Adam Banks
@adambanks.bsky.social
Designer of User Labs, former @uxpauk, former UX Researcher @Google, Former @ux_study, Fellow @theRSAorg
~20yrs ago, in the early days of phone speakers, I was on a bus through Canary Wharf.
Teenaged boy blasting tinny music.
Middle aged man sitting 3 rows behind him politely asked him to turn it off.
Boy: "fuck off".
Man LAUNCHES himself over the seats in a rage.
Another passenger headed him off.
Teenaged boy blasting tinny music.
Middle aged man sitting 3 rows behind him politely asked him to turn it off.
Boy: "fuck off".
Man LAUNCHES himself over the seats in a rage.
Another passenger headed him off.
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
~20yrs ago, in the early days of phone speakers, I was on a bus through Canary Wharf.
Teenaged boy blasting tinny music.
Middle aged man sitting 3 rows behind him politely asked him to turn it off.
Boy: "fuck off".
Man LAUNCHES himself over the seats in a rage.
Another passenger headed him off.
Teenaged boy blasting tinny music.
Middle aged man sitting 3 rows behind him politely asked him to turn it off.
Boy: "fuck off".
Man LAUNCHES himself over the seats in a rage.
Another passenger headed him off.
Even more basic: "did you know that your actions affect those around you?"
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Even more basic: "did you know that your actions affect those around you?"
Another reason they gave was that some egg factories allow packers to take eggs home, so they keep the giant ones for themselves in a box... but these boxes sometimes get put back on the line, and make their way into shops.
Funny world, eh.
Funny world, eh.
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Another reason they gave was that some egg factories allow packers to take eggs home, so they keep the giant ones for themselves in a box... but these boxes sometimes get put back on the line, and make their way into shops.
Funny world, eh.
Funny world, eh.
Because egg packers pack by size, and double yolks tend to be massive and get packed together.
Plus, other reasons discussed in that podcast that I surprisingly remember from 14yrs ago.
Plus, other reasons discussed in that podcast that I surprisingly remember from 14yrs ago.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Because egg packers pack by size, and double yolks tend to be massive and get packed together.
Plus, other reasons discussed in that podcast that I surprisingly remember from 14yrs ago.
Plus, other reasons discussed in that podcast that I surprisingly remember from 14yrs ago.
I once had to provide a link to my policy on the use of plastic bags.
Mine looked suspiciously like "the first one I found on Google, with the title changed".
Mine looked suspiciously like "the first one I found on Google, with the title changed".
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I once had to provide a link to my policy on the use of plastic bags.
Mine looked suspiciously like "the first one I found on Google, with the title changed".
Mine looked suspiciously like "the first one I found on Google, with the title changed".
If it's not already at the lost property ("Excess baggage") at Paddington, it's likely either still on the train or has been stolen.
If you know which train he was on, you can find where it is now on Traksy, and possibly ask the line operator to get it off at the next stop...
traksy.uk/live
If you know which train he was on, you can find where it is now on Traksy, and possibly ask the line operator to get it off at the next stop...
traksy.uk/live
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Live train maps and timetables
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January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
If it's not already at the lost property ("Excess baggage") at Paddington, it's likely either still on the train or has been stolen.
If you know which train he was on, you can find where it is now on Traksy, and possibly ask the line operator to get it off at the next stop...
traksy.uk/live
If you know which train he was on, you can find where it is now on Traksy, and possibly ask the line operator to get it off at the next stop...
traksy.uk/live
Nick Cave.
Never meet your heroes.
Never meet your heroes.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nick Cave.
Never meet your heroes.
Never meet your heroes.
Reposted by Adam Banks
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
If you've not been... Stone Mini Market in Leytonstone is also very good.
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you've not been... Stone Mini Market in Leytonstone is also very good.
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Ahh! I didn't realise the smaller one had closed.
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ahh! I didn't realise the smaller one had closed.
Just down from there, back near to Gravity Well, you could go to Libertalia Brewery.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just down from there, back near to Gravity Well, you could go to Libertalia Brewery.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
Maybe slight overkill for what you're after, but OpenShot is:
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
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- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
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December 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Maybe slight overkill for what you're after, but OpenShot is:
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
My old house explicitly restricted parking a caravan.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My old house explicitly restricted parking a caravan.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
Ours has "no alcohol sales".
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ours has "no alcohol sales".
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Today I learned something
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today I learned something
I've had times when, via chargeback, I've had back more than the initial insured sum (e.g. where the "new item" cost is higher) ... but I'd be surprised to see it 25* the value
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I've had times when, via chargeback, I've had back more than the initial insured sum (e.g. where the "new item" cost is higher) ... but I'd be surprised to see it 25* the value
But they can presumably reclaim those costs from the seller, if it's worthwhile to them.
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
But they can presumably reclaim those costs from the seller, if it's worthwhile to them.
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
You need to walk all the way to The Cask in Pimlico before you get to anything resembling a real pub.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You need to walk all the way to The Cask in Pimlico before you get to anything resembling a real pub.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
I tried exactly the same there the other night... and was also thinking of @pickardje.bsky.social as I did.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I tried exactly the same there the other night... and was also thinking of @pickardje.bsky.social as I did.
But is Barb Wire (1996) a remake or a sequel?
Will we ever know the truth?
Will we ever know the truth?
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
But is Barb Wire (1996) a remake or a sequel?
Will we ever know the truth?
Will we ever know the truth?