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Tim Paul

@timpaul.co.uk
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Head of Creative and Design at The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), GDS. He/him. Views his own, not his employers.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.
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Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is for teams to get caught up in following a methodology. I did some work recently to try to communicate the core messages behind the agile-user centred methodology. And now I have written something about it. ignaciaorellana.com/posts/beyond...
Imagine with 10 principles for the ways we work. More details in the link in this post.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 23/08/2026
You know when people argue that we shouldn't give generative AI such a hard time, because other industries are worse for the environment? Here's a short post I wrote about that www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/tu-quo...
Image of the frontispiece from the Jacobean play, The City Gallant. The clown, Bubbles, is saying the phrase "Tu quoque To you sir". 'Tu quoque' is latin for 'You too' and has become synonymous with the kind of rhetorical argument that tries to distract from an opponent's point by claiming they are being hypocritical.
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Coco @cocochan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Whoever those lucky civil servants are who get the secondments into mayoral authorities, I hope they have the subtle balance of enough self-confidence to drive the roles forward, tempered with enough humility to recognise the skills and expertise that already exist locally. No superheroes, please.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/08/2026
If we don’t act, the climate crisis could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s. After another summer of record-breaking heat, now is the time to adapt homes, neighbourhoods and infrastructure to be ready for a hotter future.
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/08/2026
Oooh I’ve been tempted to get this!
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 06/08/2026
Land Acknowledgments, but make them Data Acknowledgments that AI providers are required to display and recite before any session may begin.
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 01/08/2026
That is gross
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Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Blogged about why the PM's plans to scrap Digital ID is the wrong right decision medium.com/writing-by-i...
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Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 18/07/2026
Deckchair shuffling is for the unserious. loosemore.com/2026/07/18/d...
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Deckchair shuffling is for the unserious
The FT and Guardian report that the new PM will disband the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSIT), splitting its functions between a beefed-up Department for Business and Trade (D…
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Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com · 16/07/2026
The GOVUK design system team have today added the interruption page pattern and component: design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/int... - based on previous work by teams across government. 🎉 This is a great example of where it is sometimes helpful to add some friction into a digital journey.
design-system.service.gov.uk
Interruption pages
Pause the user journey to give them important information
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Took a break to build BinFax for the people of Clacton binfax.netlify.app
A ceefax page in black with yellow and white font. It says One man, one bin, one chance to save clacton.
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 01/07/2026
➡️ You can find out more about the role and apply here: lnkd.in/euWgJBmY
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 01/07/2026
➡️ You can join our open Q&A on Teams, 8 July 1-1:30pm: lnkd.in/eFj3-Xp6
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 01/07/2026
➡️ You can find out more about us here: ai.gov.uk
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 01/07/2026
🚨🚨🚨 We're hiring User Researchers at GDS's Incubator for AI - come join our growing UCD team 😀 More details and links in 🧵
The Incubator for AI is hiring User Researchers. Come and help us builda better Britain.
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Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 17/06/2026
There's some genuinely excellent use of LLMs in all this. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemi...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Here's how the government is using AI to speed up the planning system
These two new systems could be genuinely revolutionary
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/06/2026
Nice! Was chatting about just this with @kubabartwicki.bsky.social last week. This arms race condition will apply to any government service that allocates a finite resource - eg. most of them. I fear the real risk will be we end up punishing legitimate applicants
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Aoife @chiefbreenie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Senior Service Designer Closes 1 July www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 15/06/2026
Just went for a tinnitus-related ear test last week, so can relate. For me, cause unclear - I’m guessing a lifetime of headphones, gigs and (in the olden days) clubs…
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Coco @cocochan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system
The government said its in-house IT system was
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 22/03/2026
Oof! Bad luck - sending good wishes x
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 18/03/2026
Would love to hear those thoughts - half assembled or otherwise 😃
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/03/2026
Honestly, I spent more time trying to overcome Apple’s draconian audio playback policies than any actual app features. They are so determined to get you into the App Store 😔
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/03/2026
Hey this is lovely! ☺️ Kind of what I set out to make before my hard pivot into drone
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/03/2026
Shout out to fellow drone head @rufflemuffin.bsky.social
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 17/03/2026
Here's a blog post about a thing I made recently 😊 www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/doom-loops/ And here's the thing: doomloop.cc
An image showing the Doom Loop logo: 4 turquoise rings arranged in a square formation. Behind the rings is an abstract assemblage of 3D blocks
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 08/03/2026
So here is it! doomloop.cc
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Doom Loop
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Kyle Shevlin (he/him) @kyleshevl.in · 03/03/2026
*Means of production dramatically improves* Me: Sweet. I make same stuff in less time now. Them: No, no, no! You must make more stuff in same time. Never same stuff in less time, silly peasant.
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 28/02/2026
The vibe coding dopamine loop is quite scary right!?
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 28/02/2026
It’s Google’s code editor with Gemini built in, so I’m guessing it’s a similar experience to Claude code plus an IDE!
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 28/02/2026
So funny - I am literally coding a drone synth/sequencer with Antigravity right now
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 28/02/2026
National Data Library? Paging @joelanman.bsky.social
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Martin Wright @mynameismartin.co.uk · 15/02/2026
Report from the field, trying to figure out if I'm about to be automated out of a job. www.mynameismartin.co.uk/blog/how-im-...
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How I’m dealing with the pressure to adopt AI as a designer — mynameismartin
I’ve spent the last month trying to catch up with AI in design, and I have news. Things haven't settled, the ground is still moving, and sitting with uncertainty might be the best position right now
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Harry Metcalfe @harrym.com · 14/02/2026
A certain campaign website launched last week was a bit security-broken, in a way that has wider lessons for AI-coded stuff. Writing 👇 blog.harrym.com/p/hold-the-s...
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Hold the security: a vibe-coding story
Vibe-coded doesn't mean vibe-secure, so we should try and stop the internet being full of even more broken things
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 12/02/2026
I just completed it - thanks for the nudge 🙏 Perhaps it was down temporarily?
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 03/02/2026
Absolutely superb stuff 👌
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 05/01/2026
Can highly recommend noodling with Strudel (Strudeling?)
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 05/01/2026
Happy new year! Here's a thing about some less serious AI experiments I did over the Xmas break: www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/xmas-2...
A vector image of a landscape with a volcano
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 30/12/2025
Xmas break silliness - I thought I'd combine multiple NY resolutions and learn Spanish whilst running and listening to home made verb-conjugation-techno (built with 11 Labs and Strudel) soundcloud.com/timpaul-1/se...
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Ser (proof of concept)
Quick sketch of an idea to combine text-to-voice with Strudel live coding to make running music that can also help me learn Spanish!
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Duncan Brown @duncanjbrown.com · 27/12/2025
My 2025 #yearnote as—sorry!—a listicle. mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/2025/
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10 lessons from 2025
Technology & identity in GDS and the NHS
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 06/12/2025
Genreganger!
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Anna Goss @annagoss.co · 22/10/2025
wrote down some stuff about closing FF Studio, what I was proud of and what I'd do differently if I did it again notes.annagoss.co/closing-ff/
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Designing a design studio
Anna Goss, service designer
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Duncan Brown @duncanjbrown.com · 18/10/2025
Clichés take hold in political language, a vicious cycle that runs through campaign speeches, through citizens’ expectations, and down into the software we build or procure by cliché, whose accordingly poor performance invites further calls for simplification. mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/design-...
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Design by cliché
We reject cliché. We require true names
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 06/10/2025
Had a very enjoyable top deck, front seat bus ride to work, chatting on Signal to @duncanjbrown.com about this absolute banger of a talk he gave
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 08/09/2025
Oh god we literally bought a fridge from them yesterday and I’ve already fielded one cold call to upsell me insurance
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Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk · 03/09/2025
I worked with Amy and she is the best - HIRE HER!
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