Reposted by Gav Macleanflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h18 years since the 2008 financial crisis. The “maxed out credit card” line is almost old enough to legally buy a pint in a pub. 819331
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 12hOk, so Adorno would have hated Nolan's The Odyssey for overlapping reasons to Emily Wilson... before we get to the Culture Industry thing. Forgot about this part of DoE. 100
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 12hWhat do people do these days about ideas stolen by peer review? 100
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 21hI hate to say this but Bluesky liberals are trying to define Britishness 000
Reposted by Gav MacleanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23h'Sussex has moved away from Turnitin, UEA has indicated that it will, and in private conversations I’ve had with SU colleagues, other universities are signalling that a Southampton-style exit is on the cards.'wonkhe.comA supplier shouldn’t be able to rewrite who owns students’ essaysSam Dickinson looks at Turnitin’s paused plan to put student essays to work on AI – and finds that neither anonymisation nor university regulations answer the copyright question 14825
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sure he can talk well without a teleprompter but still looking rather 40 year consensus on the policy side of thingstheguardian.comKey disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changesExclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment 010
Reposted by Gav MacleanLis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel? 3015254737
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I do spend much more of my time at work thinking "will I look back on my death bed and think this was a good use of my time on earth" 150
Reposted by Gav MacleanGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/10/2026I will never forget all the cynical gainsaying and disinformation about the strike on Al-Ahli hospital ten days into Israel’s destruction of Gaza. ‘Fog of war’. Almost three years later, fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain even partially functional and there is no fog. Only dust and rubble.theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 6380143
Reposted by Gav MacleanEd Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026bbc.co.ukEmployers should teach primary-age children about work, Milburn saysThe author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers. 2132
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026well, this has certainly made the case for AI now 000
Reposted by Gav MacleanNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way. 623479
Reposted by Gav MacleanJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant? 129572
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've spent billions on AI and all it does is tell me to remove adverbs to improve my writing. 021
Reposted by Gav MacleanDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 29/09/2026Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal. 23742279
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Really at the zenith of culture as "content" rather than a part of the joy of being alive. 030
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Got my annual pension statement and finally at the stage where my own pension would be more valuable than the survivors pension. Get in. 010
Reposted by Gav MacleanAlasdair Stewart @abestew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dire state of news reporting - Anthropic's leaked IPO includes (1) evidence supporting AI hype being an unprofitable speculative bubble (2) corporate fanfic about existential threats from AI with no real evidence. Can probably guess which most news sites went with for their headlines. 011
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is a strange thing to explain to people why I love wrestling. My students absolutely rinsed me the other day when we were doing the Bourdieu/cultural taste theory! There is a lot of awful stuff that makes wrestling important - WWE effectively being an arm of the Trump government for one 181
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It does put the wall-to-wall greatest manager ever coverage over Pep last season into perspective. 100
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm in a minority where I'm totally fine with the value of my house being used to pay for my care. 110
Reposted by Gav Macleanautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ 1233857754
Reposted by Gav MacleanThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tomorrow's front page 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza 10381263
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You'd imagine this farcical level of financial management by leadership in the higher education sector as a whole would receive more scrutiny 000
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026same politics but this one comes in redbbc.co.ukBest thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellorJohn Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs. 000
Reposted by Gav MacleanPriyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not genocide, deffo not. 0128
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Blair family must simply be bannedtheguardian.comTeachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their workExclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system 030
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Had to out myself at work as disabled in order to deal with a change in their hybrid working policy... Ableism just added to the general feeling of precarity around our crumbling sector. 060
Reposted by Gav MacleanWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not wanting to rain on the current Marr love-in parade, but... substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comThe meaning of Johnny MarrAnd of not talking about Morrissey 63914
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Solidarity to all staff striking to defend jobs against these continued acts of vandalism.bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 071
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my favourite wrestlers passed away. I went to sleep after watching his match from 2 nights ago. Ah man. 010
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026youtu.beIreland vs Israel ⚽️: a case study in sportswashingYouTube video by Meditations for the anxious mind 010
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026watched new bake off and nigella is biggest signing of the transfer window and it's not even close 140
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026well this is a screenshot absolutely full of shit 000
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026there's definitely room for an Adorno inspired critique of AI isn't there... Or are people there already 310
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I read this and thought "oh, the sketch artist fell for it" 020
Reposted by Gav MacleanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Stasigotchift.comMark Zuckerberg unveils AI ‘charm’ device that can fit on a keychainSocial media chief says the Muse personal assistant is the ‘centrepiece’ of his AI vision after launch success 1720044
Reposted by Gav MacleanSarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 24/09/20262yrs after I finished my MA History at Goldsmiths, my research rights were bought and I was hired to work as historical consultant on this TV show. It's had BAFTA and International Emmy nominations. I got a book deal, too. Goldsmiths: "No point in MA History, let's fire everyone and delete it." 627391
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Genuinely a head scratcher that a "progressive" party would openly threaten to be a P&O. Glad this disgraceful threat has been removed.bbc.co.ukGlasgow City Council pauses plan to fire and rehire 23,000 staffTalks between the council and three unions will resume early next week to try to reach a new deal on pay, it is understood. 000
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Liverpool fans delighted about potentially being awarded a load of Premier League titles but then realising this retcons Brendan Rogers as the saviour of Anfieldstatic.klipy.comIsiah Whitlock Jr. as Clay Davis: SheeeeeeeitAlt: Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Clay Davis: Sheeeeeeeit 020
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Now English football fans of clubs who have been runners up to financial dopers can experience the joyless arguments for retrospective titles that Celtic fans looking back at the 90s/00s have had for nearly two decades. 100
Reposted by Gav MacleanPolitics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Enzo Fernández in the championship is the good news story that a divided nation can unite around. 1245
Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ughhh Breaking Bad is the best 4/5 TV show of all time. So overrated. 100
Reposted by Gav MacleanDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just so, so, so, so tired of having to spend so much of my time, effort and mental energy on thinking and talking about a theft-based ecocidal socially harmful technology whose core public face (the LLM-slop type) has zero - ZERO - proven use cases in education and academia. 117549