Brían Hanrahan
@hanrahanistan.bsky.social
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Brían Hanrahan
@hanrahanistan.bsky.social
· Jun 18
language itself is riffraff:
"sweepings, refuse, things
of small value," snatched and swept together
www.etymonline.com/word/riffraff
"sweepings, refuse, things
of small value," snatched and swept together
www.etymonline.com/word/riffraff
are there any really stupid kings in Shakespeare?
e.g. Lear is foolish but he's not thick
e.g. Lear is foolish but he's not thick
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
are there any really stupid kings in Shakespeare?
e.g. Lear is foolish but he's not thick
e.g. Lear is foolish but he's not thick
it is not even a footnote to Higgins’s presidency, but I so admired his beautiful tribute to John Prine, who died early in the pandemic
“..with whom he felt a great freedom..”
President of Ireland, “Statement on the Death of John Prine”, April 2020
president.ie/en/media-lib...
“..with whom he felt a great freedom..”
President of Ireland, “Statement on the Death of John Prine”, April 2020
president.ie/en/media-lib...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
it is not even a footnote to Higgins’s presidency, but I so admired his beautiful tribute to John Prine, who died early in the pandemic
“..with whom he felt a great freedom..”
President of Ireland, “Statement on the Death of John Prine”, April 2020
president.ie/en/media-lib...
“..with whom he felt a great freedom..”
President of Ireland, “Statement on the Death of John Prine”, April 2020
president.ie/en/media-lib...
an old teacher of mine used to say
"Repetition is the soul of pedagogy!"
he maybe should have immediately repeated the phrase, but he never did
"Repetition is the soul of pedagogy!"
he maybe should have immediately repeated the phrase, but he never did
REPETITION IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
an old teacher of mine used to say
"Repetition is the soul of pedagogy!"
he maybe should have immediately repeated the phrase, but he never did
"Repetition is the soul of pedagogy!"
he maybe should have immediately repeated the phrase, but he never did
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Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
… „this necessity for the whale's rising exposes him to all the fatal hazards of the chase.“
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
CHAPTER 85
#AmericanReadalong
Illustration: Gilbert Wilson
… „this necessity for the whale's rising exposes him to all the fatal hazards of the chase.“
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
CHAPTER 85
#AmericanReadalong
Illustration: Gilbert Wilson
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
… „this necessity for the whale's rising exposes him to all the fatal hazards of the chase.“
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
CHAPTER 85
#AmericanReadalong
Illustration: Gilbert Wilson
… „this necessity for the whale's rising exposes him to all the fatal hazards of the chase.“
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
CHAPTER 85
#AmericanReadalong
Illustration: Gilbert Wilson
seems like yet another wonderful "disruption"
de-mediate; use tech to capture (minuscule) marginal gains; thus eliminate the few remaining second-hand bookshops
no surprise to discover the company also accused of labour exploitation, etc. etc.
de-mediate; use tech to capture (minuscule) marginal gains; thus eliminate the few remaining second-hand bookshops
no surprise to discover the company also accused of labour exploitation, etc. etc.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
seems like yet another wonderful "disruption"
de-mediate; use tech to capture (minuscule) marginal gains; thus eliminate the few remaining second-hand bookshops
no surprise to discover the company also accused of labour exploitation, etc. etc.
de-mediate; use tech to capture (minuscule) marginal gains; thus eliminate the few remaining second-hand bookshops
no surprise to discover the company also accused of labour exploitation, etc. etc.
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This, from Adorno‘s Minima Moralia, is one of my favourite paragraphs of all time
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This, from Adorno‘s Minima Moralia, is one of my favourite paragraphs of all time
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there should be more country music with synthesizers and electronics
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
there should be more country music with synthesizers and electronics
next up: insufficiently reverential Liverpudlians
Babe wake up the anti-immigrant fash are now angling to deport the Irish
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
next up: insufficiently reverential Liverpudlians
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"No, to be sure."
(Apology for Idlers)
(Apology for Idlers)
August 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
"No, to be sure."
(Apology for Idlers)
(Apology for Idlers)
neat compilation, all the Notebooks passages about the 🇫🇷 Revolution
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
neat compilation, all the Notebooks passages about the 🇫🇷 Revolution
what the fuck ails thee, gentle knight
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
what the fuck ails thee, gentle knight
linda la presencia vasca en la ciudad
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
linda la presencia vasca en la ciudad
Claudya, Com Mais de Trinta (1971)
youtu.be/0Cu58iAoLCQ
youtu.be/0Cu58iAoLCQ
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Claudya, Com Mais de Trinta (1971)
youtu.be/0Cu58iAoLCQ
youtu.be/0Cu58iAoLCQ
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“La literatura narra siempre dos historias: una visible, la de los hechos; y otra secreta, la del sentido”. www.elespectador.com/judicial/pal...
Narrativas del Palacio de Justicia: la literatura tras 40 años del holocausto
Les preguntamos a varios autores sobre el papel que han cumplido los libros en el holocausto del Palacio de Justicia. Esto nos dijeron.
www.elespectador.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“La literatura narra siempre dos historias: una visible, la de los hechos; y otra secreta, la del sentido”. www.elespectador.com/judicial/pal...
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30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
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In these increasingly racist times when so called patriots are claiming even the poppies for themselves, we will remember them ALL. What African and other colonial soldiers and civilians went through in WWI - and the delayed ending of that war in Zambia.
memoirsofahusk.com/2018/11/22/t...
memoirsofahusk.com/2018/11/22/t...
The other end of the First World War. ‘Tipperary mbali sana, sana’
Imagine a human chain of sixteen and a half thousand people, mostly barefoot and carrying heavy burdens – sixty pounds, twenty seven kilos – on their heads. Some pulling carts. Walking up to …
memoirsofahusk.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In these increasingly racist times when so called patriots are claiming even the poppies for themselves, we will remember them ALL. What African and other colonial soldiers and civilians went through in WWI - and the delayed ending of that war in Zambia.
memoirsofahusk.com/2018/11/22/t...
memoirsofahusk.com/2018/11/22/t...
16 minutes added time idk what is the record but it must be close
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
16 minutes added time idk what is the record but it must be close
a tobacconists called Lung Cancer
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
a tobacconists called Lung Cancer
hagiography, the recession-proof career
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
hagiography, the recession-proof career
serious person read serious book
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
serious person read serious book
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Frank Auerbach :
Self-portrait IV, 2021
Self-portrait IV, 2021
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Frank Auerbach :
Self-portrait IV, 2021
Self-portrait IV, 2021
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When you expose an "AGFA ISOPAN F" with a Zeiss NETTAR from the 1930s, a camera the film was sitting in for more than 80 years.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When you expose an "AGFA ISOPAN F" with a Zeiss NETTAR from the 1930s, a camera the film was sitting in for more than 80 years.