Drew Starr
@thedrewstarr.bsky.social
he/him
I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions.
Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Occasional food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant.
I block follow farmers.
Boston MA USA
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I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions.
Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Occasional food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant.
I block follow farmers.
Boston MA USA
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Drew Starr
@thedrewstarr.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Oh, cool, looks like I've been starter packed by a few folks. New followers: I'm based in Boston, MA, USA. When the world isn't actively collapsing (or, rather, when I take time off from paying attention to the collapse), I'm a Master Brewer and a cooking/restaurant nerd.
"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" is getting all the attention, but can we also talk about how the man's email signature asked people to follow him on Twitter?
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" is getting all the attention, but can we also talk about how the man's email signature asked people to follow him on Twitter?
I often think about the German pharmacist who apologized profusely that since I wasn't on national healthcare, he would have to charge me €6 for 5 covid tests, when they would have otherwise been free
in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I often think about the German pharmacist who apologized profusely that since I wasn't on national healthcare, he would have to charge me €6 for 5 covid tests, when they would have otherwise been free
We could pretty easily see the red outline of the aurora against the midnight blue sky, but the camera and some color correction really brought it out. This is insane to see in city light at this latitude. Fun fact: that's the new LEGO US headquarters on the far right
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We could pretty easily see the red outline of the aurora against the midnight blue sky, but the camera and some color correction really brought it out. This is insane to see in city light at this latitude. Fun fact: that's the new LEGO US headquarters on the far right
Go gentle into that good night,
Old age should wane and fall at close of day;
Calm, calm into the dying of the light.
Old age should wane and fall at close of day;
Calm, calm into the dying of the light.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Go gentle into that good night,
Old age should wane and fall at close of day;
Calm, calm into the dying of the light.
Old age should wane and fall at close of day;
Calm, calm into the dying of the light.
I'm so gutted by this news.
I volunteered alongside Chef Wayne at Jimmy Fund fundraisers in high school. I'm glad I got to spend some time with him again a few years ago. Goddammit.
I volunteered alongside Chef Wayne at Jimmy Fund fundraisers in high school. I'm glad I got to spend some time with him again a few years ago. Goddammit.
‘Heaven just got a little spicier’: Springfield mourns Chef Wayne Hooker of Big Mamou Cajun food fame
‘Heaven just got a little spicier’: Springfield mourns Chef Wayne Hooker of Big Mamou Cajun food fame
Chef Wayne’s Big Mamou restaurant was a mainstay on Liberty Street from 1996 to 2020.
www.masslive.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm so gutted by this news.
I volunteered alongside Chef Wayne at Jimmy Fund fundraisers in high school. I'm glad I got to spend some time with him again a few years ago. Goddammit.
I volunteered alongside Chef Wayne at Jimmy Fund fundraisers in high school. I'm glad I got to spend some time with him again a few years ago. Goddammit.
Doordash and its ilk crashing will hurt a lot of restaurants short-term, but will be so good both for the industry and traffic in cities. Most delivery food is an inferior product
"Doordash’s stock plummeted toward its worst session ever as investors rejected the company’s aggressive spending (as) it plans to shell out several hundred million dollars next year on new product initiatives like autonomous delivery and a new global tech stack." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/d...
Doordash stock drops 15%, heads for worst day ever on spending concerns
Doordash has already shelled out billions this year to buy restaurant booking platform SevenRooms and British delivery platform Deliveroo.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Doordash and its ilk crashing will hurt a lot of restaurants short-term, but will be so good both for the industry and traffic in cities. Most delivery food is an inferior product
I've seen more Austin Powers movies than James Bond movies and have under 25 hours of Goldeneye under my belt. It is so nice to not have an opinion on today's discourse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I've seen more Austin Powers movies than James Bond movies and have under 25 hours of Goldeneye under my belt. It is so nice to not have an opinion on today's discourse.
Boston/Camberville: Aaron is insane for doing this and you should punish him by making sure it sells out.
(Aaron enjoys this punishment. This is ethical and you can actually feel ok about it. And also it seems pretty fun and the ice cream is good, too)
(Aaron enjoys this punishment. This is ethical and you can actually feel ok about it. And also it seems pretty fun and the ice cream is good, too)
Ice Cream Advent Calendar! 24 days of tasty ice cream, fun activities, and gratitude. Pick up 11/30. THESE KITS ARE LIMITED.
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gracies-ice-cream.square.site/product/icec...
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Boston/Camberville: Aaron is insane for doing this and you should punish him by making sure it sells out.
(Aaron enjoys this punishment. This is ethical and you can actually feel ok about it. And also it seems pretty fun and the ice cream is good, too)
(Aaron enjoys this punishment. This is ethical and you can actually feel ok about it. And also it seems pretty fun and the ice cream is good, too)
Friends in PVD are sad this isn't going to be a Market Basket, Wegmans, or a mega Trader Joe's. When I worked for pre-Amazon Whole Foods, people begged me to open stores in their towns (I had nothing to do with those choices). What a sad turn for a company I was proud to work for at the time
NEW: Everyone's been asking: what's going into the old Eastside Marketplace in Providence?
Whole Foods just signed a 20-year lease for the space, according to public records.
Here's what we know: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/m...
Whole Foods just signed a 20-year lease for the space, according to public records.
Here's what we know: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/m...
Whole Foods leases vacant Eastside Marketplace in Providence - The Boston Globe
The 33,800-square foot grocery store has been vacant since Stop & Shop closed 32 stores last year
www.bostonglobe.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Friends in PVD are sad this isn't going to be a Market Basket, Wegmans, or a mega Trader Joe's. When I worked for pre-Amazon Whole Foods, people begged me to open stores in their towns (I had nothing to do with those choices). What a sad turn for a company I was proud to work for at the time
I worked in a 5 star restaurant in 2002 that launched dozens of careers. Just an extraordinary amount of talent of all kinds in that place and everyone learned 17 jobs
If our barista called out, we were screwed.
