Matt Ellis

I hope so too. I've ordered cans before. But be even better to be able to go get a pint somewhere local to me 😀🍻

A well kept and delicious half of Black Shuck stout from the wonderful Brid's Cross Brewing based in Rochdale I think

Really enjoyed this half of Black Shuck stout from @bridscrossbrew.bsky.social this lunchtime from the hop emporium at Warrington market. They said it was the first from you and I said they must get the wcipa in. Absolutely delicious

Good luck Monday then. And a blow out seems appropriate. Not like you've been slacking off the last month.....

Definitely go to the pub.....

Good. Thank you. Driven up M6 to Blackpool today. Every bridge at least 4 flags. A fair few flying in the town to. Utterly depressing

Such a good project. Emily is my wife's niece and she and her friend have been putting in so much effort into this

I was right then. Best beer ever isn't it?

Beer selection in chiller fridge in the Onqu food centre Letchworth Garden City

The amazing fruit selection in the Onqu Food Centre, Letchworth Garden City

A really nice new food shop in Letchworth. Amazing section of fruit and veg from all over the world. I'm going to take a guess as to what @beernouveau.co.uk will choose as his beer of choice from the chiller.... 😀🍻

Happily greeting a war criminal on a red carpet. What an embarrassing moment for the United States.

Love this beer festival. Booked for the Thursday evening session (a few Manchester homebrew folk and other clubs tend to do that one at least). Can't wait. One of the highlights of my beer year. Such a great feel and raises money for a hugely deserving cause. 🍻😀

A cute baby elephant

Elephants are born weighing 250 lbs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for motorists when they see a bike lane

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

Totally agree

Really like this beer

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Since Bob Vylan said "Death, death to the IDF" the IDF has killed 400 Palestinians.

Which is why he said what he said.

Signed. Please consider reading and signing also

That's fair. They need to make it right, not just stop...

Last time I'll be drinking their beers unless they stop this immediately then

I'm pretty sure what I got was cut and paste response.. Suspect you'll get similar in due course

They replied to me the next working day. It should've been a simple, it's stopped. even vaguely supporting or being associated with a genocide should not even need thinking about

Response from vocation brewery from email asking them to clarify if they were selling into Israel. Text follows Hi Matt, We’re aware of the sentiment and upset about our beers being sold in Israel, and value the views and enquiries we’re receiving from customers and the public about this. We are respectfully reviewing the emails and social media posts on this matter, and understand the concerns raised. This forms part of our ongoing consideration of trading with many different markets internationally, which will always involve a diversity of views. It’s important that we take the time to think about a lot of varying factors and views and will continue to listen to and welcome feedback as we do this. We will provide further updates in due course.

Though reading it again, I think they are still just saying thanks, patting me on the head and hoping that'll be enough to get it to die down

I emailed them. This is what I got which feels a bit more like the sentiment that this is a shit arse thing to to is getting through

Absolutely amazing and moving.

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"Musicians from London, New York, Mexico, and Nigeria came together and fully gave themselves to a song written by and for trans people. When the session ended, I broke down in tears and we all hugged—some of us were crying too. Something powerful happened that day." m.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjC...

Well, fuck. Them. Have enjoyed their beers over the year. No more. Just why?

cartoon for the guardian by Stephen Collins - script as follows: [Scene is a darkened LOFT. Amongst the boxes and junk are FOUR KNACKERED OLD FANS - three tower fans and one circular, with cracked grey plastic and buttons missing. One fan, TOWER FAN 1, is a bit taller than the others, and is addressing them] 1 TOWER FAN 1: Right lads, get ready. 2 TOWER FAN 1: This is our time. 3 TOWER FAN 1: The time when we remember who we are, and why we’re here. 4 TOWER FAN 1: We are the four crap fans in a British person’s loft, and we are here to make absolutely no difference whatsoever. 5 TOWER FAN 1: I know what you’re thinking, lads: 6 TOWER FAN 1: Surely this will be the year they finally replace us? 7 TOWER FAN 1: Our plastic’s gone all brown... I haven’t oscillated since 2018... 8 TOWER FAN 1: Dave here sounds like a spitfire and blows like a sad cat’s sigh… TOWER FAN 2: Cheers mate 9 TOWER FAN 1: But no. These people are British, and every year, they forget the sun exists. By the time they remember, new fans will cost *four million pounds* on Amazon. 10 TOWER FAN 1: So we’ll be back down there... shovelling thick air across the moaning faces of a species that cannot comprehend the concept of air conditioning, or even just closing the curtains when it’s hot out... 11 TOWER FAN 1: ...while they incessantly bang on about normally hot countries which this country is now temporarily a bit hotter than. 12 [The loft hatch opens and a person comes up the ladder] PERSON: APPARENTLY IT’S HOTTER THAN GREECE, LISA

british fan chat

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

I will book an appointment and go get answers, hopefully.... Or at least I'll understand, to my face, what my MP is for (or not) on this 😞