Reposted by Katherine MackinnonEvan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A reading pile for those interested in the history of anti-fascism in Britain 119369
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026! och, it’s freuchie, it’s faifley, it’s wamphray, it’s frandy, it’s sliddery 111
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonGlasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The first instalment of a series of poems in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English by Mayahuel Xuany and translated by Juana Adcock. 132
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This piece provides a really good bit of sociological and historical context on violence and parts of Glasgow city centre recently sensationalised on tv www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...gla.ac.ukWelcome to Glasgow’s four corners: making a ‘problem’ place.Susan Batchelor considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic. 1115
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Glad that @caileangallagher.bsky.social & I wrote this for @scga.scot to identify the ‘double regulatory gap’ that platform workers face-- where neither the work, nor the technologies used to manage their work, are regulated. We offer Scotland some pathways forward: scga.scot/2026/10/01/a...scga.scotAI-Driven Platform Work'Government, at all levels, has a duty to ensure that workers are not exploited, manipulated, or made unsafe by companies deploying AI.' 064
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Learnt of this podcast recently and been enjoying working my way through their archives trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-...trinitysocialjustice.comConjuncture PodcastConjuncture is a monthly web series and podcast curated and co-hosted by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton and produced for the Trinity Social Justice Institute. It features interviews with… 031
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonAustin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com · 02/10/2026Do you care about video games, imperialism, and militarism? Check out our first blog post and upcoming political education training! 03725
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonPast Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026In February 1972, 20 students from Glasgow School of Art greeted Gordon Campbell, the Scottish Secretary of State, as he opened the Charing Cross section of the M8. They waved banners that are as relevant now as they were then as Campbell passed beneath in the Lord Provost's car. 📷 Newqsquest 18529
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonThe Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 29/09/2026"Building Groups on Tricky Ground" can help organisers establish a group among workers in a precarious position (such as dispersed or seasonal migrant workers), as a first step towards building collective power. workersobservatory.org/resources/gu...workersobservatory.orgBuilding Groups on Tricky GroundGuidebook on helping people in precarious circumstances act together, where traditional organising methods fall short. 111
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These are really practical and useful resources, brilliant work! All available as PDFs at the end of the thread ⬇️ 033
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Day 2 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh. The 1,800 jobs UCU estimates will be cut is unprecedented in Scottish higher education. It is happening in the wealthiest Scottish university, and the third richest in the UK, currently sitting with over £3billion reserves. 36662
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Love the poster: "Does Art Flourish Under Oppression? by Malak Naseem, a Maldivian/Sri Lankan artist based in Scotland whose work explores migration, colonisation and politics. The piece wraps her dissertation on artists and oppression around a map of every country colonised by the British Empire." 031
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black history month programme this year is absolutely phenomenal, make sure and have a look! www.blackhistorymonthscotland.org/whats-onblackhistorymonthscotland.orgWhat's On — BLACK HISTORY MONTH SCOTLAND 1912
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh thanks for sharing pals! Folk might want to hold off for a week if they fancy getting one as it's free UK shipping next weekend (2-4 Oct) 121
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonKarie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I can only second this. If you are in Glasgow, visit Category Is. It's much more than a bookshop. It's a community hub, a place of active resistance, and a big fucking hug. 23715
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ah shit Karie sorry i deleted it because I wrote the wrong year!! 110
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Appalling that in 2026 our local queer spaces are getting their windows panned in. However I was so glad to be able to contribute to the massive outpouring of support from the community to help the shop fundraise for shutters. I love Category Is and recommend that you visit if you're in Glasgow 0121
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very damp shift for those of us in the Glasgow walking tour business today! Worth it as the tour raised over £500 for beloved local bookshop Category Is. Also fun to get a shot of the photobooth in Trongate 103 with my co-guide and one of the tour attendees 1160
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonPicture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Demonstration in support of the Plessey Occupation, March 1982. The Plessey Occupation was a landmark, predominantly female factory sit-in at the Plessey Capacitors plant in Bathgate to resist closure and mass redundancies. 2285
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 204190215429
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026'What Gibbs describes as the unmaking of the working class happened as a result of concerted political will. Rebuilding will require similar effort. Books like his are a start.' Thanks to @tajmccoy.bsky.social for incisively reviewing my new book, An Injury to All. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/24/u...hyphenonline.comWe need to rebuild an empowered and inclusive working class - HyphenIt took decades of deliberate strategy to erode our sense of pride and solidarity. We’ll have to work equally hard to get it back 13510
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Really enjoyed hearing @tajali1.bsky.social speak about his new book at the Glasgow launch last night, hosted by Glasgow Trades Council. Important discussions about working-class history, antiracism and community organising. Looking forwards to reading the book! 152
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonGemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So sad to see this happening again. Here is their crowdfunder for shutters and window repairs. Let’s give them some support 🫶 www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...gofundme.comDonate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is BooksFor the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters! 5137122
