Jeremy Cherfas

Not that it will make any difference …

I am always impressed when people with really deep knowledge make it easy for me to understand what they are saying, and Jon Worth’s railway analyses are a recent discovery in that realm.A railway trip is green. But the railway sector as a whole in Europe – due to a combination of factors within the industry and political problems – is incapable of making a step change in terms of modal share. In the middle of a climate crisis that is not good enough.He offers reasons why this is so and ways to fix it, but little hope.

Wintersweet (Chymonanthes) flower.

• On foot* 41.87050, 12.45489* Monday 12 February, 2024* 423.19 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapRight in the middle of the tram tracks.

Eat This Newsletter gathers stories from around the internet and the world. From mother’s milk in a bioreactor to the rural Chinese restaurants of Victoria, with stops in Rajasthan, Japan and Mexico.

Question: what happens to substandard fruit in Japan?

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rabbit_quest #geohashing 20240211-W-AY68O8* On foot* 41.88118, 12.44558* Sunday 12 February, 2024* 423.15 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMap

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Pretend, just for a moment, that you are anti-abortion. You believe that the ideal number of abortions in a country should be zero. Forget your ideological reasons - which countries have the lowest abortion rates? Well, it turns out to be the ones with high levels of sex education, easy access to contraceptives, excellent pre-natal care, and strong parental leave policies. And they all have legal access to abortion services.If you truly want to reduce the number of abortions, there are a wide range of policies which actually work and don’t involve demonising women and doctors.Some clear thinking from Terence Eden, on many different things that have something in common: evidence-based policy

About a party Lukas hosted, using an idea from a book by Nick Gray. A two-hour party geared so that people can meet and get to know one another, with a clear end time and deliberate ice-breakers. Sounds like fun.

rabbit_quest #geohashing 20240209-W-AY68O8* On foot* 41.88226, 12.43950* Friday 9 February, 2024* 423.09 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMap

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🐹 Animal #192 🐲 I figured it out in 6 guesses! 🟥🟥🟨🟩🟩🟩 🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7

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Solution proved simple. Apply for a free account at Stadia Maps. Wait for (and chase up) verification email. Verify. Give Stadia this domain and everything now works. Any further effort on the checkins plugin will probably wait until the next problem arises.

🐘 Animal #191 🦙 I figured it out in 7 guesses! 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.1

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I’m jealous of how apparently easy it is to have sidenotes with this Hugo theme.

Currently reading: Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang, ISBN: 9780063323179

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