Jeremy Cherfas

A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.

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Very strange web seen this morning. There didn’t seem to be a spider in view. I thought maybe caterpillars, but none that could see. It was like a suspended, open bag. Mystified.

Very strange web seen this morning. There didn’t seem to be a spider in view. I thought maybe caterpillars, but none that could see. It was like a suspended, open bag. Mystified.

Eat This Newsletter 241, glancing askance at a Wikipedia edit war and the periodic table of food and more seriously at olives in Palestine, fascism and fish fingers, and metadata for culinary history. https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-241-periodic/

Eat This Newsletter 241, glancing askance at a Wikipedia edit war and the periodic table of food and more seriously at olives in Palestine, fascism and fish fingers, and metadata for culinary history. https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-241-periodic/

Cockpit expanded! Handlebars of Brompton bicycle showing newly installed bridge between the two sides, creating additional space to affix gizmos.

Cockpit expanded! Handlebars of Brompton bicycle showing newly installed bridge between the two sides, creating additional space to affix gizmos.

Folds of green

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* On foot
* 43.149186, 11.449313
* Tuesday 4 June, 2024
* 423.81 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap

Not quite as close as I could be, but a better view. The quest is somewhere behind the bush on the left.

Nice enough spot to spend a few days.

Nice enough spot to spend a few days.

Not something I expected to see on opening Skype today.

Not something I expected to see on opening Skype today.

2024-05-17

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* On bicycle
* 41.883903, 12.459594
* Thursday 18 April, 2024
* 424.34 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap

After a ride of about 22 km this morning, discovered the bicycle rabbit quest less than one km from home.

I’m not a huge gizmo guy but having seen one of these in action a couple of eeeks ago, this is the best toy I have given myself in a long time. Ready to roll.

I’m not a huge gizmo guy but having seen one of these in action a couple of eeeks ago, this is the best toy I have given myself in a long time. Ready to roll.

Even more folded Brompton lined up for the Le Mans style start.

Even more folded Brompton lined up for the Le Mans style start.

On board the ferry to Tronchetto. From there we pedal to the Brompton World Championships.

On board the ferry to Tronchetto. From there we pedal to the Brompton World Championships.

Many, many Bromptons, at our restaurant in Treviso. And there are some inside too.

Many, many Bromptons, at our restaurant in Treviso. And there are some inside too.

Stopped off briefly on my way to the station. Next stop, Treviso.

Stopped off briefly on my way to the station. Next stop, Treviso.

Feeling like one of 20,000 dots that stopped moving forever.

Feeling like one of 20,000 dots that stopped moving forever.

New lens on the old camera; very enjoyable first outing.

New lens on the old camera; very enjoyable first outing.

Wintersweet (Chymonanthes) flower.

2024-01-05

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* On foot
* 38.716759, -75.079303
* Friday 5 January 2024
* 422.24 ppm CO2
* [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.716759&mlon=-75.079303#map=14/38.7168/-75.0793)

Behind that window.

2024-01-04

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* On foot
* 38.709716, -75.074655
* Thursday 4 January 2024
* 422.23 ppm CO2
* [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.709716&mlon=-75.074655#map=14/38.7097/-75.0747)

On the spot! (At least within phone location accuracy.)

2024-01-03

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* On foot
* 38.72420, -75.09154
* Wednesday 3 January 2024
* Unrecorded ppm CO2
* [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.724209&mlon=-75.09154#map=14/38.7118/-75.0823)

The perils of a busy day. Didn't record some of the details and didn't post yesterday. Maybe a Shortcut would help create a draft post.

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Another pure test

Another pure test

No sooner have we passed the winter solstice than the harbingers of spring arrive. Come on you daffs.

No sooner have we passed the winter solstice than the harbingers of spring arrive. Come on you daffs.

Another rabbit quest almost reached, just 11 metres away but thwarted by a locked gate.

Another rabbit quest almost reached, just 11 metres away but thwarted by a locked gate.

The Mayan maize god. A new scientific version of maize origins has just been published in Science, and one of the lead researchers talked to me for the latest episode of Eat This Podcast. https://eatthispodcast.com/maize

The Mayan maize god. A new scientific version of maize origins has just been published in Science, and one of the lead researchers talked to me for the latest episode of Eat This Podcast. https://eatthispodcast.com/maize

Terrific 50km bike ride with the Rome chapter of FIAB. Absolutely glorious day

Terrific 50km bike ride with the Rome chapter of FIAB. Absolutely glorious day

Could Ice Cream Possibly be Good for You? asked The Atlantic earlier this year. Yes, it could, so why weren’t we told? David Johns had already dug into reports on reducing salt and whether Big Sugar bought off anti-fat scientists. We talked about all that, and more, in the latest episode, at https://www.eatthispodcast.com/nutrition-science/

Could Ice Cream Possibly be Good for You? asked The Atlantic earlier this year. Yes, it could, so why weren’t we told? David Johns had already dug into reports on reducing salt and whether Big Sugar bought off anti-fat scientists. We talked about all that, and more, in the latest episode, at https://www.eatthispodcast.com/nutrition-science/

So cute that there’s a huge model train shop on platform 11 Munich Hbf.

So cute that there’s a huge model train shop on platform 11 Munich Hbf.

Hop country, in Bavaria, first leg of the three back to Rome.

Hop country, in Bavaria, first leg of the three back to Rome.

Focused.

Ready for border:none

Ready for border:none

And we’re off. Final destination Nürnberg for border:none and IWC.

And we’re off. Final destination Nürnberg for border:none and IWC.

New edition of Eat This Newsletter points to the probability of social unrest in Britain, three different views of agricultural biodiversity and unbalanced lime crises; too few in Peru and too many on my terrace, if such a thing is possible. Read it at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-222-blimey/ and consider subscribing

New edition of Eat This Newsletter points to the probability of social unrest in Britain, three different views of agricultural biodiversity and unbalanced lime crises; too few in Peru and too many on my terrace, if such a thing is possible. Read it at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-222-blimey/ and consider subscribing

Monday was the 80th anniversary of the roundup and deportation to Auschwitz of the Jews of Rome. That much I knew as I was planning this episode. More recent events took me and everyone else completely by surprise. Then I had two days of network outage, so here’s the latest podcast, on the Jewish Food of Rome. https://eatthispodcast.com/jewish-food

Monday was the 80th anniversary of the roundup and deportation to Auschwitz of the Jews of Rome. That much I knew as I was planning this episode. More recent events took me and everyone else completely by surprise. Then I had two days of network outage, so here’s the latest podcast, on the Jewish Food of Rome. https://eatthispodcast.com/jewish-food

Parking, Italian style

Parking, Italian style

Cath Kinsella of Saltrock Dairy in Ireland is selling pasteurised, non-homogenised milk direct to customers. “Like “Why interfere with a really good quality product? Stop interfering with it.” Small milk, in this week’s episode. https://www.eatthispodcast.com/small-milk/

Cath Kinsella of Saltrock Dairy in Ireland is selling pasteurised, non-homogenised milk direct to customers. “Like “Why interfere with a really good quality product? Stop interfering with it.” Small milk, in this week’s episode. https://www.eatthispodcast.com/small-milk/

I treasure this view of the Italian countryside from Montalcino, to end the September photo challenge.

I treasure this view of the Italian countryside from Montalcino, to end the September photo challenge.

Contrast, for the September photo challenge, which for reasons unknown failed to post yesterday.

Contrast, for the September photo challenge, which for reasons unknown failed to post yesterday.

And that’s only half the workout, for the September photo challenge.

And that’s only half the workout, for the September photo challenge.

I do love the way morning glories embrace anything within reach, for the September photo challenge.

I do love the way morning glories embrace anything within reach, for the September photo challenge.

Beers, in their very own wee ice buckets, are an excellent beverage for the September photo challenge.

Beers, in their very own wee ice buckets, are an excellent beverage for the September photo challenge.

A bit of solar flare, for the September photo challenge

A bit of solar flare, for the September photo challenge

My favourite belt, handmade from horsehair in Ecuador, for the September photo challenge

My favourite belt, handmade from horsehair in Ecuador, for the September photo challenge

How a Saturday in our life generally starts, with a visit the the fruttivendola downstairs, for the September photo challenge

How a Saturday in our life generally starts, with a visit the the fruttivendola downstairs, for the September photo challenge

Country road, for the September photo challenge

Country road, for the September photo challenge

Night falls swiftly, for the September photo challenge.

Night falls swiftly, for the September photo challenge.

A sandstorm can be a major disruption, for the September photo challenge.

A sandstorm can be a major disruption, for the September photo challenge.

Edge, for the September photo challenge.

Edge, for the September photo challenge.

The fabric of these Roman baths has stood for 2000 years, only to end up in the September photo challenge.

The fabric of these Roman baths has stood for 2000 years, only to end up in the September photo challenge.

Diane Purkiss’ new book English Food: A People’s History is an amazing look at what and how the English ate, past and present. I wanted to talk about what happened when the English did not have enough to eat. Take a listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/food-riots

Diane Purkiss’ new book English Food: A People’s History is an amazing look at what and how the English ate, past and present. I wanted to talk about what happened when the English did not have enough to eat. Take a listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/food-riots

An intense reflective experience, for the September photo challenge.

An intense reflective experience, for the September photo challenge.

Oof! For the September photo challenge.

Oof! For the September photo challenge.