My report of the first day of last weekend’s IndieWeb Camp in Berlin.
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/indieweb-camp-berlin-2025
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New episode: Revolutions are Born in Breadlines
Famine in the Volga Region in the early 1920s was a humanitarian disaster, but it began about a decade of agricultural cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States. Anti-communists sent food and medical assistance. Communist sympathisers sent tractors. Experts from each country visited the other to teach and to learn.
Maria Fedorova documents this impact of the famine in her new book.
Final leg, Verona Rome, with a 6€ upgrade to 1st class.
Never noticed before that the jiggling of a train ride is enough to persuade my Apple watch that I have been standing up.
Controlled by Italian police at Brenner. Not sure why they picked on me as the only person to check in this carriage. Maybe it was my kefiyah #CrossBorderRail
Leaving Munich for stage two through Austria to Italy. #CrossBorderRail
The bit that really made me sit up and take notice in Peter Molnar's account of his new listening set up was the 2TB micro-SD card. For less than $200. Truly, the future has arrived.
And we’re off on another day long trip. Berlin Rome. #CrossBorderRail
One guy bent down, glanced my way and moved on, trailed by two others. End of story, for me. #CrossBorderRail
This whole thread is worth reading and understanding. It ought to be a blog post (and perhaps it is, somewhere).
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gslrbg7et2wxhlhrkqtwlm22/post/3m4ggvyhdyv2w
Leaving Salzburg and I have been told to keep my pod door open and my documents handy for a check by the German polizei. We shall see. #CrossBorderRail
Off we go. Nightjet from Bologna to Munich, so two border crossings, for which I sincerely hope they don’t wake me. The mini cabin is not claustrophobic but I’m a bit worried about the facilities. I’m sure it will be ok. #CrossBorderRail
Eat This Newsletter 286: Cravings
Cruising the internet highway seeking nutritious alternatives to slop.
This week, unaffordable healthy diets, undesirable healthy diets, truck stops, forest gardens, and a not guilty verdict on gluten -- at least some of the time.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-286-cravings/
Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20251027-W-AY68OD
* On foot
* 41.8811, 12.4673
* 27 October 2025
* 425.11 ppm CO2
* [OpenStreetMap](https://rabbit-rabbit.quest/#mode=walkable&map=41.87943/12.46577/16)
I’m glad Rabbit Quest was there to prompt me to get out of the house today, even if it was a very familiar urban circuit. I needed that. Interesting discrepancy in localisation. The image suggests I was between the tram tracks. I was not. I was on the side of the road looking at the marked spot.
Eat This Newsletter 286: Cravings
The people who need a healthy diet most can’t afford one, while the people who can easily afford it don’t seem to want it.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-286-cravings/
Rats! Almost home after a nice, relaxed ride with a friend when I heard a loud bang. Was't even sure it was me, but the rear tyre deflated instantly. Uh-oh. Turned out to be a hole the likes of which I have never seen before, Mended with a self-adhesive patch that held for the couple of km home. Pumped it up to pressure when I got home and will hope that it holds tomorrow. Looks like the tyre is pertty worn too.
Caught this via a link HN link here, and I am full of admiration, both for the geeky side of things and for the adventurous fermentation. Some good things to remember: “Your job isn't to prevent change, it's to make sure it happens in the right direction at roughly the right speed.”
https://drobinin.com/posts/designing-software-for-things-that-rot/
Edited to correct my terrible memory.
A week ago, I had the lens in one eye replaced. The result?
“It’s a lot like the old days of trying to get a good colour print at home,” was the best I could come up with. “You print one of those test images that came with the printer, with all those different skin colours, and you discover that the pretty pink baby actually has a slight green tinge.”
Latest Episode: The Spice Bag
In 2008, the legend goes, staff at a Chinese takeaway in Dublin cooked themselves up a special treat after hours. Nothing too fancy, but tasty enough that soon their friends wanted the same. One thing led to another and today you can find something similar not only across Ireland but as far afield as New Zealand.
I got the history from John Mulcahy at TU Dublin
Listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/spice-bag
Went for a wander through a visually very interesting part of town a couple of days ago.
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/the-quartiere-coppede%CC%81
Opening Apple Mail for mail to: links has always been a bit of a pain. Maybe this is a better solution for me than the desktop app, which I’m sure I would leave open and check too often. https://social.tchncs.de/@case2tv/115376106285087309
Eat This Newsletter 285: Antsy
The new EAT-Lancet report “allows two servings of animal-source foods per day—drawn from fish, yogurt, milk, cheese, or meat”. What if the yoghurt contains ants? One serving, or two?
That, plus the certainties of birth, death, and school lunch money.
I started a project with a very splitty yarn that drove me nuts. After looking around online I adopted a “reverse” move for pulling the loop through the stitch, with the yarn in front of the hook, and it has made a huge difference. I am no longer going nuts. It may not be correct, but it works.
Eat This Newsletter 285: Antsy
Life's little certainties: birth, death, and school lunch money.
The Myth of the Sommelier.
A newsletter at That Place, but a wonderful read nevertheless.
“There are hundreds of different large-scale wine scandals that suggest the institutions responsible for reviewing, rating, and certifying wine don’t deserve the reputations they pride themselves on.”
Newsletter done, time for a nice walk in the glorious late summer sunshine.