Lauren Thoman
@laurenthomanwrites.com
Mixed-race Chinese-American author of speculative fiction for teens and adults (next up: DREAD CHASER 2027 from Simon & Schuster)
Find me in my garden
Pet your dog for me
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Pet your dog for me
Buy: https://www.laurenthomanwrites.com/links
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Lauren Thoman
@laurenthomanwrites.com
· Aug 21
Surprise, I get to publish more books!
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
Reposted by Lauren Thoman
Also, even though she's not here much, massive shoutout to @laurenthomanwrites.com who was canvassing everyday for @aftynbehn.bsky.social over the past few weeks. A great way to thank Lauren is to buy one of her books. bookshop.org/lists/books-...
Which means we have the obligation to make every single one of those seats as competitive as possible. These are not longshots, and they’re not a waste of time to fight for.
Also, based on anonymous insiders that have been talking to the likes of Punchbowl News,
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Also, based on anonymous insiders that have been talking to the likes of Punchbowl News,
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December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also, even though she's not here much, massive shoutout to @laurenthomanwrites.com who was canvassing everyday for @aftynbehn.bsky.social over the past few weeks. A great way to thank Lauren is to buy one of her books. bookshop.org/lists/books-...
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There exists a book in which the gen-x/elder millennial childhood era is visited in such a way! @laurenthomanwrites.com’s I’ll Stop The World: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
I'll Stop the World
Check out I'll Stop the World - <p><b>"Lauren Thoman's <i>I'll Stop the World</i> is a whip-smart mystery with a vibrant cast of characters that gives off great eighties vibes. I was absolutely dazzle...
bookshop.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There exists a book in which the gen-x/elder millennial childhood era is visited in such a way! @laurenthomanwrites.com’s I’ll Stop The World: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
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TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Headed home from my first ever #DragonCon exhausted but happy. So much fun hanging with friends, meeting new ones, and getting to talk about books and stories and characters with passionate and talented people. If we hung out at all or if you enjoyed any of my panels, don’t be a stranger!
September 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Headed home from my first ever #DragonCon exhausted but happy. So much fun hanging with friends, meeting new ones, and getting to talk about books and stories and characters with passionate and talented people. If we hung out at all or if you enjoyed any of my panels, don’t be a stranger!
Hey I’m in here!
September 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hey I’m in here!
Surprise, I get to publish more books!
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
August 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Surprise, I get to publish more books!
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028!
This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
Replace "spongebob quotes" with "movie and actor trivia that people just use IMDb for now" and this is an actual scan of my brain
tbh my storage space dedicated to song lyrics is probably closer to 56%
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Replace "spongebob quotes" with "movie and actor trivia that people just use IMDb for now" and this is an actual scan of my brain
I kept blaming Mondays for my struggle to hit my word count targets at the beginning of each week, but then I remembered the genocide and fascism and robots and our melting brains and the crumbling climate and the death of democracy and was forced to concede that the problem *may* not be Mondays
August 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I kept blaming Mondays for my struggle to hit my word count targets at the beginning of each week, but then I remembered the genocide and fascism and robots and our melting brains and the crumbling climate and the death of democracy and was forced to concede that the problem *may* not be Mondays
GOOD. The fact that this actually had to be spelled out like this is wild, but I’m glad at least one state finally did.
Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.
www.engadget.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
GOOD. The fact that this actually had to be spelled out like this is wild, but I’m glad at least one state finally did.
NEVER EVER USE CHATGPT FOR MEDICAL ADVICE, OMG, IT IS FANCY PREDICTIVE TEXT, IT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING
August 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEVER EVER USE CHATGPT FOR MEDICAL ADVICE, OMG, IT IS FANCY PREDICTIVE TEXT, IT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING
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1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
www.wbur.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Theranos, is that you?
Would you pay $13,000 to rid your blood of microplastics? Yael Cohen thinks her new procedure could be revolutionary.
Would You Pay $13,000 to Rid Your Blood of Microplastics?
Would you pay $13,000 to rid your blood of microplastics? Yael Cohen thinks her new procedure could be revolutionary.
www.thecut.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Theranos, is that you?
It is impossible to be on the right side of history while actively and intentionally starving children.
There is no whataboutism on earth that makes that okay.
There is no whataboutism on earth that makes that okay.
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It is impossible to be on the right side of history while actively and intentionally starving children.
There is no whataboutism on earth that makes that okay.
There is no whataboutism on earth that makes that okay.
I don't need to fail up but it would be nice to stagnate at a modest incline every once in a while
July 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I don't need to fail up but it would be nice to stagnate at a modest incline every once in a while
Got a gorgeous visitor to the garden today
July 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Got a gorgeous visitor to the garden today
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The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
My cucumbers decided to hold my green beans hostage
June 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My cucumbers decided to hold my green beans hostage
Happy #Juneteenth!
