Shaun O’Boyle
@shaunoboyle.bsky.social
Biologist working in science communication (research: community involvement; practice: art-science and podcasts). Big fan of The X-Files and Star Trek.
#QueerinSTEM (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Work: shaunoboyle.org
X-Files Podcast: heydannyitsmulder.com
#QueerinSTEM (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Work: shaunoboyle.org
X-Files Podcast: heydannyitsmulder.com
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Shaun O’Boyle
@shaunoboyle.bsky.social
· Jul 29
I have a podcast about the making of #TheXFiles, and in the latest episode I got to chat with the brilliant @annealiz1.bsky.social about her work as the science advisor on the show.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5tOdPoK...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
Website: www.heydannyitsmulder.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5tOdPoK...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
Website: www.heydannyitsmulder.com
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Elon Musk does not understand science fiction either.
As @chanda.blacksky.app wrote about this week: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26....
Likewise for Jeff Bezos and too many other people with too much money.
As @chanda.blacksky.app wrote about this week: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26....
Likewise for Jeff Bezos and too many other people with too much money.
Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real, long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story
www.newscientist.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Elon Musk does not understand science fiction either.
As @chanda.blacksky.app wrote about this week: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26....
Likewise for Jeff Bezos and too many other people with too much money.
As @chanda.blacksky.app wrote about this week: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26....
Likewise for Jeff Bezos and too many other people with too much money.
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The legendary Professor Cornel West. Thank you @kerry10.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The legendary Professor Cornel West. Thank you @kerry10.bsky.social
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Went to @queerbritain.bsky.social private view last night. This was the piece that hit the hardest.
Part of a quilt memorial to those who died during the HIV crisis.
Here's to one day revealing the beautiful life beneath this panel and celebrating him for who he was. X
Part of a quilt memorial to those who died during the HIV crisis.
Here's to one day revealing the beautiful life beneath this panel and celebrating him for who he was. X
February 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Went to @queerbritain.bsky.social private view last night. This was the piece that hit the hardest.
Part of a quilt memorial to those who died during the HIV crisis.
Here's to one day revealing the beautiful life beneath this panel and celebrating him for who he was. X
Part of a quilt memorial to those who died during the HIV crisis.
Here's to one day revealing the beautiful life beneath this panel and celebrating him for who he was. X
Really enjoyed working on this podcast, and learned a lot from this episode. @shanedbergin.bsky.social interviews Alexa McDermot, an autistic researcher looking at the experiences of autistic women in Ireland.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4ENw...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4ENw...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Really enjoyed working on this podcast, and learned a lot from this episode. @shanedbergin.bsky.social interviews Alexa McDermot, an autistic researcher looking at the experiences of autistic women in Ireland.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4ENw...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4ENw...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“That children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,” he said.
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
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Amazing thread on a huge extinct organism that formed columns over 8 metres tall - long thought to be an early fungus but is actually unrelated to anything alive today!
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Amazing thread on a huge extinct organism that formed columns over 8 metres tall - long thought to be an early fungus but is actually unrelated to anything alive today!
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Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈
Info & preorder:
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...
Info & preorder:
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈
Info & preorder:
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...
Info & preorder:
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...
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Almost like despite proclamations to the contrary, they are getting the message that they can use “vehicle as a deadly weapon“ as an excuse to fire on people
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Almost like despite proclamations to the contrary, they are getting the message that they can use “vehicle as a deadly weapon“ as an excuse to fire on people
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Latest innovation from Big Tech and it’s a Commodore 64.
This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set. Pricing isn’t finalized yet for the HP Eliteboard G1A, but HP says the starting price should come in under $1,000.
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Latest innovation from Big Tech and it’s a Commodore 64.
This headline really is a choice. No one is recklessly "cranking up the central heating" - people are trying to not get sick because our government lets energy companies charge us some of the highest prices in Europe.
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This headline really is a choice. No one is recklessly "cranking up the central heating" - people are trying to not get sick because our government lets energy companies charge us some of the highest prices in Europe.
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Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
I'd also love to see podcasters turn their back on it - for cover art, editing, voiceover, all of it. Aside from *everything*, genAI by design will not give you anything original.
For 2026, would like to see genAI masquerading as "local and handmade" get the boot from craft/art fairs and anywhere working makers earn their living, and for progressive movements to stop using it - you didn't need it before, and 100% don't need it now. Walk the walk as well as talking the talk.
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I'd also love to see podcasters turn their back on it - for cover art, editing, voiceover, all of it. Aside from *everything*, genAI by design will not give you anything original.
I’ve just watched Tangerine for the first time. It’s so beautiful, and I’m pretty sure I’ll watch it every Christmas from now on.
December 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’ve just watched Tangerine for the first time. It’s so beautiful, and I’m pretty sure I’ll watch it every Christmas from now on.
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I love Selina Kyle’s apartment
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I love Selina Kyle’s apartment
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Ok everyone, please head over to IG for @heydannyitsmulder’s excellent post offering #XFiles alternatives to elf on the shelf. Sneak peek image for you (by @heydannyitsmulder).
#TheXFiles
www.instagram.com/p/DSXebqIjPn...
#TheXFiles
www.instagram.com/p/DSXebqIjPn...
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ok everyone, please head over to IG for @heydannyitsmulder’s excellent post offering #XFiles alternatives to elf on the shelf. Sneak peek image for you (by @heydannyitsmulder).
#TheXFiles
www.instagram.com/p/DSXebqIjPn...
#TheXFiles
www.instagram.com/p/DSXebqIjPn...
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I think all my old mates emigrating because there were no jobs between 2008-2014, and then most of my new mates emigrating between 2018-2025 because there are no gaffs, has had a greater effect on social cohesion than migrants
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I think all my old mates emigrating because there were no jobs between 2008-2014, and then most of my new mates emigrating between 2018-2025 because there are no gaffs, has had a greater effect on social cohesion than migrants
Bit of a dream interview. I got to chat with the props master from The X-Files (and Battlestar Galactica) www.heydannyitsmulder.com/episodes/epi...
9 Ken Hawryliw — Hey Danny, It's Mulder.
Ken Hawryliw is a props master who worked on the first five seasons of The X-Files, leading the design, fabrication, and sourcing of some of the most iconic props from the show. Ken was also the prop...
www.heydannyitsmulder.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bit of a dream interview. I got to chat with the props master from The X-Files (and Battlestar Galactica) www.heydannyitsmulder.com/episodes/epi...
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#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
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I just want to say @robinince.bsky.social is the very best of humans. How the BBC could have a problem with him is beyond me. The IMC will wither on the vine without the rich, nutritious value of Robin's brain. Go see him perform, and buy all his books. Your soul will feel like it has been hugged.
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I just want to say @robinince.bsky.social is the very best of humans. How the BBC could have a problem with him is beyond me. The IMC will wither on the vine without the rich, nutritious value of Robin's brain. Go see him perform, and buy all his books. Your soul will feel like it has been hugged.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.