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Ian Ames

@ames.world
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I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way. Anagram of Amnesia.

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steve @visitmy.website · 4h
Our next one is in Leeds, you beauties. Come along. luma.com/7s9dnegb
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Product for the People 10 · Luma
This is the 10th (!!) of our Product for the People events and we're coming to Leeds. An event for people interested in public service and product management…
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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 10h
It's so obvious, duh. #webcomics #comicsky
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 11h
Morning!
Low sunlight shining through trees that are just starting to turn from green to orange
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 12h
Ah no I can't be arsed with the age verification, can message me on LinkedIn *shudder*
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 12h
Where abouts in Dorset Sharon? I would be up for that!
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Shaun Gomm @shaungomm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excited to announce that #CampDigital 2027 will be on Thursday 13th May at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Expect the usual mix of inspirational speakers and good vibes, with a special line up in prospect for our 15th edition. More to follow…
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026
im very busy
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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
they’re called hooves, dummy🙄
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 26/09/2026
I may be turning into Adrian Chiles 😬
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 26/09/2026
My hot #Strictly take is that Emma, Josh and JoJo are better at syncing when they say "the judges" than Tess and Claude ever were.
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Tom watson @tomcw.xyz · 26/09/2026
Heard that more UK schools are adopting this bollocks, which leans on drilled rote learning, right at the exact time the world around needs critical thinking and exploration. What the fuck are we doing man.. teacherhead.com/2017/02/26/t...
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The Michaela Way
Last week,  I joined the growing number of people who have visited Michaela Community School to see it action.   I’ve read Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers and numerous blogs and articles ab…
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So exhausting keeping up with things people get inexplicably furious about
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 26/09/2026
This is excellent - esp the "don't trust ZIRP-era advice". Not just for beginners.
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Advice to a beginning software engineer
In general, you should be suspicious of engineers who are trying to give you advice. Even during ordinary times, this industry is so wide and changes so quickly…
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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh btw. I'm doing a show called Spunk In My Eyes at the inaugural Plymouth Comedy Festival in February. It’s about dealing with ovarian cancer as an exhausted woman in my sixties with an intense hatred of positive mindsets and spiritual woo-woo. www.plymouthcomedyfestival.com/events/jane-...
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Jane Hill: Spunk In My Eyes | Plymouth Comedy Festival, Plymouth Comedy Festival, University of Plymouth
Jane Hill brings Spunk In My Eyes to the SU Lounge at Plymouth University Students’ Union. Jane’s candid, blackly comic show tackles cancer, courage and the exhausting pressure to stay positive with h...
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zuz @zuz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PSA - LEGO are retiring the Endurance soon 😱 www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
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The Endurance 10335 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop GB
Collectible model building project for fans of famous ships
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 25/09/2026
Amesy reporting for duty 🫡 Mainly because you can't do anything with Ian 😅
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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 25/09/2026
Morning!
Shafts of early morning sun through silhouetted treesMist catching the light on a shallow hillLight and dark patches of grass in a low hillLong shadows through trees
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
French marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the first glass aquarium for scientific study in 1832. Her sealed tanks (with aeration & water stability) enabled live observation of sea creatures, which was revolutionary in marine research. She was born #OTD in 1794. #WomenInSTEM
Sepia-toned 1861 photograph by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri of Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794–1871), pioneering French marine biologist and inventor of the glass aquarium. She stands in three-quarter profile facing left, leaning elegantly on a tall decorative pedestal vase adorned with flowers. She wears a formal Victorian gown with a fitted bodice of intricate black lace over dark fabric, long lace sleeves, and a voluminous hoop-skirted skirt. Her dark hair is styled in a low chignon, and she gazes thoughtfully to the side in a studio setting with a neutral backdrop.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Horror stories for designers - 10 words or less: " it's just lift and shift"
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 24/09/2026
My time at #NHSE will be ending next week and I'm planning to take a bit of a break in October, so I'm opening up my calendar for chats. If you fancy shooting the breeze book a slot: calendar.app.google/2roznh94g2QP...
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There are lots of serious and important points here about the need for licensing law reform and related broader cultural issues in Northern Ireland yes but also THERE IS A LIDL IN BELFAST WITH A PUB IN IT www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I might write a little song about how standards don't fix anything without legal enforcement and routine safety inspections.
But we need to go further.
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Building on the meeting convened by His Majesty King Charles last week, I can announce today that l am going to put Al at the heart of the UK's G20 Presidency next year.
I look back at how we responded to the financial crisis back in 2008.
We moved quickly in the G20 and smaller groups to deliver an urgent, practical response.
We came together to agree principles - which everyone implemented at home in a way that was right for them. And it worked.
That is the kind of approach we need now.
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And we will work towards agreeing a single set of global principles and standards to ensure the transparency and access we need to increase our preparedness - and to ensure that Al development is safe.
This will bring together welcome initiatives from others - like that proposed by Norway this week.
As His Majesty said, the task before us "is not merely to advance technology, but to ensure that it remains firmly in the service of humanity."
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And I want to reassure un nush people that
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 22/09/2026
Ask any civic technologists whose been doing service delivery long enough and they'll tell you all sorts of stories about how letters get mailed in late, to the wrong address, or in the wrong language. And because government hasn't cracked down on scam letters and calls, it makes it harder.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This idiot dicking around in boats will get himself into trouble and either will get rescued by the RNLI and look like a twat when they are gracious and brave, or he'll drown because his gang of twats have shut down the lifeboat station with their threats and violence
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 21/09/2026
Ooooof
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For some reason this sort of thing puts me in a more apocalyptic mood than warnings of the next killer AI www.ft.com/content/7f11...
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 19/09/2026
New strictly dancers triggering the usual Logans run vibes
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Logan's Run: Michael York's Life Clock Crystal
ALT: Logan's Run: Michael York's Life Clock Crystal
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Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
Rumble from the Transformers with speech balloon.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Jim Gumbley @jimgumbley.com · 19/09/2026
Oh dear Dario's response to his own AGI threat is to... *checks notes* Spend a billion dollars on fancy slide decks?
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Andy Foster (Heresy Miniatures) @heresyminiatures.com · 19/09/2026
My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The new James Bond actor has been chosen and it's this guy. www.tiktok.com/@jrw21/video...
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 18/09/2026
Cool I'll ping you my number on LinkedIn, I can't be arsed to set up ages verification for DM's here
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 18/09/2026
Yes! Andy's back, I've fallen out of the habit too, if you want to keep each other accountable to doing it, I would happily find some time to pair up and write 👍
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hindsightery.bsky.social @hindsightery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Guide to working in the open. A guide to working in the open, based on UK Government culture form a decade ago. I've created for myself to get back to doing these things more, and to help others learn and do themselves. Written with Ai assistance (Claude) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Making Things Open Makes Things Better
Making Things Open, Makes Things Better A practical guide to working in the open, for people, teams and departments new to it Written with Ai assistance. Précis "Make things open: it makes things bet...
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6
Chas and Dave are the most criminally underrated band. Ain't no pleasing you is a masterpiece and should be treated as such.

anon_opin GOLD from 7th February 2025
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17/09/2026
unsure if it's a me problem, a you problem or a little bit of both but christ Bluesky is feeling dour these days, every time I open the app I have to ready myself for 75 Very Serious Debates About Serious Issues, whatever happened to getting jiggy with it, don't make me spend more time on Instagram
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Simon Morgan-Wilson @officeofwilson.com · 16/09/2026
A short midweek writing. www.officeofwilson.com/weapons/
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Weapons
The values. On a wall, in an onboarding deck. Be kind! Be curious! Be the change! Bring your whole self! Seek forgiveness not permission! Nobody argues. Then you say the thing that needed saying – and...
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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steve @visitmy.website · 17/09/2026
there is no need for the a.i. hysteria in the news, it is simply a way to capture attention and get everyone to believe it’s the future. sure, it’s useful, but it‘s not cheap or without planetary cost. it’s statistics applied to words, not ‘intelligence’.
The very fact that we cannot distinguish between output from LLMs or humans—which is causing the “crisis” of writing, arts, and higher education—is evidence that we have basically captured language along its most essential axis. That does not mean that we have captured “intelligence” (we have not, and I’m not sure that that’s a coherent idea), and it doesn’t mean that we have captured what Feuerbach called the “species being” of the human; it just means that linguistic and mathematical structure get along, sharing a form located deeper than everyday cognition.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 17/09/2026
AI isn't conscious and it's not going to become conscious. I'm so tired.
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Ian Ames @ames.world · 16/09/2026
That's the value right there Si!
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M. Sims @peltast1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Backhoes are the natural predators of data centers. Nation may need a strategic backhoe reserve, just in case
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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