John Chu
johnchu.bsky.social
John Chu
@johnchu.bsky.social
The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @[email protected]
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My novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space, has a cover!
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
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For those who asked, three things:
1. This is most likely just asking the currently engaged states to, cumulatively, send 500 more troops. Under the current agreements, that could be done.
2. The ruling from Judge Cobb is stayed by her, so it's not in effect currently. So, more troops could come.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!

(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Huge news today, if you missed it; Chris Duncan was released from Louisiana prison after being wrongfully convicted for nearly three decades.

@psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I’vd always loved El-Mohtar’s writing but this is really something else. Go read it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Please give me some direction,
'Cause they just keep moving the line!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmz9...
"They Just Keep Moving the Line" | SMASH The Musical
YouTube video by Smash On Broadway
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Good luck to everyone trying to travel today!
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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government by dementia, enacted by malice
NEW: Donald Trump says he wants ACA funds to end after 2025

“I’d rather not" extend them, he tells reporters on AF1. "I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all."

He wants cash to go "directly" to people. Unclear how that'd work.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump says he would 'rather not' extend Obamacare tax credits 'at all'
The president said he prefers to let the Affordable Care Act subsidies expire on schedule at the end of December, saying if anything he wants the money to go to "the people directly."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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"There is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies."

Read that again.

There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.

That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
This paragraph from Brightling and Evans' report is very concerning.

The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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We should use this number as valuation for the open lawsuits against them.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!

Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#romancelandia
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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NEW:

The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Unbearably depressing news. 20+ years here.

A brilliant Chef. Helps make my seedy neighborhood rad. Has a wife and kids here.

Now Portland gets another empty lot, and a heartbroken family.

www.wweek.com/food/2025/11...
Reeva Closes Indefinitely After Co-Owner Denied Reentry to the United States
Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was advised he could attend his final immigration hearing in Mexico and still return to his family and business.
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.

Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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This little toy is very upset I pointed out that Brazil, after decades of coups and dictators, has a constitution better suited to dealing with one than the US.

I didn't even school the poor little flunky that you can explain the temporal difference of six months entirely to COVID and privilege.
This is a bot, right? No actual human responds as quickly to the slightest criticism from random accounts. @emptywheel.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Abraham, a physician who is not board certified in any specialty & has made a career as an extremely partisan politician, is now #2 at CDC.

Despite working full time in political office, he is one of the top prescribers of ivermectin & he oversaw the end of Louisiana’s public vaccination campaigns.
BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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you cannot carmelize onions in 5-10 minutes. it is not possible. but every recipe makes the same claim.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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one of my favorite examples of the ways that social consensuses can coalesce around convenient lies-- with no malicious actor behind them!-- is that every recipe lies about how long onions take the cook.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Trump and RFK Jr. are committing mass murder. I wish that was an exaggeration instead of a cold, hard fact.
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM