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Elijah the TechnoShaman
@eruditelijah.bsky.social
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Black Anarchic Afrofuturist Technoshaman Luddite of Cosmic Wizardry.

I just wanna make the world a more magical place by building better futures, destroying hierarchies, and designing technologies that empower every day people.

Simple.
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This is where we differ. Ever since I found out about solarpunk like 5 years ago, I've mostly been seeing good stuff! Like the people I tagged earlier on.

That's why I asked for examples. What are you looking at?

I just went to /r solarpunk and I was surprised to see some good stuff there?!
August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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He died... Just like that... They say the surgery wouldn't have mattered much anyway... My sweet boy!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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July 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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TIS DONE!

Was a real pain figuring out how to do this... and had to seriously downgrade from my original idea, but I've finished my submission for Andrewism's Solarpunk Art Collab.

I hope it goes through!
- The Agronomic Tower is a solarpunk vision of recycling/upcycling a typical corporate high rise into a public center that serves to both feed the community, and teach them everything they want to learn about agronomics. - People of all ages will be able to attend scheduled classes, request 1:1 advice, do mentorships and apprenticeships here, as well as share their own learnings. - This concept is highly flexible and is meant to get across the idea. There are only 8 floors in this visual, but in real life, multiple floors of a high-rise could be used for one or more of the levels described below. - Most floors should no longer have windows in order to dramatically reduce the energy-needs of full-building air conditioning. Furthermore, any parts that do have windows should have nets or other structures over them to reduce bird strikes and heat/glare effects. The nets should be large enough such that they don’t tangle up birds and instead can be used for nests or other vertical habitats. - The Tower is meant to give people access to any and all aspects of nature and food within an urban environment. Each ‘level’ is meant to focus on a specific aspect/field of study.
July 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Book of the Week!

Been reading this awesome series by Becky Chambers. I wish the world (or rather galaxy) was anarchic, but I do enjoy the more inclusive vibe of the series.

Really manages to create a sort of modern-day Star Trek feel with all the multi-species interactions.
Cover for the book 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers. The title is in large, blocky 3D print with a yellow to white horizontal gradient. The background has an almost Mars-like orange planet in the top right in a star-filled space. The foreground has a unique little spaceship flying towards the planet. The spaceship has an orange-ish hull and a dome at the top. It is asymmetrical with various protrusions around the ship for all the different interior rooms.
April 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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A Half-Built Garden was Such a great book! Heard about it on this app and enjoyed almost every bit of it.

Loved the unique futurism and aliens! Especially the dandelion network and the scope of the revolution.

Highly recommend!!

I reeeeeally hope more stories are told in this world!
Cover of a book called "A Half-Built Garden" by Ruthanna Emrys. The cover shows the earth viewed from space covered in a half blown dandelion.
January 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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20/20!!
Cover for Book 1 of the web series, "The Wandering Inn" by Pirateaba. The title is at the top of the book in giant yellow script/serif print letters. Above that is the name of the author in smaller white text in all caps. "Book 1" is in smaller white text at the bottom of the book. The cover art depicts a seemingly Victorian era cottage-like inn with stone on the first level and wood framed white plaster on the top two levels. The inn is on a hill with a little path snaking down and a river at the foot of the hill. There is a small silhouette of a person visible by the front of the inn standing next to a sign.
December 9, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Cover for the book "I Shall Seal the Heavens" written by Er Gen, Translated by Deathblade. The text is written in a decorative script along the right side of the book with black and purple colors. Much of the cover is white as if in a large cloud. On the left side is a young Asian man with long black hair with his hand outstretched upwards. He is wearing a purple robe.
December 7, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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Cover of the children's book "The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog" by John R. Erickson. The title "Hank the Cowdog" is on a large sheriff badge in the top left corner. The bottom and top of the book is cordoned off into a red wood panel design. The cover art shows a cartoon style dog looking determined standing alone on a field with a red barn and other fences in the background.
December 6, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Gotta love the diversity in music. I want even more next year.

I wasn't using Spotify for a while too so there's a lot not on here, but these lil summaries are nice.
My Spotify Wrapped. Shows Kendrick Lamar's GNX Album cover as the art which depicts Kendrick crouched in front of a black car all in grayscale. My top artists are: Kendrick Lamar, Norman Sann, JID, Dance Gavin Dance, and The Home Team. My top songs are: Lacrimosa, Lobster, Loud, euphoria, and Yeah Glo! My minutes listened is 34,216.
December 5, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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Cover of the book "Thirst" by Christopher Pike. Underneath the slightly serif title is small red text that says "Human urges fatal consequences". And under that is a larger black text half as large as the title that says "No. 1" implying it's the first in a series. The title is in the middle right side of the book and has a yellow abstract design above and below it. The author's name is in large cursive print black text a little below the decoration for the title. The left side of the book shows a headshot of a blonde haired white woman with red lips but in a somewhat washed out grayscale filter effect all over a white background of the book. At the very bottom right of the book is really small black text that reads "Includes The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice".
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Cover for the book "Barcode: Legend of Apollo" by Kashif Ross. The title is split in two designs at the top of the book. The word 'Barcode' is in the middle of a barcode design of strips of darker colored bars. The 'Legend of Apollo' part is set against a red background with a bunch of alien characters under it. The text is in a brownish gold color. The author's name is at the bottom of the book in white text and smaller nondescript text. The cover art shows a young blond haired man with what appears to be blood or a scar or a jagged tattoo across his face and neck. His eyes look dead as he stares off to the left. He is wearing a red cuirass around his chest and has bandages all along his arms and what is visible of his abdomen. Behind him is a dark brown being facing to the right with no eyes, dark hair, a scar on the side of its face and a mouth partially obscured by a hand with white finger tips and a trident tattoo or perhaps engraving on the back of its hand.
December 4, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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15/20
Cover for the book "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)" by Dennis E. Taylor. The title is in bold yellow futuristic print text writ large along the top of the book. The part in parentheses is much smaller under the word 'Legion'. The author's name is in white text along the bottom of the book in smaller text of the same type. The cover art depicts some spaceships zooming around what appears to be an asteroid field. The art has a blue tint to it that contrasts well with the yellow title text.
December 3, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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14/20
Cover of the book "Adulthood Rites" by Octavia E. Butler. The title font is at the bottom in what seems to be an afro futuristic sans serif font. The author's name is at the top in all caps bold print with a decorative border on one side of each letter. Below the title is a double border capsule outline over a smaller all caps sans serif subtext that says "A Lilith's Brood Novel". The hero image is of a stylized black face facing the right and partially hidden in bushes that are stylistically drawn in blues grays and teal.
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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What are you reading this weekend?

I'll guess I'll go third.

Just finished an amazing, beautifully tragic book by my friend @davidjmacias.bsky.social called "A Song For A Siren".

And I'm always coming back to what may be the longest book known to humanity: "The Wandering Inn" wanderinginn.com
Cover for the book "A Song For A Siren" which is in large white script like text. There is a little gold flower of some sort above the 'for a' which is in much smaller text. The author's name is "David E Macias" which is in small blue text at the bottom of the book. The hero image depicts a young man playing a violin underwater. The whole book cover has a very dark blue background with the surface of the water at the very top of the book. There appears to be a pair of glowing white eyes and a pale white hand in the lower left, behind the young man.
November 30, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Cover of the book "Black Privilege" by Charlemagne Tha God. The title is in a large extra bold san-serif font at the bottom of the book. Under it is a subtitle with white text and a black background that says "Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It". The author's name is at the top of the book in large white serif font. The background looks like a white room but with gradient going from a shadow black wall to a white floor. The hero image is a photograph of Charlemagne leaning back in a rolling chair with a leg outstretched to the left and his head angled to the front. He is wearing a business suit with just the vest and is holding a cigar.
November 30, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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12/20
Cover for the book "How Long Til Black Future Month?" By N. K. Jemisin. The text is in a large all caps serif font. The white font title is at the top of the cover and the authors name is in yellow at the bottom. The cover image shows the side profile of a black girl looking to the right with a lot of hair done up in a Mohawk style with what appears to be wooden baubles holding up the hair. She is wearing large wooden white beads and a black top.
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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11/20
Cover for the book "Transcend" whose large hero title is in all caps and a bold dark blue in the center of the book. The subtitle is in a smaller all caps text also in blue and says "The New Science of Self-actualization". The book is by Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph. D whose name is also in blue at the bottom of the book. There is a small text under the name which says "Creator of The Psychology Podcast". The cover itself has a series of ripples emanating from the middle all the way to the edges with a gradient from yellow to blue. There is a little silhouette of a ship in the top right corner that has warped some of the ripples in its wake.
November 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Not super accurate... I almost always play on shuffle and Spotify's terrible shuffle often plays the same songs. I do quite enjoy Rapsody and ptasinski, but dont recall playing back those songs much.

