In reply to www.main-vision.com/richard/b

I expect you know that, but:

The big secret to keeping sane on IG is always, always, always to click that little drop-down where it says For you and select Following. Every time!

In the latest Eat This Newsletter, a couple of dreamy prescriptions for a better food world, as well as a clear-eyed view on what’s up with wheat prices. And if all that is too bitter, how the USA became sweet on yoghurt.

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Top Albums from last.fm on 16/08/26

1, Jack Johnson, On and On, (16);
2, Bryan Ferry, As Time Goes By, (15);
3, Woody Herman, Ze Best - Woody Herman, (14);
4, The Be Good Tanyas, Hello Love, (13);
5, Daft Punk, Random Access Memories, (12);

Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260814-W-AY68OD

  • On foot
  • 41.8877, 12.4554
  • 14 August 2026
  • 424.10 ppm CO2
  • OpenStreetMap

Too hot to be out strolling just to get somewhere random, but when the algorithm delivers a rabbit just off the path of my customary morning jog, I was bound to bag it.

Composite image. On the left a map showing the location of the quest and my position. On the right, looking down onto a level playing area with the shadows of umbrella pines stretching across the scorched brown grass. In the middle distance, palms, dark green holm oaks and other trees, all under a clear blue sky.

In reply to kwon.nyc/notes/mid…

I too find myself walking with my hands behind my back, but I had no idea what “halmoni style” might mean. So I looked it up. It’s the Korean for grandmother. And there was me think it might be some kind of esoteric yoga or Qi Gong move.

In the latest Eat This Newsletter, I share a bad case of pessimism. Or is it realism? But there are also lotus eaters, a history of biryani, and a love letter to Italy’s August traditions.

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Switch it off and then on again; never gets old. My watch was losing all charge in a day, despite a new battery less than a year ago. So I charged it up, switched it off and on again, and this morning it still had more than 50%, as it should. I have no clue what was wrong, and I don’t care.

Top Albums from last.fm on 09/08/26 1, Ry Cooder, River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder, (18);
2, Cesária Évora, Miss Perfumado, (14);
3, Claude Challe, Buddha‐Bar II, (11);
4, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Paris - Soweto, (8);
5, Zakir Hussain, Making Music, (8);