There is lot that is dire with how universities have responded to genAI, but a massive issue is AI guidance that fails to make clear to students that they do not need to use AI. Another is the focus on responsible use without engaging with the irresponsible development and deployment of genAI.

Writing day…do you think I have to include this lot as co authors?😅

This is easily a new favourite. Fantastic from start to finish.It's absolutely beatiful. Ella is one of my favourite characters ever. Nothing beats a wee weegie granny! Also learnt a lot about crofting communities.

Check out my talented pals work!!! They have also kindly included my Pat the Pigeon comics and the Greyhounds Against Gender Critical stickers. All money from the stickers is going to Trans Harm Reduction.

Started listening to this today. There is a wee sweary weegie granny in it. Douglas Stuart is going to have me greeting again 😭

Remember trans folk you don’t have to read the big horrible document you can poocrastinate the long weekend away ✨

My lovely pals at @omipalonepress.bsky.social are letting me pop some stuff on their table at zine fest over the weekend! I should be mulling about on the Saturday so give me a shout if your there 😊

The UK Minister for Equalities has laid the EHRC’s Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations before UK Parliament. You can find it here: www.gov.uk/government/p... We will be taking time to read it thoroughly before we share our thoughts. More details in the thread below:

Dear EHRC, You canny have a “just don’t worry about it mate” approach to the European Convention on Human Rights.

I’ve just been reading through the Code of Practice and it’s a mess not only in terms of its transphobia but also the amount of uncertainty it gives to service providers. Also the EHRC makes some pretty wild claims about what is and is not an Article 8 violation.

Added one of my comic zines to the stuff I’ve written section of my work book shelf. If anyone wants to buy one of my zines they will be on sale at the Glasgow Zine Fair this weekend.

Veteran post-structuralist article: “ we must fight, dethrone and kill god…god being knowledge claims themself”

Just let out an audible “OH!” noise in my office. Bit sad how excited I get about open source stuff 😅

‼️Southside folk: There are cops and immigration enforcement around vicky road doing "a day of partnership work with trading standards and the home office around the area". Apparently they are going shop to shop.

Just finished listening to this. Absolute must read! Never thought I would get into a book featuring so much economics. Will be particularly interesting to my fellow nerds who miss the way the internet used to be while also valuing the accessibility of the current net.

Mainstream media tried to big up Robinson’s rally on Sat. Less than 60,000 fash turned up. Pathetic given how much publicity it got. After months of planning & loads of billionaire money they couldn’t even fill Parliament Sq. A square trans people filled at just 4 days notice last year. Twice.

"To some in this country, I am everything that the hateful despise, and I'm standing here as your MSP with care. They say politics is the art of the possible, a politics of care I would say expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in.”

Oh another supposed ally betting on the leopard not being hungry once their done with us 🙃

The Queer in a Wee Place poster has brightened up my office a bit!

Someone who deserves to big up their work!

Finished up #britsoc26 with mine & @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social talk on how we incorporate our queer approaches in our methods teaching. Now I’ve taken myself to the Gladstone residential library for a wee solo writing retreat weekend. Have two paper deadlines coming up I hope to have a bash at

Needless to say if the UK facilitates the US in committing genocide tonight we need to be subject to the full force of international sanction

it's a tiny thing we can do but it is actually something we can do tell them to tell the UK government to ban US war planes from this country immediately

Almost 8 hours now. That’s a lot of complicity.

Speaking at #britsoc26 this week✨ Thursday: Discussing my chapter on Scotland’s census in @yvettetaylor.bsky.social book Queer in a Wee Place. Friday: @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social & I will present how our queer approaches inform our teaching of social research methods

On my way to Manchester for BSA con & started listening to this. Was lucky enough to be on a panel with @alexhanna.bsky.social years back at the CPDP con. Was excited to see she co authored this!

BSA slides sorted. If your about on the Friday afternoon come listen to @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social & I share how we incorporate queer approaches into our methods teaching and why that matters✨ @britsoci.bsky.social

The Glasgow Lab for Intersex , Non-binary & Trans Studies quilt square for the @transunityquilt.bsky.social is done!!!

