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Drew Starr

@thedrewstarr.bsky.social

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he/him I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions. Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Sometimes food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant. I block followers who look like follow farmers. Boston MA USA

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · Nov 8

Oh, cool, looks like I've been starter packed by a few folks. New followers: I'm based in Boston, MA, USA. When the world isn't actively collapsing (or, rather, when I take time off from paying attention to the collapse), I'm a Master Brewer and a cooking/restaurant nerd.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 2h

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 2h

It is long past time for Keller to retire

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 4h

There's gotta be at least 100 inflatable costumes in that thing, right?

WBZ NewsRadio @wbznewsradio.bsky.social · 5h

TRAFFIC: An Amazon tractor trailer has jackknifed on the expressway southbound, just after the O'Neill Tunnel.

Most travel lanes are blocked while crews help clear the way. Plan ahead for heavy traffic heading that way.

Listen to get the latest:

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 5h

LOL

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 5h

How have you not deleted this?

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 11h

But this is an example of the exact opposite situation? Thorne i was bullying another trans person for questioning the adoption of AI. They're not accurately presenting what happened in this case

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 11h

I didn't know people made food in them until well into my 20s. I thought they were just for keeping stuff warm at a party or Thanksgiving.

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 12h

I was crestfallen the first time I saw a Double Sunshine in a can. It was my Proust's madeleine beer and realizing I would never unwrap the foil from a bottle of it again was something I felt in the chest

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 12h

THAT WAS INERTIA'S, NOT PEDRO'S FAULT. HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. PEDEY INNOCENT
Whoa. Sorry. Apparently that reflex still works.
Vladdy being NYY's daddy is my favorite storyline of these playoffs. Noone in Toronto is going to remember Joey Bats's flip in 10 years compared to Jr.'s slam.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 12h

I'm pretty sure she was working with him before the sale to the Bertucci's guy. I know she was 50/50 at Herrell's from day one. They got more national press post-sale than pre-sale and that was through her efforts to make sure people knew the history and how Herrell's was the "original" Steve's

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 13h

Nobody would have ever heard of Steve if it weren't for Judy.

I know that's not really unhinged, but it needs regular repeating, so I took the oppo

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 13h

Thorne's post here was a subtweet of another trans person with far fewer followers who Thorne accused of being a fascist who only attacks other trans people, which in no way was a fair or accurate description of that person's feed.

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 14h

Is this a joke?

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 14h

Goddamn it, Drew. You played yourself. Now you won't be able to sleep right until you go to Bob's.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 14h

The Italian sandwich from Bob's in Medford, MA

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 15h

More of this!

Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 21h

Brookline Transportation Board chair Brian Kane on whether to allow Prairie Fire in CC to use 5 parking spots for outdoor seating:

"I think it's a lot better to have a beer garden than to store private automobiles.

You want to put your steel box somewhere? Okay. I'd rather have a beer garden."

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 16h

What a bonkers story

404 Media @404media.co · 21h

For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.

"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 17h

Two girls I dated consecutively in high school had a nearly identical phone number. One had a 3 where the other had a 6, and muscle memory keeping the two apart wasn't very helpful one button away

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 17h

I'd love to see outrage from the "protests block ambulances!" reactionary centrist crowd here, but I don't expect to.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 17h

Oh definitely not, but even if the "curse" was never broken and they were still chanting "NINETEEN-EIGHTEEN" at us, there would be a large subset of Sox fans who cherished that moment a little too much, and if I'm honest, I can't say for sure I wouldn't be among them.

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

Trying to make a woman match your mooooves
And I'm sharing in a Guich Koock groove

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 18h

I mean, I still celebrate the Arod/Tek squabble, which was in the run-up to Aaron Boone getting his middle name, so I kinda get it?

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 20h

Ok, now this guy deserves every pile on since he apparently got paid to publish this blog post. (Does NYT have that call for letters at the bottom of every opinion piece now? I thought it was only on actual letters, but this is otherwise presented as a commissioned essay)

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 20h

Attorneys General are prosecutors, and prosecutors are cops, so I never had high hopes. Sonia Chang-Díaz (who had declared against Baker before he decided to not run again) got done dirty. She would have been so much better in this moment, and I'm convinced Baker stepped aside in a deal with Healey

Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 21h

I'm glad it was Belize so it can't be spun as a problem with Venezuela.

The rest of the world is right to prioritize their own safety. I have little but shame and contempt for my country and this regime right now.

FIFA is corrupt like Trump; I don't expect them to cancel the Cup, but we'll see.

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23h

An international soccer friendly scheduled for today in Chicago between Belize and Venezuela was canceled after the Belize Football Federation pulled out, citing that the "political, social, and security situation in Chicago" made it unsafe for their team to travel

The World Cup is 8 months away