Extra virgin olive oil appeared in 1960, after a decade of scandalous adulteration. Then, it denoted quality. Today, not so much. “I would argue,” says Carl Ipsen, “that a bigger problem today than fraud is transportation and storage.”
A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Finished reading: Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes by Anthony Gottlieb, ISBN: 9780300180473
#Non-fiction
@help I keep getting Bad Request error trying to post from Sunlit to my Micropub enabled info site. I know the app is authorized. I can’t seem to get any extra info. Nor can I delete the existing external blog to start again. Anything else I can try?
Iceland • Joel Dueck
Really great set of photos and words.
Fascinating piece on how to really acquire a language, which left me feeling more than ever what a pain it is to have always found Italian newspapers so horrendously pompous and verbose. I'd love to be so engrossed in something that I wanted to devour it, but nothing, yet, comes close. Suggestions?
Top Albums from last.fm on 08/03/26
1, Chet Baker, Chet, (9);
2, John Scofield, Six Strings, (9);
3, The Little Willies, For The Good Times, (2);
4, Billie Holiday & Lester Young, Lady Day & Pres 1937–1941, (1);
5, Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, (1);
Checked into Staj noodle bar
Fusion noodles place in Naples. Came in out of desperation and were very pleased.