Raúl A. Astruga
@ralastruga.bsky.social
Former Comic-Book Guy.
Guardian-reading, tofu-eating, anti-growth wokerati. He/Him
Lore Medieval.🕵️♂️
Coding. Teaching. Learning. Chaotic good.
Banner image: Myth - ZX Spectrum (not my art)
Profile Image: Night Owl (totally my art)
Guardian-reading, tofu-eating, anti-growth wokerati. He/Him
Lore Medieval.🕵️♂️
Coding. Teaching. Learning. Chaotic good.
Banner image: Myth - ZX Spectrum (not my art)
Profile Image: Night Owl (totally my art)
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Raúl A. Astruga
@ralastruga.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Roberto Calasso, The Art of Fiction No. 217
“The author is the successor of the saint, everyone respects the author.”
www.theparisreview.org
It's the day after friday, so here I come with another #FridayRevelation, a post about something that have been a discovery, a revelation or source that have been important for my developing as a former comic-book guy and Guardian-reading, tofu-eating anti-growth wokerati. Today: Roberto Calasso.
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Acabo de montar esta guía express de recomendaciones para un asunto pensando en que los busque o cotillee gente que a lo mejor nunca se ha leído un cómic
Lo primero que me vino a la cabeza yo qué sé, no le di muchas vueltas, pero bueno si me vino igual fue por algo
Lo primero que me vino a la cabeza yo qué sé, no le di muchas vueltas, pero bueno si me vino igual fue por algo
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Acabo de montar esta guía express de recomendaciones para un asunto pensando en que los busque o cotillee gente que a lo mejor nunca se ha leído un cómic
Lo primero que me vino a la cabeza yo qué sé, no le di muchas vueltas, pero bueno si me vino igual fue por algo
Lo primero que me vino a la cabeza yo qué sé, no le di muchas vueltas, pero bueno si me vino igual fue por algo
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In case you needed another reason to play The Red Strings Club.
January 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM
In case you needed another reason to play The Red Strings Club.
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l'Abbaye des Morts update is going pretty well.
- All graphics revisited (same style)
- New bitmap font
- Retro accuracy slightly enhanced
- Faster and smoother (60 fps)
- Enemy patterns spiced up a bit
- Jump reconfigured for consistency
- Minor map fixes here and there
- Better rhythm
- Bezel bg
- All graphics revisited (same style)
- New bitmap font
- Retro accuracy slightly enhanced
- Faster and smoother (60 fps)
- Enemy patterns spiced up a bit
- Jump reconfigured for consistency
- Minor map fixes here and there
- Better rhythm
- Bezel bg
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
l'Abbaye des Morts update is going pretty well.
- All graphics revisited (same style)
- New bitmap font
- Retro accuracy slightly enhanced
- Faster and smoother (60 fps)
- Enemy patterns spiced up a bit
- Jump reconfigured for consistency
- Minor map fixes here and there
- Better rhythm
- Bezel bg
- All graphics revisited (same style)
- New bitmap font
- Retro accuracy slightly enhanced
- Faster and smoother (60 fps)
- Enemy patterns spiced up a bit
- Jump reconfigured for consistency
- Minor map fixes here and there
- Better rhythm
- Bezel bg
As Gary Lineker famoulsy said, " #chess is a game where do players push pieces for a number of minutes, and #MagnusCarlsen always wins"
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As Gary Lineker famoulsy said, " #chess is a game where do players push pieces for a number of minutes, and #MagnusCarlsen always wins"
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NEW TITLE 📯📯📯
INCANDESCENT
Mariana Pita
Helena is a college dropout hiding away with her grandmother in a small town in the interior of Portugal when she finds a small amulet that gives her powers she cannot control.
INCANDESCENT
Mariana Pita
Helena is a college dropout hiding away with her grandmother in a small town in the interior of Portugal when she finds a small amulet that gives her powers she cannot control.
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW TITLE 📯📯📯
INCANDESCENT
Mariana Pita
Helena is a college dropout hiding away with her grandmother in a small town in the interior of Portugal when she finds a small amulet that gives her powers she cannot control.
