Will Rea
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Apple and pear. Cider and perry. And cats. IG: @will__rea
http://will.rea.substack.con
If you see this, post a tree.
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Who doesn’t love old trees?
22 days ago
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Cellini in bloom
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Was trying to find a scanned copy a few years back. Finally got a physical copy from England. Obligatory
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Red flesh cider is my jam.
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Paula Fleming
about 1 month ago
The beginning of every fruit. Every flower is potentially one fruit...if someone doesn't come along and pick them of course! However, we wouldn't want every bloom to be pollinated as the tree would be very stressed (as would the orchardist who has to thin the fruit out!)
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Enjoying the imports while they last. Banger from
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2023 Bisquet. Thought I missed out on this at Bauman’s on Oak in Portland, Oregon, USA. Only 4 left.
about 2 months ago
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Rick Steves
about 2 months ago
My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at
www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran
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Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran
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Last Dive Bar
2 months ago
“The Last Game” documentary is now live on YouTube. A documentary 2 years in the making from director Matt Dooley and his amazing team. Watch on YouTube here:
youtu.be/8QqwgcL49TU?...
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Madrona Murphy
3 months ago
Not funded yet, but we have so many heritage orchards in the islands! Looking forward to participating as this is (hopefully) funded and implemented.
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Madrona Murphy
3 months ago
gloriamendoza.houserepublicans.wa.gov/2026/03/05/s...
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Senate approves, sends Rep. Gloria Mendoza’s WSU heritage apple orchard bill to governor
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Gloria Mendoza, R-Grandview, to preserve rare and historic apple varieties grown across the state is on its way to the governor for his signature. On Thursday, the Washin...
https://gloriamendoza.houserepublicans.wa.gov/2026/03/05/senate-passes-mendoza-apple-bill/
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Cider Review
3 months ago
Jack begins a quest to discover what became of the Cheat Boy perry pear, exploring its past popularity, cultivation, and wondering if it is still to be found in the wild.
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Missing Presumed Lost? The Cheat Boy Perry Pear: Part I
Jack begins a quest to discover what became of the Cheat Boy perry pear, exploring its past popularity, cultivation, and wondering if it is still to be found in the wild.
https://cider-review.com/2026/03/07/missing-presumed-lost-the-cheat-boy-perry-pear-part-i/
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New Mac Studio up and running. Much better Lightroom and Photoshop experience. Stacked and blended 3 photos for better focus with the projection lens.
3 months ago
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Madrona Murphy
3 months ago
Fellow apple nerds: are there varieties that consistently ripen with white skin (and a pink blush)? I had initially thought this was a Winter Banana, but the genetics don't match (they don't match anything in WSU's database), and it is too white and too soft. Photos from fall 2022
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Wild, keeved, Swiss.
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Not a single brain cell. My boy, Pippin.
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3 months ago
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The new cat, Pippin. Pip. Pip, pip, pip it up. Piperoini. (Sometimes with cheese)
3 months ago
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Coach Finstock
4 months ago
This loser admits she doesn't use her real name when she uses AI to write books and doesn't reveal they're AI. Which means she knows it's wrong and she knows it's shameful and does it anyway. The New York Times thinks that's neat though! Unsurprising that this toilet paper rag aligns with hacks
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Ryan Broderick
4 months ago
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
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Joe Sonka 😐
4 months ago
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in. *Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
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derek guy
4 months ago
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
4 months ago
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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ceej
5 months ago
This is not who we are. I became an ICE agent because I truly believed in the value of getting a $50,000 signing bonus to violently assault and terrorize anyone I wanted while never getting in trouble for anything. Being held accountable conflicts strongly with my deeply-held personal beliefs
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Robert Reich
5 months ago
What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.
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I guess we’re calling him Pippin. Actually not my idea.
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5 months ago
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Alt National Park Service
5 months ago
The Trump administration is censoring information. If you come across something before it’s censored, save it, download it, print it. Thank you to everyone preserving and sharing records, the censored Epstein files, and to Canada for helping us access Inside CECOT. Don’t let censorship win.
