The writer formerly known as @grescoe. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past coming from Greystone in September 2023.
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Last Notes npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "In many cities, by riding transit, by consenting not to belong to the elite, you get where you're going before members of the elite do." —Umberto Eco Case in point: ...🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/973/320/491/432/863/original/4771e10c211ed50f.webp npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This train platform in #Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture has no ticket booth, no entrance or exit. Why does it exist? 🇯🇵🚉🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/673/029/834/713/829/original/ca227f11e005ec8a.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 One of a wandering #straphanger’s great pleasures: nabbing the front seat of the upper level of a (non-tourist) double-decker bus—the 77A, direction Pearse DART station, #Dublin. Putting my Leap farecard to good use! https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/428/019/439/676/005/original/5131b075e7174d81.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 The key to #Dublin ! Went to a cornershop and got my Leap card. €5 deposit, loaded it with €10 of rides for buses, trams, DART. €2 a ride. Newsagent advises me you can’t forget to tap when you board, but also when you get off. ☘️🚉🚍 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/423/654/335/720/742/original/0b5a1e145dcc79d7.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Dia duit, #Dublin ! Just arrived, and what do my wondering, jet-lagged eyes perceive? The LUAS (Irish for “speed”), the city’s tram, snaking around St. Stephen’s Green. More ☘️🚉🚍posts to follow. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/423/231/782/213/025/original/79c5590c9b279762.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 To be added to the "No Shit, Sherlock" school-of-research files, along with: STUDY: Drivers of luxury cars found to give pedestrians the right of way 3x less than those driving less expensive vehicles; 4x more likely to cut off other drivers, aka "The Audi Effect." https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118373109 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/407/287/476/792/673/original/6858583c71bd8b0b.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 NEW RESEARCH: "Desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by higher scores on psychopathy and sadism." From a sample of 529 (52% men) undergraduate business students. https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/A-desire-for-a-loud-car-with-a-modified-muffler-is-predicted-by-being-a-man-and-higher,162006,0,2.html https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/407/272/778/902/227/original/1991cf8084252224.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.” —Ian Lockwood, transport planner. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/360/372/425/891/686/original/5272171d726bf121.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 You've heard of Cow-Catchers on the front of steam trains before? In #Zurich, they're working on People-Catcher tech for trams. Got to hand it to the Swiss...🇨🇭 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/315/248/317/458/454/original/f09d4b575996ebd8.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Saying we should pin our hopes on feeding the billions with non-existent synthetic protein tech is delusional. Re-wilding is great—but it should be done, and in some places is being done, in step with a society-wide move towards regenerative agriculture. npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Using nuclear power to generate electricity to make protein pancakes isn't the way forward. Small farmers (not practitioners of industrial monocultures) who use traditional, soil-enriching techniques need more support. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/315/112/140/048/406/original/3be957e1a3937de8.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/315/113/158/807/030/original/c5be6f41912009a2.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 THIS JUST IN: mayor Sadiq-Khan promises a "Super-Loop 2," doubling the number of express bus routes circling outer #London (If he's re-elected, that is). https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/superloop-2-sadiq-khan-london-mayor-express-bus-routes-tfl-b1152403.html https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/298/063/280/733/203/original/5e0beca6f4444b2b.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 The automobile city is the disease. The bicycle-pedestrian-transit city is the cure. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/241/513/244/814/978/original/6e252669288f00cd.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/241/513/435/177/612/original/968cc2aa317f0e14.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 2/ Boji, the #straphanger dog, also from #Istanbul. Transit officials fitted him with a microchip collar; it shows he uses 29 subway stations, buses and ferries in a typical day. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/214/634/837/553/866/original/bead75f91d36da45.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Riding buses, metros, and trains can be rather wild. An #animalsintransit thread 1/ The feline ticket inspectors of #Istanbul. Watch where you stick your farecard, they are known to be very strict. 🐈⬛🚇🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/214/619/536/064/559/original/3da64909d4b8ab98.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Welcome to springtime in #Montreal ! Conditions for cyclists are, as always, excellent. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/214/438/150/920/319/original/676650af07ca9065.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 4/ #Helsinki https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/168/988/599/564/946/original/8f23df48c8dc8fcb.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 3/ #Barcelona https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/168/986/553/120/552/original/97b0828743a3b0a0.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 2/ Schiedam, pop. 80,000, in the #Netherlands. (via @npub1t9f…5htd ) https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/168/982/443/171/858/original/c34669c75c5c77ed.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Here's how to make green #transit even greener. Put the tram tracks on a carpet of grass or sedum. 2 kms of track creates 1.5 football fields' worth of green space, reducing air pollution and urban heat island effect. A tram-on-the-lawn thread: 🚋🌱🧵 1/ Milan #Milano https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/168/978/733/475/447/original/bd9d5c3df27cf588.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "If you ask people what streets are for, they say cars. That's opposite of what they said one hundred years ago...Streets—venues of myriad public activities as late as 1920—were redefined as exclusive transport ways." —Peter Norton, author of Fighting Traffic. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/168/397/027/815/065/original/880b76c5a7c96f8c.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Suburbia is that place where people put their bikes on cars and drive them out to the country so they can cycle in circles." —Steve Schmitt. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/162/602/115/177/841/original/99ccebe0ecb7a636.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Aka the "Sykkelheis," perfect for every 20-degree incline in your city. (Suggested background music for this clip: Theme from Benny Hill.) https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/158/063/332/760/328/original/205229062759540f.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Is that last hill kicking your butt? Scandinavia’s got you covered. The Trampe, which transports cyclists, ski-lift-style, up a 20-degree incline in Trondheim, #Norway. A candidate for inclusion in the Mondo Elevator thread! 🛗🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/158/061/168/612/479/original/ff4d353f5da1d98d.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Mondo Elevator. A Short Thread About the Weird World of Vertical Transport. 🛗🧵 1. Paternoster Lift. An open-doored elevator that’s on a loop, moving slowly and continually. Name inspired by a loop of rosary beads. This one is at #Prague City Hall... https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/112/139/612/416/561/907/original/32962d3183b76a68.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 How do you get people to ride bikes in the snow? Studded tires are the magic ingredient, but they're expensive. Last winter, a public transit agency in western #Sweden gave away free studded tires to people who committed to try winter cycling. https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/free-winter-tires-for-people-choosing-bikes-over-cars-in-sweden-10948 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/732/026/517/846/149/original/8c4992d190c61c4a.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/732/026/680/804/209/original/2f305a6794c817d5.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 #Canada was once one of the world's great railway nations. You could cross the whole country, and get to remote settlements, without a car or airplane. From Vancouver Island to Newfoundland...🚂 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/727/314/277/553/259/original/c0f160df922e7680.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 The real explanation, I suspect, is that their revenues from new paid subscriptions have tanked since the Katz article in The Atlantic. npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This just in... I know that for many people, this will be too little, too late. But as somebody who was contemplating leaving Substack altogether for publishing fascists, I'm relieved they're taking the outrage seriously and ousting Nazi newsletters. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/722/845/051/071/179/original/8cabf3a3dc61d78a.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Night trains, Cross-Channel competition, Spanish trains on tracks in #France: there's a passenger rail renaissance happening in #Europe : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/travel/europe-new-trains.html https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/720/956/040/012/843/original/b4875455d338b4af.webp npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Passenger rail in #Canada is at the mercy of freight trains, some of which are 4 kms long, and run to no schedule. Via Rail, the national passenger rail service, owns just 3% of the tracks its trains run on. For a deep dive into how things got this bad, I recommend Tim Querengesser's feature "Losing Track" in this month's Canadian Geographic: https://www.pressreader.com/canada/canadian-geographic/20240102/282230900439366 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/715/142/742/698/313/original/6dcfdb9bf4f2e122.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/715/142/691/837/712/original/9b57e5c4c907784c.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Bicycles let people move with greater speed without taking up significant amounts of scarce space, energy, or time...Cyclists become masters of their own movements without blocking those of their fellows." —Ivan Illich, 1974. 🚲 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/665/257/421/022/413/original/25cfc99b451945dd.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 #Italy is running lovingly-restored trains on historic routes, with some excursions going for as litle as €20. In the high-speed era, it's a way of keeping less frequented rural routes alive. I took the train from #Turin to the wine-making village of Spumante...🚂🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/620/563/226/074/841/original/095e6ac9adda636d.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 The first issue was published in Sept. 1888. My grandparents gave me a year-long subscription when I was 8 years old. It helped open my eyes to a wider world... https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/613/128/083/009/022/original/362c9e4b24e13f8d.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 End of an Era. I went out and bought this, the Dec. 2023 issue of National Geographic. It's the last issue of this venerable institution that will appear on newsstands. 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/613/124/024/506/038/original/66672f0093de8b6c.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Cars make us lonely." —Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, 1981. 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/585/235/215/696/802/original/81d7ad8d4c3f4695.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This looks like fun! In North America, we have rails-to-trails, turning old rail lines into bike and hiking trails. In #Japan, they kept the rails... The Kamioka Line, discontinued in 2004, is now a “rail-mountain bike” attraction known as “Gattan Go!!” https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/563/715/710/827/182/original/36411f7b1b07c1f9.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Little-known fact about one of my favorite French movies (the sweetly surrealistic Zazie dans le Métro, 1960)...🚇 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/547/021/449/925/153/original/9cc3e7f5dda1946e.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 If we designed houses like we design cities—there wouldn't be a lot of room for living left. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/535/150/417/232/853/original/6e9af00907e473b7.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 “We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it's given.” —Ian Lockwood https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/533/861/247/953/012/original/893a9c6c8c55b37a.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Think of this book as a mashup of Atlas Obscura and Decolonize Your Diet...Grescoe is an optimist—and a historically-minded one." Delighted that The Lost Supper is on Civil Eat's list of 2023's food books for the holidays. https://civileats.com/2023/12/05/our-2023-food-and-farming-holiday-book-gift-guide/ https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/529/804/135/108/299/original/e154dd46586c582f.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 #Amsterdam gets it right! This is the way to prioritize sustainable urban transport: transit first. As of Friday, drivers of cars will be limited to 19 mph (30 km/h). But if you're riding transit (trams, buses on dedicated ways), you'll be moving along at a speedy 31 mph (50 km/h). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-04/amsterdam-speed-limits-to-drop-to-30kph-to-improve-road-safety https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/528/433/683/799/818/original/824281209246b684.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Smart move, Via Rail, smart move. "VIA Rail Canada puts baggage fees on hold following union criticism" https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/via-rail-canada-puts-baggage-fees-on-hold-following-union-criticism/ https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/523/138/319/438/572/original/cd1e520c800c2180.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This is impressive! #Paris already has 200 school streets, closed to traffic, to protect the safety of children. Under its new Priorité Piéton plan, one hundred more will be added. In addition...🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/507/036/766/711/958/original/18c73e51a6d2d3a3.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Great-grandfather: allowed to walk 6 miles on his own Grandfather: could walk 1 mile Mother: could walk a half mile Son: could walk 300 yards (to end of street). What happened? *Cars* happened. M1, traffic, white vans...the shrinking geography of childhood in UK. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/506/996/012/202/530/original/e5513c35964f2fb7.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Cities are books that you read with your feet." —Quintín Cabrera, Uruguayan poet, 1944-2009 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/477/813/506/907/369/original/701ce67e2a1983ad.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Nature. Isn't it awesome? Now watch us wreck it." UK bars two SUV ads: a poster and a video shown on social media, where dozens of Toyota Hilux cars drive across off-road terrain, including a river, while a voiceover describes the scene as “one of nature’s true spectacles” https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/22/toyota-suv-adverts-banned-in-uk-on-environmental-grounds https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/465/876/029/681/974/original/135ed82fbddfd06b.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/465/876/200/686/969/original/328a6108f57cae89.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Car-free solutions for transporting toddlers and babies! #1 The Pram-Car (1951). 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/460/473/750/332/743/original/414e3e761dcf8339.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "They're accident-prone, heavy, bulky and polluting." —Mayor Hidalgo's office. #Paris will hold a vote to significantly increasing parking fees for one class of vehicles: SUVs, whose numbers have increased by 60% in just 4 years. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/11/14/paris-will-have-residents-vote-on-increasing-parking-fees-for-heavy-suvs_6255482_7.html https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/443/348/812/534/720/original/a015c3c8e6c2ff2d.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "The automobile city is the anti-city which annihilates the city wherever it collides with it." —Lewis Mumford, The City in History. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/346/883/911/911/058/original/f4f5507de0a0719c.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Just dropped by Bookmark on Spring Garden in beautiful downtown #Halifax to sign copies of The Lost Supper. (Bonus: free Halloween candies available at the till!) Looking forward to the Afterwords event tonight at Café Lara! https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/319/237/591/796/913/original/d881b3e263e8d4eb.