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.
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
Brian
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
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
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
*EPIC FREE LECTURE ON THURSDAY IN OXFORD*
Our heroic CTO Seb Bacon on open science, open code, OpenSAFELY and more!
*EPIC FREE LECTURE ON THURSDAY IN OXFORD*
Our heroic CTO Seb Bacon on open science, open code, OpenSAFELY and more!
"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...
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
Come and join Seb for his inaugural lecture as the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences