Matt Eason

@matteason.me

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Designer & developer working in digital government ambiph.one / govukvue.org / matteason.co.uk/scotbeats / stationlifts.org.uk He/him

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GOV.UK logo with the dot changed to pink, on a blue background with a white simplified crown on the left
Snippet of Department for Science, Innovation & Technology homepage on GOV.UK, with 'This organisation is changing' banner. The dot in GOV.UK is the same cyan as the coloured line down the side of the DSIT logo
[A graph with "programming skill" on the Y-axis and "blood alcohol concentration" on the X-axis. The Y-axis slowly goes down, but spikes at 0.1337%.] [Cueball, a stick figure, is making a presentation with the graph.] Cueball: Called the Ballmer Peak, it was discovered by Microsoft in the 80's. The cause is unknown but somehow a B.A.C between 0.129% and 0.138% confers superhuman programming ability. Cueball: However, it's a delicate effect requiring careful calibration – you can't just give a team of coders a year's supply of whiskey and tell them to get cracking. Spectator: ...Has that ever happened? Cueball: Remember Windows ME? Spectator: I knew it!
A hook photoshopped onto a wall at the wrong angle with a hanger floating in front of it
Mr Blobby playing a baguette like a trumpet
BBC News headline: The Good Life actress Dame Penelope Keith dies aged 86. 29 June 2026
Post Office opening times with "Banking, Mails, Travel" banner at the bottom
Sho p listing for a mini green bike (£159.70) designed for clowns but maybe suitable for baby pelicans
Mr Bobby looking suave in sunglasses, a red Hawaiian shirt and size one million trainers. His legs are crossed and he's leaning against a clothes storefront. Also he's a giant pink creature with yellow dots
Because today is a big moment for our country. This is a big step… Real change for our children and our future. Because today - I can announce… That the Government will ban access to social media… For all children under the age of sixteen. This is not something I do lightly. And I will not present it as cost-free… As if social media has brought no benefits to young people… Because clearly that is wrong. But Government is always about choices.  And its clear to me that a full ban is the right choice.
David Hockney stands next to a screen showing his version of The Sun newspaper logo. Hockney is an older man with round glasses and a green cardigan. His logo is the normal Sun logo, in bold italic sans-serif white text on a red background, with a crude white sun with wavy lines in the top left and sketchy black lines forming a shadow behind the word 'Sun'. It's very MS Paint.
Information about sex and gender is not necessary for the intended purpose of the digital ID. Inclusion of this information would not enhance checks that the digital ID belongs to the person presenting it. Checks will be done programmatically and through biometric authentication, neither of which require specific sex or gender data. Additionally, digital right to work checks and many checks in the private sector (including Know Your Customer (KYC) and simple age verification checks) do not require the collection or sharing of information about a person’s sex or gender. Similarly, access to most public services does not require this information. In specific scenarios where sex or gender information is required, it is better collected and verified by other means appropriate to that scenario, rather than contained in the digital ID. For these reasons, and in line with data minimisation principles, we do not intend to include sex or gender information in the digital ID.
Taylor Swift Toy Story logo - yellow characters at different angles with blue outlines
Homepage of austria.info, featuring a large CG image of a synapse forming between neurons as the background of the heading. It's all a kind of pinky peach colour.
TV showing BBC live stream of Gloucestershire cheese rolling races, showing steep hillside with a crowd of spectators
Screenshot of TFL colour standard and Elizabeth Line design idiom showing subtly different purple shades for Elizabeth Line
DVD of Mr Bloom's Nursery: Giant Turnip and other episodes. Bloom wears a sleeveless sweater over collared shirt shaggy hair and brown hat. He's accompanied by puppet vegetables
Popover on BBC Sport reads: Get the full story with your BBC account We’ll save your place while you sign in Sign in button or Register link Link: Don't sign in, find something else
Icon on a frozen pizza box of a pizza slice with arms and legs wearing a scarf and gloves, overlaid with the text "Grab a pizza [exclamation mark]" Me". Me is on the scarf.
"Horse urine perfume: why online bargains may be dangerous" headline from BBC News, above a stock phot of a woman blocking her nostrils while holding perfume
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Bob Mortimer reading from a card on Would I Lie To You
Job listings for what3words - 4 business development associates, one senior front end engineer and one mobile automation engineer. The business development associates are divided into Arabic, German, Japanese and Korean speakers, all based in Mongolia, with a salary of £13.2k. The tech roles are based in Vietnam with salaries of 2 to 3.5k per month
Get more from your eBay balance Hi Matthew, You can now enjoy better flexibility and control when managing your earnings on eBay. Starting today, available funds will stay in your eBay balance, instead of being sent to your bank account automatically every quarter. This makes it easier for you to build up your funds, set money aside for a future purchase or withdraw whenever you like. With eBay balance, you can: Shop on eBay using funds from your sales Access earnings in one place Pay for delivery labels, promote your listings and more
Tap with a long silver spout that looks like a nose and white handles with silver ends that look like eyes
A gov.uk style login screen on mobile; all the content runs off the right hand edge of the viewport
BBC News headline: Vets must publish prices and pet prescription fees to be capped at £21, watchdog says Above headline is a stock photo of a dog (spaniel?) with its head cocked on a vet's table
"UK consumers will notice an immediate difference," she added. "Using Alexa+ is a very different experience." For example, I asked the current Alexa whether I needed an umbrella today. It responded, "no rain is expected today". At a UK demo of Alexa+, it responded, "actually, you can leave the brolly at home, with sunny skies and no rain in the forecast, you'll be sorted without it".
A baby blue heron perched on a hand. It has a fluffy head and looks quite dinosaur-like
One-time password input on a website. There are six separate inputs, one for each digit, with Continue, Resend passcode and Get help buttons
Simpsons screenshot. On a TV, a closeup of Gabbo, a ventriliquist's dummy with pale yellow skin, red hair, a little hat and a bowtie speaking on an old rotary phone.
