Kay Orchison
@kayorchison.bsky.social
Former visual artist. Occasionally still a musician. Mostly writing SF/horror these days, with excursions into amnesiac memoirs. Disabled, keen indoorsman, BLOCKS WITH GAY ABANDON. You were warned. He/him
www.amnesiana.com
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Everyone who backs this today is officially my Valentine 😘
Be part of the first-ever book exploring transness in cyberpunk
Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
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Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
February 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Everyone who backs this today is officially my Valentine 😘
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To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
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I'm always baffled by parents who complain about having to explain stuff to their children. What did you think that role was going to entail exactly.
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I'm always baffled by parents who complain about having to explain stuff to their children. What did you think that role was going to entail exactly.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
Hokay so shit AI would actually be good for if it wasn't a giant theft powered planet boiling shit extruder
I have 20ish TB of random disks containing probably 100,000 images, and I somehow need to find ones with certain kinds of similarities and differences
The amount of power alone is unfeasible
I have 20ish TB of random disks containing probably 100,000 images, and I somehow need to find ones with certain kinds of similarities and differences
The amount of power alone is unfeasible
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Hokay so shit AI would actually be good for if it wasn't a giant theft powered planet boiling shit extruder
I have 20ish TB of random disks containing probably 100,000 images, and I somehow need to find ones with certain kinds of similarities and differences
The amount of power alone is unfeasible
I have 20ish TB of random disks containing probably 100,000 images, and I somehow need to find ones with certain kinds of similarities and differences
The amount of power alone is unfeasible
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Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"???
www.positive.news/society/yout...
www.positive.news/society/yout...
Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
www.positive.news
February 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"???
www.positive.news/society/yout...
www.positive.news/society/yout...
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I’m just barely scraping by until I get paid. Any help would be appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I’m just barely scraping by until I get paid. Any help would be appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
They cooked him, which was really quite polite of them
"Colonial Actions have Indigenous Consequences"
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
February 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
They cooked him, which was really quite polite of them
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Throwback to something worth repeating.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Throwback to something worth repeating.
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Huge thanks to everyone getting behind THE RISE now it's released. I appreciate you all so much! If you felt like dropping a rating at Amazon, Goodreads, etc. that really helps folks like me get noticed. And please do help me spread the word. Thank you! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
TODAY! It's here. The Rise has risen on this Friday 13th! Tales From The Gulp volume 3. It's all been leading to this. There's never been a better time to visit the dark and strange harbour town of Gulpepper. Locals call it The Gulp, as it has a habit of swallowing people.
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
February 14, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Huge thanks to everyone getting behind THE RISE now it's released. I appreciate you all so much! If you felt like dropping a rating at Amazon, Goodreads, etc. that really helps folks like me get noticed. And please do help me spread the word. Thank you! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
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Based on absolutely nothing but a lifetime of experience I’ll bet you any amount of money that Bootlicker the Younger here has sexually assaulted at least one of his classmates.
Also … the video was shot on the pro-ICE guy’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Based on absolutely nothing but a lifetime of experience I’ll bet you any amount of money that Bootlicker the Younger here has sexually assaulted at least one of his classmates.
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The idea of writing weirdly to differentiate ourselves from AI, like fremen walking arhythmically to evade Shai-Hulud is certainly intriguing and perhaps an amusing basis for an OuLiPo exercise, but imagine having to do that all the time. If I were to write again all I'd want to do was to find the
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
The idea of writing weirdly to differentiate ourselves from AI, like fremen walking arhythmically to evade Shai-Hulud is certainly intriguing and perhaps an amusing basis for an OuLiPo exercise, but imagine having to do that all the time. If I were to write again all I'd want to do was to find the
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The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly women
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.
whyy.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 AM
The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly women
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
Yeats has a lot to answer for
HEY, LEFTISTS AND PROGRESSIVES
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
REPEAT AFTER ME
ANARCHY DOES NOT MEAN CHAOS
ANARCHY MEANS ANTI-HIERARCHY
WE LIVE IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW UNDER FASCISM
FASCISTS CREATE CHAOS, THEY CREATE DIVISION, THEY CREATE INTENTIONAL CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
STOP MAKING UP THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Yeats has a lot to answer for
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US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.
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Renee Leon did nothing to reveal the scheme's unlawfulness, and deserved to lose her job. She is one of the authors of the Targeted Compliance Framework, which has unlawfully cancelled welfare payments to hundreds of thousands. If Kathryn Campbell deserves no place in public life, neither does Leon.
#Robodebt saga continues…. "Surely the fact Renée Leon lost her
job after finally revealing the scheme's unlawfulness while Kathryn Campbell was twice given new prestigious appointments after years of actively avoiding consideration of lawfulness…" wrote Podger @themandarin.bsky.social
#auspol
job after finally revealing the scheme's unlawfulness while Kathryn Campbell was twice given new prestigious appointments after years of actively avoiding consideration of lawfulness…" wrote Podger @themandarin.bsky.social
#auspol
February 14, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Renee Leon did nothing to reveal the scheme's unlawfulness, and deserved to lose her job. She is one of the authors of the Targeted Compliance Framework, which has unlawfully cancelled welfare payments to hundreds of thousands. If Kathryn Campbell deserves no place in public life, neither does Leon.
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Gang-gangs are such excellent birds
Haven't seen them around much for several years now. Saw one pair back in spring somewhere surprisingly urban, can't remember where now
Haven't seen them around much for several years now. Saw one pair back in spring somewhere surprisingly urban, can't remember where now
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Gang-gangs are such excellent birds
Haven't seen them around much for several years now. Saw one pair back in spring somewhere surprisingly urban, can't remember where now
Haven't seen them around much for several years now. Saw one pair back in spring somewhere surprisingly urban, can't remember where now
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Brushies?
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Ok, here's brushies.
Nyx: [fnrrr, fnrrr, fnrrr, CHEW]
Me: Ok no more brushies.
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Do not bite the hand that brushes you
Me: Brushies?
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Ok, here's brushies.
Nyx: [fnrrr, fnrrr, fnrrr, CHEW]
Me: Ok no more brushies.
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Do not bite the hand that brushes you
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Brushies?
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Ok, here's brushies.
Nyx: [fnrrr, fnrrr, fnrrr, CHEW]
Me: Ok no more brushies.
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Do not bite the hand that brushes you
Me: Brushies?
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Me: Ok, here's brushies.
Nyx: [fnrrr, fnrrr, fnrrr, CHEW]
Me: Ok no more brushies.
Nyx: [shaky tail] beeeeeeeep
Do not bite the hand that brushes you
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
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Please I’m all out
Please consider helping me to refill my estrogen!
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February 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Please I’m all out
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Oh, no! We didn't get enough submissions for a full issue. So, we're leaving submissions open until Feb 25. Send us your work on the theme of "repair."
Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.
Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.
Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Oh, no! We didn't get enough submissions for a full issue. So, we're leaving submissions open until Feb 25. Send us your work on the theme of "repair."
Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.
Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.
Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
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@kayorchison.bsky.social🙏🏻Please have mercy. Even 5 dollars can help provide urgent treatment and medicine. We are holding onto hope, and your small support keeps that hope alive.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
@kayorchison.bsky.social🙏🏻Please have mercy. Even 5 dollars can help provide urgent treatment and medicine. We are holding onto hope, and your small support keeps that hope alive.
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Oh you are fucking shitting me
May I never have imposter syndrome again.
l m a o. I had no idea. youtube.com/shorts/kn8oc...
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Oh you are fucking shitting me