A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Looking at an old post of mine from this day in 2007 and wondering, does anyone, anywhere, host a blog carnival on any topic these days? Time for a revival?
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@jeremycherfas I remember blog carnivals. Those were fun. And I think a revival might be interesting.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@arush Yeah those were a lot of fun. Along with blog memes, does anyone remember those?
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@arush That was before the word "meme" was coopted for something else.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Those, along with blog memes. Remember those?
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas That was before the word "meme" got coopted.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Not that I'm aware of. Although blog challenges are still a thing.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@ladyhope This is true. And I'll stop now before I find myself at the end of a "Get-off-my-lawn!" type of post.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@ladyhope @arush i could certainly resurrect one of the memes I remember from back in the day and tag the two of you. In fact two, rather than five, which is my recollection, would surely be more manageable. I’m travelling tomorrow, but watch out.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Ooh! Great question! I loved blog carnivals.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfasThat would be epic!!
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Mostly I remember the weekly and/or daily ones, though. Those were fun. Tried to start a few myself. They never really went anywhere.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@arush Lol those posts are fun hah.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas That would be fun!! I'll have to find some other participants. I'm not sure if I know any still blogging lol.
, Aug 08 2021 on micro.blog
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Huge credit to @theMaggieAyre for a wonderful edition of BBC Soul Music on The Parting Glass. Moving stories and beautifully mixed. A real treat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000y6n2
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Thank you very much
, Aug 04 2021 on twitter.com
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No favourites from Marion Nestle: Unethical food marketing ad of the week: infant formula, organic no less.
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2021/08/most-egregious-food-ad-of-the-week-infant-formula/
Funny. I read Peter's post today and was so taken with it that I immediately started the process myself, before reading this post and seeing that Ton had inspired Peter.
Like the year, what goes around, comes around.
Getting a teeny bit peeved with apps that require OSX 10.14 and later. Not all of us can afford (or want) to upgrade our machines that often.
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Argh! @help I accidentally downloaded the latest micro.blog for OSX but cannot use it because I am stuck on 10.13 and I can't find the old version in the Trash. Is there any way to download a previous version compatible with 10.13?
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@jeremycherfas probably this: s3.amazonaws.com/micro.blo... 2.0 onwards are too new for us
, Jul 15 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Tagging @help. Not sure why, but your tag didn't link.
, Jul 15 2021 on micro.blog
@cn Life saver. Thanks.
, Jul 15 2021 on micro.blog
@jean @help All good now, thanks to @cn
, Jul 15 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Thanks @cn for sharing the download link! I've updated the help page to include a link to that version too so it's easier to find in the future.
, Jul 15 2021 on micro.blog
@help Good move.
, Jul 16 2021 on micro.blog
Wouldn't it be nice if Twitter et al. somehow indicated that a link shared by some well-meaning influencer was behind a paywall. It would save me a lot of clicks.
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@jeremycherfas That would indeed be good. Not easy to do, though. I think some sites (e.g. Medium) will present the same page to some readers as free-to-read and to others as subscriber-only.
, Jul 13 2021 on micro.blog
@artkavanagh I could live with less than 100% accuracy.
, Jul 13 2021 on micro.blog
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Eat This Newsletter 157 is now online with stories from @SejalSukhadwala @SarahTaber_bww @IrishSeedSavers @UniofExeter and others.
Read it at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-157-almost-global/ and while you're there, consider subscribing.
Latest Eat This Newsletter is at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-155-counterfactual/ with links to good stuff from @serbiaireland, @JaysonLusk, @colin_tudge, @NatureFoodJnl and, most horrifying, https://twitter.com/CeriseFlegal/status/1405939411330629634
As I said in the newsletter: read it and weep.
Every time I read pieces about banking from people who have experienced banking systems outside the US, I marvel that they put up with it at all. I'm constantly amazed at just how easy things are with the online banks I use in Europe. No wonder I'm not tempted by crypto,
What’s a blog?
AgroBioDiverse, Aug 08 2021 on twitter.com