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Matt Eason

@matteason.me
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Designer & developer working in digital government ambiph.one / govukvue.org / matteason.co.uk/scotbeats / stationlifts.org.uk He/him

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 20/09/2026
Felony & Bribery
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 11/09/2026
WHO IS BUYING THIS SHIT WHY DOES IT HAVE FINGERS WHERE IS ITS BODY
Awful AI image of a highland cow reading a newspaper on a toilet, framed in a shop. It has weird hoof fingers and the paper dips into the bowl, implying its body is sitting behind the aperture of the toilet
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 09/09/2026
TIL Nintendo uses @nuxt.com
Google results page for 'Nintendo UK'. First result is Nintendo's UK homepage but the title is 500 - Internal Server Error | Nuxt - Nintendo
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 09/09/2026
Switch 2 Zelda edition console preorders are live at Smyths for those in the UK: www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/gam...
smythstoys.com
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 03/09/2026
Is Purple Tuesday no longer a thing? They haven't updated socials since April and this very final-sounding statement is the only thing on purpletuesday.co now. They'd usually be ramping up for November by now.
Purple gradient over group photo of lots of people in London. Text: Thank you.

Thank you for your incredible support of the Purple Tuesday campaign over the past eight years. Together, we've made a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of disabled people around the world by raising awareness of the importance of accessible and inclusive customer experiences.

We are truly grateful for the passion, commitment, and advocacy shown by our community. Please keep championing accessibility and inclusion for disabled people in everything you do.

With thanks, The Purple Tuesday Team
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 02/09/2026
Am I overreacting or is this incredibly fucked up?
Email with some information redacted, subject heading redacted - student project, from a goimpactconsulting.com email address

Quick one, Matt, hope you don't mind me reaching back out...

What if Redacted's next project was handled by a university team at no cost, as part of their degree?

Open to a quick look?

Redacted
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 02/09/2026
Baffling that this can happen and it really exposes what a shitshow both DVLA's systems and the Single Justice Procedure are
bbc.co.uk
Sir Sadiq Khan convicted for not taxing car he denies owning
City Hall officials say the Nissan Micra does not belong to the mayor or Transport for London.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 29/08/2026
In case you missed it (I missed it), WhatsApp can transcribe voice notes. It's not enabled by default and you have to do it individually for each message but it's _something_. Settings > Chats > Voice message transcriptions faq.whatsapp.com/241617298315...
Two phones running WhatsApp, on the left a popup reading 'Read your voice messages with transcripts' and a choose language button, on the right a 'Transcript language' list of radios and a 'Set up now' button
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 24/08/2026
One downside of putting Things on the internet is a lot of the time you'll only know that people like the Thing and use the Thing when the Thing stops working
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 24/08/2026
Does make it sound like the cake is full of bugs though
Poster in National Trust cafe reads "Nature isn't just out there, it's in here too" with a bee and butterfly flying around the words. Below is a rustic looking cake
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 20/08/2026
Stupid sexy pencil
A pencil costume used in a Guinness world record attempt at the London Marathon, worn by a mannequin with a sultry expression
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 18/08/2026
@brianbutterfield.bsky.social FINALLY has some competition
Me holding a book titled "Keep Going For It! Living the life of an entrepreneur" by Victor Kiam. Victor is on the cover, one hand showing an "ok" sign, the other holding a copy of this book, which recursively shows the same cover.Back of the book. Blurb reads:

How to succeed as an entrepreneur-and keep on succeeding!

What should be done when your tangible assets are exhausted and your project still won't rise off the ground?

What happens when a potential buyer for your brilliant new idea can't see past the first hurdle?

What should you do if a new scheme falls flat-even crashes into failure?

Who should win when your home life and business life are set on a collision course?

In Keep Going For It! Victor Kiam offers hardnosed solutions to each of the above-and more-with specific examples drawn from a lifetime of successful risk-taking. If you are a true entrepreneur then business is the great adventure-but only if you Keep Going For It!Inside jacket flap text reads:

Victor Kiam is going for it again! Just in case you thought it might be time to take it easy, the king of entrepreneurs has put together a second colourful cocktail of advice and anecdote to keep you up and running with the best of them.

