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Bill Moakler
@bmoakny.bsky.social
Posts: Mostly what I read and places I go in Central New York.
Follows: Comics/Manga/Anime, Japan, Japanese Language Learning, Books, Board Games, Food Writing, Archaeology, 80s Pop Culture, NY Rangers/Yankees/Knicks.
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Looking to balance out my Bluesky feed with more non-politics stuff. Accounts to follow or starter packs for the following would be appreciated:
-NY Rangers
-NY Yankees
-Japanese language (vocab/kanji/expression of the day)
-Archaeology
-80s pop culture
Reading/To Read:
-The Incandescent by Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net.
-The October Girl by Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social.
-American Cult, edited by Robyn Chapman.
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
This week’s laundroma reading: The Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social.
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Reading/To Read:

-Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social.
-The Incal by Jodorowsky & Moebius.
-Wonder Woman: Origins & Omens by Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social, Aaron Lopresti, Terry Dodson @terrydodsonart.bsky.social & Rachel Dodson.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Today’s laundromat reading: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Reading/To Read:

-Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. It'll take a while to go through and transcribe recipes.
-Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social.
-What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama.
Trans, by Alison Watts @desertpea.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Gargoyle V-Wing, Prepare For Liftoff!

Outside The Antique Pavilion in Bouckville, one of a dozen-plus antique stores along NYS-20 in Bouckville.
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
No laundromat reading due to inclement weather. Instead, I am reading Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social before I go out and shovel for the second time.
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Today’s laundromat reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Reading/To Read:
-Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
-Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social
-Rivers of London (GN) by Ben Aaaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, Andrew Cartmel, and Jose Maria Beroy.
January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
This came in the mail today. Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. My first cookbook of 2026 and my first purchased cookbook in some time. I can't think of another cookbook focusing on izakaya food, so I hope I can get some use out of this one.
January 18, 2026 at 5:53 AM
This week's laundromat reading: Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Julia Mar @marjulia.bsky.social . It looks different because I' at a different laundromat in a different town.
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Drove an hour to Barnes & Noble to use up my Xmas gift card. Here's my haul: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social, Pure Invention by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social, Brewmaster by @pandasaurusgames.com, Underground by Haruki Murakami and a Hiroshige 2026 Calendar.
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Reading/To Read:

-Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Mar Julia @marjulia.bsky.social
-The Courageous Princess: The Dragon Queen by Rod Espinosa @rodespinosa.bsky.social
-Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Today’s laundromat reading: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
My New Year's Day laundromat reading: Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social. My first book of 2026. Happy New Year!
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Reading/To Read:

-Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social and Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social
-Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social
-The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reading Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by @jimrion.com ) while looking out the back window landscape at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while drinking coffee and eating cranberry scones.
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reading/To Read:

-The Forest of Girls by June Hur
-Strange Houses by Uketsu, trans. by Jim Rion @jimrion.com
-Justice League Dark, Vol. 1 by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin @mikeljanin.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brewery Ommegang outside Cooperstwown. The oldest of the craft breweries in the region, I’be been going there for at least 20 years. Brewer of Belgian beers and co-owned by Duvel, the brewery was built in the style of a Belgian farmstead .
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A Christmas landscape taken out the back window from my table at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while having coffee and a croque madame.
December 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I finally cooked a recipe from Mia Manansala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series! @mpmthewriter.bsky.social. It was Tita Rosie's Chicken Adobo from Arsenic Adobo and it was delicious.
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This weekend’s laundromat reading: Provenance by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Another thread to highlight more of my favorite area businesses, as my previous thread got bollixed up.

This is Jewett's Cheese House in Earlville. It's miles out of town down a back road and remember not to go on Saturdays, because that's when they're closed.
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reading/To Read:

-Provenance by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com.
-William of Newberry by Michael Avon Oeming @oeming.bsky.social.
-Architecture Explained by Neil Stevenson.
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This weekend’s laundromat reading: Heaven by Mieko Kawakami.
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM