Swanky place in a lovely little town with staggering views.
Not clear whether plastic raptor spinning in the breeze is purely decorative or also keeps pigeons off the balcony.
Not clear whether plastic raptor spinning in the breeze is purely decorative or also keeps pigeons off the balcony.
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@BBCFoodProg Given that more than 50% of food consumed in the UK is imported (more for fruit and veg), have any of the medical associations said anything public about UK food policy over the next few years? Should medical students be visiting Australia, not Oxfordshire?
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.
How I grew, and lost, a rainforest | Small Farm Future
I like the idea of a dappled woodland glade, the product of pig rootling, being neither light nor shade, and an apt metaphor for think beyond simplistic dualities.
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,
@herdyshepherd1 The pain for British farmers is real. However, outsourcing British food production to the rest of the world is nothing new. The deal is a return to the good old days of Empire, just like, er, Brexit.
https://eatthispodcast.com/large-planet
TIL (Possibly crappy) paracord melts at the same temperature as heatshrink tubing shrinks. Nevertheless, thanks to paracord, heatshrink and perseverance, my @rohantime Goas are no longer in danger of falling down thanks to crappy elastic.
Australian journo swaps one set of fibs for another.
"British forests were first subjected to clearing with the Roman conquest of AD 43." Really?
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/like-comparing-apples-with-dried-oranges-will-aust...
A pox on both their houses.
This morning’s glory
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.
pesosWhat a terrific essay from George Orwell, which goes well beyond this choice jumping-off point:
"[T]he toad, unlike the skylark and the primrose, has never had much of a boost from poets."
Not clean, but cleaner.
@gastrohistory shamed me into cleaning my salad spinner, and I'm happy about that.
I don't doubt that medical software is bad and that doctors have good cause to complain. But in a fight to the death, I suspect software for human resources or for teachers might be even worse.
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.
pesosIt's fun to see someone have their world view shot to hell. There are two things going on here. One is that time is a good substitute for energy when it comes to developing gluten. The other is that time develops flavour, even from a teeny amount of leaven.
Cereal 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.
