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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the giant solar furnace made quick work of these old soviet kopecks. 3000 degrees Celsius in two seconds.

two soviet coins that have been blasted through by the giant solar furnace of uzbekistan, in the palm of a man’s hand.

Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ian, watch this man blast a hole through a soviet coin using only the light of the sun. maybe Jeanne will understand the obsession.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

it’s illegal to make curves like this in the USA nowadays.

giant solar furnace in parkent, Uzbekistan

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

promises made promises kept

Hard style at the giant solar furnace in parkent, uzbekistan

witness the power of the sun on a smaller model of the giant solar furnace in parkent, uzbekistan

we harnessed the power of the sun to blast a hole through this commemorative coin at the giant solar furnace in parkent, uzbekistan

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I assembled an absolutely s-tier breakfast this morning at the guesthouse buffet.

a phenomenal breakfast spread with fresh lepyoshka, two hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, cheese, walnut cake, a pot of green tea, a tomato, a pomegranate, a dish of raspberry jam, and three crepes.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

men only want one thing and it’s the daewoo microvan

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

encountered the _other_ Saint Paul jacket in the mountains of Kazakhstan.

hardstyle next to the Saint Pauli jacket

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tchitcherine will reach the Kirghiz Light, but not his birth. he is no aqyn, and his heart was never ready. he will see It just before dawn.

the sun looms over the horizon on the Kazakh steppe.
lines of rail in the foreground.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

see a jacket, share a jacket

man walking a dog, wearing the Saint Paul jacket

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

read Player Piano, the debut novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (scribner & sons, 1952)

player piano book cover.
a svelte-faced man is wearing sunglasses with piano keys reflected in them.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

in general everything feels really out of control and crazy all the time now, for sure. a time of abundance, but for everything happens so much. I think we have to make time to care for our spirits. and I really excitedly urge you to do that by reading the novel Sunrise by Téa Obreht (2026)

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

yesterday Sophie gifted me three books: - a neat paperback of V.! (I really like this cover design) - a bantam paperback of Gravity's Rainbow! (this edition has the nonstandard trim size & pagination) - a paperback of Maze! (long out of print, the world's most challenging puzzle) pretty great!

paperback copy of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

paperback copy of Maze by Christopher Manson

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

last year, @tombasgen.bsky.social and I were in paris separately, but we got together in paris. hell yeah

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

we were voters number 6 and 7 this morning

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

after chasing the sold-out jacket for 7 months, I have one. put it on and the inner pocket started to buzz… is this normal?

mustached man wearing the Saint Paul jacket inside of a sunroom.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

nice to know someone at @blackhartstp.com is thinking of me

bathroom tile. a sharpie marker says “I ❤️ Casey.”

A sticker says “Ice is the KKK”

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

this is specious at best. the “80% of Americans“ is a sample of 2100 people.

The NYT-Ipsos survey was "of the American general population" aged 18 and up, interviewing a total of 2,128 people;
1,022 of those polled were
Republican/Lean Republican, 1,025 were Democrat/Lean Democrat, and 81 were Independent or "something else."

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

it seems very trendy on al gore’s Internet for people to say that the purpose of a dog’s walk is the sniffing. and, while that aligns with my dog’s behaviors, I maintain the belief that his morning walk is also about the pissing and one big poop.

handsome dog standing in a gate. There is a sign on the gate that says “dog on premises”

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

so much for the tolerant left

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

promises made promises kept.

E-cargo bike with two 25 pound boxes of Illinois peaches.

E-cargo bike with two 25 pound boxes of Illinois peaches. Alternate angle. Focus on the box of peaches.

two twenty-five pound boxes of Illinois peaches

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

here are some photos I've captured on film since the start of the year.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

the term slop has existed for far longer than 4chan

What is the earliest known use of the noun slop?

EARLIEST KNOWN USE

Middle English
The earliest known use of the noun slop is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for slop is from 1303, in the writing of Robert Mannyng, poet and historian.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

my copy of @devintoshea.bsky.social’s latest, The Veiled Prophet, arrived in the mail today. And it’s signed! I love a presale from an author’s local indie bookshop. looking forward to reading it! also, I’m currently reading Angel Down (by @danielkraus.com) and it’s excellent. enjoy your saturday

a hardcover copy of THE VEILED PROPHET: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis, by Devin Thomas O’Shea.
The cover is yellow.

The cover page of The Veiled Prophet. It’s signed by Devin Thomas O’Shea.

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Face @thecaseface.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

a school bus driving southbound on snelling jumped the median at Hewitt, plowed through the Hamline Universite sign, and came to a stop halfway into an academic building. holy shit. northbound snelling is bumper to bumper emergency vehicles.