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Jacob Grier@jacobgrier.bsky.social |
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Multi-hyphenated bon vivant. I make books, drinks, and magic in Portland, Oregon. Founder at Seabird: seabirdreader.com/ Read my books: www.jacobgrier.com/blog/books-by-jacob-grier/
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Jacob Grier
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Texting my girlfriend about what to bring to a cookout at a friend's house and autocorrect changing "pils" to "pills", trying to make it a very different kind of party.
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Jacob Grier
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Met this goat today:
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Jacob Grier
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Throwback to July 4, 2020, a year when we all got a little weird and I celebrated the holiday with a red (Campari), white (absinthe), and blue (blue Curaçao) pousse cafe. Thoroughly not recommended.
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Jacob Grier
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One of my favorite Portland inside jokes: excellent tropical drink haven Hale Pele took over their space from a previous tenant called Thatch Tiki Bar. Rather than take down the whole sign, they just removed the "ch".
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Jacob Grier
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I was dreading mine but left pleasantly surprised by what a minor deal it ended up being. Certainly not an ideal way to spend an afternoon, but apparently they've come a long way. Hopefully yours is as easy (assuming this means you're getting one).
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Jacob Grier
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Cocktail break: for a while I've been wanting to do a tropical take on the Rob Roy. Made it for the current Multnomah Whiskey Library menu. Toasted coconut-infused scotch, Yzaguirre blanco vermouth, Carpano Antica, Novo Fogo Colibri cachaça, Tempus Fugit creme de cacao, and coriander-lime bitters.
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Jacob Grier
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I know things are getting bad when the ex-prosecutor starts feeling like the best option, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Jacob Grier
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I was just thinking about that. Haven't tried it yet though!
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Jacob Grier
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Wouldn't be above either but this is all homemade.
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Jacob Grier
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L: Pizza with stuff from the Portland farmers market. Romesco, shitakes, brie, cherry tomatoes, Padron peppers, micro basil. First pie of the night, got a little too much char on some of the edges but was delicious. R: Cincinnati chili pizza continues to be the underdog crowd-pleaser.
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Jacob Grier
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Spent another evening trying out the new, very large Ooni and I've gotta say, this thing rules. I've made plenty of good pizza in my apartment but there's just something about slinging a very large pie into an 800-degree backyard oven that's hard to match.
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Jacob Grier
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Made my summer playlist of music I've been digging from the last year or so. New songs, covers, lots from bands I've been fortunate to see live recently. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/3wS...
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Jacob Grier
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Made my summer playlist of music I've been digging from the last year or so. New songs, covers, lots from bands I've been fortunate to see live recently. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/3wS...
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Jacob Grier
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Meanwhile in Portland last night (which allegedly would have burned down if not for Trump), we had hip marching bands and street magic.
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Jacob Grier
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Judging by the feeds, my plan of doing the other things I had planned for tonight and just hoping the debate would go well enough for Biden does not seem to be holding up.
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Jacob Grier
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These starter pack invites are a great idea, and thanks for including me on this one even though it's been too long since I wrote for @liberalcurrents.com (a really good publication you should all be reading!).
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Jacob Grier
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Ha, wish I did! Ping me if you find one.
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Jacob Grier
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For how Australia got here, read my recent Reason piece. (And for how we reached the point of threatening sellers of e-cigarettes with prison, read my book The New Prohibition!) reason.com/2024/06/17/t...
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Jacob Grier
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Australia's nicotine policy shit show continues...
Government: Only pharmacies can sell vapes.
Pharmacies: We refuse to sell vapes.
Other people who supply vapes to adults: Subject to 7 years in prison.
Cigarettes: Sell them wherever.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...
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Jacob Grier
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I know it's been a rough period for SF but still had a fantastic day there: -Breakfast at Saluhall, a new Nordic food hall -Drinks and snacks at the incredible Lazy Bear -Mates of State kicking off a new tour -Brennivin Midori sour at Bar Iris -Riding in a car that drives itself!
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Jacob Grier
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According to the write-up there are about 70 new recipes. I haven't read it as closely as the original but tagged quite a few to make and the photos are a nice addition.
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Neven Mrgan
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I'm a big fan of Ooni ovens, and while this one is obviously enormous and pricy, I also think it has their best design so far.
