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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 24m

Approaching the Great White Throne Judgment of the dental chair with trepidation.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 28m

This is exquisite and reads like a prose poem.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 28/09/2026

I for one cannot wait for the content extruder’s reign of terror (and the mass delusion enabling it) to be over.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 24/09/2026

Root canal next week. Hopefully the dentist gives me a smol treat when the ordeal is over.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 18/09/2026

a delightful 🧵 (and a delightful 🧶)

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 22/09/2026

This poem by Richard Siken, which begins the collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, ends on such a satisfying note. poets.org/poem/real-es...

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Real Estate

My mother married a man who divorced her for money.

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martyfive @martyfive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

22: vegetable #swordtember

drawing of a sword in its sheath. the handle of the sword is green, and the sheath is bright orange. with those two details put together, it makes the sword look like a carrot.

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Alastair Morrison @alasmorrison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My first ever chapbook of poems, “Frozen River,” is out now. Truly grateful to the marvelous people at Anstruther Press, and to everyone who’s read these little songs. Order a copy and we’ll be friends forever! Shares most welcome! www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...

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Frozen River by Alastair Morrison — Anstruther Press

Chapbook In Stock ISBN - 978-1-998774-90-6 Please allow 2 weeks for shipping

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 20/09/2026

My mum used to give me slices of tomato when I hung around the kitchen as a kid. So I acquired a taste for it early.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 20/09/2026

I just started and can report back after I’ve gone some way, if you’d like.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 18/09/2026

Found this very good post the other day (re: inevitability). bsky.app/profile/jeff...

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 17/09/2026

The kids love it so I love it. My needs are simple.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 17/09/2026

Babe wake up they’ve launched the little sister on Gabby’s Dollhouse.

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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This starts in less than a week! Well, if I get a few more students!? 😬 So doing one more push to let you know, and to let your budding (or more blossomed) writer friends know. Feel free to DM me if you have questions

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 16/09/2026

I love this. I'll try this next time. Although I have diagnoses that make discussions of weight relevant. I just wish he wasn't such a jerk about it.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 16/09/2026

it was a deep cut, as the kids say. It was popular on Nigerian Twitter in the early days. But I found it so delightful.

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In one month, on my 63rd birthday, I am hosting the 23rd annual John Newlove Poetry Award with music by Ness, a chapbook launch by Susanne Fletcher, readings by this year's Newlove Poetry Award recipient $ honourable mentions, as judged by @tolu.ca

TEXT: 2026 John Newlove poetry award. 2026.10.15 6:30pm. Club Saw.
3 photos: Ness playing guitar and sitting in front of a flower strewn microphone at Night Oat. Susanne Fletcher starting to the left in front of a house, wearing green and a flower necklace. LOGOS: Ottawa, Bywords. Ottawa International Writers Festival

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 15/09/2026

Mandala, as in, multiple people could look at the pattern but each will remember it differently.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 15/09/2026

One of the lesser known facts about the Mandela Effect is that it has always been known as the Mandala Effect.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 14/09/2026

The culture thanks you. 🦾🦾🦾

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 14/09/2026

Me when @wtalabi.com featured “Issalova, dun cry dun beg” in SHIGIDI.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 13/09/2026

As was said in the ancient scriptures, “No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative. It gets the people going!”

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 13/09/2026

People can be persuaded to watch anything, given enough marketing dollars and screen testing. But Marvel is beginning to struggle now that the sheen has worn off.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 13/09/2026

I tried to rewatch Age of Ultron and had to quit in less than 10 minutes. Unwatchable nonsense. It’s apparent now how much their output depended solely on hype.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hi Homer, I recently came across The Iliad and was blown away by its expansiveness, its humanity, and its complex use of . Have you considered new ways to promote your book and expand its reach across various platforms? I would love to connect and hear your ideas. Kind regards, Apollonius

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

Oof. The god complex on these people.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

This is horrible, and borders on malpractice. It would be bad enough if they weren't the provider in that context. Whoever is that careless with their words can be trusted less to be careful with an individuals entire wellbeing. You deserved so much better.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

When I practiced medicine, I was one of the slower doctors because I tried to give each client my best. I burned out quickly and ended up with a lot of moral injury (because I could never do enough). The impersonal / conveyor-belt approach may be more "efficient," but at what cost?

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

all that facial soft tissue will be fair game.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

it is really unfortunate, because the feeling of wellbeing on gets from being well cared for (and being aware of that care) is a key part of healing.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

[Update] I quit at 7 sonnets because I ran out of things to say. Although I have half of the 15th poem (which is intelligible so far), so if more material arrives I may be able to complete it. It's called "Malaria" and might appear in a joint collection that will be published next year.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

(Yes, I know I need a new doctor but the effort involved just makes me shut down whenever I think about it. Current doc is brash and has a horrible bedside manner, but is otherwise competent.)

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

[Comment about weight and harmful doctors] I was at my heaviest ever the last time I saw my doctor and he asked "Why did you do this?" in an incredulous tone. Like I wanted this. Anyway I'm looking forward to my visit tomorrow and being shamed again ( /s ) , because I've gained even more weight.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

Who told the kids about the Consumer Price Index? 😅

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 07/09/2026

and I don't know how it is in your home, but in mine, inflationary pressures have driven the cost up.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 06/09/2026

yes!! Workers with interesting insights into the secret life of words.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Pick a Color" by Souvankham Thammavongsa "a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don’t even know her true name" #Lit All the nametags say Susan...

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Pick a Color

WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE A USA Today Bestseller From O. Henry Award winner and two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory nov...

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 06/09/2026

I need all the novels written by poets. Need.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 06/09/2026

Souvankham Thammavongsa has said in interviews that she approached the construction of PICK YOUR COLOUR the way she would have a book of poetry. It made for a delicious reading experience, with each chapter landing the way a great poem would.

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 01/09/2026

(Sorry if this how you're learning of his passing. Awful few weeks we've had.)

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 01/09/2026

Very sad to hear of Wendell Berry's passing. The Berry Center and his publisher Jack Shoemaker were very kind to me when I was seeking his permission to use his line "a three-dimensioned life;" (from his poem "How to be a Poet") in a cento for Unravel. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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How to Be a Poet

Stay away from anything that obscures the place it is in. Of the little words that come out of the silence, like prayers prayed back to the one who prays,…

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 19/08/2026

I’ve been searching, to learn more. I find myself wondering if they considered dispersal (which I assume you were referring to, re: isolation) and social factors (clique-forming behaviour, etc).

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Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca · 19/08/2026

wait someone did the math on Minimum Viable Population for humans? I need to go look that up. Fascinating stuff.

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