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
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Please only follow me if you're interested in some combination of beer, food, restaurants, Red Sox, Boston, or any niche other than US politics you see me post about that makes you consider following. I shouldn't be anyone's source for Trump shit. Get your news from journalists, not posters.
I'll talk about awful regime shit until he's gone but I'm not seeking an audience for it. I want bsky to be interesting for me, and that means followers who care about my actual interests. Pinning this in the hopes of kindly scaring away people who want to use this site in ways I don't.
Does anyone know who is running this account? This "new" exhibition closed 4 years ago. The actual Saveur website is publishing new content, but this account never seems to link to it.
A new art exhibition explores the culinary overlap between Jewish and Chinese culture in 20th century New York City.
The Fascinating Connection Between New York City's Jewish and Chinese Immigrants
A new art exhibition explores the culinary overlap between Jewish and Chinese culture in 20th century New York City.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Does anyone know who is running this account? This "new" exhibition closed 4 years ago. The actual Saveur website is publishing new content, but this account never seems to link to it.
Click through Marisa's thread, scroll through these guys' Insta, and watch the video she's talking about. Share it widely (meaning not just on Bsky). It's a reminder of what we're fighting for—what we can actually be as a nation—if we decide to fulfill our promises to each other and ourselves.
these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Click through Marisa's thread, scroll through these guys' Insta, and watch the video she's talking about. Share it widely (meaning not just on Bsky). It's a reminder of what we're fighting for—what we can actually be as a nation—if we decide to fulfill our promises to each other and ourselves.
So many people responding to this think Elijah is a stupid MAGA.
He's not. He's a Democrat running for office in Florida. I'm begging people to remember jokes exist.
He's not. He's a Democrat running for office in Florida. I'm begging people to remember jokes exist.
February 16, 2026 at 3:11 AM
So many people responding to this think Elijah is a stupid MAGA.
He's not. He's a Democrat running for office in Florida. I'm begging people to remember jokes exist.
He's not. He's a Democrat running for office in Florida. I'm begging people to remember jokes exist.
Glad to see this from the public defenders. The silence from our alleged political leadership remains inexcusable.
CPCS, the #Massachusetts public defender agency, has called on the attorney general's office to appoint an independent investigator to investigate the 2025 death of Shacoby Kenny, who died after being beaten by corrections officers at the South Bay jail in #Boston.
Head of state public defenders office calls for independent probe of South Bay death - The Boston Globe
The leader of the Committee for Public Counsel Services said there are inherent conflicts of interest with the current investigators.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Glad to see this from the public defenders. The silence from our alleged political leadership remains inexcusable.
This act clearly needs to be defeated, but what I don't get is why they even want to pass it when this disenfranchises so many more GOP than Dem voters. Among the people most likely to have passports are Hispanics and Latinos, the college-educated, and city-dwellers.
Who Save America Act could disenfranchise:
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
February 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This act clearly needs to be defeated, but what I don't get is why they even want to pass it when this disenfranchises so many more GOP than Dem voters. Among the people most likely to have passports are Hispanics and Latinos, the college-educated, and city-dwellers.
Jesse and his team at Offrange do an excellent job covering agriculture news, and I think it flies under the radar with the public given their parent company is a software provider to farmers. This is not just for ag industry readers, but great for anyone who is interested in food and how we get it.
As consumption of strawberries and blueberries has skyrocketed among American families, so too have berry prices. But don't blame the farmers!
New from David Silverberg:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...
New from David Silverberg:
ambrook.com/offrange/cro...
Berry High Prices
As consumption of raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries spikes among American families, so do their prices. But don’t blame the farmers!
ambrook.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jesse and his team at Offrange do an excellent job covering agriculture news, and I think it flies under the radar with the public given their parent company is a software provider to farmers. This is not just for ag industry readers, but great for anyone who is interested in food and how we get it.
Never thought I'd be reposting a thread full of Nazi insignia, but we live in strange times and this thread makes lots of strong points about the bullshit we're being asked to swallow on Platner. If you've somehow moved past his Nazi tat, please read it and understand what you're risking.
"Well I've seen a lot of these and I never noticed the insignia either!"
If you saw a giant version of that SPECIFIC insignia ON YOUR OWN CHEST EVERY MORNING when you looked in the mirror, I'm pretty sure that at some point over 18 years it would start to dawn on you that it MIGHT be problematic.
If you saw a giant version of that SPECIFIC insignia ON YOUR OWN CHEST EVERY MORNING when you looked in the mirror, I'm pretty sure that at some point over 18 years it would start to dawn on you that it MIGHT be problematic.
February 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Never thought I'd be reposting a thread full of Nazi insignia, but we live in strange times and this thread makes lots of strong points about the bullshit we're being asked to swallow on Platner. If you've somehow moved past his Nazi tat, please read it and understand what you're risking.
