JustJuliaUK
@justjuliauk.bsky.social
Digital transformation person, creating conditions for teams to do their best work. Talks a lot, sometimes on stage. She/her.
As a user, I'd like every SaaS product I use to give me a Year In Review recap, so I can track the months of my life I spent inside various productivity tools, accompanied by whimsical animations.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
As a user, I'd like every SaaS product I use to give me a Year In Review recap, so I can track the months of my life I spent inside various productivity tools, accompanied by whimsical animations.
Said nobody, ever.
Said nobody, ever.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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PSA: the Guardian app has a massive Traitors spoiler in the Home feed, for anyone who cares and hasn't watched the final yet.
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
PSA: the Guardian app has a massive Traitors spoiler in the Home feed, for anyone who cares and hasn't watched the final yet.
Bank's IVR asks whether I want hold music, or a "soft, repeated tone" so I know the line hasn't dropped. Cool. Tone, please.
What I thought I'd get: *boop-boop*
What I got: *CLONNNNGGGGG* - a piano chord like something from incidental music in a TV murder mystery.
Very odd choice.
What I thought I'd get: *boop-boop*
What I got: *CLONNNNGGGGG* - a piano chord like something from incidental music in a TV murder mystery.
Very odd choice.
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Bank's IVR asks whether I want hold music, or a "soft, repeated tone" so I know the line hasn't dropped. Cool. Tone, please.
What I thought I'd get: *boop-boop*
What I got: *CLONNNNGGGGG* - a piano chord like something from incidental music in a TV murder mystery.
Very odd choice.
What I thought I'd get: *boop-boop*
What I got: *CLONNNNGGGGG* - a piano chord like something from incidental music in a TV murder mystery.
Very odd choice.
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Catch up with the Public Digital team at FWD50, 3–4 November, in Ottawa.
They’ll join leaders from across government and industry to explore digital sovereignty, multidisciplinary teamwork, and how dual-use mandates drive innovation and ROI.
Join the conversation public.digital/pd-insights/...
They’ll join leaders from across government and industry to explore digital sovereignty, multidisciplinary teamwork, and how dual-use mandates drive innovation and ROI.
Join the conversation public.digital/pd-insights/...
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Catch up with the Public Digital team at FWD50, 3–4 November, in Ottawa.
They’ll join leaders from across government and industry to explore digital sovereignty, multidisciplinary teamwork, and how dual-use mandates drive innovation and ROI.
Join the conversation public.digital/pd-insights/...
They’ll join leaders from across government and industry to explore digital sovereignty, multidisciplinary teamwork, and how dual-use mandates drive innovation and ROI.
Join the conversation public.digital/pd-insights/...
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nice site on deprivation data
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
nice site on deprivation data
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
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I got a potato and wire and a copper penny but I couldn’t find a zinc plated screw.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
October 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I got a potato and wire and a copper penny but I couldn’t find a zinc plated screw.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
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the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”
just look outside your window 😅
just look outside your window 😅
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
the AWS outage is affecting Ring doorbells. Sky News says “some users can’t see outside their house, definitely scary”
just look outside your window 😅
just look outside your window 😅
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Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
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People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".
Fundamentally, the headbanging Right doesn't believe Autism (or ADHD) exists. Or in so far as it does exist, a human conspiracy has created it.
We're back to their core outlook that 'It didn't exist back in the good old days so can't exist now.'
'It must just be some modern woke Marxist nonsense'.
We're back to their core outlook that 'It didn't exist back in the good old days so can't exist now.'
'It must just be some modern woke Marxist nonsense'.
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".
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This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
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September 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
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August 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):
Tech pioneer Stephanie Shirley: ‘I need to make the life that was saved worth saving’
The ‘venture philanthropist’ on her journey from child refugee to billion-dollar businesswoman — and why Britain must do more for those fleeing war today
www.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):
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Oh this makes terrible sense
now that i think of it, with claude, grok and chatgpt, they basically stopped making them woman-coded like siri as soon as they wanted them to act like topic based authorities
July 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Oh this makes terrible sense
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Come join my team @publicdigital.bsky.social!
We’re looking for technologists from all kinds of backgrounds to join us and use your hands-on experience to help leading institutions around the world adapt for the digital age.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Come join my team @publicdigital.bsky.social!
We’re looking for technologists from all kinds of backgrounds to join us and use your hands-on experience to help leading institutions around the world adapt for the digital age.
apply.workable.com/public-digit...
We’re looking for technologists from all kinds of backgrounds to join us and use your hands-on experience to help leading institutions around the world adapt for the digital age.
apply.workable.com/public-digit...
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
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Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
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My only objection to this meme is that the woman in blue should be about 83ft tall
June 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My only objection to this meme is that the woman in blue should be about 83ft tall
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inv...
1) How would you know he was there in the first place?
2) How would you know that he left?
3) How do you know that he came back?
1) How would you know he was there in the first place?
2) How would you know that he left?
3) How do you know that he came back?
The Invisible Man Returns - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inv...
1) How would you know he was there in the first place?
2) How would you know that he left?
3) How do you know that he came back?
1) How would you know he was there in the first place?
2) How would you know that he left?
3) How do you know that he came back?