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Evan Rail
@evanrail.bsky.social
More concerned with what we’re drinking. Monthly drinks columnist at VinePair, international editor at Good Beer Hunting, freelance contributor to the NYT, WSJ and elsewhere. Former Prague Postie, food & features, 2000-2006. Jdeme na jedno.
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This is why I frequently and spontaneously post something loving and protective of trans people. Although I suspect support never rings hollow, you build the roof *before* it rains.

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Thinking about friends in NC and elsewhere. Sheesh, pals.

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"I decided to track how much my negotiations earned me. By my calculations, in 2023, I made an extra $4,000." A good reminder to ask for more - even if the answer increasingly seems to be "no."

Is There Room For More?
Is There Room For More?

For too many years, I took any rate an editor offered, for fear that I’d be thrown out the door if I negotiated, or written off as pushy and ungrateful. Then, in the summer of 2019, af

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Hackers showed me (there's video) how a website vulnerability let them locate, unlock, honk the horn, start ignition of any of millions Kias in seconds, just by reading a car's license plate. They found similar bugs for a dozen carmakers over the last two years. www.wired.com/story/kia-we...

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug
Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers.

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As a lifelong library rat: that is the best!

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Hey, come talk to me about absinthe & crime on the Absinthe Forger book tour: Oct. 11, Portland @ Belmont B w @jacobgrier.bsky.social@alcademics.bsky.social@scottsemegran.bsky.social Oct. 22, NYC @ KGB

A flier for “The Absinthe Forger” US Book Tour — October 2024. It shows a cover of the book, featuring old absinthe advertisements, an the name of the author Evan Rail. The subtitle is “A true story of deception, betrayal, and the world’s most dangerous spirit.” Two photos show cellar shelves with old bottles. Tour dates and cities are listed: 

In PORTLAND at Belmont Books
Friday, October 11, at 7 p.m.
With Jacob Grier, author of The New Prohibition and Raising the Bar 


In SAN FRANCISCO at Book Passage
Saturday, October 12, at 4 p.m.
With Camper English, author of Doctors and Distillers and The Ice Book


In DALLAS at The Wild Detectives
Friday, October 18, at 7 p.m.
Featuring unique absinthe cocktails & more

In AUSTIN at BookPeople 
Sunday, October 20, at 4 p.m.
With Scott Semegran, author of The Codger and the Sparrow and Starman After Midnight


In NYC at KGB Bar Red Room
Tuesday, October 22, at 7 p.m.  
With Tony Perrottet, author of The Sinner’s Grand Tour and ¡Cuba Libre!
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Lo siento, pals, but I have to update and repost my flier promoting the U.S. book tour for The Absinthe Forger, for two reasons: 1) @jacobgrier.bsky.social@alcademics.bsky.social is now joining me for my homecoming event in San Francisco!

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Congrats!

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And I should have said I like your observation about the mix of dread and farce.

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We quite liked it, with minor quibbles. Loved the books, too.

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Evan Rail
@evanrail.bsky.social
More concerned with what we’re drinking. Monthly drinks columnist at VinePair, international editor at Good Beer Hunting, freelance contributor to the NYT, WSJ and elsewhere. Former Prague Postie, food & features, 2000-2006. Jdeme na jedno.
354 followers285 following237 posts