Tom White
@tom-e-white.bsky.social
Open data. Open source. Hadoop book author. Ex-Cloudera. Runner. Looking for interesting data projects
Our paper has been published! "Analysis-ready VCF at Biobank scale using Zarr" academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
Analysis-ready VCF at Biobank scale using Zarr
AbstractBackground. Variant Call Format (VCF) is the standard file format for interchanging genetic variation data and associated quality control metrics.
academic.oup.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Our paper has been published! "Analysis-ready VCF at Biobank scale using Zarr" academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
Reposted by Tom White
My open letter to Elon Musk ⬇️
Unfortunately, I can't share it on his social media megaphone, because he broke it and it still isn't working.
Similarly, he's hobbled all our disease-detection systems around the world.
We will regret this.
Unfortunately, I can't share it on his social media megaphone, because he broke it and it still isn't working.
Similarly, he's hobbled all our disease-detection systems around the world.
We will regret this.
“Deadly diseases don’t bother with borders; no wall will keep them out. If America stays the course, 'Something went wrong' will become the epitaph of a great country, one that once led the world in global health preparedness,” Craig Spencer writes:
The Diseases Are Coming
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
www.theatlantic.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My open letter to Elon Musk ⬇️
Unfortunately, I can't share it on his social media megaphone, because he broke it and it still isn't working.
Similarly, he's hobbled all our disease-detection systems around the world.
We will regret this.
Unfortunately, I can't share it on his social media megaphone, because he broke it and it still isn't working.
Similarly, he's hobbled all our disease-detection systems around the world.
We will regret this.
Reposted by Tom White
would it be worth allowing AI companies to have free access to the UK's copyrighted material _if_ libraries, art colleges, and museums were paid for with a 20 year endowment from big tech? a 50 year endowment? 200 years?
a sovereign arts fund if you like
in short: we need more ideas on the table.
a sovereign arts fund if you like
in short: we need more ideas on the table.
February 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
would it be worth allowing AI companies to have free access to the UK's copyrighted material _if_ libraries, art colleges, and museums were paid for with a 20 year endowment from big tech? a 50 year endowment? 200 years?
a sovereign arts fund if you like
in short: we need more ideas on the table.
a sovereign arts fund if you like
in short: we need more ideas on the table.