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Tochi Onyebuchi

@tochitruestory.bsky.social

Dope writer, mid gamer. Riot Baby (2020) Captain America: Symbol of Truth (2022-2023) Goliath (2022) Harmattan Season (2025) Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet (2025) Substack: tochionyebuchi.substack.com

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omfg this is absolutely going into the novel

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DLC characters for the next Mortal Kombat finna just be the cast of Squid Game

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Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online : NPR's Book of the Day Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a β€œskinless, raceless entity” until he experienced a shift around 2012. ...

In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!

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i can't breathe

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7 months ago…

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a close up of a man 's face with the words we did it behind him ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words we did it behind him

Omg I think you are!!! Welcome!!!

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Racebook | Grove Atlantic From the author of Hugo and NAACP Image Award finalistΒ Riot Baby, an original memoir in essays that interrogates how identities are shaped and informed...

A day late here but happy book birthday to this essay collection/personal lore drop i had way too much fun writing. Shoutout to @groveatlantic.bsky.social for letting your boy rap. And I hope y'all enjoy. #Racebook

groveatlantic.com/book/racebook/

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Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried β€œMove Slow and Make Things”? When working on a book about tech, the longue durΓ©e of the writing and publishing process is the yawning gulf beneath the tightrope, as the writer makes their way from thesis to destination.Β A sing…

In a world where tech billionaires want innovation as instant gratification, @tochitruestory.bsky.social thinks we should try to β€œmove slow and make things.”

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Come through!

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If walking right past Iconic weapons in Cyberpunk and missing them forever were an Olympic sport.....

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

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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

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πŸ™πŸΎ

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

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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 ...

Today in Brooklyn!

brooklynbookfestival.org/event/the-lo...

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πŸ₯Ή x 500000

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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.

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can't see california without marlon brando's eyes A not-an-essay on looking back

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

tochionyebuchi.substack.com/p/cant-see-c...

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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.

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

newrepublic.com/article/1996...

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

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

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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.

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

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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!"

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WU-TANG FOREVER πŸ‘πŸ½

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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.

"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...

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