Mike Naple
@mnaple.bsky.social
communications strategist | writer | reader | health care, politics, books 📚 and film | home cook | chronically ill | pwd | pulmonary hypertension 🦓🏳️🌈
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Saturday in the kitchen: cooking up a batch of sauce and preparing the freezer for winter 🤌🏻🍅
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Saturday in the kitchen: cooking up a batch of sauce and preparing the freezer for winter 🤌🏻🍅
I read Frankenstein (finally!). There’s so much about the book to discuss, from queer & disability themes, to how various film & television adaptations have informed the broader cultural understanding of the text.
Looking for recommendations for any essays analyzing the different themes? #booksky
Looking for recommendations for any essays analyzing the different themes? #booksky
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I read Frankenstein (finally!). There’s so much about the book to discuss, from queer & disability themes, to how various film & television adaptations have informed the broader cultural understanding of the text.
Looking for recommendations for any essays analyzing the different themes? #booksky
Looking for recommendations for any essays analyzing the different themes? #booksky
Me after hearing the news about Diane Keaton 😭
October 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Me after hearing the news about Diane Keaton 😭
Sunday morning coffee and book.
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sunday morning coffee and book.
Weekend reading: The Lilac People by Milo Todd
What are other folks reading?
What are other folks reading?
September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Weekend reading: The Lilac People by Milo Todd
What are other folks reading?
What are other folks reading?
A long weekend calls for a little work in the kitchen and some homemade macaroni.
September 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A long weekend calls for a little work in the kitchen and some homemade macaroni.
Sunday morning coffee and book.
August 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sunday morning coffee and book.
French toast for the table because Somebody Somewhere is #Emmys nominated for writing and supporting actor in a comedy series! Woohoo!!
Seriously, watch the show if you haven’t seen it (and you probably haven’t.) All three seasons streaming on HBO Max.
Seriously, watch the show if you haven’t seen it (and you probably haven’t.) All three seasons streaming on HBO Max.
July 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
French toast for the table because Somebody Somewhere is #Emmys nominated for writing and supporting actor in a comedy series! Woohoo!!
Seriously, watch the show if you haven’t seen it (and you probably haven’t.) All three seasons streaming on HBO Max.
Seriously, watch the show if you haven’t seen it (and you probably haven’t.) All three seasons streaming on HBO Max.
The writing in this book is very good. The plot and pacing kept me turning the pages. There’s not much else to say without spoiling it, so I’ll just implore you to read this novel. 🍐🍐
July 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The writing in this book is very good. The plot and pacing kept me turning the pages. There’s not much else to say without spoiling it, so I’ll just implore you to read this novel. 🍐🍐
A year ago I wrote about hot dogs, an iconic Jennifer Coolidge line, and pulmonary hypertension for the Fourth of July 🌭🫁🫀🇺🇸
Would love for folks to give it a read. You might learn something about PH!
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com/columns/hot-...
Would love for folks to give it a read. You might learn something about PH!
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com/columns/hot-...
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A year ago I wrote about hot dogs, an iconic Jennifer Coolidge line, and pulmonary hypertension for the Fourth of July 🌭🫁🫀🇺🇸
Would love for folks to give it a read. You might learn something about PH!
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com/columns/hot-...
Would love for folks to give it a read. You might learn something about PH!
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com/columns/hot-...
Happy 10th anniversary to this absolute banger of an album. I hope in the next decade we can address how truly underrated it is.
June 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy 10th anniversary to this absolute banger of an album. I hope in the next decade we can address how truly underrated it is.
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York by Elon Green
May 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York by Elon Green
Bringing some of this lovely spring Saturday indoors with these beauties.
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Bringing some of this lovely spring Saturday indoors with these beauties.
Just riding the bus from one DC Indy bookstore to another for #IndependentBookstoreDay
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just riding the bus from one DC Indy bookstore to another for #IndependentBookstoreDay
Rainy and cold weather in April calls for warm and hearty sweet potato and lentil stew for dinner.
April 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Rainy and cold weather in April calls for warm and hearty sweet potato and lentil stew for dinner.
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
"They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it is that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made..."
The Great Gatsby at 100. Still relevant.
The Great Gatsby at 100. Still relevant.
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it is that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made..."
The Great Gatsby at 100. Still relevant.
The Great Gatsby at 100. Still relevant.
Lovely spring weather for some weekend afternoon reading on the balcony.
March 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Lovely spring weather for some weekend afternoon reading on the balcony.
Our current federal public health leaders aren’t doing enough to curtail this outbreak, rather they’re likely making it worse.
March 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our current federal public health leaders aren’t doing enough to curtail this outbreak, rather they’re likely making it worse.
About halfway through LOCA by Alejandro Heredia. I discovered this novel thanks to @debutiful.bsky.social’s list of most anticipated debuts of 2025. #booksky #weekendreading
March 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
About halfway through LOCA by Alejandro Heredia. I discovered this novel thanks to @debutiful.bsky.social’s list of most anticipated debuts of 2025. #booksky #weekendreading
Season of the sticks (2025)
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Season of the sticks (2025)