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The Department for Envrionment Food and Rural Affairs has announced how much money it's making available to farmers in England through the Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - for 2026. It's something farmers and environmental organisations have been keenly anticipating. There's a total budget of £240 million pounds., with the first application opening later this month. The SFI is the DEFRA ‘public money for public goods' scheme that pays for farming in ways that protect and benefit the environment, support food production and improve productivity. Some farming and conservation groups say the budget isn't big enough.And all this week we're talking about growing cereals, things like grain and oats. The latest figures just out from the industry body the AHDB, that's the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, show that UK farmers are growing less barley than they have for the last 16 years, while oilseed rape and wheat have climbed back from last year's lows. The Eden Valley in Cumbria is possibly better known for its livestock than its crops. But over the past couple of years, father and son Thomas and Harry Ewbank have been bucking that trend. Guided by local agronomist, Steven Gate, they've abandoned ploughing in favour of what's called ‘one-pass drilling', and they've expanded their range of crops to maximise yields and increase sustainability.Presented by Caz Graham and produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Challoner.

The AG Show might've just stumbled on something genuinely handy for farmers ahead of the next round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. We're joined by one of the brains at AHDB behind a new tool that helps you see what different SFI actions could actually mean for your own farm - so you can make smarter calls. Plus, we hear from a farmer who's already put it to the test.We'll also be chatting to the head of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers as AIMS hits a big milestone - 25 years.And we'll get into herbal leys too, catching up with organisers from a recent event focused on growing and managing multi-species swards.SOME USEFUL BITS (FROM AHDB & BEYOND)SFI cost benefit tool | AHDB ToolsSustainable Farming Incentive | AHDBThe Garlic Farm Isle of Wight | Farm Shop | Restaurant | CaféAssociation of Independent Meat SuppliersFarmED - FarmED - Farm & Food Education EnglandHome | NiabGET IN TOUCHCharlotte, Hannah, Phil and Producer Martin would love to hear what you think! Got feedback, stories, or ideas for future episodes? Drop them a message at agshow@ahdb.org.uk.Sign up to the AHDB Preference Centre so that you can:Easily update your preferences and contact informationGet information on the latest AHDB events, webinars, market insights and moreReceive important updates such as disease alerts

This week, Defra confirms England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive will reopen for applications on 30 June – but only for some farmers, and with questions over budget. Farm business adviser Katie Hilton explains the key changes in SFI 26, including land use caps, no-till rules and revised payment rates. We also examine a High Court ruling which could mean lower meat inspection charges for abattoirs, processors and livestock producers. And royal recognition for Open Farm Sunday which celebrates its 20th anniversary – we find out why even small events can help reconnect the public with farming. Podcast guests: * Katie Hilton, director, Cheffins* John Royle, NFU chief livestock policy adviser* Rachel Risdon, Devon farmer and Open Farm Sunday host Chapters 00:53 – Sustainable Farming Incentive12:59 – High Court ruling on meat inspection charges17:18 – Why small abattoirs matter to livestock farmers24:19 – Listener feedback on Red Tractor reform27:32 – Farmers Weekly Podcast Live at Cereals30:23 – Sainsbury’s white eggs and trailer safety33:53 – Market prices36:16 – Open Farm Sunday celebrates 20 years40:23 – Why public engagement matters43:11 – Closing remarks Useful links Sustainable Farming Incentive guidance Cheffins National Farmers Union Association of Independent Meat Suppliers British Meat Processors Association Food Standards Agency Open Farm Sunday LEAF Tilly Pass trailer safety Farmers Weekly stage at Cereals This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker. We love to hear from you: - Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/ Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/ Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/ For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The meeting covered updates on Glamsterdam DevNet 4, discussions on target gas limit PRs, and the introduction of a new tool called Disruptor. The conversation also delved into EIP 7684 and EIP 8148, addressing the custom sweep threshold for validators and the return deposits for distinct credentials. The conversation covers a range of EIPs and their potential impact on stakers, validators, and node operators. It also discusses the proposal to change the timing of the ACDC call to accommodate participants from different time zones.TakeawaysGlamsterdam DevNet 4 issues and investigationsDiscussion on target gas limit PRsIntroduction of Disruptor tool for reorgs and network forksEIP 7684 and EIP 8148 for validators and return deposits EIP 8148 is supported by solo stakers, small operators, and institutional stakers due to its predictable cash flow benefits.EIP 8148's configurable cap is seen as useful for institutional stakers to manage risk limits and for solo stakers to consolidate into zero X02 validators.EIP 8148's automatic sweep mechanism is preferred for seamless reward accounting and better user experience.EIP 8061's increase in exit and consolidation churn is already implemented and tested, making it a candidate for SFI.The proposal to change the timing of the ACDC call to accommodate participants from different time zones is being considered for the next ACDC call as a trial.The decision to change the timing of the ACDC call will be based on the turnout and engagement of participants in the next call.Chapters00:00 Glamsterdam DevNet 4 Update13:02 Discussion on Target Gas Limit PRs21:35 Introduction of Disruptor Tool38:10 EIP 7684 - Custom Sweep Threshold for Validators48:08 EIP 8148: Predictable Cash Flow and Configurable Cap53:24 EIP 8148: Automatic Sweep Mechanism59:14 EIP 8148: Support from Node Operators01:08:22 EIP 8080: Exits Using the Consolidation Queue01:15:28 EIP 7688: Forward Compatible Consensus Data Structures01:21:25 ACDC Call Timing Change Proposal

SFI, Svenska för invandrare, har varit ständigt återkommande i den politiska debatten under lång tid. Oavsett om det är språkkrav, villkor, rättigheter eller skyldigheter, huvudmän eller deltagare tycks alla ha en uppfattning om vad SFI ska göra, hur de ska göra det och vad det ska resultera i. Maria Fredriksson har arbetat som lärare under samtliga upplåtandeformer och menar att villkoren är orimliga – för alla inblandade. Vi får också höra hur det gick när Göteborg försökte ta över huvudmannaskapet, och frågar oss om det är meningen att några elever ska klara de nya kraven som ställs över huvud taget?

In this episode of the TapRooT® Podcast, we break down the truth about leading indicators, lagging indicators, safety metrics, and “safety theater.” Are your KPIs actually improving safety performance or just encouraging people to game the system? Mark and Tim discuss how organizations misuse safety measures like TRIR, behavior-based safety observations, corrective action closure rates, and leading indicators. They explore how poorly designed metrics can create unintended consequences, hide real risks, and even damage safety culture. If you work in safety management, incident investigation, operational excellence, human performance, process safety, EHS, or root cause analysis, this episode is packed with practical insights on building better safety systems and avoiding metric-driven failures.

