Dean Vipond
@deanvipond.bsky.social
Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
Before midnight mass, don’t forget the other solemn Yuletide ceremony.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Before midnight mass, don’t forget the other solemn Yuletide ceremony.
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Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
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I see so many images on Bluesky that I'd like to repost but don't because they have no alt text. So many!
I know we've been conditioned away from courtesy and kindness online, but a little effort with alt text goes a long way
I know we've been conditioned away from courtesy and kindness online, but a little effort with alt text goes a long way
July 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I see so many images on Bluesky that I'd like to repost but don't because they have no alt text. So many!
I know we've been conditioned away from courtesy and kindness online, but a little effort with alt text goes a long way
I know we've been conditioned away from courtesy and kindness online, but a little effort with alt text goes a long way
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and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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As someone who worked in tech through the dotcom crash, I've been thinking a bit about how public-service orgs were great incubators of digital talent in the early 2000s. Fanciful as it seems, the BBC and C4 were basically hotbeds of talent development and risk taking.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As someone who worked in tech through the dotcom crash, I've been thinking a bit about how public-service orgs were great incubators of digital talent in the early 2000s. Fanciful as it seems, the BBC and C4 were basically hotbeds of talent development and risk taking.
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Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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now this is the kind of data-crunching I like to see
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
now this is the kind of data-crunching I like to see
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At this pivotal moment in the intersection of technology, culture and public policy, who better to steer the conversation and help us prepare for this shift in our thinking than @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who we welcome back to the #CampDigital stage next year.
🔥 #CampDigital: Meet our speakers!
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social is a researcher & strategist driving inclusive, community‑powered innovation & exploring the social impact of emerging tech. She is the founder of Careful Industries.
🎟 Early bird tickets at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social is a researcher & strategist driving inclusive, community‑powered innovation & exploring the social impact of emerging tech. She is the founder of Careful Industries.
🎟 Early bird tickets at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
At this pivotal moment in the intersection of technology, culture and public policy, who better to steer the conversation and help us prepare for this shift in our thinking than @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who we welcome back to the #CampDigital stage next year.
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Astonishing
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Astonishing
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Broken record mode
You can’t do any service transformation work without working with operations colleagues.
Issuing laws and publishing policy papers is pointless if you don’t talk about and workshop these documents with the people who are supposed to follow them.
These are the best moments, too.
You can’t do any service transformation work without working with operations colleagues.
Issuing laws and publishing policy papers is pointless if you don’t talk about and workshop these documents with the people who are supposed to follow them.
These are the best moments, too.
Yesterday, I co-ran the second local #ServiceStandard workshop.
After visiting the State of Brandenburg and 2 of its services recently, we checked in for 3 hours with members of various service teams in Hamburg.
We looked at ID card renewal, social services, and notifying of a change of address.
After visiting the State of Brandenburg and 2 of its services recently, we checked in for 3 hours with members of various service teams in Hamburg.
We looked at ID card renewal, social services, and notifying of a change of address.
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Broken record mode
You can’t do any service transformation work without working with operations colleagues.
Issuing laws and publishing policy papers is pointless if you don’t talk about and workshop these documents with the people who are supposed to follow them.
These are the best moments, too.
You can’t do any service transformation work without working with operations colleagues.
Issuing laws and publishing policy papers is pointless if you don’t talk about and workshop these documents with the people who are supposed to follow them.
These are the best moments, too.
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In today’s episode of #FixTheForms, @peterkwells.com lists three different ways (so far) where poor understanding of the range of possible right answers leads to issues
#WrongAnswersOnly
#WrongAnswersOnly
Fun things from chat with solicitor about selling elderly relatives home to pay care home fees:
+ phone-based ID check with leeway:
"hmm, can you also name the other two people with lasting power of attorney and the towns they live in?....OK, you got one town kinda wrong but also close enough"
+ phone-based ID check with leeway:
"hmm, can you also name the other two people with lasting power of attorney and the towns they live in?....OK, you got one town kinda wrong but also close enough"
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In today’s episode of #FixTheForms, @peterkwells.com lists three different ways (so far) where poor understanding of the range of possible right answers leads to issues
#WrongAnswersOnly
#WrongAnswersOnly
“The delusion hasn’t changed, but the formatting has” sums up where we are pretty well.
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“The delusion hasn’t changed, but the formatting has” sums up where we are pretty well.
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In an A Level class yesterday at my kid’s college, the teacher used a Gen AI image in a PowerPoint, and the whole class booed.
Yeah. You’ve got Gen Z on board, guys. Looking rosy.
Yeah. You’ve got Gen Z on board, guys. Looking rosy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In an A Level class yesterday at my kid’s college, the teacher used a Gen AI image in a PowerPoint, and the whole class booed.
Yeah. You’ve got Gen Z on board, guys. Looking rosy.
Yeah. You’ve got Gen Z on board, guys. Looking rosy.
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I know everyone is saying AI is doing this but I think it's the entire economy sucking shit that's doing this and they're just using AI as an excuse.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I know everyone is saying AI is doing this but I think it's the entire economy sucking shit that's doing this and they're just using AI as an excuse.
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Nice and coordinated
🔥 Exciting news...early bird tickets for #CampDigital 2026 are now available!
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)!
Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at:
www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nice and coordinated
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This is such important work - with scary conclusions. Our public bodies are at risk of undermining, manipulation or disappearing under a future government
🧵🚨
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is such important work - with scary conclusions. Our public bodies are at risk of undermining, manipulation or disappearing under a future government
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Epic handshake for epic increase in goal achieving
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Epic handshake for epic increase in goal achieving
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The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
Coral Spawning 2025
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
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The ADHD Taskforce full report is expected to land today. We already covered what we expect to see in it and how we will benchmark.
The ADHD Taskforce promised its final report this summer.
Summer is over. No report. Every delay means more children waiting, adults cut off from treatment, families left managing bureaucracy instead of care.
We can’t wait. So we’ve drafted what’s missing.
Summer is over. No report. Every delay means more children waiting, adults cut off from treatment, families left managing bureaucracy instead of care.
We can’t wait. So we’ve drafted what’s missing.
ADHD Taskforce Report Part 2: Still Waiting
Summer has ended, but the final report still hasn’t appeared
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The ADHD Taskforce full report is expected to land today. We already covered what we expect to see in it and how we will benchmark.
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt