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Jeremy Cherfas

Cracking piece from Max Walker in Vittles, on the Devon Split, as a vehicle for the industrialisation of London's milk supply. I've never tasted one, but I kept thinking, which came first, the Split or the Marritozzo. Still none the wiser.

https://open.substack.com/pub/vittles/p/cream-is-thicker-than-blood-the-rise?r=1ahjl&utm_campaig...

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The on-this-day feature on my main site threw up a little gem today from way back when in 2006. I was so thrilled by the fact that the post is still live, and by the fact that it is as relevant today as it was then (perhaps more so) that I am linking to it again. https://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_mannion/2006/03/living_large.html

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A new Eat This Newsletter: the other shoe drops on lead in cinnamon; rye in Scandinavia and the recent oldest bread, which requires a small qualifier; doubts about agricultural subsidies that โ€œthat when reached will make them redundantโ€; and a history of British pies https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-233-leavened/

Jeremy Cherfas

Currently reading: The Last Life by Claire Messud, ISBN: 9780156011655





Jeremy Cherfas

I'm not going to be deleting any drafts on 29 February, because I don't have any. Well, maybe a couple for ongoing client work. All my own "drafts" are just notes that may or may not end up as published things, so they don't represent any kind of drain or debt, for me.





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Eat This Newsletter gathers stories from around the internet and the world. From mother's milk in a bioreactor to the rural Chinese restaurants of Victoria, with stops in Rajasthan, Japan and Mexico.

Question: what happens to substandard fruit in Japan?

https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-231-apologies/

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๐Ÿˆ Animal #196 ๐Ÿป
I figured it out in 12 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿฏ Animal #194 ๐ŸซŽ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 4 | Avg. Guesses: 6.9

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿฆ• Animal #193 ๐Ÿฆญ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 3 | Avg. Guesses: 7

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿน Animal #192 ๐Ÿฒ
I figured it out in 6 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

Solution proved simple. Apply for a free account at Stadia Maps. Wait for (and chase up) verification email. Verify. Give Stadia this domain and everything now works. Any further effort on the checkins plugin will probably wait until the next problem arises.

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๐Ÿ˜ Animal #191 ๐Ÿฆ™
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

I'm jealous of how apparently easy it is to have sidenotes with this Hugo theme.

Jeremy Cherfas

Currently reading: Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang, ISBN: 9780063323179





Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿฆ˜ Animal #189 ๐Ÿฆƒ
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

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Well, this is a drag. Just discovered that all my Checkins at WithKnown show an error because they are not authenticated at Stadia Maps. I hope I can find the problem and fix it.

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๐Ÿข Animal #187 ๐Ÿพ
I figured it out in 13 guesses!
๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7

https://metazooa.com

That took some doing.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿฑ Animal #186 ๐Ÿก
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6.8

https://metazooa.com

Absolutely the worst one yet. Completely meaningless.

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๐Ÿฆ‡ Animal #184 ๐Ÿฆ–
I figured it out in 3 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6.9

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

I've just set up a couple of Alfred custom web searches, prompted by Wouter Groeneveld's post How To Search The Internet at https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/01/how-to-search-the-internet/ No idea yet whether I these will ever imprint themselves on my muscle memory, though I do want to try.

Jeremy Cherfas

Replied to a post on ruk.ca :

Such an amazing chain of events with such interesting consequences. Alas, neither of my parents were the diarying kind, but I definitely appreciate my own as an aide-memoire. Seeing what I did on this day is always fun.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿ‚ Animal #182 ๐Ÿ”
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 11 | Avg. Guesses: 7

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

Interesting to read Devastatia's IndieWeb Carnival entry, which opens with an account of The Breakfast Club, the day after we saw The Holdovers. We were talking about great high school movies of the past, and of course TBC was among them (also If, The History Boys etc). As a Boomer, I wonder how those and The Holdovers (set in 1971) come across to recent generations.

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๐Ÿฆง Animal #181 ๐Ÿฆข
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 10 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

Got off to a bad start.

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๐Ÿ› Animal #180 ๐Ÿฑ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿฆ‹ Animal #179 ๐Ÿฉ
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 8 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ‡ Animal #178 ๐Ÿฆ‚
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 7 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

Repetition!

Jeremy Cherfas

Robert has a good solution to blocking text-to-speech narration in audiobooks, not a problem for me as I don't listen. But ... the 2023 roundup of Tyler Cowan's podcast said they were recording his voice for a custom text-to-speech. Might be worthwhile.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿฆค Animal #177 ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 6 | Avg. Guesses: 7.2

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿˆ Animal #176 ๐Ÿฆ“
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 5 | Avg. Guesses: 7.4

https://metazooa.com

Bad common name, again.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿพ Animal #175 ๐Ÿฆฉ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 4 | Avg. Guesses: 7.3

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ Animal #174 ๐Ÿฆญ
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 3 | Avg. Guesses: 7.4

https://metazooa.com

Even after a hint, which I didnโ€™t actually need, the paucity of potential candidate was unhelpful.

Jeremy Cherfas

Very excited to have a new season of appear in my feed, looking into the coup dโ€™etat in Wilmington, North Carolina, of 1898. John Biewen and his collaborators have produced some of the most compelling podcasts on racism and sexism, and judging by episode 1 this will be every bit as good as previous series.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿฆ˜ Animal #173 ๐Ÿ
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7.3

https://metazooa.com

Wow! That was a quick refresher course.

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๐Ÿ  Animal #172 ๐Ÿ—
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.3

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ‚ Animal #170 ๐Ÿˆ
I figured it out in 11 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 14 | Avg. Guesses: 7.3

https://metazooa.com

Had to ask for a hint.

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๐Ÿฆ’ Animal #169 ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 13 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

New Eat This Newsletter with organic genetic manipulation, industrial chicken-like products, the etymology of devil's dung, America's water woes and the magic of cooked.wiki

https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/brave-new-year/

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๐Ÿž Animal #168 ๐Ÿฎ
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 12 | Avg. Guesses: 7.2

https://metazooa.com

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Reading about how Terence Eden has integrated solar panels, smart metering and a fair-sized battery makes me very envious. I've never heard of anything like that on offer in Italy and as a renter rather than owner, there is absolutely no incentive for me to find out more. But I would genuinely love to pre-pay for my electricity for 10 years

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿ Animal #167 ๐ŸฆŒ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 11 | Avg. Guesses: 7.5

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿข Animal #166 ๐Ÿฆฌ
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 10 | Avg. Guesses: 7.7

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ… Animal #165 ๐Ÿฌ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 9 | Avg. Guesses: 7.6

https://metazooa.com

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿ  Animal #164 ๐Ÿฆœ
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 8 | Avg. Guesses: 7.9

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ“ Animal #163 ๐Ÿฆ•
I figured it out in 13 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 7 | Avg. Guesses: 8

https://metazooa.com

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๐ŸŸ Animal #162 ๐ŸŠ
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 6 | Avg. Guesses: 7.3

https://metazooa.com

Total guesswork.

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๐Ÿฆ Animal #161 ๐Ÿฆฌ
I figured it out in 11 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 5 | Avg. Guesses: 8.2

https://metazooa.com

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Animal #160 ๐Ÿˆ
I figured it out in 13 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 4 | Avg. Guesses: 7.6

https://metazooa.com

Had to ask for a clue.

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๐ŸฆŽ Animal #159 ๐Ÿฐ
I figured it out in 15 guesses!
๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸฅ๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸง๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 3 | Avg. Guesses: 6.3

https://metazooa.com

Spoiled for choice.

Jeremy Cherfas

๐Ÿ• Animal #158 ๐Ÿชฒ
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐Ÿ”ฅ 2 | Avg. Guesses: 3.3

https://metazooa.com