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The Product for the People meet-up series is returning to Bristol on the 3rd September in some shape or form to be decided so save the date...or don't...I'm relaxed either way. Product for the People is for people interested in public service product management - but not just product managers!

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed an HIV vaccine candidate that achieves something never before observed in the field: inducing detectable neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against HIV within just THREE weeks after a SINGLE immunization which was further INCREASED after an additional booster.

There's lots of important messaging in this new guidance from GDS / DSIT on AI, open code and vulnerability risk. In particular: "Private repositories can create a false sense of security" and "Openness can surface issues earlier" www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-...

UK journalism desperately needs people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences. This is especially true when it comes to investigative journalism. So I'd like to support aspiring investigative reporters from non-traditional backgrounds. More info below

Can people who have read Lord of teh Rings take a second to helWhen Tolkien says that the trees in Lothlorien have 'golden' leaves and 'silver' bark, do you interpret that literally or metaphorically? 1️⃣ Literally (like metal and jewelry) 2️⃣ Metaphorically (like yellow and white/grey) 📊 Show results

Have we brought in a way to cast a minus 1 vote for someone yet?

Tried to brush this piece of moss off the wall and discovered it's not moss, it's spiders. They scattered then reassembled into a blob, terminator style. Right next to my front door. How's your morning going?

'Business Classics' is a *really* broad church

Slightly diminish a book. Medium Expectations

Just going through all the old stuff I found in the loft from my teenage years - found a very young looking TB on the cover of a 90s NME

The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

When x-rays were still pretty new and the dangers of radiation not understood, people used to get their feet x-rayed in shoe shops to see how well their shoes fitted. youtube.com/shorts/dE5wn...

A travel agency that arranges holidays for people without the faff of travelling anywhere. You stay at home and you get a week with a full cleaning/laundry service, a chef, a housekeeper, a nanny. You also get a planned itinerary to visit nearby attractions with all travel arranged for you.

Ice cream van just stopped at the end of our road and then sped away as the children were running out the door 😭 I don't think he's got any ice cream left, he just likes driving around.

The rules of Fibonacci Club: 1. You do not talk about Fibonacci Club 1. You do not talk about Fibonacci Club 2. You you do do not not talk talk about about Fibonacci Fibonacci Club Club

Please share! My lab has an open fully-funded PhD position at Vilnius University's Life Sciences Center in Lithuania. The PhD project will involve identifying missing orthomyxovirus segments from public sequence data. Applicants must hold an MSc by June & have bioinformatics experience. 1/2

The Case of the Phantom Ice Cream Van Why do we keep hearing it but never see it? We walked around trying to figure out what direction the music was coming from but then it disappeared for 2 hours. Heard it again 10 minutes ago very nearby, then nothing. Met another family also hunting for it.

Hello folks! Could anyone give book recommendations/reading lists for a 10 year old who mows through 3-5 books a week please? Favourite series: Percy Jackson Hunger Games His Dark Materials Aru Shah Alex Rider Little Women Nancy Drew Lemony Snicket #Booksky

Hello folks! Could anyone give book recommendations/reading lists for a 10 year old who mows through 3-5 books a week please? Favourite series: Percy Jackson Hunger Games His Dark Materials Aru Shah Alex Rider Little Women Nancy Drew Lemony Snicket #Booksky

This is so relatable. Also why do they even need Outlook?

There is no good definition of what a “word” is

Support local coffee shops - buy pastries!

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i have been informed by @sprobeforebros.bsky.social that today marks the end of Gary retrograde

I wouldn't have said the home counties were hostile terrains, but maybe I haven't been to the right bits?

a question for the ages, really.

Chotiner: You've made the claim that no one has ever fed you in your life. My Cat: Maow. Chotiner: Yet there's food in your dish right now. My Cat: Maow. Chotiner: Let's change the subject to the ripped-open bag of sandwich bread on the floor. My Cat: Maow. Chotiner: I have read different things.

I've seen enough. Clearly this experiment is working. It is time for a Michael C. Jordan.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

Bluesky.

If I have heard about Blooble that means Blooble is already over. Your mum has probably joined Blooble after reading about it in the newspaper.

I went to an astronomy event at the local university this week where one of the 2nd year students spoke about exoplanets discovered "in the late nineteen hundreds" Took me a minute to figure out she meant the 1990s and I felt *ancient*

Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Good 🧵 from this author I don't understand how someone would think that generating a book a day with AI would give them an advantage? Flooding the market with that much mediocre (at best) content surely gives the advantage to the actual quality writing that real, skilled authors produce

I've already seen a number of superb owls today, but this year I am looking forward to seeing some evil rabbits. I nominate the Rabbit of Caerbannog as the ultimate #BadBunny

It's like he has some kind of press conference superpower

I've written about why I strongly believe the focus of user centred design needs to be adapted to make the most impact in different government organisations: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...

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Wisdom from Granny Weatherwax:

Sad to miss #ukgc26 this time, have a great time everyone! If anyone wants a catch up chat another time this month, get in touch ☺️

Not sure that £8 is £5 but the rest checks out

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

Happy New Year, start it off smiling with this golden oldie

Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...

Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London? Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home

Rather late in the day to be sure, but #RecipeOfTheDay is this Turkey and Glass Noodle Salad! www.nigella.com/recipes/turk...

Me, when the scissors go csssssllllhhhhhhhhhssshhh through wrapping paper: 🥰🎶💍🍻❤️‍🔥🙆‍♀️🫦🫶🤩 Me, when the scissors go fkkkkfffrrrrbbbrrrrttttkkkkkfmb through the wrapping paper: 😤🔪💀🏚️☹️🔫💪👿💣