Victor Kiam is known to millions as 'the man who bought the company'-the man who liked the Remington shaver so much that he bought the entire corporation that made it. He took a loss-maker and made it profitable-then wrote Going For It!, the bestseller that explained how it was done. End of story? By no means. Victor Kiam is an entrepreneur, a man who knows that if you stop developing you're not just standing still-you're going backwards.

In Keep Going For It! Victor Kiam explains how to succeed as an entrepreneur-and then keep on succeeding. Whether your pitch is a market stall or a conglomerate's boardroom the principle is the same -recognize your potential, maximize that potential and keep on maximizing that potential.

Just what should be done when it seems every tangible asset's been exhausted and a project still won't rise off the ground? What happens when it seems that every potential buyer for your brilliant new idea just can't see past the first trifling hurdle? What can be done when a new scheme falls flat-even crashes into failure? Keep Going For It! offers hardnosed solutions to each of the above- and more - with specific examples drawn from a lifetime of successful risk-taking.

If you're a true entrepreneur then business is the great adventure-but only if you Keep Going For It!
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 12/08/2026
Remembered I have a proper camera halfway through the eclipse. Are you meant to put a filter on the lens? Probably!
Photo of the eclipse - a sliver of sun on a dark background, with silhouettes of trees beneath
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 12/08/2026
GitHub currently chasing the elusive "no nines" of availability
Simpsons meme, three panels. Top panel, Bart's classmates look towards the camera. Caption "Say the line, Github!". Second panel, Bart looks downtrodden. Caption "We are investigating reports of degraded performance". Third panel, Bart's classmates and teacher throw their hands up in delight
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 10/08/2026
I've been holding out on getting a Switch 2 until they start releasing the special editions. I've decided there's going to be one for the Ocarina of Time remake so if whoever's uncle works for Nintendo could make that happen that would be great, thanks
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 31/07/2026
Kudos to HMRC for fixing this - they now randomise the results to ensure they can't be gamed with nonsense punctuation. And, entirely coincidentally, Coconut Free have decided their name actually doesn't start with a random exclamation mark.
Snippet of Making Tax Digital search results page reads "Results have been put in random order to ensure fairness when displaying software choices."Coconut Free listing on search results page reads:

Coconut Free
Price	Free version
Type of software	Software that creates digital records, Software that connects to your records (bridging software)
Income sources	Sole trader, UK property
Quarterly updates	Ready now
Tax return	Ready now
Find out what Coconut Free provide now and what they’re developing
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 28/07/2026
Good example of poor colour blindness accessibility on UKHSA's heat health alerts map. 'No alert' and 'Red alert' are practically indistinguishable if you have protanopia ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-heal...
Map of the UK from heat health alert map with protanopia colour blindness filter. England is divided into eight regions in various shades of yellow-brown. A key shows the colours for no alert, yellow, amber and red alerts. No alert and Red alert are very similar shades of brownThe same map without the colour blindness filter. No alert is green and yellow, amber and red alerts are their respective colours.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 26/07/2026
"Visualised podcast"? Sir that's a chat show
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 24/07/2026
Imagine being forced to publish this on your own website and then _cutting_ customer service staff
Humiliating screenshot from British Gas website reads:


Our Citizens Advice score

Our score is 2.3 out of 5 stars. Citizens Advice compares energy suppliers across 3 different categories and ranks their customer service

See how we compare (link)
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 22/07/2026
Thames Water texted that they're introducing a hosepipe ban for "all customers", except it doesn't apply to wastewater-only customers, and I'm a wastewater-only customer. They're just shit all round
Due to the hot and dry weather, we're introducing a hosepipe ban for all customers. Please use water wisely. Details at: thameswater.co.uk/hosepipe-ban
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 20/07/2026
It's hardly the biggest issue in all of this but this machinery of government kerfuffle is going to expose the short-sightedness of tying the GOV.UK brand to a DSIT brand that's about to go in the bin - the horrible cyan was taken from DSIT's logo
Snippet of Department for Science, Innovation & Technology homepage on GOV.UK, with 'This organisation is changing' banner. The dot in GOV.UK is the same cyan as the coloured line down the side of the DSIT logo
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 18/07/2026
Spare a thought for our GDS friends, who look like they're going to have to endure yet another machinery of government change
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 08/07/2026
This is fantastic for accessibility - Wimbledon's Inclusive Feed adds spatial audio cues and a high-contrast overlay showing the ball's path, bounces, serve speed and calls, for blind and partially sighted fans On iPlayer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 01/07/2026
Good luck to all those limbering up for the Bayeux Tapestry ticket war
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 29/06/2026
Well she lived a... what's the phrase?
BBC News headline: The Good Life actress Dame Penelope Keith dies aged 86. 29 June 2026
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 27/06/2026
Content nerds, how do we feel about "Mails"? "Mail", surely?
Post Office opening times with "Banking, Mails, Travel" banner at the bottom
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 24/06/2026
Will someone please answer the doorbell? #ScoBra
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 22/06/2026
Well it wasn't pissing down with rain so that's something
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 19/06/2026
Throw in his giant trainers and you've got a deal
Mr Bobby looking suave in sunglasses, a red Hawaiian shirt and size one million trainers. His legs are crossed and he's leaning against a clothes storefront. Also he's a giant pink creature with yellow dots
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 17/06/2026
"Civil servants have been paid to play Grand Theft Auto (GTA) online with the public, The Telegraph can reveal" Except they just found it on a blog post that's been up since December 2024: openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/11/w... www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... Paywall bypass: archive.ph/AKWpP
telegraph.co.uk
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 15/06/2026
While they're at it could they also ban LinkedIn for over 16s?
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 15/06/2026
Why are all the prime minister's statements... on gov.uk... formatted like this... with every phrase... punctuated with an ellipsis? www.gov.uk/government/s...
Because today is a big moment for our country. 

This is a big step… 

Real change for our children and our future. 

Because today - I can announce… 

That the Government will ban access to social media… 

For all children under the age of sixteen. 

This is not something I do lightly. 

And I will not present it as cost-free… 

As if social media has brought no benefits to young people… 

Because clearly that is wrong. 

But Government is always about choices.   

And its clear to me that a full ban is the right choice.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 12/06/2026
RIP David Hockney, pictured here with his greatest work
David Hockney stands next to a screen showing his version of The Sun newspaper logo. Hockney is an older man with round glasses and a green cardigan. His logo is the normal Sun logo, in bold italic sans-serif white text on a red background, with a crude white sun with wavy lines in the top left and sketchy black lines forming a shadow behind the word 'Sun'. It's very MS Paint.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 11/06/2026
The government's digital ID consultation explicitly said they don't intend to include sex or gender markers on the digital ID card. Keep an eye on whether that remains true www.gov.uk/government/c...
Information about sex and gender is not necessary for the intended purpose of the digital ID. Inclusion of this information would not enhance checks that the digital ID belongs to the person presenting it. Checks will be done programmatically and through biometric authentication, neither of which require specific sex or gender data.  

Additionally, digital right to work checks and many checks in the private sector (including Know Your Customer (KYC) and simple age verification checks) do not require the collection or sharing of information about a person’s sex or gender. Similarly, access to most public services does not require this information. In specific scenarios where sex or gender information is required, it is better collected and verified by other means appropriate to that scenario, rather than contained in the digital ID.  

