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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 09/10/2026

Age yourself with your childhood crush

A photo of Claire Danes as Angela Chase in “My So-Called Life” wearing a burgundy and white bleeding madras shirt.

A photo of Jared Leto as Jordan Catalan is “My So-Called Life” wearing a white and gray bleeding madras shirt.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 05/10/2026

Some pretty great incidental juxtaposition in the TL tonight

A screenshot of three skeets in a row: On top is Dr. Damien P. Williams commenting on how Effective Altruism is "just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extent," linking as example an article where Sam Altman declares that "The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of AI." Below that is a completely independent skeet from Ben Collins saying, in part, "Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work." Below that is a response to Ben's skeet from Ian Coldwater saying "The are acting like this because they are true believers in a millennarian cult. Seriously. That's the answer."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 04/10/2026

Ask me tomorrow and 7 of them will be different.

A square containing the covers of 9 of my favorite albums: The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground; Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division; Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys; Perfect Teeth, Unrest; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Death Certificate, Ice Cube; Immation, Nas; Monk's Dream, Thelonious Monk; Maxinquaye, Tricky

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 01/10/2026

The fact that I saw this vehicle in the parking lot for the Whole Foods on Haight St. is a little on the nose.

Photograph of a gray Toyota Camry with the license plate “CNDYFLP.” A sticker in the rear windows reads “Rice University.”

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 21/09/2026

Fact: fires keep Sunday Scaries away

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 13/09/2026

Dear god, Andy Burnham's son is an extraordinarily large one, isn't he? It feels rash to dedicate to memory any British Prime Minister just yet, let alone a PM's progeny. But this lad, as I'm sure he's accustomed to doing, has already just shoved his way into my brain.

A photo of U.K. Prime Minister (as of the evening of September 12, 2026) Andy Burnham and family, including Burnham's parents, wife, and 3 children. One of the Burnham children is a terrifically grand boy, easily the size of his siblings combined and then some. I've not learned the considerably-sized lad's name yet, as it feels premature to dedicate memory to a member of a British Prime Minister's family just yet, even one occupying as much space as this man does.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 01/08/2026

This is going to make some extremely wealthy people extremely goddamned angry and I love that for us.

Screenshot from The Almanac, a Midpeninsula local newspaper that covers parts of Silicon Valley, including the town of Atherton. Atherton is one of the wealthiest towns in human history. The clipped article reads, in part:

“Alpha X RE Capital Inc. filed an application under Senate Bill 79 to replace a single-family home on a 1-acre lot at 110 Glenwood Ave. with five townhome buildings totaling 30 units, with six of the designated affordable units.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 31/07/2026

Who edits the Bee these days @nytimes.com? Mary, Queen of Scots?

A screenshot from the New York Times puzzle game, The Spelling Bee, for July 30, 2026. It shows that "Huguenot" is not an accepted word. Mary, Queen of Scots encouraged the arrest and torture of Huguenots during her Consort reign, because she was quite a mean and bigoted lady. The New York Times appears to be supporting and carrying on her campaign of Huguenot erasure.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 20/07/2026

Come on Instagram, what are we doing here. What are you trying to accomplish? You know the answer and you know the resentment that attends the implication. I remain saying that Mark has a "fuck with Jake specifically" button on his keyboard that sometimes he just pushes for the yuks.

A partial screenshot from Instagram suggesting that I should follow former actor Vincent Gallo.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 17/07/2026

It was apparently the bullets that murdered the Colombian dude. The mentally ill dude had just been transporting and holding onto the bullets for safe-keeping:

A screenshot from a new article appearing in Bangor Daily News that reads "David Brouillette, 37, reportedly admitted to firing the shots that claimed the life of 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero"

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 17/07/2026

What in the goddamned Hell is this sentence construction meant to say?

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 03/07/2026

Chloë Sevigny wearing a Free Winona shirt with Harmony Korine glowering in the background. It's like a scene Bret Easton Ellis would write if he was 20 years younger. The aughts were simultaneously extremely corny and cool as hell.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 15/06/2026

Damn this block got hot. I remember when it was just a quiet neighborhood. Now that Breast Milk set claimed it.

A sheet of plywood covering the wall of a boarded-up former restaurant. The plywood is painted dark maroon, then over that is a tag in black spray paint that just says “BREAST MILK”

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 14/06/2026

Live look at all of Japan rn

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 09/06/2026

And then after all that mess the motherfucker fell asleep

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 17/04/2026

You're still tryna tell me there's still debate over whether or not this man sings along to every word on 69 Love Songs?

A photograph of Pedro Pascal wearing a crimson sleeveless, cotton v-neck sweater, cut-off jorts with a 3" inseam, yellow socks, and untied Timbs. He is staring straight at the camera through clear aviator frames, wavy hair tussled, and clean mustache lined up exactly with the break between his lips. He is flexing his right arm non-nonchalantly, highlighting a triceps that is more developed than either his deltoid or biceps. He is sitting on a dark brown leather couch, knees raised so that his feet rest on the edge of the couch, legs splayed to expose the crotch of aforementioned jorts.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 21/03/2026

I need a @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social update to this stunning 1875 political cartoon describing a grasshopper infestation of Western Kansas. Some 12.5 Trillion of these winged mf'ers got together to, among other things, choke out farmers and carry off bags o' beans.

