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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 54m

Nearby food recommendation

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 55m

recommendation for you open.substack.com/pub/davidjes...

Biryanish, Reading - food that lives on in the memory

Why British-Asians and those in the know travel far to taste Biryanish's kebabs and biryani

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 1h

That’s a banging pint at a banging pub

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

Unsolicited Hick pic

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3h

No judging

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3h

That would be pretty judgy.

There were three categories:

1) People who had no idea about the policies etc.
2) People who believed you ‘knew where you were’ with X
3) People who fancied X

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 5h

Thinking of about the time I posted on Facebook asking ‘which Tories do you like, no judging’ and got the wildest answers

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

Thanks!

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

Always love - and never expect - a mention

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

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

abetterbeerblog427.com

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Wee Beer Shop @weebeershop.bsky.social · 3d

Worth a read!

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

‘In reality, they were a world away from a modern IPA’

New work alert! For @wsetglobal.bsky.social

www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-ce...

Breaking down the pale ales: IPA versus APA

With all the different beer styles - complete with their acronyms, complicated histories, and reinventions - it sometimes feels impossible to quickly define what a drinker can expect to find in their ...

www.wsetglobal.com

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

‘In reality, they were a world away from a modern IPA’

New work alert! For @wsetglobal.bsky.social

www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-ce...

Breaking down the pale ales: IPA versus APA

With all the different beer styles - complete with their acronyms, complicated histories, and reinventions - it sometimes feels impossible to quickly define what a drinker can expect to find in their ...

www.wsetglobal.com

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

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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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s not forget what Handsworth was like

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Handsworth Horticultural Institute - 'I bought a house and the neighbours moved'

A working men's club in Birmingham was investigated for operating a colour bar in the early 1990s. They weren't an isolated case

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to see integration in action…

bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Nov 25

To celebrate being on @bsky.app I’m going to sell my book at Amazon prices. So DM me if you want a copy signed and delivered for £12.29. RTs welcome!

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 3d

Tory Robert Jenrick says the Handsworth area of Birmingham was ‘one of the worst-integrated places’ he had ever been to.

Visit the Grove, dickhead

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

You'll be delighted to hear that I've finally got around to putting some back copies of @londonbeercity.bsky.social on my website. Here's March: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/ma...

An interior shot of the Blythe Hill Tavern in SE23, featuring happy customers, various mirrors and horse-racing memorabilia

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely heartbreaking

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The Shirker's Rest @theshirkersrest.bsky.social · 7d

David and Rosie keeping the afternoon crowd watered at @davidjesudason.bsky.social’s Trad v Mod Cask Night, yesterday.

Plenty in reserve for the weekend, too.

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 7d

Pleasure to be involved in what can only be described as a PUBRUNCAST

Deserter @deserterblog.bsky.social · 7d

NEW DESERTER PUBCAST

Dungeons and flagons: pubs, beer, crisps, dossers and
@davidjesudason.bsky.social with his Desert Island Crisps.

Out now: www.podfollow.com/deserter-pubcast

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The Shirker's Rest @theshirkersrest.bsky.social · 8d

Trad x Mod Cask Night at the Shirker’s, with your host, @davidjesudason.bsky.social in the house from 5pm.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 8d

No, sorry this isn't it. Honestly can someone write about this who's actually run a small business please? The rise in minimum wage didn't affect my business because we already pay over that. What affects us is rent, energy, national insurance, and the price of absolutely EVERYTHING we buy going up

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

What a £5 coffee (or a £100 Pizza Express) tells us about a changing Britain | Gaby Hinsliff

For many Gen Xers, it feels like we’re sliding back towards the land of our childhoods: where eating out was for special occasions, and Thermoses were king, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 8d

In which I detail my desert island crisps* and pub**

*Might not be crisps
**Pub may be fiction

Deserter @deserterblog.bsky.social · 9d

Fucking podcast’s up.

www.podfollow.com/deserter-pubcast

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 9d

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Nov 25

To celebrate being on @bsky.app I’m going to sell my book at Amazon prices. So DM me if you want a copy signed and delivered for £12.29. RTs welcome!

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 9d

Blocked a boomer who wants me as his personal journalist and helpdesk. Now messaging me on LinkedIn. How do you deal with these self-entitled deluded people?

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