Ciaran Conliffe

@shinyemptyhead.bsky.social

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He/him/history nerd. Also infosec sometimes (professionally), and writing about history, pop culture, and other weirdness (compulsively).

Mini schnauzer in a bed
Three frames of a web banner ad featuring the McDonalds logo and a man saying: "Double cheeseburger? I'd hit it. I'm a dollar menu guy."
A woodcut illustration of a clown brandishing a severed head.
BBC headline: "Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed".
Goro the tiger cub from the new Yakuza Pirates game wearing a pirate hat
A direct message asking for a post from four years ago about malware on a site to be removed, because Google's AI summary is reporting it as a current issue.
Slide with a picture of a demonic boy, and the text: "December 1710: The demonic boy appears 12th February 1711: The demonic boy returns"
Cover for "Women Who Murder, An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales"
A flat model of the sun, with a sign pointing at it saying "Please do not touch the sun."
An still from the 2019 anime "Boogiepop And Others" of a woman sitting at a desk, with the caption "A lot of stuff happened, and I quit being normal."
Owls wearing ice skates.
Girl riding an alligator.