Dot Reid
@dotreid.bsky.social
Law lecturer Glasgow uni. Interested in policy & politics of law, obligations, death and inheritance. Politics junkie, love gin, music and great box sets.
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CSLG/CFL Hybrid Seminar: Dot Reid (@dotreid.bsky.social) (@uofglasgow.bsky.social & @robinsoncollege.bsky.social) on 'Inheritance and Complex Families: What Scots Think About Who Should Inherit', 20th October, 1pm BST,
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social & Zoom. Registration: bit.ly/4hf1OBt
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social & Zoom. Registration: bit.ly/4hf1OBt
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
CSLG/CFL Hybrid Seminar: Dot Reid (@dotreid.bsky.social) (@uofglasgow.bsky.social & @robinsoncollege.bsky.social) on 'Inheritance and Complex Families: What Scots Think About Who Should Inherit', 20th October, 1pm BST,
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social & Zoom. Registration: bit.ly/4hf1OBt
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social & Zoom. Registration: bit.ly/4hf1OBt
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Likely not wholly coincidental, but I see Hart have published not one but two books on free speech today (one by my colleague @proftomkins.bsky.social): likely a nice review essay opportunity for someone. (Here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-the-la... and here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/free-spee...)
May 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Likely not wholly coincidental, but I see Hart have published not one but two books on free speech today (one by my colleague @proftomkins.bsky.social): likely a nice review essay opportunity for someone. (Here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-the-la... and here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/free-spee...)
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The reoffending and those with school/care problems are the real shockers to me. Goes to show this is a societal problem that can't be fixed with getting even 'tougher on crime'. I'd dare suggest the focus should be on poverty/inequality and education, but that means Govt deviating from status quo.
These are some pretty sobering stats on Britain's prisons.
(Source - a really great charity, which you should check out, that's hoping to change some of this, plate-by-plate, bowl-by-bowl: @theclinkcharity.bsky.social)
(Source - a really great charity, which you should check out, that's hoping to change some of this, plate-by-plate, bowl-by-bowl: @theclinkcharity.bsky.social)
April 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The reoffending and those with school/care problems are the real shockers to me. Goes to show this is a societal problem that can't be fixed with getting even 'tougher on crime'. I'd dare suggest the focus should be on poverty/inequality and education, but that means Govt deviating from status quo.
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I’m teaching succession, so here’s my annual reminder that IKEA has a chopping board called “legitim”!
LEGITIM chopping board, white, 34x24 cm
LEGITIM chopping board, white, 34x24 cm
www.ikea.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m teaching succession, so here’s my annual reminder that IKEA has a chopping board called “legitim”!
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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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“If he’s not an out and out crackpot, the theory floated by wild conspiracy theorists is that Donald Trump is some kind of Russian asset. I cannot say how absurd this is do not believe a jot or tittle of it. And yet…” My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
Donald Trump is surely not a Russian asset. But how else to explain his behaviour?
It’s difficult to make sense of the turmoil one man has unleashed on the world in five short weeks
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“If he’s not an out and out crackpot, the theory floated by wild conspiracy theorists is that Donald Trump is some kind of Russian asset. I cannot say how absurd this is do not believe a jot or tittle of it. And yet…” My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
The view from Poland - the election of Donald Tusk could turn out to be important to all of us
March 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The view from Poland - the election of Donald Tusk could turn out to be important to all of us
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The University of Glasgow School of Law is recruiting for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
February 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The University of Glasgow School of Law is recruiting for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
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I have a quote in this New York Times article. It's great to see Scottish land reform covered in this publication.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
Who Gets to Own Scotland?
A new land-reform bill aims to unwind a long history of inequality. But centuries of feudalism are difficult to shake.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have a quote in this New York Times article. It's great to see Scottish land reform covered in this publication.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
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“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Danish activists have a petition to buy California from the US for $1 trillion. 200,000 signatures so far.
That big theme park there would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland.
That big theme park there would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland.
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Danish activists have a petition to buy California from the US for $1 trillion. 200,000 signatures so far.
That big theme park there would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland.
That big theme park there would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland.
