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.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mlyobt3qyc2sGenuinely delighted that the UK is being represented by an analogue modular synthesizer geek with a full onrejoin message16 May 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyobt3qyc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mly57whj422s"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.16 May 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly57whj422shttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mllf2ewp5s2tDeerhoof 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! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeWnO3DO4Q11 May 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllf2ewp5s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mkcu7qwwn227Amazing thread on how social media is no longer what you choose, from humans you selected, but algae content, from strangers and LLMs, selected on the basis of your twitches. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcu7qwwn227https://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mjsfgwjsic2yA miraculous live gig tape archive. Add n to x.. Stereolab.. Godspeed.. Robyn Hitchcock.. Dinosaur Jr... Is it ok? I hope so. Commercial streamers profit by robbing artists. I doubt I'd have paid for these live recordings. But I did just buy new vinyl because of them. https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection/uploads?sort=-downloads18 Apr 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsfgwjsic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mjcf3ypljs2jThe drum and bass on a bike chap is back! Broad Street Oxford today, 2pm. https://youtu.be/-pSGF3Z1N3o?is=KKMhF_0mDy3X7ADb12 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcf3ypljs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mh3upejpos2cYouTube has removed "sort by date" in search results. Here's why that's "platform enshittification" (© @doctorow.pluralistic.net) the recurring process of 1. Lock in users with good service 2. Exploit your monopoly for advert £$€ 3. Chase profit so hard that your platform becomes bad for everyone15 Mar 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3upejpos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mh3w3l7pdk2cThings I say that get me in trouble, part 7426: "No but I'll sponsor your partner to look after your children while you train for it".15 Mar 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3w3l7pdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mh3upejpos2cYouTube has removed "sort by date" in search results. Here's why that's "platform enshittification" (© @doctorow.pluralistic.net) the recurring process of 1. Lock in users with good service 2. Exploit your monopoly for advert £$€ 3. Chase profit so hard that your platform becomes bad for everyone15 Mar 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3upejpos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mgspdwkkcc2xIn the news today, a cyclist on the pavement who killed a man is charged with manslaughter. By contrast, here's a van driver who killed a little girl. He was driving on the pavement: common, and illegal. Killed her. Only charged with dangerous driving. Fully let off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356514?app-referrer=deep-link11 Mar 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgspdwkkcc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mgfzlbjr3k2tLike any DIY synth geek I've loved Look Mum No Computer for many years. But I didn't expect to him to be the UK 2026 entry to Eurovision. Bravo man, this is the UK at its best, open and inclusive to other cultures, blue tack, string, and very silly. On! https://youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8?si=bXRFhvKjeKeBrsK606 Mar 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfzlbjr3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mfk2h77ajk2dOpenSAFELY 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! https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02/opensafely-news-you-can-apply-to-do-non-covid-research-from-today/23 Feb 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk2h77ajk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mgdlpoeysc2dJust bought one of these gloriously absurd mirror masks https://freddieyauner.co.uk/products/what-im-looking-at-mirror-mask?se_activity_id=156694446262&syclid=d6ku1uka1uic73e6fv8g&utm_campaign=EU+Shipping+added+-+THE+MIRROR+MASK+IS+HERE+_156694446262&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email05 Mar 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdlpoeysc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mfxclymlrc2oI wish that Spotify or similar would let people make radio shows, where they play music and talk in between. Since you've paid to access the music, it would be nice to have people share and curate, but with rambling humanity in the chat, not just playlists. This is the narrowcasting of my dreams.28 Feb 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfxclymlrc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mflqk22l722uBIG NEWS! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflqk22l722uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mfk2h77ajk2dOpenSAFELY 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! https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02/opensafely-news-you-can-apply-to-do-non-covid-research-from-today/23 Feb 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk2h77ajk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mcux6dgwx22bThe world has its problems, yes. But I've just bought Brigitte Fontaine's 1969 album with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Don't look on Spotify: you won't find it there. (But YouTube link below...) https://youtu.be/XgTdI4S3hns?si=z9zq30Fxn6k6hKMz20 Jan 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcux6dgwx22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mcstcwimz22yI once met a man at hotel breakfast who was in the Potters Bar rail crash. He told a very harrowing story. Then his wife said "ask him what he did after he got out". He looked embarrassed, shrugged, and said "I walked to work". He didn't call. Disasters are incredibly disorienting. Sorrow for Spain.19 Jan 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcstcwimz22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mcp7j3ogo22fHow you pop to the shops, if it's minus 64° Celsius in your town. This is what I want from the internet: other people's fascinating lives. Not lies about crime in London invented by boring racists. https://youtube.com/watch?v=uPGIPnYkXIY&si=EWCfQfeCA_EAjGCB18 Jan 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcp7j3ogo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mckkrueia226Three Yorkshiremen drive their Ford Transits overland from Bradford to Pakistan in time for Eid in the 1990s. Ultimate cosy retro TV. The voiceover is funny, candid, and incredibly warm in its frustrations (eg minute 7, but watch the whole thing). Highly recommend! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfbemrqGOtw16 Jan 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckkrueia226https://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mcidmxgvcs2lI'm too cheap to buy one - and too lazy to learn the skillz - but this guy's polyphonic ceramic bass whistles are the goat. https://youtube.com/shorts/X57nTzaWIO0?si=2bWz6wVs4TM25pg215 Jan 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcidmxgvcs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bengoldacre.bsky.social/post/3mc6bvjhmbc2vReally enjoying the new series of Gone Fishing, tho it was a fierce choice to replace Bob Mortimer with Tom Waits and that guy from the Jim Jarmusch movies https://youtu.be/sF4OkZ0B-q8?si=gOlaGiMvka5FyQ8M11 Jan 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ejewc4y7vvsbig3yszf2vrek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6bvjhmbc2v