On the show tonight... chat and Dreaming Spires session songs with Joe & @robinfbennett.bsky.social... On air from 8pm on 107 Meridian FM
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Robin Bennett
Профиль VivelyMusician, Festival organiser and Green Party Councillor
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
This upcoming Oxford music exhibition looks brilliant. It’s the starting point for a wider project - ‘City Stories 'Oxford's Music History.' Contribute your own memories, tickets, flyers, set lists, photos etc below. museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution museumofoxford.omeka.net/contribution
TVERC will be at the Nature Festival TOMORROW with fun games and activities to encourage everyone to notice the nature around them 🪲🌱🐞 See the full programme & join us tomorrow! thenaturefestival.org @morethanadodo.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @biodivoxford.bsky.social
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
Happy 14th Birthday Brothers in Brooklyn from The Dreaming Spires - #NowPlaying Everything All The Time on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @robinfbennett.bsky.social :)
I'm absolutely delighted that Cabinet has agreed to pilot a locally-led filtered Quiet Lanes policy to improve rural active travel. It's innovative and I'm so proud of my role in it alongside others. Do share, AT policy enthusiasts (short thread) mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/%28S%2803u25...
Politics is actually dull but worthy. Get out if you don't want to be responsible for hard, invisible, extremely important things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you fancy supporting local producers this weekend, consider heading to a local market - there's one in the county every day of the week. We made this directory of markets in Oxfordshire. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfordshire-...
where the hell am I supposed to park to have a pint? this is the nightmare all those urbanists want.
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
Good time to re-up this 🎉
Josiah Mortimer"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project" That could all end if Orbán loses... open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Climate + nature need joined-up solutions 🌿 Our Oxfordshire strategy with the Oxford Local Nature Partnership & the district councils shows a diverse habitat approach could boost carbon storage by 28% & offset ~20% of emissions in 30 years.
Designing a carbon strategy that delivers for climate, biodiversity and resilient land useDeveloping a high-integrity nature-based carbon sequestration strategy for Oxfordshirenaturerecovery.ox.ac.ukGuitar Minimums > Parking Minimums 7 is the bare minimum of guitars needed for that perfect wall of noise - Brian Jonestown Massacre Montreal 2022.
Inspirational BBC Radio 4 feature on Beaker, putting the Oxfordshire music scene, past and present, on the map. Catch them live at the Jericho Tavern on Friday 8th May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worth noting that Donald Trump just announced the end of NATO and the Special Relationship in one tweet.
The Government consultation on how to reorganise Oxfordshire’s councils closes tonight at 23.59. Three proposals have been put forward: a single council for the whole county, two councils covering north+city and south (‘Ridgeway’), and three councils covering north, an enlarged Oxford, and south.
wow we are arriving at the exact situation every single person imagined within one second of seeing their first robot dog
Hypervisible“Robot dog guarding the data center” is the cherry on top of your dystopian sundae.
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
This new Harry Enfield character is really shit!
Ed DaveyWinston Churchill helped defeat fascism in Europe. He deserves better than being replaced by a badger 🦡