Scott Hames
@hinesjumpedup.bsky.social
Scottish literature, politics, magazines, research policy and er, youth baseball https://hinesjumpedup.com/projects @studyscotlit.bsky.social
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The Caledonian Trans Reveal
4 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social & online: free
Writer & performer Harry Josephine Giles looks at transgender figures across genres in modern Scottish literature – with @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @domenicodr.bsky.social & Moth McGowan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-caledo...
4 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social & online: free
Writer & performer Harry Josephine Giles looks at transgender figures across genres in modern Scottish literature – with @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @domenicodr.bsky.social & Moth McGowan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-caledo...
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The Caledonian Trans Reveal
4 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social & online: free
Writer & performer Harry Josephine Giles looks at transgender figures across genres in modern Scottish literature – with @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @domenicodr.bsky.social & Moth McGowan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-caledo...
4 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social & online: free
Writer & performer Harry Josephine Giles looks at transgender figures across genres in modern Scottish literature – with @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @domenicodr.bsky.social & Moth McGowan
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-caledo...
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i will never accept this excuse out of a society that demands you take on 5 to 6 figures of debt to commit to a degree for a career at age 18
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
i will never accept this excuse out of a society that demands you take on 5 to 6 figures of debt to commit to a degree for a career at age 18
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Babe Ruth hit 149 home runs after Robert Duvall was born.
February 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Babe Ruth hit 149 home runs after Robert Duvall was born.
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'many argue that the situation is worse in Scotland, with higher education institutions receiving approximately 23 per cent less funding per student than their English counterparts, according to London Economics, and a collective £12.9 million deficit forecast for 2025-26.' 1/2
‘We’re looking at all parts of the system – except tuition fees’
In election year, Scotland’s higher education minister says fees policy non-negotiable, as newly formed review group looks for new models to heal nation’s ailing sector
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
'many argue that the situation is worse in Scotland, with higher education institutions receiving approximately 23 per cent less funding per student than their English counterparts, according to London Economics, and a collective £12.9 million deficit forecast for 2025-26.' 1/2
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45 years since Alasdair Gray’s Lanark (1981). We’re exploring its artwork, all by Gray. The title page remixes key motifs: the Brain Baby, Marion Oag’s portrait, and Applecross landmarks—micro-stories before page one.
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM
45 years since Alasdair Gray’s Lanark (1981). We’re exploring its artwork, all by Gray. The title page remixes key motifs: the Brain Baby, Marion Oag’s portrait, and Applecross landmarks—micro-stories before page one.
copilot, thank you
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
copilot, thank you
blogging - it's back!!
in case anyone else feels like they're teetering on the edge of complete doomerism lately, i wrote an overly personal essay about choosing to be our best selves in spite of the horrors.
The Prepper Mindset. | Notion
Managing anxiety in a world that refuses to end.
nataliealanaashton.notion.site
February 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
blogging - it's back!!
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✨ Tonight on ARTE France: City Country Culture — Invitation au voyage spotlights Glasgow and Alasdair Gray. Filmed June 2025 by Orane Delépine & François Chambe, with @sorchadallas.bsky.social, @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Alan Riach. ✨ watch 👇🏽
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
À Glasgow, les pauvres créatures d’Alasdair Gray - Invitation au voyage - 05/02/2026 - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Au Royaume-Uni, dans le Glasgow victorien du XIXe siècle, une drôle de créature voit le jour : Bella, conçue à partir du corps d’une jeune femme décédée, auquel est implanté le cerveau d’un bébé. Cett...
www.arte.tv
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
✨ Tonight on ARTE France: City Country Culture — Invitation au voyage spotlights Glasgow and Alasdair Gray. Filmed June 2025 by Orane Delépine & François Chambe, with @sorchadallas.bsky.social, @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Alan Riach. ✨ watch 👇🏽
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
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‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 AM
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
please spread the word!
CFP: 2026 Scottish Literature PG Symposium
(Mis)placing Scottish Literature
8 May 2026, University of Glasgow
Details: ucsl-scotland.com/2026-pg-symp...
Deadline 15 March, student travel bursaries available!
(Mis)placing Scottish Literature
8 May 2026, University of Glasgow
Details: ucsl-scotland.com/2026-pg-symp...
Deadline 15 March, student travel bursaries available!
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
please spread the word!
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we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
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Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, edited by Gary Love & Richard Toye, has now been published by CUP in Hardback & Paperback. Delighted to get my copies. Thanks to all the wonderful contributors who have helped us to bring the broader subject to life
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, edited by Gary Love & Richard Toye, has now been published by CUP in Hardback & Paperback. Delighted to get my copies. Thanks to all the wonderful contributors who have helped us to bring the broader subject to life
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
just to record my children's continuing domination of the local Burns recital championship, the dynasty is undefeated
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
just to record my children's continuing domination of the local Burns recital championship, the dynasty is undefeated
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As the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting proved, the mainstream media needs to impose labels on what is often just ideological disarray and political incoherence. All narratives collapse in the face of the streamer.
If You Read This You Are Gay | Will Harrison
Terminally online young men are increasingly inclined to assemble their politics à la carte.
thebaffler.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
As the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting proved, the mainstream media needs to impose labels on what is often just ideological disarray and political incoherence. All narratives collapse in the face of the streamer.
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I mean, it's not too early is it? We can all see the membership line-up, the constitution and the price for inclusion.
posted without comment, but the BBC needs to get a grip
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I mean, it's not too early is it? We can all see the membership line-up, the constitution and the price for inclusion.
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"I spent my morning buying water purification tablets, butane for a camping stove, a first aid kit and other emergency gear in between Slack messages and Zoom calls for my day job, where no one talks about the elephant in the virtual room."
A lovely piece by Nathan Munn from Canada about how it feels right now to live upstairs from the world's shittiest loudest neighbor.
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
"It’s strange to vacillate from damn near cheery to dread so quickly, but it feels like a healthy adaptation to an existential threat."
It really really really could happen
Ah shit they're saying our days as the global hegemon are over. I was really materially benefiting from that. :(
Needless to say people are mad at us. And that's ok we had it coming. Today Nathan Mun...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"I spent my morning buying water purification tablets, butane for a camping stove, a first aid kit and other emergency gear in between Slack messages and Zoom calls for my day job, where no one talks about the elephant in the virtual room."
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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it's genuinely incredible how nobody batted an eye at trump threatening imperialistic wars of expansion against mexico, iran, venezuela, nigeria, and colombia but the one that actually got people to be serious about the warmongering is denmark. parodic, even
January 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
it's genuinely incredible how nobody batted an eye at trump threatening imperialistic wars of expansion against mexico, iran, venezuela, nigeria, and colombia but the one that actually got people to be serious about the warmongering is denmark. parodic, even
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There should be grave national concern about one of Britain’s leading economic sectors and chief export earners shedding tens of thousands of often skilled relatively well paid jobs. Universities are also key to local and regional economies across the country.
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM
There should be grave national concern about one of Britain’s leading economic sectors and chief export earners shedding tens of thousands of often skilled relatively well paid jobs. Universities are also key to local and regional economies across the country.
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Last couple of issues of @thebaffler.com have been superb. I particularly loved this essay by Sophie Pinkham about Ms Rachel, early years education and TV, the joys of (certain) children's books and the genocide in Gaza thebaffler.com/salvos/speak...
Speak and Sell | Sophie Pinkham
The siren song of Ms. Rachel cannot be understood outside of America’s ongoing impoverishment of families.
thebaffler.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Last couple of issues of @thebaffler.com have been superb. I particularly loved this essay by Sophie Pinkham about Ms Rachel, early years education and TV, the joys of (certain) children's books and the genocide in Gaza thebaffler.com/salvos/speak...
when your GP goes completely silent on treatment options while working overtime on every detail of your funeral, down to who will empty the bins
The UK state now obviously accepting, and preparing for, the inevitable university closures. You've just got to hope it's not you or your kids caught up in the mess - which you were never clearly warned about.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Jacqui Smith: government would step in over university liquidation - Research Professional News
Skills minister says government has a “fundamental responsibility to protect students and research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
when your GP goes completely silent on treatment options while working overtime on every detail of your funeral, down to who will empty the bins
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Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize
The Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize is awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. Founded in 2025, the prize is open to book-length wor…
ucsl-scotland.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize.
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...
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Jeez. This is completely insane. How has this been allowed to happen?
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Jeez. This is completely insane. How has this been allowed to happen?
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History is just the world-spirit inventing a class of guy to get mad at
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
History is just the world-spirit inventing a class of guy to get mad at