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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

I, too, would make sure that all the people who would need to coordinate to halt or reverse my political progress were gathered from across the planet in the same room while I demonstrated why they should probably do that

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 8d

if i were a would-be dictator whose only civilian check on power had been consumed by total-complete partisan loyalty, something i would definitely do is call an unprecedented in-person meeting of the only people who could stop me and then proceed to illustrate why they should stop me

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · 17d

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · 17d

One of these days I'll finally learn how to be less last-minute about these 🤣

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · 17d

Today in Brooklyn!

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The Long Shadows of Empire - Brooklyn Book Festival

The pains of colonization are omnipresent, even when buried or seemingly removed. In Lauren Francis-Sharma’s Casualties of Truth, a woman is forced to reckon with the violence that shaped her success ...

brooklynbookfestival.org

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · 24d

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Sep 8

For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

Justin Taylor @justintaylor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Sep 5

"What if us making physical media cool again is part of the project of repairing the world the Boomers broke?"

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can't see california without marlon brando's eyes

A not-an-essay on looking back

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Aug 27

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 25

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Last photos taken by Gaza journalists before they were killed in Israeli strikes

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www.haaretz.com

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Aug 15

I have no idea what I'm saving this picture for, but I know the day will come where it will serve as a response beyond perfection, expertly braised, with just the right amount of meme. And when that day comes, I will be so glad of the wisdom and forethought I exercised today.

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Mr Putin, why have you had a million casualties to control less of Ukraine than you did 3 years ago?"

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Jaime N. Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social · Aug 6

some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart

Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · Aug 6

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just announced she's removing the age limit for ICE applicants, which allows literal teenagers to now apply. What could possibly go wrong?

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Aug 1

Saw Flight with a law school buddy at the AMC Magic Johnson when it came out.

During the scene where Denzel gets rid of all the liquor in his cabin, a guy in front of us, very audibly, lamented "NO, NOT THE HENNY!"

Boner Vivant @dougtilley.bsky.social · Jul 31

Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema?

During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.

Mike McGranaghan @aisleseat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Someone in my audience had a very audible negative reaction to the dog scene in TOGETHER. So that was fun!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 24

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jul 24

"French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza."

stunning.

apnews.com/article/fran...

French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.

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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · Jul 20

When I’m waiting for reviews of my new book.

Zohran Mamdani making fun of the NY Post in his latest viral video. Caption says, “Inshallah, on the front page.”

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Jul 18

Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday

The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · Jul 18

Tucked away in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' is the requirement that all visitors to the US must pay $250 just to enter the country starting 1 October! For a family of 5 that's $1250! I doubt this will help America's crashing tourism business which is down 10% already since January

Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Jul 17

"No, it won't," real person with common sense, whose brain hasn't been rotted by an addiction to credit default swaps predicts.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · Jul 17

GTA 6 will earn $7.6bn in two months and be the "largest gaming release of all time", investment firm predicts

www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-will-e...

GTA6 screenshot of city and beach with two illustrated characters superimposed

Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Jul 15

WIRED is the Shams of US political reporting.

Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · Jul 15

Me thinking this was about the video game company and nodding sagely along

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · Jul 15

EA failed because it was impossible to decouple the "better malaria nets" stuff from the extended Rationalist Cinematic Universe. And the thread holding much of the latter together is AI

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