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merryn @merryn02.bsky.social · 37m

Heritage v Landrace barley: "Heritage Barleys are genetically true hybrid varieties, bred between 1905 and 1965. Landrace Barleys preceded them, and are selections from the wild, propagated mostly by generations of farmers up to the end of the 19th century."
www.warminster-malt.co.uk/our-heritage...

Our Heritage Malts - Warminster Maltings Limited

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 8h

I have various vulnerable groups as employees & I am hard recommending not traveling rn. Super fucked up thing for me to have to suggest.

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 8h

I went Amazon cold turkey recently & yeah it is not easy. I bought hot sauce jars off my GF account bc what am I gonna do go to hotsaucejars.com?

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 11h

Freshly ground seeds?

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 13h

No more Fred Meyers?

Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 13h

New band name available

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 13h

Mmmm airport bloody mary

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 13h

Reposting. You know

Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 13h

Reporting simply for the headline

Philadelphia Inquirer Food @phillyinqfood.bsky.social · 14h

New details emerge on how 24,000 bottles of Guy Fieri’s tequila were stolen on their way to Montco.

A dark day in Flavortown: How 24,000 bottles of Guy Fieri’s tequila were stolen on their way to Montco

Roughly $1 million worth of Guy Fieri’s Santo Tequila went missing while en route to Lansdale, thanks to an international crime group.

www.inquirer.com

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 21h

It’s impossible to not say “Nor’easter” in your best Bostonian accent

A Nor'easter Will Target The East Coast This Weekend | Weather.com

It may be only be early October, but a nor'easter lies ahead for the East Coast. Here are the forecast details, including potential for wind, rain and coastal flooding for days.

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 23h

Fortunately every business in Japan still has a fax for some reason

Asahi forced to take orders by fax as Japan races to avoid beer shortage

Japan’s best-known beer maker struggling to restore normalcy after ransomware incident paralyses delivery

www.independent.co.uk

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

Vancouver…

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

#UPDATE Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing so-called metal–organic frameworks, the Nobel jury said.

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

I thought he was keeping his head down

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

This is how work email became my mortal enemy

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

I very much want Greta to win the Nobel Peace Prize

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

Reality has a liberal bias

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

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Rob MacKay @rjm.bsky.social · 1d

Off to Belfast next week - any food and drink recommendations greatly appreciated! We were hoping to find someone kid-friendly with live music if possible…

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna stalk this post to see replies…

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

Come on Nobel peace price

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is the guy that Marimar Martinez had IDed as a YouTuber in advance of her shooting. Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that "doxing" to justify her shooting.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 1d

@freedom.press FOIAd OLC on 9/3 for any records, including opinions and dissents, justifying the lethal targeting of alleged drug traffickers.

OLC denied expedited processing and hasn't even started a search - and strikes have continued.

The documents clearly exist. OLC must respond to our FOIA.

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 1d

4 year olds lie better than this

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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