yatfaithfirefellowship yatfaithfirefellowship@datamost.com
The history of why beer contains hops: To avoid taxes.
2024-04-09T01:18:21Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
"In the 16th century, the Catholic Church had a stranglehold on beer production, since it held the monopoly on gruit — the mixture of herbs and botanicals (sweet gale, mug wort, yarrow, ground ivy, heather, rosemary, juniper berries, ginger, cinnamon) used to flavor and preserve beer. Hops, however, were not taxed. Considered undesirable weeds, they grew plentifully and vigorously.
The 12th century German mystic and abbess Hildegard had pronounced that hops were not very good for you, because they 'make the soul of a man sad and weigh down his inner organs.'
The soporific, mellowing effect of hops might seem like a drawback, but in fact it offered a welcome alternative to many of the spices and herbs used by the church that had hallucinogenic and aphrodisiacal properties. "Fueled by these potent concoctions, church ales could be as boisterous as the Germanic drinking bouts church elders once frowned on," writes Bostwick. "And so, to distance themselves further from papal excesses, when Protestants drank beer they preferred it hopped."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/31/561117731/the-other-reformation-how-martin-luther-changed-our-beer-too
#beer #hops #reformation #history #martinluther #craftbeer #beerstr #christianity #grownostr #taxationistheftGirl At Home - Taylor Swift
2024-01-11T19:05:47Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
I have been a #Swiftie since eat before it was cool. I've had this CD for years, but I honestly b don't remember hearing it before today. IT'S AWESOME! A bridge between early "I am so happy I have a Boy" country and her later "MEN SUCK!" Pop. Girl At Home by Taylor Swift https://www.shazam.com/track/72045167/girl-at-home?referrer=shareit's blue bubbles all the way down.
2023-12-28T00:18:03Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers, a(n) person
♻️@slashdot@mastodon.cloud 4-Year Campaign Backdoored iPhones Using Possibly the Most Advanced Exploit Ever
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/12/27/1729222/4-year-campaign-backdoored-iphones-using-possibly-the-most-advanced-exploit-ever?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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If this is true its a report of a pretty sad state in Ukranian politics. Ukrainian MPs must sit ‘to the end’ – Zelensky ally — RT Russia & Former Soviet UnionShared via Fedilab
2023-11-24T05:22:45Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers, a(n) person
@eff@mastodon.social 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/eff/statuses/111460883871081614
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We are #thankful for open source projects decentralizing the social web.We have nothing to lose but our chains
2023-08-26T03:04:21Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
"The union on Friday said an average of 97% of combined members at the automakers approved the action," https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/25/uaw-strike-vote-to-authorize.html2023-02-24T08:13:41Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
Hmm obit ate half my calories today. So do I rejoice or do I eat a bowl of ice cream ? #weightloss #farsecret #healthy4jesusTim Keller: How American Christianity Could Grow Again - The Atlantic
2023-02-09T06:30:29Z via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
"Christianity, like its founder, does not go from strength to strength but from death to resurrection." https://archive.is/20230206195515/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/christianity-secularization-america-renewal-modernity/672948/#selection-563.0-570.0
2023-01-25T00:26:05Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=KQLfgaUoQCw2023-01-06T21:14:11Z via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
Why you no edit draft!2022-11-09T20:07:15Z via AndStatus To: Public, jxself
@jxself@datamost.com thanks for keeping the #pumpiverse alive after all these years.
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2022-11-08T19:35:54Z via AndStatus To: Public
Since pump.io doesn't federated with the rest of the #fediverse (save Friendica, and then only if the admin installs th we pump.io extension) should i stop using this for microblogging and perhaps transfer my LiveJournal over here for macroblogging?will the pumpiverse return?
2022-11-07T02:37:12Z via AndStatus To: Public
Many of our fellow nerds are already getting tired of the normies on mastodon with the latest migration from Twitter. Could this lead to a reinvigoration of the !pumpiverseNurses go on strike at Twin Cities, Duluth area hospitals
yatfaithfirefellowship shared by yatfaithfirefellowship at 2022-09-22T22:26:17Z via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
So they can hire scab nurses but there aren't any available nurses to alleviate the staffing issues? Seriously we are they going to find nurses willing to cross a picket line in 2022 http://web.archive.org/web/20220912121536/https://www.startribune.com/nurses-go-on-strike-at-twin-cities-duluth-area-hospitals/600205968/
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Combating Hate: A Radical Leftist Guide to Gun Control (Part 5)
2022-09-13T06:47:46Z via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
There are even calls to disarm street cops entirely: similar to the situation in countries like England. It might be odd for an essay series explaining why gun control is bad to recommend such a measure — it is not the panacea by any means — but most of us aren’t allowed to carry firearms on the job for various reasons and with this country’s policing track record, it is probably a good idea to restrict usage of firearms for the police force in general as part of the path towards demilitarization.
https://c4ss.org/content/49003
just wait till the MAGAs hear about attempts to "disarm the police" 😂
Long-awaited Pacific cricket imminent with T20 World Cup Qualifiers - Emerging Cricket
2022-09-13T06:23:32Z via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
Great news to see more #cricket and more paths to the World Cup !sports https://emergingcricket.com/news/long-awaited-pacific-cricket-imminent-with-t20-world-cup-qualifiers/
Elon Musk has gone from worrying about inflation to worrying about the opposite awfully fast
2022-09-13T02:30:06Z via AndStatus To: Public
Who exactly to deflation hurt other than the boss class? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-gone-worrying-inflation-190756962.htmlWhat else can you expect from a billionaire? 😅
