Hamish Kallin
@hamishkallin.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh. Interested in cities, housing, capitalism. Sometime artist and drummer.
I watch some football highlights on Youtube, and it recommends I watch these next (on a browser with no cookies or account).
If the internet is now our public space, how do we fight the far right without fighting this algorithmic shepherding?
This feels so urgent and impossible.
If the internet is now our public space, how do we fight the far right without fighting this algorithmic shepherding?
This feels so urgent and impossible.
August 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I watch some football highlights on Youtube, and it recommends I watch these next (on a browser with no cookies or account).
If the internet is now our public space, how do we fight the far right without fighting this algorithmic shepherding?
This feels so urgent and impossible.
If the internet is now our public space, how do we fight the far right without fighting this algorithmic shepherding?
This feels so urgent and impossible.
Additional word on my door as of this morning. I think I'm officially old now.
August 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Additional word on my door as of this morning. I think I'm officially old now.
I realise this isn't the most pressing issue in the world right now, but I find the signage for tickets at Edinburgh Tram stops really irritating.
July 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I realise this isn't the most pressing issue in the world right now, but I find the signage for tickets at Edinburgh Tram stops really irritating.
Hosting @city.bsky.social and @eilidh.bsky.social on 19th May to celebrate the launch of ABOLISH RENT, a bold wee book about radical solutions to the housing crisis. It's a free event, do join us if you're interested.
May 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Hosting @city.bsky.social and @eilidh.bsky.social on 19th May to celebrate the launch of ABOLISH RENT, a bold wee book about radical solutions to the housing crisis. It's a free event, do join us if you're interested.
Funded PhD Scholarship opportunity! Come work with me and Claire Haggett in partnership with @living-rent.bsky.social on a project looking at retrofitting, housing, and tenure in Edinburgh. Please share with anyone you think might be interested, and get in touch with us if you have any questions.
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Funded PhD Scholarship opportunity! Come work with me and Claire Haggett in partnership with @living-rent.bsky.social on a project looking at retrofitting, housing, and tenure in Edinburgh. Please share with anyone you think might be interested, and get in touch with us if you have any questions.
Just a reminder that roughly 5.5% of Edinburgh is golf courses.
January 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just a reminder that roughly 5.5% of Edinburgh is golf courses.
A shameless plug: nice to see this in paperback at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social (such a wonderful shop). It's a fascinating collection of essays by anarchists in the circle of militant intellectuals gathered around Volontà. Was an honour to co-edit with @gioli.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 2:46 PM
A shameless plug: nice to see this in paperback at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social (such a wonderful shop). It's a fascinating collection of essays by anarchists in the circle of militant intellectuals gathered around Volontà. Was an honour to co-edit with @gioli.bsky.social
About half way through this and really enjoying it. Angry, critical, hopeful, some beautifully worded lines.
December 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
About half way through this and really enjoying it. Angry, critical, hopeful, some beautifully worded lines.
Privatisation in the UK amounts to us being royally ripped off and asset stripped, continuously.
December 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Privatisation in the UK amounts to us being royally ripped off and asset stripped, continuously.
If you'll excuse a friendly critique, I think that's ~40% of income from education only, which is 37% of total income (£1.4 billion in 2023) according to the same report. Image from p.45.
November 25, 2024 at 2:18 PM
If you'll excuse a friendly critique, I think that's ~40% of income from education only, which is 37% of total income (£1.4 billion in 2023) according to the same report. Image from p.45.
My klezmer band Och Vey are playing tonight at Lost in Leith, with all proceeds going towards Palestine Action. It's a great lineup of local punky bands.
December 12, 2023 at 12:29 PM
My klezmer band Och Vey are playing tonight at Lost in Leith, with all proceeds going towards Palestine Action. It's a great lineup of local punky bands.
I am mostly lost for words these days. The warping horrors that ethnonationalism nurtures haunt every minute of day and night. I am in Puebla, Mexico, trying to write and running a few sessions on radical geography, where at least the students - their hope, anger, precision - provide some clarity.
November 10, 2023 at 7:19 PM
I am mostly lost for words these days. The warping horrors that ethnonationalism nurtures haunt every minute of day and night. I am in Puebla, Mexico, trying to write and running a few sessions on radical geography, where at least the students - their hope, anger, precision - provide some clarity.