I note that “aggro gang of football lads go to city kicking off and behaving like wankers, piss off the locals then get a hiding” is possibly the most standard, humdrum story imaginable, and anyone who lives in a European city is likely to have seen it in the street themselves.

Not Invented Here part 2. The anti-alcohol activists who don’t approve of no- and low-alcohol drinks. open.substack.com/pub/ieainsider…

really not a fan of reserving tables at the pub.., i think unless it’s your bday and there’s a whole load of you it’s bad. it’s annoying. what do you mean Jenny 7:00PM on a table in the corner. grow up jenny x

Friday

I truly hate it when people use the word gaslighting to refer to lies or pretty bog standard politicking but what is this if not gaslighting. There is CLEAR FOOTAGE of what the fans did. They were not attacked for being Jewish. You can’t keep saying something and make it true.

Was meant to be going to the wonderful Independent Salford Beer Festival 💙 today but I’m not feeling myself, so I’m sending Katie in my stead which is a much better alternative tbh. Have fun everyone.

Forget that! Train cancellations mean I will NOT be able to go to Independent Salford Beer Festival 💙 after all. Fucking brilliant. Have an amazing time everyone, I know you will.

Genuinely feeling like Bluesky is the new home of interesting food and beer chat, and Twitter is a refuge of bogtroll shitposting. I have room for both, but Twitter requires more work (aka. blocking/muting)

Rinsing the Alice In Chains unplugged concert again. Happens every time I've had a wine. I've been writing poems about Layne Staley for years, I'm not about to stop anytime soon.

Bauble job depicts numbers of famed MotoGP riders. Two Wheels For Life are the official charity of MotoGP Both are up in packs on the Two Wheels for Life site now: shop.twowheelsforlife.org

Made a Pellicle starter pack for the other place to help you find our contributors while you're there. go.bsky.app/SSJVdW1

Planting a rowan tree for my Granny.

Bowland Camper Conversions is hiring! - Workshop Technician - Woodworking - Plumbing/Electrics/CAD skills Based near Blackburn. instagram.com/p/DCMUi3qo9DY/…

Apologies for being a grifter but if you're a brewery and you need some help setting up your Bluesky account and getting it off the ground, give me a message. I've been there for ages and I get how it works. Let me do it!

Added incentive in that Katie runs our bluesky acct so you get to deal with less of my ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ bullshit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I do not use this account anymore, but I wanted to pop over and catch anyone who didn't already know - my zine A Place To Be is available in the Pellicle web shop! pelliclemag.com/shop/a-place-t…

Resent having to come back here for my motorcycle news but LOOK AT THAT SECOND PHOTO 😘👌🏻