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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 · 1h

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 · 2h

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 · 5h

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 · 6h

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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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 5h

ah, well. what are you gonna do

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Nov 25

LT. VNCENT HANNA: then don’t take down scores

NEIL MCCAULEY: …are you mad at me? it feels like you’re mad at me

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 25

so i’m sitting in a diner planning my next thrill-seeking liquor store holdup with my brand new Born To Lose tattoo still healing on my chest when over hear some guys talking at the next table saying i’m just looking to fuck up and get busted back! what the hell!

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

hit the three dots next to any post, and i think you can change the blanket settings to default to followers only

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

that feature has been here for a bit now!

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

oh man it gets so much better. death is this communion, snakes for the divine and my favorite: de vermiis mysteris

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 20h

nah, it’s definitely their punk album (accentuated by the albino production) but i love it when they get super dark and terrifying

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

that's right

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 7

posting Heat quotes like a 16 year old developing an intense 8 part conspiracy based on 23 seconds of Taylor Swift concert footage

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 5

martin herrero, who plays the lawyer in jurassic park, is the construction clerk who sells chris shiherles the explosives in heat

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 23h

Heat 2 news dropped :)

Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 23h

so true

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Aug 20

sunday morning let’s go

in this house we believe:

don’t let yourself get attached to anything you’re not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat when you feel the heat around the corner

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 6

when lieutenant vincent hanna asks me what i’m hungry for:

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 18

DJ VINCENT HANNA: okee doke you’re on the air with VH aka Donald Duck, and i’m just waitin to hear YOUR question

CALLER #1: hi there Vincent, first time long time, just wondering what you think about asses

DJ VINCENT HANNA: a… a woman’s ass?

CALLER #1: that’s right

DJ VINCENT HANNA: *sweating*

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Jesse “Sppooky Diplay Naame” Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Jan 25

all right, i’m at the club, like a flamenco-matador guy—i’m a dancer you know? then all of a sudden this lunatic approaches my brother, calls himself Donald Duck, and starts asking him about prison tats and “slick.” that’s life i guess!