Matthew O. Jackson is perhaps the world's most renowned scholar of the economics of networks; as a 2005-06 CASBS fellow, he wrote most of his still-influential book Social and Economic Networks. In this wide-ranging conversation with 2025-26 CASBS fellow Rajiv Sethi, Jackson discusses his foundational work on strategic modeling of networks, empirical applications on the role of economic connectedness in influencing people's life trajectories in the U.S., related multi-disciplinary and cross-national work he is undertaking at the Santa Fe Institute, and recent cutting-edge work using large language models to gain insights into human motivations and behaviors. Matthew O. Jackson: Stanford faculty page | Personal website | CASBS page | Wikipedia page | Google Scholar page | National Academy of Sciences bio | Stanford profile | SFI page | NBER working papers | Jackson CV | Rajiv Sethi: Barnard faculty page | Columbia page | CASBS page | Google Scholar page | SFI page | Rajiv's Substack newsletter, Imperfect Information |  Matt Jackson works referenced in this episode: Matthew Jackson and Asher Wolinsky, "A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks," Journal of Economic Theory (1996) Matthew Jackson and Alison Watts, "The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks," Journal of Economic Theory (2002) Raj Chetty, Matthew Jackson, et al., "Social Capital I: Measurement and Associations with Economic Mobiliity," Nature (2022) Raj Chetty, Matthew Jackson, et al., "Social Capital II: Determinants of Economic Connectedness," Nature (2022) Chetty, Jackson, et al., Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas (website)Dynamics of Wealth Inequality project (Santa Fe Institute) Matthew Jackson, Social and Economic Networks, Princeton University Press (2008) Matthew Jackson, The Human Network, Penguin Random House (2020) Mei, Yuan, and Jackson, "A Turing Test of Whether AI Chatbots are Behaviorally Similar to Humans," PNAS (2024) Xie, Mei, Yuan, and Jackson, "Using Large Language Models to Categorize Strategic Situations and Decipher Motivations Behind Human Behaviors," PNAS (2025) --- Rajiv Sethi's latest op-ed is "Polymarket Anonymity Must End," Financial Times (May 7, 2026) Subscribe to Rajiv's Substack newsletter, Imperfect Information   Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube |LinkedIn | podcast |latest newsletter | signup | outreach​Human CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

A.J. Shaw interviews Brother Rice High School, an inductee to the SFI 2026 Sports Faith Hall of Fame.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 11th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/presenter: Sujay Dutt

Estudo técnico para conter avanço do mar em Atafona e no Açu Impactos da alteração da foz do rio Paraíba do Sul para Gargaú em SFI

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Jim talks with John Krakauer—professor of neurology and neuroscience, director of the Center for Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair at Johns Hopkins, and external faculty at SFI—about his 2017 paper "Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias." They discuss defining behavior as ecologically valid goal-directed action within an animal's umwelt, behavioral decomposition being epistemically prior to neural investigation, bipedal running and Sherrington's spinalized cat experiments as illustrations of that decomposition, what a satisfying neural explanation should actually look like, emergence and neuroscientists' resistance to it, the concept of explanatory autonomy and the "wings don't fly, birds do" framing, downward causality and the traffic jam analogy, Sherrington's own epistemic humility about understanding thought, whether consciousness will eventually be explained the way life was or remain permanently fuzzy, the three traditions of studying the nervous system and their persistent tensions, the problem of double-dipping with coarse-grained behavioral language in neural data, "filler verbs" like "involves" and "underlies" that add surplus meaning to a correlation without doing extra explanatory work, everyday pseudo-explanations like dopamine for unhappiness and oxytocin for love, the identity fallacy, LLMs as scientific sparring partners and critical reviewers, Krakauer's vertigo at the current moment and the possibility of retiring if AI generates better intuitions, interpretable AI as a new subject for neuroscience and psychology, Jim's own artificial consciousness project building a rudimentary white-tailed deer, distinguishing consciousness from cognition and sentience, separating the machinery of consciousness from its contents, Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" and echolocation as conscious content, multiple realizability and its being pervasive and fatal to naive reductionism, the mereological fallacy and mirror neurons as ground zero for multiple fallacies, Marr's three levels and the direction of the scientific project from behavioral goal to algorithm to neural implementation, the bradykinesia paper finding that Parkinson's patients move slowly because they want to move more slowly, the C. elegans connectome and the limits of that knowledge, the Jonas and Kording microprocessor paper, and much more. Episode Transcript "Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias", by John Krakauer "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?", by Thomas Nagel "Why Don't We Move Faster?", by Pietro Mazzoni, Anna Hristova, and John Krakauer "Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?", by Eric Jonas and Konrad Kording John Krakauer is currently John C. Malone Professor, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Director of the Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. His areas of research interest include experimental and computational studies of motor control and motor learning, long-term skill learning and its relation to higher cognitive processes, prediction and mechanisms of motor recovery after stroke, new neuro-rehabilitation approaches including immersive XR gaming with generative AI, robotics and invasive CNS stimulation, and philosophy of mind. He is slowly working on a new book on the mind, intelligence, and AI for Princeton University Press.

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Navigating the complexity of environmental schemes across the UK demands careful consideration to identify the most suitable options for each individual farm. To guide us through these challenges, we're joined by Agrii's Amy Watkins, Sustainability and Environmental Services Manager, Liam Wink, Grass and Forage Specialist and Jenny Douglas, an independent advisor on Scottish subsidies.Podcast Summary:England, Scotland and Wales are all moving away from BPS at different speeds, making environmental schemes increasingly vital for farm income.Scotland maintains full BPS for now but with tighter compliance rules, particularly around EFAs, margins and seed mix requirements.England's SFI reopens this year with fewer actions, one agreement per farm and a £100k annual cap, so early preparation is essential.Wales' new Sustainable Farming Scheme is replacing a significant BPS reduction, with many upland farms choosing it for better income fit.Additional funding options remain available across the UK—including grants and carbon‑credit opportunities—although competitiveness and long‑term commitments vary.You can find details of your local Agrii agronomist and environmental specialist at agrii.co.uk/contact.

Clover can feel like a gamble until you understand what it's really doing in the sward and how small management choices decide the outcome. We're joined by John Spence, Forage Crops Product Manager at Limagrain, to get clear on the practical differences between red clover and white clover, and how to choose the right option for grazing, silage, or a dual-purpose ley on UK dairy farms.We talk through the big paybacks farmers actually care about: higher home-grown protein, better digestibility, and nitrogen fixation that can cut fertiliser use when prices spike or supply tightens. John explains why clover often carries summer growth when grasses dip, how deep rooting links to drought tolerance and soil structure, and where clover fits alongside SFI options and multi-species or herbal leys.Then we get into the detail that makes clover work on farm: white clover leaf sizes and why blends matter, red clover longevity expectations, sowing windows based on soil temperature, seedbed and sowing depth, and the realities of overseeding. We also cover bloat risk sensibly, cutting date decisions for quality versus yield, why clover silage can benefit from an additive, and what to do when NIR forage analysis struggles with clover-heavy or mixed swards.This was recorded in November 2025, and all information was correct at the time of recording.If you find this useful, subscribe, share the episode with a fellow grassland nerd, and leave a review so more UK dairy farmers can find it.Send us Fan MailFor more information about our podcast visit www.chewinthecud.com/podcast or follow us on Instagram @chewinthecudpodcast. ChewintheCud Ltd is also on Facebook & LinkedIn. You can email us directly at podcast@chewinthecud.com

