"I have this digital agent. I call it the Gooch. You know the expression “He couldn’t find his butt with two hands and a flashlight”? That was me. It was like living half a life. A buttless half-life. Now I have the Gooch ping me my butt location. No more losing your butt in this brave new world."
Posts by Tochi Onyebuchi
omfg this is absolutely going into the novel
DLC characters for the next Mortal Kombat finna just be the cast of Squid Game
In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!
i can't breathe
7 months ago…
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
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In a world where tech billionaires want innovation as instant gratification, @tochitruestory.bsky.social thinks we should try to “move slow and make things.”
Come through!
If walking right past Iconic weapons in Cyberpunk and missing them forever were an Olympic sport.....
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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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One of these days I'll finally learn how to be less last-minute about these 🤣
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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.
"What if us making physical media cool again is part of the project of repairing the world the Boomers broke?"
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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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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.
some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart
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!"
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