I find this very interesting. As a podcast producer, I do not, generally, use a lot of music behind speech. That might be because I am a stick-in-the-mud old fart who learned that craft, such as it is, at a well-known broadcaster. Also, it is really difficult, especially when there is no-one I can ask to do it for me. Listening to track after track after track to find the right one is so time-consuming. But maybe that’s a waste of time? You seem to be suggesting that I just bung some smooth jazz under everything.

I love this idea:

Oct 30 (the number 30 in the octal number base) is the same as Dec 24 (the number 24 in the decimal number base)

Thank you Björn Wärmedal

@ChrisWiegman Strange you should say that. The protocols I use are alive and well, and they give me part of what I need from a community. I do feel good too, and that is part of the story, but to dismiss something you personally don't care for or use seems uncalled for.

@AgroBioDiverse You are a star! Manuel Elkin Patarroyo is the man.

"The chemically manufactured vaccine known as SPf66, invented by Patarroyo, had limited results with "only" 55 percent effectiveness. Even so, it was a breakthrough."

I hope @thedailybeast follows up.

@LSHTM All this talk of a first malaria vaccine ... first approved, maybe.

I can't be the only person who remembers early trials by a Venezuelan whose name, alas, I cannot remember. There was protection, but not enough. Does anyone else remember what I'm talking about?

@Economicbotany This six-week online course on Country Houses and the British Empire looks like it would be great, based on previous lectures from @corinne_fowler. I hope I can make time for it.

@ajspadial What made you remember?

@FallingTreeProd I've only heard one episode so far, but Scene on Radio's new series on the environmental crises with @amywestervelt is riveting, easily equaling the quality of previous series.

@scatmandan Understood. And thanks for the picture of your poster. I'm new to the game and didn't know about that, but I've bookmarked the poster generator for next time.

@scatmandan Interesting. I was surprised when clicking on a hashtag to be taken to Twitter rather than your posts about geohashing on your own site. Is that deliberate?