Hugh Shanahan
@hughshanahan.bsky.social
Professor of Open Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He/Him/Hugh. Co-chair of CODATA-RDA schools. Dad. Irish agus ó Chiarraí. More details at orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-6015. Also at @[email protected]
I am very much under renovation.
I am very much under renovation.
Oh God just caught up. Oh that’s horrible.
October 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Oh God just caught up. Oh that’s horrible.
Tfw you spend a day doing parent taxi and realising thirty types of poo have hit the fan but not yet knowing which kind…. 🙄
October 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Tfw you spend a day doing parent taxi and realising thirty types of poo have hit the fan but not yet knowing which kind…. 🙄
Everybody know Meryl Streep is supposed to play Mary not Jesus
October 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Everybody know Meryl Streep is supposed to play Mary not Jesus
Please - it’s quality wibble.
September 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Please - it’s quality wibble.
Ooh where’s that?
September 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Ooh where’s that?
The quality of mercy is not fucking strained.
September 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The quality of mercy is not fucking strained.
Yes but what to do when Trump gives all his people a preemptive pardon? Apologies for being a miserabilist.
September 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Yes but what to do when Trump gives all his people a preemptive pardon? Apologies for being a miserabilist.
As a child I kept on mispronouncing Lebanese as Lesbian….
September 26, 2026 at 8:55 PM
As a child I kept on mispronouncing Lebanese as Lesbian….
One problem we have to accept is that Irish waters are effectively unpatrolled so it’s an easy path into Ireland and Europe beyond. Yes enforcement is not the only answer but the Irish government will have spend more on patrolling that.
September 25, 2026 at 10:46 AM
One problem we have to accept is that Irish waters are effectively unpatrolled so it’s an easy path into Ireland and Europe beyond. Yes enforcement is not the only answer but the Irish government will have spend more on patrolling that.
Specialised models that are cheaper to run are definitely a way to go forward. The problem again is absence of transparency on the training set - synthetic data always feels like attempting to make gold from lead.
September 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Specialised models that are cheaper to run are definitely a way to go forward. The problem again is absence of transparency on the training set - synthetic data always feels like attempting to make gold from lead.
I’m probably wrong about any prediction I make about the future.
I know what Sam Beckett knew that we are born, we live, we die.
I know what Sam Beckett knew that we are born, we live, we die.
September 24, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I’m probably wrong about any prediction I make about the future.
I know what Sam Beckett knew that we are born, we live, we die.
I know what Sam Beckett knew that we are born, we live, we die.
Ireland has worked very hard not to win the Eurovision.
September 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ireland has worked very hard not to win the Eurovision.
This is going to end with them exchanging barbs in Klingon - isn't it?
September 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is going to end with them exchanging barbs in Klingon - isn't it?
Love the snoopy t-shirt.
September 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Love the snoopy t-shirt.