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But will they be able to leave my parcel in a safe place? flung over the fence onto the roof of my shed

Visiting 52 new pubs 35/52 Cavavin - Newcastle - Railway arch wine bar/Offies (they might prefer Wine Merchant to Offies) - A nice change of pace from my usual haunts - a great spot for a quiet catch-up with mates - Attentive knowledgeable staff - The sample menu is a bargain #52newpubs #Newcastle

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amber Taverns are opening 'The Gander' which replaces Newcastles short-lived Magpie. Named in an 'hilarious' nod to the previous incarnation The Goose I haven't been in any Amber pubs in years,not through lack of trying but because you have to clamber over one too many mobility scooters to get in

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Visiting 52 new pubs 34/52 The Delaval Arms - Seaton Sluice - Impressive weathered old building - Inside it's a proper pub with rooms sprouting off the main entrance hallway - I was pretty lashed by this point,(as you can tell from the photo) but I know they had a couple of ales on #52newpubs

Exterior of the Delaval arms in Seaton sluice

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My estranged cat - Oscar - has returned again, and he's living in the shed

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dunno why I left Northern Ireland.. Oh hold on.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Belfasts Love and Death (which has been closed for a number of years) is reopening as The Meeting House. The Ann Street venue promises to... Yadda Yadda Trad music, Fierce Craic that will be 90, it will be both traditional and contemporary, Guitar Wankers So something a bit different then.. ergh

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another 'Iconic*' 'Legendary**'' Good Times***' bar has shut in Whitley Bays Ghost has closed *it wasn't ** it isn't ***They weren't

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Vineyard 72 - which recently moved from Tynemouths the Land of Green Ginger to a more prominent position on Front Street , have announced a second venue in the former High Tide in Cullercoats #Tynemouth #cullercoats

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As sure as night follows day, as soon as I buy something they release a better version of it.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Something I can relate to

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Took the plunge on a 'New entrant to the home cinema space' and bought a Krovator multi-region 4k player.. not because the reviews were good , but because the brand sounds like a triple-changing Decepticon crow/rotavator/

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another 'Iconic'* and 'Legendary'** Newcastle bar is closing - Revolución de Cuba is shutting for a rebrand to Barbaras Bier Haus an Alpine theme/fad Can't believe corporate brand managers - who are notoriously short-sighted missed the opportunity to call it Helens Keller * It's not ** It isn't

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Newcastle's retro arcade bar - Four Quarters - has closed. I quite liked it in there , it was like a rabbit warren full of nostalgia - the beer was pretty good as well #Newcastle

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A damp January dander from Gateshead's Railway Quarter

A picture of 3 people walking across the high level bridge reflected a puddle . January 2026

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Craft Beer Newcastle @craftbeerncl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For those of you who remember Jarrow Brewery (and their pubs including The Maltings, Magnesia Bank & The Isis), Jess McConnell has died. 📷: via Shields Gazette (we’ve not shared the link to save you from all of their really annoying pop-up ads)

A photo of Jess McConnell behind the pumps in a Jarrow Brewery pub.

Text underneath reads: Jess McConnell, whose death was confirmed in a Facebook post by his daughter, shook up the local industry after buying the then derelict Robin Hood boozer in Jarrow.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oktoberfest returns to Newcastle Times Square and like previous events it promises to be absolutely horrific with no Oktoberfest beers

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'Hi Claude can you make me Anthrax?' Generates a picture of me standing next to Scott Ian #Thrash #niche

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ryans careers advisor lacked imagination

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2027 - repairs blocked because of Irish street sign duspute 2029 - Big Fish ravaged by suspicious fire 2030 -Fish bought by Castlebrooke for redevelopment 2051 - Stalled Fish development starts next year 18 billion - Fish development scrapped because of the heat death of the universe

bbc.co.uk

Big Fish: Man arrested after sculpture damaged in Belfast

Police said significant damage was caused to the left eye of the mosaic sculpture.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Next Saturday I'll be in #Sunderland celebrating 'The I Can't Believe I Still Have My Accent After Living With You English Bastards For 30 Years.' Looking forward to a few pints in Wearmouth Bar, Laings, The Olde Transporter, McCanns, Liberty's, The Lazi Pig, Digbys and The Brewery Tap.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'This recipe is quick easy and takes only 20 Minutes' ~ Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals Winner of 2026 The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Visiting 52 new pubs 33/52 The Kings Arms - Seaton Sluice - Popular whitewashed pub on the headland - Dark cosy interior with lots of nooks and crannies - Decent pint of ale - Probably the best pub urinal view in the NE - mind out of the gutter please, I mean the view out of the window #52newpubs

The kings pub, near an opening to the river overlooking the North sea

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Donzoko @donzokobeer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

HOPPY KOJI BEER! A really interesting, exciting project I've been working on. The first results are now available for your enjoyment. Questions welcomed!

