A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Interesting to come across Bryan Lehrer's piece on the same day as Ben Werdmuller's. Personal histories, both focussed on building for the internet, sorta, and both coming, I think, to the same conclusion: money is essential and money spoils everything.
#IndieWeb
Very interesting personal history from @benwerd ... and here I remain, ready and willing to move from one-off donations to paying a real price for WithKnown.
#IndieWeb
I fundamentally disagree. My best days start slowly, with hydration (tea), a little light scrolling, some internal planning and generally enjoying a bit of peace and quiet and loving company. An hour will do.
Latest Eat This Newsletter includes:
Can you talk about the hummus wars when there is an actual war on?
School food in Nairobi
Global — and Californian — production of calories
Silent Doritos
https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/223-enough-to-go-around/
Finally offered the opportunity to pay to go ad free on Meta. At 12.99 a month, enough to put off most people, something tells me my information is worth much more than that. They’re not stupid.
While people are understandably impressed by the murmurations of starling flocks, I am reminded of a brief clip of dunlin doing likewise, with one great advantage over starlings: their white undersides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZVbCC-gpxI
Rats! Looks like I need a new uninterruptible power supply, suitable for a Raspberry Pi and an iMac. Anyone got any recommendations?
Does anyone know what is happening with vanilla prices? I see reports of steep rises, precipitous falls and boring plateaux, and I am not equipped to sift out any kind of overview.
I am really grateful that I can follow people who post calm and reflective pieces despite being in the middle of frantic turmoil.
I asked a colleague for evidence that an intervention was associated with changes in behaviour.
We don’t know. It’s more about awareness.
M’kay.
Awareness may be a precursor of behavioural change, but on its own it offers me nothing of value.