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managed to snatch a ticket to #CampDigital this year! Who is going???

If you see the word 'Spearheaded,' on a cover letter or CV, you just know it's written by chatGPT

British 'beating around the bush' comms style is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo exhausting. Just tell me what u need and want, and I can do the same 😭

gosh when r we gonna stop working with shitty big consultancies in gov

so meh seeing so many generic AI topics in conferences

I understand the sentiment of 'convincing' stakeholders about inclusion and accessibility with legal terms and consequences, but can't a girl just talk about inclusion and diversity of disabled folks as celebrating diversity and humanness of life. why does everything have to be convincing someone

to all user researchers or gov people: which recruitment agency do you use? are there any 'agencies' that specifically have relationships with minoritised groups?

despite all the shit things happening around the world, I've finally found the balance of romanticising small things in life and doing big fun things in life & I've never been happier.

The best clapback of the week goes to the Mexican president suggesting that the North American continent be known as “América Mexicana” because 'an 1814 founding document that preceded Mexico’s constitution referred to it that way.'

It's terrifying that Trump Americans don't understand how tariffs work & how much harm it's going to cause THEM. And, the scariest of all, 'how many Americans will have the opportunity to hear it in its entirety'?

Absolutely and absolutely no reason for a billionaire to exist. Like ever.

The world has become scarier in the last couple of weeks, and we have to pretend that everything will be okay and still work.

Been years worth of work, but finally the #BreastCancerScreening diary is out that was co-designed with South Asian communities in North West and South West London. #CoDesign #CommunityBasedResearch #NHSCancerAlliances #NHS youtu.be/kYyvIdXVMtU?...

Ooops forgot I'll be going to the UK Gov Camp this year! anyone else going? let's say hi #UKGC25

my micro-feminist thing I do at work: verbally and directly crediting women when I'm repeating their ideas in a meeting.

Has anyone heard of a conference asking you to sign a contract as a speaker? Is this normal?

With an increased use of AI on job applications, please please please know that we can tell AI wrote that for you. Unless you're really good at writing prompts which most people aren't. You'd be surprised how our human brains can pick up artificial content so quickly and well.

We're expanding the Service Manual on GOV.UK to all user groups + all service transformation topics. It needs to be broader to be effective. And gaps to fill include leadership, sustainability, continuous improvement when live... Help keep it up to date: www.gov.uk/service-manu... #govdigital

Private Eye’s budget coverage is out

Any lead URs or senior URs who have experience in creating a solid community of practice in their team or department? May I pick your knowledge and experience please 😇?

y is UR so linear in public sector? why are we so stuck in discovery, alpha, beta, and live?

growing list of labels for the uk (thanks to pals for expanding my list) - terf island - plague island - the imperial core (not just uk innit) - colonialiser central - empire land

genuinely the worst part about being a user researcher is that you have to listen to yourself many many times and have to control your urge to beat yourself up for asking leading questions or not asking good follow up questions.

my tolerance for bs is getting lower and lower - is this part of ageing?

Came across this blog post via @jukes.ie's mailing list: Why leaders must inspire with truthful narratives — Public Digital It's so spot on - great monday morning food for thought.

I can't do hot takes because I can't find how to privatise my account