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Asperas Bompar

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 11d

As an experiment, I'm sharing my list of books I've read/reading as a WhiteWind long-form blogging post (see: @whtwnd.com)

WhiteWind is a sister site to BlueSky also built on @atproto.com.

You can use it with your Bsky credentials, too.

#BookSky #Philosophy #Fiction #Literature #SciFi #Horror

Book List | Asperas Bompar

This is my reading list starting ca. 2025. This is mainly an experiment with using both BlueSky and WhiteWind together. Starting Soon Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval Tentacles Longer Than Night by Euge...

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 35m

I wish he didn't have to do this, but in the end he has to govern the city. Can't do that under threat of tanks.

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 41m

just not warrior promos, because the spaceship of politics cannot handle so much rocket fuel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oclf...

The Ultimate Warrior Load The Spaceship With The Rocket Fuel

YouTube video by SnickersAufmMars

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 6h

Being told to go and get your fucking shinebox isn't a job offer, FYI

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 6h

New: Mayor Adams told senior staffers today he has received at least one offer for a post-City Hall job, per four sources.

He didn't share details, but two of the sources said he described it as an opportunity "of a lifetime" second to being mayor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/15/n...

NYC Mayor Adams tells staff he has been offered a new job: sources

Two of the sources told The News the mayor did say the job offer or offers he has received would amount to an opportunity “of a lifetime” second to being mayor of New York City.

www.nydailynews.com

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 6h

These are uncanny, it's like the real ABC TGIF lineup collided into the "Too Many Cooks" / Bojack Horseman parody of itself

a stuffed cat is playing a piano keyboard in a kitchen .

ALT: a stuffed cat is playing a piano keyboard in a kitchen .

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 21h

Mind you: Reilly is an ex-cop. He's probably said far worse.

Tracey Porpora @traceyporpora.bsky.social · 23h

Assemblymember Mike Reilly has fired his chief of staff due to alleged comments made in a text thread among a group of young Republican leaders from across the country.

Staten Island Republican fires chief of staff over alleged ‘troubling’ comments, including ‘I love Hitler’

The alleged texts exchanged via Telegram chats among young Republican leaders was obtained by Politico over a seven month period.

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues in POLITICO's New York bureau worked hard to put together this important piece of accountability reporting — please make some time to read it.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

When Prince died, D'Angelo went on the Tonight Show to perform Sometimes it Snows in April, a heart wrenching rendition. Please listen in memory of D'Angelo.

It looks like the original video is no longer on youtube. But, here is the recording.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeV7...

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power D'Angelo. (Also, fuck 2025!!!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qz...

Africa

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

Attacking "Starbucks Brooklyn" is rich coming from a guy whose district literally includes Canarsie, birthplace of Starbucks founder Howard Schultz.

Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 1d

At New York’s West Indian American Day Parade this summer, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader — who has still withheld his endorsement of the nominee — made a pointed distinction between “jerk-chicken Brooklyn” and “Starbucks Brooklyn.” Mamdani moves easily through both.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

Fiction writers who put explicit references to their inspirations into their works are mostly name-dropping to market themselves.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! And in the genre it reeks the worst when you catch a writer trying to direct a special effects department —you don't need CGI in a book!

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

It's incredible, they could both be standalone album covers. Lose Your Illusion I and Lose Your Illusion II

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

More light audiobook listening. The accents are a treat.

The cover image for Michel Faber's Under the Skin

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 1d

When you reply STOP to campaign spam texts

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

Recommended: Ze Frank YouTube shorts www.youtube.com/shorts/6fOYQ...

Let's face it lemurs are cute especially the bebes.... #truefacts #lemurs

YouTube video by Ze Frank

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

He's become a good billionaire.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Doug Lebda, the founder and CEO of LendingTree, died following an all-terrain vehicle crash. He was 55.

LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda killed in ATV accident, Charlotte fintech says

Doug Lebda also founded LendingTree, which offers online tools to connect borrowers with lenders. The board has named a new CEO.

www.charlotteobserver.com

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

#metalsky #doomsky #collapse

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, I think I would be okay with keeping Columbus Day if it were commemorated rather than celebrated.

But in the modern world, most especially America, are simply bad at days of mourning.

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

The pre-2020 thing is so real. I actually wonder if this poisons the algorithm against discovery of new long form audio content.

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

It goes beyond that genre. It's hitting almost every genre of instrumental music that I listen to, from ambient to jazz.

It hit right around the time that YouTube demonetized videos with AI narration, so I think it's where those scammers moved to.

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

If you're talking about Duffy, I notice that the he speaks in nothing but stock Trump cliches. He is an obsequious Smithers-type. It is pathetic.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News picking up an anti-Mamdani story from The Free Press and...misspelling his name. Oy.

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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

Are the antifa in the room with us Mr. Duffy?

Were the antifa on the subway train you rode for only one station because you were afraid of soiling your big boy pants?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

They had to stop filming!

Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 2d

"(a) Offense.—Whoever knowingly aims the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, or at the flight path of such an aircraft, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."

U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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