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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
For the second year in a row, our white amaryllis is flowering. The trick seems to be to stop watering it in December, let all the leaves fall off, and then recommence watering as soon as the flower shoot appears. I wonder what projects of our own might flower if given a chance, first, to die back.
A photo of a white amaryllis in bloom, amidst other potted plants in an apartment complex walkway
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“An expansive, celestial West”: www.jasper.land/2026/03/18/an-expan…
A painting by Aaron Morse showing a figure riding a horse side saddle, several other odd-tinted horses ride across the plain, the sky is black with multiple meteors
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Future Blooms: www.jasper.land/2026/02/04/future-b…
A photo of a delicate orchid blossoms emerging amidst green leaves
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Someone put these posters up in San Francisco:
A photo of a poster reading YOU WILL GET AWAY WITH IT
lose paperwork
make food wrong
decaf instead of regular
overtighten lug nuts
strip spark plugs
delete jira tickets
IT IS YOUR RIGHT
TO MAKE MISTAKES
YOU CAN FIGHT ICE
WITHOUT ANY RISKS
everything adds up
you have no excuses anymore
just do it
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Pineapple Vinegar / Sauerkraut Report: www.jasper.land/2026/02/04/the-pine…
A photo of a bunch of mismatched jars, some red and labeled KRAUT and others yellowish, labeled VINAIGRE DE PIÑA
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I found Hearn’s piece through Today in Tabs, where I also found a link to some free anti-ICE posters that I printed out onto vinyl sticker paper and cut out. I’m not sure exactly what I’m going to do with them.
An array of six stickers reading "WE BEAT EM BEFORE... WE'LL BEAT EM AGAIN" and showing a Nazi getting bayonetted and an ICE agent getting filmed on camera.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
When it gets real gloomy and wet, why not head for a nearby hill, right at nightfall, and indulge in some fog-bathing?
A photo of two people walking down a mountain path in dim fog.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A Good Syllabus: www.jasper.land/2026/01/09/a-good-s…
A screenshot of text messages reading "Yeah! Many citations but l'd start with Langdon Winner's essay "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" Fun fact: Winner was mom's advisor in Santa Cruz! He spent a year or two as a visiting prof there (from MIT I think) A short book/long essay that expands fruitfully on the intersection of tech and energy is "Energy and Equity" by Ivan Illich. A genuinely radical book that will make you want to ride your bicycle "Small Is Beautiful" by EF Schumacher also really influential There's a lot of nuance here. Solar PV and batteries require complicated global supply chains too"
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Housekeeper and the Professor is a great book. But man, could I love this reissue’s cover any more? (Spotted at the surprisingly fun Barnes & Noble at the Grove.)
The cover of The Housekeeper and the Professor, showing a pair of glasses and a mop, the text all in fluorescent green and pink.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Lisa on the Fires: www.jasper.land/2026/01/09/lisa-on-…
A photo of two adults and a child silhouetted against a sunset. They are standing in the water, which covers their ankles.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If you see them in a grocery store, why not buy some kiwifruit, quarter them, peel their hairy skin, and slurp down a few wedges of alien-green, tart-sweet flesh?
A photo of peeled and cut kiwis on a cutting board
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
10 East and 10 West: www.jasper.land/2026/01/03/east-and…
A screenshot of a GPS instructions showing the roadway and instructing the driver to get in the far right lane and to get on the road "10 East and 10 West"
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A photo of sand that is reflective because of its wetness, with a seagull standing to the side.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Puppetry and Pleasure: www.jasper.land/2026/01/03/puppetry…
A photo of a marionette star with the puppeteer standing behind, wearing red. The star is encircled by a spotlight.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Last week when I wrote about reading a Big Winter Book™ and taking lots of baths, I somehow neglected to include the reference photograph of Mason & Dixon resting upon the requisite next-to-bath hand-drying towel. I apologize for the oversight.
A photo of the hardcover book Mason & Dixon resting against a towel.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Mussel Beach: www.jasper.land/2026/01/03/mussel-b…
A photo of the underside of the Santa Monica Pier showing the pilings covered with mussels.A photo of a bunch of barnacles stuck to a piling
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A photo of a white and gray cat laying on a scratchy
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Gecs -> Brat: www.jasper.land/2025/12/27/gecs-bra…
The album cover for 10000 Gecs which shows two figures who have their t-shirts pulled over their faces, revealing tattoos on their chests and stomachs.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
More melt report, courtesy of Leo: The kid saw this and said, “He’s wearing a dress!”
