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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 12h

Somehow Solinath and CaptiveDreamer managed to get themselves suspended in the space of couple hours and I can’t wait to see Elon’s slobbering excuse for bringing them back.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 15h

The biggest problem every brewery faces is distinguishing yourself while also meeting the tastes of the market. They are essentially restaurants. If they get too simple they just become event venues (which might not be bad).

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 15h

I think the problem with craft breweries is just that there are too many of them. This isn't the fault of any individual craft brewery but more Gen X/Millennial's sharp shift away from the bigger corporate brands to local producers. They should try to sell more in stores!

Coffee III: Saison of the Witch @unlox.bsky.social · 17h

absolute skill issue (the bit later in the article about needing more 12oz cans is correct though)

There are a few simple steps the craft beer industry can take to immediately address its downturn. For starters, it must abandon the I.P.A. arms race. Craft beer's obsession with hops has gone too tar, as what started as a rebellion against bland lagers has spiraled into a bitter, boozy blur. Double I.P.A.s.
Triple I.P.A.s. Hazy. Juicy. Dank. West Coast. New England. Most taste like pine resin with a splash of grapefruit pith, and not in a good way.

Craft breweries also cranked up the alcohol: 10 percent to 12 percent alcohol by volume is common now, more than double a standard beer. Dogfish Head's 120 Minute I.P.A. hits 18 percent - a sweet, heavy nightcap. But beer isn't bourbon. You don't swirl it in a snifter and reflect on your childhood. You drink a few, with friends, and it's supposed to refresh, not knock you out. Brewers chasing complexity are losing the people who just want something cold, crisp and repeatable. I love a good I.P.A., but bring back the pilsner, the amber, the pale ale, or reinvent the lager, as many have.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 16h

Altman: "so we don't have the $60 billion"
Ellison: "so you'll wire the $60 billion anyway"
Altman: ?
Ellison: "you'll resolve to pay us on the last day of the fiscal year and the accountants will handle it"
Altman: "ah yes absolutely"
Ellison: "but don't tell the banks"

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h

Oracle: CEO Greg Magouyrk says “of course” OpenAI can afford to pay $60 billion per year, according to CNBC.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 18h

Unclear, but it almost certainly means that Harris abandons military support of Israel once they break the January ceasefire.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 18h

Perhaps, but knocking off Hamas leadership in Qatar was a relatively quick way to end the war on Israel's terms. If Hamas has no reliable contacts outside Gaza it can't do much besides shoot at the IDF.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 18h

It's well and fine to be happy this thing is done. But if your theory is that Biden egged the war on or somehow wasn't good enough to Gazans, you need to explain to me why Trump - who resumed weapons Biden held up, allowed Israel to starve Gaza, etc., is the hero you're looking for.

GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 18h

We should hope that peace holds in Gaza and the war is well and done, but history and current leadership quality suggests otherwise. As far as "handing it to Trump" - Trump's role here was to basically allow the Israelis to do what they wanted until they got close enough to their win condition.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 18h

We should hope that peace holds in Gaza and the war is well and done, but history and current leadership quality suggests otherwise. As far as "handing it to Trump" - Trump's role here was to basically allow the Israelis to do what they wanted until they got close enough to their win condition.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 20h

CBS, 2008: "Obummer leads treasured veteran John McCain by 7 points in latest poll"

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 20h

They just delight in unintentionally boosting him. It's incredible.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 20h

I think we should just replace Columbus Day with Immigrants Day, but if we have to have an Italian Day, we should do Saint Francis Day. His feast day is October 4th so it fits.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 22h

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

This man has aged a lot in the past year.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

Realizing the discourse gets exponentially insaner here on the weekends because the people who are still heavily poasting don't do their socially-mandated grass-touching.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

It’s extremely ironic they all seek the comfort of a close-knit community that their aggressive tendencies and social distrust makes them unable to create.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

Over on Twitter conservatives once again depicted a small New England town as American utopia and are coping with the fact utopia has long voted Democratic.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah that’s a big factor too. Once you’re comfortable on Social Security you basically forget that other people have to work. My in-laws have no comprehension of the modern economy 8 years into retirement.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

Again, Sears herself here is just the wrong candidate for Republicans in 2025. If I were Spanberger I cut this into an ad and run it in the Roanoke TV market.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Winsome Earle-Sears: "The hospitals that are closing? They were closing long before the bill passed ... why should you have Medicaid when you're able-bodied?"

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 1d

I blame COVID here. A lot of seniors picked up a Facebook habit and basically nuked platform usability.

Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext in this piece is how Facebook made boomers insane. The villain here has at earlier times in his life been thoughtful and competent, even as I don't agree with any of his views, and he's thoroughly incentivized to act like a maniac.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

www.nytimes.com

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 2d

“It was on” pretty much explains Shawshank’s post-theatrical success.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure “by mistake” here means “we were screamed at by various Republican Senators and other officials and we take it back.”

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3d

Dawg the farmers are never exporting another soybean

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3d

We fought a revolution precisely so I never had to hear one of their dumbass food takes ever again.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3d

The fun thing about Twitter is some of Trump's biggest fans are all sitting in countries he'd bomb the second one of their leaders insulted Laura Loomer.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3d

Some context: Raw Egg Nationalist is a British fascist screaming that a Los Angeles entertainment producer is excited by fajitas. For those of you not reading this in America, fajitas originated in Texas and are about as popular as pizza, burgers, and tacos here.

onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I don't think that's gonna be looked back at positively.

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