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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1h

UK data centre start-up Nscale strikes $14bn Microsoft deal: “while Nscale has expanded its facility in Norway, it is yet to complete a new build from scratch.”

Oh!!

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UK data centre start-up Nscale strikes $14bn Microsoft deal in push for IPO

Nvidia-backed AI cloud group secures huge new contract as chief executive eyes public listing in ‘back end of next year’

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 3h

“Freedom of speech is not the freedom just to scream your views at somebody. It carries the obligation to listen as well…And that means no cancel culture. That means being ready to hear things that make you feel uncomfortable.”

www.thetimes.com/article/0cc1...

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford

The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 3h

What Can Be Done to Save the Ailing Wine Industry? Our Critic Has Thoughts.

“Wine must be made more inviting. What makes it forbidding and intimidating? Not the delicious beverage itself. No, it’s the belief that one must learn about wine before enjoying it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/d...

What Can Be Done to Save the Ailing Wine Industry? Our Critic Has Thoughts.

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 4h

women’s trainer design: “Brands are therefore failing to differentiate women’s distinct anatomical and biomechanical needs across the course of their lives”

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Ditch ‘shrink it and pink it’ women’s trainer design, say experts

Study of female runners in Canada highlights shortcomings of footwear traditionally based on male anatomy

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 4h

OpenAI: “Expert Council on Wellness and AI ..bringing together eight "leading researchers and experts with decades of experience studying how technology affects our emotions, motivation, and mental health" to help steer ChatGPT updates.”

A positive step.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included

OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades.

arstechnica.com

John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 18h

Our next gen top 10: priorities for reform of medical training – provides a detailed picture of the challenges (and opportunities) in postgraduate training

www.rcp.ac.uk/media/lb4dwu...

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 18h

Reform of medical training is not optional, it is essential: lessons from the 2025 RCP next generation survey

www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Reform of medical training is not optional, it is essential: lessons from the 2025 RCP next generation survey

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Emanuele Osimo @em-os.bsky.social · 22h

Important statement from the Academy of Medical Sciences, which follows a recent report commissioned by the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (www.ukri.org/publications...)

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 1d

This brutal drive-by is in young @stephenkb.bsky.social's FT newsletter...

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

“Flashner says: “We’re going to need to look globally and TBI has such great relationships around the world. So you can see that as an important piece of what we’re doing.”

John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

“Some of the scientists who are coming in are at or near retirement age at the university and so it makes sense.”

“It’s a win-win to keep them in the ecosystem, to invest in them, to continue investing in their science, which is still continuing to pay dividends”

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

“He’s putting together, primarily in Oxford, a set of world-class scientists that are supported by an extraordinary infrastructure of what ultimately will be unparalleled strengths in robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.”

www.thetimes.com/article/cb25...

Ellison institute boss says ‘no backpedalling’ on Oxford mission

Santa Ono says commercial aspect of science remains a key aim and ‘we anticipate multiple spin-offs in the not too distant future’

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

TBI is our Government!

“The government has made life sciences & technology key parts of its industrial strategy to grow the economy & Ellison & his senior leadership have been working closely with Sir Tony Blair, a friend..as well as ministers and officials.”

www.thetimes.com/article/90a3...

Larry Ellison to invest extra £890m in Oxford institute

Oracle tycoon commits to extension of the campus at Oxford Science Park and aides say the economic benefit of the project could ultimately be worth billions

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

Remarkable!

“senior aides were unable to provide basic details about how the scheme would operate, such as how much it would cost, where they would be located & when they would become fully operational, beyond saying the first one would open within a year”

www.thetimes.com/article/6161...

Doctors cast doubt on Swinney’s plan for GP walk-in centres

The first minister used his speech at the SNP conference to unveil proposals designed to reduce waiting times for appointments. But only 15 centres are planned

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

“The report outlines that at present there are many barriers to evaluating AI tools including that they often need to be in clinical use to be fully assessed, while current approaches to assessment are expensive and cumbersome.”

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow

This Special Communication discusses how health and health care artificial intelligence (AI) should be developed, evaluated, regulated, disseminated, and monitored.

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 1d

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings: “The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare could create a legally complex blame game when it comes to establishing liability for medical failings, experts have warned.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say

Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

Labour manifestly don’t have a credible plan for NHS reform. My latest column is outside the paywall for an hour or two. www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...

Cowper’s Cut 397: Indirections

“And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out.” Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 1 Secretary Of State For Health But Social Care Wes Streeti...

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