iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Animals spotted during my week long hiking trip through Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

030

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My reward for working call today is coming home to my preordered delivery of the latest Fire Emblem game

030

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I called Spector my furry nephew. I will dearly miss him greeting me at the door and taking him on walks whenever I visit my sibling and brother in-law in Houston.

040

Reposted by Allison Thai

A Humphrey Lanham @ahumphreylanham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'll be at Flights of Foundry this weekend! Super excited to be on programming this year. Friday I'll be running a workshop; Saturday I'll be sitting on two panels. Registration is still open: flights-of-foundry.org/registration/

041

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How are 80+ year old politicians with one foot in the grave and actively decaying before our eyes making legislative decisions for 300 million people? Age limits and term limits NOW.

0111

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just learned about the concept of vowel harmony in Finnish, where words avoid mixing "front vowels" (ä, ö, y) with "back vowels" (a, o, u). The 'tism in me thinks that's very nice. 🎶 Meanwhile English is like f-k that we have vowel anarchy. 🔥

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Make fun of Niu Lai all you want, at least every second of it is painstaking genuine human effort and not AI slop

000

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My story about Death attempting to seduce a pathologist through the voices of microorganisms will appear as a reprint at Apex Magazine! 🔬🦠 "Malebolge" was the story that got me into Viable Paradise way back in 2017, so it has a special place in my heart.

1102

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I love drawing pretty women and fashionable clothes. Then there's me, a gremlin who only likes to wear graphic tees and board pants.

050

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Contract signed, so I can say I've sold an essay to Uncanny! ("Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright: In Defense of Animal Stories and Why Speculative Fiction Needs Them") 🐯🦄

58212

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Con haul from Denfur 2026. Honestly I lost track of expenses after I put $300 into a custom made Vaporeon plush.

0111

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I hosted a medical furry meetup earlier today. Turnout was a lot better than I expected, the room and tables were packed! Lots of EMTs and techs showed up, and at least two physicians.

020

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

From the Editor's Desk: How to Publish Furry Short Fiction presentation at Denfur! (with freebie stickers and business cards)

1122

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Denfur 2026! (2nd time attending, 1st time as sponsor and panelist)

020

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A little chart I worked on to show the different pronouns. As you can see, the Vietnamese system is...complicated. Age hierarchy determines how you say "I" or "you." The challenge with Finnish (at least for me) is the difference between written and spoken Finnish.

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Got to meet Kevin Eastman, the co-creator of TMNT, and Ben Bishop, one of the artists for The Last Ronin, over the weekend 🐢🐢🐢🐢

020

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today my great-aunt passed away. Colon cancer took her quickly. I'm glad I got to see her during Tết earlier this year. Great-aunts and great-uncles on my dad's side are basically my grandparents, so I've always seen them when we gather for Tễt. 2026 was the last for one of them.

350

Reposted by Allison Thai

Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i hate genAI so much but what i'm not gonna do is accuse authors of using it in public because everyone overestimates their ability to detect it. just quit reading the thing if you think it's AI rather than start a potential controversy over processes you do not understand.

1295

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

PSA: the graphic designer behind Plott Hound's issues/a family member of mine and I got news that my great-aunt has stage IV cancer, so that will slightly delay our work in putting Issue 6 together. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

230

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Plan for my next big international trip in 2027 is Iceland. Looking into pronunciation guides so I can at least say the names of cities and landmarks correctly. Icelandic ð looks like someone grabbed and snapped the spine of Vietnamese đ.

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As if the 10+ grammatical cases in Finnish aren't enough to wrestle with already, I'm almost losing my mind over learning both puhekieli (spoken Finnish) and kirjakieli (written/standard Finnish)

000

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

California critters spotted during my week long vacation. Some of the rocks have flippers.

000

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Business cards for Plott Hound arrived today! I'll be handing them out after my writing + publishing furry short fiction presentation at Denfur!

1182

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

When I listen to YLE Radio Suomi Helsinki and I understand kiitos, numbers, days of the week, months, kyllä, and hyvä kysymys

static.klipy.com

Pointing Leonardo Di Caprio

ALT: Pointing Leonardo Di Caprio

100

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My little contribution to the newsletter in the OR lounge. The entire anesthesia department already knows my hatred of AI so they should know who "contributed."

030

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Vietnamese version of ni howdy is xin chàody

000

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'm excited to be hosting 2 meetups and a panel at Denfur: Friday Colorado Springs Furry Meetup 3:30-4:30 PM From the Editor's Desk: How to Publish Furry Short Fiction 6:30-7:30 PM Saturday Medical Fur Meetup 4-5 PM I'll bring stickers! Hope to see you there.

032

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here's my take on the "when you have a million hobbies but only 24 hours in a day" trend

150

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reading 1 and 2-star reviews of books by my favorite authors actually feels kind of cathartic. Creative work is subjective and not everyone is going to love it, and that's ok. People are allowed to have opinions. Opinions of that opinion are fine, too.

100

Reposted by Allison Thai

Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽

18300100

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I realized as I'm learning Finnish that the Pokemon Uxie is pronounced the same way as yksi, the Finnish word for "one."

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My OR colleagues look at me like I lost my marbles whenever I have to answer with a number or yes/no and I reply in Russian or Finnish before English. The things you do for language learning. (Seitsemän is my favorite number to say)

000

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Highlights of Anthrocon 2026: -panel on learning basic ASL led by a deaf furry, Gabriel Wolf -furry orchestra (!!) -night dance parties (my dance buddy and hypeman pictured here)

050

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Anthrocon 2026 was a blast, despite the cancelled parade due to extreme heat. 3rd year's the charm, hopefully?

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One of my two cats has a delightful habit of chucking up hairballs on the nice clean floor literally hours after the monthly cleaners take care of my house

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I guess it's because I'm not a normie, but I don't understand why dressing up in cosplay, as a Disney or sports mascot is considered cute and fun, but a furry dressing up as a character of their own creation is considered cringe.

020

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The impending end of physical games makes me value my signed box art and collector's editions even more

040

Reposted by Allison Thai

OrcGirlBoss @orc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I would like a physical copy of my game please.

45825953

Reposted by Allison Thai

adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

games have been huge success. thats why we're firing every one who makes games. also we are going to make it so players can no longer buy games

4182932498

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I will be at Anthrocon this year! I was too late to register for official writing-related con panels or meetups, but I still want to hold a casual, unofficial Plott Hound meetup for anyone connected with or has interest in the magazine. Details of meetup in reply below:

4126

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Travelling to Finland this May was the closest I've ever been to Russia (and given the dumpster fire state of things, the closest I'll be in a long time). Helsinki is only 188 miles from St. Petersburg (for reference, that's shorter than the distance between Houston and Dallas).

010

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm picking Russian back up to prepare for future travels to central Asia. I already know how to read Cyrillic and have pronunciation down, but I really need to beef up my vocabulary.

120

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sending post-rejection threats to me or the slush readers, not to mention racist and/or sexist comments aimed at me, an Asian woman, is a swift ticket to being banned from ever submitting to Plott Hound again. Byyyyye.

8378

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Farewell party for an anesthetist coworker at the brewery today. My other coworker brought her new baby who's 1/4 Viet, so I doted over him like a Vietnamese auntie (Lots of "Em bé dễ thương quá!" / Such a cute baby!)

040

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Starfox is my first physical Switch 2 game. (Very first one is digital download of Pokopia) It's Starfox Friday! ✨🦊

050

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today I had an 88 year-old patient and all her teeth were natural and in good shape. I get recurrent nightmares of my teeth rotting and falling out, so those patients give me so much hope.

170

Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've never used chatGPT, not even out of curiosity or for fun. And it's going to stay that way.

030