Oxtale
@oxtale.bsky.social
Well. Here we all are.
Issues, crisis & strategic comms for food, farming, science & industry. PhD @ Uni of Nottingham Vet School, graduate @ SRUC, displaced Scot & serial dog adopter. AKA Amy Jackson.
Issues, crisis & strategic comms for food, farming, science & industry. PhD @ Uni of Nottingham Vet School, graduate @ SRUC, displaced Scot & serial dog adopter. AKA Amy Jackson.
I love the fonts he uses. This makes me feel so peaceful every time I look at it.
May 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I love the fonts he uses. This makes me feel so peaceful every time I look at it.
Quite encouraged by the bug count on my car today. More than I've seen in a few years. But underlines the importance of good spring weather to bug populations?
April 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Quite encouraged by the bug count on my car today. More than I've seen in a few years. But underlines the importance of good spring weather to bug populations?
I always get that mixed up with this....which I loved.
April 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I always get that mixed up with this....which I loved.
I went to check the original post on X and it is actually that badly photophopped....
April 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I went to check the original post on X and it is actually that badly photophopped....
What an age we live in. And what reprehensible, self-obsessed people we're watching shape it.
April 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What an age we live in. And what reprehensible, self-obsessed people we're watching shape it.
Sobering thought for the day from @theknowledgenews.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Sobering thought for the day from @theknowledgenews.bsky.social
What I really really need to know is if the mug is bone china. It matters 🤨
April 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What I really really need to know is if the mug is bone china. It matters 🤨
Yes, if you're marketing it as that. But for farmers, I would say they get it as not an end in itself but a journey in which they get increasingly engaged. Not all things need finite bars to reach or thresholds to cross. The Cherrys (Groundswell) sum it up well...
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Yes, if you're marketing it as that. But for farmers, I would say they get it as not an end in itself but a journey in which they get increasingly engaged. Not all things need finite bars to reach or thresholds to cross. The Cherrys (Groundswell) sum it up well...
The problem is that average UK cows' milk per 240ml emits 300g CO2e (1.25kg/litre) and some (eg Arla's) is as low as 260g. UK also uses only 1.9 litres of 'blue' tap or abstracted water per 240g. The rest is rainfall. So global figures really are pretty irrelevant at a national level?
April 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The problem is that average UK cows' milk per 240ml emits 300g CO2e (1.25kg/litre) and some (eg Arla's) is as low as 260g. UK also uses only 1.9 litres of 'blue' tap or abstracted water per 240g. The rest is rainfall. So global figures really are pretty irrelevant at a national level?
Today, I found out my husband travels abroad with cocktail sticks.
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today, I found out my husband travels abroad with cocktail sticks.
Plum blossom just alive with bees today....
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Plum blossom just alive with bees today....
Looks like us Brits are the flakes in the room!
March 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Looks like us Brits are the flakes in the room!
Beautiful wild crocuses popping up!
March 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Beautiful wild crocuses popping up!
One of the all time greats on the Far Side calendar yesterday...
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One of the all time greats on the Far Side calendar yesterday...
Might be from a couple of years ago - but some things please for ever.
February 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Might be from a couple of years ago - but some things please for ever.
Is trolling disagreeing?🤔 I'm not a climate scientist, as you know. I'm only interested in what wins hearts & minds & changes behaviour, & I believe that as the biggest emitter of a controllable source of CH4, working *with* farmers to capitalise on its shortlived nature is more helpful.
February 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Is trolling disagreeing?🤔 I'm not a climate scientist, as you know. I'm only interested in what wins hearts & minds & changes behaviour, & I believe that as the biggest emitter of a controllable source of CH4, working *with* farmers to capitalise on its shortlived nature is more helpful.
I think many can relate to this, in @theknowledgenews.bsky.social today... 🚄
February 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I think many can relate to this, in @theknowledgenews.bsky.social today... 🚄
I don't understand this. Livestock aren't reared to feed dogs. They are reared to feed humans and pets eat the bits humans don't want to. How will feeding pets lab grown meat do anything other than release their owners of hard earned cash?
February 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don't understand this. Livestock aren't reared to feed dogs. They are reared to feed humans and pets eat the bits humans don't want to. How will feeding pets lab grown meat do anything other than release their owners of hard earned cash?
As if HMRC would ever 'reach out'. Do better scammers - and sort that shonky email address out...
February 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As if HMRC would ever 'reach out'. Do better scammers - and sort that shonky email address out...
Very eerie light out there...
January 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Very eerie light out there...
That was the rationale for the EU ban and the UK followed suit post Brexit- although soil zinc levels in UK pig producing areas are not that high.
January 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
That was the rationale for the EU ban and the UK followed suit post Brexit- although soil zinc levels in UK pig producing areas are not that high.
The most critical stage in any project. The initial heady excitement of creating a framework is long gone. The progressive slog, late nights and hard miles are in the past. It's the final hurdle: victory should be palpable in the air✌️... but focus is fatally lacking in this last, critical push 😔.
January 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The most critical stage in any project. The initial heady excitement of creating a framework is long gone. The progressive slog, late nights and hard miles are in the past. It's the final hurdle: victory should be palpable in the air✌️... but focus is fatally lacking in this last, critical push 😔.
Well thank god that's over. Time to lighten up...
December 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Well thank god that's over. Time to lighten up...
I love the colours at Porthmeor...
December 13, 2024 at 10:37 AM
I love the colours at Porthmeor...