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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 18d

🌈 It’s been fascinating to see which ideas from Rainbow Trap *stick* with readers – and the idea of box breakers has been one of those sticky ideas!

So... who are box breakers? 🧵

Blue background with white text that reads: Who are box breakers?

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Jul 14

We have recorded 529 laboratory-confirmed #Measles cases in England since January 2025, representing a significant increase driven by declining childhood vaccination rates.

Our data dashboard provides data on the total number of cases by week of onset: ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/vaccine-prev...

A young boy blows out candles on a cade, with other children in the background

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · Jul 11

Want to know how High Speed 1 is doing or how effective the Video Games Tax Relief has been?

The government have set up an 'Evaluation Registry' which has over 1,750 evaluations on it.

Hours, days, weeks of fun.

evaluation-registry.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Home - Evaluation Registry - GOV.UK

evaluation-registry.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Jul 7

How exciting - and a great opportunity to get involved!

rainbowR @rainbowr.org · Jul 7

🌈 🌐 rainbowR conference: online, early 2026 🌐 🌈

Are you LGBTQIA+, do you code in R, and would you like to get involved in rainbowR’s first-ever conference? We are looking for people to join our conference organising committee!

➡️ rainbowr.org/conference
🗓️ 1st meeting: July 9, 4pm UTC

Conference – rainbowR

Join our conference organising committee! See our conference page for more info.

rainbowr.org

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Jun 30

I'd assumed this was a reference to Rumpole of the Bailey.

Time to update my cultural references?

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Jun 30

theconversation.com/the-uks-plan...

UK’s plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart – until it creates patients who aren’t sick

- Risk ≠ certainty
- False positives
- Long term follow up (capacity)
- Truly informed consent
- Who owns my children's genome

& other unintended consequences

The UK’s plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart – until it creates patients who aren’t sick

The promise and peril of sequencing every baby’s genome.

theconversation.com

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · May 22

What blocks collaboration in government isn’t tech debt. It’s cultural debt jessicalynnmacleod.substack.com/p/how-to-bre...

How to Break Down Silos and Collaborate Across Government

Practical strategies to align goals, build trust, and work across boundaries

jessicalynnmacleod.substack.com

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Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · May 21

A small but momentous change to the OpenPrescribing homepage this evening.

Hospital medicines data now OPEN for everyone

hospitals.openprescribing.net

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · May 20

Find the Easy Read version of the Welsh Government Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan Consultation here: gov.wales/draft-disabl... Share your views by 7 August, your voice matters! #DisabilityRights #Wales #EasyRead

Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan | GOV.WALES

We want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan.

gov.wales

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Joe Lanman @joelanman.bsky.social · May 19

I wrote up my experiment making an LLM/AI project for GOV.UK prototyping:

joelanman.com/posts/llm-ai...

Joe Lanman - Making an LLM/AI web app for GOV.UK prototyping

Designer based in London

joelanman.com

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations @bristolbrc.bsky.social on this fantastic resource! The play, Hard Evidence, and this subsequent How to guide were developed out of research led by CAPC colleague, Natalia Lewis, on mindfulness as an intervention for women with PTSD and history of #DomesticAbuse (The coMforT study).

NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) @bristolbrc.bsky.social · May 15

🚀Just launched! Our How-To Guide on how to use co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects.

🎭Download the guide
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-to-guide/

📃Read @thebeetlebox.bsky.social's blog about how the guide came about
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/like-russian...

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Alex @blangry.bsky.social · May 6

For more of this, come to DataBites tomorrow.

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 28

I've literally just finished typing notes on a meeting with a "Local Gun Association" rep.

Government. Local government.

David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 24

TfW are putting their trains on the blockchain (iOS only).

“Our subscription-based AI ticketing app...simplifies complex fare structures...the world’s first blockchain wallet for mobility, our goal is to make travel accessible, intuitive, and affordable for all.”

news.tfw.wales/news/tfw-lau...

TfW launch new loyalty app for customers

Transport for Wales (TfW) is launching a new subscription and loyalty app that rewards passengers for their travel on TfW services.

news.tfw.wales

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steve the skeptic @policyskeptic.bsky.social · Apr 16

Now that a new triumvirate of leaders (Jim Mackey, Penny Dash and Sam Jones, if confirmed as PS) have to rethink how to organise and manage the central team running the NHS, I have a suggestion for a book they should read...

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 16

Phew, well at least there's an unambiguous definition of biological sex that's clinically meaningful and broadly agreed.

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 16

Very fair - I need to get networking!

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you for putting this together! Is there space for me? I work with the FHIR team in NHS Cymru/Wales.

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Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social · Apr 15

Were you thinking of sending your artificial intelligence helper to an online meeting with the European Commission?

Think again. The Commission banned AI agents from its online meetings.

pro.politico.eu/news/197231

POLITICO Pro

pro.politico.eu

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · Apr 15

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · Apr 12

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · Apr 12

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'

www.theregister.com

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Apr 14

A celebration of laverbread first held on April 14th 2022 is in its fourth year, with the national salute to seaweed receiving attention from WWF Cymru

Fourth National Laverbread Day celebrates Welsh delicacy

A celebration of laverbread first held on April 14th 2022 is in its fourth year, with the national salute to seaweed receiving attention from WWF Cymru. Laverbread incorporates a type of edible seawee...

nation.cymru

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is an inspiring and fascinating piece of data organisation, presentation, and visualisation.

Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · Apr 10

Rather than doom-scrolling/trying to desperately learn what a ‘Treasury basis trade’ is, why not play with our new tool instead?

Allows you to see, in lots of detail, how much the government spends on different things in each region (£, £ per person, % GDP). I’ll post some nice examples later.

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David Dawes @dawescoding.bsky.social · Apr 10

Any idea if/how this will affect home nations differently?