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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 · Nov 12

Hi BSky, here are three things I made that you might like

Thing #1: Ambient ScotRail Beats

ScotRail made all of their tannoy announcements available under FOI and I put them over an infinite stream of ambient lofi beats. You can add your own music too

Ambient ScotRail Beats - train announcements over ambient music

Train announcements over ambient music

matteason.co.uk

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 2h

I think I could get a million dollars from Jimmy Fallon for a mirror that whispers "you are good enough" every morning

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 3h

It's more of a sport

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 3h

NFTs really were the perfect celebrity rube magnet. If I were a scammer I'd be looking at whatever celebrities were flaunting their apes and specifically targeting them with my next magic bean switcheroo

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 2d

Reading this made my mouth suddenly taste like a 9v

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 2d

I love licking the top of a PP3 battery. It gives a lovely little tingle. I'm on my third battery this year.

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 3d

Trade you for a near mint Holy Ghost

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 4d

The raw play counts are probably biased by people trying it out by clicking sounds above the fold (I don't log play duration) but the sounds people choose to save in mixes would be interesting to analyse!

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 4d

He's faithful to Hetty and resents the insinuation

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 4d

I've added hours of new music to the ambient radio station too, and hoover + ambient works bafflingly well

ambiph.one?m=1-Ambient+...

Listen to Ambient Vacuum, an Ambiphone mix

Ambient music + sounds for work, study and relaxation

ambiph.one

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 4d

I just added a vacuum cleaner sound to ambiph.one and I'm taking bets on how long before I have to change this icon for being too baffling to anyone outside the British isles

Sound activation button labelled 'Vacuum cleaner' featuring a cylindrical vacuum with a smiling cartoon face

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 5d

There's a very real possibility that the Kidz Bop version of Wood by Taylor Swift is going to be more listenable than the original

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 5d

AKA The Bible

On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3, 1997, “The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family,” an episode guide covering the first eight seasons of the show, was first published by @harpercollins.bsky.social.

Matt Eason @matteason.me · 7d

@phlaimeaux.bsky.social You gave it 110% and it just wasn't to be this time. We go again.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury

No 10 announces decision although role will not legally be taken on until January, before an enthronement service Sarah Mullally has been named as the first female leader of the Church of England as Downing Street announced the 106th archbishop of Canterbury nearly a year on from Justin Welby’s resignation over the handling of a safeguarding scandal. This is the first time an archbishop of Canterbury has been chosen since the Church of England allowed women to become bishops in 2014. Continue reading...

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 11d

It's like the middle Animorph between this and actual Goatse

Simon from The Inbetweeners giving an exaggerated double-thumbs-up

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 13d

Oh that's a great one. Hungry House had a goatse logo that was plastered in every takeaway window for a good few years

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 13d

When you start working in design nobody tells you quite how much of your time will be spent making sure nothing you've made has any hint of cock and/or balls

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Matt Eason @matteason.me · 13d

Maybe pick a different icon