Kieran Mc 🚟
@kjmci.me
Australian digital product strategist in London. Lover of tech, craft beer, urbanism, and Cities: Skylines - I help run @cslmodd.ing. He/him, 🏳️🌈
no cheating, repost with the most recent photo of your pet
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
no cheating, repost with the most recent photo of your pet
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AP story on Venezuela. No hot takes, only facts. Props to my colleagues who are working their socks off
US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
AP story on Venezuela. No hot takes, only facts. Props to my colleagues who are working their socks off
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
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I wrote about podcasting’s ongoing pivot to video, and the power of listening without also watching:
Podcasts: They're For Your Ears
"A voice can fill your consciousness"
www.kirksnotes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I wrote about podcasting’s ongoing pivot to video, and the power of listening without also watching:
Worth noting that with the way Twitter’s app pre-caches pics several scrolls (and threads) deep across both of your timelines, these dangerously-close-to-CSAM images will be downloaded and stored on your device - putting you at risk in many jurisdictions, including the UK and Australia. Seems risky!
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Worth noting that with the way Twitter’s app pre-caches pics several scrolls (and threads) deep across both of your timelines, these dangerously-close-to-CSAM images will be downloaded and stored on your device - putting you at risk in many jurisdictions, including the UK and Australia. Seems risky!
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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snuck in one final blog post for the year - this one is boring and about inflation and term deposits and that you don't necessarily lose money to inflation in a savings account, it depends on your tax bracket
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/inflat...
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/inflat...
Testing The Theory That Savings Accounts Lose Money To Inflation
People say that keeping your money in a savings account means you aren't keeping up with inflation, so you're losing money. Is that true? Kinda, it depends.
blog.decryption.net.au
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 AM
snuck in one final blog post for the year - this one is boring and about inflation and term deposits and that you don't necessarily lose money to inflation in a savings account, it depends on your tax bracket
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/inflat...
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/inflat...
The worst bit about the prick upstairs who doesn’t disable his 05:45 alarm when he goes away is that there is literally nothing I can do about it until it stops itself 59 minutes later at which point my own alarm is only 16 minutes off ringing itself.
December 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The worst bit about the prick upstairs who doesn’t disable his 05:45 alarm when he goes away is that there is literally nothing I can do about it until it stops itself 59 minutes later at which point my own alarm is only 16 minutes off ringing itself.
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wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
"You there, boy, what day is it?"
"Uhh... Saturday? No, it feels like a Thursday... but Thursday was yesterday... wasn't it?"
Welcome to the Festive Taint.
"Uhh... Saturday? No, it feels like a Thursday... but Thursday was yesterday... wasn't it?"
Welcome to the Festive Taint.
December 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"You there, boy, what day is it?"
"Uhh... Saturday? No, it feels like a Thursday... but Thursday was yesterday... wasn't it?"
Welcome to the Festive Taint.
"Uhh... Saturday? No, it feels like a Thursday... but Thursday was yesterday... wasn't it?"
Welcome to the Festive Taint.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Stops without bussignals in the dark and snowy north have reflective wheels for passengers to spin to make themselves visible to bus drivers
December 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Stops without bussignals in the dark and snowy north have reflective wheels for passengers to spin to make themselves visible to bus drivers
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They’re feeling very let down - it was made by a Michelin chef.
Family's shock as TYRE VALVE turns up in Waitrose Christmas pud
A Christmas lunch in Halesworth took a surprising turn when a tyre valve turned up in the Waitrose Christmas pudding.
www.eadt.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
They’re feeling very let down - it was made by a Michelin chef.
This is a great game! If you love point and click adventure games you gotta check it out. I love the way you can explore different stories by pairing off with different characters for missions. 70% off is an absolute steal.
Unavowed is 70% off during the Steam Winter Sale!
Embark on a party-based, multi-branching urban fantasy game about magic and monsters in New York.
It was also an IGF nominee and was called "one of the best adventure games ever made" by PC Gamer.
store.steampowered.com/app/336140/U...
Embark on a party-based, multi-branching urban fantasy game about magic and monsters in New York.
It was also an IGF nominee and was called "one of the best adventure games ever made" by PC Gamer.
store.steampowered.com/app/336140/U...
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is a great game! If you love point and click adventure games you gotta check it out. I love the way you can explore different stories by pairing off with different characters for missions. 70% off is an absolute steal.
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"I did not hit her, I did NAHT. Oh hi Grimace!"
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"I did not hit her, I did NAHT. Oh hi Grimace!"
You know who else built a dehumanised industrial system of cruelty and oppression?
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You know who else built a dehumanised industrial system of cruelty and oppression?
Really enjoying Cities: Skylines II since the most recent patch and DLCs. Vanilla progression tree feels well balanced, not making too much money but need to make deliberate choices. It’s come a long way!
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Really enjoying Cities: Skylines II since the most recent patch and DLCs. Vanilla progression tree feels well balanced, not making too much money but need to make deliberate choices. It’s come a long way!
It’s-a-me, Mario!
Tyler Smarslok and Dustin Glant
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s-a-me, Mario!
iOS Calendar suggestions are wild. I haven’t been to the first one here since 2015. I went to second one - once - 16 years ago! The salon I’ve been going to monthly for the past five years? Nah mate, type that shit in yourself.
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
iOS Calendar suggestions are wild. I haven’t been to the first one here since 2015. I went to second one - once - 16 years ago! The salon I’ve been going to monthly for the past five years? Nah mate, type that shit in yourself.
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
These people are psychotic
in the days since members have fled the discord, the chatbot wished people happy holidays and of course the anthropic exec responded and you just have to read this lmfao
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
These people are psychotic
I'm not a Disney guy but I do like tech, and this is a fascinating use of machine learning to do one of those cool "the best tech can seem indistinguishable from magic" things.
Olaf: Bringing an Animated Character to Life in the Physical World
YouTube video by DisneyResearchHub
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm not a Disney guy but I do like tech, and this is a fascinating use of machine learning to do one of those cool "the best tech can seem indistinguishable from magic" things.
🎶 Kier, chosen one, Kier 🫡
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🎶 Kier, chosen one, Kier 🫡