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The New Negroni

@omweekes.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY, living in NYC / “It’s really hard not to mention, llamas.”

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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You could say I’m having a great time in the Bay Area.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The ways in which I miss my beautiful, perfect, stinky baby…
Marzipan the dog, a black and tan Shiba Inu, in front of pink and green flowers
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My friend has been using my likeness in the promotional material for her CrossFit gym and I have to say these really tickle me
“RACE-DAY READY STARTS HERE

HYROX MEMBERSHIPS AT CHAKA CROSSFIT”

Omari wears an orange hat, glasses, a chain and green shorts as he pushes a sled in a hyrox competition “HYROX MEMBERSHIPS AT CHAKA CROSSFIT

RACE-DAY READY STARTS HERE”

Omari wearing an orange hat, glasses, and green shorts on a rowing machine at a hyrox competition
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This Bloomsday, come to this article for Rooney’s wonderful thinking on Joyce and Ulysses but stay for a damningly withering quote from Virginia Woolf that truly made me howl.
Although Ulysses was not yet widely available at the time—its initial print runs were minuscule and it would be banned repeatedly by censorship boards—Eliot was writing in defense of a novel already broadly disparaged as immoral, obscene, formless, and chaotic. His friend Virginia Woolf had described it in her diary as “an illiterate, underbred book … the book of a self-taught working man, & we all know how distressing they are.”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day, mom. I love you.
My mom and dads wedding photo at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Calling the Three-Fifths Compromise an “anti-slavery measure” is wicked work.
“Anti-Slavery Measures in the Constitution: Despite its reputation for compromising on slavery and allowing it to continue, two of the three clauses on slavery in the Constitution were anti-slavery measures. Article I, Section 9 allowed states to end slave importations while prohibiting Congress from banning the practice until 1808even while extending its power of taxation to slave imports. The three-fifths compromise (Article I, Section 2) decreased slave power representation in the House (in both the North and South) by refusing to allow slaves to be counted as whole persons in the census.”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Just trying to figure out what to do next
Omari at the gym wearing a tank top showing a bit of midriff as he scratches the top of his head
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Crop top summer begins
Omari at the gym wearing a black tank that says “puta” and green shorts
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
LGA, Terminal C, 3 PM
An image of LaGuardia airport terminal C with no line at TSA and no ICE agents
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Shot. Chaser.
NYT headline from 8:29 AM: “Strong Hiring Likely Continued Early This Year”NYT headline from 9:11 AM: “US Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Omari at the gym
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I love my dog’s name (Marzipan) but my brother named his dog Otis and that might be an S-tier dog name.
Otis the mini schnauzer Otis the mini schnauzer looks at marzipan the Shiba Inu as she sits on the couch
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
My sweet baby 🥹
My black and tan Shiba Inu named Marzipan lies on the couch with a cute and forlorn look off camera
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Did I just buy a 35mm camera on eBay in anticipation of my New Year’s resolution to “get a hobby?” I’ll never tell.
Picture of a canon AE- program with a lens cap that says “The Official 35mm Camera of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Omg so good
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We did it, Zoh.
Omari holds up a “Queens Votes Early” sticker on his way out from the polls
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Repping for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Omari taking a selfie with a “Zohran for New York City” on the back of his gym tee
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I love AI
When asked what syndrome Reese Witherspoon has, AI says “imposter syndrome.”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It couldn’t be more perfect sweatshirt and shorts weather in New York City this morning
Princess Diana in purple northwestern sweatshirt and white bike shorts
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Had a beautiful, chill day by the water with my daughter and my nephew
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Gavin Newsom stays looking and acting like a Superman villain.
Gavin Newsom being and looking like a dick
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Daddy?
Omari yet again taking selfies at the gym
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New glasses, old gym
Omari pretending to be buff in a gym mirror and holding a forest green water bottle
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
New headshot dropped
Omari wearing a red beanie and winter gear in front of several portraits on a light pink wall
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A beautiful day in New York
Omari wearing yellow sunglasses and a white shirt with flowers on it in Central ParkCentral Park—great lawnTrees in Central ParkNarcissus plants on the upper east side
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A decade of this and I still can’t understand this position. Like it makes my brain hurt to imagine thinking and feeling this way.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Back to the grind tomorrow
Omari drinking a margarita on the beach wearing yellow sunglassesThe beach, two Palm trees and some people sitting in chairsOmari smiling and shirtless overlooking a pool and the beachFeet in the foreground, pool and tropical shrubbery in the background
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Himbo rising
Omari in mirror “flexing” right arm at the gymShadow of Omari on the groundImage of pink trumpet tree in front of a brick building
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
World’s on fire so I’m buying books for my friends’ kids
Omari taking a selfie in a mirror in a bookstore
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research.”
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Despite everything, I’m taking some small comfort in remembering that at least spring will still spring. (For now.)
Daffodils emerging from dead leaves.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Sometimes I do love living in this city
Screenshot of tickets for Moby dick the opera.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Me and my Sunday scaries
Marzipan the Shiba Inu lying down like a burrito
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Giving my best himbo at the gym this morning 💪🏾
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Snow(y) day
Omari in the snow with a beard full of snow
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Had a wonderful time hearing Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre talk about Sarah’s recently published memoir, /Bibliophobia/. Looking forward to getting into this one.
Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre speak in front of an audience at the NYPLGrand central terminal and the Chrysler building on a snowy night
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Fuck these people, man. Killing irony like this.
Some asshole has a “Trump won. I know it. You know it.” sticker on their car.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Me, prepping for class tonight.
Girl puts on clown makeup
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The puppy bowl’s commitment to slow motion video might be my favorite thing about 2025 thus far.
Dogs prance in slow motion at the puppy bowl
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Oh
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Still thoughtless
Marzipan the dog lying on her side, mouth open, ferocious 
Marzipan the dog in the hallwayMarzipan the dog looking below camera about to take a sip of water
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is all I’ve got.
A black and tan Shiba Inu prowls toward the camera A black and tan Shiba Inu prowls towards the camera
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A mood
Toni Morrison, On her couch, where she often wrote. April 17, 1974.Credit...Jill Krementz. Published in NYT
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
The only thing I want in the new year
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Solid day out in this cold, cold world
Omari standing in front of weights at the gym Omari bundled up outside in the coldLate afternoon view of the NYC skyline from the 40th St. stop of the 7 train
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
There’s so much I’m not looking forward to in an AI future but whatever the fuck this is might be at the top of the list.
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Just in case no one has DM’d you…
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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The New Negroni @omweekes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A black and tan Shiba Inu looking over a ridge of sheets and a down comforter
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