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Apr 29
The final Land Talks of the season is the week after next!
The full lineup of speakers is up, and is too varied to compress into this post. Everything from co-ops and buyouts to freeing planning and land-value capture.
luma.com/hkyckwm8
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Francis Irving retweeted
I'm very pleased to be on the bill for the next Land Talks
Come hear me talk about Croydon and rules based planning and 5 other excellent speakers in a pub
6pm, 11th May
luma.com/hkyckwm8
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Mar 15
Land Talks #5! I'm running another evening of lightning talks about land policy.
This one's got quirky stuff about the impact of driverless cars on land, and crunchy stuff about how liberalising planning can reduce trust and cause more problems.
luma.com/avdjw348
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Feb 1
Are you in London? We're running a second season of Land Talks! Lightning talks about radical land policy.
First one is two week's on Monday.
I won't link to it as this is X and your fault you're still reading a platform that has banned links.
Search for "Land Talks luma"!
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Jan 14
Pleased with @SurenVynn and my new episode of our podcast "Imagine an apple".
We talk with @frideswyth - who organises JessCamp where Vynn and I met! - about the inner experience of meditation.
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Jan 14
I think meditation is a particular area where more comparison to the variety of normal experience is important. Everyone's mental experience before they meditate is so different, it makes lots of the conversations confused esp. about early stages.
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Jan 14
Thanks @frideswyth for really detailed insights!
Find in any podcast app or at zencastr.com/z/gbMzgVr6
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Francis Irving retweeted
New episode! We talk with @frideswyth about the inner experience of meditation.
It's an exciting topic - lots of aspects of meditation are about awareness of how our minds are working.
Search for "Imagine an apple" wherever you listen to podcasts, or see links in thread!
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9 Nov 2025
I've had fun running Land Talks this last year, and we're ending it with a pub quiz.
If you're in London two week's on Tuesday, and fancy a more relaxing and social evening, with people who want to improve Britain's land system, see you there!
luma.com/c5944qgc
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Francis Irving retweeted
4 Nov 2025
this was a lot of fun! thank you to @frabcus and @SurenVynn for having me on and the thought-provoking questions
3 Nov 2025
New episode!
Today we interview @m_ashcroft about the inner experience of Alexander Technique.
What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing?
Find "Imagine an apple" in your favourite podcast app. Or links in the thread.
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3 Nov 2025
Alexander Technique, awareness, being aware of being aware, non-doing. On this month's episode of @imagine_apple, @@frabcus and I speak to none other than @m_ashcroft himself on the what Alexander Technique is and how it alters consciousness.
Link below
zencastr.com/z/ST9vDWiJ
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3 Nov 2025
Really happy to interview @m_ashcroft with @SurenVynn on @imagine_apple about what it *actually* means to "expand awareness".
(link in thread)
How much we focus and what that means varies between people and time and place. There's a lot going on in this conversation:
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3 Nov 2025
What a flow state is, when we're aware of awareness, what a thought it.
It's a great view - the changes someone can make using Alexander Technique provide perspective on all our inner experiences and what they're really like, and how they vary.
Thanks Michael and Vynn!
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Francis Irving retweeted
3 Nov 2025
New episode!
Today we interview @m_ashcroft about the inner experience of Alexander Technique.
What is it like to experience “open awareness”? What’s the difference between doing and non-doing?
Find "Imagine an apple" in your favourite podcast app. Or links in the thread.
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16 Oct 2025
Warning: This thread contains hot takes, because that's what you're meant to post on X, right? It's a place to be honest and not people pleasing.
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16 Oct 2025
The smart people I knew predicted it was a bad idea - whether you are left coded and hate the current X regime, or right coded and hated the previous X regime. Doesn't matter. The problem is, allowing a central distant other to control you.
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