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A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Top Albums from last.fm on 07/06/26
1, Chopin; Jablonski, Fichman, Gekic, Luisada, Piano Favorites, (16);
2, Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio, Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio, (14);
3, Various Artists, Transatlantic Sessions 2, Volume One, (14);
4, Ludovico Einaudi, Divenire, (12);
5, The Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests, (10);
Testing syndication from idno, which had disappeared a while back. I wasn't happy with the formatting of the shared post before, so perhaps this will prompt me to improve that. No good. Reverting to CDN's fix
I do have vague recollections of caffeine being a sleep blocker rather than an arousal mechanism of some sort, and I have to say I have never personally experienced a coffee buzz nor coffee induced insomnia.
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Researchers in Sweden optimised school lunches to reduce GHG emissions while staying essentially the same. Negative result very positive; no changes in amount eaten, amount wasted and meal satisfaction.
Top Albums from last.fm on 31/05/26
1, The Chieftains, Tears Of Stone, (10);
Eat This Newsletter 303. Too much to summarise in such a confined space, but I believe it will satisfy your need for food-related goodies encountered online.
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Top Albums from last.fm on 24/05/26
1, Henry Kaiser & David Lindley, A World Out Of Time, Vol. 2: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley in Madagascar, (17);
2, Bruce Posner, Donald Garvelmann, Celtic Keyboards: Duets by 19th and 20th Century Irish Composers, (15);
3, Calexico, Carried To Dust, (15);
4, Ruben and the Jets, Con Safos, (13);
5, The Little Willies, For The Good Times, (13);
Good to see that the RSS feed of my photo site seems to be working properly now.
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Latest episode looks at the hipster baristas and Chinese espresso, both of which show that even traditions that define an identity are not as immutable as people sometimes think they are.
Despite all the good work that has gone into idno recently, I really need to look for an alternative.
Jeremy Cherfas, Jun 02 2026 on stream.jeremycherfas.net