Reluctantly, I use What’s App to communicate with a few friends and family who really do not want to change their ways. My name and number are thus available to anyone who wants to message me, and usually I am able to find another way to reply and suggest that they use Signal or plain ol’ email. That scenario poayed out perfectly earlier this week. Today, Instagram recommended I follow the person involved. And that is why I am reluctant.
A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
@help @manton I have twice tried to update micro.blog on my Mac, and twice it has stalled on extracting the update. So I quit and everything is fine.
2025-09-08
Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20250907-W-AY68OD
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* On foot
* 41.8565, 12.4847
* 7 September 2025
* 422.31 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
Had to get out after a couple of days chained to my desk so went for a 5km walk to bag this rabbit. Very much enjoyed a cold drink at the bar just down the road.
2025-09-08
Further madness
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And then there's this, claiming I spent more time on archive.org than Safari. By a lot. And I know I didn't. Maybe the computer was up to something ...
Eat This Podcast kicks off a new series talking to John Speth about that Neanderthal fat factory and a better explanation for why, when you look at nitrogen isotope ratios, Neanderthals seem to be even more carnivorous than lions and tigers.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/maggots/
Mystified. How can an AppleScript that works perfectly from Script Editor be broken when called by Keyboard Maestro? Putting off hunting for an actual answer to next week.
I should have known, back when I wrote Cry baby? Die baby (https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/cry-baby-die-baby) in 2006 that there was no good evidence for a genetic basis to colic in human infants.
The thing is, those podcast spammers selling the joys of YT are quite enticing, until I remember that although it would be nice to have more listeners, it isn't necessary.
Nice to be back at home after extended absences, but so much catching up to do. That's why I haven't promoted the latest Eat This Newsletter until now, but here it is for your entertainment.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn282-myths-busted/
If you’re puzzled by recent claims about “authentic” Parmigiano-Reggiano you might want to listen to Zachary Nowak explain how the rules effectively trapped the cheese in aspic.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/what-makes-parmigiano-reggiano-parmigiano-reggiano/