'Meat lobby groups fought a 'hard and dirty' war against a planned EU ban on caged hens and pigs that has now been shelved ... The measures, which were supposed to go through by the end of 2023, have the support of 89% of European citizens.' theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is how bonkers the September temperatures have been. SVS.gsfc.nasa.gov/5161

I collect the best opening lines from books.

10 gems – and what you can learn from them:

Pleased to have this just published! doi.org/10.1177/263498… Environment & Planning F

Explores research framing, axiology & “mapping space”*

Thanks to Chris Perkins Matt V @JackCoffin, 2 writing retreats @Ctemenos @budworthpoppy, & a reading group Jessy e williams Andy

How many animals get slaughtered for meat every day?

My new Our World in Data article is now online:
ourworldindata.org/how-many-anima…

Ernest Hemingway once said:

'The first draft of anything is sh*t.'

And luckily, editing is a skill.

But most people struggle to refine their writing – because they don't know where to begin.

So here are 7 of the best editing principles I use every single day:

Having recently been through this process I might be biased, but this paper theorises changing cultures and markets in a way that is insightful but also a joy to read. 🤓🧐🥰

Surreal to see a leaflet for my first ever book with Jack Coffin on the Routledge stand Academy of Marketing

Consuming Atmospheres is an interdisciplinary collection about Designing, Experiencing & Researching atmospheres in consumption spaces

OUT SOON 👀🔜 routledge.com/Consuming-Atmo…

🤩 new book alert 🚨 October 2023 Jack Coffin and Chloe Steadman on #Consuming #Atmospheres 🤩🤩🤩

I think many of these apply (or can be adapted) for academic writing also.

GRATEFUL for two wonderful days of learning together about consumers, the marketplace, and publishing in Journal of Consumer Research at University of Bath School of Management. Dr Sarah Glozer Tim Hill Varala Maraj Andrew Crane are TERRIFIC hosts! So many great ideas and paper projects!! Can't wait to be back!!

Early 🚂 from University of Bath to UoM News. Thank you to Avi Shankar and Tim Hill for inviting me! It was enlightening to hear Markus Giesler present on publishing in Journal of Consumer Research and join a discussion on the future of our field. I leave feeling inspired to research and write! 🤓

The Ancient Greek word 'telos' means end or goal.

From this root, philosophers have defined two types of activities in life:

1. Telic: With end or goal.
2. Atelic: Without end or goal.

Here's why we all need to understand them:

We saw Alex Edelman’s matinee show today and loved it; hilarious and thought-provoking, tightly-scripted yet improvised, I would highly recommend it! He did point out that the mid-afternoon audience was full of typical BBC Radio 4 listeners though: guilty! 🤷🏻‍♂️

An excellent thread, but I particularly liked this comment. My concern is that while AI may help to automate much writing (whether legitimately or through cheating), future generations may not develop the skills they need to truly stand out as citizens, creatives, craftspeople…

'Your first draft isn't an unoriginal idea expressed clearly; it's an original idea expressed poorly, and it is accompanied by your amorphous dissatisfaction, your awareness of the distance between what it says and what you want it to say.'

This high-rise tower in China isn't a housing block — it's a pig farm.

Each floor operates like a self-contained farm for stages of a young pig’s life. Towers like this are part of China's push to reduce its dependence on agricultural imports. nyti.ms/3RK6cvB

Curious to see the revulsion at these new pig skyscrapers. The pigs don't care that they're up high.

The pigs care that they can't run, root, play, or breath fresh air. And that's equally true of pig factory farms everywhere -- including here in the US.

Back in 2019 Tim Hill and I asked Journal of Marketing Management if we could send out an unusual call for papers; or, more accurately, for songs, apps, zines, and other alternative forms of representing marketing knowledge. Read our introduction and all the pieces here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Layers of texture: brick dentils and dog tooth corbels at Finsbury Park Station. Easy to do and once common.