Joe Lanman
@joelanman.bsky.social
Design Lead at UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
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Joe Lanman
@joelanman.bsky.social
· Oct 19
It's a designer's job to design for people who use
- screens
- screen readers
- screen magnifiers
- touch screens
- trackpads
- voice input
- keyboard-only
(a non exhaustive list)
#a11y #accessibility #design
- screens
- screen readers
- screen magnifiers
- touch screens
- trackpads
- voice input
- keyboard-only
(a non exhaustive list)
#a11y #accessibility #design
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
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Roblox boss says problem of predators is an "opportunity" for the platform, in disastrous interview following latest child safety measures
www.eurogamer.net/roblox-boss-...
www.eurogamer.net/roblox-boss-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Roblox boss says problem of predators is an "opportunity" for the platform, in disastrous interview following latest child safety measures
www.eurogamer.net/roblox-boss-...
www.eurogamer.net/roblox-boss-...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Are any of those little LED projectors that cost around €100 actually any good?
Ideally ones available in Europe, on not-Amazon (for me that probably means at MediaMarkt or Saturn).
Or are they all rubbish? I am no audioviz enthusiast so I mean, passable quality is OK with me!
Ideally ones available in Europe, on not-Amazon (for me that probably means at MediaMarkt or Saturn).
Or are they all rubbish? I am no audioviz enthusiast so I mean, passable quality is OK with me!
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Are any of those little LED projectors that cost around €100 actually any good?
Ideally ones available in Europe, on not-Amazon (for me that probably means at MediaMarkt or Saturn).
Or are they all rubbish? I am no audioviz enthusiast so I mean, passable quality is OK with me!
Ideally ones available in Europe, on not-Amazon (for me that probably means at MediaMarkt or Saturn).
Or are they all rubbish? I am no audioviz enthusiast so I mean, passable quality is OK with me!
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Quit instagram, WhatsApp
Meta’s owenternal study:
“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,”… staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings would be akin to the tobacco industry “doing research and knowing cigs were bad and then keeping that info to themselves.”
Meta’s owenternal study:
“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,”… staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings would be akin to the tobacco industry “doing research and knowing cigs were bad and then keeping that info to themselves.”
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Quit instagram, WhatsApp
Meta’s owenternal study:
“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,”… staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings would be akin to the tobacco industry “doing research and knowing cigs were bad and then keeping that info to themselves.”
Meta’s owenternal study:
“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,”… staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings would be akin to the tobacco industry “doing research and knowing cigs were bad and then keeping that info to themselves.”
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This PR and the author’s comments are incredible. https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/14369
Just a complete lack of critical thinking about the tool. Even if LLMs are generally valuable this is clearly not a helpful approach on multiple levels.
Just a complete lack of critical thinking about the tool. Even if LLMs are generally valuable this is clearly not a helpful approach on multiple levels.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This PR and the author’s comments are incredible. https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/14369
Just a complete lack of critical thinking about the tool. Even if LLMs are generally valuable this is clearly not a helpful approach on multiple levels.
Just a complete lack of critical thinking about the tool. Even if LLMs are generally valuable this is clearly not a helpful approach on multiple levels.
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yes, the answer is yes
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
yes, the answer is yes
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BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
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Plus suspicion of public bodies using AI to process consultation responses.
If AI becomes a byword for laziness, exploitation, and lack of care, how will that affect where it's adopted, attitudes towards those who use it? And will that matter, or will we just be resigned to it?
If AI becomes a byword for laziness, exploitation, and lack of care, how will that affect where it's adopted, attitudes towards those who use it? And will that matter, or will we just be resigned to it?
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Plus suspicion of public bodies using AI to process consultation responses.
If AI becomes a byword for laziness, exploitation, and lack of care, how will that affect where it's adopted, attitudes towards those who use it? And will that matter, or will we just be resigned to it?
If AI becomes a byword for laziness, exploitation, and lack of care, how will that affect where it's adopted, attitudes towards those who use it? And will that matter, or will we just be resigned to it?
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The scale of the damage at the British Library is difficult to fathom from the outside. Working in the wreckage of the hack has made me even less sanguine about the digital age into which we have leapt feet first.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The scale of the damage at the British Library is difficult to fathom from the outside. Working in the wreckage of the hack has made me even less sanguine about the digital age into which we have leapt feet first.
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The difference between M&S, the Co-op, Jaguar Land Rover and the British Library is that only the latter was created by an act of parliament.
A cyberattack preventing part of the UK state from functioning in the way required by law deserves a different form of attention and scrutiny.
A cyberattack preventing part of the UK state from functioning in the way required by law deserves a different form of attention and scrutiny.
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The difference between M&S, the Co-op, Jaguar Land Rover and the British Library is that only the latter was created by an act of parliament.
A cyberattack preventing part of the UK state from functioning in the way required by law deserves a different form of attention and scrutiny.
A cyberattack preventing part of the UK state from functioning in the way required by law deserves a different form of attention and scrutiny.
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Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
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Open data friends,
If you could recommend only one resource (book, website, organisation, social media account, video, tool, other) what would you recommend to someone starting on their #opendata journey?
Something that will help them learn and explore.
If you could recommend only one resource (book, website, organisation, social media account, video, tool, other) what would you recommend to someone starting on their #opendata journey?
Something that will help them learn and explore.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Open data friends,
If you could recommend only one resource (book, website, organisation, social media account, video, tool, other) what would you recommend to someone starting on their #opendata journey?
Something that will help them learn and explore.
If you could recommend only one resource (book, website, organisation, social media account, video, tool, other) what would you recommend to someone starting on their #opendata journey?
Something that will help them learn and explore.
Tonight's film: The Menu
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tonight's film: The Menu
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This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
100%, I really miss Quick Resume on Playstation
www.polygon.com/quick-resume...
www.polygon.com/quick-resume...
Quick Resume was quietly Xbox’s best innovation this generation
The unsung hero of the last five years of video games
www.polygon.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
100%, I really miss Quick Resume on Playstation
www.polygon.com/quick-resume...
www.polygon.com/quick-resume...
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Rockstar's controversial dismissal of 31 employees is such a big deal, it's made its way to UK Parliament
www.eurogamer.net/rockstars-co...
www.eurogamer.net/rockstars-co...
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Rockstar's controversial dismissal of 31 employees is such a big deal, it's made its way to UK Parliament
www.eurogamer.net/rockstars-co...
www.eurogamer.net/rockstars-co...
