Mike Jung
@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social
OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
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I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
The GOP's been trying to do this for decades and they finally succeeded because of the current fascist regime. A huge loss.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The GOP's been trying to do this for decades and they finally succeeded because of the current fascist regime. A huge loss.
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It was so fun being on Writers With Wrinkles!! And my episode is kicking off a new season and a new year 😶 eek no pressure! I hope y'all enjoy our chat about connecting with peers and the hurdles your pages have to clear and the thing I'm looking for when I (eventually) reopen to queries
New Episode! 🎉 We're kicking 2026 off with a bang! Beth & Lisa chat with @erincaseywestin.bsky.social, associate agent at Galt & Zacker Literary Agency, about the #kidlit market and how agents evaluate queries. Hot topic: What's up with middle grade? 😁
www.writerswithwrinkles.net/what-literar...
www.writerswithwrinkles.net/what-literar...
What Literary Agents Look for in Kidlit Submissions, with Erin Casey Westin
What Literary Agents Look for in Kidlit Submissions, with Erin Casey Westin page for Writers With Wrinkles
www.writerswithwrinkles.net
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It was so fun being on Writers With Wrinkles!! And my episode is kicking off a new season and a new year 😶 eek no pressure! I hope y'all enjoy our chat about connecting with peers and the hurdles your pages have to clear and the thing I'm looking for when I (eventually) reopen to queries
It’s always Totoro
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
It’s always Totoro
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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I just finished this and it's a little outside my preferred reading zone but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I especially appreciated the parents' story, they're queer moms about 8-12 years older than me (and the protagonist is ~8-12 years older than my older kid) and the recent queer history was lovely.
I especially appreciated the parents' story, they're queer moms about 8-12 years older than me (and the protagonist is ~8-12 years older than my older kid) and the recent queer history was lovely.
I'm so grateful for recent responses to Lessons in Magic and Disaster!!!
First, bookseller Rowan Julian with @novelneighbor.bsky.social in St Louis calls Lessons "a firecracker of a book" and "one of my favorites of 2025" in an utterly wonderful shelf-talker.
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First, bookseller Rowan Julian with @novelneighbor.bsky.social in St Louis calls Lessons "a firecracker of a book" and "one of my favorites of 2025" in an utterly wonderful shelf-talker.
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January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I just finished this and it's a little outside my preferred reading zone but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I especially appreciated the parents' story, they're queer moms about 8-12 years older than me (and the protagonist is ~8-12 years older than my older kid) and the recent queer history was lovely.
I especially appreciated the parents' story, they're queer moms about 8-12 years older than me (and the protagonist is ~8-12 years older than my older kid) and the recent queer history was lovely.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
This is the most depressed I've felt after the holidays in a while. Too much illness, too much drama, too much of my usual life being put on hold
January 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is the most depressed I've felt after the holidays in a while. Too much illness, too much drama, too much of my usual life being put on hold
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It's a LARPing Eliopoulos Elves DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Guest Artist and overall Genius @chriseliopoulos.com returns with some more Elf-help!
www.dorktower.com/2025/12/29/1...
Reblog/Repost/Regift, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/12/29/1...
Reblog/Repost/Regift, please and thank you!
December 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's a LARPing Eliopoulos Elves DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Guest Artist and overall Genius @chriseliopoulos.com returns with some more Elf-help!
www.dorktower.com/2025/12/29/1...
Reblog/Repost/Regift, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/12/29/1...
Reblog/Repost/Regift, please and thank you!
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fuck I can't believe I totally neglected to make a lemon piglet, I have one more day to do it, omg
i think it was from a twitter account that shared 70s recipe cards
December 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
fuck I can't believe I totally neglected to make a lemon piglet, I have one more day to do it, omg
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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I didn't read as many books as I'd have liked in 2025, but here are a couple of awesome winners; very differently inspirational. #2025reads
#fabbooks
@cquince.bsky.social
@dr-nicky.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Specimen-PRI...
www.amazon.com/s?k=neuroque...
#fabbooks
@cquince.bsky.social
@dr-nicky.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Specimen-PRI...
www.amazon.com/s?k=neuroque...
December 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I didn't read as many books as I'd have liked in 2025, but here are a couple of awesome winners; very differently inspirational. #2025reads
#fabbooks
@cquince.bsky.social
@dr-nicky.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Specimen-PRI...
www.amazon.com/s?k=neuroque...
#fabbooks
@cquince.bsky.social
@dr-nicky.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Specimen-PRI...
www.amazon.com/s?k=neuroque...
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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Just bumping this up again!
Charisma is an indispensable, brilliant trans artist, organizer, community node, bookseller and so much more.
They just had to leave their home AGAIN. 😭
Times are hard all over, but I'd be so grateful if you could give whatever you can spare 💗🏳️⚧️💗
Charisma is an indispensable, brilliant trans artist, organizer, community node, bookseller and so much more.
They just had to leave their home AGAIN. 😭
Times are hard all over, but I'd be so grateful if you could give whatever you can spare 💗🏳️⚧️💗
I have started an urgent gfm for my partner and friend Charisma and Robin. Please consider supporting them as they face financial hardship and housing insecurity! gofund.me/21cc825a8
@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just bumping this up again!
Charisma is an indispensable, brilliant trans artist, organizer, community node, bookseller and so much more.
They just had to leave their home AGAIN. 😭
Times are hard all over, but I'd be so grateful if you could give whatever you can spare 💗🏳️⚧️💗
Charisma is an indispensable, brilliant trans artist, organizer, community node, bookseller and so much more.
They just had to leave their home AGAIN. 😭
Times are hard all over, but I'd be so grateful if you could give whatever you can spare 💗🏳️⚧️💗
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
This is the kind of content I come to Bluesky for
Tendi (my giant Australian rainforest mantis) is so large at this point that she needs the XXXL-size red runner roaches. Anything else is too small, and gets sliced in half when she tries to grab it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is the kind of content I come to Bluesky for
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Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
It's been a less than merry christmas in these here parts due to fuckery and illness of assorted kinds, but there are lots of cats in the house, which is a comfort
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It's been a less than merry christmas in these here parts due to fuckery and illness of assorted kinds, but there are lots of cats in the house, which is a comfort
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Just in case you missed this article about the erosion of the 14th and 15th Amendments during the holiday. Important reporting by @adamserwer.bsky.social
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just in case you missed this article about the erosion of the 14th and 15th Amendments during the holiday. Important reporting by @adamserwer.bsky.social
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i'm gonna try this
This photosynthetic magic trick allows for the big finale: some sacoglossan sea slugs can detach their own heads from their body (which contains the gut!) & live on photosynthesis for a few weeks while the body regrows from the head!
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.
This Sea Slug Can Chop Off Its Head and Grow an Entire New Body--Twice
It is one of the “most extreme” examples of regeneration ever seen
www.scientificamerican.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i'm gonna try this
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The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
Staggering to the end of 2025, still on my feet, not managing my emotional states very well but also not becoming genuinely deranged in any way, so that's a win #winning
December 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Staggering to the end of 2025, still on my feet, not managing my emotional states very well but also not becoming genuinely deranged in any way, so that's a win #winning
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This is possibly the most brutal review I've ever read. I'm not one for negativity, but there is a point at which negativity becomes so incandescent for such good reason that it manages to uplift rather than depress. "Wow," you say, dazzled at the human capacity for righteous verbal violence.
FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white ...
filmfreakcentral.net
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is possibly the most brutal review I've ever read. I'm not one for negativity, but there is a point at which negativity becomes so incandescent for such good reason that it manages to uplift rather than depress. "Wow," you say, dazzled at the human capacity for righteous verbal violence.