26.02.2026
”You are more likely to find the raw ingredients for a better future for the food system at the Waffle House than you are at your local farmers’ market.”
Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz talking about their new book Feed The People!
“Choice. The solution is choice.”*You should download Firefox 148 (released today!) and explicitly set the new "AI Controls" to your preferred choice.* https://www.firefox.com/Disclosure: I work for Mozilla, but this post, like all on this site, represents my personal thought...
Happy Twin Peaks day to those who celebrate!In Agent Cooper’s first appearance in the show, he’s driving a car, right hand on the steering wheel, left hand holding a small black box (a microcassette recorder), that, if you don’t look too closely, could easily be mistaken for ...
Machine Knitting: the empire strikes hat
Play bad title pun games, win bad title pun prizes.
The Chattie hat continues to tempt and taunt me. After my first test Chattie
came out OK despite some major issues during construction, and my second
Chattie didn’t work out.
Producer Amy has ultimately adopted the “test” C...
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One reason I love RSS is that ...
One reason I love RSS is that the cost of keeping a feed in a reader is essentially zero. So when someone pops up after a gap of -- checks notes -- 5 years, 10 months, 8 days I know about it and can respond appropriately.
Happy Blog Birthday, Rebsie, and welcome back.
25.02.2026
24.02.2026
so it's just a phone that uses software to do what a simple privacy screen protector you could buy for any phone at all for like 10€ does already
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Wait, so Haller and Bosch have a time share? Or Haller bought from Bosch? In which case, where is Bosch these days? And are Hayley and Maddie interchangeable too?
23.02.2026
Today’s bake was an absolute corker. Could perhaps have used another bit of proofing, but lovely despite that. 50% whole-wheat with added fennel seeds, natural leaven. Can’t wait to dig in.
True for crochet too
Someone linked to Bob Nystrom’s post about knitting, and it really struck a chord for me. My own experience, having started to crochet a little more than a year ago, exactly mirrors his, with one crucial difference. I decided to make something for someone who was dear to me...
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Adactio: Links—Webspace Invaders · Matthias Ott
Pens, sleeves, and whiteboards
When I was in high school, I used to keep a pencil or pen up my sleeve. I don’t remember anyone else doing it, or why I started. But if I had a pen up my sleeve, I would at least know I had one nearby for when I’d need one. (I may be mis-remembering whether having a pen up m...
New episode.
Some people will tell you the food system is broken. Not so, say Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg. Their new book is subtitled Why Industrial Food Is Good and How To Make It Even Better.
We had a long and interesting chat, everything from cellular agriculture to labour in the food industry.
Absolute spawn of Satan, this plastic netting. Two-and-a-half hours wrangling the bloody stuff, but at least the sweet peas now have a jungle gym.
Artists! QRP with your sketch vs final ✨
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A great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) at 03:41 with a confidence level of 82%? Sure, why not. But …
Dopplr colours
Last year I was introduced to the idea of “Dopplr colours” in the IndieWeb community. This refers to an accent colour assigned to cities on the now-defunct travel website Dopplr. You can see examples by clicking through different Dopplr city pages in the Internet Archive and...