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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 11h

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 16h

A four photo Montreal tribute in agreement.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 17h

You might quite like Quebec. Hunch #358.

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 17h

Please read my latest story all about Bonn, a little city full of municipal buildings coloured in by quirky local characters I unexpectedly fell for

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been to Bonn? My latest blog post/newsletter is up now.

www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/bonn

Bonn — Katie Mather Writes

A very good place

www.katiematherwrites.com

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 19h

Did you know that I write a column for What's Brewing every month? You can now see them all in a lovely big list and catch up on any you've missed.

Posts by: Laura Hadland

wb.camra.org.uk

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Beer Nouveau @beernouveau.co.uk · 19h

It's about to get very cosy in here! 🤣

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 22h

Dare I?

Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 22h

A triumph of quantity over quality this week. 3655 words.

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Stan Hieronymus @stanhieronymus.bsky.social · 22h

A gem well within:

"Is/was 'passion' an 'important asset' or a form of those 'blinders'? Whether in business or in writing. Maybe both. What ever happened to well-earned hard-bitten steely-eyed objectivity?"

A lot of words to get there, but worth your time

abetterbeerblog427.com/2025/10/09/t...

The Beery News Notes For The Threat Of Frost And The Yanks And Jays In What Might Just Be A Post-Passion World – A Good Beer Blog

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 23h

Agreed. You’re fine with my gardening Pr0n though, right?

Kitchen counter scene with about forty tomatoes weighing maybe fifteen pounds in various colours and shapes and stages of ripeness

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

Always deserve!

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tante @tante.cc · 11d

Things I had not expected to see today: Deutsche Bank making a numbers based argument that "AI" is a bubble and won't last https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deutsche-bank-grim-warning-ai-industry

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

And back up again above freezing right away. Join me in prayer for that basil under three layers!

Screen shot of the hourly weather for October ninth at Kingston Ontario showing minus zero point thee Celsius at six A M and then plus zero point four at seven A M

Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

Well, things came to be which were not certain. The unknown became the known - or will be when the covers are lifted later. Time is a’ticking. That’s never as clear as the dawn when that zap of frost hits. And the Yankees lost. So it’s still a happy day. I can buy frikkin canned tomatoes all winter.

The Beery News Notes For The Threat Of Frost And The Yanks And Jays In What Might Just Be A Post-Passion World – A Good Beer Blog

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

Forecast was for +3C but I took measures anyway. Dipped to -0.3C just before dawn at the airport so I’ll have to see what survived out there in a couple of hours.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very “mash-up” new digital economy speak circa 2003. Right around when CAOs learned about Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 1d

No Safe level? Little scientific support.

JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, 2025, 20(3), forthcoming
“How Much Is Too Much? A Methodological Investigation of the Literature on Alcohol Consumption and Health”
by Stefano Castriota, Paolo Frumento, and Francesco Suppressa
www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

How are A.I. companies supposed to make any money if they can’t steal from people who create things?!?!

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Barry M @barmas.bsky.social · 1d

My wife often says the cidery is mine, as I do all the work. But I also tell people that if it wasn’t for my wife, I wouldn’t make half as much perry as I do, because she is an absolute harvesting machine. Over the last two days she has collected at least 500kg of pears alone. Levitation 2025 is go.

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve written for @pelliclemag.com about the Dog and Bell, a unique pub whose evolution over the past 40 years nevertheless illustrates the story of modern London pubs. It’s here: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle

On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler.  A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...

www.pelliclemag.com

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 2d

Your daily reminder: AI doesn’t do jobs you don’t want to do. It takes jobs you want to do

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Teddypasketti @teddypasketti.bsky.social · 2d

I researched this: it was the first time the United States government formally acknowledged in a legal pleading the fact that she is America’s greatest living singer-songwriter.

My boss later discovered my mutiny and chewed me out. Fine. I’ve been chewed out before.

All the best health to her.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 2d

I could do with more Dan and less Buck!

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 2d

But if it’s Fox or Apple+ the national coverage only focuses on a quarter of the teams. That’s why I like the MLB app so much (except for the Canadian playoffs blackout) because I get to watch all the locals. I particularly like Reds games and the Mets TV broadcast team is the most knowledgeable.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to figure out which is making the clearer statement - this below or "Spinal Tap II" which I saw this evening. They seem to cover similar themes... probably dissimilarly.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" dominated streaming, conversation and movie theaters this weekend. But reaction to the album — especially its lyrics — was mixed. Our music critics discussed the album.

With ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Keeps Getting Bigger. Can the Music Keep Up?

“The Life of a Showgirl” dominated streaming, conversation and movie theaters this weekend. But reaction to the album — especially its lyrics — was mixed.

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