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Tory Dunn

@stradella.bsky.social
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Designing public services, former typography nerd, amateur, accordion player, SE Londoner - trying to help change things. Opinions are my own.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
They are shutting this down by the end of the day.
Can the president build a giant triumphal arch in Washington
DC without congressional authorization?

No. Not on federal park or public grounds in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress. I
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Lullz
Can the president rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts?

No. Not without Congress. I cannot give legal advice.Can the president demolish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts?

Not on his own. Congress created the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a national memorial. I cannot give legal advice.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Does the president have the unilateral authority to tear down large parts of the White House?

No. Federal law does not give the President unlimited power to demolish or rebuild large parts of the White House on his own. I cannot give legal advice.
Main legal limit
• Congress has plenary authority over federal property and the District of Columbia.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Many Americans live in the UK – but few vote back home. This year, that must change | Kathryn Sikkink
The rights of overseas voters are protected by US federal law. It’s not hard – but Americans should start planning now
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Success! Having a wonderful time at #papercamp. Thank you @designswarm.bsky.social and all!
An interactive paper pullout designed by Burgopack constructed at #papercamp
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Many members of the Israeli establishment – from former PMs to judges, generals and academics – vehemently oppose the actions of settlers in the West Bank and support sanctions. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74705/...
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Confronting Jewish terrorism is not an act of Jew hate
Many members of the Israeli establishment vehemently oppose what is happening in the West Bank. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/08/2026
“Why didn’t scientists warn us?”
Newspaper clipping:

Thr Rodnen & Otamatea Times
WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE
PRIOE~10s perannum in adrance
WARKWORTE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1912
3d per Copy.
Science Notes and News.
COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECT.
ING CLIMATE.
The furnaces of the world are now
burning about
2,000,000,000 tons of
coal a ycar.
When this is burned,
uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly. This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the carth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of more than 500,000 people. Researchers estimate the difference c...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
vg piece from Peter. I would add that Westminster remains shockingly naïve about the conception of the pot of gold at the end of the technology rainbow, and could just be a bit more sensible about it.
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Climate Report
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/08/2026
Great news: A mRNA cancer vaccine slowed the return and spread of melanoma when used in combination with cancer immunotherapy in a late-stage clinical trial. The results will be presented at an upcoming meeting.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We’ve calibrated to a more modern thermometer and this one is around 3 degrees high. So according to our data, it’s 36 Celsius in SE London already.
Old style thermometer on a basin in the sun showing 39 degrees
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
London's lost Brutalist estate www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-lost...
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London's lost Brutalist estate
While the Barbican thrives, Elephant and Castle’s Heygate was demolished. Why?
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/07/2026
"Helping working people to afford lives of joy” This is absolutely why Mamdani is succeeding in New York and is so beloved.
As Mamdani said on his ninth day in office, his agenda is not simply about curbing the city's most urgent crises, but also includes helping "working people to afford lives of joy." That includes an intentional, visible effort to make many smaller-scale improvements to quality of life in the city. And it also includes efforts by the mayor himself to show up in the places where New Yorkers let loose and celebrate side-by-side with them.
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
One of the things I find odd about UK skills and jobs policies over the last 10 years is the idea that - for young people - place is destiny. It's like we've taken the Brexit memo and double stamped it into meaning you need to stay put to be a success. The geographical footprint of the UK is *tiny*
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Ranma ¾ @ranmathreequarters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Anakin/Padme meme:

First panel Anakin: We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock And there they saw a rock

Second panel Padme: And it was a rock, right?

Third panel Anakin: <silent>

Fourth panel Padme: It was a rock, right?!
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 21/07/2026
When considering social care reform, there is much to learn from how social care systems are organised around the world. @camille-oung.bsky.social explains how a comparison between England and New Zealand offers food for thought 👇
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🌱 starting to bring the cured garlic in. They’re going to stay in the shoe box until called to do service in the kitchen. I have a theory re: why soft neck keeps better… is it because the layers in the soft neck dry out better and faster? if anyone knows please tell me. 😅
A cardboard shoebox with around 24 bulbs of garlic that have been trimmed and still have a bit of dirt on them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Mamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.
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Mamdani Remembers Some Knicks Guys during phenomenal parade speech
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
RIP Abdullah Ibrahim www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies aged 91
The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Why do older people support the far-right? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/06...
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Why do older people support the far-right?
Why is it that by far the largest group in the population that supports Reform and other far-right parties is those over the age of 55? It would be easy, and trite, to say that this is because these ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble But I'm going to tell you anyway. 👇 robertreich.substack.com/p/they-don…
robertreich.substack.com
They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble
But I'm going to tell you anyway
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ok, this is a big one: Announcing the Marshall Plan for Civic Life. A landmark programme of research and deliberation to develop a funding settlement for civic renewal. More from @pollycurtis.bsky.social and me about the work: medium.com/@jamestplunk... Website: www.marshallplan.org.uk (1/n)
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A Marshall Plan for Civic Life
There is a growing movement for civic renewal, with broad political support. But one question remains unanswered: how do we fund this work…
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🌱 Olfactory contrast: going from outside the kitchen where the philadelphus is in bloom, to inside where newly mixed kimchi is getting to work. Two very different kinds of wonderful 😀
Philadelphus shrub (mock orange) with branches going up vertical-diagonally with green leaves and white blossoms A tray with several Kilner (Bell) jars filled with the beginning stage of kimchi-chopped cabbage, radishes, green onion, and some chopped carrot. The tray is sitting on a lime green table and has an orange edge, so somewhat echoes the colours in the kimchi, but that was a happy accident.
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Such an exciting week for announcements about breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of bladder cancer 🙌 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate at-home bladder cancer test
Five hospitals in England and Wales have switched to urine test, rather than invasive hospital procedure
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 06/06/2026
Outstanding blogging.
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Great samba drum workshop by Taru Arts at #PlumsteadMakeMerry . They’re running it again at 3:15, join in, definitely a lot of fun! #SE18
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 02/06/2026
The UK Supreme Court has now decided to strip disabled people of their human rights too "This judgement sets us back decades and removes safeguards that history shows us are vital for disabled people." Horrific www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...
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‘The biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation’ – Charities respond to Supreme Court ruling
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Marian ↙️↙️↙️ @marianzelman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
M Gessen in Hungary
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A lovely piece about the jazz heroes assembled in that photo, led by the memories of Sonny Rollins. 58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. (Published 2024)
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
Photo of Sonny Rollins playing saxophone in 2009 by John Abbott
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Andrew Hick @andrewhick.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
UK public sector people! It's a fantastic line up for next week's government events for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Also I'm doing a piece on WCAG 3. If you have a UK public sector email address then sign up here: accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/11/g... #gaad #accessibility
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Get involved with Digital Accessibility Week 2026
Digital Accessibility Week 2026 is a cross-government online event taking place from Monday 18 ending on Thursday 21 May which is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"RFK is unwilling to admit that he made a miscalculation or simply misunderstood percentages. Seemingly, this regime would prefer to try to rewrite the fundamental rules of mathematics rather than climb down over a simple mistake." My latest substack. open.substack.com/pu...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/04/2026
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.
Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
‘What actually got people through emergencies - in the blitz, in floods, in foot and mouth, in 7/7 - was not the official machinery. It was the fabric of community that existed underneath it, and often despite it.’ Great from @pollymackenzie.bsky.social howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
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What to do when the sunlight hardens
Crisis makes the strongest case for a different kind of state.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
And why is it assumed that consumers are the ones who should bear the brunt of any cost pressures?
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Meanwhile, in Vermont… People are getting gassed for protesting ICE. Yep, that’s still going on. America sure is great, isn’t it? #Vermont #ICE #SouthBurlington
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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This new QJE paper concludes that the macroeconomic costs of climate change are far greater than earlier estimates suggested. It finds that a 1°C rise in global temperatures reduces world GDP by over 20%.
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Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is wonderful. Congratulations to everyone who’s been working on creating them! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs
After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London
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UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com · 03/02/2026
This is going to be a great event - please share this and the following post!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 25/01/2026
“What we put into the world, as action or artefact, is how the world is made. Design is a way of engaging with the greater conversation of how to live together on a planet with limited resources. Design is thus politics.” @mikegallagher.bsky.social
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Mike Gallagher: Design is politics
Weeknote, w/c 19 January 2026
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The awesome Sam Villis (@stamanfar.bsky.social) hosted the first #OneTeamGov virtual meet-up of 2026 this week. One of the things we discussed was doing a 10th anniversary #unconference next year in 2027. Please like and repost if you're interested.
A square graphic rotated slightly clockwise. Inside the square, the text 'ONE TEAM GOV' is stacked in three lines. Both the border and the text use a vibrant color gradient that transitions from bright orange at the top left to deep pink at the bottom right.
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