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Honoré de Balzac On Coffee – A Terrible And Cruel Method

The Icarian Posted on February 19, 2026 by adminFebruary 19, 2026

Coffee was central to prolific French writer Honoré de Balzac’s method of working. Balzac is said to have consumed as many as 50 cups of coffee per day. It’s not surprising then that coffee may have played a significant role … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, culture, history, writers, writing | Tagged "Blazac’s Treatise on Modern Stimulants", Brillat-Savarin, coffee, France, Honoré de Balzac, Kassy Hayden, The Physiology of Taste, writer, writing

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The Icarian On Mastodon

Onesie-twosie responses to digital service taxes is goofy. Making American importers/consumers pay to save big tech from them is something else entirely.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/us-tariff-threat-is-an-ill-advised-digital-services-tax-reaction

7 July 2026 @ 3:27 pm

Would these people contorting themselves into knots invite him over for dinner? Would they maintain a friendship with him? If not, why would you vote for him? If so ... uhh ...

6 July 2026 @ 11:54 pm

NJ has plenty more tweaks to make, but the StayNJ adjustment is a step in the right direction.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/week-in-insights-new-jersey-property-tax-tweak-is-positive-step

5 July 2026 @ 10:19 pm

Shocked to discover this USMNT you're all talking about has absolutely nothing to do with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

5 July 2026 @ 9:57 pm

A guy that was at Omaha Beach: “Giving a speech in the rain, huh? Well sir I may have misjudged your mettle.”

5 July 2026 @ 1:32 am

My least progressive view is that if I had to choose between saving the last koala and running my air conditioning for another hour I’d try to save you the pelt for your museums.

3 July 2026 @ 2:52 pm

New in my Yale JREG column: the Shortcut Ledger — tracking rules that skip the proposal stage entirely (interim-final, direct-final, temporary).
https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/recent-rulemakings-reviewed-june-2026/

2 July 2026 @ 7:00 pm

RE: https://c.im/@BBC/116851216332830014
Imagine
my horror in realizing this was about dusty ass Old Jersey.

2 July 2026 @ 4:03 pm

Who is the fair for? Like if things went right, are they expecting tourists? DC residents?

2 July 2026 @ 4:01 pm

Reads to me like 4-4 on the constitutional question of birthright citizenship, with Kavanaugh out in "this is just a statutory question" land.
That seems ... precarious.

30 June 2026 @ 7:43 pm

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