This article doesn't say anything about how they're mentioned but complains about sports news not picking up on this. He was subscribed to all kinds of newsletters. Would be nice for @thenation.com to do some journalism and tell us were these billionaires emailing him or just in the news? 1/2
NFL franchise owners in the EPSTEIN e-mails & assorted docs
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files.
www.thenation.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This article doesn't say anything about how they're mentioned but complains about sports news not picking up on this. He was subscribed to all kinds of newsletters. Would be nice for @thenation.com to do some journalism and tell us were these billionaires emailing him or just in the news? 1/2
She's just a bad person.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
She's just a bad person.
Imagine It Happening on Presidents Day
February 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Imagine It Happening on Presidents Day
I'll be spending the rest of this month in the shower, because I definitely sat on the seat Epstein is on in the years after this photo was taken.
This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.
We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I'll be spending the rest of this month in the shower, because I definitely sat on the seat Epstein is on in the years after this photo was taken.
How many folks saying "LOL, Texas is going to regret this!" know that Harris won Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio? Millions of Texans want nothing more than to see the gerrymandering end permanently and know this is the pathway to that.
Still: LOL @ Abbott & Texas GOP legislators.
Still: LOL @ Abbott & Texas GOP legislators.
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
How many folks saying "LOL, Texas is going to regret this!" know that Harris won Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio? Millions of Texans want nothing more than to see the gerrymandering end permanently and know this is the pathway to that.
Still: LOL @ Abbott & Texas GOP legislators.
Still: LOL @ Abbott & Texas GOP legislators.
It's going to be really funny and likely horrifying when journalists start FOIAing what prompts Commonwealth employees are feeding into the wrong answer machine.
“[Sam] Altman appeared via video to help [Governor Maura] Healey announce that #Massachusetts will be the first state to roll out OpenAI’s ChatGPT software to all 40,000 employees of the executive branch of government.”
#mapoli
#mapoli
At launch event for new AI council, Gov. Healy says state employees will get access to ChatGPT
Gov. Maura Healey announced the three-year, $4.3 million annual deal with OpenAI at a Thursday event launching the Massachusetts AI Coalition.
www.masslive.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It's going to be really funny and likely horrifying when journalists start FOIAing what prompts Commonwealth employees are feeding into the wrong answer machine.
"The Red Sox defied my Bregman directive" makes just as much sense as this headline. Bitching and moaning online about something you have no actual control over is posting, not directing.
Call it "Trump's DEI shitposting" if you must.
Call it "Trump's DEI shitposting" if you must.
February 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"The Red Sox defied my Bregman directive" makes just as much sense as this headline. Bitching and moaning online about something you have no actual control over is posting, not directing.
Call it "Trump's DEI shitposting" if you must.
Call it "Trump's DEI shitposting" if you must.
I didn't know the Pale Blue Dot photo was taken on 2/14. My wife and I are both meh about Valentine's Day but adore Carl Sagan.
Rewatching this every year on this day from now on. 3.5 minutes that defined both of our ethos since we were kids.
Sagan was so influential, but not enough. Not yet.
Rewatching this every year on this day from now on. 3.5 minutes that defined both of our ethos since we were kids.
Sagan was so influential, but not enough. Not yet.
February 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I didn't know the Pale Blue Dot photo was taken on 2/14. My wife and I are both meh about Valentine's Day but adore Carl Sagan.
Rewatching this every year on this day from now on. 3.5 minutes that defined both of our ethos since we were kids.
Sagan was so influential, but not enough. Not yet.
Rewatching this every year on this day from now on. 3.5 minutes that defined both of our ethos since we were kids.
Sagan was so influential, but not enough. Not yet.
This is the 15th Valentine's Day I'm posting this video of Batman, but the first since we said goodbye. It still makes me smile even if I'm crying a little. I had this little guy since he was a tiny little nothing and I was still in my 20s. Now I'm well into middle age. I miss my furry Valentine.
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is the 15th Valentine's Day I'm posting this video of Batman, but the first since we said goodbye. It still makes me smile even if I'm crying a little. I had this little guy since he was a tiny little nothing and I was still in my 20s. Now I'm well into middle age. I miss my furry Valentine.
People are dunking on this, which fine Reagan sucked, but you need to be dunking on the entire state for allowing this holiday since they passed it as a law in 2010. He's literally required to do this by law.
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 14, 2026 at 12:44 AM
People are dunking on this, which fine Reagan sucked, but you need to be dunking on the entire state for allowing this holiday since they passed it as a law in 2010. He's literally required to do this by law.
I maintain the main reason CBP gets left out of so much colloquial discussion despite being responsible for more violence than ICE is because ICE is pronounceable as a word.
