Jeremy Cherfas

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Beastly Clues: T. S. Eliot, Torquemada, and the Modernist Crossword

Fascinating deep read, prompting deep memories of my father's abiding interest in cryptic crossword puzzles and prodding me to maybe take up my pen (or more likely pencil) again..Maybe in the New Year.

Museum life, looking at the details. Freer.

Part of a Giotto nativity, from Assisi, painted before St Bridget’s vision of the instantaneous and painless birth. Greetings to all.

Very excited for the next episode, which will be live in less than 12 hours.

New edition of Eat This Newsletter is out, with a few choice items and a reminder that the next podcast episode will go live on 24 December, for reasons. Read the newsletter at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/exchanges/ and, if you're so inclined sign up too. Thanks./

Catalytic converter theft is something I’ve read about. Never imagined it would happen to me, but it did. A very rude awakening.

Replied to a post on ruk.ca :

Well, that's a shame. I get a message saying No video with supported format and MIME type found. I was looking forward to watching "yeasty fireworks".

New episode out, talking to David Zetland about markets as they affect food and water, mostly. https://eatthispodcast.com/speculation

Replied to a post on robkhenderson.substack.com :

This sounds exactly like Amotz Zahavi's Handicap Principle. Any signal should involve a cost, to prevent cheats from issuing false signals.