Chris McMahon
@christy.digital
Web developer. Former game designer.
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Web industry folks unequivocally agree on what makes the web bad:
Non-stop privacy invasion, endless distractions, slop content
Non-stop privacy invasion, endless distractions, slop content
What are your biggest complaints about using the web right now?
December 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Web industry folks unequivocally agree on what makes the web bad:
Non-stop privacy invasion, endless distractions, slop content
Non-stop privacy invasion, endless distractions, slop content
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Here’s the link to the Baker T’s. All proceeds going to a local food bank.
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
Tom Baker Dr Who T-shirt — Alisdair Wood
all proceeds going to a local food bank.
www.woodi.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here’s the link to the Baker T’s. All proceeds going to a local food bank.
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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AI/LLMs are by design anti-labor technology. the aggressive pushing of LLM adoption by all levels of management is exemplary of this: you are not asked to use this tech because it will enable better work and ideas, but because it is cheaper to your boss than your coworker's salary
Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs after CEO says AI likely to lead to job losses.
Is artificial intelligence to blame for Amazon job cuts?
Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs after CEO says AI likely to lead to job losses.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
AI/LLMs are by design anti-labor technology. the aggressive pushing of LLM adoption by all levels of management is exemplary of this: you are not asked to use this tech because it will enable better work and ideas, but because it is cheaper to your boss than your coworker's salary
Bought a Steam Deck and the first game I played through was Vanquish.
Wrote about how there's little stopping you from playing the classic shooter Vanquish at this very moment for
@aftermath.site aftermath.site/vanquish-pla...
@aftermath.site aftermath.site/vanquish-pla...
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Bought a Steam Deck and the first game I played through was Vanquish.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Sardinian towns have decided to organise themselves in a distinctly @ianmcque.bsky.social manner.
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sardinian towns have decided to organise themselves in a distinctly @ianmcque.bsky.social manner.
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All you need to know
October 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
All you need to know
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While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
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so glad someone's writing about the most important character in One Battle After Another: Bob's purple 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
maxread.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
so glad someone's writing about the most important character in One Battle After Another: Bob's purple 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
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show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.
jakelazaroff.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
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There's been a whole spate of restrictive new internet legislation proposed and in some cases passed, purportedly to protect children, and somehow Meta continues doing stuff like this free of any meaningful consequences
A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform.
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There's been a whole spate of restrictive new internet legislation proposed and in some cases passed, purportedly to protect children, and somehow Meta continues doing stuff like this free of any meaningful consequences
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i dont know how a gamedev sees the massive smoking fires at their own company or in the distance, how the layoffs happen in spite of unprecedented success, and aren't immediately unionizing. this is good!
like the overwatch and world of warcraft teams before them, over 450 diablo devs have voted to unionize. last year's mass microsoft layoffs convinced them to start organizing, but this year's kicked things into high gear
August 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
i dont know how a gamedev sees the massive smoking fires at their own company or in the distance, how the layoffs happen in spite of unprecedented success, and aren't immediately unionizing. this is good!
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Bank robber warns that if he has to compensate EVERY person he stole from, it would financially ruin the bank robbery industry.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Bank robber warns that if he has to compensate EVERY person he stole from, it would financially ruin the bank robbery industry.
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I hope one day we will remember Hind Rajab the way we remember Anne Frank -- one child symbolizing the fates of so many under genocide
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I hope one day we will remember Hind Rajab the way we remember Anne Frank -- one child symbolizing the fates of so many under genocide
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Apple vs. Facebook is kayfabe. Always has been.
How do we know? Apple lets FB destroy browser choice to track users without batting an eye:
infrequently.org/2025/08/appl...
How do we know? Apple lets FB destroy browser choice to track users without batting an eye:
infrequently.org/2025/08/appl...
Apple vs. Facebook is Kayfabe - Infrequently Noted
Apple vs. Facebook is, and always was, kayfabe. In reality, Apple is Facebook's chauffeur; holding Zuck's coat while Facebook wantonly surveils iPhones owners. How can we be sure? Because Apple contin...
infrequently.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Apple vs. Facebook is kayfabe. Always has been.
How do we know? Apple lets FB destroy browser choice to track users without batting an eye:
infrequently.org/2025/08/appl...
How do we know? Apple lets FB destroy browser choice to track users without batting an eye:
infrequently.org/2025/08/appl...
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instead of redesigning your portfolio
try carefully folding it into the shape of a sailboat, letting it drift off down the creek, and enjoying the rest of your walk through the wild woods, unafflicted.
breathe deeply from your lungs, perhaps for the first time
in a long time.
try carefully folding it into the shape of a sailboat, letting it drift off down the creek, and enjoying the rest of your walk through the wild woods, unafflicted.
breathe deeply from your lungs, perhaps for the first time
in a long time.
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
instead of redesigning your portfolio
try carefully folding it into the shape of a sailboat, letting it drift off down the creek, and enjoying the rest of your walk through the wild woods, unafflicted.
breathe deeply from your lungs, perhaps for the first time
in a long time.
try carefully folding it into the shape of a sailboat, letting it drift off down the creek, and enjoying the rest of your walk through the wild woods, unafflicted.
breathe deeply from your lungs, perhaps for the first time
in a long time.
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Here’s our current full range, along with our sci-fi fanzine Phaser.
July 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here’s our current full range, along with our sci-fi fanzine Phaser.
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This is effectively the only data this article uses to make this claim - statements by tech companies
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is effectively the only data this article uses to make this claim - statements by tech companies
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Today’s in-depth read runs the rule over the assorted former CIA officers, mercenaries, financial consultants and evangelical Christians who claim to be doing ‘good’ in Gaza but are roundly condemned by the global humanitarian community👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529213...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529213...
Who are the shadowy figures running US-Israeli aid operation in Gaza?
Foreign Editor David Pratt runs the rule over the assorted former CIA officers, mercenaries, financial consultants and evangelical Christians who…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today’s in-depth read runs the rule over the assorted former CIA officers, mercenaries, financial consultants and evangelical Christians who claim to be doing ‘good’ in Gaza but are roundly condemned by the global humanitarian community👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529213...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529213...
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Now is a moment to reshare this video
June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Now is a moment to reshare this video
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My workaround for this is to not use LLMs for coding. Or anything else.
June 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My workaround for this is to not use LLMs for coding. Or anything else.
Playing my 3DS again. No-one does handheld consoles as well as Nintendo.
Got a few StreetPass hits when I was on holiday.
Got a few StreetPass hits when I was on holiday.
The Nintendo 3DS zines are all done! My first time making zines myself at home. They're debuting at TCAF but I'll try to keep selling them at any future events :^))
June 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Playing my 3DS again. No-one does handheld consoles as well as Nintendo.
Got a few StreetPass hits when I was on holiday.
Got a few StreetPass hits when I was on holiday.
I worked on three Popes of GTA. Puts it all in perspective.
If you ignore the Stories games, the papacy lines up with each GTA era.
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I worked on three Popes of GTA. Puts it all in perspective.