Cornell's Brian Wansink: A Crisis in Food Science

Not the most important point in the article, but an important point:Wansink’s sense for harnessing buzz may have been a skill in the wrong domain. He’s a camera-friendly performer who might’ve done very well as a Bill Nye– or Neil deGrasse Tyson–type infotainer, in an industry where simplification to build a compelling narrative is not a bug but a feature, given the explicit mission to deliver an attention-grabbing-and-holding product to an audience.


SRO at the Mary Beard lecture.


Golden raisin bread. Natural leaven, 25% wholemeal, about 70% hydration. A definite keeper.


"The Difference Between Good and Bad Tags • Zettelkasten Method"

PESOS from Reading.am.


"Where Will the Current State of Blogging and Social Media Take Us? — jackyalciné"

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"The Web I Want"

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"Bankers and businessmen building Rome’s new Colosseum | www.italianinsider.it"

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"10 practices for readable code"

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Adactio: Journal—Preparing a conference talk


Another reason to love RSS (or feeds ...

Another reason to love RSS (or feeds in general). Actually, the same reason. After about four years of inactivity, a site I like springs back to life and I don’t need to do anything to find out. www.wildyeastblog.com


Just like old times.


Trigger warning: Friendly reminder to the men in m… – Amanda Unvarnished


Didn’t Jesus say “no guacamole for immigrant ...

Didn’t Jesus say “no guacamole for immigrant haters”? I don’t think he did, but maybe he should have.

gastropoda.com/2018/09/j…


Roll on winter.


Moneyland reviewed in the Economist

Say what?Nevada, for instance, is creating ingenious corporate vehicles that add new layers of impenetrability—such as trusts that can be foreign in American law yet count as American under overseas regulations.


Well, that was good. @jomo23 @clinklucy


Sounds nothing like **My** bubba. https://open.spotify.com/track/4t2efW7DxJCeSDfW8ah2xY?si=GAPclbvoS_6bblmoCcEsTg

Sounds nothing like My bubba. open.spotify.com/track/4t2…


"A Fuckbonnet For Our Time. – The Audacity of Despair"

PESOS from Reading.am.


Just off to do the grocery shopping.


Avoiding hidden shoals on my afternoon stroll.