hencepence.bsky.social
Docent and researcher in economic history at Uppsala University. Tariffs and trade, state capacity and taxation, business history, alcohol policy and breweries. I also enjoy beer and pubs, hockey, video games, and electronic music.
👤 Joined on 21 October 2024
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@hencepence.bsky.socialThe Scott & Brassey, Carlisle 🏴 My big reveal. This year Lancaster Brewery refurbished this superb Neo-Gothic train station bar, formerly a Buffet Bar into a one of 2026's standouts. Lancaster on cask, regional keg ales and Budvar lager. Spectacular success. Station pubs a burgeoning phenomenon 👍🍻
Show PostIt's also why Hulk Hogan's "Real American Beer" project was doomed as a partisan play, and in his death has tried to pivot back to the centrist consumer and dial back its MAGA-humping position. More from me at @vinepair.com in 2024 about why "RAB" was fucked from jump street:
Show PostAnd above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.
Show Post"In an upcoming study, Alexander and her team found that the more time men spent on social media, the more conservative their political views were – across every age group."
Show PostI wrote about the recent symposium on Greg Clark's forthcoming book on genetics and social mobility. Clark uses large-scale lineage data to argue that social status in England can be entirely explained by genetic transmission. 🧵
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