Drew Starr
@thedrewstarr.bsky.social
he/him
I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions.
Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Occasional food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant.
I block follow farmers.
Boston MA USA
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I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions.
Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Occasional food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant.
I block follow farmers.
Boston MA USA
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Drew Starr
@thedrewstarr.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Oh, cool, looks like I've been starter packed by a few folks. New followers: I'm based in Boston, MA, USA. When the world isn't actively collapsing (or, rather, when I take time off from paying attention to the collapse), I'm a Master Brewer and a cooking/restaurant nerd.
Stuff like this cracks me up. Not only has no one heard of this award, this is the 3rd time they've won it since 2020, and still nobody has heard of it.
A Boston landmark restaurant has just added a legendary award to its legacy.
Boston’s Union Oyster House Named Best Landmark Restaurant In North America | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
A Boston landmark restaurant has just added a legendary award to its legacy.
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Stuff like this cracks me up. Not only has no one heard of this award, this is the 3rd time they've won it since 2020, and still nobody has heard of it.
I don't understand how we're supposed to celebrate anything tomorrow
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I don't understand how we're supposed to celebrate anything tomorrow
Mad at myself for getting involved in "this food is bad" discourse, but green bean casserole deserves to be turned into a terrible soda. Given it has no literal or figurative soul—it was created by a Campbell's employee to sell cream of mushroom soup—I do not feel bad crapping on it.
Jones Green Bean Casserole Soda (2004-2004): A sickly green soda made to taste like the divisive Thanksgiving side dish, with notes of earthy green beans, fried onions, and cream of mushroom soup. Sold as part of a novelty holiday-themed pack of sodas.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mad at myself for getting involved in "this food is bad" discourse, but green bean casserole deserves to be turned into a terrible soda. Given it has no literal or figurative soul—it was created by a Campbell's employee to sell cream of mushroom soup—I do not feel bad crapping on it.
"you're the only one who understands me."
- my then 8yo nephew.
- my then 8yo nephew.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"you're the only one who understands me."
- my then 8yo nephew.
- my then 8yo nephew.
This is the wrong way to do this.
The undefaced CDC website has been reliably archived and the state could simply rehost the information they had previously linked to
The undefaced CDC website has been reliably archived and the state could simply rehost the information they had previously linked to
Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.
Mass. officials rebuke ‘dangerous’ vaccine misinformation added to CDC website
Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines may cause autism.
wbur.fm
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the wrong way to do this.
The undefaced CDC website has been reliably archived and the state could simply rehost the information they had previously linked to
The undefaced CDC website has been reliably archived and the state could simply rehost the information they had previously linked to
Coming to terms with the fact that my wife and/or I are just going to die young as they destroy the research that was expected to stay ahead of our diseases. We can't even emigrate to escape it. America's research system was the world's, and it will take generations to replace.
The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Disrupted Federal Funding for Extramural Cancer Research
This cross-sectional study assesses the scale and scope of terminated cancer research grants from the National Cancer Institute.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Coming to terms with the fact that my wife and/or I are just going to die young as they destroy the research that was expected to stay ahead of our diseases. We can't even emigrate to escape it. America's research system was the world's, and it will take generations to replace.
Oh fuck off.
"you could reduce the amount of corn syrup and replace it with chia seeds, for example.
Another option for slowing the sugar rush in pecan pie is to serve it with a scoop of plain yogurt or some unsweetened cream"
(To their credit, the same person eventually says to just enjoy it)
"you could reduce the amount of corn syrup and replace it with chia seeds, for example.
Another option for slowing the sugar rush in pecan pie is to serve it with a scoop of plain yogurt or some unsweetened cream"
(To their credit, the same person eventually says to just enjoy it)
Scientific American asked experts which type of Thanksgiving pie spikes blood sugar the most—and how to eat healthier while still enjoying the holidays
Which Thanksgiving Pie Gives You the Biggest Sugar Rush?
Scientific American asked experts which type of Thanksgiving pie spikes blood sugar the most—and how to eat healthier while still enjoying the holidays
www.scientificamerican.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oh fuck off.
"you could reduce the amount of corn syrup and replace it with chia seeds, for example.
Another option for slowing the sugar rush in pecan pie is to serve it with a scoop of plain yogurt or some unsweetened cream"
(To their credit, the same person eventually says to just enjoy it)
"you could reduce the amount of corn syrup and replace it with chia seeds, for example.
Another option for slowing the sugar rush in pecan pie is to serve it with a scoop of plain yogurt or some unsweetened cream"
(To their credit, the same person eventually says to just enjoy it)
Take me with you
On November 15, 2026, Voyager 1 will be one light day away from Earth -- 16.1 billion miles, equivalent to the same distance light travels in 24 hours.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth
The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.
www.popsci.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Take me with you
People who haven't read the article keep saying Leavitt is finally getting her face eaten.
It sure seems to me after reading it that ICE is intentionally being used by her family against the mother of her brother's child.
It sure seems to me after reading it that ICE is intentionally being used by her family against the mother of her brother's child.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
People who haven't read the article keep saying Leavitt is finally getting her face eaten.
It sure seems to me after reading it that ICE is intentionally being used by her family against the mother of her brother's child.
It sure seems to me after reading it that ICE is intentionally being used by her family against the mother of her brother's child.
