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, 🏳️🌈
Oh yeah, Black Friday. I guess now is as good a time as any to pull the trigger on my PC upgrade.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh yeah, Black Friday. I guess now is as good a time as any to pull the trigger on my PC upgrade.
Almost made coffee for my start of week sync call in my weekend mug. Two weeks ago my boss nearly snorted his own coffee out of his nose when he saw me take a sip from my Dolly Parton mug, this might kill him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Almost made coffee for my start of week sync call in my weekend mug. Two weeks ago my boss nearly snorted his own coffee out of his nose when he saw me take a sip from my Dolly Parton mug, this might kill him.
I've always enjoyed viewing the giant red Stansted Express "YOU BETTER NOT BE USING AN OYSTER OR BANK CARD" banners through the context of the Hierarchy of Controls.
Congrats on making it to "substitution" (Oyster Cards still verboten)!
Congrats on making it to "substitution" (Oyster Cards still verboten)!
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I've always enjoyed viewing the giant red Stansted Express "YOU BETTER NOT BE USING AN OYSTER OR BANK CARD" banners through the context of the Hierarchy of Controls.
Congrats on making it to "substitution" (Oyster Cards still verboten)!
Congrats on making it to "substitution" (Oyster Cards still verboten)!
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good to see the government investing in what matters (pies) www.nrf.gov.au/news-and-med...
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
good to see the government investing in what matters (pies) www.nrf.gov.au/news-and-med...
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Are you prepared to make Important Choices?
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you prepared to make Important Choices?
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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We're so close to having the ultimate vehicle on our roads
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're so close to having the ultimate vehicle on our roads
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
yes I think @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com has talked about this, it's deeply alienating to find out that the vast majority of people do not want the curated timeline / engagement / discussion version of social media that I find to be the only good version of the experience
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
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I just finished the Vox Relay mission in Outer Worlds 2 and think I’m starting to click with it. It’s my first Obsidian game, but it came so well recommended I had to give it a go.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I just finished the Vox Relay mission in Outer Worlds 2 and think I’m starting to click with it. It’s my first Obsidian game, but it came so well recommended I had to give it a go.
“Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer.”
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no offence to the horny-for-robots people but i'm always going to prefer my partner for this kind of thing
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
no offence to the horny-for-robots people but i'm always going to prefer my partner for this kind of thing
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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"What's Gabbo?
I figure it's some guy's name.
Some guy named Gabbo. Hmm."
"I don't think they're giving you
enough information, dad."
"I'll figure it out.
I'm going to use all the power of my brain."
I figure it's some guy's name.
Some guy named Gabbo. Hmm."
"I don't think they're giving you
enough information, dad."
"I'll figure it out.
I'm going to use all the power of my brain."
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"What's Gabbo?
I figure it's some guy's name.
Some guy named Gabbo. Hmm."
"I don't think they're giving you
enough information, dad."
"I'll figure it out.
I'm going to use all the power of my brain."
I figure it's some guy's name.
Some guy named Gabbo. Hmm."
"I don't think they're giving you
enough information, dad."
"I'll figure it out.
I'm going to use all the power of my brain."
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social very respectful cat
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social very respectful cat
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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Oh no, they put ChatGPT into the codec 😩
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Oh no, they put ChatGPT into the codec 😩
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Saw a tweet referring to MTG and immediately thought “Megan Thee Galleon” which is I guess a pirate themed Megan Thee Stallion drag act
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Saw a tweet referring to MTG and immediately thought “Megan Thee Galleon” which is I guess a pirate themed Megan Thee Stallion drag act
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Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
![Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
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Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link.
I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation.
Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after.
[0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092
[1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/bafkreia62cq7p2dn2o76cjuuzl5dpwaatnf5m5cl5bm7lmoprsavebgl4q@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
Why’d I think someone had superimposed a teeny-tiny Iceland over Auckland
E-bikes as rapid transit. There is a sweet spot, 8-14km from the city centre, where gaps in the mass rapid transit network and slow buses can be filled by e-bikes. Map = 45 minute e-bike travel time.
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why’d I think someone had superimposed a teeny-tiny Iceland over Auckland
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People can and should have nice things.
If someone writes a report saying "we build transport that is too nice and that's why projects are expensive and that's why we don't build more of them" then not only should their analysis be discarded as junk but they should be pilloried.
If someone writes a report saying "we build transport that is too nice and that's why projects are expensive and that's why we don't build more of them" then not only should their analysis be discarded as junk but they should be pilloried.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
People can and should have nice things.
If someone writes a report saying "we build transport that is too nice and that's why projects are expensive and that's why we don't build more of them" then not only should their analysis be discarded as junk but they should be pilloried.
If someone writes a report saying "we build transport that is too nice and that's why projects are expensive and that's why we don't build more of them" then not only should their analysis be discarded as junk but they should be pilloried.
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Hope everyone is enjoying Moevember so far! Still a whole lot of fun stuff to come.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hope everyone is enjoying Moevember so far! Still a whole lot of fun stuff to come.