Anson
@ansonjtong.com
she/her • “a glutton for introspection” • photographer, writer, behavioral scientist
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
he’s very consistent
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
he’s very consistent
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Tonight, I missed a virtual forum with Indivisible Edgewater.
I want to apologize and explain my absence, as well as reaffirm my commitment to being accessible to any and all 9th District residents.
Once again, I’m very sorry for this and we are trying to reschedule for another time.
I want to apologize and explain my absence, as well as reaffirm my commitment to being accessible to any and all 9th District residents.
Once again, I’m very sorry for this and we are trying to reschedule for another time.
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Tonight, I missed a virtual forum with Indivisible Edgewater.
I want to apologize and explain my absence, as well as reaffirm my commitment to being accessible to any and all 9th District residents.
Once again, I’m very sorry for this and we are trying to reschedule for another time.
I want to apologize and explain my absence, as well as reaffirm my commitment to being accessible to any and all 9th District residents.
Once again, I’m very sorry for this and we are trying to reschedule for another time.
everybody say HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORNELIA (she’s 5 years old today!)
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
everybody say HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORNELIA (she’s 5 years old today!)
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i want to fall in love with my charming best friend i go on vacation with every year
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 AM
i want to fall in love with my charming best friend i go on vacation with every year
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If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
Why tf do you need to know what marker was on my birth certificate for employment?
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
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We’re so excited to officially announce Imagine We Were Human ✨ this will be a 12 game compilation of all narrative games released last year, updated and streamlined into one bundle.
Wishlist Here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
#indiegamedev #narrativegame #gamecompilation
Wishlist Here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
#indiegamedev #narrativegame #gamecompilation
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
We’re so excited to officially announce Imagine We Were Human ✨ this will be a 12 game compilation of all narrative games released last year, updated and streamlined into one bundle.
Wishlist Here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
#indiegamedev #narrativegame #gamecompilation
Wishlist Here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
#indiegamedev #narrativegame #gamecompilation
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January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Does anyone know any good Chinese YouTubers or content creators of Chinese origin who are based in the U.S.?
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Does anyone know any good Chinese YouTubers or content creators of Chinese origin who are based in the U.S.?
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what’s it like working in healthcare during the federal occupation?
if you’re not in minnesota but are assumed to be a target next, start preparing for this beyond what you already thought was needed —
(gift link)
if you’re not in minnesota but are assumed to be a target next, start preparing for this beyond what you already thought was needed —
(gift link)
Inside Minnesota Hospitals, ICE Agents Unnerve Staff
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
what’s it like working in healthcare during the federal occupation?
if you’re not in minnesota but are assumed to be a target next, start preparing for this beyond what you already thought was needed —
(gift link)
if you’re not in minnesota but are assumed to be a target next, start preparing for this beyond what you already thought was needed —
(gift link)
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my friend jd’s game company @pklwrks.bsky.social is publishing this collection of games, imagine we were human by @vinemossgames.bsky.social! you can wishlist on steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
Imagine We Were Human on Steam
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
store.steampowered.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
my friend jd’s game company @pklwrks.bsky.social is publishing this collection of games, imagine we were human by @vinemossgames.bsky.social! you can wishlist on steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...
does anyone have a good source tracking the percentage of people being kidnapped by ICE in MN that are US citizens?
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
does anyone have a good source tracking the percentage of people being kidnapped by ICE in MN that are US citizens?
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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throwing out the baby corn with the bathwater corn
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
throwing out the baby corn with the bathwater corn
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this completely horrifying. ICE is a domestic occupying threat against us all
21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
this completely horrifying. ICE is a domestic occupying threat against us all
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"Rose has serious trouble staying in her lane. She tries to dictate other people’s actions as well as their thoughts... I think all humans do this."
@ansonjtong.com's interview with Sara Levine on "The Hitch” (Roxane Gay Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/13/d...
@ansonjtong.com's interview with Sara Levine on "The Hitch” (Roxane Gay Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/13/d...
Defending Your Little Corner: An Interview with Sara Levine - Chicago Review of Books
The Hitch follows Rose Cutler, a prickly and dogmatic woman living in the Chicago suburbs. She operates an artisanal yogurt company and is finally getting to spend a whole week with her six-year-old n...
chireviewofbooks.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"Rose has serious trouble staying in her lane. She tries to dictate other people’s actions as well as their thoughts... I think all humans do this."
@ansonjtong.com's interview with Sara Levine on "The Hitch” (Roxane Gay Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/13/d...
@ansonjtong.com's interview with Sara Levine on "The Hitch” (Roxane Gay Books) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/13/d...
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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The worst someone can be on social media is annoying, and so if a lot of your reality is interpolated by that, it becomes the same as ‘evil’
The USA somehow lost the ability to be mildly annoyed and it turns out there being a middle ground between "I like this person" and "This person must be publicly executed in front of their loved ones" was load bearing for human civilization.
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The worst someone can be on social media is annoying, and so if a lot of your reality is interpolated by that, it becomes the same as ‘evil’
my interview with Sara about THE HITCH comes out in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social tomorrow 🫡
This week my imprint is publishing an amazing, odd but unputdownable novel, The Hitch by Sara Levine, and the book, deservedly, received one hell of a review in the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
She’s Mad at Everything, but Not as Mad as the Dog Possessing Her Nephew
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
my interview with Sara about THE HITCH comes out in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social tomorrow 🫡