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Intranets, user experience, and connected content. Mad for movies, the perfect 3-minute pop song, non-sequiturs and general silliness. Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes. London, UK
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The school run on World Book Day is always a delight, especially the sight of carefully crafted costumes alongside inflatable T-Rexes. However, and particularly to dads, please try to normalise reading with children to other dads. It is genuinely a gift to your child that is a gift to yourself.

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The IWD hypocrisy is real I've had tens of reports about orgs that'll post about “empowering women” on IWD—while underpaying and discriminating against women in practice. If your employer is guilty, tell me via DM or this anon form and I’ll ask awkward questions. forms.office.com/e/ACGX3aqHnc

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Help! I’m looking for an expert in neurodiversity (in adults, in the workplace) to come and do a talk and raise awareness. Does anyone know someone who can do this? 🙏

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I prefer to see this as a cautionary tale warning us of vile, vicious, opportunistic idiots who hitch themselves to even nastier idiots

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Dearest Americans, I hope you’re getting the strongest looking-across-a-bone-china-teacup-while-tutting vibes right now?

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Crépeybara. Don’t worry buddy, you’ll get it this time. #art #capybara #PancakeDay

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Monstrous! What kind of person would abuse the laws of pigsics like this?

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@strongmisgiving.bsky.social The purpose of a chicken is what it does

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Just wow! This newsletter lives up to its superb name. AI news for the healthily cynical. Also, it deserves reading for the the 🍭 pun alone 👏

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This might be useful to someone. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to one, but ClearLeft events have always been good, plus there’s nothing like stepping out of Brighton station on a morning you’d otherwise be working.

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My new state of the art camera. It prints thermally onto receipt paper. It cost about £22. Each print costs about 2p.

submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

DEAR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, I AM WELL KNOWN LEADER OF DOGE ELONK MUSK. FOR THE PROSPERING OF AMERICA AND PER THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT TRUMP PLEASE TO BE RESPONDING THIS EMAIL WITH YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND THE PASSWORD TO YOUR GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS ACCOUNT, OTHERWISE YOU MAY BE FIRED

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RIP, Roberta Flack. Rightfully known for “Killing Me Softly,” but folks… youtu.be/whGEMu8XqUU?...

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Sure beats: 1. I stopped by the bar at 3am 2. To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend 3. I woke up with a headache like my head against a board 4. Twice as cloudy as the night before 5. [when] I went in seeking clarity #closerToDataBreach

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Just talking about Maurice Sendak and was reminded about this quote/story. I absolutely love it. It always reminds me not forget that children don’t see the world as we we do and neither should we expect them to.

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"Perfecf" absolutely makes this

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Such good people involved with the Step Two intranet and digital workplace awards, get your entry in early: www.steptwo.com.au/awards/enter/

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Next talk: Practicing content design with inclusivity in mind. Tuesday 11 February 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm UTC www.content-folks.com

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Your mission: go to the brilliant www.cheeseipsum.co.uk and generate some cheesy words Then open a music app, find We Didn’t Start The Fire (or another list song of your choice), turn down the vocals or not Hit play and sing along for a silly waste of five minutes

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Stop what you're doing and read this long thread. It's not just that most people are decent, it's that they're better than that, given the chance. Thank you so much @jenwang.com

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Sorry if the following upsets people: I have just had M&S pizza, dough balls and mozzarella sticks with baked beans, accompanied by tea I made an hour ago in a keep cup, it was good

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

YES THIS! <british mode=“on”>sorry for shouting</british>

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Have you ever worked in a place where everyone is ridiculously busy? Layers upon layers of meetings. Dropping out of meetings to attend other meetings. Sprinting from one thing to the next. How do you break the cycle of busyness?

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments