Dean Vipond

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That noise you hear in the background is thousands of user researchers screaming in anguish

Apologies for using the term 'scary stuff at the bottom' when talking about diarrhoea as well 😳

Diarrhoea and vomiting Diarrhoea and vomiting are common in adults, children and babies. Find out how to treat and avoid spreading them, and when to get medical help.

It's all on one page, but I think the structure of the NHS diarrhoea and vomiting page is good. Starts with the basics and how to manage it, how not to spread it, and only gets to the scary stuff at the bottom (including a little expander about types of pain). www.nhs.uk/symptoms/dia...

Interesting job here for a UK-based user researcher who wants to work on something that matters led by the wonderful @cathydutton.co.uk
#GovDesign

Looking forward to this today. Manchester continuing to look at the ethics, human impact and responsibilities involved in rolling out AI based services and products to citizens. Should be good. I also love an unconference

An international women’s day message from my friend and partner in activism Sandi Toksvig #iwd #internationalwomensday

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models amid a stand-off between the Pentagon and Anthropic. A draft of new government guidelines, seen by the FT, mandates that AI groups that want to do business with the government grant the US an irrevocable licence to use their systems for all legal purposes. The guidance from the US General Services Administration (GSA) would apply to civilian contracts and is part of a government-wide effort to strengthen procurement of AI services.

One of the things I'm working on at the moment is a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI, and I'm
pretty sure this move by the US govt busts any myth that it's possible to robustly assure general purpose AI giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Is that another term for goths?

Indeed. One brief, glittering moment where everyone didn’t hate us.

Worth nabbing it anyway - Trunk releases are just nice things to have (I’d bloody love the limited edition Kes OST on vinyl).

It's great fun. I look forward to it coming 19th on the night :(

Hey folks, any content designers or design systems people who contract, I’m trying to get a picture of the state of the market at the moment. Are you finding roles more or less prevalent than usual right now? And are rates lower, about the same, or higher than what you’re used to? DM me if easier

My mom’s late husband had a Yamaha.

My kids need a lanyard to get into school, FFS.

Young dentist was *fascinated* by the gold filling I have, which I got as a teenager. "We don't do these anymore! How's it working out? How come you got it? Did they give you a range of options?"

I felt like I was being interviewed by a schoolkid about the olden days.

Unexpectedly have some availability! Let me know if you’d need content strategy, UCD coaching and training, or content design support, I’d be happy to help if and where I can.

Any gov design folk got experience of managing mental models stakeholders in how a service 'should' be found?

I do. What's a good email to do an intro?

Eggs

Mystery Solved! Turns out it is "Webinar.tv" whose disgusting and unethical business model is: register for a zoom call under a fake name and email address, record it without consent and put it on a public website with genAI summary and everyone's names and faces and then charge for access. WTAF.

Really enjoyed this piece, which sums up some of the issues I've been wrestling with, particularly the expectation of 'tech = savings!!!', and the spam-vs-anti-spam we're likely to see.

A Cookie for Dario? — Anthropic and selling death - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

It is so fascinating how much we're conditioned to revere whistleblowers and how much status we give reformed or reforming bad boys, when it's entirely possible to just *not do the morally dubious thing* anildash.com/2026/02/27/a...

It's an old meme now, but someone should transcribe that letter into subtitles on the Downfall clip.

This might be the most sensible thing I've read in months.

"We have a totally unregulated sexual economy; we need regulation because I'm getting absolutely fleeced rn"

The European commissioner for human rights urges countries planning to exercise authoritarian restrictions on children's access to online connection to instead focus on creating safer online platforms that protect children's rights.

A great result for London Centric (to which you should subscribe if you don't already.)

Their work gives me hope, but also makes me think of all the council meetings and court sittings that happen every week across the UK with no reporters present because local journalism has been hollowed out.

DEMOCRATISE THE TOOLS OF PRODUCTION AND GOOD TASTE <Insert clip art of trophy here>

so you've probably heard about the London measles outbreak. A lot of people are talking about anti-vax misinformation, but that's not actually the problem here. The problem is austerity. 🧵