Deirdre Shanahan
@deirdre2.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Lots in between.
deirdreshanahan.com
'Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind' @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
'Carrying Fire and Water' Splice Books
awards [email protected] @wasafirimag.bsky.social
deirdreshanahan.com
'Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind' @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
'Carrying Fire and Water' Splice Books
awards [email protected] @wasafirimag.bsky.social
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
oh good
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January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
oh good
totally absorbed in Jonathan Buckley's 'One Boat'
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
totally absorbed in Jonathan Buckley's 'One Boat'
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
Who will protect the Earth from the pillage and spillage of mankind? Our new issue, “Bloom and Gloom,” surveys the mess we’ve made of our planet, and describes the terrain on which we stage the battle for its ecological future.
thebaffler.com/issues/no-82
thebaffler.com/issues/no-82
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Who will protect the Earth from the pillage and spillage of mankind? Our new issue, “Bloom and Gloom,” surveys the mess we’ve made of our planet, and describes the terrain on which we stage the battle for its ecological future.
thebaffler.com/issues/no-82
thebaffler.com/issues/no-82
you can ask at a Samsung shop to get google off your phone
like I did
or maybe any young person could do it??
@developers.google.com
like I did
or maybe any young person could do it??
@developers.google.com
Google Upgrade Starts Scanning All Your Photos—Be Very Careful
Google Upgrade Starts Scanning All Your Photos—Be Very Careful
Google's new Gemini offer is a game-changer — make sure you understand the risks.
www.forbes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
you can ask at a Samsung shop to get google off your phone
like I did
or maybe any young person could do it??
@developers.google.com
like I did
or maybe any young person could do it??
@developers.google.com
Michael Longkey, ‘Boreen’
‘And jellyfish like melting paperweights’
‘And jellyfish like melting paperweights’
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Come with me to meet two brave whistleblowers who exposed how Trump’s housing department is violating the law and making it easier to discriminate.
Meet two brave whistleblowers
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Come with me to meet two brave whistleblowers who exposed how Trump’s housing department is violating the law and making it easier to discriminate.
my first time at jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
my first time at jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
my first time at jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
great performances
literally a treat
Go while there's still time -
#theatre
#Londontheatre
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
Which local councillors have picked up the Nod and Wink award, the Hand in the Till prize, or been named Shit of the Year? Find out in the Rotten Boroughs Awards 2025, in the new Eye, out now.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Which local councillors have picked up the Nod and Wink award, the Hand in the Till prize, or been named Shit of the Year? Find out in the Rotten Boroughs Awards 2025, in the new Eye, out now.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Have I read this correctly???
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Have I read this correctly???
I would like to go to every one of these concerts
Countertenor Iestyn Davies is joined by The English Concert as he opens his Wigmore Hall Residency with a special New Year's Eve programme of Bach ✨
🕰️ 7.00am
🎶 New Year's Eve Gala
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202512311900
🕰️ 7.00am
🎶 New Year's Eve Gala
🎟️ https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202512311900
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I would like to go to every one of these concerts
Happy New Year
golden rays here
golden rays here
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Happy New Year
golden rays here
golden rays here
Meanwhile I saw this big fat moon
#astronomy
#astronomy
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Meanwhile I saw this big fat moon
#astronomy
#astronomy
January 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Very impressive
Made some homemade Chili Oil Wontons. If you want a good Chinese cookbook “The Woks of Life” is top notch! (Recipe in comments.)
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Very impressive
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I spoke with @luketurner.bsky.social about my exhibition INCOGNITO @humberstgallery.bsky.social absolutelycultured.com. @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all | The Observer
An exhibition in the pioneering artist's hometown sees the Throbbing Gristle co-founder celebrating 50 years of baring her soul
observer.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I spoke with @luketurner.bsky.social about my exhibition INCOGNITO @humberstgallery.bsky.social absolutelycultured.com. @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
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Surfacing after an amazing time in Hull. Huge thanks to everyone who came to the launch of INCOGNITO & the brilliant team @humberstgallery.bsky.social & www.absolutelycultured.co.uk. Gallery opening times Wed 10:30-Thurs 12-7 / Fri–Sun 10:30-5pm. Check out the wonderful unthinkablefilmfestival.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Surfacing after an amazing time in Hull. Huge thanks to everyone who came to the launch of INCOGNITO & the brilliant team @humberstgallery.bsky.social & www.absolutelycultured.co.uk. Gallery opening times Wed 10:30-Thurs 12-7 / Fri–Sun 10:30-5pm. Check out the wonderful unthinkablefilmfestival.com
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
Really looking forward to this tonight.
To my New York friends, I'll be speaking with David Rubenstein for his PBS show about "Zbig" and the revenge of geopolitics at the New York Historical Association this Wednesday evening at 6.30pm. Please come. www.nyhistory.org/programs/lif...
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet | The New York Historical
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Zbigniew Brzezinski, a key player behind fifty years of American foreign policy and the fall of the Soviet Union.
www.nyhistory.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Really looking forward to this tonight.
Great news
Delighted to be shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff prize, together with Karen Fleetwood for our translation of Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door, pub. by
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Great news
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
Delighted to be shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff prize, together with Karen Fleetwood for our translation of Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door, pub. by
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Delighted to be shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff prize, together with Karen Fleetwood for our translation of Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door, pub. by
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
My little book is dedicated to my friends, and its eclectic tour takes off with two of them at the Heaney HomePlace, where the great Iarla Ó Lionáird will sing and talk with the great Neil Hegarty and myself about Heaney, Derry, and the music of what happens. Tickets are on sale Wednesday morning.
This is coming with springtime: a celebration of @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social Late Heaney at the Heaney HomePlace.
28 February.
28 February.
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My little book is dedicated to my friends, and its eclectic tour takes off with two of them at the Heaney HomePlace, where the great Iarla Ó Lionáird will sing and talk with the great Neil Hegarty and myself about Heaney, Derry, and the music of what happens. Tickets are on sale Wednesday morning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Deirdre Shanahan
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.