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"I'm the Problem; It's Me": On the Confession the Mainstream Media Won't Make

Rebecca Solnit’s article is yet another reason to support independent journalism unfettered by craven “news” corporations.

Jeremy Cherfas

Eat This Newsletter 270

Eggflation excuses, the sad saga of the British sliced loaf, what to grow in a nuclear winter, hot dance food science PhD, and a sober accounting of the US's food-related losses.

https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-270-concentrated-profits/

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2025-05-19

rabbit_quest #geohashing 20250516-W-AY68O8

1 min read

Composite image. On the left a map showing the location of the quest and my position. On the right, a view across some long grass in flower with a central tree that may be a Holm Oak and some umbrella pines on the right. The sky is very blue.

* On foot
* 41.8814, 12.4388
* 16 May 2025
* 427.73 ppm CO2
OpenStreetMap

Another one a nice walk away in the other part of the local park. Had to walk through some lovely long grass to get there.

Jeremy Cherfas

Top Album Artists from last.fm for week ending 15 May

1 Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos 13
2 The Be Good Tanyas 12
3 M83 11
4 James Blackshaw 9
5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet 7

Jeremy Cherfas

2025-05-16

rabbit_quest #geohashing 20250506-W-AY68O8

1 min read

Composite image. On the left a map showing the location of the quest and my position. On the right, a view under some umbrella pines with patchy grass and a bare path in the foreground. In the middle distance is a small enclosure of bright orange mesh netting.

* On foot
* 41.884599, 12.448835
* 5 May 2025
* 427.68 ppm CO2
OpenStreetMap

It’s been a while, in more ways than one. Here’s a quest from 10 days ago.

Jeremy Cherfas

As I was saying, Chris Smaje is always worth reading.

"It’s hardly original to observe that, in the Greek, apocalypse means a revelation or uncovering. ... we need to embrace what apocalypse is revealing to us, while for sure trying to mitigate the miseries it inevitably entails."

Jeremy Cherfas

@withknown is being exceedingly dumb today, refusing to accept a bookmark that happens to contain greek letters. So let's try here.

https://chrissmaje.com/2025/05/finding-lights-in-a-dark-age-or-writing-ἀποκάλυψις/

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Top artists last week.

1. Billie Holiday 16
2. John Hiatt 11
3. Pat Metheny 11
4. Warren Zevon 11
5. Madredeus 10

Jeremy Cherfas

2025-05-12

New episode: Puglia

1 min read

Typical vegetables of puglia in a ceramic bowl decorated with a green border. Barattiere are round, pale-green melons, eaten unripe like a cucumber. Carrots cay be purple, yellow or orange. And sporchia are the dark purple shoots of a broomrape parasitic on broad beans.

Direct from Polignano a Mare, Flavia Giordano's love letter to Puglia's unique foods and ingredients, including some remarkable biodiversity. Melons eaten unripe, colourful carrots, and sporchia, a broomrape parasitic on broad beans.

https://eatthispodcast.com/puglia