* On foot
* 41.884599, 12.448835
* 5 May 2025
* 427.68 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
It’s been a while, in more ways than one. Here’s a quest from 10 days ago.
Top Album Artists from last.fm for week ending 15 May
1 Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos 13
2 The Be Good Tanyas 12
3 M83 11
4 James Blackshaw 9
5 The Dave Brubeck Quartet 7
2025-05-16
rabbit_quest #geohashing 20250506-W-AY68O8
1 min read
As I was saying, Chris Smaje is always worth reading.
"It’s hardly original to observe that, in the Greek, apocalypse means a revelation or uncovering. ... we need to embrace what apocalypse is revealing to us, while for sure trying to mitigate the miseries it inevitably entails."
@withknown is being exceedingly dumb today, refusing to accept a bookmark that happens to contain greek letters. So let's try here.
https://chrissmaje.com/2025/05/finding-lights-in-a-dark-age-or-writing-ἀποκάλυψις/
Top artists last week.
1. Billie Holiday 16
2. John Hiatt 11
3. Pat Metheny 11
4. Warren Zevon 11
5. Madredeus 10
2025-05-12
New episode: Puglia
1 min read
Direct from Polignano a Mare, Flavia Giordano's love letter to Puglia's unique foods and ingredients, including some remarkable biodiversity. Melons eaten unripe, colourful carrots, and sporchia, a broomrape parasitic on broad beans.
Maybe: Hoping to have time.
Top Album Artists last week
1. Willie Nelson 14
2. Cowboy Junkies 12
3. Levon Helm 12
4. Oscar Peterson 11
5. John Coltrane 7
2025-05-05
Eat This Newsletter 269
1 min read
“Salt is a powerful thing. It ensures well-being, it cures, it pleases guests, and it attracts males. And it was brought from a mystical garden. To teach girls how to manage this power must have been an ongoing challenge for the elders.”
Read (and subscribe) at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-269-salted-butter/