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Nollaig McEvilly

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Editor of European Physical Education Review. Lecturer in sociology of sport & exercise. Book & film lover. AI hater. Never knowingly undercaffeinated. She/her.

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11.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11

This is so so upsetting. So Grammerly is violating the memory of bell hooks AND making AI versions of the rest of us before we're even dead. Someone tell me who to sue, not even joking.

11.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1051 πŸ” 314 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 14

It took longer than i thought for the REF to get weaponised this way, but this is horrifying and so blatant

11.03.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

fuck's sake, this is so grotesque and pathetic

10.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Outrageously corrupt, prejudiced "science" from the NHS:

- Enforce one particular treatment pathway for years
- Rig your literature survey to exclude that pathway
- Declare that, amazingly, there is "no evidence" for any treatment pathway
- Ban the treatment
- Shrug as people suffer untreated

10.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

It really is quite grimly hilarious how the drive for "Open Access" in academic publication was almost immediately captured by publishers who declared that, if readers weren't going to pay, then authors and their employers would have to.

And we bought it, schmucks.

10.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

so it's bullshit just like we all said it was.

09.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranians seek asylum in Australia after anthem boycott Five Iranian soccer players are reported to be in police protection in Australia after seeking asylum following the squad's exit from the Asian Cup tournament.

Five Iranian soccer players are reported to be in police protection in Australia after seeking asylum following the squad's exit from the Asian Cup tournament

09.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Let me tell you something. Y’all are asking too many damn questions at every point of sale. I have to leave a comment, make a suggestion, donate to a charity, choose a method of payment three times and then multiple choice of ways to get a receipt.

Take the damn money and leave me alone.

09.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 3941 πŸ” 462 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 134

They are not 'transphobic', we are told. They don't hate trans people.

They simply feel deeply 'concerned' about children being 'trans', & therefore, need to put 'sensible' people in charge of trans children's healthcare, people who, for example, don't believe in the existence of trans children.

09.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Quite an image on the BBC live page (www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...; no photographer credited).

Sounds as if they've saved the station and the hotel, and more importantly, without loss of life.

Citizens; heroes.

09.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.

08.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 703 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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A huge fire is currently blazing in Glasgow city centre

Emergency services have been tackling the blaze on Union Street since around 4pm on Sunday

πŸ“ΈGarry F McHarg / FOCAL Scotland

08.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 22
My Letterboxd review of Where is the Friend’s House? Four stars and a heart, with the comment, β€˜May we all have a friend like Ahmad, and may we all be a friend like Ahmad.’

My Letterboxd review of Where is the Friend’s House? Four stars and a heart, with the comment, β€˜May we all have a friend like Ahmad, and may we all be a friend like Ahmad.’

Watched Where is the Friend’s House (1987) last night. Amazing Iranian film about a young boy desperately trying to find his friend and give him his notebook from school so the teacher doesn’t expel him. So good ❀️ (It’s on Kanopy.)

08.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On International Women’s Day a reminder that my Alice had a mother and a sister and grannies, aunts, girl friends and girl cousins.

They all loved her as a woman.

When the transphobes say they speak for all women and are protecting women and girls, they are wrong.

08.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A magazine titled β€˜Embrace your hobbies with ChatGPT’ on a rack with other magazines

A magazine titled β€˜Embrace your hobbies with ChatGPT’ on a rack with other magazines

oh ffs (magazine rack in M&S) πŸ™„

07.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 4264 πŸ” 1648 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 122
Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

06.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 13552 πŸ” 1975 πŸ’¬ 477 πŸ“Œ 169

In the 1997 dystopian scifi film Gattaca, rapid DNA testing is used to determine social class and job eligibility. In 2026 UK, women wanting to participate in athletics must pay a Β£185 gender tax to take part in a genetic lottery where some will be ineligble due to previously unknown chromosones.

06.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 438 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.

06.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 357 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10

And 165 non-artificial schoolchildren were blown up by all this advanced and precise targeting. Congrats to everyone involved on achieving this brave new world.

05.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 793 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6

Delighted to see this! πŸ‘πŸ˜ƒ

05.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Beyond delighted by these election results. Huge congratulations to @markpendleton.bsky.social and @suzitoole.bsky.social : I cannot imagine a better VP duo. And some incredible UCU members will be joining the NEC in June! #ucu

05.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i don't know how to teach people to be more curious but i think that's what we desperately need

05.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 1436 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a good analogy. Very useful in carefully controlled settings for specific usages, but unfortunately being widely inserted into everything and used without training or PPE and poisoning a lot of things and people and we’re going to pay a tonne of money to remove it safely in the future

05.03.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 702 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay

05.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

this is not an amount of money any individual or household should be able to have and we have to abolish both billionaires as a group and the economic system that makes them possible

04.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 4624 πŸ” 931 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 11
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Disabling AI: power, exclusion, and disability This paper explores how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in education reproduce systemic inequalities by embedding ableist and normative assumptions into their design and use. Drawing on f...

send her this

04.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid 
Proud to meet four heroes in Parliament today.
Sandie Peggie, the Darlington Nurses and Jennifer Melle.
They have shown tremendous courage and bravery in challenging a warped ideology and a culture of virtue signalling that rewards institutional cowardice.
Thankfully, the tide is

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid Proud to meet four heroes in Parliament today. Sandie Peggie, the Darlington Nurses and Jennifer Melle. They have shown tremendous courage and bravery in challenging a warped ideology and a culture of virtue signalling that rewards institutional cowardice. Thankfully, the tide is

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid 
Our Home Affairs Select Committee report on the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban has been published.
An extraordinary and unjustified decision that exposed serious failures within West Midlands
Police.

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid Our Home Affairs Select Committee report on the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban has been published. An extraordinary and unjustified decision that exposed serious failures within West Midlands Police.

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid 
My column in the Herald on Sunday: the Scottish grooming gangs inquiry is welcome.
We must also confront how our third sector has become institutionally corrupted to the point where it sides with SNP ministers instead of standing with women and girls

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid My column in the Herald on Sunday: the Scottish grooming gangs inquiry is welcome. We must also confront how our third sector has become institutionally corrupted to the point where it sides with SNP ministers instead of standing with women and girls

Joani Reid MP
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The SNP are taking the biscuit. They chose to turn Glasgow into sanctuary for asylum seekers through their own virtue-signalling policies, and now they want the Home Office to bail them out.

Joani Reid MP @JoaniReid Follow The SNP are taking the biscuit. They chose to turn Glasgow into sanctuary for asylum seekers through their own virtue-signalling policies, and now they want the Home Office to bail them out.

for anyone wondering why there’s so much unbridled joy on ScotPol Bluesky about the arrest of a Scottish Labour MP’s husband for spying for China, take your pick

04.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 774 πŸ” 294 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 33
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

New in #EPER: β€˜It's already set in my mind’: Investigating the acculturation of secondary school pupils aspiring to teach PE (Sprake et al., 2026) doi.org/10.1177/1356... #OpenAccess

04.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0