Reposted by Wine ThinkerOlga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024"I don't want a holiday, I want dad near me." #FreeUkrainianPOWs 📷Telegraf Yan Dobronosov 421461
Reposted by Wine ThinkerSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I’m a Trump biographer and a Musk biographer. And I’m telling you...the latter is harder. Elon does more abominable things daily than Trump. By a lot. He’s a firehose of horror, and I’m finding it extremely hard to keep up with his malevolence. He’s truly the worst person I’ve ever written about.thedailybeast.comElon Musk Faces Fury Over Support for Jailed Fascist LeaderThe billionaire urged British authorities to free the anti-immigration activist. 40472512932
Reposted by Wine ThinkerShawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 @sevillatapas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Hmmm… Barbra Streisand Effect? I probably wouldn’t have seen this cartoon had it just been allowed to be published in the WP as l don’t subscribe. Today it’s popped up in my feed about ten times from different sources. 1182
Reposted by Wine Thinker🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Bluesky’s algorithm shows me posts by smaller accounts — many of whom I might never see but want to follow — instead of the same five people over and over and I love that very much. 641912186
Reposted by Wine ThinkerMark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Not too worried about being allowed to post this here. Elonia doesn't control Blue Sky. www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...cbc.caGermany accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence its election with endorsement of far-right party | CBC NewsThe German government accused U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany party, even though... 23812
Reposted by Wine ThinkerJim Budd @jymbudd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024So why is the Uk imprisoning climate change protesters often on trumped up charges? 041
Reposted by Wine ThinkerChris Hewitt @chrishewitt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I don’t know why that’s worrying. That’s well over half. 14764124
Reposted by Wine ThinkerSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media 11306285113499
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Happy Christmas to the 600 or so of you who've found your way to this more pleasant place. Hopefully, next year that number - and more importantly, the number of people on this platform - will have grown a LOT. I very much doubt Muskland is going to become any more agreeable any time soon 1100
Reposted by Wine ThinkerRichard Hemming @richardhemming.bsky.social · 20/12/2024As usual, thought-provoking and insightful from @robertjoseph.bsky.social in Meiningers: www.meiningers-international.com/wine/opinion...meiningers-international.comDevil's Advocate: Is Choice Paralysis Responsible for Slow Wine Sales? | Meininger's InternationalRobert Joseph wonders whether having a wide range of bottles to choose from – a situation that appeals to every wine enthusiast – is contributing to wine losing its appeal. Reading time: 5m 252
Reposted by Wine ThinkerBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent. Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets. 912579966
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 22/12/2024What the Muscovite thinks of Britain: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukElon Musk's curious fixation with BritainThe tycoon has changed his tune when it comes to the UK - and there are clues which help to explain why. 021
Reposted by Wine ThinkerMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility schemesussexbylines.co.ukBring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in EuropeTaking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme 341479423
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Watch this. It will make you smile. Guaranteed! www.instagram.com/reel/DCsj720...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 000
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The news cycle has a limited attention span and other things have been going on... but let's not forget that Georgians have been protesting for nearly 2 weeks now www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024...aljazeera.comPhotos: Thousands rally in Georgia’s 12th day of pro-EU protestsPeople demanding a new vote and return to EU integration gathered in Tbilisi for the 12th consecutive day of protest. 093
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Here's a treat: 20 year-old Bob Dylan's first ever recording - playing harmonica for all he's worth on a Harry Belafonte track. Thanks to BBC R4 Add to Playlist for introducing me to it bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... open.spotify.com/track/5ZOcgv... 030
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 10/12/2024If you have any interest in art and the way it is discussed, please watch this. www.instagram.com/reel/DCtvs6N... 030
Reposted by Wine Thinkerthe papillae cowboy @ridesmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024@robertjoseph.bsky.social 042
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Whatever was in these bottles, others with the same labels were produced from different grapes elsewhere in Soviet Union, including a 'wine factory' near Moscow. Much used the now obsolete 'Russian Continuous' system www.leclubdesvins.com/topic/other-...leclubdesvins.comOther methods - Le Club des Vins - InternationalAsti Method Must is stored at 0 degrees Celsius until needed, to retain freshness When ready, the yeast is added in a pressurized tank, so fermentation can start. The must is warmed up till 18-20 degr... 061
Reposted by Wine ThinkerJim Budd @jymbudd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Why don't you have #Bluesky as an option on your web page for this petition? 074
Reposted by Wine ThinkerNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 07/12/2024XXL transport containers: Two huge #Roman wooden barrels in an outstanding state of preservation, found in Xanten. Both had a capacity of approx. 1250 l and were used to transport #wine from the Mediterranean region to the Lower Rhine. They were recycled for lining wells.1/2 📷me 🏺 #archaeology 1547080
Reposted by Wine ThinkerUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 08/11/2024UNESCO calls a special session due to the situation in Lebanon. 175
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I am in Tbilisi, though not on the streets. But I have friends who are bravely protesting Very scary timesam.in 250
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Georgian Nightmare: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGeorgians risk serious injury and jail in fresh pro-EU protestsMore than 300 people have been arrested and police are accused of using unnecessary force on the streets. 053
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Things must be getting bad for the Russians in Syria: they are accusing the Ukrainians of supporting the rebels. 1143
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGodless Gardener @godlessgardener.bsky.social · 04/12/2024More bad news for the Muskrat. This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site. I love this for him.thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 1021365893752
Reposted by Wine ThinkerJane Anson @janeanson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Adored doing this podcast with historian Jerry Brotton, final episode of his brilliant series What’s Your Map podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/w...podcasts.apple.comVintage Cartography: Mapping the World of Wine with Jane AnsonÉpisode de l’émission · What's Your Map? · 04/12/2024 · 32 min 062
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024So do I answer you: The pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought; ’tis mine and I will have it. If you deny me, fie upon your law: There is no force in the decrees of Venice. I stand for judgment. Answer: shall I have it? 1112
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 04/12/2024A long morning blending a gastronomic K'AVSHIRI Georgian rosé with Vladimer Kublashvili,using co-fermented Saperavi-Mtsvane, direct-pressed, barrel-fermented Ojaleshi, some Aleksandrouli, and air-dried Aladasturi bled from a qvevri after 24 hours. 130
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Watching TV in Georgia. The coverage is pretty much the same every night. The mood of the protests is youthful and generally non-violent. But the military police with the face coverings that only reveal their eyes never become less forbidding 020
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 02/12/2024As spotted in a shop window in Kutaisi, Georgia: a patriotic, pro-EU Santa, silently offering his support to the thousands of anti-government protesters a few streets away. 021
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Rather grand to be sandwiched in between quotes from the owners of Château Lafite and Le Pin in the FT. 261
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 02/12/2024For a Briton used to seeing his countrymen using the cross of St George as a nationalist-anti-European symbol, it is surreal to be here in Kutaisi, Georgia's 3rd city, where protesters firmly associate *their* flag with being fervently pro-EU. 030
Reposted by Wine ThinkerThe MAGA Trigger @magatrigger.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Religion does NOT belong in our schools! Agreed? ✋ 24387367310766
Reposted by Wine ThinkerOlaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Sounds like a couple who’ve written a letter to the Telegraph about how they can only go skiing once a year because school fees have gone up 732649498
Reposted by Wine ThinkerEdward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Just a reminder that December 1st is the 100th anniversary of the failed Bolshevik putsch in Estonia. Well worth watching this terrific film to mark the occasion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0bY... 29326
Reposted by Wine ThinkerCormac (Bee guy) @jagungal.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Wine and renewable energy? Sounds pretty good to me! 0145
Reposted by Wine ThinkerArnab Dutt @arnabdutt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I hope more people, especially politicians wake up to the fact that Liberal democracy is under serious threat all over the world. The forces that drive the fascist right are inequality and a loss of agency and security. If we don't address this in the UK they could take power. 232
Reposted by Wine ThinkerJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/11/2024This is your daily reminder that this really did happen. 12485138411820
Wine Thinker @robertjoseph.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The mood in Tbilisi (at least among the ppl I've talked to) is grim www.politico.eu/article/ex-m...politico.euEx-Man City footballer set to be next Georgian presidentFormer striker Mikheil Kavelashvili is an outspoken critic of the West. 150
Reposted by Wine ThinkerGod @thegodshow.com · 24/11/2024Been thinking a lot lately about that episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie and Tom have to rebrand fluoride in the water as TDazzle in order to get the public to support it. 381393603367
Reposted by Wine ThinkerMiles Beale @milesbeale.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Bourbon, Scotch and chips 🇬🇧🇺🇸 www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/... #freetrade #tariffs #FTA @telegraphnews.bsky.social @tonydiver.bsky.social @wstauk.bsky.social @scotchwhisky.bsky.socialtelegraph.co.ukWhiskey wars: How bourbon and Scotch could become Trump’s bargaining chips in British trade talksNew tariffs could be imposed on wines and spirits under the president-elect’s plans to boost the US economy 031
Reposted by Wine ThinkerKate Masterofwhine @masterofwhine.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Goooood morning everyone! 🫠 052