La Société financière internationale (SFI), filiale du Groupe de la Banque mondiale dédiée au secteur privé dans les pays en développement, a ouvert le 4 mars 2026 son tout premier bureau au Gabon. Auparavant, les dossiers gabonais étaient pilotés depuis le Cameroun. L'augmentation du portefeuille client au Gabon a amené la SFI à se rapprocher du marché en ouvrant sur place son bureau. Une bonne nouvelle pour le Gabon et surtout pour les opérateurs économiques du secteur privé, dont certains peinent à trouver les financements adéquats pour leur développement. Avec notre correspondant à Libreville, Parmi les invités à la cérémonie du 4 mars, il y avait notamment Mohamed Reslan, patron de la CDG, une fonderie d'acier spécialisée dans la fabrication des fers à béton. L'entreprise a rapidement entamé des discussions avec la SFI pour financer un nouveau projet industriel visant le marché international : « On est en train de voir avec eux pour qu'ils puissent intervenir dans le financement d'un projet qui va faire 90% d'export de produit local. C'est un projet d'exportation pour 40-50 millions de dollars par an. » Également présent à la cérémonie, Loys Olympio, homme d'affaires dans le secteur de la santé. Il estime que l'arrivée de la SFI est une réelle opportunité. « On dit très souvent qu'il est difficile de trouver des financements au Gabon. Donc là, on a l'opportunité d'avoir d'autres types de financements, d'autres types d'accompagnements pour nous, les entrepreneurs. Ça nous rassure de voir qu'ils ont choisi de s'implanter au Gabon de manière durable », souligne l'entrepreneur.  Libreville fait face à une sévère pénurie d'eau. L'État a confié au groupe français Euranove le pilotage d'un projet de construction d'une nouvelle usine d'eau. Armel Messan Sedji, qui travaille sur le projet, confirme des discussions en cours avec la SFI : « Nous avons entamé les discussions avec eux il y a quelques mois. Nous essayons de voir dans quelle mesure le projet que nous portons pour renforcer la capacité de production d'eau peut être accompagné par ce bailleur de fonds. » Énergie, infrastructures, mines... La SFI finance de nombreux secteurs Dahlia Khalifa, directrice de la SFI pour le Nigeria et l'Afrique centrale, qui a effectué le déplacement à Libreville, a rappelé à l'assistance les secteurs clefs financés par l'institution : « L'un des secteurs prioritaires est l'énergie, parce que l'énergie est la clef de toute chose. Il y a aussi en général les infrastructures, y compris le transport et l'industrialisation. Il y a également le secteur minier. Pas uniquement exporter les minerais bruts mais la transformation locale pour plus de plus-value et de création d'emplois au Gabon. » À lire aussiMakhtar Diop (SFI): «Développer des chaînes de valeur régionales en Afrique» Dans les coulisses, des murmures sur les conditions présumées rigides d'accès aux financements de la SFI ont été entendus. Dahlia Khalifa explique que la SFI n'est pas une « une banque classique ». « ​​​​​​​En tant que banque de développement, nous ne sommes pas focalisés uniquement sur le prêt d'argent. Nous faisons également de l'investissement actif et du renforcement des capacités. Nous soutenons les entreprises afin qu'elles puissent se développer pour l'avenir. Et nous disons que nous sommes des partenaires pour la vie », a-t-elle expliqué. La SFI finance déjà plusieurs projets au Gabon, notamment la construction d'un barrage hydroélectrique et la rénovation du chemin de fer transgabonais. Ces financements se chiffrent à 117 millions de dollars aujourd'hui. La SFI vise les 400 millions de dollars. À lire aussiCongo-Brazzaville: la SFI et Bank of Africa s'associent pour financer l'essor des PME

In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike takes a look at the latest Pulse Market Update for March 2026.Market values have been remarkably static since the autumn of 2025 with little to report and a clear explanation is not so easy to find. The DEFRA declared cropped area for pulses in 2025 was below 200,000ha - the lowest since crop 2019 and a drop of over 73,000ha over two years - most of which appears to have been at the expense of field beans. It is highly likely that this reflects the negative impact of the uptake of SFI options, although recent inconsistent crop experiences may not have helped.Read the full report now at https://www.pgro.org/pulse-market-update-mach-2026/

Det är på dagen ett år sedan masskjutningen på Risbergska skolan i Örebro, där 10 personer mördades. P1 Kulturs reporter Mina Benaissa undersöker kulturens roll efter tragedin. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Örebro läns museum börjar bli klara med insamlingen av material och berättelser efter masskjutningen. Bland föremålen finns en mjuk enhörning, ett handgjort träkors och ett paket druvsocker, märkt med namnet Aziza, en av de tio mördade.Utöver föremål har museipedagog Johanna Björck även samlat in ett tjugotal intervjuer som kommer sparas för framtida forskning.Mina Benaissa besöker även Örebro konserthus som fick en oväntad roll efter masskjutningen - det blev ett kriscenter och Svenska kammarorkestern efterfrågades i sorgearbetet. Deras styrelseordförande var dessutom lärare på SFI och inrymd på skolan under attentatet.På onsdagskvällen anordnar Örebro konserthus en minneskonsert där bland andra poeten Michael Horvath medverkar. Hans dikt, ”När orden tog slut”, som blev en symbol för sorgen efter masskjutningen, har nu blivit musikverket ”Quid est vita” av Göran Fröst.Reporter: Mina Benaissa.

Det är på dagen ett år sedan masskjutningen på Risbergska skolan i Örebro, där 10 personer mördades. P1 Kulturs Mina Benaissa har besökt staden och tittat närmare på kulturens roll mitt i krisen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Örebro läns museum börjar bli klara med insamlingen av material och berättelser efter masskjutningen. Bland föremålen finns en mjuk enhörning, ett handgjort träkors och ett paket druvsocker, märkt med namnet Aziza, en av de tio mördade. Utöver föremål har museipedagog Johanna Björck även samlat in ett tjugotal intervjuer som kommer att sparas för framtida forskning.Följ även med till Örebro konserthus som i samband med masskjutningen blev ett kriscenter – och Svenska kammarorkestern efterfrågades i sorgearbetet. Deras styrelseordförande var dessutom lärare på SFI och inrymd på skolan under attentatet. På onsdagskvällen håller man en minneskonsert där bland andra poeten Michael Horvath medverkar. Reporter: Mina Benaissa.SARA STRIDSBERG TAR SIG AN SHAKESPEARE I SITT FÖRSTA LJUDDRAMAFör första gången har författaren Sara Stridsberg skapat ett ljuddrama, med Pernilla August som regissör. Det är en nytolkning av Shakespeares ”En vintersaga”, en dramaserie i tre delar som ingår i Sveriges Radio Dramas satsning ”Scenen – Shakespeare för alla”. Sara Stridsberg är gäst i P1 Kultur och berättar hur hon inspirerats av Shakespeares 1600-talskomedi för att skapa ett sårigt samtida relationsdrama. IAN McEWAN ÄR TILLBAKA – MED KLIMATFIKTIONEN ”VAD VI KAN VETA”Den brittiska författaren Ian McEwans nya bok ”Vad vi kan veta” är hans artonde roman, den handlar om en värld efter katastrofen och går att etikettera som klimatfiktion. Många av hans böcker har blivit film som ”Försoning”, Chesil beach” och ”Kärlekens raseri”. Kulturredaktionens Nina Asarnoj och Peter O Nilsson har läst.”FOLK OCH KULTUR” INVIGS I ESKILSTUNAFör nionde året i rad arrangeras det kulturpolitiska konventet ”Folk och kultur” i Munktellstaden i Eskilstuna den 4-7 februari - med hela 355 programpunkter. Kulturredaktionens reporter Anna-Karin Ivarsson är på plats och rapporterar direkt från invigningen.ESSÄ: URBANA DJUR – BLAND STADSRÄVAR OCH CITYRÅTTORI OBS-serien "Djuren och vi" ska vi idag titta närmare på några djur som utmanar våra föreställningar om renhet och civilisation. Idéhistorikern och författaren Patricia Lorenzoni berättar om rävar, råttor och andra urbaniserade djur.Programledare: Lisa BergströmProducent: Henrik Arvidsson

What's really going on in food and farming? Two farmers – Patrick Holden, founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, and Stuart Oates, founder of the Fossil Free Farm project – get behind the headlines to unpack the biggest stories shaping what we eat, how we farm and the future of the planet. Expect lively debate, real-world experience, and unique insights from some of food and farming's top voices. For our first episode of 2026, Patrick and Stuart talk about the extreme weather we've experienced, just days into the new year – reflecting on the disruption that Storm Goretti caused, particularly in Cornwall where Stuart farms, they discuss the incredible display of community resilience in response to shocks like this. Elsewhere in the conversation, Patrick also talks about his time at the Oxford farming conferences – both Oxford Real Farming Conference and Oxford Farming Conference – where the environment secretary announced updates to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) schemes; Stuart discusses Marks & Spencer's new range of nutrient dense food, and the two also debate the importance of measuring farming system outcomes and explore the challenges that come with this. To join in the conversation, get in touch with us at info@sustainablefoodtrust.org – let us know what you'd like to hear Patrick and Stuart talk about next time.   Timestamps: 0:00: Welcome! 0:13: The overproduction of milk affecting price per litre 2:32: The aftermath of Storm Goretti and show of community spirit 6:48: Local procurement vs exports 8:31: ORFC and OFC 13:00: Are big food companies comitting greenwash or should we embrace their regen efforts? 20:38: Defra's recent announcement on SFI and FiPL 24:07: Should we and how can we measure farming system outcomes? 29:50: M&S's 'nutrient dense' food range 31:48: McDonald's efforts to champion higher quality food 35:06: What's Stuart up to in Brazil? 36:08: Patrick's message on health for 2026 37:17: Global dependence on roundup 41:03: Goodbye!   Follow Patrick and the Sustainable Food Trust: https://www.instagram.com/susfoodtrust/ | https://www.instagram.com/hafodcheese/ https://bsky.app/profile/susfoodtrust.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/SusFoodTrust https://www.linkedin.com/company/sustainable-food-trust/   Find out more about Stuart and the Fossil Free Farm project: https://fossilfreefarm.com/ https://www.instagram.com/camelstu/ https://www.youtube.com/@farmerstu  

Hey ya'll, Alex here, and this week I was especially giddy to record the show! Mostly because when a thing clicks for me that hasn't clicked before, I can't wait to tell you all about it! This week, that thing is Agent Skills! The currently best way to customize your AI agents with domain expertise, in a simple, repeatable way that doesn't blow up the context window! We mentioned skills when Anthropic first released them (Oct 16) and when they became an open standard but it didn't really click until last week! So more on that below. Also this week, Anthropic released a research preview of Claude Cowork, an agentic tool for non coders, OpenAI finally let loos GPT 5.2 Codex (in the API, it was previously available only via Codex), Apple announced a deal with Gemini to power Siri, OpenAI and Anthropic both doubled down on healthcare and much more! We had an incredible show, with an expert in Agent Skills, Eleanor Berger and the usual gang on co-hosts, strongly recommend watching the show in addition to the newsletter! Also, I vibe coded skills support for all LLMs to Chorus, and promised folks a link to download it, so look for that in the footer, let's dive in! ThursdAI is where you stay up to date! Subscribe to keep us going! Big Company LLMs + APIs: Cowork, Codex, and a Browser in a WeekAnthropic launches Claude Cowork: Agentic AI for Non‑Coders (research preview)Anthropic announced Claude Cowork, which is basically Claude Code wrapped in a friendly UI for people who don't want to touch a terminal. It's a research preview available on the Max tier, and it gives Claude read/write access to a folder on your Mac so it can do real work without you caring about diffs, git, or command line.The wild bit is that Cowork was built in a week and a half, and according to the Anthropic team it was 100% written using Claude Code. This feels like a “we've crossed a threshold” moment. If you're wondering why this matters, it's because coding agents are general agents. If a model can write code to do tasks, it can do taxes, clean your desktop, or orchestrate workflows, and that means non‑developers can now access the same leverage developers have been enjoying for a year.It also isn't just for files—it comes with a Chrome connector, meaning it can navigate the web to gather info, download receipts, or do research and it uses skills (more on those later)Earlier this week I recorded this first reactions video about Cowork and I've been testing it ever since, it's a very interesting approach of coding agents that “hide the coding” to just... do things. Will this become as big as Claude Code for anthropic (which is reportedly a 1B business for them)? Let's see! There are real security concerns here, especially if you're not in the habit of backing up or using git. Cowork sandboxes a folder, but it can still delete things in that folder, so don't let it loose on your whole drive unless you like chaos.GPT‑5.2 Codex: Long‑Running Agents Are HereOpenAI shipped GPT‑5.2 Codex into the API finally! After being announced as the answer for Opus 4.5 and only being available in Codex. The big headline is SOTA on SWE-Bench and long‑running agentic capability. People describe it as methodical. It takes longer, but it's reliable on extended tasks, especially when you let it run without micromanaging.This model is now integrated into Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Factory, and Vercel AI Gateway within hours of launch. It's also state‑of‑the‑art on SWE‑Bench Pro and Terminal‑Bench 2.0, and it has native context compaction. That last part matters because if you've ever run an agent for long sessions, the context gets bloated and the model gets dumber. Compaction is an attempt to keep it coherent by summarizing old context into fresh threads, and we debated whether it really works. I think it helps, but I also agree that the best strategy is still to run smaller, atomic tasks with clean context.Cursor vibe-coded browser with GPT-5.2 and 3M lines of codeThe most mind‑blowing thing we discussed is Cursor letting GPT‑5.2 Codex run for a full week to build a browser called FastRenderer. This is not Chromium‑based. It's a custom HTML parser, CSS cascade, layout engine, text shaping, paint pipeline, and even a JavaScript VM, written in Rust, from scratch. The codebase is open source on GitHub, and the full story is on Cursor's blog It took nearly 30,000 commits and millions of lines of code. The system ran hundreds of concurrent agents with a planner‑worker architecture, and GPT‑5.2 was the best model for staying on task in that long‑running regime. That's the real story, not just “lol a model wrote a browser.” This is a stress test for long‑horizon agentic software development, and it's a preview of how teams will ship in 2026.I said on the show, browsers are REALLY hard, it took two decades for the industry to settle and be able to render websites normally, and there's a reason everyone's using Chromium. This is VERY impressive