You people let Bill Kristol bait you into pie discourse? Weak.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
You people let Bill Kristol bait you into pie discourse? Weak.
Reposted by Drew Starr
Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
Y'all are coming up with far too obvious headlines.
Who will have the guts to run with "Gone-y Kash?"
Who will have the guts to run with "Gone-y Kash?"
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Y'all are coming up with far too obvious headlines.
Who will have the guts to run with "Gone-y Kash?"
Who will have the guts to run with "Gone-y Kash?"
Reposted by Drew Starr
Things Jews should worry about:
1) where can I get whitefish salad?
2) nazis in the government
3) will we permanently alienate young Jews by being patronizing turds and dismissing their concerns?
4) they have the chutzpah to call this a bagel?
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726) some rabbis are queer
727) Zohran Mandani
1) where can I get whitefish salad?
2) nazis in the government
3) will we permanently alienate young Jews by being patronizing turds and dismissing their concerns?
4) they have the chutzpah to call this a bagel?
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726) some rabbis are queer
727) Zohran Mandani
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Things Jews should worry about:
1) where can I get whitefish salad?
2) nazis in the government
3) will we permanently alienate young Jews by being patronizing turds and dismissing their concerns?
4) they have the chutzpah to call this a bagel?
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726) some rabbis are queer
727) Zohran Mandani
1) where can I get whitefish salad?
2) nazis in the government
3) will we permanently alienate young Jews by being patronizing turds and dismissing their concerns?
4) they have the chutzpah to call this a bagel?
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726) some rabbis are queer
727) Zohran Mandani
My mom used to make a broccoli "souffle" that had no leavening of any kind, just frozen broccoli boiled and blended with half and half and margarine and baked.
Soo…
What Thanksgiving dish or side dish did* your parents make that you have since cancelled or do not make now that it’s your turn?
*Assumption is some grandparents/parents have since passed away so no one is asking for it or objecting to its absence
What Thanksgiving dish or side dish did* your parents make that you have since cancelled or do not make now that it’s your turn?
*Assumption is some grandparents/parents have since passed away so no one is asking for it or objecting to its absence
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My mom used to make a broccoli "souffle" that had no leavening of any kind, just frozen broccoli boiled and blended with half and half and margarine and baked.
Again trying tp make myself share things I find interesting and/or enjoy that don't infuriate me.
At least once a day, Doug posts something I want to watch a miniseries about. (@ernie.tedium.co is another).
At least once a day, Doug posts something I want to watch a miniseries about. (@ernie.tedium.co is another).
* Two brothers in NYC both claimed to have invented the six-foot-long party sub. Their shops were in adjacent storefronts and they tried to sabotage each other in various ways for decades. They didn't speak to each other directly for many years, but they did take their feud to court.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Again trying tp make myself share things I find interesting and/or enjoy that don't infuriate me.
At least once a day, Doug posts something I want to watch a miniseries about. (@ernie.tedium.co is another).
At least once a day, Doug posts something I want to watch a miniseries about. (@ernie.tedium.co is another).
Brassicas
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Brassicas
Please let It happen soon
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Please let It happen soon
I loved this.
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I loved this.
Has anyone seen where this comes from? I'm curious if it was over email or live. Google doesn't work anymore. Can we all please attach sources to our screenshots? I know this particular thing doesn't matter, but we need to collectively get better about sharing verifiable shit
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Has anyone seen where this comes from? I'm curious if it was over email or live. Google doesn't work anymore. Can we all please attach sources to our screenshots? I know this particular thing doesn't matter, but we need to collectively get better about sharing verifiable shit
I've never had rolls at Thanksgiving (I have made stuffing flavored garlic knots, though), but I'm still kicking out the green bean casserole.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've never had rolls at Thanksgiving (I have made stuffing flavored garlic knots, though), but I'm still kicking out the green bean casserole.
Some posts of mine hold up pretty well
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Some posts of mine hold up pretty well
The original NYT post is bait, but what funny bait to pick. I was on a field trip to see the shuttle lift off when Kurt died so the entire moment is burned into my memory. I remember my classmate Liz was wearing a Beatles t-shirt while bawling over the news
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The original NYT post is bait, but what funny bait to pick. I was on a field trip to see the shuttle lift off when Kurt died so the entire moment is burned into my memory. I remember my classmate Liz was wearing a Beatles t-shirt while bawling over the news
Reposted by Drew Starr
If you need a whistle in Somerville, stop by Gracie’s. If you need A LOT of whistles that’s probably ok too.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you need a whistle in Somerville, stop by Gracie’s. If you need A LOT of whistles that’s probably ok too.
When I was a little kid, I thought the "wicked witch of the west" just lived in the really far west.
The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.
We hope everyone flies free this weekend.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When I was a little kid, I thought the "wicked witch of the west" just lived in the really far west.
Half my Massachusetts friends who regularly post about Trump's corruption and failure to follow laws don't seem to offer a fraction of the concern for our own state, and that's how the state government gets away with all of its nonsense.
3. Massachusetts agencies never followed a 2017 rule to cut emissions from state vehicles, court documents show
Massachusetts agencies never followed a 2017 rule to cut emissions from state vehicles, court documents show
CommonWealth Beacon
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Half my Massachusetts friends who regularly post about Trump's corruption and failure to follow laws don't seem to offer a fraction of the concern for our own state, and that's how the state government gets away with all of its nonsense.