It's just occurred to me that in medicine, we have clinical trials that consider the effect of a drug on the whole system - a whole human body. If you get a brain tumour from a kidney treatment, they'll notice.
But for food/farming, that's not the case. We never do trials on the whole system - the natural environment. It's only ever local - effects on yield in one field. And maybe that's why modern food systems cause problems, for the climate, human health etc.
So remarkably, without me really spotting it, it turns out I'm only about 120 subscribers away from monetising on YouTube. 😆
If I reached that, I'd actually do more unique history content there like this. Not just games! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5NCJ4ZnzU&feature=youtu.be
Passing on a tip I saw today (I think), possibly from @garius.
If you are using a browser to interact with Mastodon, it's worth trying the advanced web view. This gives you multiple columns so you can keep track of more stuff.
Find the checkbox for it in the Preferences section.
I've been here two and a half years so maybe it's time for an intro.
I'm retired from IT, most recently (though not that recently) as a full-stack web developer, though I've been pretty much most things in IT at some point (except rich).
I play Pétanque at a moderate level, currently with Trafford Pétanque.
I'm currently trying to escape to the country from Manchester, UK. More news on that if and when it happens.
I have views on UK politics that will become apparent as I toot...
Helen Czerski
John Bull