Créer une entreprise au Congo-Brazzaville relevait du parcours du combattant, avec beaucoup de formalités à remplir. Pour faciliter la tâche aux opérateurs économiques, le gouvernement vient de lancer une plateforme pour faciliter la création d'entreprise en ligne. Elle est accompagnée d'un numéro vert fournissant toutes les informations. Avec notre correspondant à Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial Entrepreneurs, membres du gouvernement… En tout, plus d'une centaine de personnes sont venues assister au lancement de la plateforme de création des entreprises en ligne. Emeriand Dieu-Merci Kibangou est le directeur général de l'ACPCE, l'Agence congolaise pour la création des entreprises, qui se charge de la gestion du site : « La plateforme de création d'entreprises en ligne permet en réalité à ce que tous les acteurs du secteur privé, qu'ils soient Congolais, qu'ils habitent au Congo ou pas, puissent être capables d'avoir la vraie information sur que faire et comment faire pour créer leur entreprise. Cette plateforme permet à ce que chacun, de sa maison du Congo ou de l'extérieur du Congo, puisse véritablement créer l'entreprise. » La plateforme est accompagnée d'un numéro vert 1730 fournissant aux demandeurs toutes les informations requises. Désormais une entreprise peut être créée en 24 heures, dans n'importe quel domaine d'activité. Une vraie révolution, estime Emeriand Dieu-Merci Kibangou : « Pour créer une entreprise, il y a quelques années, c'était le parcours du combattant. Il fallait même avoir un avis de la sécurité d'État parce que nous revenons d'un pays avec un passé communiste. Donc, ça faisait que ce n'était pas forcément évident. Ce n'était pas bien vu. » À lire aussiDévelopper les PME en Afrique: le défi de l'investissement Le seuil financier nécessaire pour la création d'une entreprise a baissé, ce qui permettra d'encourager de nombreuses petites sociétés à s'enregistrer, se félicite également la ministre en charge du commerce informel. « Autrefois, pour créer une entreprise, il fallait avoir au moins 500 000 francs CFA (762 euros). Mais, aujourd'hui, avec 25 000 francs CFA (38 euros) on peut créer une entreprise. Cela arrange les acteurs de l'économie informelle », explique Inès Nefer Bertille Voumbo Yalo. Dirigeant d'une entreprise informatique, Max Abraham Charlemagne Lepa juge que cette plateforme encouragera les jeunes à créer leur société. « Aujourd'hui, on a mis un système en place pour pouvoir pousser les jeunes entrepreneurs congolais à créer quelque chose, afin que cette jeunesse puisse vivre de ça et aller de l'avant », analyse-t-il. L'Agence congolaise pour la création des entreprises a été mise en place pour faciliter la tâche aux entreprises. Le nombre d'entreprises au Congo-Brazzaville est passé de 1 800 en 2021 à plus de 5 000 entreprises cette année. À lire aussiCongo-Brazzaville: la SFI et Bank of Africa s'associent pour financer l'essor des PME

(Presented by ThreatLocker (https://threatlocker.com/threebuddyproblem): Allow what you need. Block everything else by default, including ransomware and rogue code.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 75: We dig into a CVSS 10/10 unauthenticated RCE bug causing chaos across the internet and early signs that Chinese APTs are already launching exploits, the cascading patch chaos, and a long tail of malware intrusions to come. Plus, commentary on Chrome's telemetry collection, Microsoft and the "SFI success story," newest BRICKSTORM backdoor intrusions, the US national security strategy, Anthropic's AI popping smart-contract bugs, a secret FBI ransomware-hunting unit getting weird, and a pair of sad stories in the security community. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs), Ryan Naraine (https://twitter.com/ryanaraine) and Costin Raiu (https://twitter.com/craiu).

Au Congo-Brazzaville, les petites et moyennes entreprises ont beaucoup de peine à se financer pour croître et investir. Afin de les soutenir, la Société financière internationale (SFI), filiale de la Banque mondiale pour le secteur privé, a accordé à Bank of Africa-Congo un prêt de 14,5 milliards de francs CFA (quelque 21 millions d'euros) qui doit donc servir à financer les entreprises locales. Avec notre correspondant à Brazzaville, Un certain nombre de PME dans la cible et qui devraient bénéficier de prêts font déjà des projets. Ilithe Ongania dirige depuis neuf ans le Système d'observation et de reconnaissance aéroterrestre et maritime ou SORAM. Aux yeux de ce patron de PME, la ligne de financement allouée par la SFI à Bank of Africa-Congo sera bénéfique, car au Congo-Brazzaville, les PME reçoivent encore assez peu de soutien. « Nous, les jeunes entreprises, nous avons besoin de grandir. Et, pour grandir, vous avez besoin d'un levier. Les leviers, il y en a beaucoup, mais le plus important généralement, c'est le financement. Dans la culture des banques commerciales de notre environnement, il est très difficile d'avoir accès à des crédits d'investissement », explique ce patron. Une frilosité des banques qui « freine le développement de nos entreprises ».  Cet acteur espère que ce financement de la SFI va créer des opportunités pour « développer l'entreprise, devenir plus grand, investir parce qu'il y a un besoin de faire beaucoup plus d'investissements, afin de répondre aux différentes demandes qui sont là. » Au moins 10% des financements pour les femmes entrepreneuses Acquérir davantage de drones est l'un des objectifs de Soram, qui tient à satisfaire les besoins de ses différents clients. Selon les signataires de l'accord de prêt, au moins 10% seront dédiés aux entreprises dirigées par des femmes. Ce dont se réjouit Francine Nzamba, directrice générale de l'entreprise FN2 plus, qui exerce dans le graphisme et l'imprimerie. « Dans ce pays, il y a quand même des femmes qui entreprennent, mais nous ne sommes pas entendues. Nous voulons avoir une place, prendre une place dans l'économie congolaise. Si les banques commencent à nous accompagner dans notre développement, ça ne peut être qu'une bonne chose pour nous », lance-t-elle. Promotrice de la société Glacy Congo, spécialisée dans la transformation des fruits congolais en glaces, Christine Matondo connaît des difficultés d'approvisionnement en énergie, et elle fait déjà des projets. « J'espère qu'avec ce prêt, on va pouvoir passer aux panneaux solaires ; gagner en indépendance vis-à-vis de l'énergie. Je suis très confiante parce que je suis déjà bénéficiaire des services de la Bank of Africa », se félicite-t-elle. Les prêts vont jusqu'à 50 millions de francs CFA, l'équivalent de 76 000 euros, remboursables sur deux ans. Le taux d'intérêt, aux environs de 10%, est jugé satisfaisant par ces PME, qui n'obtiennent que très rarement un crédit. À lire aussiDévelopper les PME en Afrique: le défi de l'investissement

