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Wed, 1 Oct
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Tue, 6 May
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Tue, 30 Sep
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Debrief the week in testing via a radio show
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Thu, 29 May
Live accessibility testing and discussion on the EAA
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Thu, 26 Jun
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Thu, 15 May
1st Meetup 2025 - Speaker to be confirmed!
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An educational tool to explore Risk Analysis and Quality Strategy building with the whole team.
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On the 1st & 2nd of October 2025 we're back in Brighton for TestBash: the largest software testing conference in the UK
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For the advancement of software testing and quality engineering
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A multi-window view captures a "Software Testing LIVE" online meeting featuring Brittany Stewart and Ben Bowen. Both individuals are visible in larger video feeds at the bottom, smiling directly at the viewer. Above them, smaller inset windows show the same two participants alongside shared screens displaying a document with green highlighted text.
23/04/25: Ben Dowen and Brittany Stewart explored during a Software Testing Live session. They had the best fun, and so did the audience....
One person smiles at the camera whilst another person gestures towards them. In the background, people are mingling in an office event space.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
Ministry of Testing London meetup. 03/04/25. A joyful moment. Kika and Shuk Tak Woo realised they knew each other, meeting for the first ...
A happy-looking man stands on a stage addressing a seated audience, with a large screen displaying camera footage of the audience.
03/04/2025. Another milestone for Eamon Droko. His first time speaking at a meetup and what a wonderfully kind and inspirational talk it ...
The image shows a meme using the "Roll Safe" format. The man in the image is smiling knowingly and pointing to his temple. The text overlay reads: "CAN'T GET A COMMUNITY STAR / IF YOU AIN'T GOT AN MOT PROFILE".

This meme is a humorous take on the requirements or perceived requirements for achieving recognition within a community. It suggests, perhaps ironically, that having an "MOT profile" is a prerequisite for receiving a "community star."

An "MOT profile" likely refers to a profile on the "Ministry of Testing" (MOT) website, which is a popular online community for software testers. "Community stars" are often awarded within online communities to recognize active and valuable members.

It's a real privilege to award community stars to many community members — such a lovely way to celebrate all the ways folks contribute. Yet it breaks my heart when someone doesn't have a Ministry of Testing profile for me to do it.

Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
A three-panel reaction meme. The top panel shows a woman smiling broadly, seemingly pleased. The middle panel features white text on a dark background that reads "WHEN YOU'RE PLEASED WITH A MOUSE LIFE HACK," suggesting the woman's reaction is to a helpful computer mouse tip. The bottom panel shows a man with glasses and a beard looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression, perhaps representing someone witnessing the reaction to the "life hack." In the background of the middle panel, a blurred image of a computer screen with some menu options and text is visible, hinting at the context of the mouse-related tip. A yellow pointing hand cursor is also visible on the blurred screen.

Ben Dowen and Brittany Stewart celebrate Ben's mouse pointer life hack during Software Testing Live: Episode 03. Shop 'till you DROP;

Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
When AI meets brain... creativity takes a hit

Ujjwal Kumar Singh
Ujjwal Kumar Singh
Two Spider-Man's characters pointing at each other saying 'I know you'

I know you.
And I know you.

A nod to Simon's recent memory where he experienced two members meet each other for the first time even though they already knew each other. This is community.

https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/i-know-you

Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
 
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