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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub

@jesseraub.bsky.social

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writer and coffee professional, formerly at Serious Eats, stuff in Bon Appetit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Vulture, HAD, Polygon, and other places. I also have a newsletter: https://linktr.ee/jesseraub

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Nov 10

okay, here's thread of links to all my published pieces:

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 10h

showed up late to work and they put me in the boyfriend room. my coworkers are out doing their job and it’s just me on a couch with some guy with a backwards hat asking what i do for work

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

hired by the spaghetti lobby to improve the image of spaghetti by making rigatoni the new joke pasta

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 16h

in fact, we can't stop hiring. we keep losing employees to... incidents

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 19h

that’s right

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 19h

on the internet, more and more portmanteaus are becoming the official word for new tech-backed features. for example, the word “blog” is combination of the words “big” and “log”

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 19h

oof

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21h

Some stories about my friend Kaleb, on the occasion of his funeral:

channel-6.ghost.io/its-just-dif...

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT VALLEYS, THAT'S ALL

Kaleb Horton has departed this life, and for those left behind there is nothing that reconciles any part of what’s happened with what should’ve happened. He had a family, grieving now. He had friends,...

channel-6.ghost.io

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 22h

AH, WELL. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

that’s right

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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 4d

A'ja Wilson is a demon from hell (complimentary)

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

absolutely wild

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actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 1d

[eminem voice] there’s vomit all over this jabroni, it’s rigatoni

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

and i got [RIGATONI] and ketchup

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

making that classy spaghetti money. spaghetti served on a crystal platter. only eaten by man in tux. fed by white glove butler

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

sometimes the simplest food is the tastiest

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

picture this: the most disgusting slob you’ve ever seen tripping and spilling his plate of rigatoni

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

hired by the spaghetti lobby to improve the image of spaghetti by making rigatoni the new joke pasta

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

picnic

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

simple dill potato salad and grilled gochugaru chicken thighs

the above food in a blue bowl on a wood table

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

One Battle After Another: Few Small Beers Edition

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

smart, easier to remember that way

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

it's maddening. i had to do two weeks for my vasectomy and it was nuts

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

just saying this louder and louder and louder until my vocal chords permanently shred themselves out of existence

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

yes! the dirty martini is just right on track with double IPAs in 2012—take a drink most people don't really like (classic martini, beer) and push it to the extreme to flavor blast it

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 1d

Here I am in Slate, bravely coming out in favor of sweet, wet martinis (they gave this a more dramatic headline than intended but I stand by my feelings) slate.com/life/2025/10...

One of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There’s Hope on the Horizon.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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