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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Robin's recent work has been so brilliant, and reminding me why I love podcasts as a creative medium.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cannot tell you how much I hate this & how ashamed & angry I am that @ukri.org have taken this step. We KNOW this sort of gAI is socially biased, we KNOW it favours slopAI output over human-written. Our research landscape is falling apart due to underfunding, & they do this? it's *appalling*

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I genuinely hate this. Using AI for science communication tells me that no creativity, craft, or thought went into it. Might as well not bother.

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

EU Researcher Night in Ireland received almost €300k in EU funding (to run the one-day event in 2026 and again in 2027).

Clearly AI generated poster for the Minerals In Action event on EU Researcher night on Friday 25th September. The poster is filled with text, images, and the usual hallmarks of AI slop, and several science event cliches.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026

NEW WRITING 👀 I finally got my shit together and wrote a little newsletter about the Spectrum of Allies which is a helpful exercise and a better theory of change than "nobody with a bad point of view can ever change their mind" Please read and use and share the links within!!!

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The Spectrum of Allies is Better than Pessimistic Binaries

A theory and tool that can help you rethink the work head

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have to admit, as important as science is to me, research like this makes me deeply uncomfortable

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are a handful of newsletters I always read as soon as they appear in my inbox, and The Boogie-Woogie Rumble of Space-Time by @chanda.blacksky.app is one of them. Today I learned about The Spectrum of Allies and it has shifted my thinking in so many ways. Subscribe here: news.chanda.science

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The Boogie-Woogie Rumble of Space-Time

Cosmology, Particles, and the Stuff That Came After. A newsletter from theoretical physicist and Black feminist theorist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

thank you Björk

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026

All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You know who doesnt use children as an excuse to talk about difficult topics and genocide? Ms fucking Rachel! Her message for Ed:

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the way people invoke "on both sides" as some sort of protection spell

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Flock is trying to recruit ARTISTS on job recruiting sites. I saw this while helping an artist friend look for part-time jobs and nearly vomited. “Visual storytelling” — What in the Leni Riefenstahl is this shit?

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"There are people out there who have the power to cast trans actors, but what the fuck are they doing? Are they so inured with the system that they’re burying their heads in it? Seems like it." This is a fantastic interview variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you missed this at PAX, there is a great recent interview with the people running the exhibiton on the Video Game History Hour with @philsalv.bsky.social! gamehistory.org/the-video-ga...

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The Video Game History Hour | Video Game History Foundation

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The X-Files 720p Cinema @xfiles720pcinema.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"D.P.O." (1995.10.06) S03|E03|3X03 Director: Kim Manners Writer: Howard Gordon Director of Photography: John S. Bartley Art Director: Graeme Murray #XFiles #TheXFiles

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yeah I’ll be sticking with this one for another while so

Photograph of my wristwatch, an old, pretty scratched up Casio

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

so much love to these protesters, and a moment of appreciation for the beautiful lettering on the left

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Joan Chen's Criterion Closet video is lovely www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9aa...

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Joan Chen’s Closet Picks

YouTube video by CRITERION

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti... When women in Iceland went on strike, everything shut down. "Men were forced to bring their children to the office and, later that day, easy-to-cook sausages sold out at stores with men in charge of dinner."

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50 years ago, the women of Iceland took a day off—and inspired the world

Iceland is widely recognized as the world’s most equitable society for women—in large part thanks to the women’s strike that transformed the country 50 years ago.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A significant contributor to the gender pay gap and the continuing financial disparity between men and women is the undervaluing of all of the unpaid care work done by women in Ireland. Women all over Ireland get up early, every morning, and go to work, unpaid and unvalued.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

These are two of the newest pieces in the shop, but I have quite a few paintings to choose from. Now available at www.ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s...

12in x 12in Acrylic Canvas. A burst of blue, lime, black, and white draws the eye inward to an otherworldly raven, creating a sense of motion, transformation, and endless possibilities unfolding from the center.

11in x 14in Acrylic Canvas. Two thunderbirds carve through a poured field of magenta, void-black, and electric green, their neon-outlined wings cutting the chaos into something that reads as flight. Below them the surface breaks into blues and yellows, the ground catching light through the weather.

The birds come from Choctaw storytelling, where a pair of enormous, intelligent birds were given the task of warning people on the ground that a storm was coming. Heloha, the female, lays huge eggs that roll across the clouds, and the rumbling of them is thunder. Her mate Melatha races to catch the eggs before they fall to Earth, moving so fast that the flashes of his passing are lightning. In this telling the storm isn't the threat. It's the message, and the two of them are the ones delivering it.

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’ve got a new book coming out Next Month! Help a trans lady author out and pick up a story full of face biting, primordial forests, and sapphic tyrannosaur trysts, backed by the latest dinosaur science. Tyrant Lizard Queen, October 27th. 🧪

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Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Burials no longer take place at the graveyard, but living people have friends and relatives buried there and are being prevented by Dyson from going to spend a while at their graves. Never not at it.

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In addition to the calls to not watch the new Potter show, I wanna also add that I know a lot of folks will think that pirating it is fine as it's not financially supporting it, but I wouldn't even do that. Make the show and JKR culturally irrelevant There are so many other things to watch instead

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Jason Roche @jasonroche.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I made this up for the podcast. Pretty chuffed with it. It's FLASHY...

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly has an unbelievable repertoire. I think it was @shaunoboyle.bsky.social who introduced me to this one. To me, as well as a music legend, she was a shining example of generosity. A real icon. youtu.be/hPUXcezGgvA?...

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Busy Signal (Single Version)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026

been reading university/higher-ed policies on the use of genAI in education. most policies propose using genAI safely, ethically, & responsibly, which is an oxymoron. the way current genAI is developed, deployed & functions renders the very ideas of safety, ethics, and responsible use meaningless

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Having burnt all my bridges with mainstream media - I have just launched a Patreon site - I’ve just put up a podcast on art, atoms, Caroline Aherne, Peter Cushing and more www.patreon.com/cw/RobinInce #patreon #podcast #poetry

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Robin Ince — conversations and blog posts about creativity

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

36 today, the same age as Kekulé when the structure of benzene came to him in a dream. I dreamt that a T-Rex was loose in Tralee last night, and have yet to apply it to the field of chemistry. 'Til then, there's 15% off all prints on www.ciaraioch.com/artprints using the code BIRTHDAY at checkout 🎂

Me, in a benzene molecule.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #BuyIrish

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Worth reiterating every time that this is not some cancel-culture purity test: JK Rowling has pledged more than a billion dollars of her Harry Potter money towards bankrolling anti-trans lawsuits. This finances that.

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Nicholas Hoult In 'Harry Potter' Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart - Excl.

Nicholas Hoult has joined Season 2 of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth Branagh.

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 11/08/2026

Going to be incredible! The science of Star Trek @rigb.org in celebration of the shows 60th anniversary. I’ll be joined by a host of amazing scientists to dive into the show ALSO JOINED BY MARTIN QUINN Actual Scotty! I’m bouncing off the walls pals. Also live-streamed www.rigb.org/whats-on/sci...

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The science of Star Trek

Celebrate 60 years of Star Trek as Jamie Gallagher and host of speakers delve into the real science behind t

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tallestdude @coreyc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Happy Zero Cool Day to all who celebrate #hackers

Screenshot of the scene in the movie "Hackers" about Zero Cool crashing 1507 systems on Aug 10, 1988

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saoirse @naceallabug.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"When you're better people say you must be ill, because they liked the person you were. The person who could be manipulated, who could be shut up or bullied." youtu.be/Rn-ZrPyQ1TE?... Absolute fire from @robinince.bsky.social .

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Robin Ince: Why The Monkey Escaped the Cage - EMF 2026

YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The restrictions don’t apply to tribal members. They’re aimed at non-tribal members attempting to enter for wall construction. The U.S.-Mexico border cuts through O’odham homelands and separates families and communities on both sides.

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