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tyrone (ty, they, he) martinez-black
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And without sunsets I have to find other glows
Home stone fireplace has inset wood stove. First fire of this fall is lit inside.
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Hey #MTBoS - know anyone who could use these?
Set of student lab books from the “Maneuvers with…” series created by David Page, Philip Wagreich, and Kathryn Chval (University of Illinois at Chicago)
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I begin at around 8:30. Tune in if you’d like.
Tyrone Martinez-Black’s Chicago Maratjon bib number 72875.
October 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Cooperation is a better model for thriving.
From p76 of the book -The Serviceberry- an image of the text. The poster of this image would highlight the following excerpt: “competition makes sense onlywhen we consider the unit of evolution to be the individual. When the focus shifts to the levrl of a grouo, cooperation is a better model, not only for surviving but for thriving.”
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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“How long has it been since you drank wild water?”

Robin Wall Kimmerer
Cover of -The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World- by Robin Wall Kinmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass. Yellowish white cover with texture of checked canvas is illustrated with serviceberries, leaves, and two yellow birds eating the fruit.
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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How it’s going
Blooming peonies
May 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Coming soon
Peonies yet to bloom
May 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Is it just me..?
Someone somewhere is sing this lyric:
“With a can full of gas and a hand full of matches - And still weren't found out!”
AP News bulletin May 16, 2025 of a plantation burning.
May 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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If you see this,post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. no cheating!
Selfie from waist pov wearing gray turtleneck sweater, black jacket, and grey cap. Bundle of tree ranches silhouetted in background
May 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Not sure if I could pull this off. Props!

(Closest I got…)
Tyrone in a black turtleneck, violet canvas blazer, art pin on the lapel. Right hand is tipping their black wool fedora over the eyes. The wall behind them is red.
April 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Jump back
I wanna
Kiss myself
Throwback selfie of visit in Mexico. Deep navy blue shirt with white embroidery and matching blue newsboy cap. Standing in front of wroght iron fence mostly covered by greenery.
April 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#HandsOff the corners
April 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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#HandsOff making noise
April 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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So ready to dig into this
Chistopher Danielson’s -How Did You Count?- Teacher’s Guide. Background is a wood slat floor. An arrangement of spheres is the “central object” - 15 blue as an equilateral triangle pointing left. Its ‘base’ forms a vertical line with the ‘base’ of a yellow 21 sphere equilateral triangle pointing right. Title text is in white across the top and bottom of the cover. Chistopher Danielson’s book -How Did You Count?-. Background is a wood slat floor. An arrangement of spheres is the “central object” - 15 blue as an equilateral triangle pointing left. Its ‘base’ forms a vertical line with the ‘base’ of a red 21 sphere equilateral triangle pointing right. Title and author credit are in white across rop and bottom of the cover.
April 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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#PairedText
Two covers of Time Magazine special editions side by side on the same shelf. The left is Jimmy Carter in beige pants, open collared oxford, and gray jacket casually posed with right arm across raised right leg. The right is Donald Trump standing at podium in blue jacket, white shirt, and red tie. By contrast, Carter’s name and years of life are in small font, almost negligible while Trump’s name is in bold font across top of image with prominent placement of “47th President of the United States”.
March 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I’m waiting on my special ordered copy but it’s out y’all!!
Tracy Deonn’s OathBound cover. Central character has arms raised torso height as if in mystic gesture with plumes of purple and red smoke surrounding her. Red tattoo like marks are on her shoulders and arms. A hooded figure with red smoldering eyes is above her.
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This panel has me stuck.

“There is no innocence.”
A character in the book -Squire- is lamenting war. He says to his protégé, “You are struggling against the inevitable. Being part of the army in any way is being part of war. You benefiting from a prosperous Empire while others suffer for it? That’s war, too. There’s no innocence. Trying to fight the machinations of Empire is like trying to fight the air you breathe. This is bogger than us.”
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Reading -Squire- by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas.
Cover of -Squire- by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas. The title in all caps is across the top with the creators’ names. They are foreground to illustrations of clouds in the top third of the image. The rest is blue sky and five pillars/columns. A figure (the protagonist) sits atop the second pillar from the left. It is incomplete and shorter than the others. She is seating facing left, one leg hanging down and one leg bent so her foot rests flat. She is holding a large yellow banner draped downward and pointing to the right.
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Bebé wanted chicken piccata.

Gave it a shot with some quinoa and broccolini.

#CopingKitchen
Browning garlic and butter in cast iron pan Sautéing broccolini in cast iron pan Browned chicken breasts marinating in garlic lemon butter Full chicken piccata dish plated with quinoa and broccolini
February 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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There’s also…
Rapper/actor Common in the tv series Silo with blank expression he uses to portray anything from bemusement to confusion
February 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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If you see this, quote with #flowers from your photo gallery.

#FlowerReport
Violet lilies open to embrace the sun
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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No I see that the third is more precisely described as 270 degrees. So this becomes the other option
Pentagon with three imternal 90 degree angles. It looks like a rectangle with the upper right corner cut off.
January 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I could only think of this one
Pentagon with two 90 degree angles at the ‘base’ and a concave 90 degree angle opposite the ‘base’
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Quote this with your full avi
Selfie looking fly in my grey turtleneck sweater, black scarf, herringbone coat and wool newsboy cap. Background is beautiful blue sky with tree tops on both sides.
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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If this ain’t the truth.

Any of my 3/3/33, 4/4/44, 5/5/55, 6/6/66 family out there?

fwiw my grandma is almost in that first set, still kicking ash
“I have lived to see 7/7/77, 8/8/88, 9/9/99, 10/10/10, 11/11/11, 12/12/12, 2/22/22, 12/31/23. Guess I’m old.”
January 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM