Eve Shi
@eveshi.bsky.social
Indonesian. Fangirl and writer. She/her. E-mail: stormofblossoms@gmail.com
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Deep-sea robots hunting for "dark oxygen," large amounts of the gas from a region in the ocean that's too deep for sunlight to power photosynthesis. The team have developed a suite of instruments that they’ll use to probe the sea floor.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... (paywalled)
#deepseamining 🧪 🌊 🦑
www.nature.com/articles/d41... (paywalled)
#deepseamining 🧪 🌊 🦑
Deep-sea robots will search for source of mysterious ‘dark oxygen’
Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Deep-sea robots hunting for "dark oxygen," large amounts of the gas from a region in the ocean that's too deep for sunlight to power photosynthesis. The team have developed a suite of instruments that they’ll use to probe the sea floor.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... (paywalled)
#deepseamining 🧪 🌊 🦑
www.nature.com/articles/d41... (paywalled)
#deepseamining 🧪 🌊 🦑
This week:
Mon:
Walked a total of a kilometer at night to buy a new mouse because the old one finally broke.
Wed:
Slipped and fell in the rain, was reminded of it in the afternoon when my hip hurt.
Made a social media account for the second pen name.
Mon:
Walked a total of a kilometer at night to buy a new mouse because the old one finally broke.
Wed:
Slipped and fell in the rain, was reminded of it in the afternoon when my hip hurt.
Made a social media account for the second pen name.
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This week:
Mon:
Walked a total of a kilometer at night to buy a new mouse because the old one finally broke.
Wed:
Slipped and fell in the rain, was reminded of it in the afternoon when my hip hurt.
Made a social media account for the second pen name.
Mon:
Walked a total of a kilometer at night to buy a new mouse because the old one finally broke.
Wed:
Slipped and fell in the rain, was reminded of it in the afternoon when my hip hurt.
Made a social media account for the second pen name.
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Cool! My short story “The Skies Are Red” from the excellent anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER was named one of “Robert Lopresti’s Best Short Mysteries of the Year (2025),” on SleuthSayers. Thank you, Rob!
www.sleuthsayers.org/2026/01/the-...
www.sleuthsayers.org/2026/01/the-...
January 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Cool! My short story “The Skies Are Red” from the excellent anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER was named one of “Robert Lopresti’s Best Short Mysteries of the Year (2025),” on SleuthSayers. Thank you, Rob!
www.sleuthsayers.org/2026/01/the-...
www.sleuthsayers.org/2026/01/the-...
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A South Korean court has ruled that the 2024 imposition of martial law by then-President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.
Top ally of South Korea's Yoon given 23 years in prison for rebellion over martial law crisis
A South Korean court has ruled the 2024 imposition of martial law by then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 AM
A South Korean court has ruled that the 2024 imposition of martial law by then-President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.
Tfw you're honing your body horror writing skills & someone said they enjoy your body horror stories.
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Tfw you're honing your body horror writing skills & someone said they enjoy your body horror stories.
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Seconding this. Geocities was so popular that they couldn't keep up with demand at first.
LiveJournal had to close off applications for a year because folks overwhelmed them
Something Awful had to start charging for forum access to deal with the load.
And so on.
LiveJournal had to close off applications for a year because folks overwhelmed them
Something Awful had to start charging for forum access to deal with the load.
And so on.
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Seconding this. Geocities was so popular that they couldn't keep up with demand at first.
LiveJournal had to close off applications for a year because folks overwhelmed them
Something Awful had to start charging for forum access to deal with the load.
And so on.
LiveJournal had to close off applications for a year because folks overwhelmed them
Something Awful had to start charging for forum access to deal with the load.
And so on.
RIP Bruce Leung, veteran martial arts actor. He's widely known as The Beast in Kungfu Hustle (2004). His first memorable role for me was Alex Man's pupil in The Legendary Fox (1981).
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
RIP Bruce Leung, veteran martial arts actor. He's widely known as The Beast in Kungfu Hustle (2004). His first memorable role for me was Alex Man's pupil in The Legendary Fox (1981).
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I’m reading @karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI and I recommend it to everyone who wants to understand the modern world. ChatGPT has no goddamn place in a sustainable world.
No, these are very serious comments.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
January 18, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I’m reading @karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI and I recommend it to everyone who wants to understand the modern world. ChatGPT has no goddamn place in a sustainable world.
Quote with art you've received from other artists and promote them!
Liv by syhhart # karya-karya (Indonesian creator platform).
Premade cover by scrk_kertas @ IG for a short story collection.
Liv by syhhart # karya-karya (Indonesian creator platform).
Premade cover by scrk_kertas @ IG for a short story collection.
January 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Quote with art you've received from other artists and promote them!
Liv by syhhart # karya-karya (Indonesian creator platform).
Premade cover by scrk_kertas @ IG for a short story collection.
Liv by syhhart # karya-karya (Indonesian creator platform).
Premade cover by scrk_kertas @ IG for a short story collection.
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app."
"The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app."
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app."
"The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app."
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The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
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I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
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So yesterday, I got an email that my job has been eliminated. handled by AI now.
I don't know what to do, so I've set up a ko-fi page. I'm offering ghostwriting services but also accepting tips. I have a number of bills coming due and I'm at a loss.
Please repost if you know anyone interested!
I don't know what to do, so I've set up a ko-fi page. I'm offering ghostwriting services but also accepting tips. I have a number of bills coming due and I'm at a loss.
Please repost if you know anyone interested!
Support edwardpatrickwrites
Support edwardpatrickwrites
ko-fi.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:57 AM
So yesterday, I got an email that my job has been eliminated. handled by AI now.
I don't know what to do, so I've set up a ko-fi page. I'm offering ghostwriting services but also accepting tips. I have a number of bills coming due and I'm at a loss.
Please repost if you know anyone interested!
I don't know what to do, so I've set up a ko-fi page. I'm offering ghostwriting services but also accepting tips. I have a number of bills coming due and I'm at a loss.
Please repost if you know anyone interested!
What's your top 5 anime?
Hana no ko Runrun, my first intro to mahou shoujo.
Saint Seiya (sssh).
Kidoukeisatsu Patlabor.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, but I love the manga more.
Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Hana no ko Runrun, my first intro to mahou shoujo.
Saint Seiya (sssh).
Kidoukeisatsu Patlabor.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, but I love the manga more.
Kimetsu no Yaiba.
What's your top 5 anime?
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Spy Family
- Kaiju No. 8
- Demon Slayer
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Spy Family
- Kaiju No. 8
- Demon Slayer
What's your top 5 anime?
- Claymore
- Inuyasha
- Evangelion
- Sailor Moon (original)
- Oh gods picking this last one is HARD there are too many good options ahhhh
- OK fine I'll pick just one, and I'll make it a new one - The Apothecary Diaries
- Claymore
- Inuyasha
- Evangelion
- Sailor Moon (original)
- Oh gods picking this last one is HARD there are too many good options ahhhh
- OK fine I'll pick just one, and I'll make it a new one - The Apothecary Diaries
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
What's your top 5 anime?
Hana no ko Runrun, my first intro to mahou shoujo.
Saint Seiya (sssh).
Kidoukeisatsu Patlabor.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, but I love the manga more.
Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Hana no ko Runrun, my first intro to mahou shoujo.
Saint Seiya (sssh).
Kidoukeisatsu Patlabor.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, but I love the manga more.
Kimetsu no Yaiba.
In case anyone has plans to spend this weekend in Jakarta.
en.tempo.co/read/2079375...
en.tempo.co/read/2079375...
What to Do in Jakarta This Weekend: Art Exhibitions and Culinary Festival
From Eastern Indonesian music concerts, culinary festivals, to art exhibitions, there are various options for weekend getaways in Jakarta this weekend.
en.tempo.co
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 AM
In case anyone has plans to spend this weekend in Jakarta.
en.tempo.co/read/2079375...
en.tempo.co/read/2079375...
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It’s been a week of despair so you might have missed it but I’m hanging out my shingle as a literary agent with Handspun Literary.