INCANDESCENT
Mariana Pita
Helena is a college dropout hiding away with her grandmother in a small town in the interior of Portugal when she finds a small amulet that gives her powers she cannot control.
"The Owl, her kind", new zine in Miriam Navarro Prieto's Etsy store. It's a sacrilegous poem about owl-girls and it features some nice medieval stones.
Don't miss it!
Don't miss it!
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The Owl, her kind", new zine in Miriam Navarro Prieto's Etsy store. It's a sacrilegous poem about owl-girls and it features some nice medieval stones.
Don't miss it!
Don't miss it!
Si no te enciende el incendio de la Sierra de la Culebra o el asesinato de un ciervo contra la voluntad de miles de vecinos, este fanzine-poema no es para tí.
A borbotones de su hendidura, por Miriam Navarro Prieto, disponible en Etsy
#Zamora #SierraDeLaCulebra #IF #Incendios #Carlitos
A borbotones de su hendidura, por Miriam Navarro Prieto, disponible en Etsy
#Zamora #SierraDeLaCulebra #IF #Incendios #Carlitos
www.etsy.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Si no te enciende el incendio de la Sierra de la Culebra o el asesinato de un ciervo contra la voluntad de miles de vecinos, este fanzine-poema no es para tí.
A borbotones de su hendidura, por Miriam Navarro Prieto, disponible en Etsy
#Zamora #SierraDeLaCulebra #IF #Incendios #Carlitos
A borbotones de su hendidura, por Miriam Navarro Prieto, disponible en Etsy
#Zamora #SierraDeLaCulebra #IF #Incendios #Carlitos
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This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
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They call you the Gentleman Scoundrel, because no one knows your name ... yet.
Taunt the powerful, canonize your crew, reach into the ghost field, and more in this writing game based on solo RPG fave Gentleman Bandit, set in the world of Blades in the Dark 🔪
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
Taunt the powerful, canonize your crew, reach into the ghost field, and more in this writing game based on solo RPG fave Gentleman Bandit, set in the world of Blades in the Dark 🔪
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
Gentleman Scoundrel | A Blades in the Dark Solo RPG by allison arth
A Doskvol poetry RPG for 1+
allisonarth.itch.io
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
They call you the Gentleman Scoundrel, because no one knows your name ... yet.
Taunt the powerful, canonize your crew, reach into the ghost field, and more in this writing game based on solo RPG fave Gentleman Bandit, set in the world of Blades in the Dark 🔪
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
Taunt the powerful, canonize your crew, reach into the ghost field, and more in this writing game based on solo RPG fave Gentleman Bandit, set in the world of Blades in the Dark 🔪
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
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I keep forgetting to post on here, but we recently came out with a book & have another coming out tomorrow! 🦌✨✨✨
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I keep forgetting to post on here, but we recently came out with a book & have another coming out tomorrow! 🦌✨✨✨
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#OtD 30 Nov 1999 the WTO meeting in Seattle was disrupted by big protests as people blockaded streets to prevent it taking place. Police attacked violently, and rioting broke out downtown hitting headlines and sparking a global anti-capitalist movt stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1999 the WTO meeting in Seattle was disrupted by big protests as people blockaded streets to prevent it taking place. Police attacked violently, and rioting broke out downtown hitting headlines and sparking a global anti-capitalist movt stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
Maratoniano torneo disputado en Goa, India, que ha coronado al GM uzbeco Javokhir Sindarov como el campeón más joven de la historia de la Copa del Mundo de la FIDE, con 19 años. El himno oficial compuesto por una de las estrellas del pop bollywoodiense. Lo del ajedrez en la India es otro nivel.
FIDE World Cup 2025 Official Anthem
YouTube video by ChessBase India
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Maratoniano torneo disputado en Goa, India, que ha coronado al GM uzbeco Javokhir Sindarov como el campeón más joven de la historia de la Copa del Mundo de la FIDE, con 19 años. El himno oficial compuesto por una de las estrellas del pop bollywoodiense. Lo del ajedrez en la India es otro nivel.
