Our car loves to keep me entertained, it flashes all these lovely orange lights and plays lots of tunes every time I start it

This song is ageing like a fine wine youtube.com/watch?v=MCvY...

Going away for my birthday next month. Noss Mayo. Must check if it's a different time zone.

Gutted. I couldn't go to Tosche Station and waste time with my friends. Uncle Owen bought two droids from a Jawa and he wanted them taken to the garage and cleaned up before dinner or there'd be hell to pay. It just isn't fair. Biggs is right, I'm never going to get out of here.

Blue milk with my lunch. Later I'm going to Tosche Station to pick up power converters.

Crackling away happily.

Sun's out, the dog's arsing about in a field at doggy daycare and not hassling me for entertainment, I'm working, loaf going in the oven, I've got pizza for tea, life is good

Got BBC News on pause until I can fast forward past Chris Mason.

Wednesday: Britain Talks Farming: How people think and feel about farming crm.climateoutreach.org/civicrm/even... #FoodStudies

I absolutely cannot stand the idea of watching these shitgibbons on TV but I relish following Ian Dunt commenting on them

Have been accidentally vegetarian this week in that I can't remember the last time I ate meat. Not a problem at all. Beans though, steaming through the beans. Bloody love me some beans.

First time I've seen a hedgehog tunnel drilled through a wall. This is gangster and I want to see more.

Was sent a text message asking if I wanted to stay on a waiting list for a consultation that had been cancelled. Had a link to a non-mobile friendly, unusable web form. This happened three times. You just know that thousands have been shed from waiting lists all for not making it past this.

Walking as the sun sets on an already dark day, it's all just shades of grey.

How to enjoy the TV while keeping the dog busy - hands free.

Driving from Birmingham to Devon: ooh look it's the A38. And there it is again. And again. Hey! More A38. Seriously is this the same A38? Oh look more A38. And it goes all the way to Bodmin.

We're unprepared for war for at least the next 18 months so if Russia and everyone else could just not do anything for the time being that'd be grand news.sky.com/story/uk-has...

On reflection, if I wanted to get anything done today, it would have been a good idea to take the dog to doggy daycare. I'll have to make do with taking her next door for a scrap (friendly, like) with the neighbour's dog.

Your dog's poop makes a great hand warmer on a cold morning, but I do find it works much better and involves less cleaning if you make sure it's in the bag first.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765

Indulging in some movies this week while Mrs N is away, I can go more horror as that isn't her cup of tea. Watchlist: * Weapons * Outland * The Money Pit * Sinners * Us * Wake Up Dead Man Anything brilliant I should see?

Smart meter being installed today. Battery next week. Figure out rainwater harvesting and we could be almost off grid.

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

When people have 50,000 followers they might well be worth a go. When they follow 50,000 people they're probably worth a block.

This is excellent (nice shout out for #Plymouth). I love my local high street, feel very lucky to have an active market and so many brilliant independent shops. Not mentioned but also hubs like @tamargrowlocal.bsky.social doing fantastic work to connect local food producers to customers.

[In outrageous French accent] What is this but life

Hey, a quick shout out to all you new BlueSky users! Great to see you, but thought I should outline a few little ground rules that we have over h—

Just Peter Cook and Douglas Adams on Have I Got News For You. Probably a high watermark for their guest line-ups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ie...

New @katherinepriddy.bsky.social on 6 Music. Lush. Looking forward to seeing her in Exeter this May.

Word is that this is AI. If so, the first time I've been caught out. Quietly pleased that it should be by a tool in a Batman suit destroying his shed and not something political.

It's one of those days isn't it. Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898 (Private Collection)

Free digital skills training for local food producers taking place in Cornwall and Devon 👇🏻

I've taken her toy doggy hostage. Release conditional upon not biting my ankles when she gets frisky after she's been out in the rain for a dump.

Do I want to watch The Night Manager series 2? I just can't get that excited by Tom Hiddleston and I think I may still be cringing from that time he impersonated Robert de Niro, terribly, to his face, on Graham Norton.

Winter tidying cancelled for the time being.

Beautiful stars tonight after the choppy weather. Orion in all its glory.

Chatted with a mate on Signal. It's pretty much exactly like WhatsApp but has no Meta AI annoyance, significantly more privacy and, well, it's not Meta. Install it. Look for your contacts in it. Say hello. Just try. signal.org/install

Got a long drive coming up today. Might listen to Blackstar. youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8?...

Webinar 28 January 16:00 – 17:15 Concentrated Corporate Power in Food Systems and Why it Matters - @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social on corporate concentration in #FoodSystems www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

The NFU hasn't moved on much

Shakespearean loveliness to wash over you, the @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social Twelfth Night Party with recollections and readings from a plethora of distinguished actors being gorgeous and actory youtu.be/nQ3LPWa42N8

Emma Reynolds speech at #OFC2026 www.gov.uk/government/s... FiPL extended for 3 years with £30m next year. SFI to be simplified and relaunched with clear budgets and two application windows in 2026. New collaboration funding promised to improve certainty and farm viability.

I've updated the feed to capture posts from the Oxford Farming Conferences #OFC26 and #ORFC26, with some other hashtags and keywords captured. Follow if you want to see posts related to the conferences in one place.

Spectacularly peeved that I went and got flu and Covid boosters and now have something else, like a cold, with subtle hints of Covid, that has hung around for days giving me an annoying cough and making me feel rubbish.

I've updated the feed to capture posts from the Oxford Farming Conferences #OFC26 and #ORFC26, with some other hashtags and keywords captured. Follow if you want to see posts related to the conferences in one place.

The Stormtrooper Who Bonks His Head On The Door will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

Every time I open Bluesky lately

All those movies, for years and years, where American power rode in to save the world. America as global policeman. Now look. I’m fascinated to imagine how what's happening will be portrayed in years to come.

Paris Marx's guide to ditching US tech is useful, but it assumes people are rational. We're not. I wrote a piece on why lists don't work and what actually does: blog.dougbelshaw.com/getting-off-... #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #BehaviourChange

One for community food organisations, enterprises, local authorities, resilience planners, voluntary sector partners, and anyone interested in food security and community resilience in London (or elsewhere) www.sustainweb.org/events/dec25... #FoodStudies #FoodSecurity #resilience @sustainweb.org