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I threw a phone-free, analog event in SF
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🤑💰 unshackling myself from golden handcuffs
Dec 7, 2022
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introducing—buttahbasted, the series
May 16, 2024
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🌸 seduced in condesa
May 23, 2024
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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Seize the Pause: Turn Your Layoff to a Sabbatical
Mar 1, 2024
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OFFLINE WITH BUTTAHBASTED
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what does a book tasting smell like?
Does it reek of rivers of nerves, the cold shivers from my sweaty palm leaking into the microphone? Or...
Dec 12, 2024
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🌸 blinded by brisket
penultimate track from "buttahbasted"
Aug 16, 2024
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🌸 a brunch to cry for
I wanted to thrust my fingers into that cavity between my throat and nose and itch away. But that border is blocked. (For good reason, I imagine). So I…
Aug 2, 2024
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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🌸 sight for sore lies
Do you remember the last time one of your senses betrayed you? Your eyes, those squishy face-eggs lured you down a path that left you lost? One minute…
Jul 17, 2024
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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🌸 salted serenade
"YOU HAVE TO MOVE HERE. It's the best city in the world." I don't remember who said these words to me. Was it the dancefloor brunette with the flower…
Jun 27, 2024
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AROUND THE WORLD ON SABBATICAL
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I don't know where home is
My autocorrect is trapped in a bloody battle between warring worlds. When I text on my phone, Colonel Spellcheck searches through my words looking for…
Nov 29, 2023
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sick of seville
I'm convinced the universe has conspired to put me through wild experiences because it knows I will write about them. Behind the screen, the puppeteer…
Nov 1, 2023
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I became a nomad🥲
adios san francisco?
Oct 30, 2023
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travelling the world's cafes
Last week, while working at Dolores Park Cafe, I watched the birth of a new romance and hit “subscribe” for weekly updates.
Oct 11, 2023
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PROSE POETRY
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sinking in shallow waters
You stand ten toes deep in waters near hip height.
Apr 16, 2024
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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this is how we must dance
Human, when will you ever learn?
Nov 19, 2023
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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🎧 isn't it absurd?
isn’t it absurd, that you deny strangers entry into your home, but you let my words, sit and simmer in your most sacred space, your mind? how is it so…
Oct 15, 2023
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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🎧 when the clock forgets to tick
Hi friends,
Sep 21, 2023
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SIGNAL
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How do we get AI to work for us?
AI is now a tutor, therapist, and coach. Here's my case for what AI should and should not be.
Nov 17
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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phantom buzzing: evolution's latest prank on us
Our brains are so thirsty for faux nourishment - the sweet dopamine nectar that temporarily tingles our minds and rewards our reptilian receptors...
Jun 16, 2022
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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Three startup ideas for the creator economy
50 million people work as creators today. I was shocked when I first read that. We’re still early in this experiment called the Internet and it’s…
Aug 31, 2021
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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Product ideas for detoxifying social media
I often criticize social media companies for not doing enough to counteract the toxicity that festers on their platforms. But it’s easy to criticize…
Jul 30, 2021
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Tobi Ogunnaike
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