User:Biscuit-flower/sandbox

GM has dropped a spanner taking off Channel 4 TV.

GM is pro-gov't (BBCR4: The Media Expert) and thinks gov't reacted swiftly to plague19.

GM has told at least 3 stories of how he got into radio:

1. "creative types are in the studios" (BBC Digital Planet / Go Digital public story)

2. aspired TV, but enamoured by radio (Imperial College London: Short Science 010)

3. Audioboo bye bye bush house boo's story

4? SciNotSci #22-23 at Stuart Huggins. (this is the same story as presented in #1)

Who are you, John Galt

(I'm so happy someone quoted from my edits on Gareth Mitchell's wiki)

Gareth didn't flout this on his social media, but he was interviewed by the University of Malta here. Quote:

"'Gareth Mitchell hosts the BBC’s Digital Planet Podcast. He lectures in broadcast and written journalism at Imperial College London. Before his interest in technology, Gareth used to participate in bellringing. He is also a pilot and is a licensed amateur radio operator.'"

Without my digging into his tweets on aviation, his actual brush with bellringing as a teenager in 2015, and his updates on his most ongoing quest in amateur radio, I suppose the folks at University of Malta wouldn't have known otherwise. So if Gareth ever sees this, remember that famous quote by the Terminator. Or Yoda. Happy 50th birthday, buddy, even though you can't go to a pub. I'm not sure if I'm your biggest fan, but I can't deny that Digital Planet played a huge role in my life.

"I will be back — Terminator"

Further reflection: I suspect this journalist has done a great job hiding who he is. Full-time starting 2000 vs 2002 (see his page), and speaking in fear of jabs in the Rethink podcast but the fact that he couldn't have entered Kenya (2009 & 2019, Nairobi) without vaccination (specifically yellow fever), has cast doubt on the work he has done. I'm ashamed of him.

Finally, we managed to infiltrate the #doingdataright webinar on 28 Jan 2021 in which G was a panellist. Don't ask how.