David McArdle
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Sports Law, Employment Law, Stirling University Law School, Scotland. Research Fellow, OP Jindal Global University Law School, India. Trustee @ spireitestrust Academic consultant www.23es.com. Insert specious disclaimer here.
Popped into a café earlier. Their Christmas Playlist included Green, Green Grass of Home, which seemed a stretch.
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Popped into a café earlier. Their Christmas Playlist included Green, Green Grass of Home, which seemed a stretch.
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In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
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Oh look, coverage that isn't premised on the briefings folks got from FWS or Peggie's lawyers.
The ruling panel said the trans doctor’s account of the confrontation was “more reliable and cohesive” than nurse Ms Peggie’s.
Beth Upton evidence on Kirkcaldy hospital changing room row ‘more convincing’ than Sandie Peggie account
The ruling panel said the trans doctor’s account of the confrontation was “more reliable and cohesive” than nurse Ms Peggie’s.
dlvr.it
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh look, coverage that isn't premised on the briefings folks got from FWS or Peggie's lawyers.
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“I bring you fun”
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“I bring you fun”
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
A Scots lawyer saying something is 'hugely problematic' would be as condemnatory as they get. It'd be a virtual declaration of war.
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Partial victory for nurse in NHS trans changing room row
A tribunal said NHS Fife harassed Sandie Peggie but dismissed other claims she made against the health board and a transgender doctor.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A Scots lawyer saying something is 'hugely problematic' would be as condemnatory as they get. It'd be a virtual declaration of war.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most of the rest have far more in common with DMU than with Oxbridge and the Russell Group.
Good piece from Katie Normington at De Montfort University reminding us the post 92 universities have done excellent research for a long time and that this ought not be endangered by the White Paper call for specialisation
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
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Labour must not repeat history by sidelining research in post-92 universities
The abolition of the binary divide in HE made visible the wealth of research excellence in what became known as the post-92 part of the sector. Katie Normington worries that forcing specialisation ris...
wonkhe.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Most of the rest have far more in common with DMU than with Oxbridge and the Russell Group.
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🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!)
- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!)
- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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The FAPL is a world away from my interests, but it's horrible to see a famous old club struggle like this. And Wolves are even worse.
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The FAPL is a world away from my interests, but it's horrible to see a famous old club struggle like this. And Wolves are even worse.
So... they should kill people who shop at Walmart on a Sunday because that isn't biblical enough?
Genuinely struggle to acknowledge someone even said this
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
So... they should kill people who shop at Walmart on a Sunday because that isn't biblical enough?
Today's advent calendar window is a camel. And it's about bloody time, a week without a Christmas camel is an outrage.
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today's advent calendar window is a camel. And it's about bloody time, a week without a Christmas camel is an outrage.
You think about all the shit birds and crap flowers various US states have as emblems, and then realise this fella's gone entirely under the radar. Heartbreaking.
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You think about all the shit birds and crap flowers various US states have as emblems, and then realise this fella's gone entirely under the radar. Heartbreaking.
"Benefits include...free lunches when the college kitchens are open."
It's a wholly different world. And good luck to them.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT086/m...
It's a wholly different world. And good luck to them.
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Master’s Research Assistant at University of Oxford
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December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Benefits include...free lunches when the college kitchens are open."
It's a wholly different world. And good luck to them.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT086/m...
It's a wholly different world. And good luck to them.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT086/m...
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
A local stream, for local people.
All the money in the world won't stop him looking like he walked out of Royston Vasey
David Zaslav will make nearly $660 million if Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. closes, according to CNBC.
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
Add that to his $470 million in compensation since 2019, and the king of failing up is about to be a billionaire.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/p... #WarnerBros #Netflix #DavidZaslav
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A local stream, for local people.
And enough gold leaf to embarrass an Uzbek oligarch.
There’s enough Botox here to paralyse a herd of elephants
President Trump with this year’s Kennedy Center honorees which include Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gene Simmons, and Gloria Gaynor.
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And enough gold leaf to embarrass an Uzbek oligarch.
Mine came over from Ireland, started at the bottom and we worked our way down.
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mine came over from Ireland, started at the bottom and we worked our way down.
My wife painted this on a cardboard box from the shops. It's not Salford, though...
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My wife painted this on a cardboard box from the shops. It's not Salford, though...
If you want to introduce your students to celebrity broadcasters, tax and the intricacies of IR35 Gary Lineker is a great place to start.
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Gary Lineker: Can The Rest Is Football Netflix deal succeed?
In a big money move, Lineker will go head-to-head with his old employer with The Rest Is Football.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you want to introduce your students to celebrity broadcasters, tax and the intricacies of IR35 Gary Lineker is a great place to start.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Sport FACT: In cricket, the little green-haired orange man who stands behind the wicket holding the jumpers is called an Umpire-Lumpire.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sport FACT: In cricket, the little green-haired orange man who stands behind the wicket holding the jumpers is called an Umpire-Lumpire.
Pleased to share that I've won the FIFA prize for swimming.
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pleased to share that I've won the FIFA prize for swimming.
Who's the rambling buffoon 'presenting' the Big Reveal about world cup venues? If I wanted to listen to that on a Saturday evening I'd go down the pub
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Who's the rambling buffoon 'presenting' the Big Reveal about world cup venues? If I wanted to listen to that on a Saturday evening I'd go down the pub
The Bradford City fire was almost exactly 40 years after VE day. That means it is now closer in history to the end of world war two than it is to today.
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Bradford City fire was almost exactly 40 years after VE day. That means it is now closer in history to the end of world war two than it is to today.
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
"I'm afraid these don't grow on trees, you've got to pick a pocket or two..."
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"I'm afraid these don't grow on trees, you've got to pick a pocket or two..."