Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future. The locked and rusted gate that stood before us, with wisps of river fog threading its spikes like the mountain paths, remains in my mind now as the symbol of my exile. 121 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Happy 800th anniversary of St Francis's passing to everyone who celebrated and everyone who doesn't Go yell "peace and all good!" at a Franciscan to earn a special indulgence 1190 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When that gremlin hid in the Christmas tree and attacked the mom 030 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Basing this solely on albums I was super into as a teenager or in college that left a permanent mark on my personality, for better or for worse 1100 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Does hiring a camera crew to film you praying for social media fall under Christ's restrictions on performative public prayer? 2140 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Imagine concelebrating mass with your bud and grabbing a beer afterward, and he says "alright, I'm older so I'll become pope first, and then you can be pope after me" 05513 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026(5) mewithoutYou (all), Sufjan "Seven Swans" album, Aldous Harding "Swell Does the Skull", Julien Baker "Rejoice", Nick Cave's "Ghosteen" album (6) A lot of Roerich and some impressionist paintings (7) I had a broken 2am conversation with a pashtun man about war and death and religion that has stuck 220 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's always weird when the better quarterback doesn't win 000 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"I don't speak out about murdered children because I care about children." 040 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you're an American politician, meeting with Irish people is always an opportunity for cosplay 0100 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Some of these people never read the Left Behind series and it shows 251 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. 0160 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I hate that I'm almost certainly going to hate watch this 5281 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The scientific name of the Chesapeake Blue Crab is Callinectes sapidus, which means "tasty beautiful swimmer" 193 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026His argument is bad but why did nobody tell me that Flock is being run by a high school sophomore? 050 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If Mamdani drops a Robert Moses video, so many dorks are going to lose their minds 0120 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When you're crunched for time and you need a battery but also need a bulb 010 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Black man driven to suicide by hundreds of articles attacking his life's work and tens of thousands of racist Nazis, politicians and pundits attacking him online for months. Bishop Barron: And this is why we can't have DEI, folks. 95510 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If I ever won the lottery I would dedicate myself to my dream project: an annotated version of Moby-Dick do comprehensive that it looks like that NET version of the Bible 1181 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026There's one right answer and three other answers I'll accept as being wrong but understandable 1570 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Reflecting on reaching the 20th anniversary of my career this month 150 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm not a Film Bro but it's jarring to see Christopher Nolan filming on a wooden boat in the middle of the Mediterranean compared to a Marvel scene being filmed on a soundstage where the walls are all green and the actors are all wearing mo-cap clothes because not even the costumes are real 0101 0
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 05/08/202615. I'll always recommend Zadie Smith's funny debut novel "White Teeth". It's a classic for a reason, and even though her subsequent books have been very good and poignant, this book is the epitome of a talented writer who knows that they're talented and isn't afraid to flex and have fun with it. 110 0