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#OtD 23 Nov 1887 the Thibodaux massacre occurred when Louisiana militia shot and killed at least 50 unarmed Black sugar workers in the Knights of Labor striking for a wage in cash (not company scrip) and lynched two strike leaders stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9593...
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#OtD 23 Nov 1887 the Thibodaux massacre occurred when Louisiana militia shot and killed at least 50 unarmed Black sugar workers in the Knights of Labor striking for a wage in cash (not company scrip) and lynched two strike leaders stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9593...
No doubt, it was Venger
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
No doubt, it was Venger
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Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy Halloween!
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Did you know that you can browse thousands of our stories on our free, interactive, online Map? We've got stories of people's history of resistance and rebellion from over 200 countries and dependencies. Check them out at map.workingclasshistory.com/
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Did you know that you can browse thousands of our stories on our free, interactive, online Map? We've got stories of people's history of resistance and rebellion from over 200 countries and dependencies. Check them out at map.workingclasshistory.com/
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Se viene libro nuevo en Noviembre.
Es bastante distinto a mis publicaciones editoriales anteriores y más cercano a mis zines.
De hecho es el desarrollo de “parque de perros” convertido a una historia de 80 páginas.
Un híbrido entre el cómic y el álbum ilustrado. Y completamente mudo.
Es bastante distinto a mis publicaciones editoriales anteriores y más cercano a mis zines.
De hecho es el desarrollo de “parque de perros” convertido a una historia de 80 páginas.
Un híbrido entre el cómic y el álbum ilustrado. Y completamente mudo.
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Se viene libro nuevo en Noviembre.
Es bastante distinto a mis publicaciones editoriales anteriores y más cercano a mis zines.
De hecho es el desarrollo de “parque de perros” convertido a una historia de 80 páginas.
Un híbrido entre el cómic y el álbum ilustrado. Y completamente mudo.
Es bastante distinto a mis publicaciones editoriales anteriores y más cercano a mis zines.
De hecho es el desarrollo de “parque de perros” convertido a una historia de 80 páginas.
Un híbrido entre el cómic y el álbum ilustrado. Y completamente mudo.
Reposted by Raúl A. Astruga
Antiguamente (y aún se mantiene en muchos pueblos), existían diferentes toques de campana para dar diferentes mensajes: misa, una boda, defunción, incendio, procesión … El toque del Tentenublo (que viene a significar Detente, nublado) se daba cuando llegaba tormenta.
youtu.be/8oWCCUBZv0k?...
youtu.be/8oWCCUBZv0k?...
Toque de tentenublo
YouTube video by TENTENUBLO
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Antiguamente (y aún se mantiene en muchos pueblos), existían diferentes toques de campana para dar diferentes mensajes: misa, una boda, defunción, incendio, procesión … El toque del Tentenublo (que viene a significar Detente, nublado) se daba cuando llegaba tormenta.
youtu.be/8oWCCUBZv0k?...
youtu.be/8oWCCUBZv0k?...
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Danya was a Chess Life magazine columnist from 2014 through 2020, writing a monthly column on endgames.
Now, all of his columns can be downloaded as one .pdf file here (no US Chess membership required):
#Naroditsky #Danya
t.co/0O2MvthaM5
Now, all of his columns can be downloaded as one .pdf file here (no US Chess membership required):
#Naroditsky #Danya
t.co/0O2MvthaM5
https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/naroditsky/The_Practical_Endgame_2014-2020.pdf
t.co
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Danya was a Chess Life magazine columnist from 2014 through 2020, writing a monthly column on endgames.
Now, all of his columns can be downloaded as one .pdf file here (no US Chess membership required):
#Naroditsky #Danya
t.co/0O2MvthaM5
Now, all of his columns can be downloaded as one .pdf file here (no US Chess membership required):
#Naroditsky #Danya
t.co/0O2MvthaM5
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this is just horrible. everything is wrong and getting wronger.
may his memory be a blessing.
may his memory be a blessing.
GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
this is just horrible. everything is wrong and getting wronger.
may his memory be a blessing.
may his memory be a blessing.
Damn. RIP, Danya
A tribute to an amazing chess personality - Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025)
YouTube video by ChessBase India
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Damn. RIP, Danya