Reposted by Stephen Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/ 331195656 1.2K
Stephen @o-kane.org · 16/10/2026Only cracked? Or badly smashed? If the former and still fully functional, I'd be trying to get another couple of years out of it. 100 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 08/10/2026I think it's time to attach the wooden piece to a wall beside my preferred drinking seat. It does reduce the flexibility of where I can drink beer from it somewhat 020 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 08/10/2026And I didn't realise a double existed, and that proves it is correct to pick up the glass, which is what I mostly do. Now you mention it, I do think I've heard that it meant to be held in a bracket on a carriage 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 08/10/2026On both accounts, yes. Tasty beer and I enjoy drinking out of it, but haven't used it anywhere near as much as I should. And I don't think it's just for Kwak - although that might get people's backs up 120 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 08/10/2026And if that's the case, no wonder you pick the glass up! But seriously, I understand there is no correct way, but I can't remember where I heard that 120 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/10/2026This type of opinion always reminds me of the Dead Kennedys' compilation album Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death 000 0
Stephen @o-kane.org · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comJbone666: The Secret Ingredient Is CrimeAlt: Jbone666: The Secret Ingredient Is Crime by super Hans from peep show 000 0
Stephen @o-kane.org · 28/09/2026Never had a c64, but half way through listening to this now. It's pretty epic. Might have to get a c64 emulator and try to play this game. 011 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 19/09/2026You lucky git. I was even up in the Donegal last weekend and couldn't find Rustbucket on tap. And that included a few hours at the taproom! Had plenty of scraggy though 120 2
Reposted by Stephen Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233471001 3.3K
Stephen @o-kane.org · 16/09/2026He clearly puts his financial interests above any sort of principled stance. Zero sympathy for his position. 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 16/09/2026Is the world just full of grifters? What happened to doing a honest day's work. Surely a result of capitalism and it's unforgiving nature 020 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/09/2026That 30% premium is the biggest problem. But despite the cost, the festival is always popular, so nothing will change on that front I suspect. Opening things up to competition doesn't always work... 121 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/09/2026Planners have done their best to ensure too many people need a car to get around. You can protest changing that, without being a hypocrite. 030 3
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/09/2026I was arrested for a 10 minute Just Stop Oil protest walk in Central London. I don't own a car and use my bike and public transport as much as possible to get around. I don't judge people who are concerned about climate change, but do need to use a car - despite England's dense population 1/2 130 3
Reposted by Stephen Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Compare and contrast. 241163346 1.2K
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/09/2026Person has hundreds of unopened amazon boxes in the spare room. Person is almost the perfect encapsulation of idiotic consumerism. The companies are very happy. The world is screwed. 030 3
Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/09/2026I'm not sure there's actually any difference between the regular and this one. Not that I've tried the regular one since I first saw it many years ago. I'll not be trying the AF one 120 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/09/2026I actually just took this picture about 15 minutes before seeing this post. Probably about a quarter of a century old. Might dust it down and stick it in the fridge. Almost certainly undrinkable. But I'll do the sniff test anyway and see 120 2
Stephen @o-kane.org · 01/09/2026Well Fired from Loch Leven - Rauch Pale Ale. Very pleasant and in good condition at One Canon in Edinburgh. Lovely little pub with a top beer selection 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 24/08/2026It's not even bait, it's just someone failing, very badly, to make a joke. 010 1
Reposted by Stephen IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I just need the headline, fair play to them ...thetimes.comWetherspoons bans playing music or calls on phone loudspeakerCustomers at the chain’s 792 pubs must now use earphones or silent mode after complaints that the noise was ‘driving people nuts’ 0102 10
Stephen @o-kane.org · 16/08/2026Most takeaway food is of disappointing quality. And usually very unhealthy. And too expensive. It's amazing how lazy people have become to be dependent on it 000 0
Reposted by Stephen Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I am thinking of doing my (online) International Office Hours again this semester, but I am not sure how much interest there is. If you might be interested in attending yourself, please like this post. If you think some of your followers might be interested, please re-post this.static.klipy.comJack Black as Nacho Libre: A QuestionALT: Jack Black as Nacho Libre: A Question 02412 24
Reposted by Stephen Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton 19872911570 7.3K
Stephen @o-kane.org · 07/08/2026You mean the fridge company is paying for a data connection using a sim card? Or you are? It's not communicating to the outside world for free surely? 110 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/08/2026Leaving this evening, so might find a chance to try it. I'll have a good look at that map 000 0
Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/08/2026Couldn't find it anywhere in Munich to do a comparison. But I didn't try too hard 100 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 03/08/2026Maybe both bottles were not about 6 months old, as I picked up a few more random bottles over the course of the next day or so, and none of them had a date beyond the end of January 27... Anyone know what dates they usually put on bottles in Munich? 101 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 03/08/2026Yeah, I'm pretty certain the nordie ones have had that flavour since I was a kid. Wouldn't be my favourite though. No pickled onion in the south? 110 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 02/08/2026Both bottles were about 6 months old, so not really ideal, and where simply bought in a local Edeka Express. The normal Helles didn't quite taste as good as I usually expect. Still good of course, but I had a much better Tegernsee Hell on draught earlier in the day. 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 02/08/2026There was a very slight difference in the color between the two, with the alcohol free being a smidge darker. The metallic taste associated with them was even noticeable in the aroma. 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 02/08/2026Another regular v alcohol free blind tasting today with Tegernsee Hell. Unlike the Augustiner one I did a few weeks ago, this was quite easy, and I was very confident in choosing between them. 341 4
Stephen @o-kane.org · 31/07/2026Naw, I use this every day, and it happens from time to time. No idea why, no rhyme or reason to it 010 1
Stephen @o-kane.org · 31/07/2026I should have also stated what it was! I got what it was from the context (beer blogs, including @akrennmair.bsky.social ), but didn't provide any at all 110 1