If our barista called out, we were screwed.
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I worked in a 5 star restaurant in 2002 that launched dozens of careers. Just an extraordinary amount of talent of all kinds in that place and everyone learned 17 jobs
If our barista called out, we were screwed.
If our barista called out, we were screwed.
Wow. "In celebration of the 25th anniversary," the portion of the World Brewing Academy classes usually held at Chicago's Siebel will in '26 be held at Doemens in Munich. It's normally split between both schools. But both professors and students come from abroad, so read between the lines.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wow. "In celebration of the 25th anniversary," the portion of the World Brewing Academy classes usually held at Chicago's Siebel will in '26 be held at Doemens in Munich. It's normally split between both schools. But both professors and students come from abroad, so read between the lines.
Unless you convene a meeting to oust Schumer and Durbin, this is just lip service, @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov.
It's what I told your offices when I called today, and it's what everyone else in MA who is furious should do, too
It's what I told your offices when I called today, and it's what everyone else in MA who is furious should do, too
Mass. reps pan deal to reopen government without securing protections from soaring healthcare insurance premiums for Americans: https://bit.ly/3WOEC3M
Markey, Warren, Mass. delegation pan deal to reopen federal government
They oppose an agreement that fails to address an upcoming spike in healthcare costs.
www.wgbh.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Unless you convene a meeting to oust Schumer and Durbin, this is just lip service, @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov.
It's what I told your offices when I called today, and it's what everyone else in MA who is furious should do, too
It's what I told your offices when I called today, and it's what everyone else in MA who is furious should do, too
There's a non-zero chance that his curiosity gets the better of him, and his last words before he chokes are "I wonder what I taste like."
people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention
Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'
The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.
people.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There's a non-zero chance that his curiosity gets the better of him, and his last words before he chokes are "I wonder what I taste like."
NPR has fucking gutted their science desk, huh?
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NPR has fucking gutted their science desk, huh?
Reposted by Drew Starr
The whole 'don't eat things with lots of ingredients or ingredients you can't pronounce' is the stupidest advice & makes me immediately skeptical of whoever is offering it. Probably more people in the U.S. can pronounce "butter" and "arsenic" than can pronounce "quinoa," so then what?
“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The whole 'don't eat things with lots of ingredients or ingredients you can't pronounce' is the stupidest advice & makes me immediately skeptical of whoever is offering it. Probably more people in the U.S. can pronounce "butter" and "arsenic" than can pronounce "quinoa," so then what?
LOL I went over to the hell site, and Musk's pinned tweet is from 17 hours ago and begins with "to paraphrase Voltaire"
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
LOL I went over to the hell site, and Musk's pinned tweet is from 17 hours ago and begins with "to paraphrase Voltaire"
Insane Clown President
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Insane Clown President
American brands do not currently have the manufacturing capacity to make up for this loss of volume, which is about 12% of US sales. Steel tariffs make building new commercial pasta equipment prohibitive, so US cos will just raise prices, but not capacity. We'll have less pasta, and it'll cost more.
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
American brands do not currently have the manufacturing capacity to make up for this loss of volume, which is about 12% of US sales. Steel tariffs make building new commercial pasta equipment prohibitive, so US cos will just raise prices, but not capacity. We'll have less pasta, and it'll cost more.
This poster immediately sent me to doesthedogdie.com to make sure the cat doesn't die.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This poster immediately sent me to doesthedogdie.com to make sure the cat doesn't die.
I unironically love Stat calls this a "remembrance." That's exactly what it is. And the media should collectively move away from hagiography and white-washing that usually accompanies the deaths of famous scoundrels. This is a great piece. RIP Sharon Begley
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I unironically love Stat calls this a "remembrance." That's exactly what it is. And the media should collectively move away from hagiography and white-washing that usually accompanies the deaths of famous scoundrels. This is a great piece. RIP Sharon Begley
My sister-in-law Jenn had the best derby name I've ever seen: Jenn'll Tail Ya
some great roller derby names here, and also great story by @amandabeland.bsky.social
Hard hits. Bold nicknames. Boston Roller Derby athletes celebrate inclusive and competitive league
Boston Roller Derby league played its 20th season this year. Its players reflected on how the game literally pulls its players together — through both physical contact and community-building.
www.wbur.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My sister-in-law Jenn had the best derby name I've ever seen: Jenn'll Tail Ya
I have happily adjusted to my life as a fan of just one sport (baseball, the one that hurts its fans more than its players, so I feel less bad about enabling its various exploitations), so you can not make me learn what the NBA Cup is or why it's played on a green screen court.
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have happily adjusted to my life as a fan of just one sport (baseball, the one that hurts its fans more than its players, so I feel less bad about enabling its various exploitations), so you can not make me learn what the NBA Cup is or why it's played on a green screen court.
One of my best friend's kid becomes a bat mitzvah next weekend in DC and half the guests (including me) are supposed to fly in. Poor kid is so stressed not knowing who is going to be able to actually get there and Mom is a furloughed fed, so stress was already high. Fuck the GOP
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
One of my best friend's kid becomes a bat mitzvah next weekend in DC and half the guests (including me) are supposed to fly in. Poor kid is so stressed not knowing who is going to be able to actually get there and Mom is a furloughed fed, so stress was already high. Fuck the GOP
If you're getting your financial news from the FinTwitter or UnusualWhales accounts, you're not getting financial news. They both regularly misstate or misunderstand the actual news they're cribbing from.
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you're getting your financial news from the FinTwitter or UnusualWhales accounts, you're not getting financial news. They both regularly misstate or misunderstand the actual news they're cribbing from.