these are so great. thank you for writing them. :)

p sure i made a "Campaign For Compute Disarmament" laptop sticker a few years ago - never published it - :)

Daemon: Bot-mediated Reality | Daniel Suarez YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation

youtu.be/RS5i1S8FXno?...

Local gov care case management - a perfect storm of cost, coordination and vendor lock-in - FF Studio Social care is the beating heart of how adults and children across the UK receive essential health and well-being support every day. But without

Hi everyone, I wrote about the state of case management software in social care and local authorities.

In short; it is a hard nut to crack and one that can be cracked with commitment, coordination and central goverment involvement.

words.ff.studio/localgov-soc...

Just paid my internet tithe and donated to Wikipedia. You should too. 👍

There are only two business models. Bundling and Unbundling.

Reform of the state has to deliver for people Speech on reforming the public sector delivered by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden at University College London, Stratford.

Fuck yes someone at the very heart of government saying this so thoughtfully and clear throated. What’s this funny tingling feeling… is it hope and pride? More of that. 💪

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Am I nervous or hungry? I’m 40 and still find that one tricky.

Surround yourself with colleagues who will tell you mid-meeting, "Don't do that; it makes you look like a tw*t". **chefkiss**

Via the medium of emoji, can those in the know respond to the Cabinet Secretary appointment.

Many thanks.

Gisela Stuart speaks pretty clearly about making the flow in and out of the cs much better, so hopefully even if Cab Sec is a miss there can be a more healthy inflow and outflow of skills and mentality www.youtube.com/live/Zm2cvD3...

Yeah, just read that and enjoyed it. All eyes on who gets Cabinet Secretary and how much reforming energy they have.

Ive been using Roam for 4 years now. I’ve had a very similar feeling of it fitting my brain.

What is clear is how closely MPs have studied this legislation. There is genuine collaboration on possible amendments, engagement with the smallest detail and deep consultation with constituents.

If only it could always be like this!

[2024] Week 48 – Product for the People 6 Yesterday Debbie and I hosted the sixth edition of the Product for the People gatherings (third Musketeer Steve was recovering from his adventures in Tokyo). Thanks to the generosity of Ben W (form…

"I’m very proud of the way these events create a space for producty people to come together and that we encourage a broad church of participants from different sectors and spaces."

**chef kiss**

digitalbydefault.com/2024/11/29/2...

Massive shout out to @jukes.ie and @debblanch44.bsky.social for running Product for the People yesterday. It felt very real-talk, open and honest. There was a good spread of "generations" in the room too. Its lovely to have a space that engenders collective sprit and has a bit of hope. A+

The case study of how public transport suddenly worked brilliantly during Glasgow COP is a fantastic example of this.

BBC One - BBC Wales Investigates, What's Killing Our Rivers? Wyre Davies investigates the dangers of pollutants to the rivers of Wales.

The whistleblower in this is heartbreaking. I’d bet on 100s similar without the courage to go public in every department. I’m not convinced finance is the main problem, a deficit of political capital and courage is.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

It’s that broad sense that ends up with Elon, DOGE and tear it all down frustrations.

To paraphrase - someone very skilled and technical recently told me about [department] -´no one with technical skills wants to work there because they won’t be listened to or really get to change anything’ and that they avoid applying for a policy jobs as ‘they want preppy KPMG types’

Who imprisoned them? Why did they do that? What’s so zero sum about the situation?

I bloody love Roy Keane.

Keep activist Ministers in post for extended periods of time, more political appointments, reform the civil service (focus on DGs, skillsets, pay and incentive structures) and offer £££ of core funding grants to thirds sector adjacent organisations with skilled technicians who create public value.

Why do you think is it difficult in practice?

tooooooooooom

Details, graft and the-little-things-which-point-to-larger-things give me lots of hope.

@soniaturcotte.bsky.social has written a delicious blog post about how we landed equity, climate and witty report titles in the Sport England Pilot Fund work we did. 👌

soniaturcotte.com/writing/spor...

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Forms are temporary, class is permanent - Sport England - Rod McLaren: Words that work 21 October 2024 In autumn 2023 I worked in a team at FF Studio to design and build a tactical, invite-only fund for Sport England in 12 weeks. “We

I never got around to my FF Studio aggrandising blog post. But dont trust me, I'm clearly biased. @rodm.bsky.social wrote something and that is even better.

"Find yourself teams like this and let it rip." ❤️

www.holdfastprojects.com/sport-england

Lore Oxford – Ask me Anything: Social Learning in an... “Through others we become ourselves, we learn, we grow and acquire knowledge”.As society becomes increasingly digital, people become more socially awkward....

I think there is similar evidence around why people use Reddit and pseudonyms (videos.theconference.se/lore-oxford-...)

(For chatbots I'd want to see the technical proofs around anonymity and data minimisation, naturally :) )

Ha, i was just sending this over :D www.extraordinaryfacility.com/stories/