Information to support joined-up public services We are exploring what information is needed to better link public services. Currently, people in the UK have multiple identifiers, for example National Insurance numbers and passport numbers. This means we cannot know when it is the same person accessing different services. Without this, it is very difficult to match people across services so they can be delivered in a personalised and efficient way. We are considering developing a universal unique identifier (or similar approach) tied to the digital ID and GOV.UK One Login, to enable consistent reference across government services. This will be key to delivering next-generation, digital public services in the UK. This identifier would not need to be visible or used outside the public sector, and we are exploring providing it only to those choosing to use the digital ID. More information can be found in Chapter 3.2 on Transforming Public Services. Over time, such an approach could streamline information updates, ensuring verified changes are reflected across services and reducing the need for people to repeatedly provide core information. It could also support more proactive, personalised services. For example, if you update your name on the digital ID, this could be updated automatically across other connected government services. Any implementation would require appropriate legal gateways and robust privacy, security and transparency measures.
Screenshot of GOV.UK Cabinet Office homepage, with an illustration of the digital ID story linked in the first post of this thread. The illustration has simplistic illustrations of devices showing a simplified GOV.UK page with the text 'Making public services work for you'. The GOV.UK header in the illustrations is black with a thin blue bar below; the header of the actual GOV.UK page the illustration is on is blue
Jones claimed that digital public services could also be cheaper to run and more efficient. "We cannot continue on this two-track process where services in the private sector, in banking and shopping, and all the other things that we do in our day-to-day lives are fast, easy, and digital, and then when you come to the public sector, they're slow, clunky, and disjointed."
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Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, said: People too often dread their interactions with public services. Endless telephone calls, complicated printed forms and having to tell your story multiple times to different parts of government. I want to change that and make public services work for you. The new digital ID will make that possible, allowing you to log on and prove who you are to access public services more quickly, easily and securely. Supermarkets, banks and shops have all chosen to move their services online because it delivers a better customer experience and value for money, and other countries like Estonia fully digitised public services years ago. We need to catch up. We’re launching a public consultation to let you have your say about how we use digital ID to make public services work for you. We want to build a system that works for everyone. Now is your chance.
Amazon email reads:   Not You ? Call Now : (033) 3880 1343, Someone is attempting to reset your account’s password. When: Mar 10, 2026 08:56 AM Greenwich Mean Time Device: Google Chrome Windows (Desktop) Near: Croydon, United Kingdom   If this was you, your verification code is:   529072
New Google Maps splash screen - a map marker pin in a gradient of rainbow colours
Warner Howard logo on a dryer. It's red with white text and kind of a cropped globe gridlines thing
Accept month names written out in full or abbreviated form (for example, ‘january’ or ‘jan’) as some users may enter months in this way.
"When was your passport issued?" question page on GOV.UK passport renewal. The date input is three text inputs for day, month and year. An example passport page is shown below with the date highlighted - the month name is abbreviated to three letters
A Bambu Labs P2S printer with a mixing bowl inside under the heatbed, which is set to 60 degrees celcius
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor sunken in the back seat of a 4x4, red-eyed, fingers interlocked
BBC News live updates screenshot reads: Today is Andrew's 66th birthday The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor comes on the same day that the former prince turns 66 years old. Image: Andrew pictured horseriding Image caption: The former prince was seen horseriding at Windsor Great Park earlier this month
Map showing aircraft locations south of London, overlaid on a simple page showing FlightRadar 24 feeder status showing 21 aircraft tracked and 16 aircraft uploaded
Tweet from me to National Rail Enquiries and GWR help read s"According to NRE the lifts at BPW are out of order until 18 March, but the accessibility map doesn't reflect this. Could the map be updated please? Any other apps which consume lift status data via the API will also be affected". Two screenshots of the website and access map are attached. Reply from National Rail Enquiries: "Hi there, this map is not managed by National Rail and we are not able to make any updates to this. We do post alerts on station pages and live journey planners so passengers travelling can be made aware. Train operating companies also update their websites and send out posts on social media to reflect this. Apologies!"
5 star Etsy review with text "Perfection! I asked if he could create a one-off tiny Greg trophy for a 1:12 dolls house and he accepted the task. 5 points! 😍😍" Background image is a scale model of Taskmaster living room with ornate vintage furniture, a portrait of Greg in a top hat and a tiny Taskmaster trophy
List of search results on Making Tax Digital search, including the products mentioned in the post text
Dropped pin in Google Maps with the bottom app panel expanded to show a plus code
Chat between me and the Royal Mail Tracking Assistant: Them: Please select one of the options Me: What options Them: Please select one of the options Me: There are no options Them: Please select one of the options Me: I choose death
BBC News headline: Wetherspoon dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says
The sign Frankie posted with crudely added punctuation so it reads "Commit [question mark], no [comma], nuisance [exclaimation mark]"
A 3cm tall Taskmaster trophy next to a Lego mini fig and a tiny task envelope
A Sainsbury's self scan handset asking me if I'm still shopping
Super Hans from Peep Show saying "Plumbing's just Lego, innit? Water Lego"
Closeup of a winking Lego woodland creature (maybe a squirrel or a chipmunk or something) from the front of a Wicked Lego box
A Wicked For Good Lego set of Elphaba's retreat. In a wooded hideaway, Elphaba pours Fiyero a cup of tea surrounded by various woodland animals