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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 17h

www.linkedin.com/posts/berman... #character #leadership #decency

General McChrystal on the importance of character in America | Jeff Berman posted on the topic | LinkedIn

We talk endlessly about leadership in America. But nowhere near enough about character. In conversation with the incomparable Baratunde Thurston at the Masters of Scale Summit, General Stan McChrysta...

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 17h

Pinot Blanc from 🇮🇹 from 🍇 grown on vines older than me!

Savory salinity, extract, & weight on the palate I crave from killer whites, thanks to barrel fermentation & months on the lees.

In this episode of Glass in Session I talk about this region #wine

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Glass and bottle of white wine from Northern Italy

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 17h

It’s the closest they’ve ever come to working on anything even remotely related to “infrastructure week.” #thisiswhywecanthavenicethings #letthemeatcake #fraudwasteandabuse

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

man this guy just sucks

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 18h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 3d

www.instagram.com/reel/DP7lIxy... this guy #bear #colorado going after bird feeders

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 3d

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Kate 🪷 @kateculliton.bsky.social · 4d

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 6d

Lutter & Wegner restarted in the ruins of Berlin in the late 1940s.
Founded in 1811, the Wine Bar & Sekthaus at Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte has a long history. Regular guests included Richard Wagner, Heinrich Heine, Hegel, Otto von Bismarck, Carl Maria von Weber, and E.T.A. Hoffmann #winehistory

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️Busy October here in my padded room/blanket fort where I’ve been a bit of a booth goblin:

new audiobooks coming out soon, & somehow managed to work Satan 😈into the latest Glass in Session® episode. 🎧

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#winepodcast #ItalianWine #GlassInSession #wine

Glass In Session® Winecast: Super Tuscany and Spiritual Swagger | S20E3

An exploration of the origins of Super Tuscans & the spirit of free thinking, progress, and stepping (or sippng) outside the box. Resources from this episode: Websites:  Antinori: The Antinor...

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 6d

Timeline cleanse. 🐇

daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 6d

Side view of a small white bunny sitting on a bed of hay and wood shavings.

Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 9d

In a world of delusional dictator-wannabes be a Maria Corina Machado 🏅👏👏👏 www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado - Nobel Peace Prize

for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 18d

Official VA emails advising veterans and federal employees to blame the "Radical Left" for the shutdown instead of Trump are facing criticism for using government channels for partisan propaganda, which violates the Hatch Act.

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 20d

🎧 Happy #InternationalPodcastDay to all you #podcast junkies out there, as well as those who get behind the mic & create the content that moves you … or in my case, keeps me off the streets while babbling with booze in one hand in the middle of the day.🍷

And yes, you too, #podcats 🐾 🎙️

#catshelping

International Podcast day infographic to include a “podcat” at the mic

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 21d

Is the Franken region at least shaped like a Bocksbeutel?

…which I was told can be roughly translated to goat scrotum or book bag from low German.

And where were these when girl who likes to play with food was trying to learn the wine regions from north to south?

American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 21d

HARIBO now offers "Weinland" wine gums named after German wine regions (or the rivers associated with them), such as Ahr, Mosel, Nahe, Rhine, and Main. (The wine gums contain neither wine nor grapes though)

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 21d

“He’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!”🐛

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 21d

Especially because we pay them to do … absolutely nothing #FireThemAll

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21d

It would be cool if we had a Congress.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 23d

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Protecting Your Peace Online

The Survival Skill Nobody Talks About

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 24d

Ignore fur babies at your own peril🐾

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 24d

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Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 27d

I still have promo codes for free review copies of this #audiobook on The Gurkhas if you need something to listen to on the way to this #rapture thingy. 🎧🤓

Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Gurkhas: Fierce Warriors of the British Army

So informative & exciting to narrate! Loved the chapters on fitness & the design, history, & mystique around kukri knife ... which I once used to saber a bottle of champagne. ⚔️ 🍾

#audiobooks #AudiobookNarrator

www.audible.com/pd/B0FQX8MRS...

The Gurkhas: Fierce Warriors of the British Army

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. For over two hundred years, the Gurkhas have stood among the most respected soldiers in the world — fierce, disciplined warriors from the rugged hills of Ne...

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · 27d

Sometimes a girl misses Europe so much she has to shove French pastry down her neck two meals in a row…

#eatingmyfeelings
#tastytuesday #frenchpastry #cidre

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 28d

We understand - there's a reason news avoidance is at an all-time high in the U.S. Here are a few tips for staying informed in perhaps a moderate, healthy way ⤵️

What tips do you have? Comment in the replies!

#MediaLiteracy

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News avoidance among Americans is at an all-time high & we get it. But when people tune out, political divides widen & civic engagement plummets. That's not great either. So what are a few remedies fo...

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A T Beaune 唐博訥 @atbeaune.bsky.social · Sep 16

‘If you come from somewhere quantifiably disappointing, the world is your oyster.’

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Why are so many Americans moving to Portugal? Apart from the obvious reason …

Vietnam and Albania have their fans. Some Americans might even enjoy the UK. But there’s a lot to be said for a country with universally accessible healthcare and freedom of movement within the EU

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Gurkhas: Fierce Warriors of the British Army

So informative & exciting to narrate! Loved the chapters on fitness & the design, history, & mystique around kukri knife ... which I once used to saber a bottle of champagne. ⚔️ 🍾

#audiobooks #AudiobookNarrator

www.audible.com/pd/B0FQX8MRS...

The Gurkhas: Fierce Warriors of the British Army

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. For over two hundred years, the Gurkhas have stood among the most respected soldiers in the world — fierce, disciplined warriors from the rugged hills of Ne...

www.audible.com

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · Sep 12

Farewell to the “Indiana Jones of fermented beverages” - his work really was groundbreaking and I adored his writing.

I feel like I need to down a “Midas Touch” in his honor. (Not an ad)

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Val Caruso @glassinsession.bsky.social · Sep 12

I gasped, and didn’t know he had passed. I absolutely loved his work! Thank you for the link.

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