Jeremy Cherfas

Chris Aldrich wanted to know if I have a feed of podcasts I’ve actually listened to. Last time I checked, the RSS feed was very broken, a symptom of a site-wide problem. But the h-feed works, so there’s that. At www.jeremycherfas.net/stream

I confess, I missed this story www.thetimes.co.uk/article/n… when it first came out, and have not seen responses, but if a major backer of EAT has bought an airline, it does rather call into question the whole “less meat” aspect of climate change campaigners.

At last, I think I may have an actual genuine use for an IPad in my life overcast.fm/+NvaKdHCu… #Automators

Indeed, many of the people I’ve talked to about cashew nuts don’t know the human suffering that goes into them. I learned about it ages ago, when the World Bank interfered with cashew production in Mozambique. That capuchins manage it amazes me.

#sourdough #Rome

Good work so far. As you note, micro.blog already offers a lot of the IndieWeb building blocks. And it recently started to offer an option to register your own domain, addressing another of your points. It’s a good option for people (who can afford it) to explore the possibilities, and the nice thing is you can always move your content somewhere else if you want to. That’s another good reason not to rely on silos.

                     #IndieWeb

One starting point is the old proverb, “Don’t wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.” There’s truth in that. We just need to find a version that doesn’t dismiss our opponents as pigs.And there’s the rub, really. You have to get over thinking of them as pigs.

#latteriastudio

Airbnb Promises to Verify All 7 Million Listings After VICE Report Exposes Scam, according to www.vice.com/en_us/art…

At least until the next time.

John Naughton seems overly impressed by the distant blog of King’s College Chapel. I prefer to think that Clare’s Memorial Court occupies the centre of the frame.