Nash Tysmans
@nashtysmans.bsky.social
Writer, lover of trees, words, stories, & the open road. Occasional cloud watcher & fruit sniffer. Organizer for Streetnet International in Asia. Labor rights for workers in the informal economy! ❤️✊🏽 Brussels-based Filipina. 🍉
Finally finding time to read this, slowly and deliberately. I’m surprised by the lines that make me laugh out loud, irreverent and searing. Love, love this book.
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Finally finding time to read this, slowly and deliberately. I’m surprised by the lines that make me laugh out loud, irreverent and searing. Love, love this book.
Soup, sunshine, & good coffee. I’m training my brain to concentrate again. Reading, writing—making sense & breaking bread with friends.
February 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Soup, sunshine, & good coffee. I’m training my brain to concentrate again. Reading, writing—making sense & breaking bread with friends.
Currently reading—resisting the need to be hyper informed & finding ways to ground myself. This is phenomenal.
January 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Currently reading—resisting the need to be hyper informed & finding ways to ground myself. This is phenomenal.
The Immigrant Wives in the White House by @bhaktishringarpure.bsky.social is a must read: mediapodcast.substack.com/p/the-immigr...
Listen to their podcast too!
Listen to their podcast too!
January 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Immigrant Wives in the White House by @bhaktishringarpure.bsky.social is a must read: mediapodcast.substack.com/p/the-immigr...
Listen to their podcast too!
Listen to their podcast too!
They say, never meet your heroes—more so if they’re writers because they’ll just disappoint you. But when it’s Melissa Febos & you get to tell her just how much her words mean to you—that’s magic. 💖 Grateful, always, for what words do. The essays in Body Work are the antidote to the times.
January 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
They say, never meet your heroes—more so if they’re writers because they’ll just disappoint you. But when it’s Melissa Febos & you get to tell her just how much her words mean to you—that’s magic. 💖 Grateful, always, for what words do. The essays in Body Work are the antidote to the times.
Excellent & important. Glad I caught this before the inauguration in the US—it’s the perfect documentary to make one’s blood boil & lament the fact that what passes for leadership these days is an elite crop of male idiots & tech bro losers.
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Excellent & important. Glad I caught this before the inauguration in the US—it’s the perfect documentary to make one’s blood boil & lament the fact that what passes for leadership these days is an elite crop of male idiots & tech bro losers.
Cleaning my desk and laughing at myself. 🙈😅 Every time I go to Asia, my collection of pahid pahid grows. You would think I were in so much pain. But at least you know that I’m the woman with the goods!
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cleaning my desk and laughing at myself. 🙈😅 Every time I go to Asia, my collection of pahid pahid grows. You would think I were in so much pain. But at least you know that I’m the woman with the goods!
Trying to work my way back into poetry as a way to animate & refresh my writing. Do you have any favorite or newly discovered poets & poems to recommend? (Also in love with this cover/color combo of Lee Seong-Bok & @antonhur.com!)
January 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trying to work my way back into poetry as a way to animate & refresh my writing. Do you have any favorite or newly discovered poets & poems to recommend? (Also in love with this cover/color combo of Lee Seong-Bok & @antonhur.com!)
I inherited my favorite teacup from my great aunt. I love when all my interests come together so beautifully. Also, I didn’t know that lemon balm loved this season!
December 29, 2024 at 1:34 PM
I inherited my favorite teacup from my great aunt. I love when all my interests come together so beautifully. Also, I didn’t know that lemon balm loved this season!
The glorious tail end of holiday reading. 💜🌸
December 28, 2024 at 8:27 PM
The glorious tail end of holiday reading. 💜🌸
Let’s see you at 21.
The year I was a pirate & got my artificial eye. Got into photography, too. I still have this choker.
The year I was a pirate & got my artificial eye. Got into photography, too. I still have this choker.
December 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Let’s see you at 21.
The year I was a pirate & got my artificial eye. Got into photography, too. I still have this choker.
The year I was a pirate & got my artificial eye. Got into photography, too. I still have this choker.
Since I’m on a Southeast Asia binge, I may as well share my current obsession with this film magazine called, Marg1n. Their first issue is about cinema in Cambodia & the Philippines but with a particular focus on piracy. I got a Belgian indie bookshop to take two copies to stock today. Small wins!
December 12, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Since I’m on a Southeast Asia binge, I may as well share my current obsession with this film magazine called, Marg1n. Their first issue is about cinema in Cambodia & the Philippines but with a particular focus on piracy. I got a Belgian indie bookshop to take two copies to stock today. Small wins!
Sharing this call for a panel—this really tickles my brain & makes me so excited. Wish I could be a fly on the wall listening to people grapple with these themes. If you work on Southeast Asia, please let me know. 💖
December 12, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Sharing this call for a panel—this really tickles my brain & makes me so excited. Wish I could be a fly on the wall listening to people grapple with these themes. If you work on Southeast Asia, please let me know. 💖
Readers, I met him! Thara Seng, the editor of the lovely Marg1n magazine. We talked cinema, common friends, visions, & delusions for hours & hours. Had goosebumps thinking of how their work is exactly what Alexis Tioseco would have resonated with—their first impulse being that of love. ❤️
December 9, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Readers, I met him! Thara Seng, the editor of the lovely Marg1n magazine. We talked cinema, common friends, visions, & delusions for hours & hours. Had goosebumps thinking of how their work is exactly what Alexis Tioseco would have resonated with—their first impulse being that of love. ❤️
Discovered this delicious gem of a magazine on cinema in Cambodia & the Philippines. The first issue takes on piracy & harks back to a time of DVDs & bootleg copies. I’m in love! 🥰 Hope I can meet the the editor soon.
December 8, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Discovered this delicious gem of a magazine on cinema in Cambodia & the Philippines. The first issue takes on piracy & harks back to a time of DVDs & bootleg copies. I’m in love! 🥰 Hope I can meet the the editor soon.
The best part of my job is being with our vendor leaders & learning from them. ❤️ Closing another successful training activity & happy to report that we now have a roster of leaders ready to train their members!
December 4, 2024 at 10:45 AM
The best part of my job is being with our vendor leaders & learning from them. ❤️ Closing another successful training activity & happy to report that we now have a roster of leaders ready to train their members!
Phnom Penh always has my heart. Good evening. It’s nice to be home. ❤️
December 2, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Phnom Penh always has my heart. Good evening. It’s nice to be home. ❤️
Plot twist! I’ve just been asked to open this festival! 🥰🙈☺️🔥
November 25, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Plot twist! I’ve just been asked to open this festival! 🥰🙈☺️🔥
Friends in the Philippines, please catch Robin in Davao & Manila for his book launch. Details are in the photos below. So happy to know that @kerttandog.bsky.social will also be in conversation with him! 🎉
November 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Friends in the Philippines, please catch Robin in Davao & Manila for his book launch. Details are in the photos below. So happy to know that @kerttandog.bsky.social will also be in conversation with him! 🎉
Are you curious about the links between the climate crisis and labor in the informal economy? In case this interests you, I’ll be hosting a discussion with Dr. Christy Braham where we’ll look at social protection as a frame to guide actions in our sector. Join us! ✍️ tinyurl.com/4rc6hjky
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Are you curious about the links between the climate crisis and labor in the informal economy? In case this interests you, I’ll be hosting a discussion with Dr. Christy Braham where we’ll look at social protection as a frame to guide actions in our sector. Join us! ✍️ tinyurl.com/4rc6hjky
Whoever is curating the English selection at the Muntpunt library in Brussels always on point. 🔥
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Whoever is curating the English selection at the Muntpunt library in Brussels always on point. 🔥
My darlings, if any of you are in Brussels next week, please come to the 2nd Asmara Addis Literary Festival on 29-30 November. This year’s theme is the body’s languages & it will be wonderful! ❤️🔥 (I’m cross posting from IG)
November 18, 2024 at 11:41 AM
My darlings, if any of you are in Brussels next week, please come to the 2nd Asmara Addis Literary Festival on 29-30 November. This year’s theme is the body’s languages & it will be wonderful! ❤️🔥 (I’m cross posting from IG)
Some of my favorites fro m this collection:
The intro by Norman Pasaribu
The intro by Norman Pasaribu
November 17, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Some of my favorites fro m this collection:
The intro by Norman Pasaribu
The intro by Norman Pasaribu
Anamot Press in the UK released this anthology of queer Indonesians writing without shame. I’m so excited for Sunday’s read!
November 16, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Anamot Press in the UK released this anthology of queer Indonesians writing without shame. I’m so excited for Sunday’s read!