The Golden Smog 🍉
thegoldensmog.bsky.social
The Golden Smog 🍉
@thegoldensmog.bsky.social
Stockton's first micro pub.
Civilised socialising.
Living Wage Accredited.
A small pub in Europe.

¡No Pasarán!

2pm to 10pm Sun - Thurs
2pm to 11pm Fri & Sat

1 Hambletonian Yard,
Stockton on Tees
TS18 1DS
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👏👏👏👏👏👏 #boro #middlesbrough #utb
May 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Ben Houchen is "launching PPL Momentum Accelerator" to support emerging music artists.

This must be huge news to PRS for Music who actually run the scheme and have done so since 2013.
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Excl: Ministers to serve best value notice on Ben Houchen’s Tees Valley Combined Authority due to continued governance concerns

on.ft.com/3G2Ht3E
English authority led by Ben Houchen told to improve use of public money
[FREE TO READ] Tees Valley Combined Authority is responsible for Teesworks regeneration scheme
on.ft.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A free guide to York

Why most travel guidebooks and online guides are a bit rubbish – and what I did to make sure my one about York isn’t

By Alistair Lamont
A free guide to York
Why most travel guidebooks and online guides are a bit rubbish – and what I did to make sure my one about York isn’t
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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THREE POINTS AT THE RIVERSIDE!!!
March 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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The thing about swastikas spray painted on the side of a cybertruck is there’s a 50/50 chance the owner did it.
Seen today in Lower Manhattan...
February 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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More great work from @leighsus.bsky.social

Exposing how Wilton International site manager Sembcorp illegally dumped 22,000 tonnes of toxic, hazardous incinerator waste at a supposedly non-hazardous dump in #Teesside

And for far longer than they first admitted

teesside.thelead.uk/p/22000-tonn...
22,000 tonnes of hazardous waste dumped in non-hazardous Teesside landfill
Plus: King Charles in Middlesbrough is met with protests + operator picked for Tees Renewable Energy Plant (£)
teesside.thelead.uk
February 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Smog in Bratislava!!

Na zdravie, Catie C 🍻

#smogontour
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code VALENTINE15 until midnight on Friday February 14. Three big tomes about the dark, scary, and bizarre pop culture of the 70s & 80s - the perfect dark Valentine for your crush...

Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
February 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tuesday Quiz Sheets are here, brainiacs 🧠

Through the round window......

Pump 1
Brew By Numbers
11 4.2%
Session IPA

Pump 2
Tanita's back!
Wensleydale Brewery
Twisting Sobriety 5%

Have a wonderful evening, Smoggies 💛
February 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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My YouTube channel is exclusively dedicated to Middlesbrough FC!

I'll be uploading multiple times a week - videos, written blogs and more - on all of the talking points from the Riverside Stadium.

If you enjoy then hit subscribe!

#Boro #utb

www.youtube.com/@bonkersforb...
Bonkers For Boro with Phil Spencer
Welcome to Bonkers For Boro, hosted by Phil Spencer, the ultimate YouTube channel for all things Middlesbrough FC! Whether you're a lifelong Boro supporter or just a football fan, this channel is yo...
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz343bs
February 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Two changes (kind of) 🍻

Pump 1
Fierce Beer
Sunwave 3.4%
Perfect for a Saturday of civilised socialising 🍻
Vegan 🌱

Pump 3
Second cask of
Turning Point Brew Co. × Bowling For Soup
A Hangover You Do Deserve 5.2%
Vegan 🌱

Stay golden, Smoggies 💛
February 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Few new bits in Fridges Of Joy on #supersmogsaturday 🍻

Verdant Brewing Co
Putty 8%
DIPA
Vegan 🌱

From Vault City Brewing
Imperial Iron Brew 8.4%
Iron Blue Bubblegum Brew 6.3%

Aslin Beer Company
Triple Orange Starfish 12%
February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#OnThisBoroDay - 1990: WEMBLEY HERE WE COME! A transcendental 20 minute Holgate EIO & grown men cry as #Boro book a first ever Twin Towers trip. Goals from Bernie Slaven & Paul Kerr seal a 2-1 ZDS Northern final 2nd leg extra-time win over title-chasing Villa. Amazing buzz.
February 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Saudi Arabia is planning to execute five young Saudi Arabian Shia citizens and one Shia businessman on charges the United Nations has deemed arbitrary and which campaigners and legal experts say are racially motivated.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-a...
Saudi Arabia plans to execute Shia youths on charges UN deems 'arbitrary'
Young men, who were minors at the time of their arrest, participated in peaceful protests in al-Qatif in 2011 and 2012
www.middleeasteye.net
February 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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‘Kes marked a conscious departure from the “go-in-and-grab-it” style of Up the Junction. The aim now was to observe, sympathetically, at a distance, but still with a view to avoiding as far as possible any suspicion of extensive rehearsal.’

David Trotter on Ken Loach: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Trotter · Don’t go quietly: Ken Loach’s Fables
It's largely thanks to Loach's example that social realism remains a potent and versatile cultural resource for young...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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“Can you still hear the lambs, Clarice?”
February 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Guys, I’ve just seen the worst job advert in the world. Absolute state of this.
February 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM