Shaun O’Boyle

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

4,605 Followers 1,774 Following 1,330 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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screenshot from The X-Files. Scully asks Mulder, 'you've seen this movie 42 times?' and he replies 'yes.'
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I will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the traditional way tomorrow (watching Sister Act 2)

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13 hours ago

YES!

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marge simpson, I just think they're neat! meme, where the potato is replaced with Voyager's Delta Flyer

how I feel when I talk about how much I love the Delta Flyer

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'Sinners' Celebrates the Decadent Intimacy of the Black South Ryan Coogler's latest film threads Black intimacies through time and space, all in one spiritually stirring night at Club Juke.

Today is a great day to re-read @freeblackgirl.bsky.social’s incredible piece for @theflytrapmedia.com on Sinners.

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Fedelma Healy Eames says passing marriage equality ref could end Mother's Day

When you think, if we hadn't voted yes to marriage equality, we would have been celebrating Mother's Day today. Thinking of you today, Fidelma.

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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world"

www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

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2 days ago

it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

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The Games From Ireland Steam Page

The Game From Ireland Steam Event is now live!!

Go to the Steam Page and join us for the Games From Ireland Showcase which starts at 5.15pm!!

store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr...

#GamesFromIreland #IrishGames #Imirt #SteamEvent

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5 days ago

Waiting patiently for the Ireland / UK tour. I know this book will be amazing.

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Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards | London Writers Centre Learn more about Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards, a Writer development project from the London Writers Centre.

This looks like a good programme for minoritised writers in the UK who are unsigned and interested in writing a book about health. Includes £2,000 bursary, mentoring, classes, travel and access fund. www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/project/well...

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1 week ago

“It’s a tough sell to a guy from Belfast” was actually beautiful

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1 week ago

I keep watching that clip of Vittorio Angelone and Penny Mordaunt like it's a box of Tunnock's Tea Cakes that I can't stop eating.

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Oh hey, Pete Docter can go to hell! Just call us faggots at this point, that’s less offensive than saying our presence is going to send kids to therapy because their parents don’t know how to handle parenthood.

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1 week ago

Oh that's great! Well beware of spoilers if you listen to my podcast - I need to get better at flagging those. How are you finding the new-to-you episodes? I think there's a lot to love about the later seasons.

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I'll get some more episodes under my belt, but I'll definitely give it a go eventually. How's your rewatch going?

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1 week ago

I mean, they would be dream guests. Some day, who knows.

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1 week ago

Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it

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1 week ago

This is very Mulder-coded

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1 week ago

BTW it is EXTREMELY common for academic papers to declare Lara Croft the first playable female game character (a very easy fact to debunk). As a grad student I wrote a paper that traced every appearance of this "fact" to a single paper, which is why you don't only engage with academic texts!!

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2 weeks ago
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Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

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"731" (1995.12.01)
S03|E10|3X10

Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Art Director: Graeme Murray
#XFiles #TheXFiles

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2 weeks ago

I mean, they're all brilliant - but 2 is just very mathematically pleasing to me lol

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2 weeks ago

2 is amazing

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2 weeks ago
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Delroy Lindo Wishes ‘Someone From BAFTA Spoke to Us’ After N-Word Was Shouted While He and Michael B. Jordan Presented: We ‘Did What We Had to Do’ Delroy Lindo says no one from BAFTA contacted him or Michael B. Jordan after the N-word was shouted out loud as they presented an award.

Fuck BAFTA for not nominating him and fuck BAFTA for this and fuck BBC for censoring “free Palestine” and fuck BBC for not censoring the N word

variety.com/2026/film/aw...

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2 weeks ago

The follow-up made me laugh a silly amount

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3 weeks ago
A cat with a white face looking out of a round hole in a box A mostly white cat with some black markings lying on a grey blanket

LOST CAT! Milo has gone missing from Seapark apts on Mount Prospect Ave in #Clontarf. He’s an indoor cat and still quite young so he’s probably pretty scared. Please let me know if you spot him hiding somewhere in the area. Thanks so much!

This is in Dublin, Ireland btw.

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3 weeks ago

The broadcast was on a 2-hour delay and one of the winner’s speeches was edited down when they ended it with “Free Palestine,” but they left this in? The producers did everyone dirty with that.

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3 weeks ago

I was heartbroken when Mark Snow passed, and I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been listening to his X-Files and Millennium collections a lot recently. What a talent.

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