Jeremy Cherfas

The five chosen books are one thing, the interview with Dieter Helm something else again.That’s what I would engrave on the front page of every manifesto for a political party for the coming election: ‘It’s the capital maintenance, stupid!’As opposed to: ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’That would be a good starter.

TIL: a well-known and well-regarded weekly podcast that puts out 40 episodes a year is made by four people each working a full-time eight-hour day. That’s a lot of time.

Caveat emptor has never been more necessary.

Eat This Newsletter 237: Shredded

Which is more, 45 gallons or 720 cups? Trick question, obvs; they’re equal. Either way, Americans have never drunk as much milk as they did in 1945, and bird flu is just a blip in the decline.

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Making art of any kind will always attract the curious, and children can be especially helpful until they suddenly lose interest.

Yes: Nighttime in Australia is the right time for me in Europe.

Getting errors from the web mention service I use and need to work out why, so trying from here to see whether anything will be be received at www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/make…

New episode: What is Chametz?

The Hebrew Bible singles out five grains for special treatment. Two are easy: wheat and barley. Modern science may help identify the other three, but will that change centuries of custom and tradition.

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Latest newsletter revisits Passover and asks a fifth question: if you are an observant Jewish sourdough baker, what do you do with your starter over Passover?

Questions too for sustainable fish, citrus salads and livestock emissions.

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• On foot* 41.882223, 12.448771* Thursday 18 April, 2024* 424.12 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapIn the park, and well off my normal paths.

Cream crackered after spending an hour and a half trying to separate a well overgrown and neglected canna lily from its concrete trough. Very hard going, but now that I have replanted a few offsets, I am taking a well earned break.

TIL about using the Python calendar module from Terminal. What magic is this?

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The cinematography on the new Ripley is drop dead gorgeous. That is all.