I love @mysociety.org’s Fix My Street tool. I reported a faulty cycle detector at 14:17 and at 14:22 I got a response from @tfl.gov.uk saying that they’ve investigated, considered it an emergency, and their contractor will deal with it within 24 hours.
www.fixmystreet.com/report/7558127
Screenshot of FixMyStreet in Bromley, showing overflowing litter/dog bin subcategory picked under Parks, with a message saying you can pick a bin from the map. The message and Continue button are floated above the category list with a fade out at the top
Screenshot of FixMyStreet in Shropshire, showing Streetlights category seleced, with a message showing which street light has been picked on the map (ID 6 in this case).
Message in FixMyStreet in Buckinghamshire when you pick a certain category and it’s not on Buckinghamshire maintained land, asking you to go and look up who owns int in the Land Registry. The message floats and should always be visible at this point.
A gully is selected on a FixMyStreet Oxfordshire map, and the accompanying message says “This gully was last cleaned on 24/04/2023”.
Been a tricky piece of work, given the number of special cases added over the years (which we ran a dev day on back in January), but have finally put github.com/mysociety/fi... live this week, which tidies up a variety of messagings and floats the Continue button during reporting
Slide showing understanding on x axis and communication on y axis with happy/angry/grumpy emojis
Great matrix of understanding vs communication from @juliacushion.bsky.social of @mysociety.org #cfgs2025
Interesting read of the comments, if like me you are wondering what this can possibly mean.
WhoFundsThem report launch Chris Cook - Financial Times Rose Whiffen -Transparency International Alex Parsons and Julia Cushion - mySociety A photo of each speaker, and the cover of the report, which is titled 'Beyond transparency - Four steps to control money in politics'
Join us for the WhoFundsThem report launch on 4 March: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whofundsth...
50 volunteers looked through the data on 650 MPs' second jobs, donations & gifts. Now we can say exactly where the system is failing us — and what needs to be done to make it better. Hope to see you there.
Sunrise on a sandy beach
No Devon this morning as the cloud cover was too thick, beautiful mild morning though.
Not a bad view on my way to 6th Form Options evening (which I was told categorically “definitely won’t have students at, it’s just parents” 👀🫠)
Ha, how weird.
Beach view in the morning from up on sand dunes above. A flag to the left of advertising a Hikitalo beach sauna.
Running late this morning but did discover how close my temporary airbnb house is to a beach sauna 😍 No Devon on the horizon today as too cloudy.
Everyday is Pothole day isn't it? #nationalpotholeday
www.societyworks.org/2025/01/15/p...
#localgovernment #climatechange #civictech
TfL have apologised to me for the way they, and their outsourced “online brand protection agency”, handled this, and I’m happy to be able to reinstate the bus and tube maps (then I don’t have to reply to any more emails about it 🤣 )
A small black dog on a large sandy beach in the morning sunshine
Different beach today, Devon felt further away today with the tide so far out.
A new feature for London-based clients of our FixMyStreet Pro solution, enabling better access to data on reports of abandoned hire bikes & e-scooters.
We're keen to replicate this in other locations where similar schemes are in place if the appetite is there.
www.societyworks.org/2025/01/09/e...
Sea defences in Porthcawl with a large piece of driftwood that has been made into a lizard with fake tongue and eyes…..and a small black dog with a pink jumper.
I could see Devon this morning but also paid a visit to our local tourist attraction #Lizzie
Shoreline with clouds in the distance and Devon coastline along the horizon.
Snow on the hills in Exmoor this morning.
I can see Devon 😍
our Call for Session Proposals deadline is fast...
a miserable start to the year 😭
Ha, that time you had lunch ‘with’ Justin.
partial rainbow out at sea
No Devon this morning but a small 'start to the working year' rainbow.