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  • That sounds great. Research is one of the reasons I'm really interested in academia as a career at the moment. I'm currently employed as a researcher and I've basically gotten my PhD funding sorted, so the academy is what I'm aiming for. As I understand it (different sources say different things, its a bit confusing) there's a path to becoming a more research-oriented academic rather than a teaching-oriented one. Did you do anything specific to head in that direction? by dodgerofsoap (Thu 5th Mar 2020 11:26pm)
  • Thank you, I was very lucky. I’ve taken an internship which came with PhD funding attached after the year is up. RA work was also something I was looking at and a few of my pals have went down that route. Thank you very much for such a detailed answer! I’ll try and do as much of that as possible, publishing seems to be especially important - it’s the one thing everybody seems to try to hammer home to you. by dodgerofsoap (Fri 6th Mar 2020 11:20am)
  • Staff that have been asking when they’re allowed to come back to work have received an email saying: “It’s curious that you email me out of the blue. I assume from your silence to date that you aren’t interested in being considered for the re-opening team so I doubt we’ll be seeing you back in the beerhall before August. I also assume that you don’t need your furlough pay badly as otherwise you’d know that WEST is currently paying you, as per government guidelines, the average of the last 12 months pay” They’ve also released a statement saying that they do not need to speak out on BLM because ‘actions speak louder than words’, referring to their hiring of a SINGLE non-white staff member. They have been lying about how much their employees work in order to save money on the furlough scheme. They’ve also lied about not supplying Wetherspoons any longer - pretending it was for political reasons when in reality they’re contract was losing money. by dodgerofsoap (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:02pm)
  • I’m not the employee in question, nor a member of Unite Hospitality. Unions aren’t professional bodies. Public shaming is a legitimate union tactic with a long history by dodgerofsoap (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:37pm)
  • It was between an employee and a manager. All I have are screenshots, sent to me in a group chat, with the names hidden, by a whistleblower. More action will follow by dodgerofsoap (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:44pm)
  • They’re worker’s bodies. I don’t think you know much about what you’re talking about. Unions use these tactics all the time to raise awareness, alongside direct picketing and using the law - which is what Unite Hospitality are doing with this case. If it were me, I’d want them to use any tactic they could. I’d be unconcerned about the sensibilities of wee guys on reddit. by dodgerofsoap (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:50pm)
  • You were the one focusing on it, brother by dodgerofsoap (Fri 19th Jun 2020 4:09pm)
  • I can happily swap it out for a wee Tenants tbh by dodgerofsoap (Sat 20th Jun 2020 2:39am)
  • Been a learning experience for me as well mate! Used to love a pint a St Mungo by dodgerofsoap (Sat 20th Jun 2020 2:37am)
  • Lived up Haghill for a few years. Place gets a bad name, but the only trouble I had was somebody kicking my close door in to ask if I had any milk for their cereal (were carrying a bowl and spoon) at 23:00. Physically chucked him oot as he was trying to get into my actual flat. That and the usual needles left in the close and wains chucking snowballs at the windy. Interesting to see the amount of three-storey tenement blocks in the area that aren’t there anymore. They’re the type that were built between the wars and the numbers and density of them, along with the absence of ‘cottage flats’ (four-in-a-blocks), suggests that this was an area intended for the rehousing of the city’s poorest tenants. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 25th Aug 2020 1:27am)
  • Imagine we lived in a country where refugees were allowed to work, where childcare was provided free, where wages were enough to live on, where benefits for those unable to work could keep you going until you found it and where the basics for a child to live (baby food, nappies &c) were provided to those who couldn't afford them. Imagine how many Mercy Begumas would still be alive and caring for their children. A rotten, rotten country we live in. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 25th Aug 2020 3:38pm)
  • wrote my diss last year to the sound of drills, saws and workies buckling by dodgerofsoap (Wed 16th Sep 2020 12:06pm)
  • He's apparently homeschooling them mate! Canny have them be indoctrinated by the Bilderburgs and Rothschilds at Royston Primary now can we? by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 1:43pm)
  • Cheers bud. I will get in touch with their offices pronto. There really should be a tightening of the law around this sort of thing. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 1:41pm)
  • I knew there was stem cells in them/involved in their production, but you should see the eh "infrographics" that this boy posts. Big syringes full of wee babies. Fever dream material. I have reported them in any case, just to register some sort of awareness. He's not the most stable person these days. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 1:53pm)
