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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent)
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Happy 5th Birthday to “Ruminations of a Ruined Mind,” my first published poetry collection.

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Mannie in a black suit and purple shirt, with a purple flower in his suit pocket looking off to the distance. He’s standing in front of a derelict building with overgrowth that’s taller than him. In the upper left side it reads “Ruminations of a Ruined Mind” in white. In front of Mannie is his full name in all caps.
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
Movie poster for 1996’s THE FRIGHTENERS
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Panang Curry typa night
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Soup SZN continues…Vegan Cream of Potato Soup
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Happy GNX Anniversary for those of us who celebrate!
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album on vinyl resting on a Now Playing sign, on a table next to a plant, and speaker, with a mounted guitar barely visible
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Relatedly: Now is a good a time as any to pick up “One of Them” by Musa Okwonga (@okwonga.bsky.social)
A light blue book in Mannie’s hand. The name of the author, Musa Owkonga, is at the top in white text. Below is the book’s title “One of Them” written in all caps, in black and gold ink. At the bottom in white text it reads “An Eton College Memior”
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Enough.
A screen shot of Bluesky’s page that reads: “Add muted words and tags Posts can be muted based on their text, their tags, or both. We recommend avoiding common words that appear in many posts, since it can result in no posts being shown.” Beneath that is a text box with the words “Olivia Nuzzi” filled in. Beneath that are options for Duration, ranging from Forever, 24 Hours, 7 Days, and 30 Days. Forever is selected.
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Vegan Ramen kinda night!
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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A Word:
A quote from Frederick Douglass written in white ink on a black background that reads: Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will. - Frederick Douglass, 1857
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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When that blind student you’ve been stalking makes a clay bust of what she THINKS you look like…HELLO?!

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Mannie wearing a Jheri curl wig, red t-shirt, and a light gray suit jacket with a name tag that says “Hello, My Name Is LIONEL”. While holding a clay bust of Gizmo from the GREMLINS movies.
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Closing out my 30 Nights of Horror-Ween movie watching with an IMAX screening of SINNERS!
Poster for the IMAX rerelease of SINNERS
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Post something random or you’ll have an awful November
A poster parodying the movie COCAINE BEAR that reads COCAINE EWOK instead.
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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A screenshot of Kirk Franklin’s post on Twitter from July 10th, 2016 that reads: “so my black brother, with blood still wet on the streets, this is the conversations you can pull from your heart to ask me?”
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Relatedly…
A screenshot of a post from Jonathan H. Gray on Bluesky that reads: “True transformation towards yourself doesn't need a thesis for you to figure it out. It just needs effort, a willingness to learn, and the ability to grow from and accept your mistakes. It needs time, patience, and oftentimes: some personal grace.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Me + My Vibe
A black & white headshot of Mannie; an African-American man in a suit with dreadlocks pulled into a bun Huey Freeman from The Boondocks TV show looking off to the left, judging
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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*Minor Spoiler* for Ghost of Yōtei

Y’ALL!!!
A mossy rock lantern formation with the symbol of clan Sakai, two mountain peaks in a circle. Popularized by Jin Sakai, the titular, Ghost of Tsushima
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Next year I’m definitely putting SINNERS on October 16th…in any case, happy #SINNERSmovie day for all who celebrate!
A screenshot from the movie SINNERS, white text on a black background reads: Clarksdale, Mississippi October 16,1932
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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“It ain’t easy…”

#NP
The vinyl for DANGELO AND THE VANGUARD’s BLACK MESSIAH. The album title is written in all white on top of a black and white picture that features hands of black people risen in protest. The album rests on a wooden, ‘Now Playing’ sign
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Toto: I BLESS THE RAINS DOWN IN AAAAAAFRICA

Africans: Who asked you?
Killmonger from the film BLACK PANTHER stares judgingly at a descendant of colonists
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I’ll take it!…y’all probably wouldn’t listen to me tho 🤷🏾‍♂️
White text on a red and black background that reads “THE SMART ONE”
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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#CoSign
The titular ‘Ghost of Yōtei’ playing the shamisen at the top of a snow covered mountain, while dressed in all white shinobi armor. A horse is in the background, looking awkwardly off the edge of said mountain
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Bernie Sanders writing on a white board: “There's over 6000 languages in the world and you chose to speak facts.”
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Not for nothing, this is perfect time to read “One of Them”
A light blue book in Mannie’s hand. The name of the author, Musa Owkonga, is at the top in white text. Below is the book’s title “One of Them” written in all caps, in black and gold ink. At the bottom in white text it reads “An Eton College Memior”
October 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Another week of eclectic viewing 🤷🏾‍♂️

#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
A screenshot of Mannie’s recent viewings on Letterboxd featuring posters for: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BLACK DYNAMITE, SUPERMAN (2025) and THE WOLFMAN (2010)
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A screenshot from Threads of a post by username ‘duanecia’ to ‘rapture’ that reads: “Not another father who said he was coming to pick me up and never did.”
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM