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just bought a translation of the original draft of War and Peace. it's so fucking over for me

This is important. A false positive is by no means the same as a negative, although as Kaiser Fung explains, that does require a bit of (slow) thinking.

https://www.junkcharts.com/slow-thinking-required/

#cyclospora #foodsafety #statistics

The twelfth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 12, I chat with Georgie, the author of Hey Georgie about, among other things, writing about travelling, blogging as a self-reflection tool, why someone should start a personal website today, and more. I hope you enjoy the episode! Wonders of Web Weaving also has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.

Bizzo and Friends brings together some of the best improv in New York City, hosted by local faves Bizzo!

For our July show, we are planning some fun surprises for one team member’s birthday, so come join the fun.

Come on out to see Bizzo! And also friends! I’ll be playing with Bizzo!!

Details: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/bizzoandfriends/bizzo-amp-friends

The RAT NYC

https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/bizzoandfriends/bizzo-amp-friends

Another investigation reveals just how desperate the food industry is to avoid any kind of regulation or even advice that might affect sales. Cryptospora cases continue to explode despite being “under control”. Things are quite a lot better in Europe, which is also being told to do more for pulses and beans.

Waves of interest in nutrition and rising interest in the warm Middle ages round out this week’s Eat This Newsletter

https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-310-focussed/

#newsletter #food #farming

In Camera, one of the songs on her latest album, CharliXCX sings: When the camera's on I can be anything that I wanna be And I can feel the things I don't normally feel When I heard these words, I couldn’t help but think about them from an art history perspective. Portraits c...

I wrote this post on Thursday, July 23rd, and reviewed and slightly refined it today. I have left the post as a stream of consciousness – a snippet of my mind as it was on the morning I walked around and saw the world. Walking among the stream of people; of stories of life —...

I woke early — it has been warm lately. It is strange how you can find a burst of energy at 5am, but today it came, for I decided to organise my bookshelves, sorting what books I am ready to donate to the local charity shop. I picked up books — stories — and thought about th...

The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.

Come support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for three exciting indie teams!

• THE OMNIVORES - Instagram @theomnivoresimprov
• BLINK_FITNESS_GUEST - Instagram @blink_fitness_guest
• MS. COACH - Instagram @mscoachimprov

I’ll be playing with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!

Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)

Saturday March 28th, 2026 @ 10:30pm
Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/60825/

Magnet Theater

https://magnettheater.com/show/60825/

I wrote the following while standing on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, listening to music and watching the world. The joy of closing your eyes and being able to listen to the bagpipes. I look into the distance and see a traffic cone on the head of a statue. I notice how much busier it is than in previous weeks — how a place comes alive at different times, and in different months and seasons. The joy of standing in the busy city and watching the world move around you — people sauntering and thinking and looking and catching and eating and speaking and jumping and being, of the crowds gathering to watch and hear the piper. Of letting the wind blow through my hair while the sun shines and the music plays; standing next to raised beds of flowers // the colours of green and pink and purple and white are soothing.

A podcast I just listened to raised again the thorny issue of blogger’s guilt, and tried to make it seem like nothing, that you are answerable only to yourself, that you can blog at any cadence that suits you. Almost all bloggers, however, know that’s not true. That’s why th...

Finally, I have embarked on the Augean task of dealing with my bookmarks and tags, a reminder that link rot is all pervasive and also that rot is evitable if you make the effort. The worst is when entities that clearly could afford to fix their links simply don't bother. I'm...

I got phished, because I failed to see the warning signs and ignored the one I did notice. But I do have questions. Did the scummers actually know that I was expecting a delivery, or was I just extra-unlucky?

https://jeremycherfas.net/blog/phished-again

Opens Ivory. 192 unread. Blimey, something awful must have happened. Oh no, it is just someone getting a musical education. And it is a delight.

A great and unexpected treat. Staying at friends, not so old New Yorkers. And in one of them, volume six of personal histories by John McPhee, “95 at this writing”. Absolutely my favourite writer of non-fiction, and these brief glimpses are simply wonderful.

listening to Dust and Ashes from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 but shaking my head the entire time to signalize that I'm a Pierre hater

Bookmark: worseonpurpose.com/p/on-quality

"Not ‘western civ. doesn’t exist’ nor ‘western civ. is bad’. Rather, “western civilization is real & good, captured in writing & song and we are killing it with our violence, cruelty and greed, we have become the barbarians at our own gates.”"

Bret Deveraux, via Brad DeLong, but not going to link to his X https://acoup.blog/author/aimedtact/

Latest Eat This Newsletter looks at the various ways consolidation in farming and food ends up having bad consequences, and they're not even unforeseen, they're the point.

Also, why we won't eat the bugs; it's not in our DNA.

And, MAHA turns on a friend.

https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-309-wonky-patterns/

#newsletter #food #farming

The eleventh episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 11, I chat with flaMEd, the author of flamedfury.com about, among other things, web communities around games and television shows, sharing music interests with a personal website, community in the indie web, and more. I hope you enjoy the episode! Wonders of Web Weaving also has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.