Fig would like to remind you that one way to support Black-owned businesses, amplify Black voices, and learn from Black history is to read Black-authored books. They exist in every genre and age category, so no matter your taste, there’s bound to be something you’ll love.
Fig would like to remind you that one way to support Black-owned businesses, amplify Black voices, and learn from Black history is to read Black-authored books. They exist in every genre and age category, so no matter your taste, there’s bound to be something you’ll love.
June 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy #Juneteenth!
Fig would like to remind you that one way to support Black-owned businesses, amplify Black voices, and learn from Black history is to read Black-authored books. They exist in every genre and age category, so no matter your taste, there’s bound to be something you’ll love.
Fig would like to remind you that one way to support Black-owned businesses, amplify Black voices, and learn from Black history is to read Black-authored books. They exist in every genre and age category, so no matter your taste, there’s bound to be something you’ll love.
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Striking that Fry was a friend who genuinely tried to give JKR the benefit of the doubt--like we're always being told to do--but in the end was like "ew, no".
In some ways, that's a more persuasive testimony than someone who naturally disagreed from the get go.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...
In some ways, that's a more persuasive testimony than someone who naturally disagreed from the get go.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...
Stephen Fry: JK Rowling ‘a lost cause’ over trans rights stance
Star joins Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in publicly distancing themselves from Rowling’s views on gender identity and trans rights
www.standard.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Striking that Fry was a friend who genuinely tried to give JKR the benefit of the doubt--like we're always being told to do--but in the end was like "ew, no".
In some ways, that's a more persuasive testimony than someone who naturally disagreed from the get go.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...
In some ways, that's a more persuasive testimony than someone who naturally disagreed from the get go.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...
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I grew up going to the same high school as the country club kids. Some of my friends lived in those country clubs. I used to know the gate guy at one of them 'cause I spent so much time at that friend's house. racism is in their bones. even the ones who have learned to parrot progressive language.
i use the country club comparison a lot for dems, as it covers many angles. rich? yes. do white collar crime? yes. stupid as hell? yes, all simultaneously. just like people in country clubs.
and just like people in country clubs boy do they fucking hate the riffraff talking back to them.
and just like people in country clubs boy do they fucking hate the riffraff talking back to them.
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I grew up going to the same high school as the country club kids. Some of my friends lived in those country clubs. I used to know the gate guy at one of them 'cause I spent so much time at that friend's house. racism is in their bones. even the ones who have learned to parrot progressive language.
I enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale, mostly, but the persistent wyt feminist individualist perspective graaaaated on me.
History exists. It would’ve been great if the show ever acknowledged that.
Anyway I wrote about it for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/the-handmaid...
History exists. It would’ve been great if the show ever acknowledged that.
Anyway I wrote about it for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/the-handmaid...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends With a Hollow Victory. Can the Spinoff Do Better? | Commentary
With “The Testaments” in the works, it was never an option for the Elisabeth Moss-led "The Handmaid's Tale" to end with the fall of Gilead
www.thewrap.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale, mostly, but the persistent wyt feminist individualist perspective graaaaated on me.
History exists. It would’ve been great if the show ever acknowledged that.
Anyway I wrote about it for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/the-handmaid...
History exists. It would’ve been great if the show ever acknowledged that.
Anyway I wrote about it for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/the-handmaid...
Husband flew to Vermont last week for work and came home with COVID. It’s still very much a thing, kiddos.
May 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Husband flew to Vermont last week for work and came home with COVID. It’s still very much a thing, kiddos.
The front door babies have hatched and they are THE CUTEST LITTLE FLOOFS
I just wanna boop all their wee beaks
I just wanna boop all their wee beaks
May 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The front door babies have hatched and they are THE CUTEST LITTLE FLOOFS
I just wanna boop all their wee beaks
I just wanna boop all their wee beaks
“I asked ChatGPT and the answer seemed really reasonable to me”
Yes, because literally the ONLY THING ChatGPT and other LLMs are trained to do is sound reasonable.
Not analyze.
Not fact check.
Not research.
Not even ADD.
Just give responses that *sound* reasonable to folks who don’t know better
Yes, because literally the ONLY THING ChatGPT and other LLMs are trained to do is sound reasonable.
Not analyze.
Not fact check.
Not research.
Not even ADD.
Just give responses that *sound* reasonable to folks who don’t know better
May 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“I asked ChatGPT and the answer seemed really reasonable to me”
Yes, because literally the ONLY THING ChatGPT and other LLMs are trained to do is sound reasonable.
Not analyze.
Not fact check.
Not research.
Not even ADD.
Just give responses that *sound* reasonable to folks who don’t know better
Yes, because literally the ONLY THING ChatGPT and other LLMs are trained to do is sound reasonable.
Not analyze.
Not fact check.
Not research.
Not even ADD.
Just give responses that *sound* reasonable to folks who don’t know better