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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 11/05/2026

Poverty Run School, a one-room schoolhouse in Carey, OH where my great grandfather taught in his younger adulthood. (Maybe the 1920s?) Photos taken in 1980 and 2026. It appears the building is now stores farm equipment.

An aging one-room schoolhouse in an open field. Windows are shuttered. There are holes in the facade and roof. A steeple sits atop and three trees stand nearby.

A former one-room schoolhouse in an open field. Windows remain shuttered. Holes have been covered and the roof has been replaced. The steeple and trees were removed.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 06/02/2026

In lieu of sharing my digital collection of VanderMeer books, here’s are the stacks in the room I presently occupy.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 31/01/2026

Last year was a great one for books and readers alike. Join us at @hardcover.app on a literary journey through the pages of 2025. hardcover.app/2025

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 15/12/2025

What is there to say? I’m gutted by the loss of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. He made this floating hunk of space rock a better place with every ounce of creativity and influence he had.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 02/11/2025

You can! Our reading journal has a lot of room for improvement, but you can absolutely take notes—public or private! To find this, tap the reading menu button near the top of the book page (yellow if TBR or currently reading, green if read), then select “reading journal.”

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 02/10/2025

Summer is basically over but I’m not giving up my back porch and Sunflower Kolsch until I have to.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 23/08/2025

It’s been a week for sad, angry, disappointed, and superstitious men. #FourLastWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Film posters for Shogun, The Merchant of Four Seasons, To Sleep With Anger, and Five Easy Pieces

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 24/07/2025

Here’s what it looks like on device. Had to maximize the space available for books to render legibly. I think they look great!

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 24/07/2025

I finished v1.0 of my @usetrmnl.com plugin for @hardcover.app. Submitted for TRMNL’s latest book-centric hackathon. It’s in review for public use as well. More I’d like to change, but I’m going to wait for Framework v2.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

With the latest @usetrmnl.com update, I'm making some custom components for data points. Next for the @hardcover.app plugin is making the lower section configurable. The options I'm planning on are: - Goals - Currently reading - Last 4 read - Randomized want-to-reads

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

I’ve got them here, ready for a read. I’ll queue it up after the first Mistborn trilogy!

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

When I set my reading goals for the year, I didn’t expect to read 5 books in the remaining 7 months. Then I did it in 2. So I doubled the goal. This probably doesn’t seem very impressive, but that’s not the point. I like reading again. I’m shaking off effectively 15+ years of self-imposed shame.

Two reading goals for 2025:
5 graphic novels (7 read)
10 books (5 read)

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

I was a voracious reader as a kid. From 1st through 7th I read constantly, maxing out Summer Reading points and breaking records in the AR program at school. Then I moved districts and lost the habit in favor of making new friends. It’s been nice to rekindle a long-dormant part of my personality.

A list of books being currently read:

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

I’ve been making an effort this year to read more. I warmed up with some graphic novels. Mostly @boom-studios.com titles. Next, sci-fi/fantasy. Now a daily habit, I’m tracking my reads on @hardcover.app, an Amazon-free (and soon open source) GoodReads alternative. hardcover.app/@Tender?refe...

A list of recently read books including:

Grass Kings (books 1 through 3)
Something is Killing the Children (books 1 and 2)
Trick ‘r Treat graphic novel
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
The Clementine Complex (aka Satsuma Complex) by Bob Mortimer
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Council of Frogs by Matt Emmons

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 29/05/2025

I made some progress on @hardcover.app’s @usetrmnl.com plugin. I couldn't get TRMNL talking directly to Hardcover's GraphQL API so, for now, I'm funneling calls through my own. Some layout tweaks yet to make, but it's serviceable for now.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 16/05/2025

Two days with a @usetrmnl.com and I’ve already cobbled together a private use plugin to show off a @letterboxd.social profile’s most relevant stats. I plan to clean up the metrics a little more to make room for a 4-poster display with the options of: Top 4, Last 4, or 4 random watchlist items.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 31/01/2025

This is my first published game. It's a little rough around the edges, but we accomplished way more than we set out to. I'm very proud of it and I learned a lot making it. Let me know if you play! team-bad-lemur.itch.io/stabotage

A splash screen for a video game called Stabotage: From sword to plowshare.

The image is hand drawn and shows a sword with a cute face. Two eyes and a straight line for a mouth. He does not look particularly amused.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 13/01/2025

Coming into the new year, I've been scanning a box of "extra" 4x6 prints from my mom. I've done 400+ now, which feels good. I scan an evelope's worth, then write the dates and captions to EXIF/IPTC data in the JPGs. I batch rename them using this data, then import to Apple Photos.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 01/01/2025

Matt Fish Has Permanently Closed Melt Bar & Grilled www.clevescene.com/food-drink/matt-…

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 28/12/2024

Did some digging. Turns out Closet Picks is followed by the account allegedly belonging to Charli XCX. Now her fans are obsessively following everyone she does. For what it’s worth, this account is following some industry people I know that work with her, so I’d believe it.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 28/12/2024

Wish I could say for certain, but I think being linked to in the Criterion Challenge list so many times has absolutely exploded the popularity of my biggest @letterboxd.social project. These screenshots are 2 hours apart. My catalog of Criterion Closet Picks: letterboxd.com/closetpicks

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 24/12/2024

I’ve seen Elf probably 30 times. Tonight I noticed the background actor in the black hat for the first time. @joshruben.bsky.social is that you?

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 17/12/2024

I bought an old record cabinet years ago at an estate sale. Inside was a neat turntable / reciever combo and this guide to northeast Ohio radio stations. Published by the Akron Beacon Journal in 1976.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 30/11/2024

I don’t think there is anything more “millennial” than enthusiastically purchasing 8 boxes of LED Christmas lights that won’t arrive until next summer just because they actually look like the incandescent ones on my childhood tree. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSFNufruSKw

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 24/11/2024

When you’re trying to relax, but the Sunday scaries are coming on strong.

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 23/11/2024

It’s been one of those weeks where I unintentionally purchased the same items twice on eBay. I wish I could say this hasn’t happened to me more than 5 times before.

Won auction listings for Rankin / Bass The Hobbit and Return of the King VHS tapes

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 21/11/2024

These beautiful stills are from the first 15 minutes of Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 film ‘Ran’. I recognize that grassy foothills are a cinematography cheat code, but COME ON. Those compositions! Those colors! The first 15 minutes! #film #akirakurosawa #samurai

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Jacob Tender @jacobtender.net · 20/11/2024

Pro Users: @letterboxd.social has released list stats. Now you can really dig in to all of the tasty metrics you expect from profile stat pages, but within lists! letterboxd.com/closetpicks/...

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