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Jeremy Cherfas

Please Sir,

What does hypeisis mean?

The internet does not know and keeps thinking I mean hypnosis, which I do not.

Thanks

Jeremy

Jeremy Cherfas

A different kind of wreath.

A different kind of wreath.

A different kind of wreath.

Jeremy Cherfas

And so it begins, with one of three beef cheeks.

And so it begins, with one of three beef cheeks.

And so it begins, with one of three beef cheeks.

Jeremy Cherfas

Lunch, in Ronciglione, of a perfect cacio e pepe.

Lunch, in Ronciglione, of a perfect cacio e pepe.

Lunch, in Ronciglione, of a perfect cacio e pepe.

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My kinda persimmon.

My kinda persimmon.

My kinda persimmon.

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Inspired by @domenicacooks to attempt one of the great snacks of Naples (and Ischia, where we first came across them).

Inspired by @domenicacooks to attempt one of the great snacks of Naples (and Ischia, where we first came across them).

Inspired by @domenicacooks to attempt one of the great snacks of Naples (and Ischia, where we first came across them).

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Is there no way to stop the idiocy of having to prove I am a human when I try to use my phone to access a site “protected” by @cloudflare?

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Lawks.

Lawks.

Lawks.

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I went to your site at https://simulacrum.party/, as advertised in your profile, to see what your interests might be, with a view to making a sensible suggestion. It returned a 404. So, you know, maybe tech is hard?

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TGIF

TGIF

TGIF

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Socially distant Santas at our local bar.

Socially distant Santas at our local bar.

Socially distant Santas at our local bar.

Jeremy Cherfas

I have Chrome installed for one reason only: to chat with a good friend who won't use anything else. I used to use Adium, but it won't do it any more. What are my alternatives to interact with Google Hangouts?





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A thread about ideas for Botany One plant stories

Such a fine example of endearing grumpiness in the pursuit of truth and beauty.

Jeremy Cherfas

I too have been ignoring Spotify's apparently magical Discover Weekly these past several weeks, not because I was feeling algorithmicly manipulated, but because I've just had more of a hankering to listen to whole albums. Unfortunately, unlike Phil Gyford, even when I was doing Discover Weekly regularly, it didn't seem to surface anyone in particular for me. Maybe I should try again.

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Watched The Right Stuff, which I had never seen, for the obvious reason, and was very pleased to have done so. 🎥

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My kind of Xmas tree.

My kind of Xmas tree.

My kind of Xmas tree.

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A mostly white (5% each rye and wholemeal) sourdough loaf for Sunday breakfast and beyond.

A mostly white (5% each rye and wholemeal) sourdough loaf for Sunday breakfast and beyond.

A mostly white (5% each rye and wholemeal) sourdough loaf for Sunday breakfast and beyond.

Jeremy Cherfas

Anna Jones’ peanut butter kale ready for the oven.

Anna Jones’ peanut butter kale ready for the oven.

Anna Jones’ peanut butter kale ready for the oven.

Jeremy Cherfas

Replied to a post on ruk.ca :

I was tempted by a fully electric car earlier this summer, but the cruel fact is that in a city or apartments, in which we have no access to a garage (or "box" as they are known here) there just wouldn't be any way to re-fuel. So I got a hybrid. Then, over the past few weeks, the city has been hard at work installing two charging stations on the corner. Currently they are not yet functional, and occupied by gas-guzzling SUVs.

When they are functional, I wonder how the city plans to keep other cars from occupying the spaces. I suspect they won't.

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I have just one question: how on Earth do they get whole chestnuts for marron glacé?

I have just one question: how on Earth do they get whole chestnuts for marron glacé?

I have just one question: how on Earth do they get whole chestnuts for marron glacé?

Jeremy Cherfas

It’s that time again.

It’s that time again.

It’s that time again.

Jeremy Cherfas

After the rain ...

After the rain ...

After the rain ...

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Replied to a post on ruk.ca :

I have not yet been bitten by this particular version of helpfulness gone awry, but I am aware it could happen, and I agree with Peter that there really ought to be a simple way to indicate that someone is no longer available to be shared with.

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The Most Beautiful Experiment: Meselson and Stahl • iBiology

Cannot wait to watch this. For as long as I have been a biologist, I have regarded this as the one thing I wish I'd been around for. Well, maybe poly-U too ...

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Jeremy Cherfas

The past month of micro posts served to reinforce my belief in my need for extrinsic motivation.

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Pizza night.

Pizza night.

Pizza night.

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Crossing pedestrian off my list.

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In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

In tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.

How did the Brits become a nation of tea drinkers?

“Comparative Consumption,” Sir James Buckingham, A Few Facts about Indian Tea and How to Brew It (London: Indian Tea Association, 1910, p. 4. British Library shelf mark 07076.48 (4).

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I absolutely refuse to be bullied by a “random” word generator into using a word like mask. is a hoax.

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Dilemma is one of those words that never looks correctly spelled to me. I dither between dilemma and dilemna for reasons that escape me.

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To eight of these

To eight of these

To eight of these

in only 24 hours.

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It seems I’ve done nothing but adjust for the past nine months.

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Call me the breeze?

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A university press department that can't be messaged on Twitter? That's a new one for me.

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I’m a good listener. I can say things like “provision another instance,” and have no idea what I’m talking about.

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John Naughton gets it:

although I use both Medium and Substack, everything I write therein is also published verbatim on my ‘live’ blog, which is completely under my control, and for whose hosting I pay with my own money. For me, Substack provided merely a convenient and reliable way of sending out the email version of what really matters — the live blog on the open Web.

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I confess, I’ve never really liked the idea of “nice capture” applied to a photograph, even a stunning wildlife image. It smacks of snapping the soul, and the hunting side of it doesn’t appeal either.

Jeremy Cherfas

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Winter fuel, part 2

Winter fuel, part 2

Winter fuel, part 2

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Not sure when I will next cross a physical border to another country, but independent cyberspace remains open, for which I am thankful.

Jeremy Cherfas

Jeremy Cherfas

The Substackerati - Columbia Journalism Review

Very interesting article about Substack that can't quite decide whether it thinks Substack is a good thing or not. Also, I don't buy Substack's excuses about showing only the top 25 earners. Why not show earners 26-50? Or a random selection of 25 newsletters? It's the Matthew Effect all over again.

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Fade to black.

Not the end

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No, anything is not possible.

Jeremy Cherfas

I need to train myself to dig deeper before trying tricky computer stuff, but it is actually quite hard to find the tutorials that give understanding before they give instruction.