This morning’s glory. Showed up out of nowhere last year and seems to breed true. At least the one plant that has flowered so far.
pesosNot clean, but cleaner.
@gastrohistory shamed me into cleaning my salad spinner, and I'm happy about that.
Excellent Conversations with Tyler episode talking to David Deutsch (apart from the whole multiverse thing about which I am not competent to judge, and nor do I care).
Made a start on the annual tweakage of the automatic watering system for the terrace, but the main enemy remains lack of pressure. It fluctuates through the day so need to try and find the maximum.
Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2021
The fact that these cult-members were willing to risk their lives, but not endure poor web design, says a lot about the nature of the Trump cult, and its relationship to passive media.
Not going to let the lack of a green chilli stop me making Madhur Jaffrey’s khatte chole, sour chickpeas.
Not going to let the lack of a green chilli stop me making Madhur Jaffrey’s khatte chole, sour chickpeas.
pesosCereal friends, would you like to create your own evolutionary populations?
Cereal friends, would you like to create your own evolutionary populations? </p><p>All it takes is time, ingenuity and land. French researchers Emma Flipon and Véronique Chable have made a handy-dandy poster showing how it is done (with links to lots more detail) The poster is at http://ow.ly/lXhu50F0RV9 </p><p>The work was part of the EU Liveseed project. I'm not part of that, but I think more people should be aware of it.
pesosWhat magic teaches us about misinformation | Tim Harford
Excellent read, with lots of far-flung examples.
Never having had to deal with prescriptions and refilling them in the same way, I thought I had it bad, needing to send a fax to cancel my account with my internet service provider! This reminds me of a movie where the entire plot hinges on a fax that fell behind the machine and so was never seen. Not that I can remember the movie.
There surely has to be a better way.
Currently reading: The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem, ISBN: 9780062938787
Oh for smellivision
Oh for smellivision. Anyway, having baked a big batch of Lemon Rosemary loaves, I now have a couple of zest-free juicy lemons. </p><p>What should I do with them? Tarte aux citron doesn’t use nearly enough. Lemon curd? Something else?
pesosWill the real Monday 17 May, 2021, please stand up
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* [Monday 17 May, 2021 | Memex 1.1](https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-17-may-2021-2/33778/)
* [Monday 17 May, 2021 | Memex 1.1](https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-17-may-2021/33767/)
2021-05-18
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events
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Bummer! Or maybe not. Hard to say.
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events
"Fish oils increase the risk of atrial fibrillation substantially, and there is no solid evidence that they help the heart in any way ... It's a sad story for cardiology."
2021-05-15
Pockets!
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I made some trousers with unusual pockets, and I think they’re good.
I came to this via John Naughton's website (he doesn't say how he got there), and I have no idea who Sam Bleckley is, but in re-thinking the trouser pocket he has done something rather wonderful, maybe even genius.
I'd buy a pair in a flash.
Today’s big bake, 70% Manitoba with 10% each of einkorn, spelt and rye (wholemeal)
Today’s big bake, 70% Manitoba with 10% each of einkorn, spelt and rye (wholemeal). Very deep flavour with a custard crumb when fresh
pesosDefending inflation
Excellent, clear explanation. I rather liked this bit:
One strange feature of American ~popular economic discourse~ is that the rarified troubles of the very rich often get discussed as if they were “normal”, but: they are extremely not normal.
The million-dollars-in-cash-havers can fend for themselves.
Because it is so true.
Time for some of that fine 100% rye sourdough with toasted sunflower seeds and a hint of caraway.
Time for some of that fine 100% rye sourdough with toasted sunflower seeds and a hint of caraway.
pesosFun to see @racheleats photo of Bonci Pizza illustrating this article, although that seems to me as far from ordinary pizza al taglio as that is from Mr Go’s pizza vendining machine.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/may/07/dough-to-go-romes-first-pizza-vending-machine-gets-mixe...
If I were a winemaker in Salento, I think I'd support change to ensure that I wasn't cutting myself off from customers.
Jeremy Parzen with some rival etymologies for Negroamaro grapes and why, whichever one is "true" it might be wise to rethink.
https://dobianchi.com/2021/05/05/negroamaro-racial-slur-racist/
Terrific article on dates in SoCal.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-03/muslim-tradition-break-ramadan-fast-with-dates
Commonplace – Lucy Bellwood
Fascinating.
TIL Zibaldone, which I might just have to make my own.
Thanks to very good advice from @orchidwhisperer19 to use weak tea as a pick-me-up, i now have a somewhat better parent plant and two little Keikis potted up to grow through the summer
Thanks to very good advice from @orchidwhisperer19 to use weak tea as a pick-me-up, i now have a somewhat better parent plant and two little Keikis potted up to grow through the summer. And, who knows, another keiki left on the parent to be potted on this time next year.</p><p>Happy May Day!
pesos
USDA says there were about 2,019,000 farms in the US in 2020. But how many were actually farms in the usual sense of the word, growing food for sale as their primary business. I'm sure @rosenblawg said something about this recently, but I can't now find it. Help, please.
Star of this mess is not the tofu, the zucchini or the peanuts but the rice
Star of this mess is not the tofu, the zucchini or the peanuts but the rice. There is a variety called Baldo that I only ever see unpolished and that is the bedrock of this and so many other meals. Nutty, chewy, filling, nutritious. Never without it for emergencies.
pesos"Scotland is a colossus in native breeds."
That's all you really need to know, but if you want to read about the "six big asks" (yuck) it is all here https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/19213969.vote-native-breeds/
Whitewood under Siege
Can't enough of this kind of thing.
[M]any experts consider the pallet to be the most important materials-handling innovation of the twentieth century. Studies have estimated that pallets consume 12 to 15 percent of all lumber produced in the US, more than any other industry except home construction.