Made a 14th-century style whole wheat + flax sourdough loaf. Inspired by Emile Claus’s “De vlasoogst” (The Flax Harvest), 1904, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België (Belgium) 🌾

It’s tripping me out to learn that almond milk was widely used in medieval Europe (13th to 15th centuries in particular), was often the basis of sop (a type of bread-thickened soup or porridge), and was valued because it didn’t spoil as quickly as dairy milk…

It was nice for a second there when Brexit was the worst national embarrassment and now it’s back on us 😔

I really can’t wait for the forced all-lowercase typing Style to go out of Fashion. If Anything, We should be moving towards the German System of capitalizing all Nouns.

“Google has updated its AI principles and removed its previous promise not to use AI in weapon development.” https://www.neowin.net/news/google-no-longer-promises-to-refrain-from-using-ai-in-military-weaponry/

We all pay for climate change. As we saw in California this year, the insurance crisis is shifting natural disaster costs onto taxpayers—while insurers hike rates, privatize profits & socialize losses:

The Lever

We Will All Be Paying For L.A.’s Wildfires

Los Angeles’ wildfires and an industry-tied insurance regulator may prove a tipping point for the country’s faltering financial safety net.

Bike ride & anarchist bookstore & more homemade sourdough bread