FYI, if you're using a Moodle interface that requires colons in some sort of pseudo-but-not-really-coding-feature*, but the text you want to embed in that feature also uses colons, the IPA length mark is a nice alternative!
It is RIDICULOUS that I must resort to these workarounds.
Fuck Moodle.
*if it were proper code I could just escape the special characters
Under the new tax framework, landowners will pay based on their emissions from livestock, fertiliser, forestry and the disturbance of carbon-rich agricultural soils.
One of the main sources of CO2 emissions in the Danish agricultural sector is the drainage and cultivation of former wetlands. Rewilding these is a major strategy for reducing the sector’s emissions."
Extraordinary: this cooperation between farmers, nature groups, and government bucks the current European trend of headbutting among such groups. Doing this will pay off in so many ways.
"The agreement earmarks DKK 40 billion [US $ 5.8 bn] for a new fund to provide subsidies for this type of rewilding. It also pledges to raise 250,000 hectares of new forest, 100,000 of which must be ‘untouched’, ie. with no forestry operations."
#Denmark's agricultural tax covers "emissions from livestock, fertiliser, forestry and the disturbance of carbon-rich agricultural soils", and the lede is " earmarks billions for rewilding ".
But this highly complex, difficult, and positive achievement is framed in the English language press merely as a "tax on cows".
Tells you something about the willingness to strike compromise agreement, and the importance of the press in getting broad support for it.
It's been years since I could participate in #DogsAtPollingStations but I present Percy the #CatsOfMastodon, looking smug that I submitted a postal vote and supervising me while I work
Have you ever wondered why Brits take dogs to vote and photograph #DogsAtPollingStations? This meme apparently started in the ancient Roman Empire ... with hedgehogs! @Minimus shows the evidence! And don't forget to vote!