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Tom Steel
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Doing digital things for the public sector https://iam.tomsteel.co.uk
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Would something like this help? For users, they see a rope, but in government, a service is comprised of many different threads which may be visible to different extents.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Toblerones.
Six shelves of huge Toblerones in an assortment of colours and flavours. All huge.
November 28, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Was there just two weeks ago! But on the other side of the river Avon with a drone.
Aerial photo of Bantham beach with the river Avon and Burgh Island in the background.
September 2, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Anakin Padme 4 Panel Meme. Anakin begins by saying “We’re going to measure the success of our service” Padme happily responds “You’ll measure effectiveness, right? Not satisfaction?” Anakin stares back blankly. Padme replies looking concerned “Oh god, you're going to use those smiley faces aren’t you…”
August 22, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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This from Somerset. But hidden from the naked eye, captured by experimenting with long exposure settings.
Pink aurora borealis visible above gently lit trees
May 10, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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I hope that our clicks-and-mortar strategy staircases.
Dilbert cartoon featuring nonsense business phrases such as “I hope that our clicks-and-mortar strategy staircases.” and “did you uberize the slide deck?”
April 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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I got the opportunity today to share this with someone who hadn't heard it before.
Decision tree showing that if you want to do something, you should do it. But if you're scared, then you should do it scared.
March 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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From x.com/rshotton/sta... - when you value success but reward the wrong metrics:

Man U rewarded Sanchez £75k per goal and Pogba £50k which strongly incentivised them to prioritise their own records over team success
Text from the book ”Signals Mixed” by Richard Shotton: You quickly progress through the field toward the opposing goal. Right outside the penalty area, you are facing an important decision. You can maneuver your way around the remaining two defenders and try to score yourself-say that you'll have a 40 percent probability of success. Or you can pass the ball to your teammate Paul Pogba, who has an open position fifteen yards out—say that you believe he'll have a 60 percent probability of success. What would you do? From the team's perspective, the latter option is clearly preferable, as it's more likely to score a goal. Why would Sánchez hesitate to pass the ball to Pogba, though? If all incentives were based on the team's success, it would be an easy choice. However, this is not the case. Sánchez, the highest earner at Manchester United at the time, had a bonus clause in his contract that would earn him an additional £75,000 for every goal and £20,000 for ev
March 12, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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I copied the gif link in the GIFY app
Screenshot of giphy app showing where the gif link can be copied.
January 11, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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With great power comes great responsibility.
Quote from Marvel's Spiderman of Uncle Owen saying "With great power comes great responsibility"
January 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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Hang on. Bluesky doesn’t do gifs?!
Man with blonde mullet and moustache saying “WTF”.
January 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Nice.
Actor John Thomson wearing an orange wig and smoking a cigarette in a jazz club, saying the word “Nice”. An infamous short sketch from The Fast Show.
January 2, 2024 at 5:34 PM