But anyways.... I wanna see yall top 10 currently! Tryna gets new music.

#Blacksky #music
Screenshot of my top 10 songs 'On Repeat' according to Spotify. The list is as follows: 1 - wacced out murals by Kendrick Lamar 2 - DND (Its Not Personal) by Rapsody and Bas-B 3 - toothpaste by ptasinski and RJ Pasin 4 - Roomates by The Home Team 5 - tv off by Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay 6 - Stick by JID, Kenny Mason, JCole, and Sheck Wes 7 - NISSAN ALTIMA by Doechii 8 - Mmhmm by BigXthePlug 9 - squabble up by Kendrick Lamar 10 - Turn Off the Radio by Boby Vylan
November 27, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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So @support.bsky.team there seems to be a line limit to your alt text feature. When adding alt text past a certain line, it no longer let me scroll down.

I've seen this off and on when making posts too sometimes. Usually I just exit and come back and it jumps down to the last line, but not here.
November 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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Cover of a book called "Blessings of a Curse" which is in a very decorative old type font. It has a dark blue fill with a seemingly glowing gold border. The title is at the bottom of the cover to make space for the cover art. The art depicts a large armored dragon flying in a dark blue possibly night sky or even space, breathing a jet-like stream to the left at something out of frame. The dragon has its wings outstretched, it's tail and lower body below it, and upper arms raised, also facing the left. In the background is what appears to be a bright star. The author is Wayne Edward Clarke whose name is in bold, all caps serif text stamped at the top with a white border. Underneath the title is some text that says "Book One of the Nexus of Kellaran Series"
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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9/20
Cover for the book "Atomic Habits". The title is in large golden hero font on and off-white/pale yellowish background and made up of countless pixel-like dots (implying atoms). The subtitle is in smaller but bold black text above the title and reads "Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results". Underneath the title is even smaller regular black text that reads "An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones". The book is by James Clear, whose name is at the bottom in large bold black text.
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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8/20
The cover of the book "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor is in an afro futuristic font. There is a black woman with long locks as the cover art. Underneath the large hero font title is a gold break line and text in blue and gold that says "The Complete Trilogy". There is another break line in blue under that with smaller text that says "With a brand-new Binti story".
November 26, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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7/20
Book cover for the 4th edition of "Information Architecture" subtitles "For the Web and Beyond". The title is in large font while the subtitle is in much smaller font under it, all on a blue square. The rest of the cover has a plain white background. On top of the square is a polar bear. At the bottom of the book is the authors: Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville & Jorge Arango. At the top of the book is the publisher: O'Reilly which is also on a blue panel background the height of which is just bigger than the word, and the width of which matches the blue panel of the title background.
November 25, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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6/20
Book cover for the "In Her Name" scifi series. This is book one, titled "First Contact" by Michael R. Hicks. The cover is set in space with a large Jupiter-like planet in the background and a fleet of spaceships in front of it. In the foreground is a large ornate sword that has a gold filigreed handle and curved base of the blade visible.
November 24, 2024 at 12:23 AM