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Jacob Grier
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Pretty convenient for me personally that Waymo opened to everyone the same morning I land in SF! Got to take a Cruise self-driving taxi last time I was here and I'm eager to try another.
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Jacob Grier
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I wrote last week about how Australia became a nicotine policy disaster, creating violent illicit markets for cigarettes and vapes and making it much harder for adults to quit smoking. reason.com/2024/06/17/t...
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Jacob Grier
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This is still probably unworkable, but Australia is at least watering down its prohibitionist approach to vaping. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Jacob Grier
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We should fire it up again ASAP!
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Jacob Grier
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Because we're all about non-traditional toppings, of course I had to make a four-way Cincinnati chili pie.
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Jacob Grier
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Got to try out the new, very large, very hot Ooni Koda 2 Max pizza oven this weekend with @mrgan.com and friends. This was super fun to cook with!
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Jacob Grier
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If you're celebrating midsummer, there's still time to chill a bottle of aquavit.
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David Binnig
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Incredible sentence.
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Jacob Grier
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Oh no, the youth are getting into... drinks that don't contain alcohol? www.statnews.com/2024/06/20/n...
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Jacob Grier
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In the span of just a few minutes got an unsolicited and unwanted message from Meta AI and spotted my first Cybertruck in Oregon. This is the dumbest future.
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Phillip Kirschberg
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Jacob Grier, pulling zero punches in his latest piece about the very foreseeable consequences of the Australian government's punitive tax on cigarettes, and simultaneous defacto prohibition of much less harmful alternatives to smoking. Great article.
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Jacob Grier
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“Those penalties range from prison terms of up to seven years and fines of up to $2.2m. We are serious about stamping this public health menace of recreational vaping out." Australian health minister Mark Butler taking the war on vaping into its carceral era.
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Jacob Grier
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If they do this it should be like the graphic warning labels some countries do for cigarettes. Screenshots of posts from the extremely online, a photo of Jordan Peterson in a Two-Face suit. It could happen to you! The image for Bluesky would be Alf hog, obviously.
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Jacob Grier
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Even if you don't normally pay attention to nicotine policy, I encourage you to read this one. The situation in Australia right now is completely out of hand. reason.com/2024/06/17/t...
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Jacob Grier
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Biker gangs extorting shop owners. Stores getting firebombed. Sellers of e-cigarettes threatened with 7 years in prison. My latest at Reason looks at how Australia's tobacco control policies, lauded by public health officials, have led to violent chaos. reason.com/2024/06/17/t...
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Jacob Grier
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If you see this, post a photo you took at sunset.
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Jacob Grier
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Regarding close-up magic, "the hand is faster than the eye" is mostly a myth. If anything, speed is often a tell. The work is in making movements natural and motivated, perhaps with a bit of misdirection, so that it feels like you couldn't have done anything.
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Jacob Grier
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Goes with this one whenever Greg Abbott is in the news.
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Jacob Grier
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Lol at this post being labeled "adult content" with explicit sexual images. For anyone wondering if I've taken this account in a surprising new direction, it's a link to a story about the naked bike ride being cancelled. You might see some bare butts from a distance.
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Jacob Grier
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Just when I thought Portland was coming back... bikeportland.org/2024/06/12/p...
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Christopher Hudson
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Seabird is great. Would highly encourage folks, especially #writers, looking for a new #socialmedia experience to sign up!
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Jacob Grier
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Still struggles downtown for sure but the city has bounced back significantly since then.
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Jacob Grier
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Not displaying who likes a post has been our policy at @seabirdreader.bsky.social from early on, but seeing X do it might make me doubt that decision.
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Jacob Grier
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They're not wrong! Portland is comfortably back to being underrated.
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Jacob Grier
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Automated transcription of an interview just gave me the phrase "Dark Webb," so now I'm imagining illicit images of deep space that the scientists don't want us to see.
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Jacob Grier
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The spaghetti was ridiculously over the top for sure but it was a tasty pie!
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Jacob Grier
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Slightly more questionable advice: Cincinnati chili belongs on pizza. (Don't blame Ooni, we used a different oven for this.)
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Jacob Grier
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Ooni ovens are fantastic. Important tip is to be ready to turn the pizza quickly. The dough edges closest to the flame will cook really quickly, so if you're not on top of it you'll get an excessively charred crust.
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