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Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · Aug 11

No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out

$Code to add "i have the solution: wolves" to most of the text on a website. Produces stuff like "Tim Stanley Netanyahu is committing a strategic blunder that will alienate the world. I have a solution: wolves." javascript:(()=>{const PHRASE="I have a solution: wolves.";const SKIP=new Set(["SCRIPT","STYLE","NOSCRIPT","IFRAME","TEXTAREA","INPUT","CODE","PRE","SVG","CANVAS","MATH","SELECT","OPTION"]);const w=document.createTreeWalker(document.body,NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT,{acceptNode(n){const t=n.nodeValue;if(!t||!t.trim())return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;const p=n.parentElement;if(!p||p.isContentEditable||SKIP.has(p.tagName))return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;}});const chunkRe=/[^.!?…]+(?:[.!?…]+)?(?:["')\]]+)?(?:\s+|$)/g;const terminalPunctRe=/[.!?…]$/;const closersRe=/(["')\]]+)\s*$/;const alreadyRe=/\bI have a solution: wolves\.(?=(?:["')\]]+\s*)?$)/u;while(w.nextNode()){const node=w.currentNode;const original=node.nodeValue;let out="";for(const m of original.matchAll(chunkRe)){let s=m[0];const trimmed=s.trimEnd();if(!trimmed){out+=s;continue}const words=(trimmed.match(/[\p{L}\p{N}’']+/gu)||[]).length;if(words>=6&&!alreadyRe.test(trimmed)){const trailSpace=(s.match(/\s+$/)||[""])[0];let body=trimmed;let closers="";const cm=body.match(closersRe);if(cm){closers=cm[1];body=body.slice(0,-closers.length).trimEnd()}if(!terminalPunctRe.test(body))body+=".";body+=" "+PHRASE;s=body+(closers||"")+trailSpace}out+=s}if(out!==original)node.nodeValue=out}})();$

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Aug 10

You have to hand it to them, they really know their audience.

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Aug 10

771kcal?!

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Aug 4

What an ending. For sheer drama it's up there with the super-over and Stokes and Leach. Cricket, bloody hell.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · Aug 4

You can't even bat two-handed these days. Because of Woakes.

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Aug 2

Glorious.

Bearwood Parish Council @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social · Aug 2

Its so nice to see so much civic pride on show in Harborne/South Bearwood 🤗

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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · Jul 31

UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.

We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.

@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.

Please share and reply with ideas 🙂

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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · Jul 30

📣 We’d like to hear from you!

Bluesky is rolling out age verification as part of the Online Safety Act, which aims to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content.

We’ve heard that blind and partially sighted folks are unable to verify their age because it’s inaccessible. Have you tried?

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Benjamin Welby @bm.wel.by · Jul 30

It is no bad thing for government to get better at storytelling and that those messages should land 'where people are'.

But as (more?) important is government actually being 'where people are'. And that isn't necessarily in your pocket.

Resharing my (5 part) long read about GOTHS.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yet agayne ignored by the Booker Pryze longlist

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 29

Apropos of nothing specific.

The idea that you would immigrate - even to a country where you might some day claim benefits - to profit from the public purse, is as mad as the idea that you would fly long-haul to get free chips.

It is SO expensive.

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey Becky! Yes, you would be most welcome - you can sign up at the Eventbrite link.

Look forward to seeing you there!

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · Jul 27

DAME HANNAH HAMPTON

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

She's still saying it 🤩

Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

She may not say this ever again after the next 5 minutes, but I am proud at having raised an England football fan who will, unironically, use the phrase "yay, penalties!"

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Benjamin Welby @bm.wel.by · Jul 27

Football, bloody hell.

Legends and heroes, every one of them.

Benjamin Welby @bm.wel.by · Jul 22

Football, bloody hell.

Benjamin Welby @bm.wel.by · Jul 17

Football, bloody hell.

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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · Jul 27

Blinking flip #TheFootball

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

She may not say this ever again after the next 5 minutes, but I am proud at having raised an England football fan who will, unironically, use the phrase "yay, penalties!"

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

A better option than listening to Helsinki whilst eating Arthur Shappey's Sort Of A Cake, or a fishcake with 20 cigs in it, certainly...

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

Gdansk particularly is known in our car simply as "THE CHEESECAKE IS POISON", which is a weird thing to hear two kids ask for in whiny voices when they're bored

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 27

This might honestly be the best sitcom of them all. If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favour and listen.

Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · Jul 27

Listening to Cabin Pressure www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... again. And do wonder how many people don’t know of Benedict Cumberbatch’s radio comedy work (also of John Finnemore’s script writing skills)

BBC Sounds - Cabin Pressure - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Cabin Pressure on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bridget Foreman @foremanwrites.bsky.social · Jul 25

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

His Last Report review – dynamic celebration of chocolatier’s son who invented ‘the poverty line’

With an 80-strong cast, this moving play about social reformer Seebohm Rowntree finds a universal message in the most local of stories

www.theguardian.com

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is the beautiful Liz Berry poem Frank Skinner references in @petepaphides.bsky.social's superb interview.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · Jul 24

I DO NOT WANT TEAMS IN MY CAR, I DO NOT WANT IT NEAR OR FAR. I WOULD NOT LOG ON IN A JAG, I WOULD NOT CALL IN FROM A CAB, I DO NOT WANT THIS TEAMS YOU SEE, GET IT FAR AWAY FROM ME

TheBeep.com.au @thebeepau.bsky.social · Jul 23

Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Microsoft to turn your cabin into a productivity zone, with Teams meetings on your dashboard, voice-activated AI for email summaries and seamless access to business logins and calendars.

They call it your third workplace.

#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech

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Coco @cocochan.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’m putting together some events and conferences info for our team.

Does anyone know if Govcamp North and/or OneTeamGov breakfasts are still going, please? 👀

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Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social · Jul 23

OneTeamGov Manchester at the DWP/GDS offices on St Peter's Square, the third Tuesday of every month!

8:30 lean coffee breakfast chat for anyone working in public service, co-working space all day if you have a common civil service pass.

Upcoming events here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/hosted-by-...

Hosted by One Team Gov North

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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