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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 47m

Ooh 👀

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h

Extremely sobering reading, and will definitely change how HERZOG is viewed. slate.com/culture/2025...

He Was the Most Acclaimed Novelist of His Generation. He Won the Nobel. He Was Worse Than Anyone Knows.

“The greatest American author ever” wrote a book that changed everything. The damning backstory is only becoming clear now.

slate.com

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

Rear quarter panels completed. Pina colada beer: mostly drunk.

Check out the hindquarters on that. Phwoar.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

This is very much my energy.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

(I predict the strength of this beer will catch up with me within an hour.)

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

Now to build some Lego!

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

It is quite nice, though. Well-balanced. Kids might love it so (they should not be given the opportunity to find that out).

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

It's a fizzy kind of sourness, like Tangfastics. Given how much I've abused my palate over the years (principally by binging Tangfastics), this may be an idiosyncratic view.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

Biiiig burst of sour flavour on first sip that quickly subsides to-you guessed it-coconut.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

More nosing discloses less sourness, more coconut. A motto for life.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23h

There is a *very* heady nose to this. Not too unpleasantly artificial but definite sour notes.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Long-time followers (you know who you are, bless you) will know I have an unfortunate weakness for unusual booze. Guess what was in the supermarket's "Reduced to Clear" section (probably for good reason)?

Me holding a can of Vault City "Caught in the Rain" pina colada sour beer. 7.8% ABV. Yikes.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

How will very strong sour beer affect my building skills? Let's find out.

The OG-Wagen, the manual pt. 2 (manual strikes back), an empty can of pina colada sour beer next to a nearly full pint glass.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

I actually have high hopes for this one.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

If past performance is any guide, the notes could be summed up in one image:

a man in a hospital gown with the words " i 've made a huge mistake " above him

Alt: Gob Bluth from Arrested Development wearing a hospital gown and uttering his catchphrase, "I've made a huge mistake."

media.tenor.com

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

There may be a tasting notes thread alongside or instead of my regular Lego programming.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Long-time followers (you know who you are, bless you) will know I have an unfortunate weakness for unusual booze. Guess what was in the supermarket's "Reduced to Clear" section (probably for good reason)?