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I've been a long-time supporter of the government technology and transformation communities since 2009. I've worked for mySociety, the GLA, HackIT and GDS. I'm on the committees for GovCamp, TransformGov Talks and the UK Polyamory Association.

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The Faculty team loved taking part in this and were chuffed the Clio pitch won. Amazing to see this level of energy and interest across the community - feels like a long time since we all started the balls rolling on this 💪

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Fantastic - much more of this please! cddo.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/06/b...

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All government working in the open is good but does anyone know why FDCO isn't on the standard GOV.UK blogging platform? blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/digitaldiplo...

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Our MD @egawen.bsky.social talks to Think Digital about her career so far and the various challenges women face in the workplace. #dpi #transformation #ukgov

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Appalling if verified. I also feel sorry for the civil servants ordered to implement this - "yes, we practice open government - now block all these key words".

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Tomorrow evening! It'll be great!

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This will be excellent.

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A young human (10?) is sitting on a bench in front of a dairy* with a Labrador at his feet, his bike at his side. He's eating a large bag of hot chips, one for him, one for the Labrador. This seems like a perfect arrangement all-round. (1)

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The equivalent happens here following the UK Supreme Court ruling and the government, instead of highlighting disagreement while following the law, says "thanks for clarity".

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There should be a superhero movie where the villain conquers the universe, serves out his term, then 100 years later the galaxy transitions to a Republic, but there are controversies about how to teach the galactocides of Lord Doomheart to young people without damaging their sense of civic pride.

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I wrote a think-piece on the use of human-like AI avatars by government. As I say in the post, I hope some very smart people are discussing this already because it feels like it's coming very soon. medium.com/desiderium-s...

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NEW EPISODE OF THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA! + What Tony Blair ACTUALLY SAID about fossil fuels + How Abundance won WW2 + We speak to the author of the controversial Tony Blair Institute paper Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Substack: www.abundancepod.com/p/what-tony-...

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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (20s?) is sneakily reading The Two Towers behind the counter of a furniture shop. It might look like a quiet day but there are epic battles to fight. Feisty wizards, horsey warriors, intrepid hobbitses and Helm's Deep await! (1)

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I'm 53 and this is the first time I've heard this. Likely says far more about me than our education system...

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Reminder! If you're a progressive, socially liberal technologist or thereabouts and are interested in building a movement with likeminded people, there's a survey open to find out what you'd want from a Society for Hopeful Technologists. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...

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sigh Has another wave of people come over from Twitter? My timeline seems very full of "Labour are rubbish because they haven't instantly fixed <thing that would cost a lot money, involve hiring lots of people and updating old processes spread across multiple independent local authorities>".

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[blogpost] Civil Service Jobs Beta - first thoughts digitalbydefault.com/2025/05/04/c...

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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

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Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.

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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

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An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils: Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats

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The new Government Digital and Data Bulletin email from GDS is as good as ever but I really don't understand why there isn't an online version that can be shared!

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