Quick point here: I really don't think people grasp how dangerous the security environment for MP's has become. When I worked for the JCF we found 80% of welsh MP/MS' had been threated while in office, and 43% had recieved death threats. That rose to 90% of female scottish MSP's...

This is an absolutely fascinating article. Itching for there to be deep analysis across MPs case loads. So much that could be learned for improving public services. @alexparsons.bsky.social nails it when talking about failure demand.

Sweet Jesus.

This is the second post I've seen this morning from someone with weird Google search results that took a very quick racist turn

Autistic people seem to feel joy differently – here’s what it can tell us about neurodivergence

1. i can't stop laughing at HER being in charge of education and skills. Is this performance art? 2. Can we talk about the women problem? Can we talk about how Reform really is just a party of very angry men?

BREAKING: Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84.

feels cruel for Bluesky to have a Popular With Friends tab, if any of us were popular with friends we wouldn't be on Bluesky

Ignore them for weeks until the public outcry becomes so overwhelming that you're forced to order a largely toothless regulator to launch a multi-week investigation with no actual consequences while continuing to use the platform the images were posted all-over as it poisons society? Go off, king.

Canary Worf.

How long until we switch this off. 🏉

Lots of govt tech policy has been somewhat inexplicable this last year. The role of TBI is well known and something we all took for granted, and while ofc Palantir's relationship with the UK public services pre-dates this administration, there are some big Qs to be answered about Global Counsel

And now it’s snowing

Go for a long walk in the sunshine. Get in the car. Drive. Get hit by another car. Come home again. Weather clouds over. Ffs. Saturday is a jerk. [we are all fine, car is not]

A scorcher. V detailed, quite brutal, v on point. ~ How one hidden-away decision defines the future of the Starmer government ~ https://iandunt.substack.com/p/how-one-hidden-away-decision-defines

We're looking to fill a couple of Senior Content Designer roles across the OPG and Probation digital teams www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

And here comes the migraine.

Because these are the only mainstream parties in the UK. I would not be voting for any of these.

Of course the dog woke up at 4 this morning needing to go and eat grass I’m in Cardiff with 2 important client meetings today.

Updating the firmware in my headphones 8 minutes before a call may not have been my best decision today.....

It's particularly gross that they're targeting one of the few universities in the Welsh-speaking bit of Wales, where a lot of work has gone into expanding and adding courses (notably medicine) on that basis

So I've only just seen these stickers but if you ever needed further proof that @transform.wales have the absolute stuff, that Goldie Lookin' Chain sticker is it. I mean their reports and tireless work to make Wales better, right. But that STICKER!

Wait you mean I have three more days of nonstop activity?! It’s all go at Mimulus HQ at the moment. Bustling with clients old and new. Looking forward to our team away day next week. Planning and plotting with the best humans. ❤️

The UK's "free AI training for all" program may offer free courses, but there is a cost to society for the government's approach. Elinor Carmi, Tania Duarte, Mark Wong, Susan Oman & Tim Davies argue it deepens Big Tech dependency while sidelining critical AI literacy and community organizations.

"Reform want to close your local nursing course because they're having an online argument with some 19-year-olds about woke", a real vote winner

I take comfort in the fact that "Reform will close Welsh Universities because of Twitter drama" is actually a campaigning gift to Plaid for the 2026 Senedd Elections in plenty of places. People work at universities, their kids go to them, and students buy things.

Happy sixth birthday to Dilys the wire haired goofball!!

If you want to do something productive, that could help make government better, while you doomscroll... 👇

MAGA complaining that they didn't understand Bad Bunny's performance has nothing to do with a language barrier. It has EVERYTHING to do with a HUMANITY barrier.

Given that Keir Starmer has given no concessions to Eluned Morgan on HS2, devolution of justice, reform of Barnett or any of Welsh Labour's key policies, it makes you wonder what it would take for her to call for his resignation...

NEW: Sources close to Eluned Morgan, Labour first minister in Wales, insist that she is not planning to say anything on Keir Starmer's leadership today - despite reports to the contrary.

Am told Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, is going to follow Anas Sarwar in calling for the PM to stand down; Also that there will be "Scottish MP ministerial resignations" afterwards Ministers saying it's the end game...

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Mae’r pwysau ar arweinwyr Cymru i fabwysiadu AI ym mhobman. Ond nid yw AI yn ateb gwyrthiol a fydd yn datrys ein holl broblemau cyllidebol ac effeithlonrwydd ar ei ben ei hun. Anaml y mae atebion hudol yn gweithio os yw’r diwylliant yn aros yr un fath. 🧵 1/3

New from us! Essential reading in AI for leaders in Wales.

McSweeney. Starmer. Mandelson. Enough Can we please re-centre and focus on what Epstein is about. Justice for these women. Stopping this shit so no more women, girls have to go through this again.

Aren’t these thing that Labour are supposed to champion? I’m terribly confused.

It has become quite clear why all the bad shit didn't get unpicked after the election. Sure, hound them out. But the unpicking will still need to happen, or we are stuck here, all the awful shit embedded into our institutions.

Ahahahhaahahahahahahaha Another rain warning tomorrow

Here's a link to the clip: www.instagram.com/p/DUV4M6IjMkC/

If anyone who follows me knows of any decent support groups near Manchester for + people with early onset Alzheimers + *and* the youngish adult children that care for them then LMK

It’s the civil service reform that is VITAL. You can’t just hope for change, you have to make it happen.

It was a really good idea that the government never quite took seriously. Missions required a new approach to governing and some actual civil service reform.

You should also be looking at his track record at Barnet where public services were all catastrophicly outsourced to Capita. Widely regarded as a disaster and held up as a case study of bad leadership.

The roads are now rivers. Everything is river. So much water. So much. The forecast: nothing but rain.

This is good. Working in the open feels like a crucial easy win. On the NHS, Wales publishes far less data & fewer programme updates than England. Unclear why. Openness isn’t just good for accountability. It’s a key innovation driver - ask any researcher or policy analyst keen to get hold of it!

Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog wrth @willhaycardiff.bsky.social ei bod yn anfodlon gyda chyflymder trawsnewid digidol. Rydyn ni hefyd. Mae’r broblem yn systemig - mae gennym amgylchedd lle mae’n haws siarad am newid nag yw hi i’w gyflawni mewn gwirionedd. Darllenwch ein hymateb, a sut i’w drwsio.

Here's a link to the clip: www.instagram.com/p/DUV4M6IjMkC/

The FM told @willhaycardiff.bsky.social she's frustrated with the pace of digital transformation. We are too. The problem is systemic - we have an environment where it is easier to talk about change than to actually do it. Read our response, and how to fix it.