Well at least it's guaranteed to be random m.xkcd.com/221/
xkcd: Random Number
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Jonty Wareing@jonty.bsky.social · yesterday
Simon Davy
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Software for bennett.ox.ac.uk. Am into computering, theology, music, and TTRPGs.
Jonty Wareing@jonty.bsky.social · yesterdayI feel this. I do not like them and do not use them. However, I come to think that that's a privilege I have. The most prolific voice noters in my life are all heavily dyslexic. Others are occasionally in crisis. I can live with that, I think.
Holly Brockwell@hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 4mo agoFinally realised why I don't like voice notes. People do them because they find typing tedious -- it takes too long. But because speaking is easier, they say FAR more than they need to, meaning recipient has to listen for ages, mostly to waffle. It's shifting the extra effort onto the receiver.
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
If you're someone who cares about open source software, data privacy, and/or just general health data nerd stuff (or all of the above) I can't recommend watching @bennettoxford.bsky.social CTO Seb Bacon's inaugural lecture enough. It was fantastic. Link in here: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/06...
Professor Seb Bacon delivers inaugural lecture on why health data should always leave a public trace | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
Seb Bacon, newly appointed Professor of Research Software Engineering at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, gives his inaugural lecture on health data, privacy, and public accoun...
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The @bmj.com asked for my opinion on the single patient record as the NHS modernisation bill heads into its second reading. So here is my opinion www.bmj.com/content/393/... That the NHS needs better information continuity is undeniable, but the programme is also at risk of repeating past mistakes
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The time it takes to write a joke, from conception to birth, is the jestation period.
There's only one correct way forward for handling the introduction of MLKEM into TLS, and, indeed, all future tls-wg cryptography debates, and it's this proposal: snkth.com/add-crypto/
Additive Cryptography for TLS
This document defines Additive Cryptography for TLS, a transition framework in which algorithms are never replaced and only accreted. Implementations MUST NOT negotiate a single key exchange algorithm...
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That is quite the engineering team. I've worked with Christian and Michael, and recognise many of the others. I will be following closely. amutable.com/about
Amutable
Amutable: A New Secure Foundation
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Thoroughly enjoyed Mr Wilson's 2nd Liners last night. New Orleans style funeral marching band doing 90s dance covers. Exactly as awesome as it sounds. Outer Space and Glory Box were particularly enjoyable.
Quote the book that is your origin story:
Thomas House@tah-sci.com · 10mo agoQuote with a book that is your origin story:
Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania
A new study by Rose Higgins and colleagues quantifies changes in opioid prescribing in people on orthopaedic waiting lists to understand the impact of longer elective wait times during the covid-19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/3YjUHyX #Opioids #Covid19
Opioid prescribing to people on orthopaedic waiting lists during the covid-19 pandemic in England: retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health record data in OpenSAFELY-TPP
Objective To quantify the changes in opioid prescribing over time to a population with high rates of opioid use to understand the impact of longer elective wait times during the covid-19 pandemic.Desi...
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I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
OpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further
Oxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights.
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This article makes me happy. A rising tide lifts all boats. @igalia.com do good work, in multiple senses of the word good. www.igalia.com/2025/11/help...
Helping Valve to Power Up Steam Devices | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
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PyCon UK is in a couple of weeks, and it won't be the same without Michael. RIP.
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
🚨 Funded PhD opportunity 🚨 Work with large-scale electronic health record data from #OpenSAFELY to optimise vaccine effectiveness estimation for respiratory viruses. Apply here 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🚨 Just a couple of days left until PyCon UK 2025 closes! 🚨 Got a great idea for a talk, workshop or Young Coders’ session? Share it with the community! 🌟🐍 Find out how and why to submit a proposal here 👉 buff.ly/PP9xos3 🗓️ CfP close: 23:59 (Europe/London) Sunday 11 May #PyConUK2025 #Python #CfP
Call for Proposals – PyCon UK 2025
PyCon UK Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September 2025, CONTACT Manchester
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Simple way to reasonably run a background process in a docker container. Saves setting up s6 or similar. Uses the run-one-constantly tool from the run-one package to keep it running, and the default docker init process to propagate signals to all child processes. gist.github.com/bloodearnest...
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Ever wanted to boss me around?
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are hiring a tech lead! We build high impact national health data infrastructure that is open, productive, and beautiful - like our OpenSAFELY - in a truly mixed team, where software developers and researchers all share skills, status, knowledge, and best practice! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We really enjoyed welcoming so many people to our OpenSAFELY Community Symposium in London last week. We're busy making videos of every session, so there'll be an archive for those of you that couldn't make it While we work on that - here's a teaser :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv_Z... #OpenSAFELY
OpenSAFELY Community Symposium 2024 - one day in two minutes
YouTube video by Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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Just sympin'
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2y ago"Why doesn't the NHS use its GP data?". Because of privacy... Because it's hard... But we solved it. We developed new privacy protections... We built docs.OpenSAFELY.org! 181 projects! 31 organisations! Now, they come together, for the first time, in 3D! www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2024/10...
If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...
OpenSAFELY in a nutshell
YouTube video by Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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