I promise to stop going on about this soon, but my list of moving queens 900-1150 is now up to 122 women 👸
blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/...
There are probably still errors/omissions (tell me if you spot one!), but thanks to everyone who's made suggestions on here or by email❤️
An adorable late Roman/early Byzantine infant's sock or bootee (length 11,5cm). It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate. Made of wool, nalbinding technique (single needle looping). Found in #Egypt dating 4th/5th c. AD.
📷Royal Ontario Museum
Charles West
Nina Willburger
Lovely short sketches here
"The House of Commons technology committee called on ministers to trigger a 2027 break clause in the company’s £330mn contract to build the Federated Data Platform (FDP), a tool that connects disparate NHS data into a single system, and instead seek a UK-based provider."
www.ft.com/content/dd35...
It's alive! 🎉
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 is out -- an introduction to causal inference in practice.
The first two chapters are available for free here: theissbendixen.com/dag-book/
More below 👇
Come and work @downingstreet as a data scientist! We're hiring for a data scientist working on health and education. You'll be right at the heart of UK policy making and (IMO) working with the best tech stack in the UK public sector. Link: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
On Monday the HSJ named me as the "arguably the single most influential voice on ethics and AI policy" on their list of top 50 influential people for NHS tech in 20216 www.hsj.co.uk/news/the-50-... is (a) very kind; (b) most likely untrue. BUT FWIW here are my current top 10 AI messages 🧵:
Jess Butler
Formidable champion of women in medical profession: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Britain's first qualified woman physician & surgeon, co-founder & Dean of London School of Medicine for Women, first female Dean of British medical school.
Portrait: John Singer Sargent 1900, NPG London
Jess Butler
"Across Europe, governments are reducing their reliance on US technology companies...
these actions are driven by concerns around political developments in the past few years, such as worries over data privacy and the decline in academic freedom in countries such as the United States"
Glasgow's new Research Culture Action Plan just dropped! It builds on the significant progress made since the launch of our first Research Culture Action Plan in 2020.
Find and download it here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ri...
Technology committee calls on government to trigger break clause in flashpoint NHS contract
He was elected to the Royal Society for figuring out how baby cuckoos roll eggs out of nests. Then he had an idea about cows, a gardener's son, and a lancet. Edward Jenner: violinist, balloonist, planter of roses, inventor of vaccination.
https://oddlet.com/p/tk6
#HistSci #history #SciComm
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
European governments are choosing European digital tools — and some universities and researchers are doing the same.
