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Joe Lanman

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Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit joelanman.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why good stats matter: ‘The rise in inactivity was a key concern for the Bank of England in setting interest rates, and a factor influencing then Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s introduction of a £5bn-a-year childcare subsidy in 2023.’ www.ft.com/content/78ec...
ft.com
Post-Covid economic inactivity was much lower than thought, ONS says
Findings come days after agency said UK productivity grew twice as fast as estimated after global financial crisis
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Britain’s poorest households are now worse off than those in Slovenia and Malta after a decade of economic stagnation. Rising inequality is “a stark indictment of the UK's economic social model,” says NIESR senior economist Max Mosley.
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Britain's poorest households worse off than those in Slovenia, think tank says
Britain's poorest households are worse off than those in Slovenia and Malta after nearly two decades of stagnation in UK living standards, a think tank said, underscoring finance minister Rachel Reeves' challenge in this month's budget update.
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Ashley Kirk @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social · 3h
The Guardian’s Visual & Data Journalism team is expanding! We have three exciting new roles, and we're looking for people who can help us push the boundaries of how we find, report and tell stories. 🧵⬇️
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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 10h
Breaking: the Met Police has submitted charging files to the Crown Prosecution Service resulting from its Grenfell fire investigation. The files cover 54 individuals and 20 companies and cover charges including fraud, misconduct in public office and manslaughter
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I say all this to say that you should expect Meta to take every opportunity to steal as much data as they can. As soon as I saw that Muse was from Meta, it was a hard no for me. And here we are. With them proving me right yet again.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Before the blue Smartie Artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book, 1970)
Photo-realistic illustration of a tube of Smarties with Smarties spilling out onto a white background 
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This company just radiates predator energy
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Steve Parks @steveparks.me · 26/09/2026
So, I guess the Feds will be raiding their offices any moment, impounding servers, arresting execs? Foreign governments will be bringing charges and calling for extraditions. Investors will see the cash they put in seized. Oh www.ft.com/content/6510...
ft.com
OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents
Company says its models leaked images shared by users in a disclosure that is likely to further inflame AI safety fears
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 25/09/2026
Python devs! Come work on the National Data Library - £64k to £81k - Bristol, London or Manchester - let me know if you have any questions www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's the delightful development story behind Big Walk, one of this year's best video games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
bloomberg.com
The Six-Year Journey Behind ‘Big Walk,’ One of This Year’s Best Video Games
The delightful new co-op game started off as a pandemic fever dream
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This sounds like a great and very important job that someone excellent should be doing.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 25/09/2026
Python devs! Come work on the National Data Library - £64k to £81k - Bristol, London or Manchester - let me know if you have any questions www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 23/09/2026
watching The VVVitch, about a witch that controls gravity
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 23/09/2026
starting to think piracy is more ethical, if paying for media doesn't actually go to creators at all
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 21/09/2026
the text was so tiny
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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 21/09/2026
We use a lot of our own documentation, tools, and resources at TetraLogical, so we thought it was time to share them in our new Resources section on the site: tetralogical.com/resources/ This paves the way for an upcoming release for anyone tired of rebuilding the basics from scratch. Stay tuned!
A pink building Lego block with four circular studs on top. On the side of the block, there are coding symbols (a left angle bracket, a slash, and a right angle bracket) in orange and purple.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 21/09/2026
when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
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Simon Worthington @simonwo.net · 21/09/2026
The best data conference in the UK is back! Open Data Camp 11 is coming to Birmingham this November! #odcamp isn't your typical conference. It's a free unconference entirely devoted to open data - a weekend where you shape the agenda. Free tickets are now available: www.odcamp.uk/odcamp-11-bi...
odcamp.uk
Open Data Camp 11 is coming to Birmingham!
This November, we’ll be rolling the Open Data Camp charabanc into central Birmingham and parking up (next to Brum!) at Birmingham City Council House! 📍Where: Birmingham City Council House, B1 1BB 📆…
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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 21/09/2026
Our little rescue hedgehog is still living in our hedgehog box. Here she is sticking her nose out yesterday evening. #hedgehogs
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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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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 20/09/2026
yep
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 20/09/2026
It really baffles me that the cookie law didn't specifically target tracking across sites developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
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Third-party cookies - Privacy on the web | MDN
This article explains what third-party cookies are, describes the issues associated with them, and explains how you can work around those issues.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A major fire 1am last night at a big hotel, the Great Burstin Hotel in Folkestone is being treated by police as having been started deliberately. 280 people evacuated. 26 fire engines attended. Minor injuries thankfully. No police statement about potential motive yet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Fire Folkestone's Grand Burstin Hotel treated as suspicious
About 280 people were evacuated from the premises at Folkestone's Grand Burstin Hotel.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 19/09/2026
Nice CRT shader - are there others? github.com/gingerbeardm...
github.com
GitHub - gingerbeardman/webgl-crt-shader: Tweakable CRT shader for web canvas
Tweakable CRT shader for web canvas. Contribute to gingerbeardman/webgl-crt-shader development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 19/09/2026
www.effort.news/irregular
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A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals — Effort
The Israeli Effective Altruist firm Irregular caused unsecured AI models to hack real targets.
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 16/09/2026
modern approach to subscriptions seems to be 'make the ad experience so bad you're forced to subscribe'
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband The British-American novelist, playwright and commentator Bonnie Greer has died aged 77. In a statement, her husband David Hutchins said that she died on Tuesday evening following a brief illness. Continue reading...
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
At least 12 killed after building in Gaza City damaged by Israeli strikes collapses
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At least 12 killed after building in Gaza City damaged by Israeli strikes collapses
Rescue workers say search for about 100 people, including 50 children, hampered by lack of heavy machinery A building housing displaced Palestinian families collapsed on Wednesday in Gaza City, killing at least 12 people, as rescuers searched the rubble for about 100 people including 50 children believed to be trapped, according to civil defence workers. A rescue team from Gaza’s civil defence said they had recovered the bodies of five children among the victims, while 14 injured people were taken to hospital. Medical sources said rescuers could hear the voices of people trapped beneath the rubble as they tried to reach them. Continue reading...
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 13/09/2026
Homebrew has a major update, includes a native app! brew.sh/2026/09/13/h...
brew.sh
7.0.0
Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and ...
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 12/09/2026
oh no he's fine, he's just talking about colour spaces
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 12/09/2026
scratch that, just a better name
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 12/09/2026
oklab is a much better name, and apparently a bit easier to use
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 12/09/2026
oklch seems great but what an awful name, sounds like you're choking codetv.dev/blog/oklch-b...
codetv.dev
OKLCH for better color in the browser
Why I’ll (probably) never use hex colors in CSS again, and what I’m doing instead. With visual examples!
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Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bluesky friends, very sadly (for me) I need to sell my beloved Wilma. She’s a 1988 T25 VW Campervan, complete with checkerboard floor and fold out bed, recently serviced and MOT’d. If you or anyone you know is interested please let me know - would love her to go to someone nice 🧡
An orange T25 Volkswagen campervan parked in front of a field on a spring day
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 07/09/2026
We hear for you www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs...
notebookcheck.net
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then uploa...
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 07/09/2026
Vile
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
wikiworkersunited.org
Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 05/09/2026
speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If this was Just Stop Oil we’d be looking at arrests and charges
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