Astonishing
‘No medical evidence’ to support Lucy Letby’s conviction, expert panel finds
‘No medical evidence’ to support Lucy Letby’s conviction, expert panel finds
Babies the former nurse was convicted of killing were in fact victims of ‘bad medical care’ or died of natural causes, panel says
Babies the former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering were in fact the victims of “bad medical care” or deteriorated…
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Astonishing
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While China is stealing our technology and actively undermining American industry, Trump is cracking down more than twice as hard on maple syrup and avocados from Canada and Mexico.
How does that make sense?
How does that make sense?
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
While China is stealing our technology and actively undermining American industry, Trump is cracking down more than twice as hard on maple syrup and avocados from Canada and Mexico.
How does that make sense?
How does that make sense?
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this interview - Lynn Barber on Marianne Faithfull - is the sort of brilliant, bonkers thing nobody writes anymore. It reads like a meeting of fabulous monsters
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
Marianne Faithfull: 'You know, I'm not everybody's cup of tea!'
Late, rude and unapologetic... and then the interview goes from bad to worse. But after some prompting and wine, Marianne Faithfull talks to Lynn Barber about finding a new lover at last, what she rea...
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
this interview - Lynn Barber on Marianne Faithfull - is the sort of brilliant, bonkers thing nobody writes anymore. It reads like a meeting of fabulous monsters
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
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My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
January 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
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Attorney General had a previous practice at the Bar, represented a client in accordance with the cab-rank rule, and was paid for it
January 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Attorney General had a previous practice at the Bar, represented a client in accordance with the cab-rank rule, and was paid for it
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Metal man with missing body: one of the 2 sculptures at the waterfront in Marseille by French artist Bruno Catalano
January 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Metal man with missing body: one of the 2 sculptures at the waterfront in Marseille by French artist Bruno Catalano
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And so we move into the next phase of reality’s Squid Game: the end of fact-checking. From now on, what happened, what you think happened, and what you wanted to have happened, are all of equal value. Other than people getting killed, what could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And so we move into the next phase of reality’s Squid Game: the end of fact-checking. From now on, what happened, what you think happened, and what you wanted to have happened, are all of equal value. Other than people getting killed, what could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The anxiety secret: how the world’s leading life coach stopped living in fear
The anxiety secret: how the world’s leading life coach stopped living in fear
Famous for her work with Oprah Winfrey, Martha Beck is a bestselling author and self-help superstar. But for 60 years she was anxious and terrified - until she found a simple, uplifting answer
All her life, Martha Beck had been anxious, but a few years…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The anxiety secret: how the world’s leading life coach stopped living in fear
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The population of Plains, Georgia is 573. Jimmy Carter knew his neighbors and they turned out to bid him a final farewell. 🇺🇸
January 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The population of Plains, Georgia is 573. Jimmy Carter knew his neighbors and they turned out to bid him a final farewell. 🇺🇸
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Nature's very own firework show - a beautiful and very active #Aurora for over an hour here in #Shetland this evening.
#auroraborealis #northernlights @stormhour.bsky.social
#auroraborealis #northernlights @stormhour.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Nature's very own firework show - a beautiful and very active #Aurora for over an hour here in #Shetland this evening.
#auroraborealis #northernlights @stormhour.bsky.social
#auroraborealis #northernlights @stormhour.bsky.social
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It’s time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
December 28, 2024 at 7:09 AM
It’s time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
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Gloomy December.
The doldrum days of the dead of winter.
These are the shortest days
and the endless nights.
So wish for the moon
and long for the light…
—Liz Lochhead, “Spoken Song”
published in A HANDSEL (Polygon 2023)
#Christmas #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/a-ha...
The doldrum days of the dead of winter.
These are the shortest days
and the endless nights.
So wish for the moon
and long for the light…
—Liz Lochhead, “Spoken Song”
published in A HANDSEL (Polygon 2023)
#Christmas #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/a-ha...
December 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Gloomy December.
The doldrum days of the dead of winter.
These are the shortest days
and the endless nights.
So wish for the moon
and long for the light…
—Liz Lochhead, “Spoken Song”
published in A HANDSEL (Polygon 2023)
#Christmas #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/a-ha...
The doldrum days of the dead of winter.
These are the shortest days
and the endless nights.
So wish for the moon
and long for the light…
—Liz Lochhead, “Spoken Song”
published in A HANDSEL (Polygon 2023)
#Christmas #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/a-ha...