R.A.Cole
Flâneur & Professor of Food & Drink Cultures. Capricorn/Taurus Rising. Views are my own- RTs/Likes are not endorsements. lostreservation.com
- Dinner tonight = Chicken cutlets bound for a Caesar salad, homemade bread, and my diplomatic effort to bring England and France into a cheese-plated dialogue. All my American sins are washed away by Belgian beer. Can I get a witness?
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeWhen Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon. This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeA Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
- RIP
- O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity. n.pr/4qPNumV
- If in Germany, please be a courteous Sitzpinkler.
- Reposted by R.A.ColeGOP Senator Thom Tillis explains EXACTLY how incompetent he believes Kristi Noem is:
- Reposted by R.A.ColeToday, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust, and we stand with those who survived. We also mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This dark memory must be passed to future generations. Never again.
- Fun eulogy for the “Pint of Plain.” youtu.be/ZKDwwVR5fd4?...
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- Here in New England it’s 4°F (-15°C) this morning. We’re preparing to be locked down with 20” of snow Sunday into Monday.
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeExcited to be speaking at the IHR Food History seminar on 12 February 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Book a place to hear about cheesemaking and women’s dominance of the dairy in early modern England. Online via Zoom so no real cheese this time I’m afraid.
- Reposted by R.A.ColePls help me spread the word! Registration is open for my virtual course on Chicago's Lager Beer Riot of 1855. Learn how German Chicagoans brought European food riot traditions to the US, and how a few minutes of brawling shaped decades of Chicago beer & politics. www.newberry.org/calendar/bee...
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeThe average ICE agent makes $100k a year, in some cases without a high school diploma, to roam our streets lawlessly terrorizing people. Meanwhile, law abiding American citizens are trying to figure out how they pay for healthcare and groceries at the same time.
- And then the heavens parted on my backyard…
- Victory over Nature Day.
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- Good morning, New England.
- See you next week.
- New England, I believe in you.
- Let’s go, Pats!
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- And now for something completely different…
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeBREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
- Reposted by R.A.ColeI highly recommend “sound on” for this new angle
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- Reposted by R.A.ColeOnly 3 spaces left on our public 8-week Detective and Crime fiction course - tell your friends to sign up now: www.bristol.ac.uk/english/stud...
- RIP, Bob Weir
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- 65,000 pubs (1973). BBC documentary. youtu.be/VpSeO8r69GY?...
- They left in the rain without closing the door… Man, that’s cold. youtu.be/DGD-XwrZZKk?...
