a channel receives, the higher its level becomes.
Benefits of Leveling Up: Reaching higher levels unlocks exclusive features for the channel, such as:
Posting stories as the channel.
Setting custom emoji statuses and reactions.
Changing the channel's appearance (accent color, wallpapers).
Bypassing certain channel restrictions like slow mode.
Disabling official Telegram ads on the channel.
How to Get Boosts:
Share Your Boost Link: Find your unique boost link in your Channel's Profile > Channel Settings > Statistics and Boosts > Boosts, and share it with your Premium subscribers.
Run Giveaways: Channel admins can purchase Telegram Premium subscriptions and host a giveaway. Each subscription given away provides the channel with 4 immediate boosts for the duration of the subscription.
Gift Premium: Admins can gift Premium to contacts, receiving 3 boosts for each gift to assign manually to the channel.

Paid Promotion
You can also invest money to gain subscribers faster.
Telegram Ad Platform: Use the official Telegram Ads platform to place sponsored messages in large, relevant channels. These ads are privacy-conscious and do not rely on personal data.
Third-Party Promotions: Pay other channel admins in your niche to post an advertisement for your channel. Test different channels to see what works best.
Buy Subscribers: While possible through various third-party services, this is generally not recommended, as the quality of these subscribers is often low, and they do not provide engagement, which is crucial for long-term growth.

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What is YouTube Hype?

A YouTube hype video is a new feature letting viewers support emerging creators (500-500k subs) by giving "hype points" to new videos (first 7 days), boosting them on a country leaderboard for discovery, with viewers getting 3 free hypes/week, but it's currently limited to certain countries and eligible creators. It's more powerful than a like, helping small channels get seen, with bonus points given to channels with fewer subscribers.

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Copper, Bronze or Brass; What’s the difference?
– Tap Refurbishment

https://www.taprefurbishment.co.uk/bronze-or-brass-whats-the-difference/

Fact sheet

Copper is a pure metal, while brass (copper + zinc) and bronze (copper + tin) are alloys, differing in composition, color (copper: reddish; brass: yellow-gold; bronze: dull gold/brown), hardness, conductivity, and best uses, with copper excelling in electrical/thermal transfer, brass for general hardware/decor, and bronze for marine/high-wear parts like bearings and sculptures.

Copper (Cu)
Composition: Pure element.
Color: Reddish-brown.
Properties: Excellent electrical/thermal conductivity, highly malleable, corrosion-resistant, develops green patina.
Uses: Wiring, plumbing, roofing, art.

Brass (Copper + Zinc)
Composition: Alloy of copper and zinc (5-40%).
Color: Bright yellow/gold.
Properties: Good strength, machinability, corrosion resistance (better than copper), lower conductivity than copper, good acoustic properties.
Uses: Musical instruments, locks, fixtures, decorative items.

Bronze (Copper + Tin)
Composition: Alloy of copper and tin (can include aluminum/lead).
Color: Dull gold to reddish-brown.
Properties: Hardest and most durable, excellent wear/corrosion resistance (especially saltwater), lower conductivity, harder to machine.
Uses: Bearings, bushings, gears, marine fittings, sculptures, bells.

Quick Comparison
Pure vs. Alloy: Copper is pure; brass & bronze are copper alloys.
Hardness: Bronze > Brass > Copper.
Conductivity: Copper > Brass > Bronze.
Best For: Electricity (Copper), General Hardware (Brass), Marine/Wear (Bronze).

Comparing Learning Theories
– Instructional Coaches Corner

https://www.instructionalcoaches.com/portfolio/comparing-learning-theories/

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Games with the kids: 1 glass, full water with a peeled orange 🍊

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Free ways to learn from home

LibGen Free eBooks Library 2026 | Academic Books & Journals
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The rules-based international order was always a lie that benefited the strongest, according to Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister and former governor of the Bank of England.

Carney said the "old order is not coming back" in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday.

On Novara Live, Aaron Bastani discusses how the US has used its economic stranglehold on the world as a "weapon of mass destruction" and how that weapon - once only wielded against global south countries - is being turned on the West.

https://youtube.com/shorts/i6wqYYx4QtM

This Looks Like Magic... But It's Real Science

#science #scienceexperiments
#scienceforkids #coolscience

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Nearly a third of kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones
https://news.sky.com/story/nearly-a-third-of-kids-cant-use-books-when-starting-school-and-try-to-swipe-them-like-phones-13497398