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Mark A. Rayner
@markarayner.com
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Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction.
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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · Aug 22
Howdy Bluesky!

I write #ScienceFiction, #humor and some literary fiction. I teach at a university.

My cats are keeping me sane. (Ish.)

If you want to understand my rich inner life, I recommend this #book: Alpha Max geni.us/AlphaMax

Hear my voice at:
re-creative.ca

#SFF #humour #writing
B&W Photo of Mark lying on pillow with hands behind his head thinking: "Life is too important to be taken seriously." ~Oscar Wilde
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Perhaps there are other factors at play?

#graphicdesign #typography #humor #humour
diagram of the golden ratio and the caption: I used the golden ratio but my design is still bad
February 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Have a relaxing #caturday everyone!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour

[description: a white cat sleeping in a weird contorted position, it's back legs draped over its head, in a closet]
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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We must imagine Dishyphus happy.

#existentialism #absurd #humor #humour #camus
sysiphus pushing rock up a hill, but it's a dish instead
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Classic meme!

#distractedboyfriend #humor #humour #medusa #gorgon
distracted boyfriend meme, except the girl in the red dress is medusa and the boyfriend is turned to stone, and they're all wearing classical clothes
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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"Now do Salieri."

#mozart #salieri #humor #humour #cat #catstodon #cats #catsofmastodon
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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And if wasn't a wall model, you could also use it for massive blunt force trauma!

#phone #vintage #humor #humour
Vintage red wall phone with mother looking on wistfully and the caption: Remember when you could strangle people with your phone? Those were the days.
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Seriously, lads, it has been uncool since BEFORE the middle ages.

#vintage #humor #humour
Medieval manuscript illustration depicting a woman driving a nail through a man's head and the caption: when you're having a bad day and a random dude tells you to 'smile'
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Warning: it's #caturday

#cat #cats #catstodon #CatsOMastodon #humor #humour
a tuxedo cat lying back in a cat bed that looks like a traffic cone and says "caution: bad cat!"
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Same, fridge. Same.

#humor #humour #fridge
an old refrigerator with the words "I used to be cool" written on it
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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The Swedish Chef is gonna love this deal.

#muppets #bork #humor #humour #typo
ground meat with a sign that says: Sale Ground Bork 80% lean 20% fat 2lb 4.00 Sold in 2lb pckg at $8.00
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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I don't think anyone has ever suspected.

#humor #humour #vintage #scifi #sff
vintage illustration of a rat driving a human being from inside his head, with the caption: me, pretending I'm normal Two people look on in shock, wearing pajamas
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Arachnophobes understand

#lovedthismovie #thehobbit #ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia #humor #humour
Bilbo from the animated The Hobbit holding sting: "So anyway, I started stabbing."
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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I guess this makes February a giant Tuesday? Yeah, that feels right.

Well, happy February 1, anyway.

#february #january #humor #humour
text: January (n.) A giant Monday.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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The vibe around my house these days. Keep it hydrated on another dry #caturday

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Some days you're the boy and some days you're the tortoise. Most days you're the lettuce.

#vintage #photo #humor #humour
a young boy riding a tortoise and encouraging it to move forward with a piece of lettuce on a stick
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Typography: it matters!

#bad #signage #poor #design #humor #humour
Badly designed sign that says: fod rne ell eii vv ee ry (Free online delivery)
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Meanwhile in Ontario...

#winter #storm #humor #humour
a man trapped inside a vehicle covered with snow, with just a tiny bit of window showing his weird face
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye worthy o'a grace
As lang's my arm.

–Robbie Burns, Ode to a Haggis

#BurnsNight #happyburnsday #robbieburns #birthday #humor #humour #haggis
painting of robbie burns
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Sliding into another #caturday.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour

[video description: a grey cat finds a way to slide into a box already filled with an orange cat and a tabby cat -- both the other cats accept this intrusion.]
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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It me!

#orb #meme #humor #humour
the wizard staring at an orb meme, but there are a lot of orbs, all labelled: "unread book"
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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I'm happy to see you, too, coffee.

#coffee #humor #humour
a coffee cup with the bubbles making it look like a happy face
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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It me!

(Though I'm seething with rage that I did not coin this term.)

#bin #binfluencer #garbage #GarbageDay #humor #humour
man smiling in front of a large garbage bin label: Binfluencer: Person who puts the right bin out on the right day, lettting everyone else on teh street know which bin to take out
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Quote the woman: I'm Jolene.

#edgarallanpoe #DollyParton #birthday #humor #humour
Working nine to nine for a man whose eye is creepy that's why i decide to assault him when he's sleepy but his heart still beats in the floorboards where i set it it's enough to tdrive me crazy if i let it carolyn kellog @paperhaus Happy birthday to edgar allan poe and dolly parton images of both edgar allen poe and dolly parton
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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PhD Thesis: Developmental changes in using verbal self-cueing in task-completing: situating my inability in being unable to impact a positive effect.

#humor #humour #phd
Chat: I can't. Email: I cannot. Term paper of 3000 words: I am unable to can.
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a Jedi master in the depths of an ether binge.

#fridayfeeling #friday #weekend #humor #humour
cartoon of obi wan kenobi, c3po and luke skywalker (as Hunter. S. Thompson) in the landspeeder
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM