Tochi Onyebuchi
@tochitruestory.bsky.social
Dope writer, mid gamer.
Riot Baby (2020)
Captain America: Symbol of Truth (2022-2023)
Goliath (2022)
Harmattan Season (2025)
Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet (2025)
Substack: tochionyebuchi.substack.com
Riot Baby (2020)
Captain America: Symbol of Truth (2022-2023)
Goliath (2022)
Harmattan Season (2025)
Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet (2025)
Substack: tochionyebuchi.substack.com
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In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!
Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online : NPR's Book of the Day
Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a “skinless, raceless entity” until he experienced a shift around 2012. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!
i can't breathe
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
i can't breathe
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7 months ago…
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
7 months ago…
A day late here but happy book birthday to this essay collection/personal lore drop i had way too much fun writing. Shoutout to @groveatlantic.bsky.social for letting your boy rap. And I hope y'all enjoy. #Racebook
groveatlantic.com/book/racebook/
groveatlantic.com/book/racebook/
Racebook | Grove Atlantic
From the author of Hugo and NAACP Image Award finalist Riot Baby, an original memoir in essays that interrogates how identities are shaped and informed...
groveatlantic.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A day late here but happy book birthday to this essay collection/personal lore drop i had way too much fun writing. Shoutout to @groveatlantic.bsky.social for letting your boy rap. And I hope y'all enjoy. #Racebook
groveatlantic.com/book/racebook/
groveatlantic.com/book/racebook/
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In a world where tech billionaires want innovation as instant gratification, @tochitruestory.bsky.social thinks we should try to “move slow and make things.”
Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried “Move Slow and Make Things”?
When working on a book about tech, the longue durée of the writing and publishing process is the yawning gulf beneath the tightrope, as the writer makes their way from thesis to destination. A sing…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In a world where tech billionaires want innovation as instant gratification, @tochitruestory.bsky.social thinks we should try to “move slow and make things.”
Come through!
@tochitruestory.bsky.social is heading to Baltimore at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on 10/21 to discuss his new book, RACEBOOK!
Register now: https://bit.ly/473rNXS
Register now: https://bit.ly/473rNXS
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Come through!
If walking right past Iconic weapons in Cyberpunk and missing them forever were an Olympic sport.....
October 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If walking right past Iconic weapons in Cyberpunk and missing them forever were an Olympic sport.....
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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I, too, would make sure that all the people who would need to coordinate to halt or reverse my political progress were gathered from across the planet in the same room while I demonstrated why they should probably do that
if i were a would-be dictator whose only civilian check on power had been consumed by total-complete partisan loyalty, something i would definitely do is call an unprecedented in-person meeting of the only people who could stop me and then proceed to illustrate why they should stop me
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I, too, would make sure that all the people who would need to coordinate to halt or reverse my political progress were gathered from across the planet in the same room while I demonstrated why they should probably do that
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For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
"What if us making physical media cool again is part of the project of repairing the world the Boomers broke?"
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can't see california without marlon brando's eyes
A not-an-essay on looking back
tochionyebuchi.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"What if us making physical media cool again is part of the project of repairing the world the Boomers broke?"
tochionyebuchi.substack.com/p/cant-see-c...
tochionyebuchi.substack.com/p/cant-see-c...
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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I have no idea what I'm saving this picture for, but I know the day will come where it will serve as a response beyond perfection, expertly braised, with just the right amount of meme. And when that day comes, I will be so glad of the wisdom and forethought I exercised today.
"Mr Putin, why have you had a million casualties to control less of Ukraine than you did 3 years ago?"
August 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I have no idea what I'm saving this picture for, but I know the day will come where it will serve as a response beyond perfection, expertly braised, with just the right amount of meme. And when that day comes, I will be so glad of the wisdom and forethought I exercised today.
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some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just announced she's removing the age limit for ICE applicants, which allows literal teenagers to now apply. What could possibly go wrong?
August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart
Saw Flight with a law school buddy at the AMC Magic Johnson when it came out.
During the scene where Denzel gets rid of all the liquor in his cabin, a guy in front of us, very audibly, lamented "NO, NOT THE HENNY!"
During the scene where Denzel gets rid of all the liquor in his cabin, a guy in front of us, very audibly, lamented "NO, NOT THE HENNY!"
Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema?
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
Someone in my audience had a very audible negative reaction to the dog scene in TOGETHER. So that was fun!
August 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Saw Flight with a law school buddy at the AMC Magic Johnson when it came out.
During the scene where Denzel gets rid of all the liquor in his cabin, a guy in front of us, very audibly, lamented "NO, NOT THE HENNY!"
During the scene where Denzel gets rid of all the liquor in his cabin, a guy in front of us, very audibly, lamented "NO, NOT THE HENNY!"
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
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"French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza."
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
apnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza."
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
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When I’m waiting for reviews of my new book.
July 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When I’m waiting for reviews of my new book.
Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday
Tucked away in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' is the requirement that all visitors to the US must pay $250 just to enter the country starting 1 October! For a family of 5 that's $1250! I doubt this will help America's crashing tourism business which is down 10% already since January
July 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday