Pete Brown
@petebrownbeer.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant, mainly on beer, pubs, food, drink, social history. http://petebrown.net http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
This is currently one of the best things happening in UK beer (and lots more besides) - everyone should get behind it.
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This week in @thetimes.com - A comparison of “pub food” as described by celebrity chefs in recipe books, and the real thing. Is there more to life than burger of pizza? Or is that specifically what people go to the pub for? (Paywall.) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Here’s how pubs can call time on boring grub
We need a change from all the chips, pizza and burgers — and our expert knows just the thing…
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Credit where it’s due to Norfolk’s mosquitoes and other shitty little insect bastards. Eight hours in the garden, and not a single bite on my exposed arms and face. But my thighs, clad in thick denim with long jockey shorts beneath, are bitten to fucking buggery.
Please see the whole thread. Human beings are far more amazing than fucking shitty AI will ever be. And far less harmful. And nicer. And better company. And…
Gwen C. Katz@gwenckatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Wachowski sisters didn't use 120 cameras to film one shot just so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
Glad to see opposition to this ludicrous proposal but we haven’t been ordering at the bar “for centuries”. That came in around the 1840s. Table service before then.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d agoCouncil wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to ban standing
Oh, human authors are not obsolete? Well thanks a fucking bunch for that. Is the human author of this piece twelve years old? Or is the author of this piece even human? Guardian has been my paper for forty years. Now it’s shilling for AI, it can do fuck itself.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
There I was thinking only shit, talentless wannabe musicians would resort to getting AI to write slop songs for them…
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · last wk.Now THAT's a headline
This week in @thetimes.com - it’s summer. It’s hot. It’s time for cider! Here are six that are new to me this year. Oliver’s has always been special. But subscribe to The Newt - sensational! (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Six great new ciders, chosen by our expert
Forget the plastic flagons and flavoured brands — instead, try these grown-up drinks from small producers, says Pete Brown
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I just love how joyfully weird severance gets in its second season.
For fuck’s sake, he’s going to kill us all one way or another.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoDrifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
Your daily reminder that AI is fucking evil and must be destroyed before it destroys us.
Lady Luddite (KJ Colt)@moistenedtart.bsky.social · 2w agofuturism.com/artificial-i... Excuse me while I go cry
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Writers' Guild of Great Britain@writersguildgb.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
We're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Damn, I can’t believe how coarsened the political discourse has become
This week in @thetimes.com, the first in an occasional series on beers that changed the world. First up, @timothytaylors.bsky.social Landlord. Which has not changed its recipe in recent years, by the way. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
The beer that changed the world — and got Madonna into real ale
Created in Keighley in 1952, Timothy Taylor’s Landlord is a rightful bestseller. It’s the pint that kickstarted the craft beer revolution
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Heard yesterday that the barley harvest here in Norfolk was dreadful this year. Also weeks earlier than usual. Grim. We’re cooking the planet.
Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com · 3w agoThe heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food. #TheContinentalBreakfast www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food. #TheContinentalBreakfast www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018
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On one’s 24th wedding anniversary it’s important to be in a happy place.
Is there anything sadder than fireworks in bright, sunny daylight?
Christ, he’s fucked, isn’t he? Hope and believe the rapist racist will not make it to the end of his term.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I'd like to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. Cut off all trade with Spain, please. Including visits. We don't want anything to do. They're hopeless. Bad people."
What’s the bet on Donnie shitting his nappy and fucking off home instead of presenting the trophy?
Gotta say unironically love Micha Richards. That passion.
Donald Trump! Gianni Infantino! Dirty fucking bastards! Your boys took one hell of a beating!
