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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser

@itsamia.bsky.social

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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. Links: linktr.ee/MiaTsai

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 4d

Friends in the Northeast! I and a whole bunch of authors are headed your way in the next two weeks for @yumewrites.bsky.social 's Traveling SFF Festival! Instead of having conversation partners, we'll be paneling with one another at each stop. More info at
www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsff...

A blue graphic with text on it with information about the Traveling SFF Festival. The text reads:
8 nights, 8 cities, 8 panel discussions

Elaine Cho, JR Dawson, Emily Jane, Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Mia Tsai, Julia Vee, with Amanda Foody, Matthew Kressel, Ray Nayler, Sarah Pinsker, Veronica Roth, Fran Wilde

Week 1
Monday, Oct 13: PT Knitwear, New York, NY
Wednesday, Oct 15: Greedy Reads Remington, Baltimore, MD
Thursday, Oct 16: East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
Friday, Oct 17: Mavey Books, Philadelphi, PA (Ardmore)

Week 2
Tuesday, Oct 21: Possible Futures, New Haven, CT
Wednesday, Oct 22: Smith College, Northampton, MA
Thursday, Oct 23: Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT
Friday, Oct 24: Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 12h

my god i wish they would stop. nobody wanted this

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 12h

ain't no justice
it's just us
ashes to ashes
dust to dust

D'Angelo, thank you for everything.

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

D'Angelo changed a whole landscape of music. Voodoo remains one of the greatest albums I've ever heard in my life. RIP to a consummate artist and one who fought for his integrity, image, and voice.

I'm crushed.

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 12h

i am not okay. crying to playa playa is not what i wanted to be doing. fuck cancer yet again.

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

it's unfair. the wrong ones are being taken from us.

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

seeing screenshots of his associates saying he's gone. i don't want to believe it.

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

GIVE D'ANGELO BACK 😭

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

WHAT? NO. WHAT?!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 13h

Setting aside NYT's centrist "flaw" assertion, something JGL never actually says, this is a very good video. JGL is must more aggressive in this video about AI companies being manipulative, craven assholes.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 14d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 13h

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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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 13h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 13h

VOTE CHUCK TINGLE
🌈🌈🍑🍑🗳🗳☑️

Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 14h

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

lonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoice.bsky.social · 15h

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden: pretending nothing is wrong!

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 19h

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 16h

Congrats to all the people who have postured as intelligent and morally righteous for years but decided that they couldn’t take a stand against genocide or decided to justify and cheer on the massacre of a people for whatever reason. Now they can go back to playing the intellectual in peace.

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

ugh, i'm so sorry!! rest lots, get well soon.

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

i hate exposition dumps, which past is prone to, both in novels and real life. maybe my impatience is why i love present.

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

we should get rid of dust jackets. all they're good for is papercuts and marking pages.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

and yet you use it daily! *dramatic sobbing*

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

fact is, this is not an unhinged opinion. tis a hinged opinion. romance being a cash cow means lowest common denominator writing gets published. sometimes you want a hallmark movie but elsetimes you want SUSTENANCE

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

the reason why genAI can fake out readers in contemp romance is because many books have no voice, only a facsimile of one, much like genAI itself. being sarcastic or quippy is not voice.

time to brace for impact

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

i love present tense's inability to wallow in the past, so YES THIS

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

y'all leave the present tense writers alone! just because not everyone knows how to employ it correctly doesn't mean we all are bad at it! 😭

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 1d

proverb: measure twice, cut once

me, an anxious sewist: measure twice. or three times. one more time in case i didn't remember right. oh god why don't the numbers match? measure again. allowance? measure again. omg SCISSORS 💀 what if i need more fabric? i can't cut this i'm putting this away

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 1d

Great question, I uploaded an answer to that to my Patreon subscribers, but I opened it up b/c I think they've had exclusivity for a few months and this may be of interest to a wider audience:

tobiasbuckell.com/how-i-used-t...

and:

tobiasbuckell.com/creating-a-c...

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

We spent the night at the ER. My poor little Squeaky is having a time with this illness as her vet & I try to find the best medicine to work for her. It's been a rough month for us & I need some assistance offsetting these vet bills if anyone can help & donate. 🔗 In bio and below.

A tortoiseshell cat looking cute with stack of books behind her

Mama Squeaks and her orange daughter Matilda

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