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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub

@jesseraub.bsky.social

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writer and coffee professional, formerly at Serious Eats, stuff in Bon Appetit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Vulture, HAD, Polygon, and other places. I also have a newsletter: https://linktr.ee/jesseraub

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Nov 10

okay, here's thread of links to all my published pieces:

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 6h

so there i am, minding my own business, three tons of Woke packed tight in the trailer. all of a sudden i see flashing lights in my rear view. nuh uh, not today

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 6h

that lady’s grandkids are gonna be going to Yale off that line read

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 7h

hey ceej have you seen this youtu.be/ezJjZestANU

Darude Sandstorm beatbox cover @Dharni Mamiko

YouTube video by Mamiko

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 7h

every one of his books is just a masterpiece

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 7h

One Battle After Another, 2025 (Anderson)

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7h

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 8h

me, nodding: dallas-fort worth essays

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 12h

as someone who started watching baseball last week just to be a Brewers bandwagon guy, don't I know it!

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 14h

doug egg-hatched

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 14h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdE...

Could You Have Been Born, Richardson? Deadwood

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 14h

badlands chugs would never

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 16h

i love you, Ethos Dog. thank you for validating my success journey

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 27

ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ!

What’s that Ethos Dog?

ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ!

Really? I’d say our corporate culture is stronger than ever.

ʙᴀʀᴋ!

Sure, we’ve had to make a few changes in order reach this level of success. But now our employees get feel some ownership over that success.

ʙᴀʀᴋ! ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ ʙᴀʀᴋ!

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 19h

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

it's also just around the corner if we keep believing hard enough

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

i do not think it is healthy to speak about socialist revolution in the same manner one might have previously framed heaven

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 21h

we gotta stop telling former evangelicals about marxist doctrine. they keep inventing a new religion out of it

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 22h

don’t remember posting this

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Mar 13

taking out my ladder to clean the gutters. everything goes black and white. the words “had this ever happened to you?” appear across my midsection. oh no

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

did we not know about geckos until 1994. why was everything geckos when i was growing up

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

had a big bag of honeycrisp but mostly buy whatever is firm; which could mean granny smith

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

yeah swing on by i got another dough chilling (the recipe batches out two) so i gotta make another one tomorrow

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 2d

simple tarte tatin made entirely with high-extraction flour.

you can read more about what that is below:

www.seriouseats.com/best-flour-f...

picture perfect tarte tatin showing apples cooked in caramel with a tart crust underneath

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

work travel for me was 100% “i will eat this entire bag of justin’s minimal chocolate cups while stoned in the hotel room”

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

i cut peanut butter cups from my diet (doc said i have the start of a fatty deposit on my liver) and i lost about 5 pounds in 10 days

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