Twitter, the pub on the digital town square

A crowded pub

The pub that is The Twitter Arms has been extended a lot over the past sixteen years from a niche bar populated by a few curious souls. When we first went there, it was friendly and new. It’s always exciting to find a cool new little bar. Newer people through the door have no idea …

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Agribusiness decides it’s time to save the world

Stripes of green and other colours in an aerial shot of a field

Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’ If some of the biggest players in food and agriculture are serious about what they’re saying here, this is potentially game-changing. Nevertheless, scepticism is understandable when The Sustainable Markets Initiative Agribusiness Task Force includes the CEOs of Bayer, Yara, McDonalds and Pepsico. They are amongst those …

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In defence of the plough

A tractor with plough

An interesting article on soil health and tech just popped up on BBC News. A great introduction to issues around soil health, it covers quite a bit around the emergence of new technology and how it can help keep soils healthy. The article maligns the plough, but it’s still an important part of the toolkit …

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Letter to James Wild MP on sewage releases into rivers

A river

Following the rejection of the Duke of Wellington’s amendment to the Environment Bill that would have done more to curb rampant releases of sewage into rivers by water companies, the Lords are due to send revised amendments back to the House of Commons for a vote later this week. I’ve written to our local MP, …

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Late Night Tales: At The Movies

light people technology music

Well, this is lovely. Tracklisting in this Twitter thread. I’ve loved putting together mixes in the past. Keep meaning to do more. I do have a Mixcloud profile with a few mixes on it. The 80s one is pretty epic if I say so myself. Oh, yeah, hi. Haven’t blogged here for a while.