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The restaurant in Masseria Montenapoleone doesn’t disappoint.

It’s a beautiful masseria in the Puglia countryside that grows much of what it serves.

A restaurant in Masseria Montenapoleone in Puglia. There are wood tables, tomatoes hanging from the roof and a light green curtain blocking the sun from entering.

Taverna del Porto in Puglia, Italy.

The food is as good as the view.

A wooden table in a restaurant with a large window looking over a view of the sea.

Finished reading: Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth 📚

If you agree wholeheartedly with everything you read you are not reading widely enough.

I asked Gemini to give me a list of science fiction movie recommendations to help convert my girlfriend into a fan of the genre.

Top of the list was Her. We just finished it. It’s about a man who falls in love with an AI.

Beautiful movie, but the context is scary.

It’s always a pleasure to take this gentleman for a walk in the English countryside.

This is a rare example of him standing still long enough for a photo that isn’t blurry.

A spaniel dog on a heath with a house and a windmill at the top of a grassy hill.

Philosopher Jonathan Wolff in his introduction to An Introduction to Political Philosophy:

We must not underestimate the progress made by advancing from muddled ignorance to informed bemusement.

Grotta della Poesia in Salento is beautiful at this time of the year.

Grotta della Poesia in Salento. It is a circular pool of seawater surrounded by cliffs. The sky is clear and blue and the water in the pool is light blue.