The Glasgow Lab for Intersex , Non-binary & Trans Studies quilt square for the @transunityquilt.bsky.social is done!!!

Spent this evening working on my contribution for the @transunityquilt.bsky.social . Largest version of Pat the pigeon yet!

Had a good meeting with some new dissertation students. Feel like I’m getting better at supervision which is nice 😊

The GLINTS patch for the trans unity quilt is coming along nicely. @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social made me laugh when we were trying to pose with it😅

This is so well deserved! @notrightruth.bsky.social is not only an outstanding academic & formidable activist but also extremely generous. She was a very supportive PhD examiner. Since then having her as my colleague & friend has made my time as an early career trans academic much easier.

Wild to have a chapter in a book Jackie Kay liked 🤩 Thank you @yvettetaylor.bsky.social for including me in this fantastic collection! My chapter presents Scotland’s 2022 census as world leading for LGBTQ+ representation while argueing this hasn’t translated to positive outcomes for us.

Not used Grammerly in a while since they started using user content to train their AI. Presenting suggested edits as if they are from specific folk without their consent is wild!

Scots edition of Pat the Pigeon in the Hostile Toon in the latest issue of @greatergovanhill.com !

Honestly it’s dangerous how good the MakerSpace is. I might just live there now 🤩 Was great getting to work on our square for the unity quilt today!

Heart hurts seeing the fire in town. Last thing the city needs. The Glasgow firefighters all deserve a raise. They are out to work far too often.

One of the questions in our @rainbowr.org 📊 workshop, was "could you make the beeswarm chart interactive?" 🐝 The answer is "yes, you can" and here's how: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/interac... #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2 #VisLGBTQ

Gov is a hop skip and a jump from requiring every adult to provide credit card or photo ID info to access the internet…primarily via third party organisations. Nothing could go wrong here 🙃

Inspired by #TidyTuesday & LGBTQ+ History Month myself and @kenglish.bsky.social are challenging people to produce visualisations using UK census data on LGBTQ+ people 📊 Share your #DataViz and code via GitHub or on here using #VisLGBTQ Here's one we made in today's @rainbowr.org workshop 🐝

Inspired by Tidy Tuesday & LGBTQ+ History Month myself and @nrennie.bsky.social are challenging people to produce visualisations using UK census data on LGBTQ+ people. Share your visualisations and code via GitHub or on here using #VisLGBTQ github.com/nrennie/rain...

At 7 myself and @nrennie.bsky.social are running a workshop for visualising the UK’s LGBTQ+ population for the @rainbowr.org conference. The workshop will introduce participants to the LGBTQ+ data produced by the UK 2021/22 censuses and them participants create visualisations with it.

The new Peaches album is getting me through my big horrible spreadsheet tasks this week 🙃✨

Coming up on the 2nd March, this panel, organised through the Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-binary and Trans Studies (GLINTS), with @kenglish.bsky.social, gives aspiring researchers a chance to talk with others and to get support with their projects.

Was great getting to talk about my chapter in Queer in a Wee Place. I discuss how Scotland’s census is arguably world leading in terms of LGBTQ+ data representation but that doesn’t translate to positive outcomes for our community. Thank you to @yvettetaylor.bsky.social for putting this together!

If anything this verdict just increases the absolut mess that is the Supreme Court judgment /EHRC guidance. Thank you to the GLP for continuing to fight this. What I’m most worried about currently is how the confusion may be weaponised to mistreat trans folk further.

Been given the big task of allocating supervisors for Sociology dissertation students. There was some stressful admin to start with but I’m actually really enjoying getting to see all the students research ideas. I’m lucky that most of the assessments I work on are student led research projects.

Alongside @nrennie.bsky.social I’m running a (#TidyTuesday inspired) workshop on "Visualising the UK’s LGBTQ+ population" on February 25th 7pm–9pm UTC as part of the rainbowR conference!

Everytime I have to do something admin based at work my appreciation for my admin colleagues grows. I am not cut out for it and don’t know how they can manage it for multiple courses at once 🤯