Gav Maclean
@gavmaclean.bsky.social
Small time sociologist.
He/him
He/him
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We’re just innocent men
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We’re just innocent men
Charli xcx collaborating with John Cale makes me think there's still life in this old pop music game after all.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Charli xcx collaborating with John Cale makes me think there's still life in this old pop music game after all.
A point I'm gonna write about is Michel de Certeau saying that the scriptural economy was the central power of modernity - taking the power to create history away from priests. In giving this power away now, via gAI, platforms and streams, we are basically giving fascists carte blanche.
A lot of people truly don't believe anymore that reading and writing on a mass scale are foundational to democratic society. They think video and streams on corporate platforms can replace that.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A point I'm gonna write about is Michel de Certeau saying that the scriptural economy was the central power of modernity - taking the power to create history away from priests. In giving this power away now, via gAI, platforms and streams, we are basically giving fascists carte blanche.
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Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
This is quite the read on @lrb.co.uk
"Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention"
"Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention"
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is quite the read on @lrb.co.uk
"Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention"
"Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention"
These days, if you wish ill on a foreign army, you get arrested and thrown in jail
Man interviewed under caution over Bob Vylan anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury
Unnamed man in his mid-30s attends voluntary interview after police review legal advice from CPS
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
These days, if you wish ill on a foreign army, you get arrested and thrown in jail
This headline doesn't really do justice to the article: they are cashing out of Nvidia as part of their "all in bet" on OpenAI ($33.2bn)
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This headline doesn't really do justice to the article: they are cashing out of Nvidia as part of their "all in bet" on OpenAI ($33.2bn)
Need more Gramscian input on news media's self-analysis of ideological capture.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Need more Gramscian input on news media's self-analysis of ideological capture.
ideological capture is always other people in our media class
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
ideological capture is always other people in our media class
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Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Cock piss proud boy
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cock piss proud boy
honestly the stupidest people ever
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
honestly the stupidest people ever
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Previous projects have included evaluation of mental health services and interventions, cancer care, maternity care and primary care and drug and alcohol services.
I welcome approaches from research organisations who may need the flexibility of additional specialist support from time to time.
I welcome approaches from research organisations who may need the flexibility of additional specialist support from time to time.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Previous projects have included evaluation of mental health services and interventions, cancer care, maternity care and primary care and drug and alcohol services.
I welcome approaches from research organisations who may need the flexibility of additional specialist support from time to time.
I welcome approaches from research organisations who may need the flexibility of additional specialist support from time to time.
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Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
our branch just smashed turnout on a consultative ballot in TEN DAYS.
NOW FOR THE REAL THING.
NOW FOR THE REAL THING.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
our branch just smashed turnout on a consultative ballot in TEN DAYS.
NOW FOR THE REAL THING.
NOW FOR THE REAL THING.
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the true Butlerian Jihad is forcing people — by violence if necessary — to accept that “perfomative” doesn’t just mean doing something self-consciously
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
the true Butlerian Jihad is forcing people — by violence if necessary — to accept that “perfomative” doesn’t just mean doing something self-consciously
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The booing is great but "I *state your name* do solemnly swear" is fucking hilarious
BREAKING: Trump was just viciously BOOED at the Washington Commanders Detroit Lions game.
I’ve never heard a president booed this loudly in my life. Holy cow!
I’ve never heard a president booed this loudly in my life. Holy cow!
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The booing is great but "I *state your name* do solemnly swear" is fucking hilarious
No one can replace Chris Cornell... But Brandi Carlile did a pretty good job!
Soundgarden Black Hole Sun (with Brandi Carlile) Performance In Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame 2025
YouTube video by CUL VIDEOS
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
No one can replace Chris Cornell... But Brandi Carlile did a pretty good job!
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Love that anything that doesnt call me slurs or advocates for me to be pushed out of society as unwanted scum now counts as unduly biased
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Love that anything that doesnt call me slurs or advocates for me to be pushed out of society as unwanted scum now counts as unduly biased
BBC working hard today to remove "bias" I see
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
BBC working hard today to remove "bias" I see
It's always Robbie Gibb
Who’d have guessed it? The main BBC board member resisting a simple apology and reinforcing the right wing attack on the BBC from within, was a Tory government appointee and founder of GB TV. If you want impartiality, Gibb has to go. Nick Robinson on X:
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's always Robbie Gibb
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
We must recognise that today what we term generative AI is a fascist project aimed at replacing current ways of knowing including higher education.
NEW on Wonkhe: There are legitimate use-cases for AI that deliver efficiency, but for Nick Jennings and Sam Grogan the real prize is active development of AI learning partnership skills buff.ly/UriccMh
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We must recognise that today what we term generative AI is a fascist project aimed at replacing current ways of knowing including higher education.
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Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
Can Highland Perthshire cope with 'unprecedented' tourist demand?
Local businesses rely on visitors coming to Dunkeld, but some residents worry the town can no longer cope.
news.stv.tv
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...