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Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detainees.

Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of Israeli security forces abusing international activists who were detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid.

Three activists were taken to hospital as result of Israeli violence, lawyers representing the group said. They were subsequently discharged. Dozens of others have suspected broken ribs, resulting in breathing problems.

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Ti si Čefur
On je Čefur
Mi smo Čefur
Vsi smo Čefur

Lej ga Čefur, t'm je Čefur
Čefur, Čefur, kdo je Čefur
Ej, kva me boli kurac, jest sem Čefur

Some of you may remember 4-5 years ago, there was a guy from Texas wanting to start a microbrewery here in Slovenia that serves rotating small batch beers and authentic Texas BBQ from family recipes. That guy, whose original reddit account was banned, is me.

After 4-5 years of incessantly getting screwed by bureaucrats and investors (and myself), we have scrounged and saved enough money to begin Phase 1. Beer. I am a brewer, after all. A few of you may know some of my beers from my time at Clef Brewery, like Potica and Gibanica stouts, a multitude of fruited sours, or the wild ale barrel series propagated entirely by 3 flowers from the hop fields, even though I come from an Austin, Texas brewery that is known for award winning clean German and Belgian styles. Some of you may have even tried our pilot batches, Tall Tales & Royal Jam, at bars like :Projekt, Sir Williams, or Cukrarna in Ljubljana. (We plan to be in specific craft beer bars in Maribor, Koper, and Gorenjska too.)

ANYWAY. I digress. Monday, my Slovenia-made brew system arrives. This summer, the taps will begin flowing at bars across Slovenia. Ever-changing lagers, IPAs, and sours will be heavy on rotation, but nothing will be excluded (except milkshake IPAs.) So you can expect French saisons, American ambers, adjunct stouts, barrel aged beers… you name it. (Community favorites will make returns.)

There will be a Texas BBQ pop up for the launch, and more pop-ups here and there until enough beer is sold to start a proper BBQ joint. With beer garden.

Again, I digress. Slovenia made me feel like a rockstar my first couple years here, and then absolutely beat the shit out of me since then. Feels right. Feels like a proper plot line. There’s still nowhere in the world I’d rather be. My wife and I have been heavily adopted by an amazing and giant group of Slovenians, and the beer and brewing community has been nothing but kind and supportive.

So, please, support my overwhelming obsession with this country and with beer making.

Folk Hero Brewing Company
@folkherobrewingco on Instagram.
Posts begin soon.

The imagine shows the genetic distance of two samples to national averages.
It is a beatiful example of the complex and diverse history of Styria/Stajerska and Slovenia. A genetic sample created from Edelschrott(at least 5 generations back and entirely german surnames) in Western Styria clusters closer to the Slovenian average than to the Austrian one. The reason for that is that the area around Edelschrott is often cited by historians as the (Austrian)-Styrian region with the strongest Carantanian Slavic substrate, the area was one of the most densely populated by Slavs, before Bavarian settlers arrived and even survived as a Slovene language exclave while 95% of (Austrian)-Styria was already German-speaking.

On the opposite is a sample 50% from Krapje north of Ljutomer and 50% from Sicheldorf/Zetince near Radkersburg/Radgona. Even though it is entrirely made up of Slovenian surnames (going back 5 generations) it clusters more closely with the Austrian average. The reason for this can be found in history again. While the Carantanian Slavs (especially the tribe of the Dulebs) settled these areas in the 6th century the later arrivals of the Magyars(Hungarians) changed the settelment structure in the region. Continuous Hungarian raids from 880-1040 wiped out almost all Carantanian (and the few Carolingian German) settlments in Eastern Styria and Stajerska especially along the Mura river and in parts of Prekmurje. To revitalize the areas in the 11th to 13th century the ruling aristocracy sent Bavarian and Lower Austrian settlers to repopulate the empty areas. This led to eastern Styria being a genetic outlier in Austria often clustering closer to Bavaria than surrounding regions. But the genetic mark was also left in Northeastern Stajerska in which these later Bavarian settlers, just like the Slovenes in Upper Styria, assimiliated into the the local population. This leaves us with a genetic sample from Prekmurje/Ljutomer/Radgona that while being made up entirely of Slovene surnames, lays genetically closer to Austria, than to the Slovene average.

(Both samples family trees were traced back at least 5 generations and are 100% from the area.)