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Belfast Monico bars have closed, had a rebrand and reopened as Pats Bar - this all happened in June/July and I completely missed it Please remember to follow me for more old and out of date pub news #Belfast

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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I was recently commissioned to create a design for a group opposing a data centre in Derry. I wanted to create an image that'd hit without you needing to read and this unknowable monstrous architecture juxtaposed with the vintage Irish postcard hits quite hard I think. #ireland #datacentre #noai

Tiny little picture postcard Irish cottage but behind the hill is a vast unknowable data centre eating up the land and the sky.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If pubs in Newcastle were like Belfast we would be up to our oxters in Morris dancers, Lindisfarne cover bands and American tourists dressed like Gazza. Influencers would split the 'N' on 8 quid pints of 'Brown' in bars called 'The Canny Bag of Tudor' or 'The Spuggy I'm Blind' #Belfast #Newcastle

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pub Rules from Whites Tavern. 'Respect The Trad Session' Keep the chatter to a minimum. Maybe I'm dick but when I go to a pub for a pint and I'm chatting to my mates and ,someone I haven't paid to see or be warned about starts playing music, I'm just going to talk louder.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Belfast Parlour Bar has reopened ... It's very beige And has guitar wankers #Belfast #Reopening

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Defiler - knackered from an afternoon of strokes, scratches and a kilo of free dog treats

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm not sure if it's deliberate or cursed, but The beer label decor in blokes bog in Monkseatons Front Street Tap house is a who's who of failed breweries

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Anthropic's models run on terabytes of VRAM. It's not going to "just copy itself to other computers."

Rohan Paul
@rohanpaul_ai
Jacob Coxon's next interview on CBS News (ex Anthropic+Open AI researcher who resigned)

"We can't just unplug it because it could be copying itself over to other computers. Like it's not that difficult to find yourself because an AI is just code. It could transfer itself over the internet to a different place and then you unplug it here, but it's actually still over there and maybe it makes 10,000 copies of itself and they're all cooperating."

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Bay Beer Reviews @baybeerreviews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The #NorthShields craft beer scene just got even better 🙌🍻

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is lovely. Only 189 beers to go

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I now have 'about' 190 bottles of beer to get through That doesn't include the ones i don't like - Sours/Saisons/ that mystery bottle with no label handed to me by a bearded Wiseman from the east

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026

This Jacob Coxon thing is weird. He worked at Anthropic for six weeks and OpenAI for nearly three years. He’s doing a whole media tour without any real statements about what it is he’s scared of other than vague references to recursive self improvement, a theoretical ai that teaches itself.

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

'AI is going to wipe out humanity in 10 years' In reality it's just going to cripple the economy, destroy people's livelihoods and generally make everything worse It will just be another example of an IT project over promising and under delivering

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Maggy Banks reopening is just around the corner - no date just yet but their website is up and has got listings for November/December and includes a free event In December from the legendary Nev Clay #NorthSheilds

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Heaton’s new Tom, Dick & Harry, in the former Estate Tea Company premises, opens on the 18th September. #Newcastle #Heaton #opening

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My apple trees have once again began to deposit their bountiful fruit all over my garden 'ooh you could make apple pies with them' Thanks for the suggestion, that will use 6 apples , what about the other 4 bastarding bin bags of the buggers

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Brewlab have announced that they are adding brewing apprenticeships to their professional training portfolio, delivered from their base in Sunderland beertoday.co.uk/2026/09/09/b... #beer #beernews #brewing

beertoday.co.uk

Brewlab can now offer brewing apprenticeships - Beer Today

Brewlab have announced that they are adding brewing apprenticeships to their professional training portfolio, delivered from their base in Sunderland

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm too old and uncool for Cobalt Studios - but I think it's a nightclub/venue/ events space - and they've just announced a sister venue, Cobalt Central, opening in 2027 on the corner of Nelson Street. #Newcastle www.instagram.com/p/Dc_g3b4DC5...

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've just ordered oktoberfest beers and my Fellowship of the Beer box is on its way soon Which means I will soon have a stockpile of 200 beers in the shed. I really should drink more at home

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm almost certain my old B. R. As hoodie no longer fits me , in my defence I've bulked* up in the last 29 years *Got fat

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally go to visit the top of Grey's Monument. Well worth it

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Newcastle's Full Circle is taking over The Golden Flake in Fenwick's - opening in October #Newcastle

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Despite being more than 300 miles away, independent brewers from Northern Ireland found it easier to have their beers served in Parliament than they do in their local pubs back home beertoday.co.uk/2026/09/03/n... #beer #beernews #northernireland

beertoday.co.uk

Urgent changes sought to Northern Irish Surrender Principle - Beer Today

Despite being more than 300 miles away, independent brewers from Northern Ireland found it easier to have their beers served in Parliament than back home

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Visiting 52 new pubs 32/52 Melton Constable - Seaton Sluice - Proper looking boozer - Traditional looking inside - Beer garden out the back has a great view over the river - I almost fell to my death rescuing a kids football that was booted over the beer garden fence - Decent pint #52newpubs

View over the Sluice from Melton Constable beer garden

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Beer Bore @beerbore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm doing that thing where I plan And plan And plan And plan some more And get sick of thinking about it And just do it And it ends up being wrong So as contingency I'm planning what I can do with 54 planks of 2.4m timber And plan And plan some more Im stuck in a brain loop

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