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Drew Starr

@thedrewstarr.bsky.social

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he/him I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions. Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Sometimes food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant. I block followers who look like 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.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 7m

I feel like maybe this is a bad law to have on the books when we're worried about federal capture of state resources, but the MA legislature has shown no interest in taking concrete moves to protect its citizenry from the Trump regime.

Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19h

There's a law against "promotion of anarchy?" Better go turn myself in over every record i've ever released www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/m...

Suffolk prosecutors file felony ‘promotion of anarchy’ charges against 13 Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested in clash with police - The Boston Globe

The new charges, filed in Boston Municipal Court Thursday, are based on a Boston police review of postings on the Instagram account of march organizers that includes the phrase “Students For Justice i...

www.bostonglobe.com

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 10m

Pretty sure i just got a thimbleful of manischewitz

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 4h

Nice!

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 4h

Some places stopped doing it because their lawyers got anxious about dram shop laws. You're as responsible for what the patron does with/after that drink as if they were on-premise the whole time. They give it to a kid or drink it after a bunch of vodka and kill someone, the restaurant can get got.

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 4h

Since 2006. It needs to be resealed, placed in a tamper proof bag, and have the receipt—showing a food purchase—attached. I'm sure it's done, but I've never seen anyone do it

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 5h

So do the idiots working for ICE and CBP really not understand Trump and Miller intend for them to get killed to give him an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act? Do they think it's going to happen to someone else? Do they actually want to be martyred for their cause?

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 5h

Good boy, Nuno!

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 6h

Can't even throw peanut shells on the ground anymore because of woke

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 6h

Did you stain your sheets?

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 6h

At this point, it's hard to conclude that you're doing much other than trolling on here

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 16h

I've had friends in similar situations negotiate for mid-lease re-pricings with an extension. Landlords are understandably nervous right now

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

And this is how I learned Hilton's closed after the move

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

She has the same amount of experience editing news as she has on TV

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

In the past week I saw one person I know and mostly respect join the Washington Post and another join Meta's spyglasses group, and I'm having trouble with that "mostly respect" thing.

Everyone's gotta have a job, but IDK, man…

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

This is quite true

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 20h

Ohhhh I get it. You're just stupid

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 23h

Minimum of 3 pints to participate

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

Massachusetts

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

I really like Estragon.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM WITH VLADMIR?

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed, but also any given audience will (hopefully!) have people in it who are brand new to what they're about to see. The worst Rocky Horror Picture Show showings I've ever been to had no virgins.

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

That's completely fair and I agree, but I hate that seemingly has to be the case. And I hate even more that most of the Discourse on this has been about his ignorance as opposed to how interesting it is to see someone get angry confronted with Godot. Paintings and symphonies used to cause riots!

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

I remember one obit saying he seemed to revel in confused reviews. Of course, he couldn't respond to the claim then.

Did he ever answer questions or just talk about being tired of being asked questions? The my dramaturgy prof liked to mention but not talk about the time he attempted to work w/ him

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

There's some context collapse here, too. This was from a random guy's equivalent of Goodreads where people post reviews of every production they see, not a columnist or blogger. He didn't go looking for an off-platform audience and this is the lineup from the place he learned theater

Performances Archive - Shea's Performing Arts Center

www.sheas.org

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

…sentences and get rid of the fact it costs some people's mortgage payments to attend, and the conversation around this would be a lot different, and more in line with what Beckett was likely seeking. I don't fully relate to this guy, which is why I want him going to theater and talking about it

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 1d

this was mostly a reasonable, interesting reaction to going into a show blind (something I try to do whenever I can). Beckett was happy to have people leave the theater angry. The bigger issue to me is you have to have $1400 to take that risk. Guy does himself zero favors, but change the tone of ~3…

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