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Aurelius Raines (He/Him)

@aureliusr2.bsky.social

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Words in Apex, Apparition, Fiyah , Fantasy & Science Fiction, Black Power, Bitter Apples, Strange Horizons. SFWA, Writer & Teacher. VooDoonauts c/o '21 Air Bender 💨

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · Nov 19

I have gotten a LOT of new followers.
I'm about:

Lots of foolishness. The worse the news, the more Tom-Foolery.

Child Centered education. (If your talk is "research-based" we may butt heads.)

SpecFic. Esp fiction with Cullud flk & Femmes.

All women but Blk women 1st.
IYKYK 😉

Welcome, Loves!

a cartoon duck says well hello there in front of a building

Alt: a cartoon duck says well hello there in front of a building

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 1d

a little girl wearing a floral dress with a bow in her hair

ALT: a little girl wearing a floral dress with a bow in her hair

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 1d

That was my next question.
Thank you

Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously thought they were the same chap.
Wait... which one was in Animorphs?

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 2d

You either didn’t know he had a twin or you knew but think they look so different that you don’t acknowledge it. Baby that’s Shawn drawn from memory and Shawn

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 2d

A Steven Universe cosplay *is* dressing nice.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 2d

Black women watching Scandal is how live tweeting came about

The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 2d

Twittwer reaction to mid summer replacement show Scandal CHANGED how tv was marketed and produced forever. This is factual. Not hyperbole.

Oh hey Chels! @chelsisright.bsky.social · 2d

Black Twitter Watch Party favorites: Catfish, TCAP, Scandal and #DemThrones

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d

Englewood’s own Tonika Lewis Johnson is a MacArthur "genius." blockclubchi.co/3Wshd7N

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TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 2d

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 3d

I look at Christopher Reid now and I think he's problably trying to tell his kids he used to be a world-famous rapper & actor and they DO NOT BELIEVE HIM.

"Just GOOGLE me!" 😳

"I just googled PawPaw and nothing came up" 🙄

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 3d

🗣️Ain’t gonna hurt nobody… we’re just dancin’....

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3d

Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen Sigourney.

And she's far from finished with sci-fi, as she'll be appearing in Avatar: Fire and Ash (Dec. 2025) and The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 2026).

Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 3d

Wait
This is weird.

Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 3d

Triumph - WuTang

DW1LL ⚡️🤟🏾 @drlngschmpn71.bsky.social · 4d

So hey I got a question. Say you are in a movie with a scene where you just come in and show off your powers or hand to hand combat skills in a big fight. What song would you choose to play while you putting belt to ass?? 🤔

fry from futurama is making a funny face and says hmm ...

ALT: fry from futurama is making a funny face and says hmm ...

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of the The Calvin and Donovan stores in Asimov's I, Robot

The Martian by Andy Weir

Slay by Brittney Morris

Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 3d

Just started reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I love "protag reasons and solves problems thru process" stories.

But I actually got emotional at one point.

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Alex Mack 10 🇯🇲 @chillarybanks.com · 3d

🚨 Durham, NC!

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 5d

🤣

Imagining my mom watching the bear scene.

Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 5d

Wait.
Cree and Kadeem were a thing?

Turns out Cree wasn’t acting at all in episode 1 of season 2 😂 #creesummer #kadeemhardison #90s #tv

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 5d

My mom used to call Anime "Japanimation" and now I'm wondering where she got that from.

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Janette Kirchner @janette.bsky.social · 5d

I really wish we could have a conversation about how many Americans absolutely cannot afford healthcare and/or have been traumatized by doctors/nurses so they look for alternatives. Then news media grabs the potentially harmful alternative instead of holding power to account.

NPR @npr.org · 5d

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6d

The entire Tilly Norwood debate is infuriating. Because the images of the construct are compiled from REAL WOMEN. Ditto for the voice. The acting tics. You can't mash up Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman and think that's a cheat code to get out of paying either one.

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 8d

No songs in English should not

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 8d

But the whole point of hacking my governor module was that no one got to tell me to kill a bunch of humans if I didn’t feel like it. (Or even if I did feel like it.)

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Aurelius Raines (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 8d

The city looks so different. All that SKY!