Ben Goldacre

bengoldacre.bsky.social

16 July 2026 09:40

HISTORIC MOMENT Today at 14:40 Dr Mark Russell from KCL pressed the button to execute the first ever job on the new OpenSAFELY service. Until today, OpenSAFELY was COVID only. Now we are open to critical analyses that improve all patient care, on GP records, securely, at scale. PICS! THREAD!

peterkwells

peterkwells.com

29 June 2026 10:35

*imagines the internal discussions* www.ft.com/content/9348...?

Owen Boswarva

owenboswarva.bsky.social

18 March 2026 17:13

This is the part about making Land Registry data on land ownership more accessible. All rather contingent: "work with" to provide, "develop" and "explore" options, etc. Guardian coverage: Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jeni Tennison

jenitennison.com

12 February 2026 13:14

The half lesson leads on from that: making data available properly requires a lot of attention on its long term, reliable provision. Few will invest in building systems to use data that could disappear or go out of date tomorrow.

peterkwells

peterkwells.com

11 February 2026 13:24

"[Stripe] Machine payments allows automated systems and AI agents to make payments on behalf of users" docs.stripe.com/payments/mac...