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Alt National Park Service
5 months ago
Link:
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
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Damien Owens
5 months ago
It's time for another round of Weird Thing I am Genuinely Annoyed About: Trump won't have to see how happy everyone is when he dies.
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derek guy
6 months ago
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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Love good lacing
6 months ago
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Madrona Murphy
6 months ago
I know some of you all here have enjoyed my threads of local apples; if you're feeling generous, you can donate to make it possible to have more seedling apples identified.
@kwiaht.org
is raising funds through the Orcas Island Community Foundation
oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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Barry M
6 months ago
I’m not very good at self-promotion, but here’s a repost for the Sunday readers out there 🙂 There’s a claim that is being repeated more often of late that cyder was a different and superior drink to cider. In this long read (perfect with a cup of tea or a glass of cider) I debunk this modern myth.
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Modern Myth-Busting: The Cyder Controversi
Barry debunks the myth that ‘cyder’ and ‘cider’ are different drinks, tracing the spelling history and enduring cultural heritage of cider.
https://cider-review.com/2025/11/29/modern-mythbusting-the-cyder-controversi/
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Kwiaht
6 months ago
Old orchards have remarkable stories to go with their unique seedling varieties.
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The stories told by an Orcas Island apple | Islands' Sounder
by Russel Barsh
https://www.islandssounder.com/life/the-stories-told-by-an-orcas-island-apple/
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Barry M
7 months ago
This is a lovely conversation we published on CR, a transcript of my friend Jack and
@tomoliverscider.bsky.social
’s chat on stage at the recent PerryFest in Hereford’s Museum of Cider. An honour to have my little project mentioned by Tom too! 😊
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Alt National Park Service
7 months ago
We were just notified that cell-site simulators were used during the No Kings protests in several cities. Fortunately, we planned for this. Portland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Chicago were among the targeted locations. If you’re attending protests, please remember to follow protocol.
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Awais Khan
7 months ago
I spent the past few days curating iNaturalist data to generate distribution map of native North American crabapples! Yes, there are four North American native crabapple species. iNaturalist community is critical to document their distribution Please share & acknowledge
#Biodiversity
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In Savannah for the week.
8 months ago
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Madrona Murphy
8 months ago
It is a fabulous fruit year in the islands and I'm trying to share as much of it as I can with y'all.
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A much needed helles after a day of harvesting Gamay
9 months ago
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'Tis the season.
9 months ago
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Alpenfire Cider
9 months ago
The longest running cider dinner in the country continues! Seats still available for this epic cider dinner. September 17th 2025 6pm Reservations here.
tables.toasttab.com/watershed-pu...
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God
9 months ago
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
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Madrona Murphy
9 months ago
Made the papers 🍎🍎🍎🍏🍏🍏
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Dave Levitan
9 months ago
Gonna sound obvious but in retrospect the right's half-century-long campaign to convince the public that the government doesn't actually do a ton of useful stuff was among the most successful PR campaigns ever
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton
9 months ago
Look, I'm paranoid, so I truly think that everyone who cops to a preexisting condition to get that Covid vaccine is going to get burned on insurance somehow. We should all still get the vaccine, but list the reason as "close proximity to someone who is immunocompromised."
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Alt National Park Service
9 months ago
The whole Maxwell interview feels staged, especially with how aggressively it’s being pushed. Something doesn’t add up, if Clinton and Trump are supposedly innocent and no list exists, then why not release the full unredacted files?
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Andrew Lawrence
9 months ago
one guy even tried to give us a sandwich
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Cider Review
10 months ago
Kemker Kultuur: Rediscovering Tradition in Farmhouse Cider Making
@barmas.bsky.social
introduces Brauerei Kemker, a German farmhouse brewery that is making cider as an integeral part of their philosophy.
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Kemker Kultuur: Rediscovering Tradition in Farmhouse Cider Making
Barry introduces Brauerei Kemker, a German farmhouse brewery that is making cider as an integeral part of their philosophy.
https://cider-review.com/2025/08/09/kemker-kultuur-rediscovering-tradition-in-farmhouse-cider-making/
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NY Times Pitchbot
10 months ago
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
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