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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

tagging author Dr @yenooi.bsky.social & also posting a few less blurry photos of the event!

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What is Thames Water doing about data centres?

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This looks like a wonderful and much needed programme by @britfantasysoc.bsky.social. Do check it out, submit, or volunteer! #specualtivefiction

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Stephen Oram @stephenoram.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is well worth a read, as part of the #zoefutirism exploration with @bsfa.bsky.social Vector. @yenooi.bsky.social are privileged to be guest editing this adventure.

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Read my short story "Firefly Lamp." #shortstory #sciencefiction #speculativefiction yenooi.substack.com/p/firefly-la...

A drawing of a lamp lit with fireflies. It is being carried by a boy and his grandfather.

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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This week’s #FreeFictionResponse essay is “From Gospel to Guide” by @yenooi.bsky.social in response to “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter” by @aijiang.bsky.social from @issuesinst.bsky.social. Ooi is a narrative designer, writer, editor, and researcher specializing in life, storytelling, and philosophy

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inkle @inkle.co · 10/06/2026

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

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The Complete Inkle Library

Adventure awaits in these beloved classics and new favorite games from Inkle! Get them at the price of your choice and support Breakthrough T1D!

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Version 1.0 of Tales of Seikyu, the game I've been working on for the last year and a half, has just been released! It is incredible that we ended Early Access with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews! What a wholesome experience it has been, we are all so very proud! @gamewithace.bsky.social

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is an extremely useful watch to try and understand AI holistically, especially in grasping the bigger picture of slow violence that is making the have/have not divide even worse. Watch this for @karenhao.bsky.social's succinct and clear delivery and discussion, putting all of humanity first.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

So much attention has been paid to the Musk v. Altman trial. But real accountability for the AI industry will not come from a billionaire mudfight. It will come from the movements around the world resisting the empires of AI. My op-ed for @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/technology/c...

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The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao

Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The Pope has weighed in: AI isn't magic. It's currently produced by a deeply exploitative, extractive supply chain. It challenges human dignity; could fuel a new colonialism. And among the greatest challenges of our time will be to redirect its path of development. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery
173. This distorted view of the human person is reflected today in various forms of servitude directly linked to the digital economy. Nothing in the world of AI is immaterial or magical. Every seemingly immediate and flawless response is the result of a long chain of mediation, involving vast networks of natural resources, energy infrastructure and, above all, people. A significant part of the digital economy’s functioning relies on the silent work of millions of people engaged in essential yet largely unseen activities, such as data labeling, model training and content moderation, often involving disturbing material. In many cases, these workers are young people, predominantly women, working under demanding conditions for minimal wages. Added to this invisible labor is the even harsher work of extracting the resources required for the production of the devices and microprocessors on which AI depends. In some regions of the world, children and adolescents work in dangerous conditions, crushing the materials from which rare earth elements are extracted. The bodies of these people are scarred, injured and worn down so that computational flow may continue uninterruptedly. Furthermore, criminal networks use online platforms, messaging systems, anonymous payment methods and profiling techniques in order to recruit, control and transport victims of trafficking — very often minors — reducing men and women to “data” to be tracked and “packages” to be moved around within the same digital circuits that support much of the global economy. This reality deeply challenges the moral conscience of our time. It is not enough to invoke efficiency, nor to celebrate the benefits of innovation, if they are built on a chain of exploitation that remains deliberately hidden. If technology promises emancipation, yet produces new forms of global subordination, it stands in contradiction to the fundamental principle of human dignity.

178. Even today, colonialism assumes new forms. It no longer dominates only bodies, but appropriates data, transforming personal lives into exploitable information. Entire regions, especially those marked by structural fragility and limited geopolitical relevance, are currently subjected to a new mindset of extraction: that of health data, epidemiological profiles, genetic maps and demographic information. These have become the new “rare earths” of power: vital data which, once aggregated and analyzed, can be used to train predictive models, guide investment strategies, anticipate crises and, above all, determine who and what is deemed to matter. Those who control the health data of entire peoples — often collected under the pretext of aid, research or innovation — possess a structural leverage over the future, for they can shape needs and markets. They can also decide, before others, to whom medicines, investments and protections will be allocated. Here lies one of the most urgent moral challenges of our time: to ensure that shared knowledge becomes a true common good rather than an instrument of dominance. This requires restoring to individuals not only the data that describes them, but also the ability to decide how it is used, by whom and for whose benefit. Otherwise, the digital age will not be post-colonial, but colonial in another form.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

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BrightFlame (she/they) * hope & magic * @brightflame.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I'm thrilled @yenooi.bsky.social accepted my invite to guest blog on my site! Check out brightflame.com/zoefuturism-... that includes her illustration of Zoefuturism. Intersects with #solarpunk. Relevant to "Ways of Knowing" panel I was just on at @wiscon.bsky.social ! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

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Zoefuturism: guest blog by Yen Ooi ⋆ BrightFlame

Everything is relational, a core concept of Zoefuturism, which aligns well with solarpunk and the notion of interconnection.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul. Here's @yenooi.bsky.social, an East Asian scholar who loves vivid imagery, has just finished working on a game set in a 1980s world of yokai, and is helping people become Zen parents. britishfantasysociety.org/meet-yen-ooi/

On a black background with flourishes of red lines and dots is the text: Meet the BFS members! Yen Ooi. The author Yen Ooi is pictured in the centre: she is an East Asian woman with short black hair, wearing am orange turtleneck sweater and looking up to the sky.

