“People were asking if they could trust their governments, if they could trust science, how would they deal with large scale, distributed risk, what was the role of dissident scientists and the anti-vaxxers, the lies. The paranoia didn’t start with COVID-19, it was all there 30 years ago.”

This is a fascinating ten part podcast shining a light on 1990s Britain that was hit by an epidemic of a fatal neurological disease in cows that also killed 178 humans.

BBC Radio 4 podcast The Cows are Mad

The neighbours love to celebrate Halloween in style.

Today I’m mostly reading ‘Understanding Computers & Cognition’ by Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores.

Today I’m mostly listening to Massive Attack.

Hello my old friend.

Today I’ve mostly been listening to Shingo Nakamura.

Today I’m mostly reading ‘Building Trust’ by Robert Solomon & Fernando Flores. #trust

“Cultiver son jardin intérieur”…. to tend to your internal garden, to take care of your mind.

Finding people on Mastodon and the Fediverse can be a challenge so I thought that this from Fedi.Tips was useful. I especially liked the idea of using the power of lists to make mini-timelines.

How do I discover accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse?

ActivityPub is now available for WordPress.com users This is definitely cool! <wordpress.com/blog/2023…>

First snake 🐍 sighting of the season. My usual walk by the Yarra river, Toorak VIC 3142.

I’ve treasured Buffalo Mountains (1913) by Arthur Streeton (1867 - 1943) for many years. The granite formidable and enduring, truly ancient. #Castlemaine #Art #Museum

Even after 45 years there’s nothing I’d change about Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush.

The Yarra Trail, walking towards Melbourne CBD.

My happy place.

Crisp early morning. Corner of Flinders Lane and Russell Street, Melbourne CBD.

“Everything counts in large amounts…🎶🎵”… except #espresso ☕️ which is my canonical #coffee reference point. A single, unadulterated shot makes comparisons between beans, roasts and baristas so much more straightforward.

Even after 40 years there’s nothing I’d change about this song. (Everything Counts, Depeche Mode).

“Here we all are in a world that all of us think is dying, with governments that all of us think are shits, and we still can’t do anything about it.” Stafford Beer Interviews. Angela Espinosa Interviews Vanilla Beer - September 2023. #StaffordBeer #VSM #CyberSyn

Does anyone know what’s happening with diigo.com ? Sign up seems broken, their blog hasn’t been updated since 2018, and contact via email / twitter is not responding. Any ideas? #socialbookmarking