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Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net

Ben Goldacre

My latest Paris dispatch on how 300 streets outside of schools became some of the coolest places in the city. But even more importantly, these family-centric improvements provide ubiquitous reminders that this society prioritizes children

1mo

Inaugural Lecture Klaxon! Our magnificent CTO Seb Bacon is a hero of the modern age, and now PROFESSOR Seb Bacon... Come to his inaugural lecture in Oxford! OpenSAFELY! OpenPrescribing! TrialsTracker! OpenCorporates! Open Code! Open Everything! www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/05... bacon.boutique

Paris's school streets are effectively sculpting out instant parks in the locations where they'll provide immense public health benefits to the city's most vulnerable populations

www.torched.la

Cool streets

20d

Alissa Walker

Application deadline is Thursday! APPLY #medsky

In 2009 I bought a ludicrous old vampire cape from a charity shop in Bath. Then I went to the supermarket. But my new cape manifested... at the Waitrose checkout... through its own magical powers... Giles from Buffy. RIP, what a magical hero.

Genuinely delighted that the UK is being represented by an analogue modular synthesizer geek with a full onrejoin message

1mo

*EPIC FREE LECTURE ON THURSDAY IN OXFORD* Our heroic CTO Seb Bacon on open science, open code, OpenSAFELY and more!

Ben Goldacre

"I really like it when a house smells slightly of cat wee" is one of those things you can say, genuinely mean, but still end up in unjust social bother.

Deerhoof last night were magnificent. Here's a great interview with Greg Saunier... politics, art and money... We have brief lives: scrolling AI-curated doom-slop is a waste. Consume books, interviews, music, life, and recommendations like this, from friends! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeW...

Ben Goldacre

25d

1mo

Come and join Seb for his inaugural lecture as the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

"On The Record" - Seb Bacon’s Inaugural Lecture | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Come and join Seb for his inaugural lecture as the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

"On The Record" - Seb Bacon’s Inaugural Lecture | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Brian

Ben Goldacre

20d

OpenSAFELY is open from today! Huge thanks to all who supported this vast collaboration: whole population GP data; in a productive platform; innovative privacy protections; unprecedented support from professions, privacy campaigners; &c Now it's over to users! www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...

Come and join Seb for his inaugural lecture as the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

"On The Record" - Seb Bacon’s Inaugural Lecture | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Come and join Seb for his inaugural lecture as the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

"On The Record" - Seb Bacon’s Inaugural Lecture | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

3mo

Ben Goldacre