Au Sénégal, les grands chantiers se multiplient : routes, logements, chemins de fer… Derrière cette frénésie de construction, il y a une filière souvent méconnue, mais essentielle, celle des carrières : de sable, de calcaire, d'argile ou encore de basalte. Si la demande est forte et constante, le secteur doit encore composer avec des conditions de travail difficiles et un accès à l'électricité souvent limité. Sable, calcaire, argile… Le Sénégal est riche en matériaux de construction, indispensables aux chantiers qui pullulent dans le pays. « Là, c'est le sable siliceux qu'on peut utiliser dans la verrerie, détaille Bob Adama Dione, enseignant chercheur en géotechnique à l'École nationale des mines. Il y a aussi les sables utilisés dans la construction, qui sont des sables que l'on mélange avec le ciment. Ensuite les cailloux et enfin le béton. » La demande est constante pour les carrières du pays, comme celles de CSE Granulats, qui exploite du basalte. « Il y a de la demande, constate Mor Thiam, directeur des opérations. C'est du matériau très prisé. Nous, on est arrivé en 2018. On est à peu près les derniers arrivés. On a des concurrents, mais on a quand même réussi à se faire une place. » Peu d'automatisation Le secteur est dynamique, tiré par les projets d'envergure tels que le Train express régional. « La demande va beaucoup dépendre des gros projets de l'État, reconnaît Mor Thiam. Il y a eu le projet de la [ligne de train] TER pour le réseau ferroviaire, par exemple. Tout ce qui est ballast, ce sont des choses qu'on va produire pour les chemins de fer. Le port de Ndayane, qui est actuellement un gros projet pour l'État, a besoin de gros blocs. » Le travail en carrière reste difficile, poussiéreux et largement manuel. Malgré cela, les entreprises n'ont pas de mal à recruter, dans un pays où le chômage avoisine les 20 %. Certaines visent désormais une montée en gamme, avec l'automatisation progressive des activités. « Quand on prend l'exemple des carrières en France, qui sont plutôt automatisées, il faut dix ou quinze personnes pour faire tourner une carrière qui produit entre 300 et 600 000 tonnes l'année, compare Mor Thiam. Nous, dans nos carrières, on est quand même sur des centaines de personnes. » Problèmes d'électricité Un obstacle freine encore cette ambition : l'accès à une électricité fiable, indispensable pour alimenter des équipements plus modernes et réduire les coûts de production. Un enjeu suivi de près par la Société financière internationale, qui appuie la structuration du secteur minier. « On sait que le déficit énergétique en Afrique est important, concède Fatoumata Sissoko Sy, manager Infrastructures et ressources naturelles de la SFI pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Parfois, pour un projet minier, le coût de l'électricité peut représenter jusqu'à 35 % du coût total. C'est considérable. Les mines utilisent souvent des sources alternatives comme des générateurs diesel, des centrales électriques qu'elles-mêmes construisent. » Le secteur espère aussi tourner la page des difficultés traversées ces dernières années : les retards de paiement de l'État ont fragilisé de nombreuses entreprises du BTP, ralentissant les chantiers et la demande en matériaux.

Details on the relaunch of England's biggest agri-environment scheme will come in the first half of next year - so says the Secretary of State for the Environment, Emma Reynolds, who was speaking at the Country Land and Business Association's annual conference. The sustainable farming incentive or SFI, pays farmers for things like planting hedges and improving soils. It was suddenly closed to new applicants in March as it had run out of money. Details on what happens next were supposed to be announced in the summer. Some farmers say they've lost confidence in the system but Emma Reynolds told the conference that it is complicated and they want to get it rightEngland's farm business income figures for the last financial year have been released. All types of farms, with the exception of horticulture and pig farming, saw a year on year increase, though in 2023/4 farm incomes dropped considerably. Government payments to farmers in agri-environment schemes now make up an average of 30% of farm income, and many farms continue to lose money on the farming sides of their business. All week we've been talking about farming around the world because of the climate talks - COP 30 - in Brazil. They dedicated two days to agriculture, which is seen as offering both problems and solutions as we try to mitigate the changing climate. So what's been decided? The inmates who look after pigs at a prison farm in Kent.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Tidsgräns för SFI elever får bara studera svenska i tre år / Väljare saknar politisk debatt om sjukvård / Färre kvinnor dödas av sin partner / Hundar hjälper barn vid förhör hos polisen Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Av Ingrid Forsberg och Jenny Pejler.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on November 19th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

Ring P1 från Göteborg om bland annat kraven på SFI-elever, kvaliteten på färskvaror i matbutiker och respekt för mat. Programledare: Tomas Tengby, ansvarig utgivare: Sabina Schatzl Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

Ring P1 från Göteborg om bland annat cykelböter, barnafödande, SFI och P1. Programledare: Emmy Rasper, ansvarig utgivare: Sabina Schatzl Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.

Au mois de novembre se tiendra la COP de Belém, dix ans après l'accord de Paris. Dans un contexte porté par le climato-scepticisme, des acteurs importants de la finance se sont retirés des grandes alliances Net Zero, engagées dans la lutte contre le changement climatique. Difficile dans ces conditions de tenir les ambitions : lever 100 milliards de dollars chaque année pour faire face aux défis du changement climatique. Dans cette équation, le secteur privé a son rôle à jouer. Devant un parterre de banquiers, le Kényan, James Mwangi n'hésite pas à décrire les impacts du changement climatique dans son village. Des abeilles et des animaux qui ont disparu ou encore des cours d'eau à sec. « Le secteur privé doit mener cette guerre contre le changement climatique. En tant que banque, nous nous efforçons de donner au secteur privé les moyens de prendre les commandes », assure-t-il. Les entrepreneurs pointent régulièrement les lenteurs des mécanismes et le manque de souplesse. James Mwangi le directeur d'Equity Bank, l'un des grands groupes bancaires d'Afrique de l'Est, l'assure : il aspire à faire bouger les choses. « Ce que nous avons fait, c'est développer des solutions innovantes qui permettent en particulier aux micro-entreprises et les aux agriculteurs à s'adapter au changement climatique et d'en atténuer les effets », plaide-t-il. « L'année dernière, nous avons été désignés par la SFI comme la banque ayant accordé le plus grand nombre de prêts d'atténuation et d'adaptation dans le monde », met en avant le banquier. Pour développer l'investissement privé dans le domaine, Marissa Drew, responsable du développement durable de la Standard Chartered, estime que les États doivent être moteurs : « Si vous définissez une ambition pour un pays, les acteurs en dessous suivront. Par exemple, nous avons travaillé avec la Côte d'Ivoire. Nous les avons aidés à élaborer leur cadre de développement durable. Ensuite, nous les avons aidés à lever l'équivalent de plus de 400 millions de dollars d'instruments financiers liés à ces questions. Il s'agissait d'objectifs très spécifiques qu'ils s'étaient eux-mêmes fixés. » Dérisquer et créer des dynamiques vertueuses Afin de créer des synergies dans ce domaine, Proparco filiale de l'Agence française de développement, spécialisée dans le financement du secteur privé– a récemment rassemblé une centaine d'établissements bancaires ou gestionnaires de fonds. Parmi les stratégies engagées : dérisquer les investissements, et créer une dynamique vertueuse. « On peut le faire soit en dédiant des lignes de crédit ou de financements dédiés avec une composante climat. On peut le faire aussi avec un objectif, on va dire plus transformationnels », explique Françoise Lombard, la directrice générale de Proparco. C'est ce qu'a fait l'institution en 2023 en créant une coalition d'acteurs financiers pour 200 millions de dollars, le Sustainability Link Loan d'Ecobank. Un acteur panafricain qui est présent dans plus d'une trentaine de pays africains. « Ça marche de manière assez simple, précise Françoise Lombard. Si Ecobank sur sa feuille de route climat atteint les objectifs que, conjointement, nous avons convenus, les conditions du prêt seront plus intéressantes. Et ça, c'est extrêmement intéressant comme outil parce que ça veut dire qu'on va appuyer Ecobank dans sa démarche pour intégrer le climat non pas comme un objet de financement, mais comme une problématique qui irrigue toute l'organisation, la gouvernance, les décisions de crédit. Et on va aussi faire en sorte que Ecobank soit prêt à s'engager sur des réductions d'émissions du portefeuille de la banque et rendre publiques ces cibles. Donc, c'est extrêmement incitatif. » Lors de la dernière COP à Bakou, les besoins de financements ont encore été revus à la hausse. Objectif : mobiliser 1 300 milliards de dollars de financement public et privé d'ici à 2035.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 10th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.