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonCentre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For postgraduate researchers working on place, memory, heritage, anthropology & difficult histories Methodologies for Place and Memory Loss 📍 University of Stirling 📅 11 November ⏰ Apply now tockify.com/sgsah/detail... @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofgges.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.socialtockify.comMethodologies for Place and Memory Loss: Advanced Postgraduate TrainingThis one-day intensive training offers advanced methodological support for postgraduate researchers (PhD and MA) working at institutions in Scotland at the inte 0106
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Aside from that, as a diehard Glasgow partisan it's always good to be reminded of the mysteries and wonder of Edinburgh 010
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a beautiful essay by Kevin Macneil, grimly relevant in light of cuts to Scottish and Celtic subjects at Edinburgh Uni bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/24/a...bellacaledonia.org.ukA Subject That Taught Me I ExistedAs the University of Edinburgh moves to close a number of degree programmes, including the standalone degree in Scottish Ethnology, Kevin MacNeil reflects on the subject that changed the course of … 120
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Really liked the sound of this and requested it from my local library, just got a message to say they've bought it and it'll be in the system in a few weeks 🙌 incoming West African crime fiction for the readers of Glasgow! 110
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today's charity shop find. Like to imagine it came from a long-disappeared tropical fish shop 050
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381622840
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Read this over the weekend - what a sharp, funny, dark wee book. I've never really read anything like it. Loved it and can't wait to read more of Agnes Owens' work. 050
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Legend, well done you!! T-shirt's class, really like that brick colour. Time for a big cardamom bun now surely ! 010
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonGet Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 20/09/2026Don't miss our special 10th Anniversary Exhibition - on at the New Glasgow Society until Weds 23 Sept, 5pm Come and find out more about the history of our grassroots public transport campaign over the last decade 🚍🚇🚆 🗓️ Open every day until Weds 23 Sept, 12noon-5pm 📍 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL 073
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonThe Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We’re delighted to be working with Byres Road Book Festival to celebrate Agnes Owens’ centenary with a special series of events. 📚✨ Join us 24 & 27 Sept at Òran Mór and Hillhead Library. Free! 1912
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonFrenchbloke @darkoutside.co.uk · 19/09/2026For the Dark Outside radio broadcast in 2017, I asked Keith to curate an hour which was a mix of things Optimo Music related which hadn't been released at that time. I deleted the copy he sent but it turned out he didn't do the same. here it is drive.google.com/file/d/1d-Wq...drive.google.comDARK OUTSIDE 2017 JD TWITCH OPTIMO MUSIC MIX.mp3 0216
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonInterrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026'Zines! Mesh networks! Community archiving! Prison radio! Signal safety! Come to our webinar Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share 📅 October 10 🕰️ 1 to 5 PM ET PM on Zoominterruptingcriminalization.comBuilding Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share — Interrupting CriminalizationJoin Interrupting Criminalization for a half-day interactive online skillshare to learn about to build community controlled communication networks in the context of rising authoritarianism. This event... 06638
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonMarielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 18/09/2026“I ASKED FOR EXPERIENCES AND I GOT THEM” is going to be psychically load-bearing for the rest of my life I fear 33140714
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonDr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Absolutely. If you work in HE these days, a meeting with managers and/or HR should NEVER be considered "informal". Always take union support! 25623
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Useful thread on the cuts at Edinburgh. The tl;dr seems to be that they are (a) less apocalyptic than some commentary suggests; (b) still very bad; (c) even stupider than they look at first sight, since they napalm staff morale and public reputation without actually saving money. 2296
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonLighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We've been waiting to bring you the amazing Emma Warren in conversation with @rosiehampton.bsky.social for Up the Youth Club and it's finally time. The book is a searching look at the rise and fall of the youth club, highlighting the seismic impact they have had on UK culture. 23 Sept at 7pm! 062
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Latest instance will be them going through the whole mad rigmarole again to issue me a contract to pay me for teaching ONE class, say 4 hrs pay which is £60 tops. Genuinely can't imagine how much the whole pointless business has cost them in admin staff time over the years 130
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Since I've been doing my PhD at Glasgow Uni I've had 3 research assistant roles and taught on various undergrad courses, and instead of having one contract that just lasts the whole time (same pay & conditions for all that work), every single time I have to be "onboarded", right to work check etc 130
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Peter Falk in the Wim Wenders film "Wings of Desire" - BOTD 07120
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Stickers, for the low price of 1p (+ postage) radicalglasgowtours.bigcartel.com/product/stic...radicalglasgowtours.bigcartel.comStickersVariety pack of stickers, about 10-15? You'll get a good few of each one. Production of these is funded by the profits from our Strathclyde t-shirts (which you can purchase from radical-glasgow-tours.... 121
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another excellent-looking online event happening today: www.eventbrite.com/e/records-of...eventbrite.comRecords of human experience: The value & vulnerability of refugee archivesExplore both the value and the fragility of refugee and naturalisation collections in this Research Routes event. 020
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonBenjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our first post of the autumn semester on Refugee History is from the UNHCR Records & Archives Section, where they're making the best of a bad situation: refugeehistory.org/blog/2026/9/...refugeehistory.orgUNHCR Archives: A History of Access - is Access Now History? — Refugee History.UNHCR Archives has temporarily closed its reading room to external researchers. Here is what that means for access, research, and the future of digital delivery. 044
Reposted by Katherine MackinnonSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another Wrensday Wednesday shot - this time from the farm near Quorn. Sometimes I like to include a lot of background. In this case, it highlights how tiny the white-winged fairywren truly is. Just a blue pop of colour 🙂 #wrensday 24997118