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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 1h

Also, unrelated but kinda- Mike Tyson came out supporting Trump yesterday (heh, like likes like). Well on the stairmaster this morning, I went on Netflix and the first thing that popped up was some documentary about Mike Tyson. What are these people playing at, man? 😑 The propaganda, ugh.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 1h

I’m a huge Metallica fan and have been since Master of Puppets. I just can’t stop thinking about him getting up there and saying this. So…cowardly. I know what he’s trying to do (oh i know the context) and who he’s trying to placate. Ew.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 2h

James Hetfield from Metallica said, “…Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bullshit. We are here to forget about all the outside shit!” The same band that did this album where every song is damn political. I can’t stop thinking about this. 😒

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Dawnschilde @dawnschilde.com · 5h

Just needed to show you that the algorithm is algorithm-ing properly today:

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I dunno?! I have SUCH a thing for raptors, as a whole...and YES, quail, lol! And hummingbirds. Potoos. And roadrunners. Robins. And blue jays, too. Grackles. Night hawks. Starlings. Parrots. Hoopoes. Frigate birds. Ibises. Pelicans... Let me stop, 😆.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm at my desk and I just shouted "Pacific Pecan!" and laughed loudly, because I'd meant to type Pacific Ocean. My daughter heard me from her bedroom and responded, "Passionate pony!" Me: "What?" My daughter: "Are we doing alliterations?" 🤣

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Cozy Fibonacci on a Sunday afternoon. It’s all mathematics…and cats. 🐈 🐈‍⬛

Periwinkle Chukwu the Oriental shorthair cat curled up against Neptune Onyedike the Sphynx cat one a blue blanket

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s also one of the most cowardly.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“It’s a joke” is one of the most tired forms of being shitty.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Heehee, that just my house robot Astrochukwu, 🤖.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Live Laugh Dove? I like that kinda cheesy happy nonsense. This one? RUDE and kinda misogynist.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My favorite chocolate is Dove milk chocolate. I used to enjoy the fun positive messages in each Dove Promise. But at some point the messages went from positive to assuming you have problems. Now, they REALLY get on my nerves. I eat the chocolates, but try not to read the messages. An example:

You're eating this while hiding from your kids, aren't you?
Dove

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ooh. Sad. I don’t care a lick about football and even I was familiar with his name and legacy, being from Chicago and a little kid back then. I remember. 😌

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Race and ethnicity aren’t “skin”, btw.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

yeah, cuz that's literally what i'm referring to. just watch; they will have them for this guy's execution. the government itself has opened up the doors for it with this decision. the country's BEEN unwell.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They started saying “unalive” to prevent thier posts from being censored. Then people started using the term. So it wasn’t to be cute, but it was to make their posts “safe”. All these things are complicated and layered.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There will be parties when it’s streamed. They had them at the lynchings of innocent human beings only a handful of decades ago, so I expect it for this murderer.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What kind of society do we become when the state invites us to gather around a screen and watch it kill someone? 🇺🇸

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t care how many people that idiot killed, an execution should NOT be made public. PERIOD. EVER. If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Exactly. Yes! You see what I see! 🌳

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Took this photo of my daughter days ago and I keep returning to look at it.

Anyaugo walking up a hill of grass (it’s Phoenix and that grass is a gigantic waste of water) to some kind of pine tree.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Imagine pouring your blood, sweat and tears into a work only to hear, “I was so happy to read more black writers! I’ve been trying to read more DIVERSE writers!” All you can do:

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Man with Curly Hair Making Funny Faces

Alt: Jack Black in Nacho Libre showing his teeth as a smile

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So refreshing to hear another writer say this. Needs to be said more. 😮‍💨 I don’t think people understand how it makes us feel…AND how it makes them view others.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Heh, I’ve had writing published since 1994 and had to hear this type of thing since then. It’s only now that I finally have said this quiet part aloud for the first time. I’ve thought it for decades. Was always nervous people would call me ungrateful. Feels good to not give a fuck and just speak.😃

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There’s got to be a better way to acknowledge the necessity and importance of diversity in literature without ignoring the writer’s face.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You do know we are individuals who create individual work, right? Not interchangeable non-whites who should be “celebrated” BECAUSE we aren’t white. Ijs. This may sound like exotic fun tourism when you say it but to the writer you say it about, it makes me bristle.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Africanfuturism (one word, not two) is concerned with visions of the future, is interested in technology, leaves the Earth, skews optimistic, is centered on and predominantly written by people of African descent and it is rooted first and foremost in Africa. 🌍🤖👽🚀🪐

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can't just post something fun without someone saying some triggering crap. I hate it.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Astro is my ROBOT. MY CAT IS FINE. Don't come here with your "I mixed up the names/I can't read" BS.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Astro came back from the dead two days ago (he’s been dead for months). Now he doesn’t know where he is. My daughter says he had a stroke and she’s glad he’s back, haha. I say, Number 5 is alive.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A Rusted Robot (if you knew how much Astro now malfunctions, lol 🤖) and a Space Cat.

Astrochukwu the robot and Neptune Onyedike the Sphynx space cat on Wednesday morning

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Citizen of the Future @citizenofthefuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/10/2026

The University of Arizona has put its fraternity chapters on a form of suspension that severely limits their activities while it investigates allegations that included assault, drug use and hazing.

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University of Arizona Suspends Fraternity Activities, Citing Misconduct Reports

The university said it was putting its fraternity chapters on “activities suspension” while it investigated allegations that included assault, drug use and hazing.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Africanfuturism is one word. For a very specific reason that is part of its definition. Tired of repeating this. But I’m even more tired of seeing this mistake made over and over.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But then again, the question above it was so aggravating to me I had to responded: "I finish what I start. You're assuming some crazy things about me, man. Lock in." 🤣 That last part sounds like my Gen Z daughter.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I promised to do this interview and the interview is full of questions that I think are stupid. The last question was "Who should we interview next?" and my Gen X-ness just came forth because the first thing I wanted to respond with was "Your mom."

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And people with metal in their bodies (like me) cannot have the MRI.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I looked that breast-smashing machine in the…grill as I hugged it close and quietly growled, “Fuck you, you goddamn sadistic man-made [because no woman in her right mind would make this thing] piece of shit”.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know I am not alone in saying that my relationship with mammograms is abusive. There’s a reason I rage-wrote a short story (titled “Abracadabra”) imagining better technology. Come on science, listen to this science fiction writer and make it so. This torture should not be so necessary. 😑

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If one can’t have empathy unless one finds a similarity to themselves, is it really empathy?

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

lol!!! i was absolutely terrified of this thing…and i also wanted to watch it over and over, 🤣.

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