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Tory Dunn
@stradella.bsky.social
Designing public services, former typography nerd, amateur, accordion player, SE Londoner - trying to help change things. Opinions are my own.
🌱 oh no, I really don’t want South London parakeets to decide they like the taste of winter-flowering clematis. (find something else to munch on!!!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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As luck would have it.
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Consider 38 Degrees’ petition to not cut cash ISA availability. The rumoured change would privilege investing in stocks, and not allow UK savers the choice over how they wish to save, if they want to take advantage of tax savings . you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Protect Cash ISAs
Rumours started swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 after meeting with a group of bank executives back in February. [1] Now it looks like those...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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RIP, Jack DeJohnette... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...
Jack DeJohnette, Revered Jazz Drummer, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🌱 Seasons! The last of the summer crops coming in to ripen, while winter flowering clematis starts gearing up.
October 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?

In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.

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October 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The NHS gives out the best laptop stickers!
Get yours at www.blood.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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There are so many *free* talks happening RIGHT NOW on #ID24.

Check out the schedule - inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

#Accessibility #inclusivity #WebDev #WebDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Job klaxon!
Senior Service Designer and Senior Business Solutions Analyst 👉👉👉
NHS Blood and Transplant roles in our ambitious Donor and Session Programme (DASP).

Senior Service Designer jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Senior Business Solutions Analyst jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Senior Service Designer:England
Job SummaryNHSBT helps people to do something extraordinary – donate blood, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.As a Senior Service Designer at NHSBT, you will directly impact how we understand and design for the needs of our donors, families, the patients we serve, and our people, who deliver and operate services. This is critical to our mission to save and improve lives.You’ll be joining the human-centred design practice and culture at NHBST, working with the Donor and Session Programme (DASP), in the Donor Experience product centre. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that digital products develop within integrated end-to-end services that meet user needs. You'll be part of a multi-disciplinary team in the DASP programme’s transformation of user experience and of our operations for blood, plasma, platelets and stem cell donations.On this journey, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how we achieve our vision and demonstrate the value of research and evidence-driven decision-making in delivery and operational teams. We’re currently working with partners and other organisations in the NHS ecosystem to collaborate and share knowledge through design and research communities of practice.
jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk
September 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🌱 tromboncino hanging out with a dinner plate for scale
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌱 Picking up the pace a little. Note that beans are under-represented because I blanched and froze a mini-glut last night.
August 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🌱 Damselfly ready for its close-up
August 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌱 As we say in London: sure hope you like beans!
July 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🌱 we originally used shade netting as temporary protection from London wildlife (critters). But it’s proved to be very popular with the plants during the heat.
July 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
And here they come. First up: Latah. That first homegrown tomato of the year tastes so amazing!
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
London is relatively northern: sunset at 10 pm.
June 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
More font humour from @ellecordova.bsky.social for these challenging times youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
Punctuation marks hanging out
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#TheHerds arriving at Seven Dials
June 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“MSF teams are treating injured people, many of whom have gunshot wounds, who went to collect food for their starving families.
The Israeli authorities must end their siege on Gaza. (&) revert back to the principled aid distribution system, coordinated by the UN.”

www.msf.org/deadly-israe...
Deadly Israeli-US supply distribution scheme in Gaza must be dismantled and siege lifted | MSF
MSF teams are treating people who suffered life-threatening injuries during disastrous food distributions in Gaza.
www.msf.org
June 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🌱 Berry status: going for it! Logan and Boysenberry ☀️
June 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🌱 Now starting to use garlic grown from cloves of grocery store organic garlic. The bulbs definitely are not as big as the ones I’ve grown from specialist planting garlic, but it was an interesting experiment.
June 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM