Dr Shawn Day
@eireidium.bsky.social
Lecturer in Knowledge Visualisation, Information Design & Digital Humanities @UCC. Sometime dotcom adventurer, contrarian, fountain pen addict and craft beer drinker
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Last week we also visited the 19th-century Cork City Gaol prison museum, where men and women could be confined for even minor offenses such as obscene language or drunkenness.
August 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Last week we also visited the 19th-century Cork City Gaol prison museum, where men and women could be confined for even minor offenses such as obscene language or drunkenness.
Peter Capaldi joins Doctor Who stars in Only Murders in the Building | Radio Times share.google/WvEX9YIBEyU2...
Peter Capaldi to join fellow Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker in Only Murders in the Building season 6
There's set to be a veritable TARDIS-load of Doctors popping up in the next season of the hit Disney+ comedy drama.
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August 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Peter Capaldi joins Doctor Who stars in Only Murders in the Building | Radio Times share.google/WvEX9YIBEyU2...
Neal Stephenson on writing by hand share.google/Jmib8bopDdKK...
Neal Stephenson's guide to writing books with a fountain pen
Neal Stephenson's case for writing by hand: he wrote the 42-inch Baroque Cycle manuscript by fountain pen, cramp-free.
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July 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Neal Stephenson on writing by hand share.google/Jmib8bopDdKK...
The Shape of Enshittification.
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The Shape of Enshittification.
The Shape of Enshittification: Books That No Longer Get Read, An Internet That No Longer Gets Surfed, & The End of Social Media As We Know It...
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July 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Shape of Enshittification.
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Anleitung für Indoor Mapping www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mapper-... A Guide to Indoor Open Street Mapping
Anleitung für Indoor Mapping
Hallo zusammen,
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July 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Anleitung für Indoor Mapping www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mapper-... A Guide to Indoor Open Street Mapping
5 objects that only exist because of 3D printing share.google/g5qzIgldmAp1...
5 objects that only exist because of 3D printing
3D printing is changing the world.
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July 12, 2026 at 9:42 AM
5 objects that only exist because of 3D printing share.google/g5qzIgldmAp1...
Did anyone get a whiff of the Dogger Bank on reading this? : www.bbc.com/news/article... yeah that went well for Russia at the time.
Russian warship fires warning shots near UK-registered yacht in Channel
BBC News understands the yacht had drifted towards the Admiral Grigorovich, a Russian frigate which has been operating in the Channel.
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June 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Did anyone get a whiff of the Dogger Bank on reading this? : www.bbc.com/news/article... yeah that went well for Russia at the time.
Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added €1.4bn to household electricity bills share.google/6JREe9JZyaVI...
Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added €1.4bn to household electricity bills
New research by Friends of the Earth has found that soaring demand for data centres in Ireland has driven up energy prices, with Irish households paying the hidden cost.
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May 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added €1.4bn to household electricity bills share.google/6JREe9JZyaVI...
My unsung hero of science: Frank Malina – fearless rocket engineer, groundbreaking artist and communist ‘traitor’
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My unsung hero of science: Frank Malina – fearless rocket engineer, groundbreaking artist and communist ‘traitor’
The first in a new series dedicated to little-known but highly influential scientists.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My unsung hero of science: Frank Malina – fearless rocket engineer, groundbreaking artist and communist ‘traitor’
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UCC and MTU to partner on 'Minimal Curation', a digital sociocultural heritage project funded by @researchireland.ie under its COALESCE scheme.
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UCC and MTU to partner on digital sociocultural heritage project | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
UCC and MTU to partner on 'Minimal Curation', a digital sociocultural heritage project funded by @researchireland.ie under its COALESCE scheme.
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look what we have here then.
"slop that passes for culture in the digital age" @jamesosullivan.bsky.social asks when did we become so vapid? substack.com/app-link/pos...
When did we become so vapid?
There’s a particular species of despair that creeps in when you spend too long online.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"slop that passes for culture in the digital age" @jamesosullivan.bsky.social asks when did we become so vapid? substack.com/app-link/pos...
