Xiran Jay Zhao
@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social
#1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Why is France being used as a unit of measurement
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4w agoAs Super Typhoon Bavi approaches, residents in Taiwan, Japan and China have been stockpiling supplies and closing businesses. Hundreds of fishing boats have rushed back to port to shelter from the storm, while flights and ferries have been cancelled.
There's only one Asian team left in the World Cup....Australia 😔
I can't believe Canada and Brazil are co-winners of the 2026 World Cup STOP THE COUNT
FRANCE 24 English@en.france24.com · last mo.🔴 BREAKING - World Cup 2026: Brazil beat Japan with last-gasp Martinelli goal to reach last 16
It would've been so iconic for Algeria to have pretended to go for a mutually beneficial draw only to sucker punch Austria out of the World Cup in the last minute as revenge for something that happened 44 years ago despite how it'll doom itself to a tougher opponent next round but alas
Wait until y'all hear about Robespierre and his insistence on keeping a daily routine (including wearing a wig while it was becoming literally dangerous to dress "aristocratically,") inability to make eye contact with people, having meltdowns that weirded everyone else out, monotone-sounding speech-
sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · last mo.trump: autism didn't exist back then napoleon bonaparte: my mind is made up of cabinets and if i shut all the drawers i will simply fall asleep
Latin American lore is absolutely bonkers, like what do you mean Fidel Castro put Diego Maradona through rehab and then Maradona tattooed Castro's face on his leg because of it
Goddamn I've heard of snow days and even experienced a few when I was living in Ontario but never heard of Heat Days TM when it gets so hot they have to close schools
Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · last mo.Ah, this is unbearable. X "the 1,800 schools in France...have been closed because they are dangerously hot" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Mexico vs South Korea is like Yugi vs Joey during the Duelist Kingdom semi-finals
The Jewish Labor Bund’s “history is the record of a search and a struggle for justice, dignity, and identity. And that struggle plainly has great relevance today.” Prof. Henry J. Tobias, 1972 @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on the Bund today:
If you are a new author who received an email from someone claiming to be me, it is NOT me. I do not cold email people. This is not my email address. ANYTHING COMING FROM THIS IS 100% A SCAM.
Zetian communes with the Hunduns in @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social ‘s Heavenly Tyrant #hundun #wuzetian #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant #ninetailfox #armor
Idc, "4 people disguised as construction workers heisted the Napoleon family jewels from the Louvre in 7 minutes by rolling up to the second-storey window on a basket lift" is an objectively hilarious event
It's back! JPat holiday bookseller bonus! Nominate a bookseller and they could get $500 from James Patterson! Nominate before Oct 31! www.bookweb.org/news/james-p...
James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program Returns for 2025
Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 600 booksellers from ABA member bookstores.
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WHO JUST DOES THIS TO SOMEONE 😭 WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM
Born to watch the cave entrance at night, stuck living as a dysfunctional modern human 😔
Hey, this is a reminder that the Unbound for Gaza auction is live right now. I have the complete Wedgeford Trilogy up here: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Signed: Wedgeford Trials Trilogy – Courtney Milan
Auction item 'Signed: Wedgeford Trials Trilogy – Courtney Milan' hosted online at 32auctions.
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o Macron pensando nessa toda vez que precisa abraçar outro presidente além do Lula
Xiran Jay Zhao@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 11mo agoMacron needs to be stopped
Why is this suddenly popping off on Brazilian bluesky
Xiran Jay Zhao@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 11mo agoMacron needs to be stopped
mds, eu pensava que ele era monogâmico com o lula, mas ele é um PUTO
Xiran Jay Zhao@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 11mo agoMacron needs to be stopped
Anyone know what type of coin this is? It appears to be from Mexico but I have no idea how it could've gotten into my great-great-grandma's possession when she was a peasant in China
To be against genocide in Gaza means we have to oppose the structural oppression of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism at the root of ongoing genocides in Sudan, Congo, and Tigray. No one is free until all of us are free. Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Free Tigray.
Im not over the name "Quattro Bajeena"
Gio.M@m2art.bsky.social · 11mo agoThey made him so slutty, 10/10 illustration no notes
