The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

We did have fabulous seats tho.

Monday is bin day here. So Sunday afternoon is when i Google what bin day it is… Bins was something that was mentioned in several conversations at @govcampcymru.bsky.social I wonder, is there a council out there where you can sign up for a text the night before and tell you what bin/s to put out?

Heading down to Cardiff for the wales/Argentina match. My very first rugby experience. All trains cancelled. And the rain has started.

Things I love about rural life: Bought a lot of pork today from our neighbour. The pigs lived in the orchard behind our house. Now they are in my freezer. Soon they will be in my tummy.

Liberace had more class.

Good morning to everyone joining @govcampcymru.bsky.social today. Sorry I couldn't come. I'm particularly excited about more people getting to know about transform.wales

Also, this team here defies words. Continually amazed and impressed. @transform.wales

Waking up after much needed massive sleep after one of the best days ever. That was possibly the best ever @govcampcymru.bsky.social. What. A. Day.

Internet of Public Service Jobs - 08/11/2025 The 444st edition of my newsletter. newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...

Back in Wales. A thing we both loved about bilingual road signage in Scotland was the differentiation of English and Scots Gaelic was the languages being in different colours. It worked better - easier to read and actually placed more emphasis on Scots Gaelic.

God I hope so, or I have been putting in all this effort for nothing.

Cairn Lodge services. IYKYK

Just a short drive today. Glasgow to South Wales.

Mae’n amser…. It’s time… Heading to Cardiff for #GCCy25 Anyone else on route today?!

If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:

Loch Lomond. Stunning.

God bless pragmatic civil servants who get stuff done. After a lot of blockers it is always a welcome change.

Mae ein sticeri wedi cyrraedd mewn pryd ar gyfer @govcampcymru.bsky.social ddydd Gwener! Pwy sy'n mynd? 🙌

Quite possibly the best stickers EVER.

The US now moves to its most dangerous moment If the midterm elections go ahead there is a clear road to the bulk of the administration and its outriders going to jail So the stakes for the wider Trump crime family and the new paramilitaries have just got a lot higher - with obvious consequences

October’s digital news roundup: 📝 Bilingual design, AI, and problems worth solving. buttondown.com/transformwal...

Crynodeb digidol mis Hydref: 📝 Dylunio dwyieithog, deallusrwydd artiffisial a phroblemau sy’n werth eu datrys. buttondown.com/transformwal...

Mamdani responded to the smears by putting out an ad in Arabic and speaking Arabic in his victory speech. The lesson is to never apologize for who you are and never cede to your opponents the idea that their voters are somehow more legitimate than your own voters.

Well isn’t this a lovely feeling.

In other news, wrote a tender response in 3 hours. Seriously, LLMs are good for something, assuming you can write decent prompts and it feed it the right info. Its a bit game changey. Honestly, reads a hell of a lot better than most human written responses I've had to read in the past.

Hooooo booooyyyyy Getting set up on the Central Digital Platform. Which it turns out isn't really called that. It's Find a Tender. Set up One Login. UGGGG. Service not actually listed in the list of services using it. Read this guidance: www.gov.uk/government/p...

TWO WEEKS TODAY! It's Data Bites #60 @publicdigital.bsky.social, with Welsh Govt, Office for Stats Regulation, ONS and the Greater London Authority - sign up now public.digital/events/data-... And catch up on Data Bites #59, last month's AI special public.digital/pd-insights/...

There is little public understanding about what local authorities spend their money on (ie principally adult social care). Labour Together's polling finds people think it takes up 13% of council spending, in fact it's 39%. And they overestimate admin costs. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Really love how @monikasw.bsky.social is encouraging open ways of working at Public Health Wales by inviting colleagues to share their thoughts in her weeknotes: medium.com/user-centere... cc: @jukes.ie and @gilestur.bsky.social - thought you'd both like this!

Very pleased to have Ipsos headline sponsoring our conference next year and given the news today, evaluation could not be more important!

Skye. They should have called it Rain.

A bit of a holiday rant... We need to stop designing "target architectures." They're a fantasy. A waste of money. An approach that forces decisions too early, kills speed, and guarantees you'll never fix legacy tech. A utopian plan that's an anchor, not a map. dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/th...

Finished Caryl Lewis’s “Bitter Honey” and Mona Awad’s “Bunny”

You really don’t have to repost every single post in a thread.

I like how you can use emojis to zoom in on a pig 🐖 🐷 🐽

Very changeable weather. Waterfalls into the sea. That all makes for rainbows.

What started as a beautiful day is not ending that way. Getting absolutely battered up here with rain and wind. Lights flickering and trying their best to go out

Another Labour post mortem in which the by-election result only serves to confirm *all* of the author's priors. Who knew Afon Denial ran through Caerphilly? labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...

Good morning

A former Welsh Government minister has broken down in tears whilst describing the abuse she faced on social media throughout her political career and the impact it had on her family ✍️Emily Price wp.me/p8Mk4U-17Z0

A major political row has broken out after it was reported that a Treasury Minister in the House of Lords has been appointed to oversee Labour’s election campaigns, including next May’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton

We’re on Skye. Yay The husband of the couple who owns this place is from Monmouth. Peak Wales.

The A832 between Garve and the Kyle of Lochash has some of the most breathtaking scenery.

If you need some extra hands to work on topics like futures of work, the digital welfare state, relational services & technology, tech ethics, public service reform - hit me up! I have a bit of space before Christmas and lots in 2026, and I'm pretty nice and quite good 😁 🙏Would 💗 a repost too

The next time people complain that user research just slows things down, show them this towering monument of hubris. Quite staggering.

The relevant clip is here where Mark Drakeford discusses the #Senedd26 voting system: bsky.app/profile/wels...

Good to see this discussed. The new Senedd voting system has few friends but Mark Drakeford (whose compromise to the UK Labour Party created it - he wanted STV), has made several cases in its favour. That it will be kinder to Labour than FPTP seems very sound post-Caerphilly.👇

The second Labour analysis I’ve read of Caerphilly that is not attached to facts or reality.

why, that's a *steal* for the smart piss ball, and I can't wait to find out how much the monthly subscription for the piss-sniffing service costs, and it'll be so useful, and I won't mind the occasional leaking of data on my leaks until the inevitable shutdown day, when my piss ball is sadly bricked