Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser
@itsamia.bsky.social
Author, editor, Dalcrozian, angry Asian. BITTER MEDICINE | THE MEMORY HUNTERS. Rep: Anne Tibbets. Hugo finalist and Hugoish winner. @concurrentseattle.bsky.social creator. Fluent in you guys, yinz, and y'all.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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I love hearing languages I don't know. I love hearing languages I do know and don't get to speak a lot, but I also love it when I hear people speaking something I can't even name. I try not to be weird about it and listen without staring. Language is just so fascinating, the way it works, the differ
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I love hearing languages I don't know. I love hearing languages I do know and don't get to speak a lot, but I also love it when I hear people speaking something I can't even name. I try not to be weird about it and listen without staring. Language is just so fascinating, the way it works, the differ
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
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At the MFA program, sometimes the issue was slightly different. I was told that knowing how to punctuate dialogue in fiction was "colonialist."
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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This is the same corps that watched them attack Yaminche Alcindor
April D Ryan
Weijia Jiang
I had no hopes
April D Ryan
Weijia Jiang
I had no hopes
When he snapped, 'Quiet Piggy' every reporter there should have walked out, or better yet, THAT should have become the story they were going to ask questions about and report.
Mocking the disabled journalist was terrible.
This was worse.
This should have been the story.
#TheAlliedForces
Mocking the disabled journalist was terrible.
This was worse.
This should have been the story.
#TheAlliedForces
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is the same corps that watched them attack Yaminche Alcindor
April D Ryan
Weijia Jiang
I had no hopes
April D Ryan
Weijia Jiang
I had no hopes
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the Family Issues and both MCs are Extremely Good
Stuff's on sale and my book is part of the stuff! If you like contemp fantasy romance with Family Issues and a MMC I describe as "17 anxieties in a bespoke Savile Row suit," perhaps BITTER MEDICINE is for you!
OUR ANNUAL YEAR END #SALE BEGINS ON #BLACKFRIDAY!
30% OFF SITEWIDE
Use #coupon code YEAREND30
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30% off everything including physical books, ebooks, limiteds, and pre-orders.
When we say everything, we mean everything!
30% OFF SITEWIDE
Use #coupon code YEAREND30
buff.ly/BCqYRJ9
30% off everything including physical books, ebooks, limiteds, and pre-orders.
When we say everything, we mean everything!
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the Family Issues and both MCs are Extremely Good
Stuff's on sale and my book is part of the stuff! If you like contemp fantasy romance with Family Issues and a MMC I describe as "17 anxieties in a bespoke Savile Row suit," perhaps BITTER MEDICINE is for you!
OUR ANNUAL YEAR END #SALE BEGINS ON #BLACKFRIDAY!
30% OFF SITEWIDE
Use #coupon code YEAREND30
buff.ly/BCqYRJ9
30% off everything including physical books, ebooks, limiteds, and pre-orders.
When we say everything, we mean everything!
30% OFF SITEWIDE
Use #coupon code YEAREND30
buff.ly/BCqYRJ9
30% off everything including physical books, ebooks, limiteds, and pre-orders.
When we say everything, we mean everything!
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stuff's on sale and my book is part of the stuff! If you like contemp fantasy romance with Family Issues and a MMC I describe as "17 anxieties in a bespoke Savile Row suit," perhaps BITTER MEDICINE is for you!
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I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Y'all want Christopher on your podcast. Trust.
A reminder that I have a book out and I’m available for podcasts
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Y'all want Christopher on your podcast. Trust.
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A reminder that I have a book out and I’m available for podcasts
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A reminder that I have a book out and I’m available for podcasts
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I know this won't happen, but every editor who has directly handled Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza should be blackballed from respectable news outlets
"So stick with me here. We haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events."
Happy Thanksgiving, I guess
Happy Thanksgiving, I guess
Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I know this won't happen, but every editor who has directly handled Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza should be blackballed from respectable news outlets
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It's why I filled that in survey and spoke to Ossoff's people. They've lost their minds. Everywhere 50 miles from the capital is trying to push to $2000/mo and even the hood is now asking $1400/mo. Nobody is paying attention to how predatory things are in ATL.
a man is covering his face with his hand while sitting in front of a white wall .
ALT: a man is covering his face with his hand while sitting in front of a white wall .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's why I filled that in survey and spoke to Ossoff's people. They've lost their minds. Everywhere 50 miles from the capital is trying to push to $2000/mo and even the hood is now asking $1400/mo. Nobody is paying attention to how predatory things are in ATL.
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
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it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
Rent across the board is high and continuing to rise - commercial rent is bonkers. I just left a situation where it was 1370 a month for 330ish square feet, no in-building bathroom. Rent for a storefront with foot traffic and good placement? Oh, buddy.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Rent across the board is high and continuing to rise - commercial rent is bonkers. I just left a situation where it was 1370 a month for 330ish square feet, no in-building bathroom. Rent for a storefront with foot traffic and good placement? Oh, buddy.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I am bad at math, but if 24 people sign up for a $5/month membership between now and 12/2, @thexylom.com will receive nearly $2,500 in matching funds and bonuses!
This is literally the best time to support independent, culturally competent reporting on topics banned by the Trump administration!
This is literally the best time to support independent, culturally competent reporting on topics banned by the Trump administration!
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Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
I've said it multiple times on this app and I'll say it again - I cobble income together from several jobs (teaching, editing, writing) and I have a supportive husband who has insurance. We are not hand to mouth. Writing has been a loss, income-wise. I made more teaching 20 hours of piano a week.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've said it multiple times on this app and I'll say it again - I cobble income together from several jobs (teaching, editing, writing) and I have a supportive husband who has insurance. We are not hand to mouth. Writing has been a loss, income-wise. I made more teaching 20 hours of piano a week.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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If you'd like help in the anti-AI whack-a-mole, some digital tools for blocking genAI online and getting it out of your computer are collected on Links That Burn:
linksthatburn.com/en/goalblockai
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November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you'd like help in the anti-AI whack-a-mole, some digital tools for blocking genAI online and getting it out of your computer are collected on Links That Burn:
linksthatburn.com/en/goalblockai
linksthatburn.com/en/goalblockai
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I'd appreciate shares of this as it is free and you know Caribbean SFF is my thing.
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
diasporadialogues.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'd appreciate shares of this as it is free and you know Caribbean SFF is my thing.
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LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by @jrdawson.bsky.social
- f/f
- a lighthouse guides the freshly dead to their final crossing
- the ferryman's daughter has spent decades learning the ropes
- but she's not ready when a living person shows up on their boat
- searching for a sister amongst the dead
- f/f
- a lighthouse guides the freshly dead to their final crossing
- the ferryman's daughter has spent decades learning the ropes
- but she's not ready when a living person shows up on their boat
- searching for a sister amongst the dead
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
Check out The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World - <p><b><i>The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World</i> is a powerful and poignant contemporary Queer fantasy perfect for fans of <i>Hadestown</i> and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by @jrdawson.bsky.social
- f/f
- a lighthouse guides the freshly dead to their final crossing
- the ferryman's daughter has spent decades learning the ropes
- but she's not ready when a living person shows up on their boat
- searching for a sister amongst the dead
- f/f
- a lighthouse guides the freshly dead to their final crossing
- the ferryman's daughter has spent decades learning the ropes
- but she's not ready when a living person shows up on their boat
- searching for a sister amongst the dead
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old