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This Thursday 29th October: Modern design - Can we leverage design systems to avoid the chaos that can often be associated with #AI use? Can people escape from their 'box'? Courtney has answers and we're sure there will be some open questions too from any #WebDesign #FrontEnd and #Figma fans.

Sad to see this from the Corporation. I know the press enjoys making entertainment out of difficult issues, but he's a sex offender. He hurt people. Either that's fun or it isn't. I fall on the side of isn't. BBC Sounds shouldn't promo coverage so distastefully.

#SNLUK is a surprise weekly highlight. The odd naff sketch, but also always genuine high points - most consistently Ania Magliano & Paddy Young on 'Weekend Update', which is worthy of the Norm Macdonald-associated heritage. Plus, they always address the issues that matter #bumstuff #PHP

> "AI does not understand accountability, trust, culture, unwritten rules, ethical trade-offs or fairness, all of which shape reputational risk and ultimately drive revenue growth…" Figures. These are things the tech industry couldn't care less about. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

#BBCLauraK has been dogmatic and fearless through questioning which feels singularly-focused on #FreedomOfMovement. It's great that those people who are similarly-obsessed - and who likely don't realise that Pakistan and Somalia are not part of Europe - finally have a voice. Again.

Unusual choice - to wait until the fella is well out of the picture before burning his gaff down, especially considering what he got up to. But in fairness, what do I know about real estate?

Great body language on #BBCLauraK is brilliant as Mad Nads speaks her brains. Jo Coburn & Dale Vince have opposing views on zionism but unite in not allowing a win for a spokesperson from the "I'd bathe her if she was my daughter" party, no matter how much high rising terminal she deploys #BBCLauraK

Working on a design for a website and finally realising the font family I had picked doesn't offer enough weights & styles. I hope you enjoy my #WebDesign meme x

If they get the full 9, maybe I'll stop pushing #BEM notation #CSS into every workplace I enter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Classic Daily Mail imho: They've picked a picture of him looking like a fierce thug, rather than a shot where he's with his family and kids. Also fat-shaming 🐅

I think we need to talk about Putins #battlestation and - specifically - his understanding of stereo speaker placement.

Remember cancelled Courtney's modern #AI #WebDesign workflows talk due to ridiculous levels of summer? Well we're back on Thursday the 29th October now that things have decided to calm it down ☀️ Tickets available for her rescheduled talk in the Owen Building, SHU: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

This morning I saw a man in a van shout at a bunch of 6 year olds to "HURRY UP THEN" on a zebra crossing and later watched a video of Pete Hegseth 🍹 announcing #ProjectMeridian I think that's all the Small Dick Energy™ I need for today, unless anyone has any more?

"Decisions are made and un-made all the time…" #BBCLauraK

"Why are people having to pay the price for successive governments failures" is something #BBCLauraK asked the Prime Minister. This is very funny (and obviously terribly sad) to anyone who doesn't think politics is just sport / grey drama.

🎶 "She still wears that Star Wars Dress, my Eurodisney vampiress" The new Arab Strap is just about as good as you'd expect it to be, tbh. The usual dose of uplifting misery - but surprisingly danceable to.

Confused by headlines about Daniel Thomas "Slashing a dingy". Burying the lede somewhat, when video shows him slashing a dingy *with a lifeboat man on it". Watercraft welfare not terribly high on most people's list of concerns. Threatening to drown emergency workers perhaps more so.

This Thursday, Richard Oliver Bray will share which tooling & techniques he utilises to ensure that #AI tooling like Claude Code is working for him. Richard is well versed in making tricky topics accessible. 1 talk of 2 on the 24th September at SHU, Owen Building. 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Someone is into shmups at the local rescue

Missed #BBCLauraK this morning, but it sounds like I can pick up most of it from the pages of Hello magazine on the rail commute. I guess they figured the viewers of their politics programme wouldn't care too much about conference season ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Someone in B&Q DIY stopped me and asked if I work there. I've got to start dressing better. [ Alternative post: I've never dressed so well as I do now. ]

"If I said to you 'have better songs', would that be a reasonable approach to why we haven't won #Eurovision?" Charlie Stayt remains a top 5 broadcaster ♥️ #BBCBreakfast

Tom Watson took a job with the gambling companies. Now he's taken a job at #Palantir He just needs to become the bassist for Coldplay and that's the dream hat-trick in the bag.

Awww sweet. A new gig for people who never go to gigs anymore to go to.

We're re-opening the Web Components Vs frameworks battle at our 24th September event. Hayleigh Thompson will make the case that with just a little shift on what we think a 'component' is, the rewards of interoperability are worth fighting for. 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... #WebComponents

Apparently, this is Jeremy Corbyn's house. Certainly not the #battlestation of someone who should be anywhere near power… but at least he's resisted the RGB trend (which is entirely what you'd expect from a |337 g4m3r like Sunak) #ukpol (source: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...)

This new series of Peep Show is shit. #ukpol

Love me a pint of Timmy Taylors Dark. I don't understand why they had to turn the Daddy Dial™ all the way up to 11. People in marketing reckoning they know why Gen Z do the things they do. Crap rebrand. #UKBeer

Ink (2026) looks fascinating. But I'm worried: will it humanise Murdoch? Always a concern with these things, but then most people seemed okay with Downfall / Der Untergang (2004). Maybe we'll get some sweet memes out of it too? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROA...

I don't follow politics quite as closely as I used to, so was a little surprised to hear that Cleverly hadn't already left to join reform.

MFs in #Sheffield just get confused whenever they see #StreetArt in which the human subject has eyes: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/28/artist-defends-ronnie-osullivan-mural-in-sheffield-saying-it-is-not-finished

I should start a blog.

We hope you didn't turn up tonight… sorry if you did. We typically take a break over the summer to work on our suntans†, but we'll be back in September with a Web Component and agent bullying festival of FE. (†this may not be entirely true)

Our September 24th meetup will welcome Hayleigh Thompson from Shopify who may well try to bury the #WebComponents Vs frameworks argument! Also, Richard Oliver Bray returns to talk about an agent-friendly dev experience that works for him (and for Claude Code) #AI 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Anytime I hear Dolly mentioned I recall how she put a bunch of kids books into Doncaster, Yorkshire schools and I think that's pretty cool.

Me: Sweet. 30 Bluesky notifications, finally I'm getting some traction. Bluesky app: Tricked you! No one wants to talk to you. I am generally pretty crap at everything expected of me.

I have a family member who only sends me 'Moonpig dot com' cards and this is absolutely the next depressing level downwards.

The #BBC needs to update it's language guidelines: > …Oman, which is a US ally… No. It was "historically" a US ally. Just like Denmark was historically a US ally. The US has no real alliances now. If you threaten to bomb/invade an 'ally' they are not an ally. Hopefully in the future, but not now.