Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 12hIt all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years. 2341292
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 158171964234
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 01/10/2026A cool part of living in the woods is that every 3-5 business days, I meet a new type of lil' guy that I have never seen before in my entire life. 1028525
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/20263rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.comBREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI trainingOpinion under seal for now. 11986291
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This week Malaysia sent a gift to the Myanmar military junta: over a thousand refugees who had sought protection from it. But criticise this action and many Malaysians will act like they’re the ones harmed. 11813
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This was my nemesis bird for so long, I can’t even. (Yes, despite the colour scheme) 1111
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026~two more weeks for this! 43122
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 30/09/2026Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates) 16124104
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm looking to hire a Tokyo-based Japanese interpreter/research guide (fluent in Mandarin and/or English, preferably Mandarin) in preparation for a research trip in late Oct/early Nov. Looking for: help navigating a university museum/archives and finding some Meiji era-related sites/maps/photos/etc. 11516
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One became two became three the longer I thought about it: 1. Madness of a Seduced Woman, Schaeffer 2. I Shall Wear Midnight, Pratchett 3. Ultraman Super Fighter Legend vol. 2 (Malay edition), Sagawa/Kurihara, translators unknown 120
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions three weeks from today, October 18. It will be open for just one week, closing after October 24, and won't re-open again until some as yet undetermined time, probably in 2027. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/static.klipy.comMonet X Change: Get Ready, Honey!Alt: Monet X Change: Get Ready, Honey! 03223
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey there. Latest story now available to read online! "Jempo." A maquinista out to advance her career encounters someone with a different approach to competition. A (relatively?) light story in terms of tone, for me. Hope you enjoy!lightspeedmagazine.comJempo - Lightspeed MagazineJempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit ... 34322
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mfw I wander onto Instagram and seeing Reactor posting about 'T. Kingfisher discourse':static.klipy.comFunny Baby Says NopeAlt: A GIF captioned "Nope" in all caps. A toddler toddles into a room, makes a face and promptly toddles back out. That's enough Internet for everyone today. Let's go touch some grass. 120
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people." 1371176
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 24/09/2026All right, all, it’s…certainly been a day that ended in Y. Tomorrow, I get to talk mushrooms and mycology at Clarion West! You can get tickets to attend virtually here! www.clarionwest.org/event/deep-d...clarionwest.orgMycology, Decay, and Metaphors for CommunityFrom fungus to slime molds, nature has always held lessons for us in collapse, renewal, and connection—sometimes sticky, sometimes horrifying, always a little weird. Author T. Kingfisher (What Moves… 1340246
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW CALLOUT ALERT! We are seeking Indonesian speculative fiction in Bahasa Indonesia and English for publication in khōréō’s Volume 7 in 2027. The callout is open from now until November 5, 2026, details on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-... 13644
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 23/09/2026*weary voice of insect under flat rock* Also happy Wednesday! Today is a good day to buy my books because my stupid Summer Storm McBusted chimney is FINALLY getting repaired (!!) and I just paid the deposit 💀 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...us.macmillan.comWickhillsIn the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of... 510935
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thread to help a trans person who has gotten some scary attention. Please help if you can. 03649
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾R.B. Lemberg. Yes, still in Kansas @rblemberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mutual aid alert. Siobhán Kirchstein, whom I've known for many years, is a trans woman who works as a janitor at KU and has been targeted for using a bathroom. Her case has been profiled in many venues, including by M. Gessen at the NYT. I've talked to her at length recently. 14845
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾LRR.rocks @lrrrocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every author you admire has sat looking at their screen page, unsure if the sentence in front of them was good enough. That uncertainty didn't disqualify them from finishing the book, and it doesn't disqualify you either. 1133156
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking. 329164532135
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 24/09/2026fun fact for the NY Times editors: if a computer program does what you programmed it to do, "going rogue" is not an accurate way to describe that event. Words should probably still mean something at the paper of record. 0398
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And for my next obscure inside joke, please imagine a Baltan doing that Will Smith meme but with Mars. 000
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A freelance client ran into this recently, and scammers are getting very elaborate. PLEASE be careful out there. Here's their story: 1. Someone reached out to this client, claiming they were an editor with a big 5 imprint. 2. They said they had found my client's self-published book on Amazon 24125
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026I'm of two minds about this information 1062989328
