sconner.net
Head of Accessibility, GOVUK One Login @ GDS.
Previously: Monzo, HMRC, and the NHS.
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Today is the anniversary of his death, so we’re all here. Weird coincidence.
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Never felt more embarrassed in my entire life I literally ran away like a naughty kid. Only me haha
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Word on the grapevine is that they'll only do the arresting in the summer, so if you move to Newcastle, you'll never be caught.
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Yikes, that's bad. I wonder if you need to verify your ID when the leaves are yellow, orange, or when they're on the floor?
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Yeah, I've just found another one for a company called SHEIN. Seemingly another Temu type website. Seeing them way more often on my phone than desktop, though.
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Oh really. I might speak to my mother-in-law to see if she planted anything last year. It's the first time we've seen it, and we've been here for a few years now.
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Thank you! The peony is so bright, it grabs your attention from across the road. We have a bird feeder that hangs in the tree above it, so I'm guessing we got lucky. It's so nice to look at. The other plant is like chives on steroids. I think I might need to pull it out because it's getting so big.
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I feel like every single advert I see on Facebook for Temu is doing this. It's like they're using cookies to know what you've been looking at, and then changing their advert og:image to that exact item in order to get you to go temu, despite not actually selling the item.
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I was referred for grief counselling because I haven't processed it all. It was really traumatic on the day it happened. Same for my sister. But I can't not see them forever, and I've been guilty of pretending it hasn't bothered me. It has.
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I have only been able to see my step mam a few times since he died because she gets so upset seeing me. I look a lot like my dad, so it's really hard for her. It's the same for one of my sisters. I feel so guilty when I see them because they get so upset.
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(I believe Defra maintains this one, if I remember correctly.)
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This one has been around for a few years as well. Provides some different stats from the DFE one. how-many.herokuapp.com
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Now I'm reading about Thai massages, because I absolutely need this!
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Also for someone whose job it is to do accessibility, I get literally hundreds of sales direct messages trying to sell me PDF remediation. Does my head in.
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I've got bureau envy. We found one in a back lane a few years ago, but my wife painted it to make it more modern. I still like it, but it's lost its character. Yours is stunning.
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Sure! DM me and we can sort it out :)
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“I’m so proud of myself” straight from the heart. Hang it in the Louvre!
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I know for a fact the weight of the world will feel lifted from him now. We chatted for ages, and I feel so privileged to have been allowed to listen. All by just sliding into conversations every now and then that I’m proud of him and he’s doing well etc. love it!
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Especially given the stats around suicide and men under the age of 45. He’s in getting a massage now, and I’m sat waiting for him. I predict normal service will resume the second he’s out and he calls me some atrocious name. So so proud, though.
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Of my dad’s death in the next two weeks, so maybe he’s feeling a bit more vulnerable. But the fact he has spoken to me so openly I will cherish forever. The kids got a heart of gold, but was brought up in a setting that didn’t encourage emotion or feelings. It’s so important men speak openly.
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Honestly, I’m so fucking proud of the kid. He’s never, in 28 years of existence, said anything other than really inappropriate banter to me. I talk openly every day to him, I gently encourage him, I listen and I try to find ways for him to open up. Usually to no avail. It’s the anniversary
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But he didn’t want to let me down. I told him the only person he’d be letting down is himself and his kids, but I appreciated that he told me all of this.
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I’m obviously crying at this point. I told him I’m proud of him every single day and that I appreciate him keeping me motivated too. I told him I loved him and that dad would be so proud. Although my dad would never have said that! He told me he had been thinking about using a lot recently
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First he started with how proud of himself he was. And how grateful he was that I stayed by him through all the shit he’s out the family through. He talked about how my encouragement every day has helped him more than I’d ever know. He told me he looks up to me and he tries not to let me down.
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I understand why we’re both the way we are. Despite our outward appearances, we were both really insecure. And it took me many years of therapy to be more open. Well today, after he smashed his first ever two mile run. He walked on the treadmill together and he began to talk.
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And he’s been doing really well. I’ve been gently pushing him and he’s been smashing his goals. Our dad raised his boys to be tough, take no shit “lads lads”. We’d never cry in front of him because “he’s give us something to cry about”. Well he died last year and obviously we’ve had a lot to process
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But he hides it really well. He does what I used to do at his age and just acts a bit too over the top “life is good, I’m spot on”. He does what I did and won’t talk to anyone about anything that isn’t daft banter. He’s been coming to the gym with me for some time now.
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Looks worse in person haha 😆
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What do you mean?
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Seems these days with the full stack crew that the expectation has become you need to do both or somehow be viewed as lesser. Doesn’t make sense to me. It just dilutes quality.
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Prototypes might “look” like proper pages, but rarely are they ever accessible because they’re thrown together at pace to test concepts. While I was lead front end dev at the NHS I would actively stay away from writing backend code, because I wasn’t good at it. I owned it too.
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You’d be surprised to see how many developers will copy/paste prototype code, or mess with components in arguably the world’s best and most accessible design system and make it worse.
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All I’ve observed is a drop in quality over the last few years as people scramble to become a jack of all trades and master of none. You need good front end developers and you need good backend developers.
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Good grief this sounds awful. Terrible dealing with people who just turn into total machines and destroy everything in their path whilst claiming good intentions.
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I can't help but feel that the world would be a much nicer place if we all practised unconditional positive regard. It's also a framework for great teams and leaders.
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I researched it, and it's primarily used in therapy settings but can be applied to any context. It's a person-centred approach focusing on nonjudgmental acceptance, empathy and understanding, genuine care, and belief in potential. Really interesting.