Libation Legacy🍸

Duval and duck confit?

Listen closely to every word of this

This is just going to be a bunch of musings, something I haven’t been able to get out of my head for a while now. Inspired by my many text thread and in-person conversations with “old timers” and veterans like myself who have watched a real paradigm shift in the drinks trade lately.

The Big Bird Lebowski

the holy trinity The Felt is not The Hand is not The Henson Spirit. But together...they are Muppet.

had a very respectful chat about theology tonight

If you want to maintain close personal friendships with normies you’re gonna have to get p comfortable being a Cassandra

The political appeal of the Tory party - now distilled into Farage's far right Reform - is to the rascist, sexist, homophobic hearts of those white folk who imagine they are sidelined for holding the formerly unpopular views they hold.

Just like with Trump, they think they are being given a voice.

A painting of a bird beside the text "it must be a great comfort that nothing in your fuckin' life has ever been your fault"

This was a fun episode, in which we ask the question, "Does anyone ever order Stingers nowadays?" Let me know if you do!

#cheers 🍸

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Artwork titled "Heart" -a multicolored screenprint of an anatomical heart by Andy Warhol, created 1982

Andy Warhol, Heart, 1982

This eugenic fantasy is shared by a lot of the ruling class and has known in climate advocacy circles for some time now, but is still shocking to see laid out so plainly in the Epstein files.

The story of our current political moment will be written in retrospect as one of elites creating alternative information environments for themselves and then freaking out because of them. It’s like telling exaggerated ghost stories at a sleepover and then everyone not sleeping.

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Someday it will happen
And he will be

I've been wanting to see this one. Also that Pretenders track is my favorite song of theirs.

I haven't heard this in a while, thanks for bringing it back to me.

Roses are red
Violets are purple you blind ass mf get some glasses

Fauré may be the most underrated of French composers. Why, given that so much of his music is so exquisite? I see two reasons: 1) his works are usually modest in scale; 2) his hybrid musical style bridged French Romanticism and Impressionism, making him a transitional figure.

YouTube video by rockdog4ever Kevin Ayers - The Oyster and the Flying Fish

Token 2 is a tale of unrequited love, "The Oyster and the Flying Fish," by Kevin Ayers and Bridget St. John.

youtu.be/iOMS4Zs6PtM?...

YouTube video by Depeche Mode - Topic Shake the Disease

Happy Saturday, Moo, Kitty and all! Token 1 is Depeche Mode, with "Shake the Disease," which I think would qualify.

youtu.be/r3ld80_p8bc?...

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

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Yes, normal societies have always had regulations.

Data has always been with us.

A lot of people really don’t realize that there is a vast amount of information out there that is not online and plausibly never will be, or can’t be.

Al seckel: Re: Results — Epstein Emails Email from Al seckel in jeevacation@gmail.com: Jeffrey, The bots did the sweep. Here are the new results taken as of a minute ago. You have only o

Jmail was a Top Ten most viewed Wikipedia article this week.

Here's a thread where Jeffrey Epstein tried to manipulate his own Wikipedia page. His consultant Al Seckel (who later died in France under mysterious circumstances) successfully removed Epstein’s mugshot.

jmail.world/thread/HOUSE...

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Quinine was a major industry in the nineteenth century but I'm not sure about it's earliest days.

They have a Bad Bunny! And it sounds pretty good.