A photo of a snowman who has been somewhat blanketed in snow so that you can't see his lower half or his eyes. All you can see is his carrot nose, which is drooping.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I’ve been reading the pamphlet, Radical Witchcraft: Oppression and Resistance, which I picked up a few years ago at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall. Lots of good stuff, including this Hitler pincushion... www.jasper.land/2025/12/10/ive-been…
A picture of a book page open to a figure showing a Hitler pincushion; Hitler is bent at the waist and pins are sticking into his rump
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Less useful tip but more pleasureable: you can turn Apple Maps on your phone into a fidget spinner just by engaging streetview and looking straight up. (Sadly, Google Maps doesn’t let you whip around nearly as fast.)
a gif video showing a finger navigating Apple Maps on an iPhone, opening a street view panorama, pointing up at the sky, and causing the display to spin around wildly
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
An artsy photograph of a concrete batch plant
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
To whoever designed this institutional thermometer’s legend, I tip my cap. That butt! That snail! That crawling child!!!
A diagram on a thermometer showing chunky icons next to different labes: "Loss of Tissue Contact," "Broken Probe," "Instrument Malfunction," "Oral," "Adult Axillary (>18 yrs.)," "Rectal" "Pediatric Axillary (<17 yrs)," "Monitor Mode," and "Low Battery," with the words below, "ANTI_THEFT SYSTEM / MAY BE ACTIVE"
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The Melt Report: www.jasper.land/2025/12/03/the-melt…
A photograph of a snowman standing on a stumpA photograph of the same snowman, now dusted with snow so that one eye is hidden.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A photograph of power lines crossing against a dim blue sky, with silhouetted branches in the lower left corner
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I hope they find Mango!
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A photograph of a car's rear view mirror with a strange building in the reflections.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Yes the clouds today were so great!
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
If you have some leftover pie, why not cut it up into big chunks and eat it with your hands?
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A Crime Against Color: www.jasper.land/2025/11/12/a-crime-…
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Barnslop: www.jasper.land/2025/11/12/barnslop…
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What Is It About Sunsets in L.A.?: www.jasper.land/2025/11/12/what-is-…
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
All Protests Should Be This Fun: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/all-prot…
A photo of a person in an inflatable frog costume facing off against a half-dozen heavily armed federal agents amids a protest setting
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Quilt Zine Delight: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/quilt-zi…
A photo of a zine spread out on a blue quilt so that on the left page you can see a spiral above text and on the right page you can see a quilt pattern
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Portrait of the Father as a Bibliophile: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/portrait…
An illustration of a man with a checkered white-and-red turban chasing after a sedan that has books flying out of its windows and trunk
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Buffest Chefs: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/the-buff…
A still from a YouTube video showing two strong, shirtless men pouring a giant vat of yellow dal into a third massive vat, which is being stirred by another man.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Miyazaki on Unchecked Hunger: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/miyazaki…
A still from the movie Spirited Away showing a young girl climbing a giant bath tub which houses a brown, goopy monster
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New Mod Walk: www.jasper.land/2025/10/20/new-mod-…
A photo of a rainy, traditional street in Japan
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The Hand: www.jasper.land/2025/10/16/the-hand…
A still from an animated film showing a stop-motion puppet reacting to a white-gloved hand
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Shadows Across Alice Coltrane: www.jasper.land/2025/10/16/shadows-…
A photo of a museum display case full of contact sheets of black-and-white photographs of Alice Coltrane with the photographer's shadow falling across the whole case
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This chart, from The Economist via Adam Tooze’s Chartbook, has me considering veganism all over again:
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Chengdu Taste: www.jasper.land/2025/10/16/chengdu-…
A photo of steamed greens on a plate
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Funny Yard Signs: www.jasper.land/2025/10/16/funny-ya…
An image of a yard sign with varying fonts and colors for the words, "IN THIS COUNTRY, WE BELIEVE:
GUN RIGHTS MATTER
THE STATUS QUO IS BASICALLY OKAY
BILLIONAIRES DESERVE THE $$$$
THE FILIBUSTER IS SACRED
LOVE WINS
THE SUPREME COURT IS NONPARTISAN"
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The: www.jasper.land/2025/09/15/the.html
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Bitcoin mining is SETI@home for assholes. Arecibo lies in ruins but they’re reopening Three Mile Island to power a chatbot. Dystopia, sure, but does it have to be this stupid?
A photo of the Arecibo Radio Telescope after the tower collapsed.
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Nothing but respect for my president.
A drawing of a red dinosaur
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Jasper @jaspernighthawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2024
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