David Wondrich
@davidwondrich.bsky.social
Barroom historian. Author of Imbibe and Punch, Editor in Chief of the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails. Brooklynite and part-time Triestino. Ars gratia mercedis.
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Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
This is excellent.
Jazz OTD: I expect complex reactions to saxophonist Frank Strozier's decision to play Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" in his November 5, 1977 session, and using it as the title of one his final albums. But his intensity remains unmistakable here, with a great band, incl. Harold Mabern (p). #jazzsky
What's Goin' On
YouTube video by Frank Strozier - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is excellent.
Let's take it to the stage! I'll be out west for the next couple of weeks, talking about the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Here's the list, but note I'll also be in Mystic, Connecticut signing books this Saturday (Nov.8), & at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta Nov. 24th. Come on down and say howdy!
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let's take it to the stage! I'll be out west for the next couple of weeks, talking about the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Here's the list, but note I'll also be in Mystic, Connecticut signing books this Saturday (Nov.8), & at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta Nov. 24th. Come on down and say howdy!
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And to think of all the genuinely brilliant headlines the Post has come up with...and then to do this.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And to think of all the genuinely brilliant headlines the Post has come up with...and then to do this.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
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Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
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roman burrito thread
you also have the laganum, which is (at some points) a pancake-ish kinda dough snack. slather on a "salsa" of garlic, onions, olives, and vinegar. pile on some roasted lamb or pork and caramelized onions, with some parsley or cilantro. chickpeas sub for beans. artichoke hearts, too
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roman burrito thread
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Well this--and I say it using dashes so you'll like it better--is f***ing depressing.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#writing #publishing #editing #copyright #AI
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#writing #publishing #editing #copyright #AI
Readers Prefer Outputs of AI Trained on Copyrighted Books over Expert Human Writers
The use of copyrighted books for training AI models has led to numerous lawsuits from authors concerned about AI's ability to generate derivative content. Yet i
papers.ssrn.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Well this--and I say it using dashes so you'll like it better--is f***ing depressing.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#writing #publishing #editing #copyright #AI
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#writing #publishing #editing #copyright #AI
Boy, NYT screwing the pooch on cocktail history today, two times over.
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Boy, NYT screwing the pooch on cocktail history today, two times over.
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One of the first myths we demolished about North Carolina's ABC system when we set out to rank stores statewide is that each store is the same as the next. Many thanks to @davidwondrich.bsky.social for weighing in on a cocktail guide only found in Scotland County: thefoodsection.com/the-best-rea...
The best-read book in Scotland County - The Food Section
Laurinburg ABC store is home to unique cocktail guide
thefoodsection.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of the first myths we demolished about North Carolina's ABC system when we set out to rank stores statewide is that each store is the same as the next. Many thanks to @davidwondrich.bsky.social for weighing in on a cocktail guide only found in Scotland County: thefoodsection.com/the-best-rea...
And they call themselves the *New York* Times…
October 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And they call themselves the *New York* Times…
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As true now as ever.
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As true now as ever.
Jimmy knows bartending as well as he knows comics, so we really got to talk!
COMIC NEWS INSIDER 1664 - NYCC: David Wondrich! I talked w/ cocktail historian @davidwondrich.bsky.social about his 1st graphic novel THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL/origin of cocktails/famous bartenders/why classics endure/etc! #ComicNewsInsider #NYCC
www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni...
www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni...
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Jimmy knows bartending as well as he knows comics, so we really got to talk!
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
In Italy even the wedding rice is Arborio.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In Italy even the wedding rice is Arborio.
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ok who did this? ☹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ok who did this? ☹️
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Maybe its not really theft because they needed them to train their AI
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports reut.rs/43u2cX1
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports
A robbery has taken place at the Louvre museum in Paris early on Sunday, French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said, with the newspaper Le Parisien reporting several thieves have stolen pieces of jewellery from the Napoleon collection.
reut.rs
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Maybe its not really theft because they needed them to train their AI
Mash up bands:
Ziggy Starship and the Spiders from Marin
Ziggy Starship and the Spiders from Marin
Mash up bands:
Smashing Pumpkin Spice Girls
Smashing Pumpkin Spice Girls
Mash up bands:
Captain Beefheart & Tennille
Captain Beefheart & Tennille
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Mash up bands:
Ziggy Starship and the Spiders from Marin
Ziggy Starship and the Spiders from Marin
So THAT’S where it is.
October 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So THAT’S where it is.
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every one of these names sounds like a very drunk person very earnestly trying to tell you which stop to get off at
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
every one of these names sounds like a very drunk person very earnestly trying to tell you which stop to get off at
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the weirdest thing in the world to me is that the NYT thinks I want to watch videos of its reporters talking when I could just read their articles
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the weirdest thing in the world to me is that the NYT thinks I want to watch videos of its reporters talking when I could just read their articles
Czech railways really have train food nailed.
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Czech railways really have train food nailed.