Discover the latest World Radio League software updates unveiled at Dayton Hamvention 2025! Our exclusive YouTube interview dives into new features, enhanced band condition tracking with real-time A, K, and SFI metrics, and more. Perfect for amateur radio enthusiasts eager to stay ahead with cutting-edge tools. Watch now to explore how WRL is revolutionizing ham radio! #HamRadio #WorldRadioLeague #DaytonHamvention2025Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support.

The sustainable farming incentive or SFI will re-open in the New Year, it pays English farmers for things like planting hedges or wildflowers. It was suddenly closed to new applications earlier this year after it ran out of money. Speaking at the regenerative farming festival Groundswell, the Defra secretary Steve Reed said he wants the SFI to support a transition to regenerative farming. Details will be announced later this summer with applications opening next year though Mr Reed says it will still have a limited budget. He also announced the reintroduction of capital grants for English farmers which were unexpectedly closed last year. These grants are for projects such as cutting water pollution or prevent flooding and now educational visits. All this week we've been looking at regenerative agriculture, where farmers reduce or stop ploughing, grow cover crops and keep livestock - all with the aim of improving soil and storing carbon. We speak to Becky Wilson from the Farm Carbon Toolkit about how farmers can make money from improving the biodiversity on their land and storing more carbon.A PhD student from the University of Exeter is interviewing female farmers as she cycles thousands of miles across England. We speak to Veronica White at the end of her research tour in Cumbria.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Emma har börjat lektionen när hon hör det första skottet. Efter skolskjutningen faller hon ner i ett mörker. Men hon vill återerövra skolan. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det börjar som en helt vanlig dag för SFI läraren Emma och hennes elever på Campus Risbergska i Örebro. Men på eftermiddagen den 4 februari 2025 har de upplevt den värsta masskjutningen i Sverige i modern tid. I flera timmar sitter Emma inrymd i sitt klassrum medan skjutningen pågår i skolan och polisen försöker få kontroll över situationen. Hon känner flera av de som ska komma att bli gärningsmannens offer.Första veckan efter dådet är det som att Emma har en superhjärna. Men när adrenalinet försvinner är det som att hon slutar fungera.Det blir en lång väg tillbaka. Men Emma är fast besluten att få komma tillbaka till Risbergska. Komvuxskolan som hon beskriver som en plats för framtidsdrömmar: – Vi måste börja stapla nya bra dagar på den här dagen. Täcka över de hemska minnena med nya minnen. Ju mer vi går vidare ju mer vinner vi över den här händelsen. Vi som kan, säger Emma.Den 4 februari dog 11 personer i skolskjutningen på Campus Risbergska i Örebro, inklusive gärningsmannen Rikard Andersson som tog sitt liv.Reporter: Åsa FuruhagenProducent: Anna FreySlutmix: André LjungbergProgrammet är gjort 2025.

My latest solo podcast takes us into the realms of fixity, frequency bands, attachment styles, imposed limitation and the SFI eugenics crew's lame-ass push towards technofascism.Part 2:danikatz.locals.comwww.patreon.com/danikatzAll things Dani, including books, courses, coaching + consulting:www.danikatz.comPlus, schwag:danikatz.threadless.comDefender Shield EMF Protection products:https://www.defendershield.com?ref=ndk0mjrShow notes:Defender Shield & EMF protection Know Thyself Salon external validation-contemplation promptChiropractor & Trump-bashingConfluence EventFixity and the “I Am” declarationFrequency bandsBrett Weinstein's limiting/wrong-use-of-will projections“Omniscopic” instead of “limitless” + “unlimited” Couple's coaching story: Her refusal to “fight”Santa Fe Institute David Krakauer intro speechCTO of Google's insane push for transhumanismMalthus, eugenics, MIT, computer modeling + scientific materialism

Brandi Jones joins the Amateur Activist this week to talk about Secure Families Initiative - the work they do, the importance of advocating for military spouses & family and why their experiences are important to listen to. As the Organising Director, Brandi establishes the vision, systems and strategies for SFI. She oversees grassroots programs, international campaigns and coordinates across departments to ensure that the values & experiences of their members are heard & uplifted. In this episode, Isabela and Brandi talk about the goals & mission of SFI, why it's important to civilians to prioritise these issues, the different ways SFI advocated for military familes on The Hill, and how listeners can get involved.As always, we are so grateful for everyone who listens and shares. When you get a moment, we'd be so grateful if you left a review on Apple Podcasts, rated us on Spotify, or tagged us in your stories on Instagram, @amateuractivistpodConnect with me on Instagram, @belagiirrllConnect with Secure Familes Initiative on Instagram or at their website. A big thank you to David Andrew for producing the music for this season. Follow him ⁠here.

DEFRA says an "error was made" when closing the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applications earlier this year, and people who had applications in progress when it was shut, could now be allowed to submit them. The Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - is part of the new system of farm payments in England, replacing the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. It pays people to do things like grow cover crops, plant flowers for pollinators, and manage hedgerows on their land. But in March this year, the Government announced, with no warning, that the SFI would be closed to new applications.We visit one farmer who could be affected by the change: dairy farmer, Sarah Godwin, had planned plant a mixture of grasses, enriched with legumes and other species - called a herbal ley - paid for by the SFI...but the scheme was abruptly closed in March before her application was complete. She says the farm had spent more than a thousand pounds on agents' fees to help with the forms.And testing top soils is often done to measure nutrients and organic matter - but recording what lies at a much lower depth could be key to enhancing soil health, and help achieve agriculture's net zero targets. We visit CAFRE, Northern Ireland's College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, where a major, deep soil carbon-coring project has been underway.Presented by Anna Hill Produced by Heather Simons

In this episode, we welcome David Wolpert, a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute renowned for his groundbreaking work across multiple disciplines—from physics and computer science to game theory and complexity. * Note: If you enjoy our podcast conversations, please join us for the Artificiality Summit on October 23-25 in Bend, Oregon for many more in person conversations like these! Learn more about the Summit at www.artificiality.world/summit.We reached out to David to explore the mathematics of meaning—a concept that's becoming crucial as we live more deeply with artificial intelligences. If machines can hold their own mathematical understanding of meaning, how does that reshape our interactions, our shared reality, and even what it means to be human?David takes us on a journey through his paper "Semantic Information, Autonomous Agency and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics," co-authored with Artemy Kolchinsky. While mathematically rigorous in its foundation, our conversation explores these complex ideas in accessible terms.At the core of our discussion is a novel framework for understanding meaning itself—not just as a philosophical concept, but as something that can be mathematically formalized. David explains how we can move beyond Claude Shannon's syntactic information theory (which focuses on the transmission of bits) to a deeper understanding of semantic information (what those bits actually mean to an agent).Drawing from Judea Pearl's work on causality, Schrödinger's insights on life, and stochastic thermodynamics, David presents a unified framework where meaning emerges naturally from an agent's drive to persist into the future. This approach provides a mathematical basis for understanding what makes certain information meaningful to living systems—from humans to single cells.Our conversation ventures into:How AI might help us understand meaning in ways we cannot perceive ourselvesWhat a mathematically rigorous definition of meaning could mean for AI alignmentHow contexts shape our understanding of what's meaningfulThe distinction between causal information and mere correlationWe finish by talking about David's current work on a potentially concerning horizon: how distributed AI systems interacting through smart contracts could create scenarios beyond our mathematical ability to predict—a "distributed singularity" that might emerge in as little as five years. We wrote about this work here. For anyone interested in artificial intelligence, complexity science, or the fundamental nature of meaning itself, this conversation offers rich insights from one of today's most innovative interdisciplinary thinkers. About David Wolpert:David Wolpert is a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and one of the modern era's true polymaths. He received his PhD in physics from UC Santa Barbara but has made seminal contributions across numerous fields. His research spans machine learning (where he formulated the "No Free Lunch" theorems), statistical physics, game theory, distributed intelligence, and the foundations of inference and computation. Before joining SFI, Wolpert held positions at NASA, Stanford, and the Santa Fe Institute as a professor. His work consistently bridges disciplinary boundaries to address fundamental questions about complex systems, computation, and the nature of intelligence.Thanks again to Jonathan Coulton for our music.

