Dave Burton
@ideasintheround.bsky.social
Product person in central government, and part of OneTeamGov.
Co-founded Glean, a design agency for international development.
Manchester now, previously Birmingham, Dhaka and Phnom Penh. Good people doing good work together is my jam.
Co-founded Glean, a design agency for international development.
Manchester now, previously Birmingham, Dhaka and Phnom Penh. Good people doing good work together is my jam.
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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}})();](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpjse36yorgmic7iv625ehub/bafkreicatc56eq2lbygdrb2cy2ji52fncqggnytl7sqxmxtd2ozbvaeanu@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
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You can't even bat two-handed these days. Because of Woakes.
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You can't even bat two-handed these days. Because of Woakes.
Glorious.
Its so nice to see so much civic pride on show in Harborne/South Bearwood 🤗
August 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Glorious.
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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 🙂
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 🙂
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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 🙂
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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📣 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?
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?
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📣 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?
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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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.
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.
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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.
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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Yet agayne ignored by the Booker Pryze longlist
July 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Yet agayne ignored by the Booker Pryze longlist
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.
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.
July 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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.
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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DAME HANNAH HAMPTON
July 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
DAME HANNAH HAMPTON
She's still saying it 🤩
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!"
July 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
She's still saying it 🤩
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Football, bloody hell.
Legends and heroes, every one of them.
Legends and heroes, every one of them.
Football, bloody hell.
Football, bloody hell.
July 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Football, bloody hell.
Legends and heroes, every one of them.
Legends and heroes, every one of them.
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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!"
July 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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!"
This might honestly be the best sitcom of them all. If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favour and listen.
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
July 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This might honestly be the best sitcom of them all. If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favour and listen.
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This is the beautiful Liz Berry poem Frank Skinner references in @petepaphides.bsky.social's superb interview.
July 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is the beautiful Liz Berry poem Frank Skinner references in @petepaphides.bsky.social's superb interview.
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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
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
They call it your third workplace.
#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech
July 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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
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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? 👀
Does anyone know if Govcamp North and/or OneTeamGov breakfasts are still going, please? 👀
July 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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? 👀
Does anyone know if Govcamp North and/or OneTeamGov breakfasts are still going, please? 👀
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I’ve no idea if Mr Cig was real, but what a performance Rip Torn gave for him in the 1991 Doors biopic. The scene where he inspires Jim to write Light My Fire (“light my head, Jim. I’m just a massive human cigarette. Light my head on fire.”) bravo Oliver Stone.
July 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’ve no idea if Mr Cig was real, but what a performance Rip Torn gave for him in the 1991 Doors biopic. The scene where he inspires Jim to write Light My Fire (“light my head, Jim. I’m just a massive human cigarette. Light my head on fire.”) bravo Oliver Stone.
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Football, bloody hell.
Football, bloody hell.
July 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Football, bloody hell.
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This is England!
July 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is England!
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Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll
Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll
OMAHA, NE—Subliminally influencing those who have purchased the 1971 album to sit back and enjoy the music, a hidden message discovered Wednesday when local heavy metal fans played Black Sabbath’s Mas...
theonion.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll
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“GovGPT, please book me a return train from Leeds to London, with tube travel to Canary Wharf for next Wednesday. Make sure the booking adheres to civil service travel cost policy.”
<New Mexico data centre bursts into flames>
<New Mexico data centre bursts into flames>
July 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“GovGPT, please book me a return train from Leeds to London, with tube travel to Canary Wharf for next Wednesday. Make sure the booking adheres to civil service travel cost policy.”
<New Mexico data centre bursts into flames>
<New Mexico data centre bursts into flames>
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In a stunning moment of carnal desire, my calculator said “BOOBIE5”
July 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In a stunning moment of carnal desire, my calculator said “BOOBIE5”