Liam Lanigan
@liamlanigan.bsky.social
Work as an English professor in Chicago, interested in urban studies, Irish studies. In my mind I'm always still in Kilkenny. Mainly post about Deadwood and lefty political stuff, hurling and pictures of my dogs
Whatever lurks ahead of grievous abominations and disorder, you and me walk into it together, like always
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Whatever lurks ahead of grievous abominations and disorder, you and me walk into it together, like always
The New York Times is less significant than you think.
we can chalk it up to youth and inexperience but the biggest mistake the mamdani campaign made was winning by 8.8% and not 1.5%, which is the margin needed for the media to say it’s a total mandate
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The New York Times is less significant than you think.
Cuomo was always a real shitbag so it's good to see him just completely give in to it in the dying moments of his public life
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Cuomo was always a real shitbag so it's good to see him just completely give in to it in the dying moments of his public life
Reposted by Liam Lanigan
Whole of Ireland goes ”what do you mean a relative like that isn’t his aunt, of course it’s his aunt”
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whole of Ireland goes ”what do you mean a relative like that isn’t his aunt, of course it’s his aunt”
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Course as a base of operations you can't beat a fucking saloon
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Course as a base of operations you can't beat a fucking saloon
But I was told young men are all fascists and the only way to appeal to them is by going to the right and also inventing a center Joe Rogan in an expensive lab. I wonder what kind of lesson there is for the Democrats in all this?
85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani.
79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani.
67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?
79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani.
67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?
July 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
But I was told young men are all fascists and the only way to appeal to them is by going to the right and also inventing a center Joe Rogan in an expensive lab. I wonder what kind of lesson there is for the Democrats in all this?
It's finally in my hands!
July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's finally in my hands!
Good trip to the bookshop today
July 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Good trip to the bookshop today
Kai's essay on Satin Island and enactive cognition in this collection is very innovative and helpful for thinking about how we read urban space through literature
New publication!
Urban Discourses of Crisis, Resilience, and Resistance:
Cities Under Stress
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Many thanks to the editors Eric Prieto, Liam Lanigan and Anni Lappela!!!
Urban Discourses of Crisis, Resilience, and Resistance:
Cities Under Stress
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Many thanks to the editors Eric Prieto, Liam Lanigan and Anni Lappela!!!
July 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kai's essay on Satin Island and enactive cognition in this collection is very innovative and helpful for thinking about how we read urban space through literature
Reposted by Liam Lanigan
E. Prieto et al. (eds.), Urban Discourses of Crisis, Resilience, and Resistance, Literary Urban Studies,
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
July 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
E. Prieto et al. (eds.), Urban Discourses of Crisis, Resilience, and Resistance, Literary Urban Studies,
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Our book about literature, cities, crisis, and resistance is finally out! Some amazing essays in this!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Our book about literature, cities, crisis, and resistance is finally out! Some amazing essays in this!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
"Sir, maybe our ambushes would work better without the bagpipes?"
*Commander shoots him dead*
Commander: "any other brilliant suggestions?"
*Commander shoots him dead*
Commander: "any other brilliant suggestions?"
June 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Sir, maybe our ambushes would work better without the bagpipes?"
*Commander shoots him dead*
Commander: "any other brilliant suggestions?"
*Commander shoots him dead*
Commander: "any other brilliant suggestions?"
Apparently not even an endorsement from George Santos is enough to convince New York to vote for a sex pest smgdh
June 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Apparently not even an endorsement from George Santos is enough to convince New York to vote for a sex pest smgdh
"hmmm, you know what this place needs? Some greasy tills. You know, to fumble in" - Michael Martin
Dublin's historic GPO is set to become a mixed-use development under plans being brought to Cabinet today by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
http://jrnl.ie/6741434t
http://jrnl.ie/6741434t
Dublin's GPO to be revamped as a mixed used 'cultural' development with shops and offices
It comes as the Government is set to sign off on a roadmap to revitalise Dublin City.
jrnl.ie
June 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"hmmm, you know what this place needs? Some greasy tills. You know, to fumble in" - Michael Martin
I don't want to write a second book. I want to have written a second book.
June 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I don't want to write a second book. I want to have written a second book.
This is, basically, the whole ball game on this subject
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is, basically, the whole ball game on this subject
Don't ever knock this app to me.
@lawomansharon.bsky.social @mrsalswearengen.bsky.social @eliz84.bsky.social
@lawomansharon.bsky.social @mrsalswearengen.bsky.social @eliz84.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Don't ever knock this app to me.
@lawomansharon.bsky.social @mrsalswearengen.bsky.social @eliz84.bsky.social
@lawomansharon.bsky.social @mrsalswearengen.bsky.social @eliz84.bsky.social
I'm teaching this fantastic book by @tadethompson.bsky.social on a science fiction course right now but I keep getting the sneaking suspicion that he's a #deadwood fan, partly because of how he depicts the evolution of the city, but also because of some little details...
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm teaching this fantastic book by @tadethompson.bsky.social on a science fiction course right now but I keep getting the sneaking suspicion that he's a #deadwood fan, partly because of how he depicts the evolution of the city, but also because of some little details...
AI is really changing the world man
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
AI is really changing the world man
I've always wondered do newspapers in other countries do sports-style analysis articles about the school exams the way they do for the Leaving Cert in Ireland? The Irish Examiner has a whole section on it.
June 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've always wondered do newspapers in other countries do sports-style analysis articles about the school exams the way they do for the Leaving Cert in Ireland? The Irish Examiner has a whole section on it.
There's something not quite on the level with this guy, can't quite put my finger on it.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There's something not quite on the level with this guy, can't quite put my finger on it.
When Nick Mullen heard WTF was still running a few years ago he said "if I'm still doing a podcast after that long, I'll kill myself... ... .... Hell I'll kill myself even if I don't do a podcast for that long!"
Marc Maron says in the latest episode of WTF that he's ending the podcast sometime later this year. www.wtfpod.com
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
www.wtfpod.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When Nick Mullen heard WTF was still running a few years ago he said "if I'm still doing a podcast after that long, I'll kill myself... ... .... Hell I'll kill myself even if I don't do a podcast for that long!"