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Sean Jacobs

@mictlan.bsky.social
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Nerdy but probably not as nerdy as you. Dad to a cute kid. Husband to a cute wife. Good at a lot of things. Toad enthusiast who runs @toadfacts.

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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Time for new paper mache projects! @chieflotsahair.bsky.social is running three races at the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend again this year, and her costumes require two hats. These are going to be somewhat smaller than things I’ve made previously, so I bought a wig head to build them on.
A cluttered workbench with a tan colored wig head attached to it. The head is covered in plastic wrap, on which is drawn a crude face to use as reference. Two boxes of shredded paper sit nearby, along with two black nitrile gloves and a gallon of Roman Pro-543 wallpaper paste.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I received a pretty heinous phishing message this morning, I can see people going "fuck no we don't want to support a rapist what are you thinking!?" *click* before their brain actually kicks in. Came from legit SendGrid infrastructure too.
a screenshot of an email stating

Supporting Clavicular
Hi,
We're adding a "Support Clavicular" message at the bottom of every footer in light of the recent rape allegations he has been receiving. We want to make this change clear and explain how you can turn it off.
Displaying the message is optional. If you prefer not to show it, you can disable it in your footer settings.
Prefer to leave it out?
Open your footer settings and turn off the "Support Clavicular" message.
[button labeled Manage Footer Settings]
You can also access footer settings directly through your usual dashboard.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah, it’s actually kind of nice this morning. It’ll suck before long, but at the moment it’s bearable.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Talk about Never Forget, holy cow.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh look, not even 1am and the day of performative mourning on social media is in full swing!
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I got the Covid vax + Flu vax double whammy today and while both arms are a bit angry at me and I suspect I’m gonna have a bit of a sleep-in tomorrow, it’s better than the fucking alternative!
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Get you a girl that can do both. @chieflotsahair.bsky.social
Closeup of a woman’s ear lobe with a large diamond stud earring and a stainless steel safety pin earring.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My child discovered that Dog Man: The Musical is a thing that exists and I guess I get to listen to that a few thousand times now.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@chieflotsahair.bsky.social and I are members at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, FL and this year they defended their title in the 4th International Waterlily Weigh-Off. This year they blew away last year's record, managing to put 285 pounds of weights in a giant lily pad before it sunk.
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Waterlily Weigh-off 2026
YouTube video by Bok Tower Gardens
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’d just like to mention how annoyed I am that I set up my telescope tonight with a single intent, to finally capture a Lunar X, to then find out a couple of hours later that my calculations were off and it wasn’t visible until the moon dropped below the horizon. I think my next option is November.
A photo of the moon, nearly perfectly in first quarter. Somewhat contrasty.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just received an email explaining that the local school district has adopted a No Pervert Glasses policy this year, so that's good.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is my seven-year-old’s breakfast every day. He’s not spoiled. I insist that he’s not spoiled.
A yellow Fiestaware bowl sitting on a wooden cutting board. In the bowl are Honey Nut Cheerios, sliced strawberries, sliced banana, blueberries, and carefully piped peanut butter. A spoon is stuck into the cereal. Milk has not yet been added.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hey, y’all check out the newest addition to my small collection of tiny art. This fantastic little guy, a Santa Virgínia Flea Toad, painted by the talented @thxnywy.art. Look at their little face, I love it.
A small painting of a small grumpy orange toad. They are beautiful.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
SAUCE SAUCE SAUCE
Screenshot of three Bluesky posts in a row mentioning sauce. I now notice the third references the first, but it's still a lot of sauce.

https://bsky.app/profile/poisonjr.bsky.social/post/3msgkzsnts22b
https://bsky.app/profile/kottke.org/post/3msglv45jxk2c
https://bsky.app/profile/comraderobot.bsky.social/post/3msglt7nirc2k
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I wish you could understand the joy it brings me to discover a new Bobby Fingers video has been posted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt7...
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Johnny Depp's Bed
YouTube video by Bobby Fingers
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today is August 4, 2026 There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white; Robins will wear their feathery fire, Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Finally had a clear night to test out some of the new features of my Seestar S50. My favorite is probably star removal, something I’ve tried and failed at in Siril several times now. Not sure if I’m ever gonna get bored of this thing.
The Eagle Nebula, M16, taken tonight by my Seestar S50. About an hour’s worth of images, stacked and edited in the telescope.

It’s a reddish cloud of dust and gas against a starry black sky. If you squint and use your imagination, it looks a bit like an eagle with outstretched wings.The moon, just past first quarter phase.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Finally had a clear night to test out some of the new features of my Seestar S50. My favorite is probably star removal, something I’ve tried and failed at in Siril several times now. Not sure if I’m ever gonna get bored of this thing.
The Eagle Nebula, M16, taken tonight by my Seestar S50. About an hour’s worth of images, stacked and edited in the telescope.

It’s a reddish cloud of dust and gas against a starry black sky. If you squint and use your imagination, it looks a bit like an eagle with outstretched wings.The moon, just past first quarter phase.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Me, working on grocery list: "Does anyone have any dinner requests for this week?" Our seven-year-old, while eating leftover ramen from his favorite ramen place for breakfast: “We could have ramen.”
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Driving through a neighborhood today and from the back seat the seven year old says “They still have a Trump sign on their tree… we should go cut that tree down.” My brain says “Yes! YES!” but my mouth says “nah, they’re allowed to have their own opinion, even if it’s one we don’t agree with”.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dinosaur World in Plant City, FL is flying their flags at half staff to honor Sam Neill, and that’s the first social media post about him dying that actually made me tear up a bit.
Three yellow flags flying at half staff against a cloudy blue sky. In the background there is a building. There are also large models of a meatasaurus and a veggiesaurus in the middle ground.

Photo stolen shamelessly from their Facebook post.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/184jZhrSAo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Tonight for dinner I made pasta e fagioli and garlic bread, the latter made from a fresh loaf of focaccia that @chieflotsahair.bsky.social baked this morning. This garlic bread is one of the best things we’ve ever made. Close second to our son, perhaps.
A red Fiestaware bowl of soup containing small round pasta, carrot slices, and red and white beans in a tomato based sauce. Behind it is an orange plate stacked high with garlic bread.A closeup of the garlic bread on an orange plate, it has large air pockets and looks rather glutinous, because it is. On the surface is a small bit of toasted garlic. It’s crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside and buttery and garlicy and a slight bit salty. It is so good, y’all.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today I got to play the part of that annoying guy at the zoo who knows too much about that one specific animal. Yay!
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I can already tell the new InfoWars thing is not for me any more than the original one was.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I didn't see this post originally, but I opened by RSS reader today and there was a flood of QC comics! So happy the site is back up!
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We sorta have a couple of new pets.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I'd rather be a pig than a fascist.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thanks to the Cheetos thing today I've seen several people talking about other foods that aren't foods, such as Twinkies. I figured I'd take this opportunity to introduce Bluesky to the Dashboard Twinkie. This is what a Twinkie looks like after sitting on a dashboard for three years in Florida.
A horror that is roughly the shape of a Twinkie but it's wrong. All wrong. It is blackened on the outside like it was left in a hot oven for hours. The outside crust is cracked in several places where a dark brown interior peeks through. It is covered in what might be dog hairs. It is sitting on a cutting board. I have no reasonable explanation for why we did this, and I am sorry. We will pay for our crimes.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A few months ago we took some cuttings from the huge Peruvian Apple Cactus in my mom’s front yard. We’ve already had a couple of blooms, which is exciting because I’ll hopefully get to harvest a couple of the fruit later this year.
A large white flower growing on a cactus. The flower has about 20 white petals and a number of leafy sepals behind the flower. The inside of the flower contains hundreds of stamens with small puffs of pollen on the ends and one long pistil that curves to the right.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Around here there’s a rule that says when you catch an anole indoors, you have to carry it outside like this.
A bald man with a dark mustache and white beard, wearing a white t-shirt. Oh, he also has a small brown lizard hanging from his ear. The lizard is biting his earlobe with all of its might. Rawr! Rawr!
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
While preparing this particular Toad Fact I was amused at the fact that this toad has a deep voice (for a Saddleback Toad, anyway). To other toads in this genus not only do they have a dark side, but they also sound like Darth Vader.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
They had me at “by the creators of ‘Common Side Effects’ and ‘Scavenger's Reign’".
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Yiiiip yip yip yip yip yip
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I still had my glasses on when I looked at my phone and misread a headline as talking about a new data centaur.
A retro computer graphic of a wireframe centaur above the words DATA CENTAUR
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Here's a project of mine from many years ago, a Deadmau5 helmet made for a coworker's kid. I'm mainly posting this to show @manningkrull.bsky.social the eyes, which were vacuum formed from plastic sheets. I had plastic ornaments that were the right size but wanted something more opaque in this case.
A black Deadmau5 helmet with glowing white eyes and a string of LEDs around each ear.

It's a large round sphere with a large smiling mouth cut into it, looking somewhat like Pac-man.  The mouth is filled with silver metal mesh. There are two large ears that are roughly the same diameter as the head, and two large glowing eyes mounted on the front of it.

