Gav Maclean
@gavmaclean.bsky.social
Small time sociologist.
He/him
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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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.
Really are the most stupid people ever to govern - Truss was an idiot but at least had a semblance of a coherent economic idea. Going round seeing where they can find little bits of cash to avoid pissing the bond market off. That's all they have.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Really are the most stupid people ever to govern - Truss was an idiot but at least had a semblance of a coherent economic idea. Going round seeing where they can find little bits of cash to avoid pissing the bond market off. That's all they have.
final week of teaching this term
a close up of a person 's face with flames coming out of it 's mouth .
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with flames coming out of it 's mouth .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
final week of teaching this term
Eze is some player.
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Eze is some player.
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He joined Labour because his mother survived labour
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
He joined Labour because his mother survived labour
Stop trying to make everything "functional" you fungusy Benthamite.
Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Stop trying to make everything "functional" you fungusy Benthamite.
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I am happy to live in a world where it's someone's job to play the triangle.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I am happy to live in a world where it's someone's job to play the triangle.
We really are fucked aren't we
COP30 live: Fossil fuels absent from new draft deal as 2025 summit nears end
A conclusion is set to be made in Belém, Brazil, at the end of days of negotiations between delegations from nearly 200 countries.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We really are fucked aren't we
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
Competition and Markets Authority? Who gives a smeg.
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph on.ft.com/3JSdIFj
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Competition and Markets Authority? Who gives a smeg.
Oh no, MTG is gonna get people talking about horseshoe theories again isn't it
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Oh no, MTG is gonna get people talking about horseshoe theories again isn't it
Ok, I woke up and the Mamdani Trump thing wasn't a fever dream.
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ok, I woke up and the Mamdani Trump thing wasn't a fever dream.