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Stamanfar
@stamanfar.bsky.social
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Service designer, tinkerer and generally just getting in the way, UK Gov. #weeknotes
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Hello! How do you sign up for this? I tried to access the slack community but can't as my email address ending isn't listed:
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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A very satisfying birthday present:
A marimekko bowl full with chocolates from Finland
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I went and saw The Importance of Being Earnest and it was super camp and fun. Recommend.
Me and other half standing in front of a poster of Stephen Fry dressed as Lady Bracknell
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I broke my badge 😭 it’s fixable but I am still in a grump.
A badge in the shape of a speech bubble which reads “I’m having a nice time”
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Proof that I am a grown up and can spend my money however I like.
A crab pen holder
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I have been given a present
A knock off lego toy of a prawn sat at desk
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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This guy
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Microsoft just dropped a new wallpaper, seemingly inspired by @radiobeartime.com
A laptop is shown and you can mostly just see the wallpaper a larger and smaller bear cub standing in grass
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I enjoy reading academic papers about Gen AI so much.
A screenshot of an academic paper outlining different types of bullshit; general, hard and soft.
September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Shoutout @jamesgreen.bsky.social in the Essex, HO, Education Scotland talk about better consent processes #SDinGov
A slide with a lot of names but a special shoutout for James
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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What in the behavioural insight is this? #ImagineTheRelief
An email from HMRC on a smartphone. The first line of text reads “Imagine the relief of submitting your tax return early”
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I cannot get this out of my head. I’m currently doing an IDEO course about AI and design thinking and the dissonance. Oh mates, the dissonance.
Screenshot of a BlueSky message which reads “generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream….”
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I'm (very) late to this but playing with IDEO's Big Questions bot is actually quite interesting: big-questions.ideo.com
A screenshot of a conversation with Big Questions bot, at the top is a question that reads "How might we craft policies that facilitate the work of local governments, agencies and charities, by lowering bureaucratic hurdles and fostering a culture of enablement rather than oversight?"
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Update:
A tattoo of three fish on the back of a calf, on the pavement are metal fish. This image was taken at the national marine aquarium
July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Dear Instagram. Just no. Also that age thing is just rude.
Instagram ad that reads “We are looking for women 40+ who want to learn vibe coding…”
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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This week I will mostly be playing “how much does my tattoo look like a Cornish pub sign?”
A tattoo of three fish
July 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Posting my Lock Screen because I was told to
My Lock Screen. Text reads “make three mistakes today and call it research”
July 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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@ames.world thought you might like this pic of janner Disney circa 199- something
Small human girl riding in a bumper boat on shallow water. The boat is designed to look like a bumble bee
July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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This little girl became my spirit animal 👻
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I saw this on insta the other day and it made me laugh so hard I thought I’d share it here
Picture of a door to an office the sign reads FML Business Centre
July 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Question, what in the footnote is going on here:
A screnshot of the NHS 10 year plan where footnotes appear as [footnote 1]
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Hey record geeks! Look what I got!
An Audio Technica sound burger playing a blue vinyl record by a band called Dry Cleaning
June 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Hey @designthinking.lol please remove yourself from my brain.
A comic from Design thinking comic which has 4 panels they alternate between saying “we have too many specialists! We need more generalists who can get things done quickly!” And “we have too many generalists! We need more specialists who can gat things done properly!”
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Ok I got it removed but yeeeesh
A notification from Vinted saying that the item had been removed so they couldn’t take action against the seller.
June 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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If you selected ‘Forbidden item’ congrats, so did I. Only this isn’t helpful either. What are the catalog rules? I’ve also clicked through the notice and action form and yikes this is also very opaque.
A page from vinted that reads ‘forbidden item. Item isn’t allowed on vinted according to catalogue rules’
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM