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Joe Lanman
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Design Lead at UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
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The V&A Storehouse is really cool
A dark aisle of tall shelves, a painting is lit at the end Super wide shot from high in the storehouse looking down and across. We see three levels around a large open space, all full of items and people looking at them An interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it's softly lit dark wood with 3 large orange stools, and wooden shutters A wide shot over the storage area, many white metal cabinets in rows, with black fluorescent lamps hanging above
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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lol Economist finally updated the bizarre misleading image on their Trump approval tracker
Before - a photo of Trump with 2 line graphs going up After - a photo of Trump with 2 line graphs going down
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Not sure about the new Met Office forecast design. There's less visual hierarchy and distinction between data types
new design - 10 degrees, clear. It's dark and minimal, there's a row of days but they all look the same apart from a thin yellow line highlighting today. Below is the hourly forecast but the temperature, humidity and wind all look very similar old design - first row is days but today is a clearly a selected tab, much bigger than the other days. There is more information - UV, air pollution, sunrise and sunset times. Below is the hourly forecast, the rain and temperature designs are distinct
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Beautiful work

notimefortv.biz/gallery-24/
a grid of 6 abstract images, they are all generative artworks, round shapes either in vivid gradients of greens, pinks, purples and yellow, or black and white. They all feature a tactile half tone effect
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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reminds me of my least favourite office I've seen - daily telegraph
massive open plan office with many desks, plus lots of large screens and projections of money tickers and that sort of thing. no natural light at all
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Sebastian
close up of a white cat licking his paw on a wall, backlit by very bright sunshine, a tree heavily out of focus in the background
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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so extremely ugly and much less usable
new desktop showing the glass and blur effects - text is hard to read, buttons had to make it, it's just a smudgy mess
September 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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randomly found this pic of Peter Capaldi
Bill Paterson, Joe McFadden, and Peter Capaldi in The Crow Road (1996). Peter has a large head of curly dark hair
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Very happy white retriever squinting in the evening sun with their tongue out. Other dogs in the background
September 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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2025 version
Three men sat around a table. Rupert Murdoch sat in the middle with a plate holding a massive pile of cookies, pointing at the dark skinned man on the left with no cookies. Says to the light skinned man on the right with one cookie 'careful mate that foreigner wants your cookie'
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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They just keep getting away with it
Three men sat around a table. Rupert Murdoch sat in the middle with a plate piled high with cookies, pointing at the dark skinned man on the left with no cookies. Says to the light skinned man on the right with one cookie 'careful mate that foreigner wants your cookie'
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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wide shot of double rainbow over a park, very dramatic skies with dark clouds on the left turning to blue skies on the right
August 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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playing around with it
the word headphones in a curve following the shape of headphones, the word ON inside the headphones
August 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Avery Edison @aedison I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications 11:53 am · 24 Mar 2023 · 4.3M Views
August 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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got a good screenshot from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
pixel art of a stream in the moors. A little girl in a grey dress shakes her fists and says 'He's such a little shit!' to a woman standing nearby
August 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Day out in Deptford
Pub interior, red and blue walls, a large decorated mirror, light coming in through a skylight A fluffy cat in a pram on the underground Pub interior, padded leather effect bench, a glass cabinet lit pink with small bottles inside, two guitars hanging in front Pub interior, looking up there's a large metal and glass chandelier, a red bicycle hanging on the wall and other nick nacks
August 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Ophelia
a bright orange space hopper floating in a river, a tree cascading in behind it
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Interesting, Bluesky are complying with new UK internet regulation by blocking direct messaging until you prove your age
Choose a method to verify that you are an adult The Bluesky Social Team has partnered with KWS to confirm that you are an adult. By selecting a verification method below, you confirm that you have read KWS’ Privacy Policy. Face Scan We use Yoti to scan your facial features and estimate your age. Credit Card We use Stripe to authorise your card. Your card will not be charged.
July 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Do you have anything without any AI in it?
Monty Python spam sketch - people sat in a cafe, including a table of vikings
July 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Pretty happy with this one, very dramatic skies today
low shot of a funfair being set up - a huge crane like ride towering over the trucks, below a very ominous sky with huge grey clouds
July 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Bee dance
Close up of bumble bee appearing to dance on a lavender flower
July 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Apparently these pepper crisps are crisp and peppery, thanks Waitrose
Crisp packet, text reads Waitrose and partners. Crisp and peppery. Sea salt and cracked pepper crisps
July 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Found on rightmove
bathroom - a gas boiler is hanging directly above the bath
July 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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nice pic! I think black and white and a touch lighter to bring out the tram looks nice myself
black and white photo of a tram, dramatic sky
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Bees in the garden
Bumble bee on purple verbena flowers Bumble bee on lavender, light reflecting off its wings Bee flying towards lavender
June 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM