Robert Kingett’s heartfelt post about why he is leaving Patreon, coupled with my own attempts to streamline the support options for my own little endeavours, left me reminiscing about the original flattr and early Patreon itself. The blueprint for a replacement exists. Somebody, please build it.
Seven years ago I wrote a generally ...
Seven years ago I wrote a generally depressing piece about “science communication” and how little it seems to achieve. Someone please tell me how things have changed in the interim.
Maybe everybody who needs to has already ...
Maybe everybody who needs to has already seen this sound advice for Patreon — and Ernie is not the only one — but I still think it bears sharing more widely.
ETN 248: Slow Even the internet firehose seems ...
ETN 248: Slow
Even the internet firehose seems to have slowed to a trickle in this northern heat. Still, one or two good dribbles to share, on new chocolate species, culture and cultured meat, and the man who ate all the UPFs he could in a day.
@help Is there a reason I cannot ...
@help Is there a reason I cannot paste into a reply (ios) or is it just me? I understand I cannot post because I am not a paid account, but I can reply from the app. But not paste into my reply.
Another good spin this morning, although the front shifter is still not quite right.
Note to the new EU Transport Commissioner
[M]ake it easier to book international tickets, and that will mean more customers – and that should improve rail firms’bottom lines. It is just that defensive, national monopolist thinking, and a conservative mindset, is rather too prevalent in the rail sector just now.Bring it on!
The ending of Apple TV's version of ...
The ending of Apple TV’s version of Presumed Innocent is what we in the IANAL profession call “A Swizz”. Nothing short of preposterous and vastly inferior to the book. Made me feel cheated after 7 3/4 fine episodes.
Current status.
A bright blue swimming pool backed by loungers under shade and beyond them a green hedge, trees and a spotless blue sky.
I can write Eat This Newsletter while ...
I can write Eat This Newsletter while on holiday. Promoting it, however, is another story entirely. BLTN, the latest offers food-borne illness, conspicuous fruit consumption, and plant-based meat … for pets.