I genuinely think that the linguistic overlap between ICE and ice is a small but important factor in the Minnesota resistance. So many signs and memes and jokes in everyday conversation. At a restaurant last night, several employees were wearing buttons that said, "We love snow but hate ICE." Etc.
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FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I maintain the main reason CBP gets left out of so much colloquial discussion despite being responsible for more violence than ICE is because ICE is pronounceable as a word.
This is dystopian as hell.
New hotel next to the Orpheum will only accept guests with clean criminal records
www.universalhub.com/2026/new-hot...
#Boston #licensing
www.universalhub.com/2026/new-hot...
#Boston #licensing
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This is dystopian as hell.
Stories like this are why I wanted to become part of the brewing industry and not just a homebrewer; the place-making and community are more important than the beer.
(I'm a Master Brewer, so please don't bother @'ing me about how important the beer is)
(I'm a Master Brewer, so please don't bother @'ing me about how important the beer is)
Sometimes a beer is more than a beer. It's a memorial and a celebration. This one is an example. It remembers and celebrates a special man, and supports the things he cared about. A senseless and tragic story, but a poignant memorial. washingtonbeerblog.com/a-really-spe...
A Really Special Bitter, for a really special cause, at Logan Brewing
A beer and event to celebrate resilience and independence, and honor the life of a special man. Logan Brewing's Really Special Bitter.
washingtonbeerblog.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Stories like this are why I wanted to become part of the brewing industry and not just a homebrewer; the place-making and community are more important than the beer.
(I'm a Master Brewer, so please don't bother @'ing me about how important the beer is)
(I'm a Master Brewer, so please don't bother @'ing me about how important the beer is)
The only way I would support a death penalty is if it exclusively applied to law enforcement officers, and the method of execution should be the same as the one they used.
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The only way I would support a death penalty is if it exclusively applied to law enforcement officers, and the method of execution should be the same as the one they used.
Reposted by Drew Starr
wondering why no one talks about it anymore? here’s the scoop from my 9yo’s bedroom door.
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
wondering why no one talks about it anymore? here’s the scoop from my 9yo’s bedroom door.
It's wild City officials celebrated the formation of a police "oversight" agency with subpoena power that can likely be legally ignored (as @courtwatchma.bsky.social points out, only 3 of 9 showed up).
"Oversight" has 2 meanings, and they're antonyms. I think about that often with the government.
"Oversight" has 2 meanings, and they're antonyms. I think about that often with the government.
It took FIVE YEARS, but OPAT has finally subpoenaed officers to testify. #bospoli
"If the officers don’t show up, OPAT could take them to Superior Court and ask a judge to enforce the subpoenas. But it’s unclear exactly how that process would play out."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/m...
"If the officers don’t show up, OPAT could take them to Superior Court and ask a judge to enforce the subpoenas. But it’s unclear exactly how that process would play out."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/m...
For 1st time, Boston’s police oversight agency using its subpoena power. Will the officers comply? - The Boston Globe
The subpoena vote came amid pressure from the public and growing tension between the Boston Police Department and the city’s Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, or OPAT.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It's wild City officials celebrated the formation of a police "oversight" agency with subpoena power that can likely be legally ignored (as @courtwatchma.bsky.social points out, only 3 of 9 showed up).
"Oversight" has 2 meanings, and they're antonyms. I think about that often with the government.
"Oversight" has 2 meanings, and they're antonyms. I think about that often with the government.
The dirtiest trick I learned when I worked as a buyer in the grocery business is that half the time a store reorganizes aisles is to break up customer muscle memory. It forces people to spend more time looking at other products than what's on their shopping lists. And they end up buying more.
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The dirtiest trick I learned when I worked as a buyer in the grocery business is that half the time a store reorganizes aisles is to break up customer muscle memory. It forces people to spend more time looking at other products than what's on their shopping lists. And they end up buying more.
Someday the people new to the "abolish ICE" viewpoint will have to admit to themselves that the "defund the police" folks were right.
If the fight is truly against all fascism and not just Trump, blue states and cities have so much more work to do at home than any of their leaders are doing.
If the fight is truly against all fascism and not just Trump, blue states and cities have so much more work to do at home than any of their leaders are doing.
Though the Trump administration claims Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” some local police cooperate with ICE routinely. The relationships vary town by town, and departments largely decide for themselves whether to volunteer information to ICE — or even hand people over.
GOP slams Mass. for not working with ICE — but reality tells a different story
Though the Trump administration claims Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” some local police cooperate with ICE routinely. The relationships vary town by town, and departments largely decide for the...
www.wbur.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Someday the people new to the "abolish ICE" viewpoint will have to admit to themselves that the "defund the police" folks were right.
If the fight is truly against all fascism and not just Trump, blue states and cities have so much more work to do at home than any of their leaders are doing.
If the fight is truly against all fascism and not just Trump, blue states and cities have so much more work to do at home than any of their leaders are doing.