Ian Ames

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

If you haven't seen it yet, go and watch the Ghosts movie it's really good.

The sunset at Whitsand Bay in Cornwall 🌊📷🤩 #nature #photography #sunset

If you’re a lead or head working on a digital service, you’re going to be held to account by more than GDS’s guidance. And it doesn’t all live in the same place. My favourite governance nerd, Oli Lovell, has pulled together a compass. Have a peek. publicdigital-delivery-compass.netlify.app/trial/

Morning design friends!

With Arc dead, come to Firefox. Let's not give Chromium any more market share. A thriving web is a diverse one. If you want something really close to the Arc experience, check out Zen. zen-browser.app

Incredible run of graffiti in Newcastle.

Cheap hotel on University grounds, lovely in the summer, noisy in the Autumn

Fix website vs Make stupid memes ⚖️

Pretty much the annual UK education budget in half year losses

Wearing trousers and the clocks haven't even gone back yet

put something on GOV.UK didn’t we www.gov.uk/guidance/test-and-learn-playbook

Crumble and custard season lads

Don't know if it's my favourite by I do like a weird looking boat. Proteus reminds me of a cowfish

Some good news. Hungary's Section 28 style law banning promotion of LGBTQ+ representation in schools/media etc is being repealed www.ilga-europe.org/news/hungary...

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Closing things off is as valuable as starting. My team at NHS England got "stood down" recently. Used some time this week to reflect for an unofficial follow-up to our first design history. Not exhaustive. Good to acknowledge the team's hard work. www.officeofwilson.com/getting-all-...

Really glad that @officeofwilson.com published this, as their work is informing our work. Thanks Simon, @ames.world, @darwinp.bsky.social and others! (H/T @frankieroberto.com for finding it rapidly!) www.officeofwilson.com/getting-all-...

Genuine lol at the final film in this list

UK design fam - do you know an experienced researcher, looking for their first user research job? This vacancy with my old team at Scope could be the one - £47k mostly remote (hybrid contract but no in- office requirement). I have shared more in this post - www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-g...

Collaborative coding in an ensemble or mob has been a cornerstone of my work, and when you add agentic AI it needs different interaction patterns. My latest video and blog explain some of the things I've found to work. youtu.be/ydAin2IWaQo & coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/10/agen...

Ah @pixlz.com and @adrianhoward.com I won't be able to make Dorset Geeky coffee next week, sorry! It clashes with regular roadtrip to Sheffield with Phoebe. #DrugTrialsLyfe

Like about 40% of Brits, I don't have religion. What do I think of it if? Nothing in particular. If that's what she wants to swear on, good for her. If she wants to swear on something else, good for her. If she doesn't want to swear on anything but wants to affirm, good for her. 🤷‍♂️

If you've sprained your ankle, spending an afternoon messing around on boats is not a good idea 😬 views are good though

Movie posters that could only be put up in British railway stations, one of a series of probably one.

A Tribe Called Quest released their second studio album ‘The Low End Theory’ (1991) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/ATCQLowEnd

Morning!

@lloydcole.bsky.social I’ve been meaning to say this since 1984, thanks for Rattlesnakes. It sounds as bright and fresh today as it did then, and it still makes me want to immediately move to Paris, smoke Gauloises, drink cheap wine, and mooch around the 18e with a thin volume of poetry under my arm

On this day 50 years ago, the revolutionary British Rail Inter-City 125 entered service. Fantastic to see a set restored into 1980s livery arrive at Manchester Piccadilly this afternoon. #TheJourneyShrinker

Love to see it

I'm drunk and I've tumbled into a Gomez rabbit hole. Gomez were great and history will laugh at us for not realising that they were probably the best band of their day.

COME ON #CelebrityTraitors

Can't think who MIranda reminds me of #CelebrityTraitors

OMG Hitler moustache Miranda 😂 #CelebrityTraitord

Richard’s wearing a lot of full-cover scarves #CelebrityTraitors

Maya showing why she’s a Traitor, as it appears she’s wearing the Honey Monster #CelebrityTraitors

I was today years old when I learned that this lyric isn't 'Love struck a hole in your tights' #totp

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

My new age metric is thinking about how, soon, I'll be the age that Dermot Morgan was at the start of Father Ted.

one thing AI marketing got right is that "frontier models" sounds a lot cooler than "beta software", even though they mean the same thing

Our next one is in Leeds, you beauties. Come along. luma.com/7s9dnegb