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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 21/08/2026

thanks for reading our @sauutiverse.bsky.social anthology! There's a new one out too - Sauuti Terrors - and a lot of cool stories, if you want more of the world we've built. sauuti.com/ourwork/publ...

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Sauúti Published Works – The Sauúti Collective

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Lol, I think this Ramaphosa thing implicates local and global capital and that's what all the fuss is about. It's harder to hide behind ANC corruption and criminality, when you're so called clean candidate might be in on the take as well.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It's fascinating. Starship Troopers and Robocop could be argued to have a higher verisimilitude than films like Alien and Blade Runner, all of which deal in dystopia. There is a comical absurdist nature to all the darkness and pain. Special mention to 12 Monkeys.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday. Feel free to support if you can. thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...

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19521 Chaos, by The Dark Cow and Rap Man Gavin

7 track album

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The ghosts are loud tonight…

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

We're in primal stage of Capitalism where once again humankind must survive the harsh conditions of a planet they're actively making harder to live on. We literally have to rewire our brains to remember how to survive as a species. We're dumber than early humans dog. 😭

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Dear Google, I really do mean 'flence' and not 'fleece' so if you could stop auto-correcting this word in my doc, I'd appreciate it. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

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Crunchwrap Supreme Clientele @jerseylightning.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This is what E L U C I D does before he writes his rhymes

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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Sauúti Terrors UK Book Tour 👌🏾@sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @andrewhook.bsky.social , @stephenembleton.bsky.social

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

me in any conversation about anything lately:

screenshot from the Subway Takes video of a guy with long hair and a blue shirt holding a subway metro card / microphone

“I think we need to destroy the data centers”

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A lot of this really is that beloved friend, with the worst taste conceivable, convinced they've generated a masterpiece.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

When I see, don't take my word for it. Just try it! Prompt it with your latest work and see how sophisticated it is. All I see is feed the machine your best ideas so it can rip you off, help if rip off all your friends IP, and waste a bunch of electricity and water for shits and giggles.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Can't stop thinking about that YT video where the dude asked people who AI generate music who their favorite AI artist is and none of them could answer. 🤣🤣🤣

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Publisher: Did you make any use of GenAI? Me: Bro that manuscript tried to kill me 20 times while I was writing and editing it. I've seen the whites of its eyes as it tried to strangle the life out of me. There are horrors in life GenAI could not even begin to imagine.

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The Sauúti Collective @sauutiverse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫 Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy, & @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.

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British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh. This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Yoh guys. We've been through a lot hey...

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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Happy Release Day! 🎉🍾🥂 Buy now. @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social 💞 www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...

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Sauúti Terrors Short Stories - Flame Tree Publishing

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The Sauúti Collective @sauutiverse.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“Sauúti Terrors bursts at the seams with nightmares and endless possibilities. One who ventures into these tales does so at the risk of continuous delight in a unique assortment of Afrocentric worldbuilding, voices and storytelling craft.” — @suyidavies.com

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

okay let’s try this again

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This was a tough listen. Even more sinister when you consider the timing of the "ceasefire". It can be interpreted as Israel saying, we successfully destroyed and made Gaza inhospitable. Now there can be "peace". youtu.be/RO-Lor_yndM?...

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‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left' | Aaron Bastani meets Norman Finkelstein

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Did some drums for my brother @snotnozesaleem.bsky.social for his new EP with Hester Valentine. Heat rocks from them. 🫠 snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com/track/tartar...

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Tartar Steppe (ft. The Dark Cow), by Snotnoze Saleem and Hester Valentine

from the album Nipple Clamps

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

This dude talking about how there could simply be a bot that transfers your feed and community to another social media platform seemlessly is such a great reminder that it doesn't have to be this way. We have the technology for the internet to be an awesome place. youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...

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The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I guess it's Jack deJohnette all day today.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

We the rats, must have our feast.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Oof forgot how fucking awesome this album is.

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Snotnoze Saleem @snotnozesaleem.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Consider buying my new album, also available here on cassette and CD!

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Radio 4 interviewed some folks on AI yesterday and one proponent rolled out the usual 'people are scared of new technology' nonsense. People aren't scared of new tech. They're scared of the devaluation and loss of jobs, which is happening. They're scared of thirsty data centres. This isn't hard.

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Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

South Africans not believing an ANC member would take a decision for the benefit of the citizens, just as a face value statement even, is both sad and hilarious.

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