Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they)
@rchetypes.bsky.social
Novel: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea (Bloomsbury). Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, Good Morning America Buzz Pick. Stories in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, One Story, Conjunctions, Clarkesworld, etc. rchetypes.com
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ICE is younger than my blog
ICE is younger than my email address
ICE is younger than at least one of my ukuleles
ICE is younger than my email address
ICE is younger than at least one of my ukuleles
I'm just going to point out that ICE is about 23 years old. It was formed as part of the response to 9/11 and was reactionary, performative, and racist from the start.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
ICE is younger than my blog
ICE is younger than my email address
ICE is younger than at least one of my ukuleles
ICE is younger than my email address
ICE is younger than at least one of my ukuleles
Protestors: Stop murdering us!
Dems: What’s the magic word?
Dems: What’s the magic word?
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Protestors: Stop murdering us!
Dems: What’s the magic word?
Dems: What’s the magic word?
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Apparently but unsurprisingly the druids are on our side
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Apparently but unsurprisingly the druids are on our side
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Real ID does not prove citizenship. ENHANCED ID proves citizenship, but only a few states (Minnesota, NY, Michigan, Vermont and Washington) offer enhanced ID as the default form of Real ID-compliant identification. In every other state, RealID only proves residency. Ppl are not as safe as they think
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Real ID does not prove citizenship. ENHANCED ID proves citizenship, but only a few states (Minnesota, NY, Michigan, Vermont and Washington) offer enhanced ID as the default form of Real ID-compliant identification. In every other state, RealID only proves residency. Ppl are not as safe as they think
I no longer subscribe to NYT games because of their anti-trans reporting but really need my crossword fix. Any recs? I like my puzzles hard.
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I no longer subscribe to NYT games because of their anti-trans reporting but really need my crossword fix. Any recs? I like my puzzles hard.
I no longer subscribe to NYT games because of their anti-trans reporting but really need my crossword fix. Any recs? I like my puzzles hard.
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I no longer subscribe to NYT games because of their anti-trans reporting but really need my crossword fix. Any recs? I like my puzzles hard.
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Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
Taipei folks, my friend @gracelp.bsky.social will be doing an event next week at Bookman Bookstore with Michelle Kuo. Come support!
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Taipei folks, my friend @gracelp.bsky.social will be doing an event next week at Bookman Bookstore with Michelle Kuo. Come support!
Gotta love when a company is like “You’re our employee of the month! Now fill out this long form that we will publicize about why you love working for our company and no you won’t get reimbursed for your time.”
How do I say no without risking my job
How do I say no without risking my job
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Gotta love when a company is like “You’re our employee of the month! Now fill out this long form that we will publicize about why you love working for our company and no you won’t get reimbursed for your time.”
How do I say no without risking my job
How do I say no without risking my job
I feel like all the ppl who told us we were overreacting when he got elected the first time should agree to get punched in the face just once
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I feel like all the ppl who told us we were overreacting when he got elected the first time should agree to get punched in the face just once
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
This whole thread
There's more to say about this open letter, unfortunately, but bear with me, because I think it's important. For example, this response in the File 770 comments by SFWA board member Jonathan Brazee. In essence, Underwood gives cover to SFWA and vice versa. But both their positions are crap. 1/?
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This whole thread
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In the world of politics, such surveys, unscientific and with randos inserting themselves, are a way to deflect taking responsibility for an issue, or to use said survey to support whatever those in control wanted to do in the first place, before it became controversial. 4/?
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In the world of politics, such surveys, unscientific and with randos inserting themselves, are a way to deflect taking responsibility for an issue, or to use said survey to support whatever those in control wanted to do in the first place, before it became controversial. 4/?
They better not give it to that Cheeto-colored turd I swear to God
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A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
They better not give it to that Cheeto-colored turd I swear to God
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A good example of how "lefties" are totally down for imperialism and war, if the PRC is doing it.
The US isn't trying to pry Taiwan from China, because China doesn't own it. Rather, the Taiwanese don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and nations around them are supporting them.
The US isn't trying to pry Taiwan from China, because China doesn't own it. Rather, the Taiwanese don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and nations around them are supporting them.
The U.S. empire is digging its own grave by trying to pry Taiwan from China — every move tightens Beijing’s resolve and edges the world closer to a conflict Washington can’t possibly win. #Geopolitics #TaiwanCrisis
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A good example of how "lefties" are totally down for imperialism and war, if the PRC is doing it.
The US isn't trying to pry Taiwan from China, because China doesn't own it. Rather, the Taiwanese don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and nations around them are supporting them.
The US isn't trying to pry Taiwan from China, because China doesn't own it. Rather, the Taiwanese don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and nations around them are supporting them.
Soup Curry.
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Soup Curry.
Reading a long list of court cases over which groups can be designated as white, and this is why white privilege is absolutely real. There are so many of these cases for the same reason there AREN’T any cases over the definition of a Leo. Your sign doesn’t come with legal advantages. Whiteness does.
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reading a long list of court cases over which groups can be designated as white, and this is why white privilege is absolutely real. There are so many of these cases for the same reason there AREN’T any cases over the definition of a Leo. Your sign doesn’t come with legal advantages. Whiteness does.
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Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.
Found my partner fast asleep with the Apple Watch fitness app set to yoga and now I know how he “closes his rings” every day
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Found my partner fast asleep with the Apple Watch fitness app set to yoga and now I know how he “closes his rings” every day
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I’m unclear about the metric for “better rep” in this instance. Oftentimes these pleas direct the narratives toward some notion of what depictions of asianness, especially diasporic ones, are more or less genuine than others, which always bugs me.
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’m unclear about the metric for “better rep” in this instance. Oftentimes these pleas direct the narratives toward some notion of what depictions of asianness, especially diasporic ones, are more or less genuine than others, which always bugs me.
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Speaking of goals for the new year, if you were to launch a podcast in the year 2026, which platform would you use? Asking for myself...
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Speaking of goals for the new year, if you were to launch a podcast in the year 2026, which platform would you use? Asking for myself...
Somehow you just know they were the kind of person who took a postcolonial lit class in college, didn’t do any of the reading, derailed discussions with a bunch of “devil’s advocate” questions, and then dropped the class when they saw the grade on their first paper.
I’m just guessing.
I’m just guessing.
I don’t think that is actually how being anti-colonial, or decolonial or even postcolonial works
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Somehow you just know they were the kind of person who took a postcolonial lit class in college, didn’t do any of the reading, derailed discussions with a bunch of “devil’s advocate” questions, and then dropped the class when they saw the grade on their first paper.
I’m just guessing.
I’m just guessing.
I just had a weird thought. What if someone went caroling with a bunch of people and they were all dressed like normal carolers but when the door opened they only sang non-Christmas songs. Just like five minutes of Baby Shark or Last Resort or something
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I just had a weird thought. What if someone went caroling with a bunch of people and they were all dressed like normal carolers but when the door opened they only sang non-Christmas songs. Just like five minutes of Baby Shark or Last Resort or something
Holy shit the earthquake we just had here. All my Taiwan peeps okay?
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Holy shit the earthquake we just had here. All my Taiwan peeps okay?