Finished reading: The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby
Friday 16 September, 2022 | Memex 1.1
In the UK at the moment, the average household consumes 3,731 kWh of electricity in a year. That comes to 10.23 kWh per day. So wouldn’t it be smarter — and fairer — to subsidise consumption up to that level, and let households which consume more face the market rate? And pay for the subsidy by a windfall tax on energy companies.
It won’t happen, of course, for the simple reason that it’s ‘unthinkable’.
This is a first. Never before had a sign-up say "Email address is invalid. Can you try a different one?" for a masked email from @Fastmail. Step forward sonix.ai to claim your prize.
An alternative to Marxist explanations of inequality – The one-handed economist
I wish I understood more deeply, but the more I read about Henry George and Georgism, the more inclined I am to believe it to be correct.
Huge congratulations to @WonderbagO on their nomination for the @FoodPlanetPrize. Proud to have interviewed Sarah Collins way back when. https://www.eatthispodcast.com/welcome-to-the-wonderbag/
This is very bad news for me. On the one foot, NB 624s are the only sneaker-type shoes that come in a width that accommodates my misshapen feet. On the other, I'm reluctant to add to the CEO's profits. Recommend another brand, please.
Decision, decisions: is a touchbar on an M2 MacBook Pro worth €100? That’s the price difference from an M2 MBA, and the MBP has a slightly smaller screen and weighs 160 gm more. I’ve never seen anyone rave about a touchbar. So, what’s the deal? All thoughts welcome.
Finished reading: Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy by Gary Paul Nabhan
Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan
@ThatPaddedChar You got it in one. Standards about things like microformats are exactly what allow a plurality of implementations to flourish.
Currently reading: Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy by Gary Paul Nabhan, ISBN: 9780140239720
Finishing touches done for this week's Eat This Newsletter, with the Catherine Effect, from @BienassisLoic, not the pizza effect, from @NPR, groundnuts in The Gambia, and the horrible Hamlet Fire, from @BryantSimon. Sign up at https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas
Thanks for the tip. My MIDI keyboard thingie already does a bunch of stuff that I have barely explored, so for now another soft synth would be overkill. One to keep in mind though.
I've never really been an outliner sort of person, although I know I should try harder. So I'm taking a look at [bike](https://bikeguide.hogbaysoftware.com/) and really liking it. Much more intuitive than things I've used before, so it may stick. Need to check that Save As script.
Beyond rescue ecomodernism: the case for agrarian localism restated | Small Farm Future
Our modern culture is good at heroic, high-tech mitigation of specific and immediate acute problems. It’s not very good at long-term, low-tech cultural adaptation that mitigates against these specific and immediate acute problems from arising.
Is there time? Best to assume that there is, and start the transition now.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Slow Travel
Oh, to be able to travel by Zeppelin. Meanwhile, I think the idea of never flying anywhere for less than a week is a good stop-gap, and more trains when possible.
Meanwhile
Lady Eva seems to have given up on Odessa. Sara left Odessa, now anchored at Bandirma, TR, cargo unknown (by me). Jasmin Queen and Noran loitering at anchor south of Istanbul, maybe still en route to Odessa or Chornomorsk.
New in Odessa: Ali S, Ganosaya, Zhe Hai
You go away for a few days and ... nothing much changes.
Razoni could be anywhere, not reporting position. Navi Star got to Foynes an hour or so ago. Polarnet still anchored off Pendik, TR. Rojen left Italy, currently anchored off Cephalonia. Riva Wind still at Iskenderun.
Razoni, Polarnet, Rojen no change. Navi Star off the southern corner of Portugal. Riva Wind moored near Iskenderun.
No change in Odessa; six cargo ships in port (and one expected later today)
Razoni still not updating her position.
Navi Star through Gibraltar to Foynes. Ireland.
Polarnet still anchored.
Rojen still in Ravenna
Riva Wind entering Gulf of Alexandretta.
Sara joins 5 other cargo ships in Odessa.
On a related note, tracking the vessels is easy enough. How I can find out more about the cargo, what is loaded and unloaded and all that?
#shipping #bulk-cargo #commodities
Razoni is on the move, possibly to Egypt, but not updating her position.
Navi Star in the Eastern Med, heading to Foynes, Ireland.
Polarnet steaming to anchorage south of Istanbul.
Rojen moored in Ravenna,
Riva Wind expected in Iskenderun in a day or so.
Currently reading: Night Soldiers by Alan Furst, ISBN: 9780375760006
Riva Wind nearing Athens, Rojen passing Puglia on the way to Ravenna, Nav Star about to pass Sicily.
Razoni and Polarnet have not moved.
No change in the bulk carriers in Odessa.
Odd. The buyer of the Razoni's wheat cargo has refused to accept it, “citing a more than five-month delay”.
Polarnet still moored, Riva Wind still at anchor, Rojen passing Athens.
No further departures I can see.
New issue of Eat This Newsletter out now, with raw material provided by @kitchenbee @historicuk @minimaxir and a minor kerfuffle in the august pages of @PNASNews.
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Razoni still at anchor. Navi Star at anchor in Istanbul. Polarnet tied up in the Gulf of Izmit. Rojen on its way through the Marmara Sea. Riva Wind heading for the Bosporus queue.
Doesn't look like there have been any further departures from Odessa.
Time's the revelator
Many good thoughts and conclusions.
Riva Wind left Odessa this morning for Istanbul. No word yet what it is carrying.
Navi Star, Polarnet and Rojen all in the queue for the Bosporus.
Razoni at anchor near the Turkey/Syria border.
Biggest mistake I ever made was starting a "free trial" of @RealVNC because now my original Home VNC Viewer no longer works and I cannot find a way to revert.
Not surprised that only 25% of people found this useful https://help.realvnc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003474552#on-the-device-you-want-to-control-from-0-4
@SheilaDillon It could never be simple, not if you want to cover the externalities of both products in adequate detail.
@bonjouryannick You might want to look at https://indieweb.org/Micropub which has a few examples, libraries etc that you can modify or, depending on your system, adopt directly.
Latest issue of Eat This Newsletter is about to drop, racing through the backlog so normal service can be restored ASAP. There's hops, heritage grains and climate change, plus agricultural policy in South Africa and the US.
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@decarola Devo trovare l’ora dell’ultimo treno a Roma, ma sicuro m’interessa.