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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If you want to talk to me privately contact me on Signal
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I'm not gonna be putting my ID into a govt-mandated honeypot.
If you want to talk to me privately contact me on Signal
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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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🚨Urgent humanitarian appeal My child is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with leukemia and severe malnutrition He is currently undergoing ongoing and expensive treatment He urgently needs life-saving treatment to cover the ongoing medication costs Please donate or shar
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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
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God forbid women do anything
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
God forbid women do anything
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This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
"Wheelchair dropped me out of the narrative" well shit I'm sorry, it was supposed to drop you out of a FUCKING AIRLOCK you disingenuous ignoranus
Also aside fucken anything else, Pike was Kirk's predecessor as captain in the unaired pilot of TOS and returned about 11 episodes in *IN A WHEELCHAIR* so these fakers can hold my nerd dick.
NINETEEN SIXTY FUCKING SIX, meatheads
NINETEEN SIXTY FUCKING SIX, meatheads
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"Wheelchair dropped me out of the narrative" well shit I'm sorry, it was supposed to drop you out of a FUCKING AIRLOCK you disingenuous ignoranus
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Laundry Files TRRPG Specials for the Kickstarter backers who've been waiting are now signed (and awaiting despatch from Limerick) — adding alt text makes this bsky client crash reliably, so the pic is a photo of an office boardroom table stacked five layers deep in slipcased RPG rule books.
February 13, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Laundry Files TRRPG Specials for the Kickstarter backers who've been waiting are now signed (and awaiting despatch from Limerick) — adding alt text makes this bsky client crash reliably, so the pic is a photo of an office boardroom table stacked five layers deep in slipcased RPG rule books.
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Capitalism and medicine are an abominable combination.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Capitalism and medicine are an abominable combination.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
Talking about ROI for fucking vaccines is monstrous. I genuinely wish ill on every pharmaceutical C-suite.
And let's be clear: these companies aren't starving. They make plenty of money.
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Support every trans, non-binary or questioning person you know. Speak out for those you don’t. Vote for politicians who want to expand humanity, not shrink it. And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter or the works of those who want to ruin the lives of our loved ones out of their own ignorance.
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Support every trans, non-binary or questioning person you know. Speak out for those you don’t. Vote for politicians who want to expand humanity, not shrink it. And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter or the works of those who want to ruin the lives of our loved ones out of their own ignorance.
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“If a single animal can have several different genomes at once, which one is the blueprint? This may not even be the right question to ask...” Intriguing jumping-off point for a superb piece on why our favourite metaphors fail to capture biology; @elisecutts.bsky.social in @pioneerwork.bsky.social
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Myth of the Genetic Blueprint | Broadcast
Life isn't constructed along pre-drawn plans. It grows.
pioneerworks.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“If a single animal can have several different genomes at once, which one is the blueprint? This may not even be the right question to ask...” Intriguing jumping-off point for a superb piece on why our favourite metaphors fail to capture biology; @elisecutts.bsky.social in @pioneerwork.bsky.social
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The UK Lawyers for Israel have managed to convince the Open University to change their teaching materials. They'll change the wording "ancient Palestine" because of course there has never been a Palestine and it has always been Israel.
Please sign the letter:
docs.google.com/document/u/3...
Please sign the letter:
docs.google.com/document/u/3...
Open Letter to the Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University: Call for Urgent Compliance Action under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 regarding “Ancient Palestine”
docs.google.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The UK Lawyers for Israel have managed to convince the Open University to change their teaching materials. They'll change the wording "ancient Palestine" because of course there has never been a Palestine and it has always been Israel.
Please sign the letter:
docs.google.com/document/u/3...
Please sign the letter:
docs.google.com/document/u/3...
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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ME AND WHO ME AND WHO ME AND WHOOOOO cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch On YouTube | Cord Cutters News
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just...
cordcuttersnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ME AND WHO ME AND WHO ME AND WHOOOOO cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
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In addition for every other valid reason not to get ChatGPT to do your journal peer reviews for you I heard today the argument that once you load an article into the programme it will become part of the training data set and you are thereby complicit in violating the author’s copyright.
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
In addition for every other valid reason not to get ChatGPT to do your journal peer reviews for you I heard today the argument that once you load an article into the programme it will become part of the training data set and you are thereby complicit in violating the author’s copyright.
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During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 AM
During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)