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I've been doing some historical data analysis, and I think the first time the 'sun never set' over the british empire was in 1685 with the colonisation of bengkulu by the East India Company (when it was still called the English Empire). Didn't factor in eclipses though... #history #maps
May 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Cool: First-Year Students Explore AI Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction—Featuring Visits from Sci-Fi’s Literary Superstars - cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/05... - kind like history of the future.
First-Year Students Explore AI Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction—Featuring Visits from Sci-Fi’s Literary Superstars
First-Year Students Explore AI Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction—Featuring Visits from Sci-Fi’s Literary Superstars
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May 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cool: First-Year Students Explore AI Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction—Featuring Visits from Sci-Fi’s Literary Superstars - cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/05... - kind like history of the future.
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Dr Colleen Thomas launches Responsible Use of Research Metrics.
Dr Colleen Thomas launches Responsible Use of Research Metrics.
March 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Dr Colleen Thomas launches Responsible Use of Research Metrics.
Dr Colleen Thomas launches Responsible Use of Research Metrics.
"those moments that seemed to change everything, until it changed nothing" - Ireland is losing its war on misogyny by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social - substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Ireland is losing its war on misogyny
The long shadow of institutional misogyny in Ireland stretches across generations.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"those moments that seemed to change everything, until it changed nothing" - Ireland is losing its war on misogyny by @jamesosullivan.bsky.social - substack.com/inbox/post/1...
@erikadyck.bsky.social sorry to miss your talk - hope you enjoy the Burren! Great conference!
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@erikadyck.bsky.social sorry to miss your talk - hope you enjoy the Burren! Great conference!
Interesting reflection by Reanna Daniels reminding that 'ceremony should be part of everyday life'.
March 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Interesting reflection by Reanna Daniels reminding that 'ceremony should be part of everyday life'.
Fascinating kick off talk @ucc.ie with an opening talk by Manchan Magan on 'Rewinding the Mind' also first time I have heard the term #PsychedelicHumanities hosted by @erikadyck.bsky.social and Oliver Davis
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fascinating kick off talk @ucc.ie with an opening talk by Manchan Magan on 'Rewinding the Mind' also first time I have heard the term #PsychedelicHumanities hosted by @erikadyck.bsky.social and Oliver Davis
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Reminder: The #DHAwards are open for voting! 🏆 Cast your vote for your favorite #DigitalHumanities resources across 7 categories: dhawards.org/dhawards2024... (And if you’d like to support my work, consider giving liiive.now a vote in the Tools category! 😉)
DH Awards 2024 Voting | Digital Humanities Awards
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March 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reminder: The #DHAwards are open for voting! 🏆 Cast your vote for your favorite #DigitalHumanities resources across 7 categories: dhawards.org/dhawards2024... (And if you’d like to support my work, consider giving liiive.now a vote in the Tools category! 😉)
What wonderfully immersive experience. Enjoying Ishiguro 's lyrics, performed by Stacey Kent, music composed by Jim Tomlinson and illustrations by Bianca Bagnarelli. Book + Spotify. Brilliant!
February 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What wonderfully immersive experience. Enjoying Ishiguro 's lyrics, performed by Stacey Kent, music composed by Jim Tomlinson and illustrations by Bianca Bagnarelli. Book + Spotify. Brilliant!
After a mad scavenger hunt to see where on campus Amazon deigned to deliver it - found @braciatrix.bsky.social 's newest book and really looking forward.
February 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
After a mad scavenger hunt to see where on campus Amazon deigned to deliver it - found @braciatrix.bsky.social 's newest book and really looking forward.
Google Maps changed the way we get around. It all began in a spare bedroom in Sydney www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google Maps changed the way we get around. It all began in a spare bedroom in Sydney
This weekend the mapping platform turns 20 – and Stephen Ma is writing himself and his friends back into its origin story
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February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Google Maps changed the way we get around. It all began in a spare bedroom in Sydney www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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DH Awards 2024 – Call For Nominations | Digital Humanities Awards
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December 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM