Stephen
@sokratees9.bsky.social
Home brewer on hiatus, but enjoying plenty of cask beer when I can.
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My beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk is this glorious svěltý lezák, which is a collaboration between Left Handed Giant and Vinohradský Pivovar, both of whose taprooms I know pretty well
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
My beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk is this glorious svěltý lezák, which is a collaboration between Left Handed Giant and Vinohradský Pivovar, both of whose taprooms I know pretty well
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irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
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Making the Case for a Planned Economy
YouTube video by azureScapegoat
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February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Features the currently under threat Hare & Hounds above #HebdenBridge, which a developer wishes to turn into a massive single occupancy house to *checks notes* address the local housing shortage. bsky.app/profile/foxa...
One of #HebdenBridge's best pubs is under threat of disappearing, and the community hasn't been given the chance to save it as a community enterprise.
Please sign the petition www.change.org/p/save-the-h... and consider objecting to the planning application (by Tues 3rd) to save the Hare & Hounds.
Please sign the petition www.change.org/p/save-the-h... and consider objecting to the planning application (by Tues 3rd) to save the Hare & Hounds.
Sign the Petition
SAVE the Hare & Hounds from Permanent Closure
www.change.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Features the currently under threat Hare & Hounds above #HebdenBridge, which a developer wishes to turn into a massive single occupancy house to *checks notes* address the local housing shortage. bsky.app/profile/foxa...
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My parents spent several hours yesterday trapped in their car with rising floodwater inside and out. Nobody filmed it, but this is still true ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM
My parents spent several hours yesterday trapped in their car with rising floodwater inside and out. Nobody filmed it, but this is still true ⬇️
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Image by Luiso García 👏
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Image by Luiso García 👏
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I ❤️ MINNEAPOLIS
Stay Safe everyone! I appreciate you! 🙏
Stay Safe everyone! I appreciate you! 🙏
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I ❤️ MINNEAPOLIS
Stay Safe everyone! I appreciate you! 🙏
Stay Safe everyone! I appreciate you! 🙏
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Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
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Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this:
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this:
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Over 3,000 people died while trying to reach Spain in 2025 #Refugees
Over 3,000 people died while trying to reach Spain in 2025
www.infomigrants.net
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Over 3,000 people died while trying to reach Spain in 2025 #Refugees
Here's my Wikipedia Year in Review. Created with the Wikipedia Android app play.google.com/store/apps/d... #WikipediaYearInReview
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Here's my Wikipedia Year in Review. Created with the Wikipedia Android app play.google.com/store/apps/d... #WikipediaYearInReview
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Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
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Coillte & SDCC have sought licenses to destroy all these trees & wild beauty for🚫 300 parking spaces & a €35M centre at the Hellfire? This isn't enhancement — it's erasure. Protect what makes this place special. #StopTheDestruction #NatureFirst #Review
www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Coillte & SDCC have sought licenses to destroy all these trees & wild beauty for🚫 300 parking spaces & a €35M centre at the Hellfire? This isn't enhancement — it's erasure. Protect what makes this place special. #StopTheDestruction #NatureFirst #Review
www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
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Thought-provoking final paragraph here on the social cost of carbon.
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost
In this week’s newsletter: whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thought-provoking final paragraph here on the social cost of carbon.
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?” "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
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BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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This wonderful vista will be destroyed by @sdublincoco to make way for 300 car spaces for a €35M overscaled vanity project! #FridayMorning #fact www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This wonderful vista will be destroyed by @sdublincoco to make way for 300 car spaces for a €35M overscaled vanity project! #FridayMorning #fact www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
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Reminder friends of my free and online talk about my book, 'Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland' on Tuesday, Sept 30th from 5pm as part of Dublin Festival of History. You can join from anywhere in the world! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reminder friends of my free and online talk about my book, 'Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland' on Tuesday, Sept 30th from 5pm as part of Dublin Festival of History. You can join from anywhere in the world! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
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It may be distasteful but it is not illegal to mock someone's death and it should not warrant arrest, ever. The 1st Amendment exists specifically to protect disfavored speech and what is happening now is one of the greatest threats to free speech in the United States.
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It may be distasteful but it is not illegal to mock someone's death and it should not warrant arrest, ever. The 1st Amendment exists specifically to protect disfavored speech and what is happening now is one of the greatest threats to free speech in the United States.