Matt Williams

A few AI skeptics remain

www.thefarside.com/2026/02/10/2

Worth reading, as ever

Entirely understand
You may also want to cast your gaze over the the plans for the new London medical schools

Which, in line with some many recent plans...... Are not plans
And address the pressing shortage of medical schools. In London.

You can no longer make this stuff up

Cowper’s Cut 413: Mandygate Healthcare management, online analysis, and intelligence.

As ever, delighted to read this week's Cowers Cut (www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...)

Slightly disappointed there was not more on the new cancer plan (which is many things, but not obviously a plan)

Would love to hear slightly more on it from @hpiandycowper.bsky.social .....

60 years ago today, mild-mannered jim bowl was bitten by a radioactive spider

I've been singing this to myself all day

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

A vibrant, composite portrait of the brilliant Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. She is shown in a close-up head-and-shoulders view, facing the camera with a gentle, thoughtful expression—short brown hair, bright blue eyes, and a calm smile. She wears a navy blue fleece over a teal/green collared shirt. Overlaid transparently behind and around her is a dense blackboard filled with intricate handwritten mathematical equations in white chalk, featuring complex expressions involving binomial coefficients (e.g., n! / (k!(n-k)!)), factorials, summations, powers, and terms suggestive of hypergeometric series or combinatorial identities. The equations partially surround and frame her face, symbolizing her deep immersion in advanced mathematics, particularly in hyperbolic geometry, Teichmüller theory, and dynamical systems, while evoking the creative, exploratory nature of her work as a Stanford professor and groundbreaking researcher.

Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #WorldCancerDay.

Dr. Mirzakhani was first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. She died in 2017 from #breastcancer at the age of 40.

stanford.io/2C0io2A #WomenInSTEM

The whole of the UK has a MMR of 12.8/100k, and that is worse that it was, and rising

But remind me how much better fee-for-service medicine is

Today is World Cancer Day — a global reminder that early detection and access to care save lives.

At Applied Radiology, we’re committed to sharing evidence-based imaging insights that support screening, diagnosis, and better outcomes for patients everywhere.

Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.

This is what economic justice looks like.

And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.

But did you look at the judge's order?

It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."

Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

💚 February is Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month! 💚

All month long, we’re coming together to raise awareness, share stories from patients and caregivers, and shine a light on this cancer. This is a time to learn, connect, and amplify voices that deserve to be heard. curecca.link/awarenessmonth26.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.

She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S

THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.

“The very first rubber dick to touch government-issued leather boots triggered a full-blown chemical weapons response.”

The history books covering this period of American history are going to be FASCINATING.

As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.

Cheese is hands down one of the most amazing things ever made by humanity in all its history imho 💜

Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.

How we draw the age of Trump and turmoil: two cartoonists go head-to-head | Martin Rowson and Ella Baron Martin Rowson has been drawing for the Guardian since the 1980s; Ella Baron since 2022. In paint and pixels, each is tasked with capturing the chaos and absurdity of our political moment

Do not miss this. Absolutely fascinating for anyone who loves political cartoons.

Live view of the Air Force One pilot.

1 [Title panel] BEE TALK [News-type magazine show, with bees] 2 ANCHOR BEE: Tonight: America Divided 3 Will bees and murder hornets ever find a path to reconciliation? 4 Cheryl? CHERYL BEE: Well, on the one hand this is partly caused by social media... 5 Algorithms are making us *hyper-aware* of insects who have different values to us, and this is having a polarising effect. ANCHOR BEE: Mmm. 6 Also the murder hornets want to chew off my head and eat my kids. 7 ANCHOR BEE: Jason? 8 JASON MURDER HORNET: You see, this is what debate has *become* in this country. 9 Bees pretend to be all fuzzy and nice, but they simply *won’t accept* different worldviews! 10 I mean, ultimately we're all the same, right? You want to buzz around, gather pollen and make honey... 11 I want to chop off your head and legs, gather your thorax and nibble your kids. 12 CHERYL BEE: [GETTING UP]: I’m leaving JASON MURDER HORNET: Oh she’s *triggered* [Ends]

From November 2020, when murder hornets were killing the bees in the US

Trump and Farage

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

Where is this from?

Me playing the recorder on a table wearing sunglasses

can I share my all time favorite picture of myself

Resemblance to any existing UK politicians is entirely accidental.....

Slightly diminish a game:

Mortal Wombat