Aaron Cohen
@unlikelywords.bsky.social
Dad and ice cream shop owner. Books, cats, baking, punk music, running. Carly Rae Jepsen appreciator. Kottke.org contributor.
Boston, USA
https://linktr.ee/gracies
Check out my children's book The Salty Avocado https://bookshop.org/a/3552/9781793381798
Boston, USA
https://linktr.ee/gracies
Check out my children's book The Salty Avocado https://bookshop.org/a/3552/9781793381798
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I saw the Cambridge Starter Pack to help make Bluesky more hyperlocal and got v jealous, so I made a Somerville version for people who live in/talk about Somerville.
If you're not on here and want to be, let me know.
If you're on here and don't want to be, also let me know.
go.bsky.app/7buWWYc
If you're not on here and want to be, let me know.
If you're on here and don't want to be, also let me know.
go.bsky.app/7buWWYc
What the fuck
I don’t even like ice cream.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
What the fuck
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I wish tumblr would embed videos from anywhere other than youtube nicely bc I need to share this with the tumblr HR girlies immediately lmfao
Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I wish tumblr would embed videos from anywhere other than youtube nicely bc I need to share this with the tumblr HR girlies immediately lmfao
People keep saying "they don't make good stuff anymore" and to that I say boo to them.
I’ve always said more popstars should duet with puppets, so Sabrina Carpenter and Kermit the Frog singing Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s ‘Island in a Stream’ as part of The Muppet Show’s latest special is perfect (to me). [instagram.com]
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
People keep saying "they don't make good stuff anymore" and to that I say boo to them.
Year 11 of me not knowing it was Ice Cream For Breakfast Day until it was too late to plan a promotion.
I wanted to give everyone enough time to prepare.
Tomorrow is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.
Rules are rules.
cc: @unlikelywords.bsky.social
Tomorrow is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.
Rules are rules.
cc: @unlikelywords.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Year 11 of me not knowing it was Ice Cream For Breakfast Day until it was too late to plan a promotion.
if the hardcore band's guitarist looks like this, you’re gonna feel like dying in that pit because the band sucks shit
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
if the hardcore band's guitarist looks like this, you’re gonna feel like dying in that pit because the band sucks shit
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
This picture doesn’t do it justice, but at the bottom of my pint of cookie dough, there was a baby’s fist-sized chunk of cookie dough just hanging out. Very delightful.
Remember folks, we pack everything by hand at Gracie’s so there’s always a chance this could happen in one of your pints, too!
Remember folks, we pack everything by hand at Gracie’s so there’s always a chance this could happen in one of your pints, too!
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This picture doesn’t do it justice, but at the bottom of my pint of cookie dough, there was a baby’s fist-sized chunk of cookie dough just hanging out. Very delightful.
Remember folks, we pack everything by hand at Gracie’s so there’s always a chance this could happen in one of your pints, too!
Remember folks, we pack everything by hand at Gracie’s so there’s always a chance this could happen in one of your pints, too!
I’m like this for Yugoslavia.
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 AM
I’m like this for Yugoslavia.
This is a very bad thing. Also there were 94,793 polling places in 2022, and if you believe DHS, there are 22K ICE agents? They don't have the horses to do all the bad things they want to do at the scale they want to do it. Dooming about this helps them, not you (or us).
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
This is a very bad thing. Also there were 94,793 polling places in 2022, and if you believe DHS, there are 22K ICE agents? They don't have the horses to do all the bad things they want to do at the scale they want to do it. Dooming about this helps them, not you (or us).
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Three toots!
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Three toots!
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Aaron Cohen has never done anything wrong in his whole life, pass it on
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Aaron Cohen has never done anything wrong in his whole life, pass it on
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aaron's a content creator now, i don't make the rules
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
aaron's a content creator now, i don't make the rules
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February 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
You're not allowed to do this at Target, but you are allowed to do this at GRACIE'S ICE CREAM at 22 Union Square, Somerville USA.
Make good shopping decisions, everyone.
Make good shopping decisions, everyone.
February 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
You're not allowed to do this at Target, but you are allowed to do this at GRACIE'S ICE CREAM at 22 Union Square, Somerville USA.
Make good shopping decisions, everyone.
Make good shopping decisions, everyone.
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Early this month, a wily coyote swam across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz. He was in such rough shape, observers thought he’d probably die, but he’s been snacking on birds and rodents and was recently observed fat as a pickle. [sfstandard.com]
Wily coyote who swam to Alcatraz gets ‘much fatter’ on prison island diet
Officials are monitoring if the canine is preying on the island’s seabirds.
sfstandard.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Early this month, a wily coyote swam across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz. He was in such rough shape, observers thought he’d probably die, but he’s been snacking on birds and rodents and was recently observed fat as a pickle. [sfstandard.com]
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This haiku marks 10 years of writing a haiku about kids/parenting every night, the last year+ on here, the ones before that on the other site. I like doing it because it forces me to reflect on the day. It'd be cool to put them all out in a book someday. In the meantime, thanks for reading!
I asked if he felt
Older, he said he’s not 10
Until 2:03.
Older, he said he’s not 10
Until 2:03.
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 AM
This haiku marks 10 years of writing a haiku about kids/parenting every night, the last year+ on here, the ones before that on the other site. I like doing it because it forces me to reflect on the day. It'd be cool to put them all out in a book someday. In the meantime, thanks for reading!
This haiku marks 10 years of writing a haiku about kids/parenting every night, the last year+ on here, the ones before that on the other site. I like doing it because it forces me to reflect on the day. It'd be cool to put them all out in a book someday. In the meantime, thanks for reading!
I asked if he felt
Older, he said he’s not 10
Until 2:03.
Older, he said he’s not 10
Until 2:03.
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 AM
This haiku marks 10 years of writing a haiku about kids/parenting every night, the last year+ on here, the ones before that on the other site. I like doing it because it forces me to reflect on the day. It'd be cool to put them all out in a book someday. In the meantime, thanks for reading!
One time when I was a tour manager in the very early 2000s, we had a show in Santa Barbara and these randos said we could crash at their house so we went back to their place where they made us stay up until 5am watching MMA. The next morning when we were leaving ...
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One time when I was a tour manager in the very early 2000s, we had a show in Santa Barbara and these randos said we could crash at their house so we went back to their place where they made us stay up until 5am watching MMA. The next morning when we were leaving ...
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pints? ugh. I only buy ice cream in 473mL containers
Roughly 100% of profits from this flavor will be donated to Bagly.org to assist in their efforts to support LGBTQ+ youth in Boston. Available today! Pints only! In the shop and at our wholesale retailers!
BAGLY
Bagly.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
pints? ugh. I only buy ice cream in 473mL containers
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I would never endorse going to Boston but if anyone else happens to be going to Boston for some reason, PLEASE get this ice cream in my honor
Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I would never endorse going to Boston but if anyone else happens to be going to Boston for some reason, PLEASE get this ice cream in my honor
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Boston, go get this.
Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Boston, go get this.
I promise this video will be in THE top five for best ice cream shop video you watch on Bluesky dot com today. Deleted an earlier version of this post that had too many typoes.
Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I promise this video will be in THE top five for best ice cream shop video you watch on Bluesky dot com today. Deleted an earlier version of this post that had too many typoes.
If you want to know the difference between groundhogs and woodchucks, this post tells you.
One of my favorite posts I ever wrote for @kottke.org was about groundhogs. Read to the end for a surprise.
Phil and Phyllis Punxsutawney Had Babies
Punxsutawney Phil and his mate Phyllis have had babies and both of the articles I read about this deeply weirded me out. Listen, I get it, you don’t get to be P
kottke.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you want to know the difference between groundhogs and woodchucks, this post tells you.
ICE CREAM WEATHER
Unfortunately, if it hadn't happened, we would have set a new record
I believe we were at 9 days and the record is 16 and the ten day forecast is absolutely bleak
www.extremeweatherwatch.com/streak-finde...
I believe we were at 9 days and the record is 16 and the ten day forecast is absolutely bleak
www.extremeweatherwatch.com/streak-finde...
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
ICE CREAM WEATHER