A political cartoon portraying human-sized grasshoppers making mischief on the ranch of a humble farmer called Granger. Grasshoppers are seen choking the Granger, absconding with bags of "greenbacks" and "beans," while a another photographing the mayhem. Still other pests may be seen baling up wheat, driving the Grangers' horse & carriage, and dining on melon. An inset shows two grasshoppers relaxing, apparently after making the farm their new home, with the caption "In the wheat, by and by." The cartoon dates the events of the scene to "'75" and the work itself to "'75"

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 05/02/2026

I didn't realize Elon's brother looks like a character in a Wes Anderson movie

A photograph of Kimbal Musk wearing a very silly cowboy hat over unkempt hair.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 05/02/2026

This was a 1-game suspension and if I'm Jaxson Hayes in this situation that's completely worth it.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 13/01/2026

I love skeet juxtaposition

Two skeets appearing one after the other. The first contains a link to plans for 3-d printing a very loud, yet inexpensive and resource-efficient whistle. The next is a photo of a Welcome Board for the Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis that reads "Blessed are the whistle blowers for they play the music of salvation"

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 12/01/2026

Reading an article on Bloomberg now requires that I waive my rights to class-action lawsuit participation and explicitly agree to arbitration resolution for I assume all other civil conflicts. The internet is such a neat place these days.

A modal pop-up window from bloomberg.com stating that by reading their content I waive my rights to class-action lawsuit participation and agree to arbitration for all other conflict resolutions. There is no option available other than "Accept."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 09/01/2026

The basement of the residence next door has a plaque that says...well, you can just read it for yourself:

Google Street View of the duplex whose address is identified in the original news story. The plaque in the basement window of 102 W. Washington Ave. says "This is my Happy Place."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 31/12/2025

Finally, an explanation for the record-smashing run of good luck Spain has been on over the past 300 years.

A photograph of a serving board containing a bunch of green grapes still on the vine, handful of forget-me-not flowers, and a cut-out photo of the Spanish flag. The photo also contains the caption "In Spain, eating 12 grapes on New Year's Eve is the secret to good luck."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 20/11/2025

Sex and the City characters are tiresome. What I want to know is Which Bewitched Witch Would You Be? (I'm a Serena, obvs)

A 4x4 matrix of headshots featuring characters from the television show Bewitched. In the top-left position is Samantha, top-right is her cousin Serena, bottom-right is Samantha's Uncle Arthur, and bottom-left is Samantha's mother Endora.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 23/09/2025

Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 22/09/2025

Apparently not even Trump invoking Kipling's name will get the media to learn from Kipling. Which, fair, Rudyard Kipling is terrible. But still:

A stanza from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Dane-geld," which reads

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 17/09/2025

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score "You didn't get a second opinion about something called a 'brain cloud'?"

A screenshot from rottentomatoes.com showing scores of 65% for "Tomatometer" and 54% for "Popcornmeter."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 25/08/2025

Protest call-to-action post synchronicity from two of the most interesting fictions authors on the planet ( @lauralippman.bsky.social & @jwomack.bsky.social ). Sometimes bluesky has the juice.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 22/08/2025

I'm trying to decide if I can pull off these brown layers or if I'll look like an archeology professor (derogatory). Child the Youngest says yes, but I have go all-out. I think I agree?

Photo from the Leon Dore Fall/Winter 2025 look book. The model is wearing brown worsted tweed trousers, light brown woolen blazer, brown Melton zip-up sweater, and black cotton ball cap with a brown suede brim. He carries a brown leather weekend satchel.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 08/08/2025

I just asked Gemini the same question. It got the states wrong and then delivered this map:

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 24/07/2025

They showed a mummy your posts

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 12/06/2025

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

A head shot of Do, leader of the Heaven's Gate cult.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 11/04/2025

At literally the exact same time

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 11/04/2025

The boundless insight of artificial intelligence is staggering to behold

Crop from the Apple Messages app with a Contact identity of "Maybe: Cory Booker" and the first line of the message, which states "Jacob, it's Cory Booker."

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 04/03/2025

He posted this during the Oscars. The man was in the Oscars. Not at the ceremony, he was in the show and presented an award. That’s what this season is doing to lifelong fans.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 05/02/2025

Try setting your custom domain up as an IMAP account that's separate from the @mac/iCloud account, then have the @mac account forward to the custom domain. I know this is super un-intuitive by Mac standards, but it works. Here's how I have mine (Zoho instead of @mac, but it will work the same):

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 21/11/2024

Wow, Coachella has officially gotten too old for me. I have absolutely no clue who the target audience for this is:

The 2025 Coachella lineup. I will not bore you with how aggressively mids it is.

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 15/06/2024

I know I'm an insane Egon Schiele stan, but, I mean, come on:

Egon Schiele's painting from 1913 "The Holy Family"

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Jacob Carlson @jacobwcarlson.me · 27/05/2024

Imagine your face is the one on the right

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