William Wilson
@wilsonscec.bsky.social
Mainly talking about beer and wine, but also any interesting booze, bars, restaurants, breweries, and wineries. One-time craft beer bar owner, still a sommelier, now a Certified Cicerone®️.
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For years, the media has avoided mentioning the reason for death whenever someone takes their own life. Just a paragraph at the end with a help line number. When #PrinceAndrew's accuser dies, almost every major media outlet puts suicide in the headline. They are all complicit.
April 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
For years, the media has avoided mentioning the reason for death whenever someone takes their own life. Just a paragraph at the end with a help line number. When #PrinceAndrew's accuser dies, almost every major media outlet puts suicide in the headline. They are all complicit.
For years, the media has avoided mentioning the reason for death whenever someone takes their own life. Just a paragraph at the end with a help line number. When #PrinceAndrew's accuser dies, almost every major media outlet puts suicide in the headline. They are all complicit.
April 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
For years, the media has avoided mentioning the reason for death whenever someone takes their own life. Just a paragraph at the end with a help line number. When #PrinceAndrew's accuser dies, almost every major media outlet puts suicide in the headline. They are all complicit.
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Hilarious.
Also, read the judgement. Trans men are specifically excluded from using the women's.
Stop using trans men as a gotcha.
Also, read the judgement. Trans men are specifically excluded from using the women's.
Stop using trans men as a gotcha.
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
April 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hilarious.
Also, read the judgement. Trans men are specifically excluded from using the women's.
Stop using trans men as a gotcha.
Also, read the judgement. Trans men are specifically excluded from using the women's.
Stop using trans men as a gotcha.
LNP are deliberately tanking the election so that Labor protects the two party system. A minority government would be a disaster for both major party's fossil fuel donors.
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
LNP are deliberately tanking the election so that Labor protects the two party system. A minority government would be a disaster for both major party's fossil fuel donors.
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Modern cask bitters have evolved. Many include juicy new world hops and modern IPA hopping techniques. But to achieve the delicacy and harmony bitters are famous for, breweries have to do more than just adding Citras.
The Evolution of Cask Bitter — Beervana
Modern cask bitters have evolved. Many include juicy new world hops and modern IPA hopping techniques. But to achieve the delicacy and harmony bitters are famous for, breweries have to do more than ju...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Modern cask bitters have evolved. Many include juicy new world hops and modern IPA hopping techniques. But to achieve the delicacy and harmony bitters are famous for, breweries have to do more than just adding Citras.
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Enrol to vote or update your enrolment here: www.aec.gov.au
Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is responsible for providing the Australian people with an independent electoral service which meets their needs and encourages them to understand and partici...
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April 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Enrol to vote or update your enrolment here: www.aec.gov.au
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Looks like there's a gnarly beer-industry-relevant story brewing at the Australian investment regulator. Fox Friday — a rapidly-expanding presence in three states — got a huge chunk of funding from First Guardian, and David Anderson himself has been described as a "business partner".
25-027MR Federal Court freezes assets of First Guardian Master Fund and director David Anderson | ASIC
Fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians.
asic.gov.au
April 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looks like there's a gnarly beer-industry-relevant story brewing at the Australian investment regulator. Fox Friday — a rapidly-expanding presence in three states — got a huge chunk of funding from First Guardian, and David Anderson himself has been described as a "business partner".
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Who’s with Pikachu?
March 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Who’s with Pikachu?
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For #TheSession, @totalcurtis.bsky.social invited a critique of a particular aspect of pub culture. So, in a new post up on Beer Diary, I ponder the proper placement of barstools, and how it's a metaphor and practice run for other problems.
Ensuring admission to the bar
In the brief for the latest round of The Session, Matt Curtis calls for a piece of critical writing about beer or pubs. I feel like that’s what I usually do around here, but I’m going t…
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March 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
For #TheSession, @totalcurtis.bsky.social invited a critique of a particular aspect of pub culture. So, in a new post up on Beer Diary, I ponder the proper placement of barstools, and how it's a metaphor and practice run for other problems.
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The mood in the USA
March 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The mood in the USA
If the man in charge of your integrity commission has a conflict of interest in 6 separate matters being investigated, you don't have an integrity commission, you have a protection racket
Yet more questions for NACC Commissioner Brereton to answer after recusing himself from 6 investigations.
I'd like to know if he's recused himself from deliberations or just decision making.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
I'd like to know if he's recused himself from deliberations or just decision making.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Integrity watchdog boss steps aside from six defence investigations
The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission continues to hold senior roles in the Army Reserves six months after a misconduct finding was made against him.
www.abc.net.au
March 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If the man in charge of your integrity commission has a conflict of interest in 6 separate matters being investigated, you don't have an integrity commission, you have a protection racket
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Sigh.
Now they are stealing social security. Dirtbags.
Now they are stealing social security. Dirtbags.
March 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Sigh.
Now they are stealing social security. Dirtbags.
Now they are stealing social security. Dirtbags.
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This pic of mine is currently on display in the Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the 'Climate Change in Focus' exhibition. Just heard that some photos will be removed once the election is called for reasons of "political sensitivities". Yeah, let's pretend that climate change isn't a thing.
March 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This pic of mine is currently on display in the Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the 'Climate Change in Focus' exhibition. Just heard that some photos will be removed once the election is called for reasons of "political sensitivities". Yeah, let's pretend that climate change isn't a thing.
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Twice in the year, at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sunrise shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat, into a shadowy work of art against the great doors of GoMA.
Pic: u/Hoyerman68
Pic: u/Hoyerman68
March 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Twice in the year, at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sunrise shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat, into a shadowy work of art against the great doors of GoMA.
Pic: u/Hoyerman68
Pic: u/Hoyerman68
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Doesn’t matter what The Age says; the fact is it’s taken money to publish hate speech
March 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Doesn’t matter what The Age says; the fact is it’s taken money to publish hate speech
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For #TheSession, @boakandbailey.bsky.social asked "What's the best beer you can drink at home right now?"
It won't be a huge shock to many that mine is a delightfully boring lager, but the precisely-what and exactly-where involve a bit of a life update:
It won't be a huge shock to many that mine is a delightfully boring lager, but the precisely-what and exactly-where involve a bit of a life update:
The Session #144 — Home is where the six-pack of plain pale lager is
For the second installment of The Session’s 2025 reboot (despite best intentions, I missed the first one for reasons that may soon be obvious), Boak & Bailey asked: “What’s the best…
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February 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For #TheSession, @boakandbailey.bsky.social asked "What's the best beer you can drink at home right now?"
It won't be a huge shock to many that mine is a delightfully boring lager, but the precisely-what and exactly-where involve a bit of a life update:
It won't be a huge shock to many that mine is a delightfully boring lager, but the precisely-what and exactly-where involve a bit of a life update:
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It's #Oscars Eve! And as always, I've spent the last month watching all the nominees I can (I missed 3 shorts this year).
All are written up (and ranked!) in this Letterboxd list:
letterboxd.com/jezfletcher/...
All are written up (and ranked!) in this Letterboxd list:
letterboxd.com/jezfletcher/...
Jez's Oscars Order 2025
Welcome to another year of Jez Watches All The Oscar Movies*! (*Or, as close as he can manage) All have reviews, if you're interested in my reasoning behind some of the placements—I have engaged in so...
letterboxd.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's #Oscars Eve! And as always, I've spent the last month watching all the nominees I can (I missed 3 shorts this year).
All are written up (and ranked!) in this Letterboxd list:
letterboxd.com/jezfletcher/...
All are written up (and ranked!) in this Letterboxd list:
letterboxd.com/jezfletcher/...
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Today’s @thetimes.com column is on what to drink if you’re looking for Guinness but can't find any. I have, of course, already been told that I am wrong.
March 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today’s @thetimes.com column is on what to drink if you’re looking for Guinness but can't find any. I have, of course, already been told that I am wrong.
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And I had forgotten quite how well Orwell understood something that seems to elude so many people today (or perhaps it doesn’t elude them & they just don’t care: if you exclude children from the pub, you also - at least to some extent - exclude women.
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
And I had forgotten quite how well Orwell understood something that seems to elude so many people today (or perhaps it doesn’t elude them & they just don’t care: if you exclude children from the pub, you also - at least to some extent - exclude women.
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“Now that real car companies make electric vehicles, there’s just no way that Tesla can maintain its previous unchallenged market share, and that’s before you factor in their CEO being a Nazi who is destroying his company’s brand with the people most likely to buy his cars.”
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Now that real car companies make electric vehicles, there’s just no way that Tesla can maintain its previous unchallenged market share, and that’s before you factor in their CEO being a Nazi who is destroying his company’s brand with the people most likely to buy his cars.”
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This is such a good analogy and response to a lame post.
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is such a good analogy and response to a lame post.