Wednesday morning roundup

Another thing that has no place in our food system is rampant sexual assault of farm workers. A friend and I were just talking about how they don't make them like they used to, them being Latin American writers, the previous generation of which took our breath away. And now, the world has lost Carlos Fuentes. This post is a bit rambling, but also essential: trust your instincts and shun the concept of 'he's harmless.' Perhaps it's unfair to RM that I hold him up, on these pages, as the standard of creepy guy who tried to come off as harmless--thankfully, I'll never know whether he wasn't necessarily harmless--but that's just it: better err on the side of not finding out. The soda industry is scrambling to make up for lost sales by peddling other beverages, but you all know that there's little value in bottled water, right? It's a sad week for Virginia.