Mark Dalgarno
@markdalgarno.bsky.social
Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
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Has anyone got any examples of services that fail at Private Beta? And how you move on from that?
There’s lots on stopping at Discovery and maybe Alpha.
There’s lots on stopping at Discovery and maybe Alpha.
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Has anyone got any examples of services that fail at Private Beta? And how you move on from that?
There’s lots on stopping at Discovery and maybe Alpha.
There’s lots on stopping at Discovery and maybe Alpha.
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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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⚠️ "Jenrick spent most of last year establishing how comfortable he was around the tropes of the far right"
❌ "Whether that’s immigrants posing a threat to women or Birmingham not having enough white people in it. He will fit in fine with Reform, as he would with the BNP."
https://bit.ly/4jM3uUk
❌ "Whether that’s immigrants posing a threat to women or Birmingham not having enough white people in it. He will fit in fine with Reform, as he would with the BNP."
https://bit.ly/4jM3uUk
An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show | Zoe Williams
Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:09 AM
⚠️ "Jenrick spent most of last year establishing how comfortable he was around the tropes of the far right"
❌ "Whether that’s immigrants posing a threat to women or Birmingham not having enough white people in it. He will fit in fine with Reform, as he would with the BNP."
https://bit.ly/4jM3uUk
❌ "Whether that’s immigrants posing a threat to women or Birmingham not having enough white people in it. He will fit in fine with Reform, as he would with the BNP."
https://bit.ly/4jM3uUk
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What is most striking, of course, is that she's one of many Londoners whose family came here to get away from a grubby regime, and so benefited from London's welcome, its schools, its opportunities. Just as Reform is now trying to stop others from doing.
Nine years ago a Twitter user was sending poetry to Sadiq Khan about London’s many cultural identities. A decade on, Reform UK’s mayoral candidate doesn’t dispute it was her old account - so what’s changed?
Our profile of Laila Cunningham: www.londoncentric.media/p/laila-cunn...
Our profile of Laila Cunningham: www.londoncentric.media/p/laila-cunn...
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
What is most striking, of course, is that she's one of many Londoners whose family came here to get away from a grubby regime, and so benefited from London's welcome, its schools, its opportunities. Just as Reform is now trying to stop others from doing.
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New Order's Blue Monday played on 1940s instruments .
Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
YouTube video by BBC
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
New Order's Blue Monday played on 1940s instruments .
Designers in the public sector - and those who work with them - Virtual SDinGov returns on March 11th.
A day of online community, learning and sharing experiences.
Event programme: virtual.sdingov.net/programme-2026
Health, Central Government, Local Government etc.
More info: virtual.sdingov.net
A day of online community, learning and sharing experiences.
Event programme: virtual.sdingov.net/programme-2026
Health, Central Government, Local Government etc.
More info: virtual.sdingov.net
Programme 2026
virtual.sdingov.net
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Designers in the public sector - and those who work with them - Virtual SDinGov returns on March 11th.
A day of online community, learning and sharing experiences.
Event programme: virtual.sdingov.net/programme-2026
Health, Central Government, Local Government etc.
More info: virtual.sdingov.net
A day of online community, learning and sharing experiences.
Event programme: virtual.sdingov.net/programme-2026
Health, Central Government, Local Government etc.
More info: virtual.sdingov.net
Agile Manchester returns in May (13-14th)
1&2 day tickets available: agilemanchester.net/tickets - discount for teams and freelancers.
Event programme: agilemanchester.net/programme-2026
3 great keynotes: agilemanchester.net/keynotes
Sponsorship options: agilemanchester.net/sponsors
1&2 day tickets available: agilemanchester.net/tickets - discount for teams and freelancers.
Event programme: agilemanchester.net/programme-2026
3 great keynotes: agilemanchester.net/keynotes
Sponsorship options: agilemanchester.net/sponsors
Programme 2026
Agile Manchester 2026 - practical agile, lean and flow - read our programme now...
agilemanchester.net
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Agile Manchester returns in May (13-14th)
1&2 day tickets available: agilemanchester.net/tickets - discount for teams and freelancers.
Event programme: agilemanchester.net/programme-2026
3 great keynotes: agilemanchester.net/keynotes
Sponsorship options: agilemanchester.net/sponsors
1&2 day tickets available: agilemanchester.net/tickets - discount for teams and freelancers.
Event programme: agilemanchester.net/programme-2026
3 great keynotes: agilemanchester.net/keynotes
Sponsorship options: agilemanchester.net/sponsors
UCD folks.
The @uxscotland.bsky.social event programme is here: uxscotland.net/programme-2026
This year's event takes place in Edinburgh from 10-11 June.
1&2 day tickets available.
Sponsorship opportunities: uxscotland.net/sponsors
The @uxscotland.bsky.social event programme is here: uxscotland.net/programme-2026
This year's event takes place in Edinburgh from 10-11 June.
1&2 day tickets available.
Sponsorship opportunities: uxscotland.net/sponsors
Programme 2026
uxscotland.net
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
UCD folks.
The @uxscotland.bsky.social event programme is here: uxscotland.net/programme-2026
This year's event takes place in Edinburgh from 10-11 June.
1&2 day tickets available.
Sponsorship opportunities: uxscotland.net/sponsors
The @uxscotland.bsky.social event programme is here: uxscotland.net/programme-2026
This year's event takes place in Edinburgh from 10-11 June.
1&2 day tickets available.
Sponsorship opportunities: uxscotland.net/sponsors
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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I think if I was at @ukgovcamp.com today one session I’d propose is: it’s 2030. An authoritarian gov is in power and masked armed agents are targeting citizens they dislike based on data from across gov services. What do they get from your service? What will citizens wish you had done now? #ukgc26
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I think if I was at @ukgovcamp.com today one session I’d propose is: it’s 2030. An authoritarian gov is in power and masked armed agents are targeting citizens they dislike based on data from across gov services. What do they get from your service? What will citizens wish you had done now? #ukgc26
Hope everyone has a great #ukgc26 and those suffering travel woes make it there soon.
After a busy year I decided to have a no travel January to be kind to myself so won't be there this year.
After a busy year I decided to have a no travel January to be kind to myself so won't be there this year.
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Hope everyone has a great #ukgc26 and those suffering travel woes make it there soon.
After a busy year I decided to have a no travel January to be kind to myself so won't be there this year.
After a busy year I decided to have a no travel January to be kind to myself so won't be there this year.
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We’re at #UKGovCamp today! Pop by our stand to say 'hi' 👋!
We’re running a quick survey at our stand on spreadsheets in digital services:
humans or machines?
Swing by to take part, say hello — and pick up a pocket-sized sticky notepad to capture ideas from the day ✨
We’re running a quick survey at our stand on spreadsheets in digital services:
humans or machines?
Swing by to take part, say hello — and pick up a pocket-sized sticky notepad to capture ideas from the day ✨
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
We’re at #UKGovCamp today! Pop by our stand to say 'hi' 👋!
We’re running a quick survey at our stand on spreadsheets in digital services:
humans or machines?
Swing by to take part, say hello — and pick up a pocket-sized sticky notepad to capture ideas from the day ✨
We’re running a quick survey at our stand on spreadsheets in digital services:
humans or machines?
Swing by to take part, say hello — and pick up a pocket-sized sticky notepad to capture ideas from the day ✨
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The financial industry is a major road block for climate change mitigation. Our research shows the beneficiaries of sticking with fossil capital: the super rich.
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very interesting new @balancedeconomy.bsky.social report setting out the links between concentration of ownership in the financial sector and climate damage.
Here's one killer graph: over half of fossil fuel profits to the top 1% in the US.
static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9d...
Here's one killer graph: over half of fossil fuel profits to the top 1% in the US.
static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9d...
January 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The financial industry is a major road block for climate change mitigation. Our research shows the beneficiaries of sticking with fossil capital: the super rich.
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
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New report: Leaky Pipes - what we learned about where candidate donation data comes from research.mysociety.org/html/leaky-p...
Leaky Pipes
Improving election donation disclosure processes
research.mysociety.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
New report: Leaky Pipes - what we learned about where candidate donation data comes from research.mysociety.org/html/leaky-p...
Leeds friends...
Bit of a long shot, but if you're in Leeds, and you have 2 minutes to send an email objecting to Leeds attempting to take these playing fields from the public when they're held in trust for public recreation, please send a response. There's a four-line template in the post:
Leeds City Council is taking these fields from you over Christmas
redhallplayingfields.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Leeds friends...
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Keir Starmer on Nadhim Zahawi's defection to Reform UK:
"I don't know which is more pitiful - the flood of former Tory MPs deserting her sinking ship or the Reform Party so desperate to launder any old, failed Tory politician."
"I don't know which is more pitiful - the flood of former Tory MPs deserting her sinking ship or the Reform Party so desperate to launder any old, failed Tory politician."
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Keir Starmer on Nadhim Zahawi's defection to Reform UK:
"I don't know which is more pitiful - the flood of former Tory MPs deserting her sinking ship or the Reform Party so desperate to launder any old, failed Tory politician."
"I don't know which is more pitiful - the flood of former Tory MPs deserting her sinking ship or the Reform Party so desperate to launder any old, failed Tory politician."