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Mike Jung

@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social

4.7K followers 1.1K following 2.4K posts

OH FFS, do I have to Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 23h

I'm super excited to attend my 40-year high school reunion next summer

Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 23h

Sure, go ahead and have an emotional support alligator, it's totally safe.

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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 1d

When you think of iconic movie posters, you think of his work. RIP Drew Struzan, you will always be the gold standard.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

The funniest part of all the billionaires are building bunker stories is the part where they’re sure the class hierarchy will survive the apocalypse.

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 1d

When the bike room in the building’s garage has been broken into one too many times but you still need time in the sun. Also, please preorder twenty copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT. Thank you, thank you very much

Bandit the cat lying in a patch of sunlight between a bike wheel and a sliding glass door

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 2d

YOSHI %$#@ING YAMAMOTO, WOOOOO #Dodgers

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 2d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 2d

Ye gods, I simply cannot trust a disability services department that not only neglects to turn on captions in Zoom, but also has no idea how to turn on captions in Zoom

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 2d

We don't tell young writers "You gotta be a huge freakin' weirdo!" often enough.

It's an asset!

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 2d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 2d

OH FFS

Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 2d

Just watched a video (of someone from outside the book community) that started off with the premise “read diverse fiction to combat authoritarianism” and then went on to give 1984 as an example 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway, please follow BIPOC creators who read and recommend actual diverse fiction every single day

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 3d

I'm in my third month working at the UC Davis Library, and over the course of the past week the temperature's dropped 30 degrees and thunderstorms have rolled in. Strange weather, y'all

Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 3d

I also liked Smile. Haven't watched the sequel

Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 3d

I liked Heart Eyes - not a great work of art, but fun. More of an unsubtle comedy than most of the ones on your list

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 3d

Why aren’t media outlets unmasking these scumbags?

Michael J. Kramer @michaeljkramer.bsky.social · 4d

Why are there so few (none?) news stories about individual ICE agents themselves? Who they are, what motivates them, any moral dilemmas they face? Why aren’t protesters trying to get some to speak out?

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 4d

It’s nine days post-op and our lil’ agent of chaos is doing so well

Closeup of me and Felix the tuxedo cat with his yellow flower cat cone

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Victoria Dahl/Victoria Helen Stone @victoriadahl.bsky.social · 6d

Watching him destroy the country to steal more money for him & his rich, evil friends makes me wonder wtf people thought “a businessman running the country” would look like. Have these people never once taken a breath in the US? Please never trust your brain again. It’s bad.

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 6d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 7d

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 7d

Zip ties. Crowded cells. Guns trained on bewildered workers. Foul water. Forced vaccinations. An unconscious detainee left on the floor by guards. A pregnant woman in cuffs. These are the details of South Korean nationals’ experiences in ICE detention after the raid on a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia.

After Hyundai ICE Raid, Even South Korea’s Capitalists Question US Relations

Can the US and South Korea’s tenuous alliance survive Trump’s tariffs and ICE’s raid on a Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia?

truthout.org

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 7d

This is extremely accurate, and it's why I wish editors got a credit on books. Sometimes you learn who edited a bunch of your favorite books and you're like ah. I see. It's a job that requires a keen literary eye AND people skills, which is a tough mix!

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 8d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 8d

its like the old saying goes, if you dont get everything done in one day you should give up. its obviously not going to happen

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 9d

This furry agent of chaos had surgery to remove a broken femur head from his hip socket, but his light remains UNDIMMED, RAWR

A tuxedo cat wearing a bright yellow, fabric, “don’t lick the surgical wound” cone

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 9d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 9d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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