Looking for speculative fiction for all age groups. No picture books.
If you think we might be a good fit you can query me here:
querytracker.net/query/Handsp...
Looking for speculative fiction for all age groups. No picture books.
If you think we might be a good fit you can query me here:
querytracker.net/query/Handsp...
Query Handspun Literary Agency
querytracker.net
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
It’s been a week of despair so you might have missed it but I’m hanging out my shingle as a literary agent with Handspun Literary.
Looking for speculative fiction for all age groups. No picture books.
If you think we might be a good fit you can query me here:
querytracker.net/query/Handsp...
Looking for speculative fiction for all age groups. No picture books.
If you think we might be a good fit you can query me here:
querytracker.net/query/Handsp...
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79 authors have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week now, that we know of - others are rumoured to have done so without declaring so publicly, if you’re wondering why different numbers are floating around. More than half of the festival gone. sakr.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
January 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
79 authors have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week now, that we know of - others are rumoured to have done so without declaring so publicly, if you’re wondering why different numbers are floating around. More than half of the festival gone. sakr.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
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Bedhaya Tunjung Anom, a court dance of Yogyakarta Sultanate (central region of Java), depicts Queen Suprabawati's estri/warrior maidens from all-female kingdom Galuh in ancient text "Serat Babad Sigaluh." Unlike similar dances, dancers carry guns beside bows, arrows, and spears. 1/4
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bedhaya Tunjung Anom, a court dance of Yogyakarta Sultanate (central region of Java), depicts Queen Suprabawati's estri/warrior maidens from all-female kingdom Galuh in ancient text "Serat Babad Sigaluh." Unlike similar dances, dancers carry guns beside bows, arrows, and spears. 1/4
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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In Aceh province, the area quarried by illegal miners increased from 6,805 hectares to more than 8,000 hectares last year, including 1,882 hectares of illegal mining in the critical Leuser Ecosystem, a habitat for elephants, orangutans, rhinos, sun bears & tigers.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indo...
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indo...
Indonesia’s illegal gold boom leaves a toxic legacy of mercury pollution
MERANGIN, Indonesia — There wasn’t much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners’ heavy vehicles broke into Bukit Gajah Berani, here in this remote pocket of Sumatra’s Merangin district. “T...
news.mongabay.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
In Aceh province, the area quarried by illegal miners increased from 6,805 hectares to more than 8,000 hectares last year, including 1,882 hectares of illegal mining in the critical Leuser Ecosystem, a habitat for elephants, orangutans, rhinos, sun bears & tigers.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indo...
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indo...
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#BluePit is coming up fast, but even sooner is our pre-event #BluePitHype!
Starting on January 8th, we'll be doing a 5-day long Q&A for sharing advice, art, and finding new friends and stories!
We can't wait to see your pitches!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic
Starting on January 8th, we'll be doing a 5-day long Q&A for sharing advice, art, and finding new friends and stories!
We can't wait to see your pitches!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
#BluePit is coming up fast, but even sooner is our pre-event #BluePitHype!
Starting on January 8th, we'll be doing a 5-day long Q&A for sharing advice, art, and finding new friends and stories!
We can't wait to see your pitches!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic
Starting on January 8th, we'll be doing a 5-day long Q&A for sharing advice, art, and finding new friends and stories!
We can't wait to see your pitches!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic
I now use this, also because they promise not to keep track of the searches.
I now *start* my dual-credit high school students out with udm14.org, which at least weeds out AI results. After that we're all just guessing what the magic keywords might be.
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I now use this, also because they promise not to keep track of the searches.
Floods on all five of Indonesian major islands and nary a "national emergency" status in sight.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Flash floods in Indonesia kill at least 16 people and sweep away homes
Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 16 people in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province
abcnews.go.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Floods on all five of Indonesian major islands and nary a "national emergency" status in sight.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country believes the move is linked to Israel’s plans to forcibly displace Palestinians.
Israel's recognition of Somaliland ‘strange, unexpected': Somali president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country believes the move is linked to Israel's plans to forcibly displace Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country believes the move is linked to Israel’s plans to forcibly displace Palestinians.