No sign of the Lidl Oktoberfest box yet, but there was some Budvar Dark to keep me going. #LidlBeerWatch
Steve
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SE Londoner. Views almost certainly not my own.
Multiple replies explaining these guys are "Good Fellows"
If someone knows a word but not how to pronounce it, it means they learned it from reading. The Guardian is for thick snobs.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoWomen are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’
BBC News is rapidly becoming the propaganda wing of the far-right.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2w agoDue to the unique way the BBC is funded by you we can have a man stand in the sea wearing a shirt harassing desperate people fleeing Afghanistan
Just heard Gladys Knight is retiring. Made me think of one of my favourite Viz comic one panel gags. For me, the set up is so archaic is what makes it funnier today.
GOOD MORNING! We've just posted the latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads on the blog. There's a theme this week about community pubs, third places, class and ownership. boakandbailey.com/2026/08/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 29 August 2026: Europe Endless
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got newstalgia, community spaces and hangmen.
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Pub Thoughts #16 (The Non-Review)
I visited a pub recently that, before I went in, I really wanted to review. I drank there, periodically at least, years ago. It had closed during Covid and my assumption was that it would never com…
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Post a picture that should be an album cover.
Kirkdale Bookshop@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 4w agoPost a picture that should be an album cover.
Regular reminder of the brilliance of Francoise Hardy. youtu.be/HlmihnK565s?...
Françoise Hardy - L'amitié (Paris aktuell, 22.03.1967)
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The AI bubble is so weird because so many people are calling it, it's so obvious to anyone with even a passing interest in it, there's no rational explanation for how it makes money, and yet there's still people eagerly shovelling cash into the pit.
It is a glorious thing that the Afghan Whigs are still making great records.
Can't wait for the crazy takes on why this is somehow a bad thing.
Beer Today@beertoday.bsky.social · last mo.JD Wetherspoon has banned the use of loudspeaker mode on mobile phones in all 792 of its pubs. Customers are being told to use earphones or switch their phones to silent beertoday.co.uk/2026/08/18/w... #pubs #pubnews
"Now is not the time for blame" is always said by the people who are to blame.
GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs with notes on dive bar life, shipwrecked Guinness, the nature of saison, beers that don't feel like beer, and Japan. boakandbailey.com/2026/08/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 15 August 2026: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got shipwrecks, dive bars and Japan.
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We're going to get a whole lot of "Let's not jump to conclusions" from people who have spent several weeks jumping to conclusions in a way that's left a man dead.
You would hope the British media are ashamed of themselves tonight, but they are not, because they are massive fucking psychopaths.
That Arday news is awful. The British media can absolutely get fucked. A rancid institution.
Mind you, at least by the time you get to the fifth amber warning of summer you get far fewer threads along the lines of ‘Buckle up, wisdom from Queensland incoming… Stay hydrated 1/n Prefer the shade to open sun 2/n Sunscreen is good 3/n… don’t cook a beef stew in the oven for three hours 47/n’
I'm not convinced that trains derailing from buckling tracks is "Just a normal summer"
People complaining about Burnham don't seem to realise how important it is to appeal to pro-wildfire voters.
I really can't begin to understand people who say "You can't complain" when talking about this summer.
Top tip: Leftover eclipse viewers are excellent for rinsing fruit and veg.
You would think the boffins would arrange these eclipses more often, get people out the house more often etc
This is a great idea!
Nikki Coates@nikkicoates.bsky.social · last mo.A thread to introduce @londonisfine.co.uk and to explain a little. The proprietor thanks the assembled ladies and gentlemen for their patience and indulgence. TL;DR: I’d love it if you answered 2 Qs at the site & please do spread the word! www.londonisfine.co.uk
About to do my first 5km race, so look forward to the headlines about the slowest ever time clocked.
We're all watching Geoff Hamilton Night on BBC4, right?
The wild thing about the World Cup nonsense is that everyone understands that private companies would take out more than they put in. Now translate that to power, water and every other public service….