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hey, look! It's Hugo-nominated @yenooi.bsky.social 🙌

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Ab Terra 🌈 @abterra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Oh, the beautiful Earthrise - here to inspire more wonderful speculative fiction and remind us of what our home looks like.

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Ab Terra 🌈 @abterra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Wonderful news from @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy on a recent Earthrise experience and photo by four astronauts! We're happily inspired by this as we edit the upcoming Ab Terra volume! 💜🌎

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DHH Literary Agency @dhhlitagency.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy publication day to Yen Ooi! THE ZEN PARENT is a brilliant new book which shows us how we can apply insights from ancient philosophy to our own lives, and practising Zen as a parent. Out now🥚

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 05/02/2026

Really enjoying Colbert's final season of "fuck it, we're going down swinging" tour.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I know this is a profoundly unoriginal take, but this is why Shakespeare is still awesome: the times change, but people don’t. When performed, rather than read, his work is a portal demonstrating the unity of humanity across time and space. There is comfort and tragedy in that reality.

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Absolutely over the moon to see Ab Terra on the BSFA Awards longlist. Dawn and I are so proud of this anthology that we’ve been nurturing since 2020. All the stories and writers in all the issues deserve a massive shout out. They’re what makes the Ab Terra special. 🥰♥️ mailchi.mp/802f427a8e94...

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Congratulations to Ab Terra 2024

A 2025 British Science Fiction Awards longlist nominee

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British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards! Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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Vote for the BSFA Awards

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BrightFlame (she/they) * hope & magic * @brightflame.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Wonderful #solarpunk discussion today. Thank you to @yenooi.bsky.social for facilitating. And @renanbernardo.com Francesco Verso and Wren James for joining us.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Our second panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (GMT). Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social

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Stephen Oram @stephenoram.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Yeah, looks great and really looking forward to discussing Writing As Activism as well as listening to the all the other stuff, not least the Solarpunk panel with @yenooi.bsky.social

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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Suggestion: don’t ask ChatGPT or any other AI tool. Depending on the question you have ask: -a librarian -a medical doctor -an anthropologist -a literary/cultural studies scholar -a travel agent -a historian -a media studies scholar -a copy editor -a writer -an artist … Just don’t ask ChatGPT.🙋🏻‍♀️

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This is looking to be an incredible day. I'm so honoured to be a part of it... and I see that my Zoefuturism partner-in-crime @stephenoram.bsky.social is too! This will be a great start to the 2026! Come join us!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 10th January 2026, 10am to 6pm (GMT). BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice

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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The home secretary is fucking disgusting there is no ‘seamless” way of inflicting the violence of deporting children to a country they’ve never been to

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404 Media @404media.co · 02/12/2025

At 404 Media, we also talk to experts and those impacted by policies like book bans while the US government continues to push through safeguards on AI with tech giants. Here, author @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and president of @authorsabb.bsky.social gives us perspective.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/12/2025

like big tobacco funding cancer research

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Leocalization @leotranslations.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm looking for participants for my master's study about transmasc/trans men fans of manga and anime! Please fill out my 10-minute survey: form.jotform.com/253308772919... #transmasc #t4t #ftm #nonbinary #transresearch #transsurvey #nonbinarysurvey #transresearchbytransrsearchers

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...

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PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 02/12/2025

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

chart of child mortality in history, roughly 48% for all societies across the globe…until the 20th century, where it plummets to 4%

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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Truth and accountability are crucial for public trust in politics; that's why I'm backing @compinpolitics.bsky.social's campaign for a targeted legal measure that would make it an offence for any politician or candidate to deliberately mislead the public on a matter of verifiable fact.

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This is an incredible story by Vandana Singh. When you read it, take your time and read it to yourself like how you would as a storyteller to a child. There will be emotions and tears, but there will also be hope, understanding, and awakening. #imaginarium2 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/trav...

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Travelers’ Tales from the Ends of the World - Lightspeed Magazine

Welcome, Stranger! This is a story for you, you who wait for my words to fall into your ear, so that we can share being and become more than we are alone. The tales I have to tell today are woven into...

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I am still vibrating from listening to her speech. Oh wow!

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I may be biased as Vandana Singh has been an incredible inspiration in my own SF journey, but her keynote yesterday was incredible. Honest truths about the dystopia we live in with wonderful empowering hopes that speak to all. 💪 Absolutely love potlucks as the start of wholesome activism. Let's go!

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A quiet message that Ab Terra is open for submissions. We're looking for thoughtful SF short stories that reflect on our earth. brainmillpress.submittable.com/submit We'll be shouting about it loudly next week alongside another exciting announcement. 😘 #sfshorts #abterra #fromEarth

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The last panel... and it's one that's close to my heart, on Zoefuturism! Moderated by the brilliant @taunbot.bsky.social, and featuring @singingtotigers.bsky.social Eelyn Lee and Sigrid Gayangos. Exploring stories that are relational and always becoming...

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

It all goes so fast... it's the penultimate panel for Imaginarium II. @laurenwrites.bsky.social is moderating the panel on Opportunities in Speculative Fiction. With CW Shern, @waynereewrites.com, Benjamin Chee @witchywonderer.bsky.social

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

We've kicked off after lunch with keynote by the incredible Vandana Singh. INCREDIBLE SLIDES AND TALK!!! #imaginariumII #imaginarium2

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Absolutely love that we're listening to an industry panel and everyone is agreeing that plot is one of the least important aspect! #imaginariumII #imaginarium2

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Yen Ooi @yenooi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Imaginarium II's second panel is on its way with our Industry Panel who will be discussing Innovation! @differenceenginesg.bsky.social @kiagency.bsky.social Li'l Factory #imaginarium2 #imaginariumII

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