Well, this is interesting. GABF goes outdoors, from three days to two, and afternoon versus evening sessions. www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/news/great-a...

Nice – Harry Hill has a new show in YouTube – www.youtube.com/@harryhil…

More from Copenhagen - the Royal ibrary is one beautiful building.!

Really enjoyed Copenhagen. Luckily visited before the Greenland kerfuffle.

Another test from web. Please ignore, or not. beergeek.micro.blog

Listen, EVERYBODY thinks their dog is the best dog, but here's the thing: they're right

It's pretty amazing that Google Modern Edition hates the Internet so very much that it consistently puts, in the premium space they used to charge exhorbitant fees for, a paragraph of made up things.

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something beautiful about the fact that this woman who desperately wants to be president has been handed a generational opportunity to show the nation why she deserves to be president and she’s using it to demonstrate why she will never be president

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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

I’ve become a big fan of The Bear pub in Paddington area. A Craft Beer Co. joint, recently renovated. 6 cask and 29 tap beers. Feels like a modern pub that still feels like it keeps English pub traditions alive. Well, much better than many I’ve seen.

BREAKING: Bottom of the Hill, the storied rock club that’s hosted countless local bands as well as global superstars like Oasis, the Strokes, and the White Stripes, will shutter at the end of this year, owners say. What’s next for the space isn’t clear. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

Copenhagen goes absolutely insane for fireworks over NYE. Video from the 7th floor patio of my hotel. It was like being IN the fireworks. Some so close I could feel the heat. The smoke so thick you can’t see that it goes up and down every street in every direction. Insane.

Bad news, I’m in 2026 now and it feels just as shitty as 2025. Hey from Copenhagen.

No yeah thanks for the reminder though

What did we get stuck in our rectums last year? defector.com/what-did-we-...

Wrap up 2025 in 6 words: “Can’t say we didn’t warn you.”

this is the main reason i’m so pessimistic for the oligarch capture of tiktok in the us. have seen a bunch of posts being like “well they’re gonna fuck it up and users will flee” and while there’s plenty of evidence for the 1st claim, you have to square the 2nd claim with ongoing twitter usage. so.

@dinfontay.com A wild Buzz Ball in its natural habitat, spotted in London.

So now, the Discord channel has become some sort of a ghost town, members tell 404 Media. “To me it shines a light on the god-complex that AI C-suite members seem to have, and their willingness to ignore people's consent and opinions as they bulldoze their way of pushing AI." Full story here:

People like Bay Area rapper Kreayshawn are divorcing themselves from social media because it’s no longer cool, and in decline. Experts call it a “tipping point” for the online lure.

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It’s flabbergasting that you could pick just about any random American off the street and they would show infinitely more political willpower and courage than our entire cadre of alleged leaders and titans of business. We’re a nation occupied by a tiny upper class of cowards.

Some “artsy” macro photos from Musee Mechanique in San Francisco. One of the greatest places on earth. More here: 500px.com/beergeek

The perfect fusion cuisine for my Midwest upbringing and my 25 years in San Francisco. Sausage gravy in a sourdough bread bowl.

people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

And just a couple weeks from the busiest travel days of the year. This is going to be chaos.

Bit of a controversial question: anyone have a favorite IPTV provider? Multiple streams preferred. #enshittification

@support.bsky.team status.bsky.app doesn't show any issues, but I have been unable to get to Bluesky for 12+ hours unless I VPN elsewhere. When not on VPN (fails to connect), bsky.app resolves to 3.13.55.100 on VPN (connects fine), it resolves to 18.217.72.32

would it not be cheaper to use those additional funds to get food to people who need it

Has anyone studied the impact of spoiled past-date IPA shelfies on craft sales? I know a cursed NYT Article That Shall Not Be Named got us all dogpiling on the "IPAs suck" argument lately, but wouldn't buying a shitty spoiled grocery store IPA leave an impression? Is there data on this?

It’s Thursday!!! Whooo!!!! I’m actually really glad that I didn’t pick Tuesday as the weekly update day. No one says “whooo” for Tuesday. Nope. Thursday is the third best day of the week. Yup. Now that that’s cleared up, here’s the update.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

It’s true, they both do like gambling

This op-ed isn't the worst thing I've read about beer in the @nytimes.com, but it relies on some very facile ideas about how the craft beer market works that don't hold up to basic scrutiny.

snl took a run at non-alcoholic beer and honestly kinda nailed it to the wall lol

"This city is a complicated place, but I’ve found two truths: The Golden Age is a myth and S.F. is never 'over.'" At the core of my Benioff piece: The fallacy of an S.F. utopia that we need to get back to. When in fact it's defined by imperfection & reinvention. www.sfchronicle.com/culture/arti...

Just learned about this insane piece of documentary media. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocksuc...

A much needed reasonable voice to Benioff’s odd turn to the Trump-side. Of course if he and other S.F. billionaires were paying their fair share of taxes things would be better too. Thanks @peterhartlaub.bsky.social

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

B&W of color? #sf #streetart #creative #photography #bombedouthellscape

Nice of the snowbirds to bail out the US military.

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