Got new Detroit-style pizza pans from @blueskybeth.bsky.social, so trying them out with focaccia with rosemary and sage from the garden.
Jacob Grier
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I make books, drinks, and magic in Portland, Oregon. Founder at Seabird: https://seabirdreader.com/ Read my books: https://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/books-by-jacob-grier/
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TIDINGS: What the dickens!
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To be fair, a compromised Roomba might actually be a national security risk if you're the kind of guy who keeps piles of classified documents in your bathroom.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d agoIt really does highlight how dumb the total U.S. ban on new foreign made drones is when MAGA is applying identical hand-waving “national security” logic to banning *Roombas*.
Fall cookbook preview from Chronicle, including the new book from me and Brett Adams. Based on how much I enjoyed his previous book, I'm also looking forward to the latest from Nik Sharma. chroniclecooks.substack.com/p/fall-cookb...
Fall Cookbooks We're Crushing On
Plus, a Mochi Mommy recipe that's perfect for the end of summer 🍓
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I had delicious tallow-fried chips at a restaurant recently and I hate that I now have to wonder if a chef is choosing that because it tastes good or because he's a MAHA weirdo.
Helen Rosner@hels.bsky.social · last wk.Oh my god I accidentally bought tortilla chips fried in beef tallow and they’re really good :(
Not great, but reading the replies and quotes to this you realize a lot of people on Bluesky have no idea what Zyn is or how its risk profile compares to cigarettes.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.There was an era not too long ago when the White House publicly promoting tobacco products would've been seen as a faux pas
I could never pick just one cheese but I have a very hard time resisting River's Edge Up in Smoke anytime I see it. Phenomenal smoked chevre from Oregon. www.murrayscheese.com/dp/river-s-e...
River’s Edge Up in Smoke – a bright, woodsy goat’s milk cheese | Murray's Cheese
A true standout, River’s Edge Up in Smoke is a hand-formed goat cheese smoked over alder and hickory chips and wrapped in bourbon-infused maple leaves.
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Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last wk.People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese
Exciting mail delivery: the first printed copies of The Bartender's Library have finally arrived! Our publisher, Chronicle, did an incredible job transforming our long Word file into a gorgeous book about spirits and cocktails. Coming to bookstores October 13!
Just watched it again last week for the first time since it was in theaters. Excellent movie to watch with your girlfriend who's so far been very supportive of your work as a professional magician.
River_Tam@rivertam.bsky.social · last wk.The Prestige is Nolan's best work and I don't think it's that close tbqh
When you only remember to turn on Strava for the Naked Bike Ride you end up with weird and unimpressive stats. 3rd fastest 10k lifetime!
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TIDINGS: On the fast track
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Just left a hipster coffeeshop. All the liberals were reading The Reconstruction Papers, whispering about how great it is to see @liberalcurrents.com in print.
It's definitely not popular, but I've made the liberal case for rolling back at least some aspects of smoking bans. medium.com/arc-digital/...
A Smoke-Filled Room of One’s Own
The liberal case against ever-expanding smoking bans
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Hughster@hughster.bsky.social · 2w agoThis might've been popular 15-20 years ago (and given where I was politically at the time I would've supported it, objections to proposing party notwithstanding) but I don't see much appetite for resurrecting indoor smoking now. Everyone has long got used to it and smoking has massively declined
I'm just going to come out and say it: I think Canada is pretty neat.
Oh, so that's why this coyote I saw walking the streets of Portland last night didn't answer to Jeff.
Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2w agoto allay suspicions that i am secretly a raccoon or coyote or armadillo, i will sometimes post a photo proving i am human
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Seabird@seabirdreader.bsky.social · 3w agoThis week's Tidings is out now! Stories shared by the Seabird community about AI, VAR, lichen, and more. seabird.kit.com/posts/tiding...
Some personal news: I'm the new guitarist in Cake. Correction: the new guitarist on cake.
Reading a book review from 2021 and coming across the line, "But it’s the end of the Trump era, and we deserve to turn over a new leaf, no?" Oof. www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/b...
Now You See It: A Magician’s Memoir Promises Truth and Other Lies (Published 2021)
In “Amoralman,” the sleight-of-hand artist Derek DelGaudio turns to philosophy in an attempt to understand the nature of reality and deception.
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TIDINGS: Oh, Canada
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Aubie! While we still do not know the full cause of his ongoing illness, it makes me very happy that he’s feeling better on medication and showing more pep. Look at him trying to shepherd me outside with the temptation of a very fun ball. A ball he knows is supposed to be for indoor use only.
As a Texan transplant to Portland, I can endorse this claim. Now if only I could find a good plate of fajitas...
Texas Monthly@texasmonthly.bsky.social · 4w agoNearly seven years ago, our barbecue editor claimed that the Texas-style barbecue in Portland, Oregon, was better than that in any other city outside Texas. He recently returned to check how his claim holds up.
Going back in time to show the pro-Trump libertarians how the fallout from his war with Iran leads to shilling "Freedom Fuel" priced at the number 47 to personally promote the president, just as the free market intended.
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 4w agoThe White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.
Me: In my book I wrote about "The New Prohibition" as a cautionary tale. The island nation of Palau: filtermag.org/palau-global...
Tiny Pacific Nation Applies for Global Nicotine Ban. Who’s Behind It?
The WHO process could in theory lead to nicotine being scheduled internationally. Advocates believe Palau is being used as a "puppet."
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I won't defend cutting these ads or the Trump administration's motivations for tobacco policy, but liberalizing regulation of safer nicotine products is plausibly doing more to prevent smoking than would have occurred under a Democratic president. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...
Efforts to Help Smokers Quit Stall Under Trump
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Set up a mobile pizza station for our street's 4th of July block party:
A thread of Independence Day recommendations from Seabird. First up, @jamellebouie.net in @nytimes.com: "It is this Declaration — the slaves’ Declaration, the abolitionists’ Declaration, Lincoln’s Declaration — that is the beating heart of the American project." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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A few years ago my coauthor and I planned a dinner to celebrate our book but never got around to it. Now we've finished a second book and figured it was time to celebrate both, so we opened a bottle of vintage port older than both of us. And wow, now I know why people hold on to these for decades.
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Drew Starr@thedrewstarr.bsky.social · last mo.Learned on a whale watch just now: today is National Seabird Day