Friday, 20 June 2025

In Paris, April 2005, in a moment when I still had hair, wore glasses, and drank caffeine. All of which is mostly irrelevant to the top item below, but it’ll do.

Convenient. The 50 Best Restaurants include:

Six in Bangkok

Five in Tokyo.

Four in Paris.

Four in Lima.

Four in Copenhagen.

Three in New York.

Two in Munich.

Two in London.

Two in Mexico City .

Two in Dubai.

Two in Seoul.

Two in Barcelona.

One in Gardone Riviera.

One in Alba.

One in Singapore.

One in Castel di Sangro.

One in Senigallia.

One in Brunico.

One in Getaria.

One in Rubano.

One in Skillinge.

One in Rio de Janiero.

One in Stockholm.

One in Santiago.

One in Atxondo.

One in Cartagena.

One in Alba.

One in Vienna.

None in Bloomington.

None in Los Angeles.

And the Winter One, down unders. The Summer Solstice arrives (or, depending on when you read this, arrived) at 10:42 PM today, Eastern time.

Adtech has now achieved a state of pure enshittification. I first wrote We’ve Had Enough of This Shit here, but moved it to a solo post because I needed to show why.

Pacers in Seven. I predicted here in 2016 that the Cleveland Cavaliers would beat the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. That was the year that the Warriors had a still-unbeaten regular season record of 73 wins and just 9 losses. But the Cavs had the better story, plus LeBron James. There is no equivalent of LeBron on the Pacers. But the Pacers are out-hustling and out-defending the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have the best regular season record, plus the league MVP. They’ll have a great story too, if they win. But the Pacers’ story is just a little bit better. And you know (or should know) what I say about stories.