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.
It's no less toxic - just toxic on the left rather than the right with little tolerance for diverse views.
Looking at the replies and quotes, I'm becoming less certain that this place is really significantly less toxic than Twitter
I’m horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at an event in DC last night.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
May 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It's no less toxic - just toxic on the left rather than the right with little tolerance for diverse views.
Does the US still have hate crimes?
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Does the US still have hate crimes?
Who is this unqualified pillock?
(It's a rhetorical question by the way).
(It's a rhetorical question by the way).
May 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Who is this unqualified pillock?
(It's a rhetorical question by the way).
(It's a rhetorical question by the way).
Will it include the people who actually produce the food?
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Will it include the people who actually produce the food?
And before you ask, I give you: banning veal & sow stalls; banning microbeads, more extensive marine protection, enforced air quality targets, legislated net zero & climate change targets. I'd also argue recent changes to UK gene editing laws will improve animal welfare & reduce pesticide use. 2/2
May 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
And before you ask, I give you: banning veal & sow stalls; banning microbeads, more extensive marine protection, enforced air quality targets, legislated net zero & climate change targets. I'd also argue recent changes to UK gene editing laws will improve animal welfare & reduce pesticide use. 2/2
It makes me laugh when people talk about EU animal welfare, environmental & food safety laws as if they're some kind of utopian ideal. They're not. There are many cases of the UK moving more quickly, more smartly or further in all these areas. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/article/e8e9...
What’s on the table as part of Keir Starmer’s EU deal?
From security and immigration to food standards and fisheries, the key elements in the prime minister’s wide-ranging new agreement with the bloc
www.thetimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It makes me laugh when people talk about EU animal welfare, environmental & food safety laws as if they're some kind of utopian ideal. They're not. There are many cases of the UK moving more quickly, more smartly or further in all these areas. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/article/e8e9...
Why are you guys all hand wringing over this? Haven't you got bigger problems?
May 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Why are you guys all hand wringing over this? Haven't you got bigger problems?
We've never grown less of our own food... www.thetimes.com/article/7a9c...
From chicken to potatoes, Britain’s never grown less of its own food
Cheap imports and poor returns from farming mean our self-sufficiency is in peril. Some even think we’re on the road to rationing
www.thetimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We've never grown less of our own food... www.thetimes.com/article/7a9c...
I thought I was reading a story about the situation in the US. But no...😔
May 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I thought I was reading a story about the situation in the US. But no...😔
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.
Why is the media even giving them any oxygen?
May 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Why is the media even giving them any oxygen?
It's rubbish I'm afraid.
May 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's rubbish I'm afraid.
Er no. Wales has NOT reduced TB more effectively than England. Unless you have data I haven't seen?
May 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Er no. Wales has NOT reduced TB more effectively than England. Unless you have data I haven't seen?
Yeah. That is a problem....
May 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Yeah. That is a problem....
And I'm now institutionalised. I start to twitch if I have to head in front first.
May 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And I'm now institutionalised. I start to twitch if I have to head in front first.
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There's a reason why it's mandated in many large European companies involved in construction. Your safest first move is forward.
There's a reason why it's mandated in many large European companies involved in construction. Your safest first move is forward.
May 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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There's a reason why it's mandated in many large European companies involved in construction. Your safest first move is forward.
There's a reason why it's mandated in many large European companies involved in construction. Your safest first move is forward.
And here we all are worrying about accepting that calendar or bottle or wine from suppliers at Christmas. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
And here we all are worrying about accepting that calendar or bottle or wine from suppliers at Christmas. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
It was kinda what put me off watching Titanic.
May 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It was kinda what put me off watching Titanic.
Mildew. I hate the mildew.
May 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Mildew. I hate the mildew.
Reposted by Oxtale
If you read to the very bottom of the Telegraph article
He wants Fortescue to reach what he calls “real zero” by 2040 – where fossil fuels are no longer used because there are better alternatives.
“I believe net zero is a f------ con,” he says. “Real zero is serious. Just stop burning fossil fuel.”
He wants Fortescue to reach what he calls “real zero” by 2040 – where fossil fuels are no longer used because there are better alternatives.
“I believe net zero is a f------ con,” he says. “Real zero is serious. Just stop burning fossil fuel.”
‘Net zero is a f------ con’, says mining tycoon going green — The Telegraph
Interview: Andrew Forrest is on a mission to prove that business nous and climate evangelism can coexist
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If you read to the very bottom of the Telegraph article
He wants Fortescue to reach what he calls “real zero” by 2040 – where fossil fuels are no longer used because there are better alternatives.
“I believe net zero is a f------ con,” he says. “Real zero is serious. Just stop burning fossil fuel.”
He wants Fortescue to reach what he calls “real zero” by 2040 – where fossil fuels are no longer used because there are better alternatives.
“I believe net zero is a f------ con,” he says. “Real zero is serious. Just stop burning fossil fuel.”
*Facism*
*Truth*
*Big
*Law*
*Love*
Five words explored by George Orwell in his works, that have taken on a chilling new resonance today. And of all of these, 'truth' is the most devastating.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
*Truth*
*Big
*Law*
*Love*
Five words explored by George Orwell in his works, that have taken on a chilling new resonance today. And of all of these, 'truth' is the most devastating.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Orwell in Five Words - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Orwell in Five Words on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
*Facism*
*Truth*
*Big
*Law*
*Love*
Five words explored by George Orwell in his works, that have taken on a chilling new resonance today. And of all of these, 'truth' is the most devastating.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
*Truth*
*Big
*Law*
*Love*
Five words explored by George Orwell in his works, that have taken on a chilling new resonance today. And of all of these, 'truth' is the most devastating.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
You should listen to this about truth www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Orwell in Five Words - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Orwell in Five Words on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
You should listen to this about truth www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
You can't have food production in brownfield soil.
May 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can't have food production in brownfield soil.
I love solar, but when every other country in the world manages to have it on roofs and car parks and down central reservations, why are we condemning thousand hectare blocks of land to a future which is this then brownfield when we have no idea what our future food production capability will be?
May 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I love solar, but when every other country in the world manages to have it on roofs and car parks and down central reservations, why are we condemning thousand hectare blocks of land to a future which is this then brownfield when we have no idea what our future food production capability will be?