  • I'm no sure about locking folk up for being gullible idiots, no matter how dangerous their actions may be, but I agree something needs to be done. Undoing the influence of conspiracy theories on individuals and on society will probably be a massive task that the prison and court system can't take on by itself. A good place to start would be creating a civic and political culture in which people feel directly involved and can trust and massive regulation of press narratives with regard to facts and bias. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 1:57pm)
  • That was my line of thinking. The boy is disturbed and his fiancee is going along with it. An eye being kept on them canny hurt, eh? by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 2:03pm)
  • There were other concerns and I mentioned them in the email. Frankly, I never feel good about being a grass in any case. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 1:59pm)
  • That's horrible. I hope he's doing well! by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 2:29pm)
  • Aye I definitely mentioned the homeschooling to the council. While I don't like to bring a person's educational attainment into judgments about their intelligence, the boy left school without highers and hasn't even bothered to get a trade. I seriously do not know how he'd be able to teach them anything beyond the basics. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 2:53pm)
  • Somebody pointed out that it might be a misread of the use of stem cells in vaccine production. Still, fucking mental. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 2:58pm)
  • Good to hear - I've seen videos of wee babies with whooping cough and it is no good by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 2:57pm)
  • Nah, it's a different guy man. Conspiracy theories have been spreading in Scotland the past five years but, so I'm no surprised that there's cunts with the same views. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 4:03pm)
  • This might sound a bit defeatist or negative, but there is seriously no point in me engaging with him. I've witnessed his arguments with other folk that comment on his posts (ranging from calling him a loony to point out contradictions in his logic to simple fact checking) and he just digs deeper and deeper. Calls folk pedophiles, satanists, sheep etc. I actually feel like it would be actively harmful for me to try to get at him and change his views. He clearly uses them as some sort of fantasy or escape, like outrage porn. Despite the paranoid nature of the stuff he shares, paradoxically I think it provides a psychological comfort to him, gives him a sort of structure he can see the world through and a feeling that he knows more than others and so will be protected if bad things happen to him. Trying to take that away from him just provokes a very hostile reaction. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 4:21pm)
  • The rise in conspiracy theories seems uniform across the West tbh, but strongest in the US. It's very sad to see people buy into them here - its a genuine social problem that I feel will need special policy to tackle and undo. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 4:42pm)
  • His parents don't believe in the existence of multiple diseases, including Covid, they've no taken any precautions or obeyed the rules and will likely put him at risk of infection of other diseases. Also, he would be a danger to other people who aren't vaccinated either through ignorance, being allergic or being too young to receive them. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 5:14pm)
  • He wulny find out but? by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 5:41pm)
  • I've nae reason to delete him. Tbh, looking at what he shares and what he actually believes is quite entertaining, even if it's deranged far-right nonsense by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 6:17pm)
  • I've emailed the social work - they've asked me to phone them tomorrow. I'm not going to delete him. I want to keep an eye on his descent into QAnon lunacy. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 6:20pm)
  • Would they take the child from him, though? As far as I know it would be the first point of contact from them by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 6:28pm)
  • Thanks for the info. The social have asked me to phone them tomorrow and I suppose then I'll find out if there's something to worry about and if they'll follow it up. Just for the record, I've not been downvoting you or anybody in the thread. I have no clue about the responsibilities or oversight that the state has on children - as I said in the OP by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 6:24pm)
  • That puts my mind significantly at ease. Thank you for being clear and concise with me. I don't want to see this child harmed either through placement in the care system (though, surely that would only have happened if significant abuse has been underway?) or through lack of proper medical attention. I will sleep on it, but I am in two minds about phoning the services back at this point. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Sep 2020 6:33pm)
  • Interesting to see the early Gorbals settlement. Considering the amount of buildings laid out in the pattern that seems quite dense, this might have been after the land was fued out for development. I am really unsure of that though, as some villiages could be quite large in the later eighteenth century - especially those surrounding cities. By the 1790s, Laurieston and Hutchesontown had also been fued out and built on. What's interesting is that the three, despite industry having been present in the Gorbals villiage for decades, were originally envisioned as middle-class suburbs for the bourgeois and artisans who were leaving the now crowded Blackfriar's district in the city centre (what is now the 'Merchant City'). Ironically, the Gorbals would come to surpass the Blackfriar's in notoriety as Glasgow's worst 'slum'. Middle class and working class people were mixed in the Gorbals in the early nineteenth century, though physically segregated into 'better' and 'lower' streets or closes. Of course, by the mid-nineteenth century with the availability of middle-class houses in Blythswood and the growing West End, the Gorbals was almost exclusively working class. Like in Blackfriar's before it, the homes left vacant by middle-class people were subdivided and rented out as one or two roomed houses to working-class people with less money and often irregular employment (and a desperate need to find new homes). by dodgerofsoap (Mon 21st Dec 2020 7:47pm)
