Always feels good to finish tomorrow's Eat This Newsletter a little early. Sign up at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/ if you would like my take on nice rice, Big Food, gin, tomatoes and brassicas.
Stop Hitting Yourself – Bike Snob NYC
"the very nature of social media discourse requires you to stand your ground like Jeremy Vine behind that truck and die with your metaphorical Brompton of Righteousness rather than acknowledge that someone with an opposing view may very well have a valid point."
I couldn't stand him on the radio either.
The wholeness of the world | Chris Smaje
Please give me what Monbiot calls ‘bucolic fairytales’ or ‘neo-peasant bullshit’ and what I call agrarian localism, agrarian populism or a small farm future over this sad dualism.
Glad to see that Chris Smaje has embarked on a series of articles about his new book: Saying NO to a Farm Free Future.
Ischia is absolutely glorious and full of interesting places. There's William Walton's garden, if you are into that sort of thing, not to mention the hot baths.
New issue of Eat This Newsletter, with farmed fish, potentially pricy pasta, space spaghetti, and an optimistic analysis of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Plus longer reads on vanilla and forest gardens.
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/renewal/ and while you're there, consider subscribing
Demise of The Wirecutter, and Trusted Reviews in General – The Brooks Review
What's a person to do?
I enjoyed Peter's link to a search for images of Bromptons in aircraft overhead lockers but I keep reading reports of airlines that refuse them passage even though they fit. Is there a master list, I wonder? And is airline free to refuse an object that fits?
Well, that seems to have done the trick.
I'm none the wiser, but switch it off and then on again is almost always golden advice.
Finished reading: English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss, ISBN: 9780007255566
#Non-fiction
I appreciate that syndication is hard, and appreciate the work you are doing to make it easier. If I understand correctly, your plugin now sends mf2 to Bridgy and Bridgy makes the final decision as to what to send to, eg, Mastodon. If I knew how Bridgy used mf2, I could tweak my theme to suit.
Watch SE started losing charge very quickly, waking up to 18% rather than the usual 45–55% three days in a row. So, step one: hard reset. Tomorrow will tell.
Amazing how much crud buildup there is after 40 years. #mbsept
The inner side of a very grubby bicycle crankset.
Day 1 September Photoblogging Challenge: abstract
Red, black and light gray. (Close up of barbecue charcoal)
Gordon's Notes: Mass disability - dysfunctional web sites, apps for everything
I'm sure there is something to this.
2023-08-30
Ready for the shake-down cruise
1 min read
Before
After
Final work on fixing up my 1979 steel bicycle.
Currently reading: English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss, ISBN: 9780007255566
#Non-fiction
Wow; what a great piece weaving together so many strands into a cohesive skein. Thank you. (I'd still like to read your version, if you ever write it.)
against apps, for wander lines – The Homebound Symphony
Long, and fascinating, preamble to the essential point.
Interesting to see someone else dithering about how to present smaller, stream-like notes and longer articles. I have not resolved this to my own satisfaction, nor have I found a home I control for my newsletter. I have a domain, I just don't know how best to make use of it.
Top tip from a Park Tool video: use an old toe strap to keep centre-pull brakes close while you fasten cable. Worked a charm. We now can stop. Next: new chain and gear setting so we can go.