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.

Sad day for the fandom. Props legend Ken Hawryliw has passed away. I'm grateful that I got to speak with him just a few months ago about his incredible work on The X-Files and BSG. That man had stories! My heart goes out to his friends and family.

The world works better when we have options, especially when those options are the difference between working and not being able to work. The problem with this one-size-fits-all approach is, it never does

gay men are only sex I guess?

This man has more than earned credibility! :) Thank you Jörg and Stu for this! #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

Thanks to @shaunoboyle.bsky.social for this very helpful resource when preparing prideinstem.org/2024/11/18/t... Also check out @schoolsoutuk.bsky.social for more info on #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTPlusHM

Been asked to give a talk about LGBTQ+ people in STEM. If anyone has some resources or recent reports that would be massively helpful 🙏🏻

I appeared as an expert witness before the Joint Committee on AI at the Houses of Oireachtas (parliament of Ireland) to discuss "AI: truth and democracy" this morning. You can read my opening statement here: www.oireachtas.ie/en/publicati...

NEW writing: a letter to these brave Angelenos "I see your efforts to oppose the terrible actions of la migra, which has terrorized our Black and Brown communities in Los Angeles for generations, as part of a proud tradition of STEM students and practitioners who refuse to shut up and calculate."

Shaun-coded characters

I got to interview the wonderful Tara Buck (True Blood, The Orville) about one of her first roles: as Blueberry in The X-Files season 7 episode, Orison. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5XGv... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/a... Web: www.heydannyitsmulder.com/episodes/epi... #TheXFiles

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.

The legendary Professor Cornel West. Thank you @kerry10.bsky.social

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

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...

“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.

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.

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!

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈 Info & preorder: wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...

LOL

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

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.

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/...

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.

I love Selina Kyle’s apartment

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...

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

Driving in the snow // #xfiles Pencil and chalk pencil on moleskine

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...

#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie

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.

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

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.

We don't deserve Robin Ince 💜

Maybe today is the day we also have a conversation about the word “genre” and how a lot of horror is better than the stuff that gets counted as “real cinema” and a lot of SFF writing is higher quality literature than some of the shit publishers call “literary fiction” Stop being snobby shits

McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"

#CineHistorians co-host @ckjsweeney.bsky.social discusses the Vito Russo test which evaluates LGBTQ+ representation in film.

The Darkside Detective by @spookydoorway.bsky.social is available for free until December 11th on the Epic Games store. Galway-based studio Spooky Doorway also released The Séance of Blake Manor earlier this year, which is a standout game of the year candidate. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...

No cast or crew hired. And the footage was created by stealing from people who did hire cast and crew. These "studios" should be embarrassed.

The state keeps placing responsibilities for state functions on families. Until more people the depths of this failure we'll get nowhere. This. Is. NOT. Normal. Parents are not a substitute for a mortgage provider. They are not a substitute for providing disability supports. They are not landlords.

Wrote a new blog post about burnout and autistic adult people pleasing. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/autistic...

This is f*cking disgusting Rewarding property owners for letting their assets rot destroying our beautiful city "it has been confirmed that this money (the €5m outstanding) will not be chased after the Revenue Commissioners take over its collection in 2027" #DerelictIreland #speirgorm #corkcity

“Is that the-“ “The Star Trek Discovery scarf? Yes. Yes, it is.”

yeah, this is AI and doesn't exist, sadly

Sometimes, community-based participatory research can be as simple as: Person with access gets funding, goes to the community and says "this isn't my money, help me spend it"

Transphobes will never be content with excluding trans people from public life, they demand that everyone hate us as much as they do, that everyone should be elated by our absence and furious at our presence. They are utterly obsessed with us.