  • 1-2 Lets were a shower a cunts when I stayed in the East End. On move-in day they happily took ma deposit and rent before informing me that a joiner had the keys. Took ages getting anything fixed and so the flat I was in had no hot water or heating throughout the autumn. Took ages to communicate any problems I had with my landlords as well. Of course, if rent day came and I hadn't paid they'd be on the phone and emailing as quickly as they could, so that just shows you where their priorities lay. On the other hand, my experience with BIG Property at the moment has been much smoother with clearer communication and a lack of dour-faced wanky attitudes. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 2nd Feb 2021 3:50pm)
  • Incredible. Mair likely they never even passed the repair on, just replied saying they did by dodgerofsoap (Wed 3rd Feb 2021 3:31am)
  • Left my comments as I highly support this being built and I think the people behind it are great for doing this on their own. Just a wee thought though, the survey seems aimed at only people who currently engage in sports that the park is aimed at. You might find even broader support if you included options for local, non-action sports supporters. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 4th Mar 2021 3:44pm)
  • Ah no worries mate. I really hope this project goes through, while I'm no longer skateboarding it would be magic to see an alternative public space pop-up in Glasgow as opposed to another set of bland flats , a car-park or a shopping centre by dodgerofsoap (Thu 4th Mar 2021 3:49pm)
  • Maybe no quite as bad. I've no been able to pull 7 dead rats out the bins in my back court, at least by dodgerofsoap (Fri 26th Mar 2021 4:18pm)
  • I can second 1-2 lets as being absolute cunts, do not rent from them if you can help it. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 15th Apr 2021 3:18pm)
  • Glasgow's municipal government has a long history of being shite. I was recently reading Miles Glendinning's book *Tower Block* and in it there's a chapter on Glasgow's high rise point blocks and their development. The sheer arrogance of the architects and planners is astonishing - they had vision, but it was one that served their own egos more than the people here. Now we have municipal government, still arrogant, but with no vision. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 4th May 2021 5:55pm)
  • Absolutely. Spence’s blocks are actually an exception - they contain design flourishes and their use of space was less economical than, say, the sheerpoint blocks in Red Road. I’m of the opinion that high rise building doesn’t automatically generate social problems. We know this because other high rise developments in Europe have been quite sucessful and remain popular. In fact if you read Valerie Wright and Lynn Abram’s recent book on the Glasgow high rises you can see that up to the 80s these homes were well recieved by their occupants, mostly. The problems came when the council and central government divested and cut off support for social housing in the 80s, just kept these places as a means to dump the poor. I called them arrogant because the architects in the Housing Committee in the late 60s and 70s often slagged their counterparts elsewhere for building with beauty in mind and when confronted with the lack of natural light in one of their blocks, laughed and said tbat Glaswegians enjoyed living like that - among other things. They though they were doing the right thing, but in a very condescending and paternalistic way. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 4th May 2021 11:06pm)
  • I should've known better lmao by dodgerofsoap (Wed 5th May 2021 2:20pm)
  • That's right! If you're interested, Valerie Wright and Lynn Abrams have published an oral history of Glasgow high-rise living last year, Mitchellhill makes an appearance there. by dodgerofsoap (Wed 5th May 2021 2:19pm)
  • Neighbourliness, solidarity and kindness overturning an unjust decision. Just incredible. Never forget that it started with the neighbours. This was not a planned protest by an activist group, but a genuinely spontaneous show of community spirit. Just beautiful. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 6:07pm)
  • Me too mate! by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 6:23pm)
  • The UK Government has a policy of “hostile environment” toward undocumented immigrants and as a part of that they’ve begun doing “dawn raids” against people here illegally. Essentially immigration enforcement show up very early in the morning to catch immigrants off guard, round them up and put them in a detention centre. These detention centres are notorious for their high suicide rates due to overcrowding, poor conditions, mental health crises and lack of services. Today, which happens to be the muslim holiday Eid which marks the end of Ramadan, immigration enforcers turned up in Pollokshields and tried to take away two muslim men. Their neighbours noticed and blocked the van in and over the course of the day more neighbours and people from around Glasgow travelled to Pollokshields to join the protest. Edit: I should also add that Glasgow has a hostory of resisting “dawn raids” - the Glasgow Girls famously campaigned against them and they were banned for ages afterwards. Recently theyve begun again. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 10:37pm)
  • I dont know exactly why they were being deported. It was an unjust decision as they could easily remain in their homes while their case is being sorted. The reason they are taken to these centres is simply to make life more difficult fir them because the government believes that will deter more immigrants from coming. They were being taken to a jail, except they have no contact with lawyers and no appeals process besides applying for asylum which can take years to get resolved. Basically they would be trapped there for years when they could easily be living in their homes while waiting to be deported. Thats whats unjust by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 10:49pm)
  • Apologies, I didnt know! by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 11:18pm)
  • I called the decision to take them into custody unjust by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 11:18pm)
  • It’s horrible. Don’t get me wromg, there will be people in there who are being deported for being criminals and committing horrific crimes. People who belong in a cell. The vast majority are just normal people and, as you say, will be jumping through hoops to get themselves learning the native language and sorting out their immigration properly. They do not belong there and they do not need to be there. Its interesting hearing similar things from a German perspective as, with Brexit, people here have an idea that EU countries are somehow more friendly to immigrants. Thats not often the case! by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 11:24pm)
  • Done by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 11:32pm)
  • They weren’t being deported, mate. They were being taken to a detention centre while they reapply for asylum by dodgerofsoap (Thu 13th May 2021 11:36pm)
  • Nice N Sleazy play a lot of punk, hardcore and metal mixed in with other alt stuff. They often host local and niche international bands in their basement, including a lot of heavier shit. So do Broadcast and the Box next door to it. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 1:42am)
  • They slipped through the cracks picking berries instead of hunting by dodgerofsoap (Tue 29th Jun 2021 8:01pm)
  • St Vncent's has a lot of folk music nights. A lot of it is Irish music and there's a good amount of Republican stuff in there as well. by dodgerofsoap (Sun 29th Aug 2021 12:14am)
  • Coke's just been steadily rising here the past ten years. I mind back in 2015, I was in a pub in Hamilton on a weekday night and there were 3 guys in their 50s sniffing in the bathroom. Everybody's at it. I've personally had some bad experiences with gear - I don't take it much anymore. Always thought that ecstasy, 2cb or ket are bigger bangs for your bucks anyway. Gears a fuckin money pit. All the best to your pals - I hope they can kick the stuff soon. by dodgerofsoap (Sat 11th Sep 2021 12:43pm)
  • The whole internet has been treated as serious business since Gamergate and it's been less fun every year by dodgerofsoap (Tue 28th Sep 2021 12:34pm)
  • The mods don't allow memes, jokes etc. It's incredibly pish, but it seems to be par for the course with city subs. I though it was only /r/Glasgow that was full of folk greeting about fireworks and dugshite but everywhere else has their subs locked down like this too. Still, mods here should stop being wee jobbies and let folk shitpost. Regardless of what they think, the Glasgow subreddit isn't some hallowed forum of civic discussion. Let us have a wee laugh ya boring fuds by dodgerofsoap (Tue 28th Sep 2021 12:30pm)
  • Surely that poster has gone? If I remember correctly they were spamming the sub YEARS ago. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 28th Sep 2021 12:54pm)
  • You have to admire that level of internet lunacy honestly by dodgerofsoap (Tue 28th Sep 2021 1:08pm)
  • Naw, its awful. Stay clear of it. Owners a nutter as well by dodgerofsoap (Fri 12th Nov 2021 5:22pm)
  • Had my first GDK this week, its cracking. That Donner Haus is great too by dodgerofsoap (Fri 12th Nov 2021 5:30pm)
  • Aye 😂 or just leaving the single word reply “barred” to negative reviews lmao by dodgerofsoap (Fri 12th Nov 2021 5:49pm)
  • I reckon cause it would be spelt that way if it was an English word. Folk add the extra N cause they're used to English spelling conventions. I also see it written that way on kebab shop menus, but its a bit of a chicken and egg situation of which came first - menu spelling or Scottish mispelling. by dodgerofsoap (Fri 12th Nov 2021 6:47pm)
  • Haghill. If you ask folk that live in Dennistoun you'd think it was hell on earth. It's got social problems, its got poverty and its got deprivation but its no much different from the other inner-city areas yet to be gentrified. by dodgerofsoap (Fri 12th Nov 2021 8:05pm)
  • This isny /r/Scotland by dodgerofsoap (Fri 3rd Dec 2021 12:06pm)
  • Do they sell handcuff keys? by dodgerofsoap (Sat 4th Dec 2021 7:22pm)
  • Can you remember the name or the channel? I'd be interested in watching that. by dodgerofsoap (Tue 7th Dec 2021 6:34pm)
  • Those eyes. Theyve seen horrors beyond imagination. by dodgerofsoap (Wed 5th Jan 2022 7:31pm)
  • Insecure is right. He canny handle a challenge, whether its losing an argument or a game or anything like that. In fact, he was ranting to me about an argument he lost years ago last time I seen him. by dodgerofsoap (Thu 10th Feb 2022 12:22pm)