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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Job – Director of Technology at the Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social in London theodi.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
#opendata -adjacent
(I mean, I guess. It's still in the name anyway)
#opendata -adjacent
(I mean, I guess. It's still in the name anyway)
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Job – Director of Technology at the Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social in London theodi.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
#opendata -adjacent
(I mean, I guess. It's still in the name anyway)
#opendata -adjacent
(I mean, I guess. It's still in the name anyway)
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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The V&A Storehouse is really cool
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The V&A Storehouse is really cool
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Nightingale’s crimea charts academic.oup.com/jrsssa/artic...
Florence Nightingale, statistics and the Crimean War
Summary. The paper presents Florence Nightingale’s statistical work on the Crimean War, beginning with her iconic polar area charts. These are then adapted
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nightingale’s crimea charts academic.oup.com/jrsssa/artic...
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I’d get the British Museum to lend some of their vast collection of cuneiform tablets.
Data and record keeping are not new.
Data and record keeping are not new.
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I’d get the British Museum to lend some of their vast collection of cuneiform tablets.
Data and record keeping are not new.
Data and record keeping are not new.
“If I had known that everyone would keep talking about nothing else, I would never have built that damned kitchen!”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘That damned kitchen!’ How the inventor of the fitted kitchen eventually saw it as a curse
Her splashbacked, single-surfaced, cubbyholed, foldaway paradise revolutionised kitchen design. But Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky grew to regret her world-conquering creation
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“If I had known that everyone would keep talking about nothing else, I would never have built that damned kitchen!”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
If the UK had a Data Museum, what would you put in it?
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If the UK had a Data Museum, what would you put in it?
The V&A Storehouse is really cool
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The V&A Storehouse is really cool
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
lol Economist finally updated the bizarre misleading image on their Trump approval tracker
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
lol Economist finally updated the bizarre misleading image on their Trump approval tracker
Bounced off The Séance of Blake Manor, a real shame. Looks and sounds great, but crucially the puzzles are.. barely puzzles? You just sort of do all the steps. Nothing to touch Golden Idol
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Bounced off The Séance of Blake Manor, a real shame. Looks and sounds great, but crucially the puzzles are.. barely puzzles? You just sort of do all the steps. Nothing to touch Golden Idol
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ChatGPT accused of acting as ‘suicide coach’ in series of US lawsuits
ChatGPT accused of acting as ‘suicide coach’ in series of US lawsuits
Chatbot was first used for ‘general help’ with schoolwork or research but ‘evolved into a psychologically manipulative presence’, plaintiffs say
ChatGPT has been accused of acting as a “suicide coach” in a series of lawsuits filed this week in California alleging that interactions with the chatbot led to severe mental breakdowns and several deaths.
The seven lawsuits include allegations of wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter, negligence and product liability.
In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ChatGPT accused of acting as ‘suicide coach’ in series of US lawsuits
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Hallo!
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
Adding rounded corners to buttons · alphagov govuk-design-system · Discussion #4941
Background The Design System team is exploring new styling options, including rounded corners for buttons, following the GOV.UK brand refresh. We want to make sure the changes we make are not purel...
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hallo!
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
my council, Newham, have stopped collecting garden waste (cuttings, grass and so on) from Nov - Feb. Extremely annoying as I found out after filling 3 bags from tidying the garden for winter
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
my council, Newham, have stopped collecting garden waste (cuttings, grass and so on) from Nov - Feb. Extremely annoying as I found out after filling 3 bags from tidying the garden for winter
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Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final compensation payout.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final compensation payout.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
capitalism should be called golden goosism. It just 'extracts value' with no regard for sustainability or ethics
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
capitalism should be called golden goosism. It just 'extracts value' with no regard for sustainability or ethics
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BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Late Night With The Devil was alright.. the main actor was really great, and the overall idea is cool but I don't think it quite got the ending
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Late Night With The Devil was alright.. the main actor was really great, and the overall idea is cool but I don't think it quite got the ending
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“The ship is expected to reduce emissions versus a traditional cargo ship by up to 80 percent. The vessel has two rigid sails mounted on Solidsail rigs designed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique” maritime-executive.com/article/sail...
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“The ship is expected to reduce emissions versus a traditional cargo ship by up to 80 percent. The vessel has two rigid sails mounted on Solidsail rigs designed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique” maritime-executive.com/article/sail...
