Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Left: How people think Mississippi votes Right: How Mississippi actually votes 14061941196
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This is just the way I greet everyone for New Year's now: 120
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Listening to lots of music from the high school-to-college time period here, and wow. Look what we lived through. 010
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026There has been zero learning curve or culture shock for me in Singapore because it’s literally just Queens with different English. 110
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I wrote this piece on how, even in sanctuary cities, lawmaking and enforcement deliver immigrants into ICE’s hands. My hometown of Flushing, the place that raised me, plays the part of a landing port for newcomers. It is a cosmopolitan unto itself. Every issue we face is a microcosm faced elsewhere. 101
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Hello everyone. I'm alive and in Singapore, been traveling around a lot these past few months and generally feeling like a Cdrama protagonist sent on a million side quests. 030
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 06/02/2026There are a lot of heroes in western Wisconsin, but they are struggling with the challenges this article capably captures 45619
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 10/12/2025are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson 722801523
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025We've launched New York Jianghu's Substack. Check out our first piece - bringing kung fu back to its source. substack.com/@newyorkjian...substack.com"New York Jianghu" in TaipeiDemi Guo here. 000
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 18/09/2025America's fate was sealed when it decided to steal people and then trick people from other lands to do its labor. 000
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 14/07/2025THIS THIS THIS 👇 1164375
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state. That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress: Sit back and do absolutely nothing. 166154473851
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Reminder that if you've published an article online, save it. Save a file of it, upload it onto the Wayback Machine. The journalism industry is seeing a new wave of layoffs or acquisition by a conglomerate every other week now. You don't know what'll happen to your work. Back it all up. 010
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I feel this in my soul every time someone says I should write a memoir. I've lived an interesting life, but I want to share my stories because I want to, not because I'm mining for views. 000
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I was born in the US, but many of my friends weren't. At every turn in life, whatever I had to do - like applying to colleges - was ten times more difficult and expensive for them. 010
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"In my experience, most native-born people have no clue what a complicated, expensive, nonsensical, and above all slow process it is. It still takes years, thousands of dollars, a gigantic pile of paperwork, and a lot of luck for regular people who do it all right." prospect.org/politics/202...prospect.orgThe Anti-Immigration Majority Is a MirageAmericans gradually bought the Republican sales pitch on immigration. Then they saw what it looks like in practice. 1229994
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test. 33310771
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is a weird self-praise, but I think since I have a low sense of self worth, I need to start focusing on good things. The first: All the people who invested in me, who saw promise in me. 110
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialLyz @lyz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Listen. Media is in the toilet. As freelance media workers, sharing our rates is a simple act of solidarity — as well as a step toward a better media industry. Enter your rates at bit.ly/share-rates #FreelanceSolidarityChallengebit.lyRate Sharing - Freelance Solidarity ProjectOur goal is to create a comprehensive database of rates for digital media freelancers across the industry. 04918
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I'm from the part of NYC that's 50% immigrants. That means I get culture shock in the very neighborhoods I grew up in. I wrote about after helping out with some events during Ramadan: substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comTawazunCulture shock and scarcity in my own hometown 000
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialVaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I have a dire wolf too. Don’t say she’s not. I say she is. And I know genetics too. Dire wolf. I am releasing the embargo on this news today at 5 pm. 1421719
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 13/04/2025This is my mental health check via memory. I hung out with a guy I was fond of, but I was in a constant state of stress and anxiety. I told myself that if the friend group didn't like me, I'd know. After a winter break, he greeted me with a warm hug and "happy New Year." His smile was very genuine. 100
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialSolaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025As we draw ever closer to the witching hour, it's time to curl up with some horror stories to celebrate Qingming Festival... From @xuetingni.bsky.social, editor of the British Fantasy Award-winning SINOPTICON, comes SINOPHAGIA: A CELEBRATION OF CHINESE HORROR! geni.us/sinophagia 1125
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialWigglebox @wigglebox.bsky.social · 02/01/2025First Day — #illustration #artsky #digitalart 1165
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 29/12/2024For the first time in like 17 years, I have a desktop setup. I'm about to be such a beast on Steam. 020
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialDavid Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Absolutely stunning Alec! 41149
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Lowkey kind of sad that I only get a couple weeks' reprieve this year because of the holiday slump, and all the pent-up creativity comes flooding out so I realize I can't write all I want to write. But we'll live. 030
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 21/12/2024This is my mental health check via memory. When he's not anxious, my dog is sweet and smart. My old roommate had a dog as well. When she was playing with them in the yard, a tile fell out of nowhere and hit her. Her dog's first reaction was to run away. My dog's first reaction was to check on her. 010
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialKL @angaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Also, I wonder if there could be the “unfollow” button in starter packs, where if the topic no longer holds interest,one could unfollow all sixty bajillion people in the pack. 2252
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 21/11/2024correction: Conservatives join Bluesky, immediately violate community guidelines, and cry about competent content moderation archive.ph/a79Us 16183561826
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 11/11/2024My shimei got me a massage gun and a snack from a brand I was talking about. My neighbor gives my dog treats and toys, even hangs them on my doorknob when I'm not home. My landlord's cousin works at a cafe and handed me a giant muffin. 010
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I've been taking a Sabbatical from Muay Thai. It's been about a month, and for the first time in two years, that giant knot under my right shoulder is unraveling. It's a weird feeling. 000
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Constantly planning to get a camper van and drive off into the sunset hbu. 010
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 10/11/2024The unspoken wish for a lot of diaspora kids like me seems to be that we wish we had dual citizenship for our current country and the motherland. Alas, they are two petty parents in a situationship. 020
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 10/11/2024This is my mental health check via memory. I once took a trip abroad. I went through what must have been seven countries and two continents in two months. When I came home, it was to my friends waiting for me outside the gate of my house. They had all gotten together to welcome me home. 130
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 10/11/2024About editing Chinese novels with other diaspora members: We crowdsource aspects of our culture. I found it funny how in fantasy, villains use bugs as a type of witchcraft. 120
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 07/10/2024I launched a Substack with thoughts that are too long for a social media post but too short to warrant a fully researched, formal article. First post: "Where are you originally from?" is a loaded question, but it meant something different for this Palestinian. demiguo.substack.com/p/ich-bin-pa...demiguo.substack.comIch bin Palästinenser"Where are you originally from?" meant something different for him 000
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialCoral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 18/09/2024Good morning squid!! 🔮👀🦑 #reefsquid #caribbeanreefsquid #squid #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #chromatophores #braincoral #elkhorncoral #staghorncoral #acropora #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bridgeinitiative #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity 347170
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 22/08/2024This is my mental health check via memory. I once came back from college to visit my old high school team. I was stressed, sleep-deprived, and isolated from my hometown. But when the door to the team's classroom opened, my underclassman turned his head and burst into a smile the instant he saw me. 020
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 23/05/2024Last night I had a dream that aliens were slowly taking over the bodies of our friends from deep underground so we had to call upon the power of the sky to fight back. I have no time to do creative writing these days, so my brain creates whole banger novels in my dreams. 020
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 22/05/2024Me: I once was so hungry and tired after a flight that I stole a donut from the D*nkin at the train station because no one was there and ate it right there. Person who just met me: You're such a New Yorker. 010
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialKeith Decent @keithdecent.bsky.social · 14/05/2024I can’t stress how dangerous 20+ years of teaching men STEM without Humanities has been for all of us 311587362
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 02/05/2024VIBRATING OUT OF MY SKIN. Mochi Mag's Giannina Ong is moderating this panel. I am totally normal and not fangirling out of my mind at this author line-up. Sign up here! macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi... If you hear screaming in the distance while Joan He talks, that's totally not me. 020
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 26/04/2024What's happening now on campuses across the country reminds me vividly of the antiwar protests after 9/11. The same call--no illegal wars, not in our name--and the same response--you support terrorists, you're not real Americans. The world has learned nothing. 241207298
Reposted by @moumousas.bsky.socialAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 28/04/2024Jeez. You TOLD them to get off of the screens and start hanging out in person, and now that they’re doing it, you’re whining. 4662177
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 29/04/2024Yesterday, I took two shots of DayQuil and went straight to directing a film shoot. My co-producer told me to stop being a workaholic and to not go to kung fu training or our other film shoot the next day, and made me keep the DayQuil. Oop. 000
moumousas.bsky.social @moumousas.bsky.social · 23/04/2024Reading "What My Bones Know" by Stephanie Foo, and by page 12 I'm already like, "Jesus Christ, we had like the same childhood." I'm not sure if I have C-PTSD, but I'm learning a lot about myself from this book. 020
