In a really good mood today. No idea why... Must be that new coffee machine. 👀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌

Incredible evening. One for the ages. Alba gu bràth 💙

Jeremy Clarkson has suddenly discovered the inherent issues in capitalism...

Easy one. The most hateful have always been the most entitled.

Brilliant wee tribute night set up for my Da on the 21st of this month, celebrating his contribution to the music scene across the years. I know money is scarce, but if you can spare a few quid, then you can donate to Diabetes UK in his memory here: www.justgiving.com/page/samanth...

Book sale, raffle and refreshments tomorrow at Unity Books, Glasgow. Get yourself along if you're in the city. it will be worth it!

Had a lovely day down London today for the 'All Together Now' Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness (C4) Conference. Great to get going in my new role and to meet the people I'll be working with to create change in the communities across the UK and Ireland over the next 4 years.

Changed days when you're getting pens as gifts, especially from friends you've travelled the world and sessioned with over 20 years... In seriousness, I've been very lucky and recieved lots of gifts and well wishes in my last few days in Glasgow. It really means a lot. ❤️

Yesterday was my final day at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social. Thank you to the librarians, canteen staff, security, and fellow lecturers and researchers for making my time there so enjoyable. Thanks also to the students who kept it entertaining and I can't wait to see what you go on to achieve. ❤️

First time in about two years where my day hasn't consisted of something work-related. Took a trip round Common Ground Southside. Had some Spanish eggs and a cortada. Noticed some interesting flags flying across Shawlands and Battlefield. Easy to forget to live at times; this was a nice wee morning.

Couple leaving gifts today from people I've got to know through the years at GCU. Across the library, the canteen, and the general staff, from cleaners to security, I've met some amazing humans who I've come to call friends. I'll be sad to leave, and this was such a nice touch. One week left. ❤️

You'll struggle to see a better video than this all weekend. 🧵 The Source (1994) Barrowlands, sponsored by @redbull.com. The interviewer is Scots DJ and Presenter Ewan MacLeod, who passed away suddenly in 2020 at just 48 years old (RIP).

Last day for pre-order discount on #Raveheart in @waterstones.bsky.social online⚠️ Dropping 04/2026 👾 @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

Started my book proposal(s) today. 3000 words down, so will hopefully have it finished for tomorrow. 🤞

Just finished this book that I purchased at its launch last week. Criminal Justice in Scotland, written by Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson, and Katrina Morrison of the SCCJR. A brilliant wee textbook that will be of great use for undergraduate students in particular. One for your criminology classes!

The new gaff for the next four years.

Brilliant presentation today in class. Really proud of the students. Looking forward to the rest of them across the next few weeks.

Someone decided to hack my @linkedin.com account. So, if you don't see me on there anymore, then that's why. Hearing this more often now, especially with larger accounts. Not completely bothered, just annoying they've done it now after years of building up contacts.

Thesis in. Viva 16th December. Four years of pure drama - little of which involved the research itself. I just hope I've done my participants, and my class proud. "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die". 🚬 😎

Got the call today to say that I've bagged the Research Fellow role at Queen's University, Belfast. A four-year place-based research and policy project that involves working in and with working-class communities across multiple sites in Ireland, Scotland, and England. Bit of an emotional day.

The UK ERASMUS+ Engagement deadline for your organisation or university is 28 November 2025. Estimated contract start is 1 July 2026. More information from UK GOV here www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/04926...

Fantastic series. Great story, but given that I wasn't too familiar with the Yakuza prior to this, the symbolism and the rituals throughout, however limited they are, gives the show another layer - very well done. After this, I plan to read a lot more about them; really fascinating. Recommend.

To my students from last term, I'll be doing politics and history again this semester. The module handbooks should be available now, so if you want to get a head start, you've got a week before classes begin. Looking forward to seeing you all again. Let's step it up this year.✌️

Aura. Happy Friday.

Do any of my friends or colleagues here have any experience of Leverhume Trust proposals for early career researchers? I have written an in-depth proposal that is linked to my intergenerational psychosocial work, and it would be seeking to provide a material basis for the essay I wrote last year.

Recently @vawright10.bsky.social and I were interviewed for a podcast about the Scottish new towns book which we recently co-wrote (and which is available Open Access for free download via bloomsburycollections, though you can also buy a copy in print if you wish!)