It's based on a 12" acrylic lamp dome from Home Depot, the ears are foamcore board, the mesh in the mouth is stucco lath. I used the eyes as an excuse to finally build myself a small vacuum form rig and are molded from Christmas ornaments.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I was thoroughly enjoying Gecko Gods until the Escape misson where the game suddenly decided to change from a laid back couch game with occasional issues to a beat the clock platformer with terrible controls and the slowest damn camera I’ve ever seen. Wish I could return it, I’m that annoyed.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I took these photos 125 days apart from one another.
Regular unleaded for 2.189/gal taken on December 31st 2025Regular unleaded for 4.599/gal taken May 5, 2026.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Many years ago, when @chieflotsahair.bsky.social were first dating, I visited her in Kansas City and she took me to the Nelson-Atkins Museum, where I took this photo of us. We visited family there for Christmas last year and took an update.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I need someone to trick Donald Trump into talking about Dolly Parton’s heath issues, because it seems inevitable that he’d say something nasty about her and then impeachment proceedings could start immediately.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You can tell if someone has lived in the gulf coast of the United States by how they react to this photo.
A closeup of a black fly with a large red spot on its thorax. It is sitting on a child’s hand.

It is a march fly known mostly by its common name, the Lovebug (Pleica nearctica), the scourge of automobile paint.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Figured I’d share some of my recent photos taken with my Seestar. It still fascinates me that this stuff is just up there and it’s not that hard to see them with really modest equipment. Info in the alt-text.
A small tan colored circle with reddish orange lines, two small dots visible on either side.

This is probably the absolute limit of what I'll be able to get with my Seestar S50, as far as planetary photography goes.

This is Jupiter on the evening of 4/21/2026. If you look closely you can see four moons, Ganymede and Io are on the left, and Europa and Callisto (very dimly) are on the right.

This was captured as two separate videos, one to expose Jupiter and the other to expose the moons. Each video was stacked into single images by the telescope, minor editing performed in the telescope app, and then they were combined in Photoshop.A bright crescent of the Earth’s moon, a couple of days before first quarter.A smudge of red and green cloud in a starry sky.

It’s the Crab Nebula, aka Messier 1, a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus. It is what is left of a bright supernova that was observed in AD 1054 by Mayan, Japanese, and Arab stargazers.A bright smudge of white light bisected by a line of dark clouds, in a starry sky.

It’s the Sombrero Galaxy, aka Messier 104. It's an edge-on galaxy with a bright central bulge and a dark dust lane on its outer edge. I was excited to discover that I can capture this from home, previously I'd only captured this while camping.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I wonder if JD Vance is starting to realize that he has one single path to become president, but only if he has the courage to do what’s right.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sorry to snitch tag, but we should really tell someone who is in a position to actually do something about this. @warren.senate.gov
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
That’s a little on the nose.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We grabbed some Publix subs and tailgated the launch, as one does. Godspeed, Artemis II.
A white SUV sitting on the side of a dirt road with its rear hatch open. Sitting in the hatch is @chieflotsahair.bsky.social and our child, who has their face obscured. The sky is blue and filled with wispy clouds.Artemis II peeking between clouds, a giant flame trailed by smoke
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Feels weird that nobody seems to be excited that there’s a fucking MANNED MISSION TO THE MOON launching tomorrow.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Is it okay to kink shame, just this once, as a treat?
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Me and @chieflotsahair.bsky.social at #nokings here in FL. There was a larger turnout than last time, which is good to see. We followed this up by going to pray at the altar of Capitalism at EPCOT, so y’know, we’re trying.
A family attending a protest. The woman is holding a sign with a butterfly with text that states “NO KINGS only butterflies should be monarchs”. The man is holding a Florida Mockingbird sign stylized to look like the Rebel insignia from Star Wars. A child wears a Luffy hat from One Piece and holds a sign stating “PIRATE KING GOOD, AMERICAN KING BAD!”A man at a protest wearing a hat and holding a sign stating “THE MONSTER WILL COME FOR US ALL”
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It’s pastrami time! Once a year I tell everyone at work that I’ll make them pastrami if they bring me a corned beef from the store, usually around the St. Patrick’s Day discounts. I usually have a couple of takers.
A man wearing a blue HOP shirt standing by a kitchen counter, grinds pepper into a bowl. He has attached a DeWalt drill to a hand pepper mill to expedite the process. Four large pieces of corned brisket covered in spices resting on a white plastic cutting board. Gloves hands are entering the frame from the right.
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Sean Jacobs @mictlan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
None of you will likely see me at No Kings tomorrow, so I might as well just post my sign for tomorrow because I’m awfully happy with it.
A drawing of Florida’s (current) state bird, the Mockinbird, stylized similar to the Rebel Alliance symbol from Star Wars. It is drawn in black sharpie, orange marker, and grey pencil and crayon. It is on a square of foam core board.The other side of the sign, very rough textured marker in black with orange highlights. In all caps it states “THE MONSTER WILL COME FOR US ALL”.

This is paraphrased from Mon Mothma’s Senate speech in season 2 of Andor but also refers to the current Trump administration.
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