Dr. Augusta Atinuke Irele
@heyitsaugusta.bsky.social
Higher ed professional, scholar of contemporary African and diasporic literatures, Nigerian, Ohioan (+ a sprinkle of Masshole)
sharing blerdy book thoughts on TikTok & Insta w/ @autumnadia.bsky.social at @specsntexts
sharing blerdy book thoughts on TikTok & Insta w/ @autumnadia.bsky.social at @specsntexts
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Hey new friends! Thanks for following me! I post very sporadically and quite randomly. Mostly about how much I despise email. My fellow bookish blerd friend and I talk about books over on Tiktok and Insta at specsntexts 🙂
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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@heyitsaugusta.bsky.social wants to know what type of book you definitely will NOT read
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@Dr. Irele 📚 wants to know what type of book you definitely will NOT read. What types of books do you not care about at all? #BlackBookTok #VacationTok BookTok #BookTokFYP #SpecsNTexts
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@heyitsaugusta.bsky.social wants to know what type of book you definitely will NOT read
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I need to move to a place without winter. Every year, the cold gets more offensive 😭🥶😶🌫️
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I need to move to a place without winter. Every year, the cold gets more offensive 😭🥶😶🌫️
This is ridiculous.
“Trailing parents”—moms and dads who follow their kids to college—have become more common in the past few years, Russell Shaw writes. But they risk depriving their kids the "gift of separation” and independence. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
“Trailing parents”—moms and dads who follow their kids to college—have become more common in the past few years, Russell Shaw writes. But they risk depriving their kids the "gift of separation” and independence. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is ridiculous.
“Trailing parents”—moms and dads who follow their kids to college—have become more common in the past few years, Russell Shaw writes. But they risk depriving their kids the "gift of separation” and independence. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
“Trailing parents”—moms and dads who follow their kids to college—have become more common in the past few years, Russell Shaw writes. But they risk depriving their kids the "gift of separation” and independence. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
COOKED.
I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy.
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”
He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.
Chat, are we cooked?
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
COOKED.
Adding ORD's runways to the list of my personal nemeses. Because what do you mean I missed my flight because we were taxiing for FORTY MINUTES?!?!
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November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Adding ORD's runways to the list of my personal nemeses. Because what do you mean I missed my flight because we were taxiing for FORTY MINUTES?!?!
#TravelSky
#TravelSky
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Merry Christmas everyone!
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Hey friends, we've been quiet for a bit, but we're ready to jump back in! And this month's club read is Dominion by Addie E. Citchens.
Join us on Fable to read together and share your thoughts along the way!
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Join us on Fable to read together and share your thoughts along the way!
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November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Ok, friends, here I am, once again plugging the Booktok/Bookstagram that @autumnadia.bsky.social and I launched recently. It's called Specs 'n Texts, and you can find us on Insta and TikTok. We're also at @specsntexts.bsky.social
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March 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Ok, friends, here I am, once again plugging the Booktok/Bookstagram that @autumnadia.bsky.social and I launched recently. It's called Specs 'n Texts, and you can find us on Insta and TikTok. We're also at @specsntexts.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚
#BlackSky
#BlackBookSky
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Just a little plug that my friend and I recently launched a Booktok/Bookstagram focused on Black books. You can find us under the username specsntexts on both platforms
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Specs 'n Texts's Creator Profile
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November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I hate to see Knicks fans happy
Knicks fans being happy kinda angers me…
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hate to see Knicks fans happy
My mom on Lebron's outfit tonight: "He looks like that man who walks into the hairdresser salon selling something" 😂
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My mom on Lebron's outfit tonight: "He looks like that man who walks into the hairdresser salon selling something" 😂
I love how that MJ interview gave us absolutely nothing 😂
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I love how that MJ interview gave us absolutely nothing 😂
I just looked at a student's transcript. Their senior year GPA is 5.1 out of 4.0.
We NEED to stop doing this to our children.
We NEED to stop doing this to our children.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just looked at a student's transcript. Their senior year GPA is 5.1 out of 4.0.
We NEED to stop doing this to our children.
We NEED to stop doing this to our children.
I'm not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I really think high school PE classes should be pass/fail. Why am I looking at a student's transcript, and their GPA is lowered due to uniform infractions in PE classes?!
October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I really think high school PE classes should be pass/fail. Why am I looking at a student's transcript, and their GPA is lowered due to uniform infractions in PE classes?!
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Why am I so filled with anxiety and what am I supposed to do with this
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why am I so filled with anxiety and what am I supposed to do with this
At. All.
I think at this point it's trivially true to say that we— either in the sense of the creators and advocates, or as in this whole society— did not properly understand or prepare for the implications of the internet.
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
At. All.
I am perplexed by the seemingly contagious aversion to the sun on flights. Entire flights with the shades down. Why?!?
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am perplexed by the seemingly contagious aversion to the sun on flights. Entire flights with the shades down. Why?!?
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Cannot even comprehend the mind that doesn’t find the idea of the “AI actress” completely repellant not to mention stupid
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cannot even comprehend the mind that doesn’t find the idea of the “AI actress” completely repellant not to mention stupid
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
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September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Another day, another absolutely unhinged alert from a news app. I'm so tired
September 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Another day, another absolutely unhinged alert from a news app. I'm so tired
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Oh, also, if you can't parallel park or generally reverse your car without using the backup camera thingy, you don't actually know how to drive.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Oh, also, if you can't parallel park or generally reverse your car without using the backup camera thingy, you don't actually know how to drive.