Another young man with his life stolen, a young boy who has ruined his own, and families hurt, broken, sad, and angry. Unfortunately, amid the moral panic around immigration and the deepening crisis of poverty, youth violence has been creeping back on us. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

My latest film review on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/aO9hHJ

Few better places in the entire world than the North of Scotland on a sunny day. A nice wee weekend and a very relaxing journey there and back. Back to it today but good to get away from the madness of the city for some breathing space. Happy Monday, my friends.

We lost my Dad this morning. It feels like all I've had is bad news lately, but this was quite sudden and especially hard to take. I'm really going to miss him. Rest in Peace, Da. 💙💚

Big pot from the Gods for a mighty lasagne I'm putting together. Made extra to give old Jeff the neighbour down the stairs some too. What Sundays are all about. ✌️

My research has been multifaceted, multidisciplinary, and has covered a broad range of different ideas. One such area is language, particularly in the analysis of it in respect of class and respectability (something I wasn't able to address properly in my thesis but will in a different output).

Doing a wee glossary for my thesis, and I can't help but laugh at how silly some of our words sound when taken out of context. "Canny" (cannae/ cannie). "Ye canny dae aht" Can... nae. Like a not joke almost. Also uses more muscles in the face than boring old can't. Funny old thing is language.

I've been contacted by a great wee student who is looking for people to fill out their survey for a study on social media and sectarianism in Scottish football. If you feel you can contribute, please do, and for any questions, contact [email protected] docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wee pint on a Tuesday to wash away the blues. Courtesy of the Quaich. 10/10.

After a wee weekend down South dealing with family issues, while trying to squeeze in a bit of leisure on the side (I haven't had much time for the latter lately due to multiple examples of the former) I have managed to get Covid again.

On this day, 56 years ago, man first walked on the Moon. But way down below them on Planet Earth, the City of Glasgow Police were kept busy with "600 arrests" across the first three days of Fair Weekend.

81 years old today and still acts 19. The life of awld John, and it could have been so different, and probably so much better too if he hadn't given up so much of it to help raise me. Without him and my wee Granny, I dunno where I'd have ended up. So, here's to the big man. 🍺

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New Publication: Open Acces. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Volume 28 Issue 1-2. Contextual explorations of the interconnections of 'class', 'race', and 'place' as they relate to education in Glasgow, Scotland and First Nations Australia. search.informit.org/toc/jaiis/28...

It's believed that 126 Labour MPs have signed a 'reasoned amendment' to block the PM's proposed benefit cuts. Returning from the world stage, which featured discussions around defence spending and the future of NATO, the PM expects a rebellion that will create additional friction in Labour.

@gavinbrewis.bsky.social , got the holiday reading sorted. Great first section by Matt Kerr and Katrina Faccenda.

Really good read. Inspiring work from @crmnlgy.bsky.social, Robbie, and all else involved. That voice from the young people I'm paticular, great stuff!

Another couple of weeks tidying this up, then we should be good to go. Good weather for it at least - much prefer to be writing when it's raining, than writing when it's sunny. You feel less cheated of life.

Spatial inequality is ideological and material. To reference loosely David Harvey, Neoliberal urbanism involves accumulation by disposession; housing and infrastructure become opportunities for capital, rather than the people. Conditions born of contradiction. www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

I've had a couple of messages asking if I'm thinking of turning my thesis into a book. I am - but it needs to be done correctly. I appreciate the messages in this regard, but I think it will require a real discussion and a bit of time to think. For such matters, contact on: [email protected]

Eid Mubarak to each of my friends, colleagues, and comrades across the world who celebrate. May this time bring you and your family peace, happiness, and prosperity. 🤲❤️

Socialist Republican, James Connolly was born on this day in Edinburgh, 1868. A key figure in the Easter Rising, 1916, Connolly's martyrdom shook the nation of Ireland and would result in its resistance, and eventually its freedom. 🧵 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

"Young men who are rejecting... mainstream society" Notice the date? Notice the slant? They're not systemically alienated - they're doing the "rejecting". The individualisation of the problem, just as we see today. Be cautious in your language, as this stuff inspires panic! #NedCulture

All in a day's work (well, couple of days). It looks the part, and I have my notes all good to go, so happy days. Sadly, tomorrow night is not publicly accessible, so I may open up the lecture on another forum for those interested at a later date. Now time for pizza, wine, and the CL Final. 😎🍷