For these reasons, and in line with data minimisation principles, we do not intend to include sex or gender information in the digital ID.
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UK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New petition: "Reverse NHS England's decision to make its code repositories closed-source." Deadline 10 December 2026, created by Mr. Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell #NewPetition
petition.parliament.uk
New petition: Reverse NHS England's decision to make its code repositories closed-source.
Previously, the NHS Service Standard held that “public services are built with public money, so unless there's a good reason not to, the code they're based on should be made available for other people to reuse and build on.” This is what the current policy should be reverted to.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 10/06/2026
OK but consider: Ambient ScotRail Thomas the Tank Engine scotbeats.matteason.co.uk?yturl=https%...
scotbeats.matteason.co.uk
Ambient ScotRail Beats - train announcements over ambient music
Train announcements over ambient music
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 05/06/2026
Someone's had a bad holiday
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 01/06/2026
The Taylor Swift Toy Story logo is almost really cool but the typography is all over the place so I fixed it. Call me, Pixar?
Taylor Swift Toy Story logo - yellow characters at different angles with blue outlinesMy version of the Taylor Swift/Toy Story logo, more like the original Toy Story logo. Taylor in yellow text with blue outlines, with letters at different angles. Swift in bold yellow letters on a skewed red background. Background is stylised fluffy clouds from Toy Story 3.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 30/05/2026
Hurrah! The lifts API has come back to life and stationlifts.org.uk is working again
stationlifts.org.uk
Station Lifts - check if the lifts are working at any station
Check if the lifts are working at any train station in Great Britain
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 25/05/2026
Everybody shut up, the cheese rolling's on
TV showing BBC live stream of Gloucestershire cheese rolling races, showing steep hillside with a crowd of spectators
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 21/05/2026
The weirdest thing to me about the DfE/Gemma Collins thing is - do teenagers actually know or care who she is? I know she's got a zillion Instagram followers but I'd have thought her audience would be aggressively millennial
bbc.co.uk
Department for Education receive backlash over Gemma Collins videos
The education secretary defends videos starring The Only Way Is Essex star promoting post-16 education.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 14/05/2026
Network Rail's station lifts API - which shows which lifts are broken - has itself been broken for a month That means that my site (stationlifts.org.uk), National Rail's official access map, and any other journey planner service which shows lift status have been completely wrong since 14 April
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 14/05/2026
"Starmer out" > Monkey's paw curls news.sky.com/story/street...
news.sky.com
Streeting poised to strike: Contest to replace Starmer could be triggered today
"We all know what he's been up to," Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said of Wes Streeting yesterday – and today looks set to be the day that he makes good on rampant speculation that he's going to try to re...
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 05/05/2026
"Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever [the fuck] you get your podcasts [you fucking nerd]"
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 05/05/2026
BBC are experimenting with this nonsense again. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet... is gated behind a login, pointlessly There are two variants - the one on the left isn't closable. You're not allowed to read the story at all. The one on the right dismisses if you click the background or "Maybe later"
Popover on BBC Sport reads:

Get the full story with your BBC account
We’ll save your place while you sign in

Sign in button
or
Register link

Link: Don't sign in, find something elsePopover on BBC Sport reads:

Get more with your BBC account
We’ll save your place while you sign in

Sign in button
or
Register link
Maybe later link
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 01/05/2026
An absolute grammatical clusterfuck
Icon on a frozen pizza box of a pizza slice with arms and legs wearing a scarf and gloves, overlaid with the text "Grab a pizza [exclamation mark]" Me". Me is on the scarf.
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 01/05/2026
I've been spray painting bits and pieces in the garden recently and I've accidentally Pavlov'ed my dog into sprinting to the patio door whenever he hears the rattle of a spraycan
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 16/04/2026
🎵 She wore some...
"Horse urine perfume: why online bargains may be dangerous" headline from BBC News, above a stock phot of a woman blocking her nostrils while holding perfume
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 15/04/2026
@eumetsat.int Good morning! EUMETVIEW and the geoserver have been returning errors since last night, is this a known issue?
Visualization service currently unavailable. If the problem persists please contact our support teamhttps://view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetMap&version=1.3.0&layers=mumi:worldcloudmap_ir108&styles=&format=image/png&crs=EPSG:4326&bbox=-90,-180,90,0&width=4096&height=4096
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 08/04/2026
Incredible weasel wording from eBay here. Instead of automatically transferring funds to your bank account every quarter (which was already ridiculous) they now just stay in eBay indefinitely and you have to manually withdraw them. This is "more flexibility and control".
 Get more from your eBay balance

Hi Matthew,

You can now enjoy better flexibility and control when managing your earnings on eBay.

Starting today, available funds will stay in your eBay balance, instead of being sent to your bank account automatically every quarter. This makes it easier for you to build up your funds, set money aside for a future purchase or withdraw whenever you like.
With eBay balance, you can:

    Shop on eBay using funds from your sales
    Access earnings in one place
    Pay for delivery labels, promote your listings and more
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