Jeremy Cherfas

Australian journo swaps one set of fibs for another.

“British forests were first subjected to clearing with the Roman conquest of AD 43.” Really?

www.smh.com.au/environme…

A pox on both their houses.

Couscous salad and asparagus, which alas are nearing the end of their season. pesos

This morning’s glory. Showed up out of nowhere last year and seems to breed true. At least the one plant that has flowered so far. pesos

What a terrific essay from George Orwell, which goes well beyond this choice jumping-off point:

“[T]he toad, unlike the skylark and the primrose, has never had much of a boost from poets.”

@gastrohistory shamed me into cleaning my salad spinner, and I’m happy about that. 

I don’t doubt that medical software is bad and that doctors have good cause to complain. But in a fight to the death, I suspect software for human resources or for teachers might be even worse.

Nothing says summer quite like tidying up the tomatoes for the first time. pesos

Excellent Conversations with Tyler episode talking to David Deutsch (apart from the whole multiverse thing about which I am not competent to judge, and nor do I care).

Made a start on the annual tweakage of the automatic watering system for the terrace, but the main enemy remains lack of pressure. It fluctuates through the day so need to try and find the maximum.

The fact that these cult-members were willing to risk their lives, but not endure poor web design, says a lot about the nature of the Trump cult, and its relationship to passive media.