This week we're taking a closer look at the rural lives of islanders around our shores. A survey by the Young Islanders Network found the biggest concern for young people in Scotland's islands, is housing – or a lack of it. We speak to people about some of the problems they've faced - and some of the solutions.The Environment Food and Rural Affairs select Committee of MPs has been grilling the farming minister Daniel Zeichner about the repercussions of suspending the Sustainable Farming Incentive, or SFI, which gives payments to farmers for environmental work. Thousands of farmers have already joined, but it was abruptly closed to new applicants on 11th March. Trees are being planted on Dartmoor to help alleviate flooding. A team lead by the National Park Authority is using a method developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki which plants a wide variety of native species close together to encourage rapid tree growth.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

The Farming Minister has told Farming Today that it's the success of England's biggest environmental scheme which has led to its closure. As we've reported this week, there has been a furious reaction to the Government's decision to close the SFI to new applicants. The government says it plans to 'reset' the scheme before re-opening it. The Sustainable Farming Incentive paid farmers for environmental work - farming and environmental organisations have criticised its closure, saying it will put financial strain on farming businesses and have a detrimental impact on the environment. Minister Daniel Ziechner says more farmers than in previous years have applied for SFI and so the budget has been spent.Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

Today we look at the Government's decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applicants with immediate effect. The SFI is a major part of the post-Brexit system of farm payments in England. The devolved governments in the other nations of the UK are developing their own schemes and in the meantime retain direct payments to farmers. In England those basic payments are being phased out and replaced by environmental payments. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is one of the new schemes. It offered a range of options like improving soils, planting hedges or providing habitat for wildlife, for which farmers are paid. Defra says the budget has been 'successfully allocated' and so no new applications will now be accepted. Details on a new SFI will be announced in the summer but applications may not re-open until next year. Tom Bradshaw, President of the National Farmers Union, says the news is a "shattering blow".Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

Fler män än kvinnor vill försvara Sverige med vapen. / Samarbete mellan taxi och polisen minskar grova brott. / Produkter som bara fungerar med gamla mobilnät fortsätter att säljas. / SFI-elever visar upp sin konst Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Jenny Pejler och Ingrid Forsberg.

SFI-läraren Ingierd tog skydd under skjutningen: Eleverna kände igen skottljuden. / Den misstänkte gärningsmannen var från Örebro. / AI-avatar intervjuar årets sommarjobbare. / Forskare vill att sötpotatis ska odlas i Sverige Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Jenny Pejler och Anna Jonasson.

Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. Visit thetransmitter.org to explore the latest neuroscience news and perspectives, written by journalists and scientists. Read more about our partnership. Sign up for the “Brain Inspired” email alerts to be notified every time a new “Brain Inspired” episode is released. David Krakauer is the president of the Santa Fe Institute, where their mission is officially "Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds." When I think of the Santa Fe institute, I think of complexity science, because that is the common thread across the many subjects people study at SFI, like societies, economies, brains, machines, and evolution. David has been on before, and I invited him back to discuss some of the topics in his new book The Complex World: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Complexity Science. The book on the one hand serves as an introduction and a guide to a 4 volume collection of foundational papers in complexity science, which you'll David discuss in a moment. On the other hand, The Complex World became much more, discussing and connecting ideas across the history of complexity science. Where did complexity science come from? How does it fit among other scientific paradigms? How did the breakthroughs come about? Along the way, we discuss the four pillars of complexity science - entropy, evolution, dynamics, and computation, and how complexity scientists draw from these four areas to study what David calls "problem-solving matter." We discuss emergence, the role of time scales, and plenty more all with my own self-serving goal to learn and practice how to think like a complexity scientist to improve my own work on how brains do things. Hopefully our conversation, and David's book, help you do the same. David's website. David's SFI homepage. The book: The Complex World: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Complexity Science. The 4-Volume Series: Foundational Papers in Complexity Science. Mentioned: Aeon article: Problem-solving matter. The information theory of individuality. Read the transcript. 0:00 - Intro 3:45 - Origins of The Complex World 20:10 - 4 pillars of complexity 36:27 - 40s to 70s in complexity 42:33 - How to proceed as a complexity scientist 54:32 - Broken symmetries 1:02:40 - Emergence 1:13:25 - Time scales and complexity 1:18:48 - Consensus and how ideas migrate 1:29:25 - Disciplinary matrix (Kuhn) 1:32:45 - Intelligence vs. life

Polisen tror att Iran är inblandat i attentat mot israeliskt företag i Sverige. / Nobels fredspris till organisation mot kärnvapen. / Vikarier fick sluta efter test i svenska. / Mammor får ta med sina bebisar till SFI. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Jenny Pejler och Ingrid Forsberg.

Windows 11 24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend. A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities Microsoft 365, cloud, AI Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much Gemini comes to Workspace Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added More! Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable Xbox A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8 Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update New Indie Selects titles Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: e-e.com/twit lookout.com bigid.com/windowsweekly veeam.com

Windows 11 24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend. A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities Microsoft 365, cloud, AI Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much Gemini comes to Workspace Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added More! Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable Xbox A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8 Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update New Indie Selects titles Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: e-e.com/twit lookout.com bigid.com/windowsweekly veeam.com

Today we welcome Tom Lamb onto the R2Kast. Tom discusses the family legacy on his 550-acre arable farm, highlighting his journey as the fourth generation to continue farming. He shares insights into their rotation of wheat, barley, and grass, with the inclusion of fallow fields for environmental schemes like the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Mark Brown, the President and CEO of SFI.  Student Freedom Initiative is a nonprofit organization founded by Robert F. Smith because of his philanthropic efforts to tackle the student debt problem in America. SFI was founded in 2022 as a follow-up to the 2019 viral Morehouse College gift. The program offers alternative PLUS Loan opportunities for students majoring in STEM at participating HBCUs. The fund was initially started with a $50M investment from Robert F. Smith along with a $50M investment from InternXL, which partners with SFI to build an endowment without walls. SFI recently announced a $100M commitment from the STEIN Bridge group, bringing the endowment to $200M. The funds used to repay these loans are recycled into the SFA fund for another HBCU/MSI studentSupport the show: https://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.