Rita Chang-Eppig (she/they)
@rchetypes.bsky.social
Novel: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, Good Morning America Buzz Pick. Stories in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, One Story, Conjunctions, Clarkesworld, etc. rchetypes.com
Holy shit the earthquake we just had here. All my Taiwan peeps okay?
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Holy shit the earthquake we just had here. All my Taiwan peeps okay?
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My friend Mary was laid off AND diagnosed with breast cancer in the last few months; treatment is going to make it extremely hard to start a new job. She set up a GFM and I am signal-boosting.
gofund.me/1b54a89c7
gofund.me/1b54a89c7
Donate to Support Mary’s Breast Cancer Treatment, organized by Mary Andrews Hanson
I never imagined I would be writing this, but life has taken an unexpected … Mary Andrews Hanson needs your support for Support Mary’s Breast Cancer Treatment
gofund.me
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My friend Mary was laid off AND diagnosed with breast cancer in the last few months; treatment is going to make it extremely hard to start a new job. She set up a GFM and I am signal-boosting.
gofund.me/1b54a89c7
gofund.me/1b54a89c7
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All - genuinely.
If this is something you want to see, can you quote tweet this and explain why?
Since I've been fighting to write this book for years, and I keep getting told there's no market interest.
I get it; it's not a sexy book. But it's an important book, imho. LMK what you think?
If this is something you want to see, can you quote tweet this and explain why?
Since I've been fighting to write this book for years, and I keep getting told there's no market interest.
I get it; it's not a sexy book. But it's an important book, imho. LMK what you think?
Also: I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this...
But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?
Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this...
But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
All - genuinely.
If this is something you want to see, can you quote tweet this and explain why?
Since I've been fighting to write this book for years, and I keep getting told there's no market interest.
I get it; it's not a sexy book. But it's an important book, imho. LMK what you think?
If this is something you want to see, can you quote tweet this and explain why?
Since I've been fighting to write this book for years, and I keep getting told there's no market interest.
I get it; it's not a sexy book. But it's an important book, imho. LMK what you think?
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I wrote about Pluribus and the dangers of writing exclusively for the fans. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World
Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV’s hit show “Pluribus”
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I wrote about Pluribus and the dangers of writing exclusively for the fans. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Probably more important than his rambling speech. They’re going to strip people of their citizenship.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Probably more important than his rambling speech. They’re going to strip people of their citizenship.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
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Well-behaved women seldom make history podcasts. With all due respect to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who coined the original phrase, this design celebrates all women historians and podcssters! Link below to shop the collection:
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Well-behaved women seldom make history podcasts. With all due respect to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who coined the original phrase, this design celebrates all women historians and podcssters! Link below to shop the collection:
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One of my fundamental beliefs is that I should not have to talk to people who have been cruel to me. You might be surprised to learn how often -- and vociferously -- people disagree with me about that.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One of my fundamental beliefs is that I should not have to talk to people who have been cruel to me. You might be surprised to learn how often -- and vociferously -- people disagree with me about that.
I feel like this is the kind of content that one can find only on Bluesky these days 😂
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I feel like this is the kind of content that one can find only on Bluesky these days 😂
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
The shingles vax has literally been shown to reduce your risk of dementia by like 20%, why are all these ignoramuses trying to get both shingles and dementia
The shingles vaccine could lay me out for a week and I'd prefer that to shingles.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The shingles vax has literally been shown to reduce your risk of dementia by like 20%, why are all these ignoramuses trying to get both shingles and dementia
I know universities are underfunded these days but I have serious problems with all these vanity graduate programs because so many of these students are utterly underprepared and then it becomes both a financial and mental health problem
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I know universities are underfunded these days but I have serious problems with all these vanity graduate programs because so many of these students are utterly underprepared and then it becomes both a financial and mental health problem
I’m watching Are You Sure?! with Jimin and Jung Kook and they’re hiking in a forest in the Northeast wearing T-shirts, shorts, and sandals, and I gotta ask: did the crew not warn them about ticks because they didn’t know or because they were looking for excuses to do thorough checks afterward?
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m watching Are You Sure?! with Jimin and Jung Kook and they’re hiking in a forest in the Northeast wearing T-shirts, shorts, and sandals, and I gotta ask: did the crew not warn them about ticks because they didn’t know or because they were looking for excuses to do thorough checks afterward?
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism but you really shouldn’t be supporting Spotify at this point
I have been perfectly happy since the switch to Tidal, the playlist transfer was pretty seamless and my literal only problem is remembering which icon to use on my phone to get to the music since I can't find the green circle anymore
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism but you really shouldn’t be supporting Spotify at this point
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They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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$20 billion could end homelessness in the US
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
$20 billion could end homelessness in the US
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
$40 billion could end hunger globally
Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes
Anyway I’ve been watching this guy’s videos for like the past thirty minutes
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhF1Cl...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhF1Cl...
けいちゃん/Keichan on Instagram: "海外コンサートでマリオを完全再現
#piano"
2M likes, 16K comments - keichan_piano on November 26, 2025: "海外コンサートでマリオを完全再現
#piano".
www.instagram.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Anyway I’ve been watching this guy’s videos for like the past thirty minutes
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhF1Cl...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhF1Cl...
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Book Advent #9: "Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea" by @rchetypes.bsky.social is about the real life pirate Shek Yeung with speculative/weird elements. Featuring gorgeous writing, this novel meditates on the effects of power and the efforts to cling to it. And another cover from @yukoart.bsky.social!
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
Check out Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea - <p><b>A Good Morning America Buzz Pick<br></b><br><b>The dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from ...
bookshop.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Book Advent #9: "Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea" by @rchetypes.bsky.social is about the real life pirate Shek Yeung with speculative/weird elements. Featuring gorgeous writing, this novel meditates on the effects of power and the efforts to cling to it. And another cover from @yukoart.bsky.social!
Not to be a hater but why are so many of you listening to Taylor Swift’s new album. It’s not her best work. Instead might I recommend Caroline Polachek’s Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (extended version) and Rina Sawayama’s debut.
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not to be a hater but why are so many of you listening to Taylor Swift’s new album. It’s not her best work. Instead might I recommend Caroline Polachek’s Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (extended version) and Rina Sawayama’s debut.
The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social is that perfect combination of sexy and creepy that the author does so well, that made me fall in love with her work when I read Mexican Gothic.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social is that perfect combination of sexy and creepy that the author does so well, that made me fall in love with her work when I read Mexican Gothic.
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If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.