Jakob Cansler
@jhcansler.bsky.social
Assistant Editor @wpr.bsky.social | Washington, DC
“I used to steal birds for a living but now I’m a newspaper man.”
- Mr. Fox
“I used to steal birds for a living but now I’m a newspaper man.”
- Mr. Fox
This really surprised me: For all the talk of an isolationist trend in American politics, the amount of people who think the US should play at least a major role in world affairs is still well above water and has barely dropped in the 21st century
news.gallup.com/poll/116350/...
news.gallup.com/poll/116350/...
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This really surprised me: For all the talk of an isolationist trend in American politics, the amount of people who think the US should play at least a major role in world affairs is still well above water and has barely dropped in the 21st century
news.gallup.com/poll/116350/...
news.gallup.com/poll/116350/...
I spent ten minutes staring at this
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I spent ten minutes staring at this
Went down an insane rabbit hole this morning of articles from around 2013 comparing Mark Carney to George Clooney
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Went down an insane rabbit hole this morning of articles from around 2013 comparing Mark Carney to George Clooney
WHCD weekend off to a great start here
April 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
WHCD weekend off to a great start here
ngl this is what I thought journalism would be like
April 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
ngl this is what I thought journalism would be like
I thought I was having a stroke reading this
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I thought I was having a stroke reading this
It’s here - the March Madness bracket you’ve all been waiting for…
I present: The Official 2025 Hot Coach Bracket
I present: The Official 2025 Hot Coach Bracket
March 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s here - the March Madness bracket you’ve all been waiting for…
I present: The Official 2025 Hot Coach Bracket
I present: The Official 2025 Hot Coach Bracket
Zelenskyy’s primary audience is now Europe - it may have been already, but it certainly is now
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zelenskyy’s primary audience is now Europe - it may have been already, but it certainly is now
BACON FAT COOKIE DAY
December 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
BACON FAT COOKIE DAY
I am going to scream into a pillow for four hours tonight
December 2, 2024 at 11:14 PM
I am going to scream into a pillow for four hours tonight
This is how every new Trump cabinet announcement has found me
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This is how every new Trump cabinet announcement has found me
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June 25, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Cannot believe I missed this last week
May 21, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Cannot believe I missed this last week
Since the Charles portrait got so much hate I wanna give a shoutout to my fav royal portrait - of the former Spanish king and his family by Antonio Lopez, which took 20 years to make
May 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Since the Charles portrait got so much hate I wanna give a shoutout to my fav royal portrait - of the former Spanish king and his family by Antonio Lopez, which took 20 years to make
I fear DC has now peaked as a city
February 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I fear DC has now peaked as a city
Olaf Scholz showing up in Washington today
February 9, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Olaf Scholz showing up in Washington today
we will never run out of milkshake ducks
February 8, 2024 at 6:19 PM
we will never run out of milkshake ducks
Do all winemaker collectives have graffiti tags or just the violent ones
January 23, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Do all winemaker collectives have graffiti tags or just the violent ones
am I legally obligated to like this artist
January 12, 2024 at 7:21 PM
am I legally obligated to like this artist
So many thoughts on this, but the biggest takeaway for me is that even the most conservative sports fanbase is still only at 58%
December 21, 2023 at 10:26 PM
So many thoughts on this, but the biggest takeaway for me is that even the most conservative sports fanbase is still only at 58%
I’ve seen quite a bit of this kind of humor on TikTok this year and I can’t decide if it would have happened if TikTok existed in 2015-16 or if trump’s arc so far is necessary as a precondition to laughing at him in this way. Leaning toward the former
October 17, 2023 at 12:11 AM
I’ve seen quite a bit of this kind of humor on TikTok this year and I can’t decide if it would have happened if TikTok existed in 2015-16 or if trump’s arc so far is necessary as a precondition to laughing at him in this way. Leaning toward the former
for the record this is all I picture when the headlines say “banana heir”
October 16, 2023 at 7:23 PM
for the record this is all I picture when the headlines say “banana heir”