Asperas Bompar
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New Yorker ⬛ "The planet rests in silent meditation. The terror of the species its proof." —E. Thacker
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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...
whtwnd.com
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
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
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New: Before getting a multi-million dollar contract from Mayor Adams’ admin to install “panic buttons” in NYC public schools, Florida-based SOS Technologies hired the lobbying firm founded and operated by Frank Carone, Adams' longtime political confidant. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/01/c...
Co. that won big bucks ‘panic button’ deal for NYC schools hired firm of Adams’ ally Frank Carone
Before getting a multi-million dollar contract from Mayor Adams’ administration to install “panic buttons” in city public schools, a Florida tech company hired the lobbying and co…
www.nydailynews.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New: Before getting a multi-million dollar contract from Mayor Adams’ admin to install “panic buttons” in NYC public schools, Florida-based SOS Technologies hired the lobbying firm founded and operated by Frank Carone, Adams' longtime political confidant. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/01/c...
My grandparents didn't have their neighborhood razed just so Netflix could make The Power Broker into some prestige drama!!! Give it the mecha anime treatment it deserves you bastards!!!!
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My grandparents didn't have their neighborhood razed just so Netflix could make The Power Broker into some prestige drama!!! Give it the mecha anime treatment it deserves you bastards!!!!
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Every day I get angrier abt that wretched Harper’s Letter, and the broader feckless, bothsider-poisoned media environment that treated it as legit.
I’m profoundly disappointed in the left-leaning types who gave reputational cover to a nakedly bad-faith doc.
And furious at the on-going silence.
I’m profoundly disappointed in the left-leaning types who gave reputational cover to a nakedly bad-faith doc.
And furious at the on-going silence.
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Every day I get angrier abt that wretched Harper’s Letter, and the broader feckless, bothsider-poisoned media environment that treated it as legit.
I’m profoundly disappointed in the left-leaning types who gave reputational cover to a nakedly bad-faith doc.
And furious at the on-going silence.
I’m profoundly disappointed in the left-leaning types who gave reputational cover to a nakedly bad-faith doc.
And furious at the on-going silence.
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A month ago it was 389 pages. Now Grokipedia has pulled in Tedium links in 1,336 pages.
Worse, check the recent search results for "tedium.co" on Google.
#Grokipedia is not just nicking content from Wikipedia. It is stealing from independent publishers.
Worse, check the recent search results for "tedium.co" on Google.
#Grokipedia is not just nicking content from Wikipedia. It is stealing from independent publishers.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A month ago it was 389 pages. Now Grokipedia has pulled in Tedium links in 1,336 pages.
Worse, check the recent search results for "tedium.co" on Google.
#Grokipedia is not just nicking content from Wikipedia. It is stealing from independent publishers.
Worse, check the recent search results for "tedium.co" on Google.
#Grokipedia is not just nicking content from Wikipedia. It is stealing from independent publishers.
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SmartTube’s official APK was compromised with malware — What you should do if you use it
SmartTube’s official APK was compromised with malware — What you should do if you use it
Earlier this week, the developer of SmartTube, the most popular alternative YouTube app for Android TV and Fire TV devices, announced that his app's digital signature had been exposed. A new version of...
www.aftvnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
SmartTube’s official APK was compromised with malware — What you should do if you use it
It's 20 years after Katrina and we're still doing this shit???
Authorities report that some residents of flood-hit Sumatra have resorted to looting, seeking food and water. The floods, which began nearly a week ago, have killed 303 people and displaced thousands.
Sumatra residents loot for food and water after deadly floods
Authorities report that some residents of flood-hit Sumatra have resorted to looting, seeking food and water.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's 20 years after Katrina and we're still doing this shit???
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🚨 STATEMENT: NYers Rally to Protect Neighbors on Canal Street, NYPD Clears ICE’s Path
"New York is a sanctuary city, and the NYPD has no business collaborating with ICE." Murad Awawdeh
"New York is a sanctuary city, and the NYPD has no business collaborating with ICE." Murad Awawdeh
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨 STATEMENT: NYers Rally to Protect Neighbors on Canal Street, NYPD Clears ICE’s Path
"New York is a sanctuary city, and the NYPD has no business collaborating with ICE." Murad Awawdeh
"New York is a sanctuary city, and the NYPD has no business collaborating with ICE." Murad Awawdeh
After getting 10 years use out of a set of liquidation sale office chairs, I finally got a nice upholstered accent chair I can actually relax in. When the medical examiner scrapes my melted skin off it, I'll have a smile on my face.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
After getting 10 years use out of a set of liquidation sale office chairs, I finally got a nice upholstered accent chair I can actually relax in. When the medical examiner scrapes my melted skin off it, I'll have a smile on my face.
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Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
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Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Lab experiment examines claims that
(1) humans are susceptible to flattery from computers and
(2) the effects of flattery from computers are the same as the effects of flattery from humans.
-from 'Silicon sycophants,' research from nearly 30 years ago.
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5545/8ec25f1...
(1) humans are susceptible to flattery from computers and
(2) the effects of flattery from computers are the same as the effects of flattery from humans.
-from 'Silicon sycophants,' research from nearly 30 years ago.
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5545/8ec25f1...
pdfs.semanticscholar.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lab experiment examines claims that
(1) humans are susceptible to flattery from computers and
(2) the effects of flattery from computers are the same as the effects of flattery from humans.
-from 'Silicon sycophants,' research from nearly 30 years ago.
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5545/8ec25f1...
(1) humans are susceptible to flattery from computers and
(2) the effects of flattery from computers are the same as the effects of flattery from humans.
-from 'Silicon sycophants,' research from nearly 30 years ago.
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5545/8ec25f1...
The scale of evil being done by people in power is the kind of thing multi-generational curses are made of
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The scale of evil being done by people in power is the kind of thing multi-generational curses are made of
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trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
"…HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YER MEAT?!"
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"…HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YER MEAT?!"
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Giger's version of the chest-bursting Alien was rejected for being too turkey-like.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Original Hank Ketcham art with my new favorite design for a centaur.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Original Hank Ketcham art with my new favorite design for a centaur.
apropos of nothing, I would like to give thanks to William Golding for writing "sucks to your ass-mar!" which is the only line of any novel permanently inscribed into my brain
A quote from Lord of the Flies
Sucks to your ass-mar!
www.goodreads.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
apropos of nothing, I would like to give thanks to William Golding for writing "sucks to your ass-mar!" which is the only line of any novel permanently inscribed into my brain
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Most-asked ICE question
If a turkey is pardoned one year are they up for grabs the next year?
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Most-asked ICE question
The truth is more parochial: the delegations from Manhattan and Queens have essentially traded the speakership between themselves in the era of the modern Council, with only one outlier (Melissa Mark-Viverito) with a district that was in Manhattan but also included the Bronx.
The city council under Eric Adams was a progressive counter to the mayor; with Julie Menin locking the race for city council speaker today, it looks like the council will be a centrist counter to him.
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The truth is more parochial: the delegations from Manhattan and Queens have essentially traded the speakership between themselves in the era of the modern Council, with only one outlier (Melissa Mark-Viverito) with a district that was in Manhattan but also included the Bronx.