Gav Maclean
@gavmaclean.bsky.social
Small time sociologist.
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No, it doesn't. We already have celebrity children's literature.
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
No, it doesn't. We already have celebrity children's literature.
Liverpool are some team at the minute.
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Liverpool are some team at the minute.
So much for Ed Miliband "getting it" on climate
North Sea plan permits new drilling on existing fields and no big shifts to clean energy
‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
So much for Ed Miliband "getting it" on climate
I dunno man, since we've had decades of STEM worship at the expense of social science, arts and humanities in public policy we've seen a dramatic upsurge in far right misinformation, climate denial and anti-vax sentiment all while universities go bust and loads of feedback mechanisms.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I dunno man, since we've had decades of STEM worship at the expense of social science, arts and humanities in public policy we've seen a dramatic upsurge in far right misinformation, climate denial and anti-vax sentiment all while universities go bust and loads of feedback mechanisms.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
It's 2050 and carbon emissions have put the planet well above the 2.0 degree celsius target.
The Treasury have confirmed that the fuel duty cut has been extended to 2051.
The Treasury have confirmed that the fuel duty cut has been extended to 2051.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's 2050 and carbon emissions have put the planet well above the 2.0 degree celsius target.
The Treasury have confirmed that the fuel duty cut has been extended to 2051.
The Treasury have confirmed that the fuel duty cut has been extended to 2051.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Welfare policy after 45 years (Grauniad's own wording)
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Welfare policy after 45 years (Grauniad's own wording)
it's OK lads, the isa threshold is still unobtainable to me
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
it's OK lads, the isa threshold is still unobtainable to me
me in my last lecture on the course: 'oh, I'm not going into the god is dead stuff again'
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
me in my last lecture on the course: 'oh, I'm not going into the god is dead stuff again'
New instrumental rationality example just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
New instrumental rationality example just dropped
lol
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
lol
Jonathan Hinder, Labour MP and Oxford University graduate saying "I don’t think we should have anywhere near as many universities and university places" just a few months ago.
![A Labour MP has said he would not be disappointed if a reduction in net migration to the UK meant that some universities went bust, claiming the UK should not have “anywhere near as many universities”.
The comments have been dismissed by higher education experts as “silly” and “very obviously wrong”.
Jonathan Hinder, MP for Pendle and Clitheroe, told an event hosted by the think tank Civic Future on 29 April that “too many working-class people see Labour as the party of immigrants, minorities [and] those on benefits”, and was critical of the number of people from overseas that support the UK higher education system.
“You’ll have people from a very powerful higher education lobby who say, well, we need foreign students to service these universities, which are popping out degrees of dubious quality, of dubious value to the economy,” Hinder said, in comments reported by the LabourList website.
He added that he would be “happy to be bold and say, ‘I don’t think we should have anywhere near as many universities and university places’”, and that if universities argued they would go bust without people from abroad, he would say, ‘OK, I’m not that disappointed’”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pv5rfayylqy5nrugcu75iaqd/bafkreiea56anuzw4f5nyiumsgdepjyzl2xa62iejr7fr2rt3qzjuibqj7y@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Jonathan Hinder, Labour MP and Oxford University graduate saying "I don’t think we should have anywhere near as many universities and university places" just a few months ago.
Watched Film Club because I like soppy TV and I like much of the cast. It did make me think about how the ability to carry out conversations based solely on film references is dying a death. It is definitely a programme pre-2000 DOBs.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Watched Film Club because I like soppy TV and I like much of the cast. It did make me think about how the ability to carry out conversations based solely on film references is dying a death. It is definitely a programme pre-2000 DOBs.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The power of Ian Wright
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The power of Ian Wright
What I love about Man Utd is they've committed to 3 more years of this.
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What I love about Man Utd is they've committed to 3 more years of this.
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Yours for a bit shy of one million of your finest English pounds: one crack den.
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yours for a bit shy of one million of your finest English pounds: one crack den.
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
I seem to have missed what 'Black Friday' refers to now.
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I seem to have missed what 'Black Friday' refers to now.
dear reader, it wasn't Taylorism.
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
dear reader, it wasn't Taylorism.
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Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
lecture recordings show I owe royalties to Stewart Lee.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
lecture recordings show I owe royalties to Stewart Lee.