Matt Farmer

Energy technology reporter. Freelancer? Maybe. Message me if you'd like!
Any opinion you may find is mine, thanks for finding it.

[Matt Farmer @MattFarmsWords]

I've lived in London for, on and off, twenty months now, and this is the first time I've heard Big Ben go bong.

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World Cup in Piccadilly Circus:

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Now I won't get to vote for Binface. 😥

[Matt Farmer @MattFarmsWords]

Approximately 188,000 people will go through #TheQueue to pass the Queen's coffin before the funeral, I roughly estimate.
This assumes a changing of the guard every 20 minutes lasting 2.75 minutes (likely), and a consistent rate of one mourner every two seconds (less certain).

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The first revelation is that DCMS has a YouTube channel.
The second is that you can use it to track The Queue.

[Department for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS]

We are now sharing updates on the queue length to attend Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State

Follow DCMS on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook (/dcmsgovuk) for latest information, including where to join

https://t.co/MzGcxzsSEg

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Never actually seen a copy of "Who's Who" before, but whoever wrote Stephen Fry's entry was having a laugh.

[Matt Farmer @MattFarmsWords]

This extensive oral history born of a 10-second clip of Tim Curry from 15 years ago, created because of his unavailability to interview, is everything I want my career to be.
https://t.co/qOz4SAqx7E

[Matt Farmer @MattFarmsWords]

Finally, Soweto Gospel Choir. Like the last two, a bit dearer than most, but vibrant, moving, and enlightening. They're doing a different show next week, so changes may apply.
Assembly Main Hall, 13:40
https://t.co/eCYvIRFojJ

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I've been at #EdFringe2022 this week, so here's some high-quality recommendations for high-quality people:

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Aquapella: Pitch Perfect but it's not annoying and the songs are great. Will be adding to playlist (they're on Spotify and did Think About Things, so I'm happy).
Patter Hoose, 11:30
https://t.co/kCV8d2j5TC

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Ahead of the #Eurovision2023 host city shortlist, worth noting that most hotel rooms in Glasgow in the third week of May are already sold out...

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Only just found out that Death Valley in the US, famed for being a sweltering desert, is flooded right now.
https://t.co/cb48klvJXA

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@RobertScammell 🤔Maybe we're all living inside an NFT of the real universe... 🤔

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Good illustrations of how the amount of talk about nuclear at the moment seems ridiculous compared to reality.

[Josh Buckland @jbuckland13]

Always an important energy day with @NationalGridESO publishing it’s future scenarios for what our future energy system could look like. Scale of change needed summed up well in two killer charts.

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Buy your fans NOW before everyone else has the same idea! #RunOnTheFans

[Met Office @metoffice]

⚠️⚠️🔴 Red Extreme heat warning issued 🔴⚠️⚠️

Parts of England on Monday and Tuesday

Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMg9c70

Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️

[Matt Farmer @MattFarmsWords]

There's no reasonable alternative to net zero by 2050. Those saying otherwise are wrong. Even net zero 2050 is very damaging to our way of life, but it prevents permanent damage. It isn't even too costly, its definitely cheaper long-term, and will make all of us better off soon.