Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 17hMe doing something with my hands that is surely relevant to authoring. Thanks to Glenville Branch Library for having me out for a discussion of The Jellyfish Problem! 060
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saw a post saying Trump is headed to upstate NY, opened the comments section because that is my chosen form of self-harm, & discovered a bunch of strangers biting each others' heads off over whether Syracuse should actually be considered upstate NY 030
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fiancée put "get married" on our household monthly to-do. There's no going back now 060
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3545191095
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What is this and why is it following me around 120
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This article is so annoying. When you're willing to collapse writers of Haitian, Columbian, Palestinian, Mexican, Turkish, Jamaican, & indigenous descent into the same category, I'm confident you can read any awards list as a disappointing cultural monolith. But why would you do such a stupid thing?nytimes.comOpinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer NationalThe National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy. 030
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“there will be a point where a bunch of artists express worry about what we’re doing here and we’ll likely ignore their concerns and release anyway.” Why, yes. You likely willpublishersweekly.comUnsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt AuthorsNewly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik... 020
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Next week! Find me and the jellyfish in Oneonta, NY at the top of a very tall hill I used to climb daily to reach my office. 031
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!! 483019666
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I love finding my friends' books in the wild. It is not quite as good as finding my friends in the wild, but still very, very nice. 190
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“I loved every minute of THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM and highly recommend it for both its directed adult audience and any teen with a passion for the ocean.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @theptessadactyl.bsky.social locusmag.com/review/... 065
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I liked this more than I expected (my expectations were not low, they just weren't existent. It was an impulse Libby checkout). It is a good and entertaining book! 132
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Happy pub day to OBSERVER by Nicholas Russell! Fill yourself with the dread of the desert this spooky seasonharpercollins.comObserverA disquieting, atmospheric debut horror novel about a young woman investigating her mother’s disappearance at an abandoned Nevada observatory, for fans of J... 030
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes! ☑️ Eerie New England island setting ☑️ The locals have Something To Hide ☑️ Scary and funny ☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯bookshop.orgThe Jellyfish ProblemA marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original ... 01211
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wedding suit sneak peek. This is what writing a novel does to you 061
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There's still time to sign up for my WHERE DO I BEGIN class (perfect for fiction and memoir alike!) and my infamous SHORT STORIES & FLASH FICTION workshops! Join us, won't you? 11312
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Every time another AI leader warns the industry needs to slow down 050
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026On this Caturday, I commemorate the glorious beast I grew up with. Her name was Millie and she took no one's shit 051
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 11/09/2026bird in the airport 572811228
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Next week! Bringing the Jellyfish to Rough Draft Bar & Books, with: @juliebuntin.bsky.social, Isaac Butler, Mimi Montgomery, & @johnwest.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2118613361
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Fiancée took me to her lifting gym. Skinnier arms than mine have never entered that building 140
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Rae Ele Hawkins @elephande.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thought I was in a bit of a reading funk and next I knew, I’d finished the last three-quarters of this in an evening. Magnificently done. 161
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die 20492121762
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Bookshop.org has both NEGATIVE GIRL and THE BIG REWIND, and you should read them, because I am very proud of them. #BacklistSaturdaybookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 0125
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Think they'll stock The Jellyfish Problem in their gift shop??apnews.comFlorida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predatorsFloating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks. 020
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 568198013682
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/08/2026HAPPY ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT EFFECTIVE DAY FOR ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!!! 121254226
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right 1100286096346
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026What's better than a jellyfish, you ask? How about a SIGNED jellyfish? Catch me at the Barnes & Noble in Victor, NY at the end of the month tinyurl.com/3wk59fat 011
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Happy adoptaversary to this fearsome predator, who yesterday managed to catch a baby bunny *inside* the catio & drag it through the cat flap into the house to show me, where the poor thing ran around pooping in my office while she chased it. (Bunny was safely captured & released outside). 040
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/08/2026Guys I just got this marketing email and I'm scared. 6467489
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again. 242572553
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026From time to time I remember that Alfred Kinsey, the famous sexologist, was super into wasps. As in collected millions of thembiodiversity.utexas.eduKinsey's WaspsThis article is about Alfred Kinsey's research on wasps. 010
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026You’ve heard of the World Cup, but what about the Lumberjack World Championships?apnews.com3 women's world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in WisconsinThree new women's world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin. 051
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Love this review of The Jellyfish Problem's audiobook and completely agree: Erin does a fantastic job bringing Jo and the gang to life. Get it wherever you like to get your audiobooks and see for yourself!kirkusreviews.comTHE JELLYFISH PROBLEM by Tessa Yang | Kirkus ReviewsErin Lin takes listeners on the underwater dive of a lifetime with her performance of this magical … 010
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Amusement Park Arcana is OUT NOW! are you ready for some daylight horror? some nineties nostalgia? maybe some funnel cake? Backrooms x Action Park in 1994 books2read.com/AmusementPar... 106137
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Did a rewatch of one of the best movies ever made. Every line is exquisite. The animatronic shark is EXQUISITE. & the elected official's refusal to put people's lives over profit hits harder each timestatic.klipy.comJaws Shark Attack SceneAlt: Jaws Shark Attack Scene 010
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International. 122234497
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It’s a beautiful evening, the National Mall is open and people are having a wonderful time. 435176816
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I'll never forget experiencing the Southwest safety pamphlet in my American literature seminar. It's probably what made me become an author 020
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Recent bookstore haul. Looking forward to checking out @theptessadactyl.bsky.social’s debut novel, The Jellyfish Problem. 121
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Happy pride to the super bisexuals 5168391294
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/06/2026Someone on Reddit used this prompt to get "AI" to reveal its copyrighted training data, and I decided to test it myself and what do you know, anyway, "AI" is trained on theft, don't use it 421576389
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 26/06/2026this sale is ongoing for one more day! if you haven’t picked it up yet…last call! 1118
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~Elite Antifa Frogman (He/His/Ribbit) @themightynarwahl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I am about half way done with my copy, it is a joy to read! Bubbly, effervescent writing where the murk and mystery of the ocean mirrors those in the human heart, on a sleepy Maine island that might not be so sleepy. Get yourself a copy! 111
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Check out NPR's book of the day 👀npr.orgIn 'The Jellyfish Problem,' an introverted scientist is called in to help an island : NPR's Book of the DayAuthor Tessa Yang describes her The Jellyfish Problem protagonist as an "introverted, know-it-all dork." In the novel, Jo, a marine biologist, gets a call from her unrequited college crush, Nadia, who... 091
Reposted by Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/06/2026This morning's scam spam email from "Gloria Steinem," who I am delighted to tell you at age 92 has embarked on a new endeavor, "working with authors to boost their Amazon book sales." You're never too old to start a new fake career! 22121556
Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"Perhaps, if I buy more books, the increasing panic of too many books will motivate me to get through my TBR pile" - my brain, every time 020