Asperas Bompar
@asperasbompar.bsky.social
"Thou calledst me a dog before thou hadst a cause / But since I am a dog, beware my fangs."
Some fucking ghoul took over the Spotify account of the late #synthwave / #chillsynth artist Florida Skyline, and they're now posting AI slop.
Can anyone give me directions to get this fixed?
Can anyone give me directions to get this fixed?
January 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Some fucking ghoul took over the Spotify account of the late #synthwave / #chillsynth artist Florida Skyline, and they're now posting AI slop.
Can anyone give me directions to get this fixed?
Can anyone give me directions to get this fixed?
…and if the NYS legislature lets itself be bullied, look forward to Kathy Hochul having her State Troopers do the same whenever some cleric says you didn't show their idols sufficient piety
The feds have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who led the protest in a Minnesota church over the weekend.
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
A woman who led a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
…and if the NYS legislature lets itself be bullied, look forward to Kathy Hochul having her State Troopers do the same whenever some cleric says you didn't show their idols sufficient piety
Train Daddy = Trump Toady
Amtrak won't say whether it will make public its criteria for picking a contractor for its Trumpified Penn Station revamp. Their railroad rep stopped responding to Streetsblog's questions when pressed.
Amtrak Quietly Fast-Tracking Trump Penn Station Transformation - Streetsblog New York City
Amtrak won't say whether it will make public its criteria for picking a contractor for its Trumpified Penn Station revamp.
buff.ly
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Train Daddy = Trump Toady
Hopeful this is the beginning of the end of Staten Island's occupation of Southern Brooklyn.
Next step, an Assembly District that ends the partition of Bay Ridge that splits the Republicans two seats that exist solely to dispense patronage.
Next step, an Assembly District that ends the partition of Bay Ridge that splits the Republicans two seats that exist solely to dispense patronage.
If you thought we were done with redistricting in the year of our lord 2026, you'd unfortunately be wrong. A judge has ruled that NY-11 must be redrawn in a likely win for Democrats www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Latest redistricting drama could knock out NYC’s only congressional Republican
A state judge ruled that the Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district violates the state constitution and must be redrawn.
www.cityandstateny.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Hopeful this is the beginning of the end of Staten Island's occupation of Southern Brooklyn.
Next step, an Assembly District that ends the partition of Bay Ridge that splits the Republicans two seats that exist solely to dispense patronage.
Next step, an Assembly District that ends the partition of Bay Ridge that splits the Republicans two seats that exist solely to dispense patronage.
No Country for Old Men With Big Naturals
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
No Country for Old Men With Big Naturals
Southern Brooklyn to Staten Island
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Southern Brooklyn to Staten Island
Just got through Toni Morrison's Jazz and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and I really need suggestions for books that doesn't center on cheap off-page homicide.
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Just got through Toni Morrison's Jazz and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and I really need suggestions for books that doesn't center on cheap off-page homicide.
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Did you know @hootsuite.com has a contract with ICE?
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
Hootsuite could receive up to $2.8 million USD for contract with US immigration enforcement | BetaKit
Years after scrapping a contract with ICE, Hootsuite is providing monitoring technology to DHS.
betakit.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Did you know @hootsuite.com has a contract with ICE?
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
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Even 68% of Republicans. This is like Trump’s Metal Machine Music—a move so out there that even the fans can’t get into it.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Even 68% of Republicans. This is like Trump’s Metal Machine Music—a move so out there that even the fans can’t get into it.
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I don't think the good guys are usually trying to trick children into getting into their cars
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I don't think the good guys are usually trying to trick children into getting into their cars
Results of two weeks of lowering the volume on news and making better use of my @libbyapp.com subscription.
Paradise Logic (3.5⭐ out of 5) funny but a too cute at times.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (4⭐) the terror of mortifying memories stretched to novel length.
Paradise Logic (3.5⭐ out of 5) funny but a too cute at times.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (4⭐) the terror of mortifying memories stretched to novel length.
January 18, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Results of two weeks of lowering the volume on news and making better use of my @libbyapp.com subscription.
Paradise Logic (3.5⭐ out of 5) funny but a too cute at times.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (4⭐) the terror of mortifying memories stretched to novel length.
Paradise Logic (3.5⭐ out of 5) funny but a too cute at times.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (4⭐) the terror of mortifying memories stretched to novel length.
I took a couple of weeks completely off social media.
This wasn't a resolution; news just got so overwhelming so fast this year, the choice was between logging off and sensory overload.
This wasn't a resolution; news just got so overwhelming so fast this year, the choice was between logging off and sensory overload.
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I took a couple of weeks completely off social media.
This wasn't a resolution; news just got so overwhelming so fast this year, the choice was between logging off and sensory overload.
This wasn't a resolution; news just got so overwhelming so fast this year, the choice was between logging off and sensory overload.
Logging out and deleting The Apps.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Logging out and deleting The Apps.