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/319/237/707/546/801/original/5662b09c911a23f4.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Just signed a stack of copies of The Lost Supper @ Drawn and Quarterly in #Montreal’s Mile-End. My literary amanuensis Victor helped with the flapping! https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/314/452/306/120/934/original/0a92679e10da5458.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 If it happens in NYC, can congestion pricing come to other cities in Canada and the US? I look at how we can "get into the zone" in my latest Straphanger dispatch: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/getting-into-the-zone https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/308/303/881/903/804/original/d9c29557633ee49b.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Well, it might happen, as early as next year, if New Jersey and Staten Island drivers don't put the kibosh on the plan to charge vehicles entering the city below 60th Street. The dream of NYC as a "lovely pedestrian city" was first put forth by Paul Goodman in 1961 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/308/302/201/111/221/original/990859cfa57e2fae.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Congestion pricing is coming to #Manhattan...and not a moment too soon... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/308/301/376/951/434/original/a3982e5d4fb54d99.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Mayor of #Milan #Italy, one of Europe's most polluted cities, announces plans to ban cars from city center next year. It would join #Stockholm in having a downtown car-free zone. https://www.thelocal.it/20231020/milan-announces-plan-to-ban-cars-from-the-city-centre-in-2024 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/302/495/742/157/571/original/aa90cd09afaf4aa5.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Call up the chef/baker from the best Turkish restaurant in town and ask her if she can fire up her firin (clay oven)... https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/301/492/403/268/793/original/2b00af4070a1bfa7.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 How do you make a bread from 7,200 BCE? Start with an ancient grain—emmer. ✅ Acquire a quern—Mexican metate. ✅ Ask for help from a grind-his-own-grain baker—Marc-André. ✅ Then... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/301/489/031/598/734/original/257798fa87ba955e.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I recount the rest of the process in this Lost Supper dispatch on Substack: https://lostsupper.substack.com/p/how-to-make-neolithic-flatbread https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/874/887/750/321/original/0cd0689667120845.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 In the excavations, I saw the placement of the beehive-shaped ovens and the saddle querns that almost every dwelling had. Helpfully, replica houses showed exactly what these looked like. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/871/607/582/769/original/d2a91f8b4a203ab2.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/871/827/049/786/original/95a50ac1ec818496.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I started by going to the Çatalhöyük site in central #Turkey. A proto-urban Neolithic community, pop. as high as 8,000, inhabited for 1000+ years starting 9,000 years ago. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/868/571/765/352/original/42e795c7826e6126.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/868/728/565/742/original/af9715874bd8dc63.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Here's how I went about recreating Neolithic flatbread from ca. 7,000 BCE—with the help of archaeobotanists, a #Montreal baker, and a chef from #Turkey. Bread 🍞 Thread 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/291/865/739/336/989/original/dcadc96a845b6cfa.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Here's how I explain Teslas, and the pros and cons of electric cars, to my kids: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/a-childs-guide-to-electric-vehicles https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/553/038/249/831/original/03467e5ebbe33cb6.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Just to be clear: I do support EVs. If by "EV" you mean electric trains, electric transit vehicles, electric cargo-bikes. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/549/187/065/973/original/c216b200a44fd997.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/549/194/584/663/original/7d91783296da4c94.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/549/218/627/846/original/88bc07d32c8fdd4b.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 In many places (China, India, anywhere where electricity is generated by coal) they're actually driving global heating. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/546/796/280/899/original/ea5112759d7a23ad.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Electric cars aren't just a poor substitute for active transport, transit, and building more compact and walkable/bikeable cities and towns. 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/267/544/301/109/070/original/6526ae52b70c5476.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Urban design, Roman style. #Pompeii in the year 79. Walkable streets, mixed-use, street-facing shops, gentle density. Notice that Roman urbanism two millennia ago produces a more livable city than almost any car-centered developments we’re churning out in the Americas today. 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/263/529/934/982/477/original/fabb17431ca001ef.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Well, in some ways. But in other ways, it's the same-old-same-old..." https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/262/801/055/791/733/original/47572a68c28e0c01.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "Electric cars are better than regular cars, aren’t they, Dad?” my son asks me. “I mean, not so polluting?” Long pause... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/262/797/793/245/550/original/b7397ce79ea61e97.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "The Wisdom Is in the Soil, and the Soil Is Becoming Depleted" A Q&A with Taras Grescoe, author of "The Lost Supper." I'm interviewed about my new book by andrea bennett in @TheTyee https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/18/Taras-Grescoe-Interview/ https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/256/399/906/884/876/original/a91adbe82f981740.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I'd love to hear food-idea books that changed the way you think—leave a reply! https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/764/108/394/007/original/1f4c48e57646c1b1.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I share more in my latest (free!) Lost Supper dispatch: https://lostsupper.substack.com/p/no-recipes https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/762/252/012/872/original/6dcdfe17f4b5d6b3.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Over the years, there are a few books that have changed the way I think about the food I eat. They aren't recipe books—but food-idea books. Here are some of the best from my shelves (every Post-It is a "wow!" moment) 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/759/391/426/202/original/e017f4c29696f65a.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/759/510/528/632/original/5dab3268f6180bee.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/759/698/596/337/original/9b421b3e858660ad.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/251/759/853/891/704/original/d047dd7752925e09.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 "The air in #Stockholm causes babies to have lung conditions and the elderly to die prematurely. We need to eliminate the harmful exhaust gases from petrol and diesel cars." Capital of #Sweden announces one of Europe's most ambitious fossil-fuel-car-free zones, to be implemented in 2 years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/250/945/076/524/049/original/b442c0947bc76b8e.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 There's a new community in the USA that has completely banned cars. And it's not where you'd expect to find it. Welcome to Culdesac, in Tempe, #Arizona. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/oct/11/culdesac-car-free-neighborhood-tempe-arizona https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/246/896/122/619/946/original/bb5461c428378856.png https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/246/896/210/192/762/original/76c9049e041269cd.png https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/246/896/555/005/199/original/cf65845242c73866.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I love it when two of my passions, transit and great food, intersect! You can go down a staircase in the Herald Square Stn. in #NYC and use a PIN to enter Noksu, a Korean restaurant with a 12-course tasting menu. No Metrocard required... https://ny.eater.com/2023/10/3/23901404/noksu-opening-subway-baekjeong-herald-square https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/222/317/736/240/782/original/426f772dadad25df.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 You can read the English-language original here: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/death-to-the-sledgehammer-flyswatter https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/222/187/563/674/438/original/80eeb8d600de5139.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Livrer des caisses de bière au centre-ville avec un 18 roues, c’est comme tuer une mouche avec un canon. Réinventer les livraisons urbaines grâce au tramway My latest #Straphanger dispatch now up on the site of L'actualité (in French) 🧵 https://lactualite.com/environnement/reinventer-les-livraisons-urbaines-grace-au-tramway/ https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/222/177/502/188/284/original/9ca499950dbcce95.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 ...in my latest Straphanger dispatch on Substack. I'm trying for optimism in the Anthropocene, but lately the best I can manage is to be an ambimist. (All explained in the link.) https://straphanger.substack.com/p/rip-to-high-speed-rail-in-the-uk https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/189/933/094/342/438/original/236426438b42f202.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Rishi Sunak, the Posh EconoRobot who is currently PM, has put the nail in the coffin of Britain's high-speed rail...and done a radical U-turn on getting the UK to Net Zero. I write about why political expediency could prove to be the death of the best laid climate plans... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/189/930/838/334/511/original/13d35b2856f161b4.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Here's the full segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPiKUInnS4Q npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 That was fun! I brought lost & ancient foods from my book The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past to share with the hosts of @thesocialctv The chapulín (roasted crickets) from #Mexico were—mostly!—a hit. Here's a clip... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/182/687/933/344/820/original/80dbf659d443d249.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This is amazing! #Canada elects its first indigenous leader to run a province—ousting right-of-center conservatives! “NDP wins #Manitoba election as Wab Kinew set to become first First Nations provincial premier in Canada” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ndp-wins-manitoba-election-as-wab-kinew-set-to-become-first-first/ npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Took a short ferry ride from bustling downtown #Toronto today to the Islands with my bicycle. Idyllic summer-like day. Methuselah cypresses, clothing-optional beaches, an old-school amusement park—and no automobiles. Can’t believe I didn’t check this out before… https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/167/216/710/760/900/original/107fbd304782a879.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/167/217/390/914/613/original/daa9a71b855bcf3c.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/167/220/923/559/877/original/d41134d3fdefed0b.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 There's no advocacy for a meat-based diet in my book, though! The Lost Supper is a deep dive into history & pre-history of food, and a call to restore diversity (not excess protein!) to our diets. Here's a review with a better summary of the issues I tackle: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/taras-grescoe/the-lost-supper-future-food/ npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 My latest book, The Lost Supper, is discussed in this long, thoughtful essay in this week's New Yorker by Manvir Singh 🧵 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/02/is-an-all-meat-diet-what-nature-intended npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 This is exciting! Food and Wine Magazine sent me across #Canada to find "6 Vital Restaurants" that define what makes the country unique today. The special issue is out on newsstands today. (Will drop online soon!) https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/110/941/110/997/442/original/3b8909b47df4033e.png https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/110/941/227/016/910/original/076ded8d18e0bd69.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 You can read the original, English-language text (for free) here on Substack: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/parks-are-not-for-cars https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/103/340/068/401/656/original/26d6c0ad9a15f666.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Pour mes amis francophones / for my French-speaking friends: Mon billet «Les parcs ne sont pas pour les voitures! » disponible sur le site de la revue québécoise L'actualité My dispatch "Parks are not for cars!" is now up on L'actualité's site: https://lactualite.com/environnement/les-parcs-ne-sont-pas-faits-pour-les-voitures/ https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/103/329/887/899/596/original/8d9d5904cd065fe9.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Hello, #Vancouver / K’emk’emeláy̓ ! I'll be returning to the biome of my youth to launch The Lost Supper on Sept 27 at Upstart and Crow (see below). For more on the book, here's my conversation with Dana Gee in today's Vancouver Sun 🧵 https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/flavours-of-the-past-could-help-with-the-future-of-food-and-well-being https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/099/000/698/217/775/original/ea1b4ad40d829c77.png npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 I dig deeper into the controversy in my latest #Straphanger dispatch: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/parks-are-not-for-cars https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/092/903/702/879/911/original/be9a9feccb0d5df9.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Watch out for the Death Camas... You can read an excerpt from The Lost Supper in #Vancouver's Georgia Straight -- which is where I started my journalism career lo these many years! https://www.straight.com/living/coast-salish-significance-of-little-known-blue-camas-plant npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 It's Pub Day! 🎇 My latest book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, is officially published today. Available at bookstores, and online retailers, everywhere—in hardcover, e-book, and (excellent) audiobook. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/092/288/377/114/700/original/a9a12891fc29305a.jpeg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Should bicycles be banned, too? As a cyclist who loves a ride up the mountain, I'm torn; I definitely think pedestrians and people using mobility devices should get priority. I dig deeper in my latest #Straphanger dispatch: https://straphanger.substack.com/p/parks-are-not-for-cars https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/087/244/009/464/261/original/7c383ec66c15824a.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Now Montreal mayor Valérie Plante has announced a plan to close the road to cars. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/camilien-houde-cyclists-cars-plante-montreal-1.6965393 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 The park was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of NYC's Central Park, in 1877. Cars weren't allowed until the late 1950s... https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/087/223/701/984/736/original/6473b74340ef5d3a.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/087/224/188/846/754/original/c81529ace5aa482b.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Parks are not for cars! This is the scene in Mont-Royal Park in the center of #Montreal almost every day of the week—cars whipping down a road that shouldn't even exist. It's dangerous, polluting, and unfair... 🧵 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/087/212/899/420/968/original/709c9ebf70217376.mp4 npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 If you want a step-by-step guide, and more on the history of garum, I dig deeper in this Lost Supper dispatch: https://lostsupper.substack.com/p/the-ancient-art-of-making-roman-garum?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=1fip08 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/080/910/626/414/377/original/bcc79ed1994e6dbd.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Did I ever tell you about the time I made garum, the ancient Roman fish sauce, from scratch? You can read all about it in this excerpt from my latest book, The Lost Supper, in today's #Toronto Star ... https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-mysterious-ingredient-the-romans-used-long-an-object-of-revulsion-can-gain-a-new/article_3c08c6ce-424a-536a-885e-1bbc3511db29.html https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/080/895/512/643/544/original/927b45b5add68af5.jpg npub1f4xayf53h3kvrzz9824ymsq5acl6gw09jrjczpxt50y6j0ahakhqkfx76m Taras Grescoe 🚇 Exactly! Mission...accomplished. https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/111/070/781/948/948/178/original/a608efce6e209c59.jpg