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 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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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.
www.telos.news
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!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
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.
I'm often asked why my book about the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" is based in Atlanta.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
Atlanta retail workers earn less than half of what they need to make rent
The wage gap between rent and earnings in metro Atlanta is on par with the national level.
www.wsbtv.com
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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I'm often asked why my book about the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" is based in Atlanta.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
Atlanta retail workers earn less than half of what they need to make rent
The wage gap between rent and earnings in metro Atlanta is on par with the national level.
www.wsbtv.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm often asked why my book about the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" is based in Atlanta.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
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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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February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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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.
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In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
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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
linksthatburn.com/en/goalblockai
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? 😀
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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 ...
bookshop.org
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.
www.whatimreading.net
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
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THE MEMORY HUNTERS by @itsamia.bsky.social
- f/f
- memories are extracted w/fungus
- an academic blithely pursues her memory research
- while her bodyguard protects her from murderous rivals
- when they discover a memory that doesn't align with "official" history
- things get weird... and dangerous
- f/f
- memories are extracted w/fungus
- an academic blithely pursues her memory research
- while her bodyguard protects her from murderous rivals
- when they discover a memory that doesn't align with "official" history
- things get weird... and dangerous
The Memory Hunters
Check out The Memory Hunters - <b><i>Inception</i> meets <i>Indiana Jones</i> in this cinematic, slow burn, romantic fantasy following a headstrong academic and her equally stubborn bodyguard as they ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
THE MEMORY HUNTERS by @itsamia.bsky.social
- f/f
- memories are extracted w/fungus
- an academic blithely pursues her memory research
- while her bodyguard protects her from murderous rivals
- when they discover a memory that doesn't align with "official" history
- things get weird... and dangerous
- f/f
- memories are extracted w/fungus
- an academic blithely pursues her memory research
- while her bodyguard protects her from murderous rivals
- when they discover a memory that doesn't align with "official" history
- things get weird... and dangerous
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Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
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Incidentally, theft like this is why there won’t be a second Steelflower trilogy, why the Bannon & Clare series was canceled by the publisher, and why I will never do another collected SquirrelTerror book.
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Incidentally, theft like this is why there won’t be a second Steelflower trilogy, why the Bannon & Clare series was canceled by the publisher, and why I will never do another collected SquirrelTerror book.
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guys, stealing is only punk if you steal from the wealthy & the big corporations -- stealing books is worse than absurd. go to a library ffs
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
guys, stealing is only punk if you steal from the wealthy & the big corporations -- stealing books is worse than absurd. go to a library ffs
things i found in my studio that don't belong:
- green tree frog (alive)
- baby snake under baseboard (dead)
- the opinion that piracy is not theft (it's theft)
- green tree frog (alive)
- baby snake under baseboard (dead)
- the opinion that piracy is not theft (it's theft)
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
things i found in my studio that don't belong:
- green tree frog (alive)
- baby snake under baseboard (dead)
- the opinion that piracy is not theft (it's theft)
- green tree frog (alive)
- baby snake under baseboard (dead)
- the opinion that piracy is not theft (it's theft)
Many thanks to @jhameia.bsky.social and @viengsamai.bsky.social for the rescues, lol.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Many thanks to @jhameia.bsky.social and @viengsamai.bsky.social for the rescues, lol.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
the entitlement JUMPED out
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
the entitlement JUMPED out