Jacob
@jacobaugust.bsky.social
Books and stuff. Unambitious writer and cynical Wisconsinite. Vaguely queer. Not good at bios.
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Jacob
@jacobaugust.bsky.social
· Jul 24
What Dan Read 1962-2025
docs.google.com
Update: Decided on a spreadsheet instead.
This is a Google Docs spreadsheet transcribing all 100+ pages of Dan Pelzer's reading list "What Dan Read, 1962-2025." Feel free to contribute so I don't have to do the entire list myself!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a Google Docs spreadsheet transcribing all 100+ pages of Dan Pelzer's reading list "What Dan Read, 1962-2025." Feel free to contribute so I don't have to do the entire list myself!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I read exactly one of these (The Jungle) this year.
Oh well.
Oh well.
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I read exactly one of these (The Jungle) this year.
Oh well.
Oh well.
Insert a movie into another movie.
The Return of the Return of the Return of the Return of the Living Dead Jedi King Jafar
The Return of the Return of the Return of the Return of the Living Dead Jedi King Jafar
Insert a movie into another movie.
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound."
but who gets to voice George and Gracie? 🤔
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound."
but who gets to voice George and Gracie? 🤔
Insert a movie into another movie.
Ernest Goes to Sleep Away Camp
Ernest Goes to Sleep Away Camp
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Insert a movie into another movie.
The Return of the Return of the Return of the Return of the Living Dead Jedi King Jafar
The Return of the Return of the Return of the Return of the Living Dead Jedi King Jafar
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Ah Bartleby! Ah finals week!
For Bartleby day, I had students copy 19th century legal documents by hand until they appropriately protested. They made it 7 minutes. So much longer than I expected!
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Ah Bartleby! Ah finals week!
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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I was in a children's hospital yesterday (not for a sad reason) and saw an emergency team move a newborn baby past in some kind of crisis incubator. The sheer number of human hours required to assemble that team, for the sake of this tiny life, is the only "civilization" I can care about
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I was in a children's hospital yesterday (not for a sad reason) and saw an emergency team move a newborn baby past in some kind of crisis incubator. The sheer number of human hours required to assemble that team, for the sake of this tiny life, is the only "civilization" I can care about
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
Less a question, more a well-meaning jokey observation, but something I heard at least once a day, every day, every summer, all summer long, as a frozen food department manager at the last grocery store I worked at: “Looks like you got the COLD job today!”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Less a question, more a well-meaning jokey observation, but something I heard at least once a day, every day, every summer, all summer long, as a frozen food department manager at the last grocery store I worked at: “Looks like you got the COLD job today!”
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
August 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
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99% of the world is dead. In a small Minnesota town, 1 woman writes the monthly local paper but it’s actually an epic horror story mailed to your door.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
99% of the world is dead. In a small Minnesota town, 1 woman writes the monthly local paper but it’s actually an epic horror story mailed to your door.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
THE END TIMES.
Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social.
1 issue in and I already love it.
It’s never a good sign when the inside of your windshield is iced up.
I love Wisconsin winters.
I love Wisconsin winters.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It’s never a good sign when the inside of your windshield is iced up.
I love Wisconsin winters.
I love Wisconsin winters.
Heard a Gen Alpha kid call someone a “sourpuss” today. How long has it been since I’ve heard anyone use that word? It’s been years.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Heard a Gen Alpha kid call someone a “sourpuss” today. How long has it been since I’ve heard anyone use that word? It’s been years.
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A huge feature on THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with Stephen King just dropped. Read all about it.
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
Benjamin Percy's Horrifying News
One of the most successful horror writers in the country lives in Northfield, Minnesota. His newest scary novel isn’t a book—it’s a newspaper. Is he trying to tell us something?
mspmag.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A huge feature on THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with Stephen King just dropped. Read all about it.
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
All I can say of Kissinger--
All that you'll hear me tell--
Is, his is the lingering fart you'll sniff
On the lift that leads to hell.
All that you'll hear me tell--
Is, his is the lingering fart you'll sniff
On the lift that leads to hell.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All I can say of Kissinger--
All that you'll hear me tell--
Is, his is the lingering fart you'll sniff
On the lift that leads to hell.
All that you'll hear me tell--
Is, his is the lingering fart you'll sniff
On the lift that leads to hell.
Honestly, it's so weird we're even seeing this. Trump has been doing his own version of Le Grand Couvert since his first term, dining where everyone can see him at his shitty club (just be glad he hasn't brought back the Levée), but it's supposed to be a display of power. Now? He looks so weak.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Honestly, it's so weird we're even seeing this. Trump has been doing his own version of Le Grand Couvert since his first term, dining where everyone can see him at his shitty club (just be glad he hasn't brought back the Levée), but it's supposed to be a display of power. Now? He looks so weak.
Steve Bannon is gonna have to work some very dark magic to get this guy to 2028.
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
🧟♂️
Yikes!
🧟♂️
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Steve Bannon is gonna have to work some very dark magic to get this guy to 2028.
Thanksgiving is over and she finally has the couch to herself again.
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Thanksgiving is over and she finally has the couch to herself again.
Zoonado
Zoonami
Zoopocalypse
Zoonami
Zoopocalypse
Zootopia of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
zootoppenheimer
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Zoonado
Zoonami
Zoopocalypse
Zoonami
Zoopocalypse
Megazootopolis
Zootopia: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Zootopia : 50 Shades Darker
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Megazootopolis
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Dave Zweifel: Why would we listen to a governor who saddled Wisconsin taxpayers with $70 million to cancel a train project that was already paid for by the federal government?
Opinion | Scott Walker shows he's still clueless about trains
Dave Zweifel: Why would we listen to a governor who saddled Wisconsin taxpayers with $70 million to cancel a train project that was already paid for by the federal government?
captimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dave Zweifel: Why would we listen to a governor who saddled Wisconsin taxpayers with $70 million to cancel a train project that was already paid for by the federal government?
Not gonna lie, that gelatinous aspic pie seems weirdly appealing, but the rest of this thread is just horrifying.
“Y’ALL COME EAT: Thanksgiving Dinner Bombardment Ver. Pt.5: Food Dessertion” ❤️🙂👍🏾
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Not gonna lie, that gelatinous aspic pie seems weirdly appealing, but the rest of this thread is just horrifying.
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BTD - James Agee - Poet, novelist, screenwriter, film critic, documentarian, diarist
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
BTD - James Agee - Poet, novelist, screenwriter, film critic, documentarian, diarist
Fellow celiacs! I finally found a decent gluten-free puff pastry dough!
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Fellow celiacs! I finally found a decent gluten-free puff pastry dough!