It's the CAMRA Members Weekend in St Albans. CAMRA needs to have a presence here! @rogerprotz.bsky.social is doing a great job, and my branch @camrapotteries.bsky.social is there. Time to ditch X and come to where the sky is blue.

I have set up an account for the CAMRA Potteries branch, so please give them a follow if interested! @camrapotteries.bsky.social. #BeerSky

A great day yesterday visiting some of our Heritage Pubs, including the Vine @ Pittshill, 2025 CAMRA Heritage Award winner. We also visited the Golden Cup, the Unicorn & the Coachmakers Arms, all in Hanley. Thanks @jmarkdodds.bsky.social for presenting, and good to see @6townsmart.bsky.social there.

Join the fun of Pokémon GO! pokemongolive.com/refer?code=4...

search.app/KWdZ2 Seems very appropriate 😊

BREAKING: Sharp's Brewery in Cornwall, maker of UK's best-selling Cask ale, Doom Bar, to close, 50 jobs lost. US-Canadian owner Molson Coors, say it's financially unsustainable. Meanwhile MC investing heavily in relaunch of Carling Black Label. Fate of Burton brewed bottled version unknown #BskyBeer

Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.

BREAKING: @camraofficial.bsky.social Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition. Winners: Gold, London Brewing Co. Beer Street 4% Amber Ale; Silver, Cairngorm Black Gold Stout 4.4%; Bronze, Green Jack Baltic Trader Export Stout 10.5% (!) Winner goes forward to #CBOB in May. Congrats All. #BskyBeer

It's 17 years since I opened my Twitter account. I closed it just over a year ago. But it was good for the first 10 years or so, until Musk's takeover finished it for me. Things are much better here!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Interesting that Keele isn't on the list.

This is well worth reading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yes. I find it hard to believe that they are still using that platform.

I always knew he would, and I don't trust him. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@scottwalker1.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky!

We completed the weekly challenge! Join my team again next week! Join the fun of Pokémon GO! pokemongolive.com/refer?code=4...

The talk of X being banned in the UK is worrying. I've largely stopped using it, apart from accounts I manage for various groups, but many still use it (including UK Labour), and a ban would be a serious over reaction. I can't see it happening, but you never know these days.

My review of 2025

A very Happy New Year to you all! May you enjoy health and happiness.

@theredhairedstokie.bsky.social Following you here now.

@brianrose.bsky.social Any news on when our beloved game will be back up?

Source: MakeUseOf search.app/4NVig

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my followers on this lovely site! May you all enjoy health and happiness.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0... Chris Rea: Driving Home for Christmas singer dies aged 74 - BBC News

The slides for my talk at the 2025 Christmas Solid State Chemistry Group meeting can be downloaded from: robajackson.com/wp-content/u...

Travelling to Leeds for the @rscsscg.bsky.social Christmas Meeting.

Madness, and it will never work! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Travelling to Bournemouth from Stoke. Just over 4 hours, but thankfully our seat reservations worked!

This article about scientists switching from Twitter to Bluesky quotes me (and @trevorabranch.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com ) 🧪 #SciComm www.dailyuw.com/science/scie...

A few weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn about the evolution of my research field, specifically due to ML and AI. I thought this sufficiently important to submit an abstract to the RSC SSCG meeting in Leeds, and I'm pleased to say that it was accepted. You can read the programme here: lnkd.in/eNZfMtzv

Here's a few things to know about me: I've been to 17 countries, 33 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories. I post one new adventure every day - old ones can be found on my timeline. Please REPOST and LIKE to help others find me. No photoshop here - all pictures are real!

@rogerprotz.bsky.social Hi Roger, I'm currently in the Lamb pub in Lamb's Conduit Street in London. I love this pub, but wondering where Young's beers are brewed now? Presumably at the Marston's brewery in Burton.

Interesting. share.google/VGWvyVzjzo1g...

Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets - some thoughts

Pokemon Go and the recent game changes - an overview

I like this front page! ukmagazine.theweek.com/full_page_im...

Brilliant news! BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg... Election day live updates: Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race - BBC News

Let’s take a moment to revel in this incredible day before we jump back into the hard work ahead. The people have spoken. But one day & a few incredible wins won’t fix everything. But that’s the problem for tomorrow. Let’s celebrate today, recharge our batteries. Tomorrow the next phase begins!

Excited to be seeing Focus playing at the Bush Hall!

GBBF 2025 GBBF 2025 was much anticipated, especially as GBBF 2024 didn’t happen due to building work at Olympia, which was notified to the organisers too late to switch to a different venue. This was incredibly disappointing, as it is one of the fixed points of my year. It did however give CAMRA…