Andrew Cuomo tells his landlord friends in Westchester what they're going to get out of Zohran Mamdani's Rent Guidelines Board:
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Andrew Cuomo tells his landlord friends in Westchester what they're going to get out of Zohran Mamdani's Rent Guidelines Board:
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Big victory for Zohran and the odds for a rent freeze 📈
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Big victory for Zohran and the odds for a rent freeze 📈
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The New York State Department of Health @nysdoh.bsky.social announces the state is experiencing the highest number of flu hospitalizations (4,546) recorded in a single week. That's 1,000 more flu hospitalizations than the prior week.
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The New York State Department of Health @nysdoh.bsky.social announces the state is experiencing the highest number of flu hospitalizations (4,546) recorded in a single week. That's 1,000 more flu hospitalizations than the prior week.
FWIW: there's a valid concerns about security and the Mayor's ability to communicate. But it wouldn't be a half bad use of public dollars to retrofit an older subway car to be the Mayor's HQ on the tracks.
Mayor Mamdani hasn't moved into Gracie Mansion yet and remains in his Astoria apartment for now, his team says. He expects to move at some point before his lease is up Jan. 30.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
FWIW: there's a valid concerns about security and the Mayor's ability to communicate. But it wouldn't be a half bad use of public dollars to retrofit an older subway car to be the Mayor's HQ on the tracks.
Flying taxis and self-driving cars are hogwash solutions. So are the so-called micromobility solutions (scooters, ebikes, etc.)
Buses move 40-60 people in the most space-efficient manner, and yet have routes impeded by assholes on slow scooters carrying 1 guy + cargo for treatlers.
Buses move 40-60 people in the most space-efficient manner, and yet have routes impeded by assholes on slow scooters carrying 1 guy + cargo for treatlers.
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Flying taxis and self-driving cars are hogwash solutions. So are the so-called micromobility solutions (scooters, ebikes, etc.)
Buses move 40-60 people in the most space-efficient manner, and yet have routes impeded by assholes on slow scooters carrying 1 guy + cargo for treatlers.
Buses move 40-60 people in the most space-efficient manner, and yet have routes impeded by assholes on slow scooters carrying 1 guy + cargo for treatlers.
1/1/2026 was better than 1/1/2025.
I am thankful for that.
Just 364 more days to go, one day at a time.
I am thankful for that.
Just 364 more days to go, one day at a time.
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 AM
1/1/2026 was better than 1/1/2025.
I am thankful for that.
Just 364 more days to go, one day at a time.
I am thankful for that.
Just 364 more days to go, one day at a time.
Honestly, the biggest deal in NYC is that we have a Mayor who likes the city and its people and *who wants to be Mayor* and isn't badmouthing us to impress five swing voters in Iowa.
Really, Mayors should never think of running for higher office because there truly is no higher office.
Really, Mayors should never think of running for higher office because there truly is no higher office.
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Honestly, the biggest deal in NYC is that we have a Mayor who likes the city and its people and *who wants to be Mayor* and isn't badmouthing us to impress five swing voters in Iowa.
Really, Mayors should never think of running for higher office because there truly is no higher office.
Really, Mayors should never think of running for higher office because there truly is no higher office.
Government by the human race, of the human race, against the human race
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Government by the human race, of the human race, against the human race
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Just submitted the first ever FOIL request to Zohran Mamdani's City Hall (let's hope they do a better job than previous admins at following the law)
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Just submitted the first ever FOIL request to Zohran Mamdani's City Hall (let's hope they do a better job than previous admins at following the law)
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Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)
I'm going to second this. Weaver is one of the people who helped get the 2019 rent laws passed finally strengthening tenant protections.
It's got to be said that without real tenant protections and enforcement with teeth (put! slumlords! in! prison!), then YIMBY policy is just REBNY policy.
It's got to be said that without real tenant protections and enforcement with teeth (put! slumlords! in! prison!), then YIMBY policy is just REBNY policy.
Cea Weaver heading the revived Office to protect tenants is a big deal. Mamdani putting a longtime tenant activist in this seat is in some ways suprising and in other ways, not at all, given what we know about Zohran. Exciting!
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I'm going to second this. Weaver is one of the people who helped get the 2019 rent laws passed finally strengthening tenant protections.
It's got to be said that without real tenant protections and enforcement with teeth (put! slumlords! in! prison!), then YIMBY policy is just REBNY policy.
It's got to be said that without real tenant protections and enforcement with teeth (put! slumlords! in! prison!), then YIMBY policy is just REBNY policy.
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First day of a new era for tenants! Mayor Mamdani announces that he’s objecting to the auction of 93 Pinnacle properties, and he’s appointing Cea Weaver to direct the Mayor’s Office of Tenant Protection. I don’t know anyone who will fight harder for tenants! Watch out Pinnacle and other slumlords!
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
First day of a new era for tenants! Mayor Mamdani announces that he’s objecting to the auction of 93 Pinnacle properties, and he’s appointing Cea Weaver to direct the Mayor’s Office of Tenant Protection. I don’t know anyone who will fight harder for tenants! Watch out Pinnacle and other slumlords!