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John Chu
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The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @[email protected]
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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social · May 6
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.
Cover of The Subtle Art of Folding Space, coming April 7, 2026 Four sets of bamboo steamers going from the top of the cover to the bottom. The top one holds steamed bao. The contents of each steamer below it get progressively more surreal. One has bao with the universe as a filling. The next steamer below it has planets. The last steamer is filled with gear works. Two hands holding red chopsticks reach for the first and third steamer. The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn't your usual jaunt through quantum physics. Ellie's universe, and this one, is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Taiwanese between assassination attempts; and a shadowy cabal of engineers is trying to hijack the skunkworks, the machinery that keeps the physics of each universe working the way it's supposed to. Daniel, Ellie's cousin, has found an illicit device in the skunkworks-one that keeps Ellie's comatose mother alive while also creating destabilizing bugs in the physics of this universe. It's not a good day. If she can confront her mother's legacy and overcome her family's generational trauma, she just might find a way to preserve the skunkworks and reconcile with her sister...but digging into her family's past is thornier than it seems, and the secrets she uncovers will force Ellie to choose between her family and the universe itself.
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jamellebouie.net
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h
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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gretchenmcc.bsky.social
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!

(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
superlinguo.bsky.social Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 1d
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
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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ysengrim.bsky.social
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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lollardfish.bsky.social
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
johnchu.bsky.social
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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cypayseur.bsky.social
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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miamidsa.org
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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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
Panel 1. Scientist making a presentation to the board: "We have developed an exciting new technology that will allow the company to make a much better product at no extra cost!" Panel 2. Board member 1: "Could we use this tech to make our current product more cheaply?" Scientist: "In principle, yes.... And pass the savings on to consumers?" Board member 2: "Haha. No." Panel 3. Board member 2: "How about we make a worse product, with a higher profit margin and just use the tech to make it seem exciting and new?" Scientist: "Um..." Panel 4. Board members: "I'll take that as a yes!" "High five!!" Scientist: "Sob!"
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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joshsternberg.com
Good luck to everyone trying to travel today!
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
government by dementia, enacted by malice
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d
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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lucibee.bsky.social
"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.
lucibee.bsky.social Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 4d
This paragraph from Brightling and Evans' report is very concerning.

The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
5.10. It is our opinion, shared with many of the participants of the National Long Covid research group, that there has been a lack of progression in research funding from mid-2021. Further discussion of current and future research, along with potential gaps are described in M3. Overall, there is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies [Routen A 2022], the CIS [Covid Infection Survey] through ONS was stopped in March 2023, and no precision medicine studies were funded including no funding for mechanistic studies as part of Stimulate-lCP. The latter means that Stimulate-I GP may not be able to identify any variability in response to treatments that would inform next steps. There remains a substantial number of people suffering from Long Covid and there remain unanswered questions about causes, diagnostic tests and any specific treatments. In contrast, the UK's early response to Long Covid during the pandemic in terms of research was better than compared with other countries for example the National Institute of Health Recover initiative started in February 2021 (albeit a sizeable investment of over $1 billion) with awards being made in summer 2021 and 2022 [recovercovid.org] The crisis we faced due to acute Covid has subsided and correctly health priorities have been reset to address other acute and long-term conditions. However, Long Covid is now amongst these important long-term conditions and requires support commensurate to the scale of the problem i.e., research funding should be similar to other long-term conditions with a similar burden of symptoms and impact on quality of life.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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courtneymilan.com
We should use this number as valuation for the open lawsuits against them.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
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
Three paperback advance reading copies of Enchanting the Fae Queen are piled in a cardboard box. The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
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.
juliedicaro.bsky.social Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d
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. “
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove provided DHS with legal advice regarding the Court’s order as to flights that had left the United States before the order issued, through DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara. Mr. Mazzara then conveyed that legal advice, as well as his own legal advice, to Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. See 6 U.S.C. § 113(a)(1)(J). 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. As explained below, that decision was lawful and was consistent with a reasonable interpretation of
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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katez0r.bsky.social
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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tkingfisher.com
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.
whippoorwont.bsky.social tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 1d
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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emptywheel.bsky.social
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.
airbagmoments.bsky.social Airbag Moments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 1d
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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ryanmarino.bsky.social
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.
medpagetoday.com MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 1d
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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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
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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joemygod.bsky.social
Witkoff Coached Russian Envoy On Flattering Trump And How To Sabotage Zelensky's White House Visit - Joe.My.God.
STEVE WITKOFF: “Yuri, Yuri, here’s what I would do. My recommendation.” YURI USHAKOV: “Yes, please.” WITKOFF: “I would make the call and just reiterate that you congratulate the president on this achi...
www.joemygod.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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p-h-lee.bsky.social
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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p-h-lee.bsky.social
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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markjacob.bsky.social
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