Jesse Raub
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Jesse Raub
@jesseraub.bsky.social
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
non stop MinnCon can wear you down
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
i tried playing this for my partner and she didn’t get through 10 seconds
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
my dad took me to see marc cohn at the lake harriett bandshell when i was 8 and it was raining so we saw walking in memphis and then got ice cream at sebastian joe’s these are all references basically only for @douglasmack.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
i always try to prepare myself to be able to rip that song in karaoke but this part of the song makes me break down in tears every time i try to sing it in the car anyway congrats demar congrats russ congrats zach domas this one’s for you
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
my favorite way to watch TV is to point at the screen when i see a guy i know and only register his actual name and never learn who he’s supposed to be in the show
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
waiting for General Electric to build me a more practical TARS unit
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Babbette’s Feast’s Revenge
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
do it for the culture
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
both, basically. but that was the best pitch i sent there, by far
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
it certainly gave me a level of confidence that has not been reinforced by pitches since
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
my The Holiday piece for Bright Wall/Dark Room, which i somehow landed as a pitch and not a spec draft, like they normally ask for

www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/12/15/t...
No One Gets A Holiday From Death | The Holiday (2006)
Instead of being a love letter to films of old, The Holiday is almost an elegy for a world Meyers knows is about to die.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"who wants to break the sound barrier at the park"
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"as a dad, i lift heavy so i can carry my kid around all day"

yeah well as an uncle i do infinite swings so i can turn your daughter into a F-16 Super Hornet for an hour straight
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
see it made sense
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
one funny related story is that i thought david morse and hardcore holly were the same guy and i was like “what’s hardcore holly doing in dancer in the dark”
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
it is linked elsewhere in this thread
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM