Sophia Babai

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

*rubs forehead* Don't say anything that might get you [REDACTED], don't say anything that might get you [REDACTED], don't say anything that might...

I made this joke on threads and 200+ white people are trying to "educate" me via cyberbullying, why is the internet like this 😬

How much money did the iodine lobby have to pay to make every non-iodized salt say "DOES NOT SUPPLY IODINE" on the label.

Bluesky has four types of users

Bluesky has four types of users

Whew. open.substack.com/pub/savagemi...

Just before an election. It's all so goddamn predictable.

On the bright side I had my first official agent-client call with my new agent and she's awesome 💜

We're at the frustrating stage of recovery where I still don't have the energy to stuff but I have the buzzing desire to stuff.

Naps are the best.

It's my birthday! If you feel so called, please link me a song or recipe you love. And if you feel extra called, please donate to The Sameer Project and let me know that you did, it would bring me a lot of joy. thesameerproject.org

It's my birthday! If you feel so called, please link me a song or recipe you love. And if you feel extra called, please donate to The Sameer Project and let me know that you did, it would bring me a lot of joy. thesameerproject.org

You have been Seen

Guess whose phone is brokennnnnnn :D

You have been Seen

A cool thing full of cool stories by cool people!!

Lentil fesenjan! (Shoutout to my best friend for so much sous cheffing it was arguably just cheffing)

Obviously screw this guy but kinda makes me wonder what Trump's other billionaire buddies are up to

I am so thrilled to say that my writing is now represented by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic!

I HAVE FINALLY FILED MY TAXES \o/

I am so thrilled to say that my writing is now represented by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic!

Q2. I've written about the experiences of soldiers in the past, because I was taught to prioritize the emotional experiences of the ones doing the killing over the ones being killed. I'm increasingly uninterested in that. These days my books center the experiences of civilians. #HorrorWritersChat

Also there oughta be a law about needing to file taxes when you're recovering from medical care. 😩

*eagerly refreshing inbox, waiting until I can say the thing*

The fun thing about the post-hospital dietary restrictions is that I get to try food I wouldn't otherwise have tried, e.g. I just poached eggs for the first time (they came out pretty well!)

"A 2025 study proposed combining rice husk ash, wood ash and rice straw to make a low-cost, carbon-negative material that could eliminate the need for cement [which accounts for ~1/12 of global emissions]."

Oh wow I have 9.3k followers, I guess I should say hi again! I'm Sophia, mostly. I write books, design games, run embodiment workshops on healing from burnout / grief and recovering energy / creativity. I worked in politics for many years and still yell about politics a lot. I like haunted things.

I read Yesteryear because five separate people have mentioned it as a potential comp title and WOW it’s been a while since I ripped through a book that fast

I am back in New York! And I get to share exciting news soooooooooon

Hey so with Trump casually telling a cheering crowd that it’d be fine if Iran blows up Los Angeles or San Diego, I’m gonna need y’all to get real familiar with “false flag operation” and make sure everyone else in your life is, too.

I try VERY hard not to be an alarmist but Trump is following an incredibly familiar playbook here.

@stephengrahamjones.com Congratulations on the IGNYTE award!!