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Aurelius Raines II (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 II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 6h
AI thinks Martin and Cole are the same person!
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SydTheKid💋 @thicneyyy.blacksky.app · 14h
“Chatbbt, is it raining?” Summer please. 😭😭😭
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 6h
OMG! This!
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 6h
🫂
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 6h
OMG! Not as impressed with the original, now. 😅
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Blerd Bae's Beau @onedrinktwodrink.blacksky.app · 7h
People don't realize their blessings
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🧸 @tayloreric.dev · 7h
Can’t wait for season 2 of Supacell!
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 14h
took me a minute now I'm wheezing.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 20h
I love how they didn't sideline the OG cast to just cameos.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 20h
OMG! Not Byron!! NOT PAPA POPE!
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
They're hoping we will all forget that society functions just fine without random bouts of IP theft and ecological damage
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
they tried it and it did.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I found an edition of this book with no scary pictures. There was a backlash
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🤣
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please stop writing down everything I say and just think. I'm giving examples and you're creating a list that only includes the examples. Based on the criteria and examples and can you create your own examples?
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Jair, The Literary Masturbator @jairtlm.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
True Stories With #BillBellamy youtu.be/jsFEHOj2J10?...
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Turbo Couldn't Stop Boogalooing at the MTV Beach House (True Story) | Bill Bellamy
YouTube video by Bill Bellamy
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From one broke art nerd to another: I found 5 Below has legit art supplies for when I had to fun my student's art class. Alcohol markers and paint pens are really inexpensive there.
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Pingu Painting on Canvas
ALT: Pingu Painting on Canvas
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Maxwell Smart @angrymann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Keep them ppl out of your business before they tell you it ain’t yours to mind.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looking more at the AI Slop wings than the price. I will pay to eat as soon as I get in the door.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Y'know
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Illuminati: We need to do something about the Hulk. He's out of control. Spider-Man: How about we leave Bruce alone?
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Look at these wings. I'm so mad.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😂
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This book chnaged the way I taught EVERYTHING! Can't wait to snatch it!
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think that's the point. When people don't know a lot EVERYTHING could be true. Now I got to learn about AI processing resources per GiG. I wanted to play video games. 🙄
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gallons?!
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just left from a Children Book Fair. All these books look the same. I'm trying to support Black Authors but I don't support Black Authors that don't support Black Artist. Thought to. grab a snack at a good truck and...
Photo of a food truck menu that has been designed by AI. Chicken wings look like orange rabbit turds.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🤣
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not that I like this guy but That was a big child. Shotty went "dead weight" too. Like trying to move a mattress. 😂
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Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I really want Black Americans to stop platforming Black people who hate US. Stop putting them in our films and shows.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People who write editorials shocked about where we are in feminist politics , tech, media etc Are the same people who didn’t think it was that serious 7-10 years ago Advertised how they ignored the people who did , but needed the “repair “ to be quiet ( if it happened at all) The bad guys noticed
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ta-Nehisi Coates said, ”I‘ve been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I’m not qualified to talk about.” ”No one person should be the oracle or be the articulator…be skeptical of people who attempt to appoint themselves as that. I don‘t want that job at all.”
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Boondocks: MLK Discussion Interrupted
ALT: Boondocks: MLK Discussion Interrupted
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 03/10/2026
I think people are amazing
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This question never fails to reform and renew. "Why are we here and what are we supposed to be doing?"
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We have an Anne Frank exhibit, here. Reminds us that this play book is old, old. And we fall for it almost everytime.
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brainstorm is a badass word and I don't know why anyone would want to let a machine do it for them. Writers: My brain is experiencing lightening and gail force winds about this idea. Can you taste the rain in the air? The bro: I'd rather press a button. Vibe check failed.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When I realized bringing facts, compassion, and reason to a situation only engenders spite...👆🏾
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I didn't appreciate what a wonder this movie was when I first saw it. I was old enough to catch reruns and film of these men. The only ones I knew about were Gene Kelly and ofc Sammy Davis. This movie taught me about the Nicholas Brothers. ❤️
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Stephen P @stephenp12.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hard work pays off…. #blackpotter #blacksky
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"María" is harvesting sweet potatoes. "I work 8 hours a day and earn CA minimum wage of $16.90/hr. The hardest part for me is having to get up at 2:00am to pack my lunch, wait for my ride and drive to the site. My shift runs from 4am. to 12:30 pm." #WeFeedYou
Freshly harvested sweet potatoes
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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something Followed Us Home book launch at The Twisted Spine in New York City ❤️
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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 04/10/2026
I'm feeling attacked by @theonion.com but also 10/10.
"How a Book Becomes A Bestseller, The Onion demystifies the publishing process."

1. Proletariat becomes literate. 
2. Author's creative inspiration flourishes upon marrying spouse with high-earning, unethical job.
3. Author chooses magical being to have sex with, then works backwards.
4. Author lands agent by running full speed into them while holding loose-leaf copy of manuscript.
5. Penguin Random House blackmailed into seven-figure book deal.
6. Editor removes typos and originality.
7. Famous author who hasn't read book reminded they got three glowing blurbs last year from authors who hadn't read theirs.
8. Publisher contacts Merriam-Webster to license all words it's using.
9. Marketing completely misrepresents plot, tone, and author.
10. Terrified independent bookstore owners gamble their razor-thin profit margin on this one.
11. PR firm hires thousands of people through Craigslist to performatively read book on subway.
12. Colman Domingo, contractually obligated to appear in all things, voices audiobook.
13. New York Times oracle nods.
14. Book written for sole purpose of becoming movie becomes movie.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This part. Please pay attention.
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That Lil woman had NO BONES!
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
👀👀👀👀
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel you, Sis. Black Parents run into this all the time. Arabilious and an Anthology of Arab Speculative (Science) Fiction.
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Arabilious: Anthology of Arab Futurism - Zaghmout, Fadi; Afifi, Nadia; Saab, Sara; Barber, Jess; Moaswes, Abdulla; El-Din Aysha, Emad; Dadouch, Maria; Abdulrazzak, Hassan; Kader, Farah: 9788832077988 ...
Arab Science Fiction is largely unknown internationally, for this reason, Arabilious would like to make you discover nine short stories written by authors coming from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Leb...
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