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If Flights of Foundry means something to you, if you've gotten something out of it - whether that's inspiration for a project or a friendship or good memories or the comfort of knowing someone out there is designing events like this... Put some money in, please. flights-of-foundry.org/donate/flights-of-foundry.orgDonate – Flights of Foundry 11918
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026People alwayes aske "Wher dyd the yeares go?" when the answere ys clearlye ynto the ever-hungrye maw of the tyme wolf. 1137267
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Lizbeth Myles @lizbethmyles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Since I'm trying to self-promote more, I guess I'll take this as an opportunity to link to my essay? But, yeah, I'm really quite upset. Afaik I've not been plagiarised before. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/doct...uncannymagazine.comDoctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with AI Slop 1969 AD - Uncanny MagazineOne of the joys of Doctor Who is when decades after first broadcast, a story’s themes are suddenly painfully relevant again, and you can marvel at the timelessness of the world’s greatest Science Fict... 37931
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 21/09/2026In 1952, Japan stripped Japanese nationality from Koreans and Taiwanese who had held it under the empire. No one was given a choice; the decree was issued by government circular. Their descendants hold special permanent residency today.unseen-japan.comA Tokyo Hotel Asked for Her Japanese Name. She Sued InsteadA Zainichi Korean woman is suing a hotel in Tokyo after they refused to let her check in under her Korean name. 17117
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Thaoworra @thaoworra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026mantle is coming along for the season. But let's get into some poet tips I've learned over the years to keep my corner of Bluesky helpful. Let's shoot for 10(?) tonight but feel free to ask questions too. These thoughts are absolutely not in order of importance after 35 years. #featurenotabug 131
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Thaoworra @thaoworra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Poetry Tip: Not words on a page nor sounds in an ear, but souls talking to souls. That mindset will carry you far and teach you much, if you can keep curious 021
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@marissalingen.bsky.social right now at her A Dubious Clamour release event on story ideas: “The thing that makes it a pearl is that it irritates you.” Fucking brilliant. 0216
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 18/09/2026If you watched Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender… yesterday one of the friends who was charged with me was Lim Kay Siu aka Monk Gyatso So I’m in good company, at least 04312
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The natural world that so astonished Annie Dillard & Wendell Berry is right outside your front door, right now, hungry to be encountered. Encounter it. Be an instrument of awe. 313941
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 16/09/2026if you think ed sheeran is a spineless shitheel (as you should) and have been celebrating the bands who've quat his tour, you can join them in an act of equally principled and much more direct action right here and now, by signing up to support the Sameer Project 111193
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Can I ask my SFF poet friends a question? When analyzing and judging the poetry of other artists, what do you look for? How do you think about what makes someone else’s poem worthy of a Hugo nomination? @mariness.bsky.social? @therisingtithes.bsky.social? @elismontgomery.bsky.social? 6116
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026Asia Pacific Authors Reminder, If you sell books on Itchio/ Kofi/ your website etc- I'm still seeking more authors for my Asia-Pacific Authors Blog. And I'm happy to open it up to Kobo -So Direct & Or Kobo. Would anymore Aussie/ Kiwi/ Asian or Islander Authors like a sign up form? 01313
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026*smack smack*...why do I taste ais kacang in my mouth rn? 120
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing! soundandcolormag.comsoundandcolormag.comSound & ColorA digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction 19207109
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 13/09/2026Gotoh Masafumi of Asian Kung-Fu Generation put ¥75.6 million in crowdfunding and donations into turning a 130-year-old tea storehouse in Shizuoka into a recording studio. It's run by an NPO that rents to struggling artists at half the normal rates so bands can afford to fail. 2750253
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Ben Paddon 🎃 @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality? 2136791123
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026First thing the Blizzcon attendees see as they join the queue for this year’s show. 82229449
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Me: well, I bailed on gym for a while, but that session with the notoriously tough coach went okay! The skin all along the tops of my palms: lol u thoughtstatic.klipy.comSpirited Away: Haku the Dragon's TransformationAlt: Spirited Away: Haku the Dragon's transformation. He dissipates into a cloud of tiny glasslike flakes. 000
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/09/2026I have written this horrifically long and painful thing about translations in the Anthropic settlement. www.courtneymilan.com/translations...courtneymilan.comTranslations in the Anthropic Settlement : Courtney Milan—Historical Romance AuthorTranslations in the Anthropic Book Settlement I have probably seen more people talking about complicated issues with multiple authors surrounding translations than anything else. This is a copyright e... 113757
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com... 2845471915
Reposted by May Chong 🇲🇾James W @soukoutaigi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is not mine but I think the best analogy for this I've encountered, the one people really seem to get in their bones, is "would you rather do an easy homework assignment yourself or edit the work of someone who did it badly" 0294122