Shaun O’Boyle

@shaunoboyle.bsky.social

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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

Promo for my podcast Hey Danny It’s Mulder with screenshots from my video call with creator of The X-Files, Chris Carter.
Scottish icon, Cathy Rutherford, when she was interviewed about the death of Thatcher. She is standing in the rain, wearing a green coat, holding a brown umbrella.
screenshot of Dana Scully with her head in her hand looking completely exhausted by the bullshit she has to deal with
screenshot from the Irish Times website. headline: In pictures, Europe swelters in heat dome. Sub: Temperature records have been broken in several European cities today following a heatwave. And yet the article is accompanied by a photograph of people enjoying their day on Portmarnock beach in Dublin
Flyer for bloomsday brunch at RICC with AI generated images of Joyce and flowers
Screenshot of a Hollywood Reporter article: Spotify Introduces AI-Generated Personal Podcasts Per the new feature, Spotify will create audio based on prompts such as "Share my daily city updates, and tell me about local concerts from artists I love." By Caitlin Huston, May 21st
Photo of bookstore shelves with The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in the centre
Product photo of a GAA jersey with a large Pro Trans logo on the front
Photo of a hardback copy of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, sitting on an outcrop of lichen-covered rocks at the Donegal coast, with the Atlantic and grey cloudy skies in the background.
A series of screenshots from X-Files episode Kill Switch, written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox. As Frohike looks at a computer screen, Mulder’s voiceover says “artificial life, it could exist. It could be here among us, evolving”. Scully says “electrons chasing each other through a circuit. That isn’t life Mulder”
Mrs Doyle, "maybe I like the misery" meme
Photo of a bottle of Nivea face wash with the following terms circled: 0% alcohol, no drying out
Photo of my hand holding a hardback copy of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry and the Cosmic Dream Boogie - a new book by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
Screenshot from the springfield files. Mulder holds up his FBI badge, which includes a photo of him lounging in a black speedo
Screenshot of LeVar Burton on The View. He is wearing a light grey polo, dark grey jacket, eye glasses with a gold detail on the bridge, and a large diamond earring.
Street sign that says welcome to Ringsend agus, as Gaeilge, FĂĄilte go dtĂ­ an Rinn
Buffy spinning around a pole in the climactic fight scene of Anne
screenshot of colm meaney as miles o brien in star trek, smiling over his shoulder
screenshot from The X-Files. Scully asks Mulder, 'you've seen this movie 42 times?' and he replies 'yes.'
marge simpson, I just think they're neat! meme, where the potato is replaced with Voyager's Delta Flyer
Screenshot of Anya from Buffy
Promotional clip for the Hey Danny, It's Mulder podcast, with footage of Tara Buck in the diner scene of The X-Files episode, Orison.
Image with lead image for The Observer Effect: Conversations with Researchers, which incorporates a ripple design and a photo of researcher Alexa McDermott.
screenshot of RTE article titled ways to keep warm at home without cranking up the central heating
Still from the movie, Tangerine. Alexandra is standing on an LA street, with a golden sky in the background
Selfie of me wearing a navy scarf with gold star fleet insignia.
cover image for the queer variable, including a histogram with the colours of the pride flags, with a press quote by Andrea Bandelli from the Journal of Science Communication: A good source of wisdom to know what has been done, what is important, and what can be done better.
two images, one of the log lady in twin peaks and the other of a spool of yarn that reflects the colours of the twin peaks image
First of three images showing the same view of Dublin, looking west from the mouth of the Liffey. The city is on either side of the river, reflecting into the still water, under a crisp blue sky.
Photo from a toy shelf in a discount shop, with a pack of three farm animals positioned on top of each other in a way that, to my filthy mind, looks like they are mounting each other.
Poster for Star Trek First Contact, with the tag line, Resistance is Futile, and featuring the faces of Picard, Data, and the Borg Queen
Video showing a scene from X-Files episode Followers, where Mulder and Scully eat at an automated sushi restaurant, while an audio clip from my podcast accompanies it.
photo of a start line in a surf lifesaving competition, I am positioning the rope of my can buoy, and holding fins between my legs.
photoshopped picture of jim gavin in the presidential debate, holding two glowsticks
Photo of charity shop shelves with 7 binders of the Star Trek fact files magazine
Screenshot from The X-Files. Mulder and Scully, shot from below, backlit with a hazy light, look through a filing cabinet.
poster by water safety ireland showing a calm sea and a blue sky, with the slogan, enjoy the water, respect the risk.
photo of a large roadside banner beside the dodder buoy in Dublin. by RNLI lifeboats, it shows a person wearing a wetsuit, floating with their head above the water. prompt is, struggling in the water? and the instructions are: float to live; relax and move your hands and legs to help you stay afloat; tilt your head back with ears submerged
Dana Scully from The X-Files raising an eyebrow in a "you can't be serious, and also I'm sick of your shit" look
Video showing a scene from The X-Files where Scully is working in a lab, doing a technique called a Southern Blot. The audio commentary is from an episode of podcast, Hey Danny It's Mulder, with Dr Anne Simon, science advisor on the show.
screenshot of top stories on google news, highlighting one from the irish times one hour ago, cyclist seriously injured following collision with car in west Dublin
Promotional pic for the podcast episode. Stylised duotone images, one of Dr Anne Simon smiling towards the camera, and behind her a scanning electron microscope image of pollen. The logo of the podcast is an answering machine with the caption, Hey Danny, It's Mulder, in a speech bubble.
Photo of a poster for Trans and Intersex Pride in Sublin. We’ve come this far together. We’re not going back. Saturday 12 July 2pm. Meet at city hall and march to Dáil Éireann. Linktree is transpridedub
Screenshot from Alanis Morissette’s latest Instagram post. She is photographed from the stage, kneeling, with the crowd cheering in the background.
screenshot from the Irish Times website. the headline, Europe's heatwave in pictures - most of continent swelters as Ireland enjoys cooler conditions, with a featured photo of two people in silhouette, kissing against an orange sunset in a romantic lighthouse location
Selfie of me at a concert wearing a t shirt that says “and then meeting his beautiful husband”
Photo of a white t-shirt with black hand lettering that reads “and then meeting his beautiful husband”, with a black posca marker sitting on the shirt.
cover of the EastEnders video game, by Macsen Software, based on the BBC series for the Spectrum 48k. The main image is an aerial view of London.
Black Space Week banner image, with the hashtag #BlackSpaceWeek and the dates, June 15 to 21, 2025. The website is blackinastro.com.
A screenshot from The X-Files opening credits of an alternate tagline against a cloudy sky. It reads, Resist or Serve.
Screenshot from an AI company website offering the following service: Edit your podcast in 10 mins (4 hours is struck out). Automatically. Remove background noise, filler words, long silence and mouth sounds from your podcast using AI, without hitting pause button every 10-20 seconds. Loved by 15,000+ podcasters.
screenshot of Buffy saying 'A world of no'
Promo image for podcast, with a stylised photo of storyboard artist Gabriel Hardman, and samples of his Fight the Future storyboard art in the background.
Screenshot of my recent post claiming pop music was invented by Samantha Mumba, and a reply from someone explaining to me that pop music started in the 50s and Mumba wasn’t born until 1983.
Supercut of every time a character in The X-Files FMV game says “I don’t want that”
Text based promo image in a vintage paper and typewriter style, announcing the upcoming guests for the podcast, Hey Danny, It’s Mulder. Including: prop master Ken Hawryliw, science advisor Anne Simon, storyboard artist, Gabriel Hardman, editor Eleanor Infante, and PhileFest organiser Kristin Sauter.
Book shop shelf with Robin Ince’s new book, normally weird and weirdly normal, on display.
photo of a natural amphitheatre in the sea cliffs with three distinct layers of rock type, and algae-filled pools on the surface
Screenshot from Drag Race. Jiggly Caliente wearing a tangerine outfit that incorporates a boat, with the slogan “love you for you”
photo of three platform machines for window cleaning, each with BOOM in big bold lettering