Robin Oak
@robinjoak.bsky.social
He/they
Making worlds with words and fighting with my brain.
Expect art and book things I enjoy, incl. some spicy stuff, the odd bit of politics.
🔞, plus swears a lot.
STORIES: https://robinoak.itch.io/
BLOG https://akornboi.wordpress.com
Making worlds with words and fighting with my brain.
Expect art and book things I enjoy, incl. some spicy stuff, the odd bit of politics.
🔞, plus swears a lot.
STORIES: https://robinoak.itch.io/
BLOG https://akornboi.wordpress.com
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Robin Oak
@robinjoak.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Tying Myself in Knots is out!
It's about shame, autism, self-expression and acceptable art. It's personal and not what I usually write, but I think it's good.
I hope people 'get' it, or at least, enjoy it!
akornboi.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/t...
#Autism #Shame #SelfExpression #Writing #LyricEssay
It's about shame, autism, self-expression and acceptable art. It's personal and not what I usually write, but I think it's good.
I hope people 'get' it, or at least, enjoy it!
akornboi.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/t...
#Autism #Shame #SelfExpression #Writing #LyricEssay
Tying Myself In Knots
Consider each of these fragments connected like knots in a web, like kinbaku. – Masking feels like cutting part of myself off. It feels like taking an elastic band, or a piece of string and w…
akornboi.wordpress.com
Who's this for?
I think probably autistic creatives who struggle with shame, people who struggle defining a single cohesive vision of their creative work, people who're horny and have been told to feel bad about it.
I think probably autistic creatives who struggle with shame, people who struggle defining a single cohesive vision of their creative work, people who're horny and have been told to feel bad about it.
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"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love."
#Frankenstein
#Frankenstein
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love."
#Frankenstein
#Frankenstein
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
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Exactly. The arrogance is the root problem.
Transparency and an actual PR team would work wonders, but with the selective nature of enforcement thus far I'm not sure I trust this team to admit they erred / needed help in the first place
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Exactly. The arrogance is the root problem.
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Also a one to two month lag on enacting consequences is confusing and counterproductive. If you are still figuring out how to implement, okay, but engage your user base on that learning edge and don't act like this is all perfectly reasonable and fine.
Good comms and some humility would go SO far
Good comms and some humility would go SO far
"People are mad that BlueSky won't allow them to make death threats."
No! People are mad that BlueSky's AI automod regularly gets it wrong, moderation decisions/ penalties are seemingly arbitrary, and the moderation team has terrible comms.
No! People are mad that BlueSky's AI automod regularly gets it wrong, moderation decisions/ penalties are seemingly arbitrary, and the moderation team has terrible comms.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Also a one to two month lag on enacting consequences is confusing and counterproductive. If you are still figuring out how to implement, okay, but engage your user base on that learning edge and don't act like this is all perfectly reasonable and fine.
Good comms and some humility would go SO far
Good comms and some humility would go SO far
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November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Mia Goth looking very Pre-Raphaelite in Frankenstein 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Mia Goth looking very Pre-Raphaelite in Frankenstein 2025.
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Every time this kind of thing comes round it's because the people saying this are remembering being kids and of course the world seems better when someone else is worrying about taking care of you and you can spend most of your time just riding bikes.
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every time this kind of thing comes round it's because the people saying this are remembering being kids and of course the world seems better when someone else is worrying about taking care of you and you can spend most of your time just riding bikes.
Me, 90% of the time: Almost anything can be overcome with a good solid vent to someone who cares and by taking steps to build resiliency.
Me, after having a cold for a week: I'm donbe. Dhe snot has wonb. Pleamse, I neeb the mercy killind. *cough hack splutter goo*
Me, after having a cold for a week: I'm donbe. Dhe snot has wonb. Pleamse, I neeb the mercy killind. *cough hack splutter goo*
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me, 90% of the time: Almost anything can be overcome with a good solid vent to someone who cares and by taking steps to build resiliency.
Me, after having a cold for a week: I'm donbe. Dhe snot has wonb. Pleamse, I neeb the mercy killind. *cough hack splutter goo*
Me, after having a cold for a week: I'm donbe. Dhe snot has wonb. Pleamse, I neeb the mercy killind. *cough hack splutter goo*
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Recently developed Kodak Portra 800 35mm film, which had been sitting on my bookcase for 18 months.
Featuring IG/lifemodelwiththoughts, April 2024
Featuring IG/lifemodelwiththoughts, April 2024
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Recently developed Kodak Portra 800 35mm film, which had been sitting on my bookcase for 18 months.
Featuring IG/lifemodelwiththoughts, April 2024
Featuring IG/lifemodelwiththoughts, April 2024
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©Halide @silverhalide.bsky.social
#nude #artnude #photography #art #nudeart #model #dancer #portrait #boudoir #fineart #photoshoot #photo #chicartmodel #artmodel
#nude #artnude #photography #art #nudeart #model #dancer #portrait #boudoir #fineart #photoshoot #photo #chicartmodel #artmodel
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is exactly the sort of horrifying food concotion that has me like 👀
I have to try it.
I have to try it.
There is no earthly reason why this abomination should have ever been conceived, let alone developed and marketed. And even less rational justification for it being so unfathomably delicious or utterly addictive.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is exactly the sort of horrifying food concotion that has me like 👀
I have to try it.
I have to try it.
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How many cups of hot tea do you drink per day on average?
Please give your country or nationality if you feel comfortable doing so, for context
🫖
Please give your country or nationality if you feel comfortable doing so, for context
🫖
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How many cups of hot tea do you drink per day on average?
Please give your country or nationality if you feel comfortable doing so, for context
🫖
Please give your country or nationality if you feel comfortable doing so, for context
🫖
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redraw I did for my artbook of a 2022 sketch of mine.
(the second one is the old one)
(the second one is the old one)
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
redraw I did for my artbook of a 2022 sketch of mine.
(the second one is the old one)
(the second one is the old one)
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They wander the dark in search for a sacred spark
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
They wander the dark in search for a sacred spark
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There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
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The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
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“Now she’s lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night”
― David Levithan
― David Levithan
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Now she’s lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night”
― David Levithan
― David Levithan
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Floating leaf. Gracias @realgdt.bsky.social 🍁
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Floating leaf. Gracias @realgdt.bsky.social 🍁
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my contribution to the #Frankenstein yuri agenda
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
my contribution to the #Frankenstein yuri agenda
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
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"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love" #frankestein 🍁
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love" #frankestein 🍁
Thread.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thread.
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It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.