David Rompf
@davidrompf.bsky.social
Writer. The New Yorker, New York Times, Harvard Review, Los Angeles Times, The Common, and elsewhere. New Yorker, Californian, and Yooper (Ask me what that is!) DavidRompf.com
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David Rompf
@davidrompf.bsky.social
· Nov 15
The Plan to Make Michigan the Next Space State
Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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A controversial plan to build a spaceport on the shores of Lake Superior: www.newyorker.com/news/us-jour...
Some SNAP facts: 4 of every 5 U.S. counties with increases in the percentage of households receiving benefits since 2010 are in places that voted for Donald Trump in 2020. 37% of recipients are white; 26% African-American. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Some SNAP facts: 4 of every 5 U.S. counties with increases in the percentage of households receiving benefits since 2010 are in places that voted for Donald Trump in 2020. 37% of recipients are white; 26% African-American. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Honored to have an essay in the very fine Slag Glass City. @slagglasscity.bsky.social #slagglasscity
Today in the SLAG GLASS CITY David Rompf sleuths through New York’s Trinity Churchyard. LINK IN BIO! #CNF #NewYork #slagglasscity @barriejeanborich.bsky.social @davidrompf.bsky.social x973.2.vu/HereLiesACity
October 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Honored to have an essay in the very fine Slag Glass City. @slagglasscity.bsky.social #slagglasscity
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
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September 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.You are neither wanted here nor needed here.Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office you occupy." - JB Pritzker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eemt...
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'Do not come to Chicago': Ill. Gov. Pritzker warns Trump over threats of deploying National Guard
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.You are neither wanted here nor needed here.Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office you occupy." - JB Pritzker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eemt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eemt...
Art is necessary for democracy. “The artist forges himself to resist his time’s tyrannies. True artists refuse to serve injustice and lies.” - Albert Camus @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
#Art
#Art
Art can't just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford to live and create, and where musicians don't just receive recognition but fair pay.
That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.
That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.
July 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Art is necessary for democracy. “The artist forges himself to resist his time’s tyrannies. True artists refuse to serve injustice and lies.” - Albert Camus @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
#Art
#Art
When your flight is delayed at SFO, you go to a drag show, of course. #sanfrancisco #pride
June 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
When your flight is delayed at SFO, you go to a drag show, of course. #sanfrancisco #pride
Trump and Marco Rubio have children's blood on their hands from the dismantling of medical aid for HIV treatment. Gift article with details about children's deaths below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.1nWH.0hOXle7x7f25&smid=url-share
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.1nWH.0hOXle7x7f25&smid=url-share
Opinion | Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump and Marco Rubio have children's blood on their hands from the dismantling of medical aid for HIV treatment. Gift article with details about children's deaths below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.1nWH.0hOXle7x7f25&smid=url-share
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.1nWH.0hOXle7x7f25&smid=url-share
Hands Off - Day of Action in New York City. The power of a peaceful protest!
April 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hands Off - Day of Action in New York City. The power of a peaceful protest!
“I’m going to ask you again. Where were you when you joined the Signal chat and why were you there?”
March 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“I’m going to ask you again. Where were you when you joined the Signal chat and why were you there?”
Bravo to Costco for standing up to anti-DEI efforts! I used to be critical of Costco for silly reasons but not any longer. More companies need to show this resolve…
www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/b...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/b...
Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement. It’s getting noticed | CNN Business
Walmart, John Deere, Tractor Supply and other companies are changing or walking away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to right-wing pressure. But Costco believes DEI imp...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Bravo to Costco for standing up to anti-DEI efforts! I used to be critical of Costco for silly reasons but not any longer. More companies need to show this resolve…
www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/b...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/b...
Recommended reading: A timely (and timeless!) analysis of the dangerous allure of ignorance.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
Opinion | The Surprising Allure of Ignorance
We want to know, but we also want not to know, sometimes fiercely so.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Recommended reading: A timely (and timeless!) analysis of the dangerous allure of ignorance.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
Grateful for the world’s farmworkers, who are often forgotten and invisible amid the abundances.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving.
a cornucopia full of fruits and vegetables with the words happy written on the bottom
ALT: a cornucopia full of fruits and vegetables with the words happy written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Grateful for the world’s farmworkers, who are often forgotten and invisible amid the abundances.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving.
The best nonfiction book FOR 2024 was published in 1960: “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich,” by William Shirer. The political and character parallels are spine-chilling. Santayana’s prophetic admonition about forgetting the past sounds a new alarm on every page. #books
November 25, 2024 at 4:34 AM
The best nonfiction book FOR 2024 was published in 1960: “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich,” by William Shirer. The political and character parallels are spine-chilling. Santayana’s prophetic admonition about forgetting the past sounds a new alarm on every page. #books
Samantha Harvey’s novel, “Orbital,” which won the 2024 Booker Prize, is possibly the most beautifully written book of the last 10 years. It’s a love letter to earth, to the cosmos, and to humanity. #books thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Samantha Harvey | The Booker Prizes
Winner of the Booker Prize 2024 for Orbital. Samantha Harvey lives in the UK and is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University
thebookerprizes.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Samantha Harvey’s novel, “Orbital,” which won the 2024 Booker Prize, is possibly the most beautifully written book of the last 10 years. It’s a love letter to earth, to the cosmos, and to humanity. #books thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
A peaceful, moving protest: Maori members of New Zealand's parliament perform a "haka" to protest a bill that would reinterpret a treaty between Britain and the indigenous people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__O...
Māori MPs perform haka and disrupt NZ parliament debate on treaty rights changes
YouTube video by Guardian News
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November 15, 2024 at 1:50 AM
A peaceful, moving protest: Maori members of New Zealand's parliament perform a "haka" to protest a bill that would reinterpret a treaty between Britain and the indigenous people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__O...
"The Saturday Shift": a piece about my brief, bewildering life as a waiter in England. (I set the dining room on fire, and then this happened....)
www.pangyrus.com/zest/the-sat...
www.pangyrus.com/zest/the-sat...
The Saturday Shift | Pangyrus
www.pangyrus.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
"The Saturday Shift": a piece about my brief, bewildering life as a waiter in England. (I set the dining room on fire, and then this happened....)
www.pangyrus.com/zest/the-sat...
www.pangyrus.com/zest/the-sat...
"King of Pawns," my short story about a pawn broker, a mysterious mountain man, and two wolves: readwildness.com/33/rompf-king
King of Pawns, by David Rompf | wildnesswildness
Wildness is an online literary and arts journal.
readwildness.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
"King of Pawns," my short story about a pawn broker, a mysterious mountain man, and two wolves: readwildness.com/33/rompf-king
A controversial plan to build a spaceport on the shores of Lake Superior: www.newyorker.com/news/us-jour...
The Plan to Make Michigan the Next Space State
Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM
A controversial plan to build a spaceport on the shores of Lake Superior: www.newyorker.com/news/us-jour...
"When Tarzan Met Leonardo," an essay about Guy Davenport, in Harvard Review:
www.harvardreview.org/content/a-le...
www.harvardreview.org/content/a-le...
When Tarzan Met Leonardo
In the midst of the Great Depression, the ten-year-old son of an Express Railway agent hunkered down in his modest family abode in Anderson, South Carolina, to read the Tarzan novels. Edgar Rice Burro...
www.harvardreview.org
November 14, 2024 at 11:59 PM
"When Tarzan Met Leonardo," an essay about Guy Davenport, in Harvard Review:
www.harvardreview.org/content/a-le...
www.harvardreview.org/content/a-le...
"Once More To The Pond," my essay about reading Thoreau's "Walden" four times in different places.
www.harvardreview.org/content/once...
www.harvardreview.org/content/once...
Once More to the Pond
In college I had an English professor who revealed her habit of reading Paradise Lost at least once every year. “I’ve now read it fifty times,” she said with manifest pride and amazement in marking he...
www.harvardreview.org
November 14, 2024 at 11:56 PM
"Once More To The Pond," my essay about reading Thoreau's "Walden" four times in different places.
www.harvardreview.org/content/once...
www.harvardreview.org/content/once...
"Ancient Greek On The Grass," in The New Yorker: A brilliant actor performs a one-man Odyssey in Ancient Greek. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Ancient Greek on the Grass
Armed with a Cyclops eye and a watermelon, Joseph Medeiros performed a one-man Odyssey at dawn in East River Park.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:55 PM
"Ancient Greek On The Grass," in The New Yorker: A brilliant actor performs a one-man Odyssey in Ancient Greek. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...