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Gareth Thomas

@profgaretht.bsky.social

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Emeritus Prof, UEA Law School; Chair, Suffolk Law Centre; Exec Member, Law Centres Network; Founder, UEA Law Clinic. Posts on access to justice, employment & discrimination law, art, music, architecture, gardening, classic cars, Cymru, and NCFC 💛💚

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · Dec 22

Howdy folks - my first post on here, and feeling like the new boy in school - not sure where to go, or what to do!

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 13h

Another extraordinarily stupid & gratuitously nasty policy from Labour, sold under the entirely false pretence that it will promote "integration". Who do they think they're kidding with this nonsense?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 23h

“Britain’s toxic race debates”?

I think you mean “Britain’s toxic racism”

Do better

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

Standing on the window-seat just now to remove a cobweb, and then gingerly attempting to get down again, I’ve suddenly realised that I’m turning into Mrs Doyle

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure you’ve been called worse 🤣

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the shot with the kitty over its shoulder…

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, far, far worse than that 🤣

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

@paulbernal.bsky.social

In the nicest possible way, saw this and thought of you!

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

This

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

“Global community glue”

Love that description! I miss the days when a Saturday morning stroll down Great Darkgate Street could take hours, because you kept bumping into people you knew, and had to stop for a natter, or a quick coffee in the Cabin or the Penguin 🥰

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

Hard agree. The biggest failing of UCU over the last decade has been to pick its battles. Glad I’m retired, and no longer a member.

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

And let’s not forget what we called her…

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

You’re running backwards now?

Impressive!

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 1d

National Trust members, remember to vote to keep out Restore Trust. The quick vote may not be your favourite thing, but it's the best way to stop them and not split the vote.

Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · Sep 3

Remember there's an easy quick vote version to support the National Trust's top choice candidates. If you do wish to select your own candidates, here are the Restore Trust ones to AVOID: Gibbs, Goldman, Jenkins, Kerr, Omrani and Streeter. 2/2

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 1d

To Jabba the Hutt, of course!

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 2d

But… but… but… “Rylan slams misogyny” 🙄

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, but this is little short of sacrilege!

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 2d

Hard agree 👍

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 2d

Underrated tweet

William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 3d

That’s Duke & Duke done for again

ProBon @probon.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile the world has stopped buying American orange juice.
It now trades at 43% of the price it went for when Trump took office.

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michael veale @michae.lv · 3d

Does your university have a contract with Grammarly? Write to the decision-maker asking if they think the university should be paying for a tool that is fast integrating features that can only be used for academic misconduct and cognitive offloading and request they drop the contract.

Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · Aug 18

It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...

For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback.

Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation.
https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 4d

Oof!

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 4d

Buffoon

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 5d

Ooops.

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5d

Big development on our July storyabout a dodgy tax relief claim by Dundee United and tax firm ZLX.

The club made a huge claim for R&D tax relief which said that 24% of the players' time, and 80% of the chef's time, was spent on "research and development".

Not credible.

Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 5d

Erm… no.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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