Kay Orchison
@kayorchison.bsky.social
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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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kayorchison.bsky.social
Facial ID has arrived in the UK and is coming to Australia in November, so I'm putting my Signal contact here for anyone who's lost DMs.

Here I block on vibes. On Signal if you're not someone I already know you're gonna have to work pretty hard not to get blocked.

Try me here first

KayOrchison.71
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undertow.bsky.social
What? @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS is already 1-month old. They grow up so fast. Please grab a copy, if you haven't. Praised by @kellylink.bsky.social @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @wiswell.bsky.social @byzantienne.bsky.social @stevetem.bsky.social Brian Evenson, and more.
Cover for Thomas ha's UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, featuring Giger-esque figures of bone on red background.
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
The sun finally made an appearance this morning… ☀️🪶🌵 (ID in Alt-text)
Male Vermilion Flycatcher
kayorchison.bsky.social
And the award for Most Metal Name In History goes to...
jordantyranny.bsky.social
FINDS THEM AND KILLS THEM

"Finds Them and Kills Them (Osh-Tisch) looked like a man, but wore women's clothing and had the heart of a woman.... she was brave and good."
― Pretty Shield

Her strength as a warrior is what earned her the name Osh-Tisch, which translates to “finds them and kills them."
Who is Osh-Tisch?
Osh-Tisch was a Apsáalooke Badé, a role within the Crow Nation that defied traditional gender norms, embodying both masculine and feminine qualities. Before colonization, Badé were deeply respected for their unique spiritual gifts, artistry, and contributions to community life.
As a Badé, Osh-Tisch carried responsibilities tied to culture, ceremony, and social balance. Their life shows how many of our nations embraced gender diversity long before Western colonial powers imposed rigid binaries.
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swingingstorm.bsky.social
So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.
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semacrae.bsky.social
Agentic AI is a contradiction in terms here offering agency only to the wearer whilst riding roughshod over the consent of anyone in their vicinity.
hypervisible.blacksky.app
Today in luxury surveillance.

“They’ll [ai wearables] be embedded in what we already wear: glasses, jewellery, clothing. Fashion will play a critical role in normalizing them.”
Style Meets Surveillance as Agentic AI Redefines Wearables
Are we seeing the rise of smarter accessories—or sleepwalking into a future where data privacy is out of style?
threemagazine.com
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komaniecki.bsky.social
Capitalism is a funny thing, because GenAI/LLM technology is considered successful not because of what it does, but because of its ability to attract venture capitalist investors
unusualwhales.bsky.social
AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW
kayorchison.bsky.social
Having watched various people try to navigate the thunderously racist Australian immigration system, I think the White Australia Policy never completely went away
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niedermeyer.online
Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
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internethippo.bsky.social
Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means
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hookland.bsky.social
Would Hooklanders in London exile like to hear me talk in an East End pub about the origins of the county and its folklore next year?
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chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social
Evanston votes on banning ICE officers from using city property as staging areas and strengthening it's welcoming cities ordinance.

Unanimously passes.

Biss says staff will begin implementing it immediately.
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illuminatedcomics.bsky.social
Fantastic read, a wonderfully grounded yet creative piece of fiction fiction with a surprising framing device I didn't expect. I suggest everyone to give it a go!
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lauraewebster.bsky.social
In tomorrow's paper: As Israel continues to deny genocide after the ceasefire, we publish the damning words from Israeli politicians and media showing how the atrocity came to pass.
scotnational.bsky.social
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened
kayorchison.bsky.social
Ah god

The rage pills

"Doc, have you got anything that can tamp down my immune response and ALSO make me into a total dickhead?"
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop
acvalens.net
Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...
r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641
 
I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam. I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.
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dailygrail.com
The Tuesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

Magic mushrooms are even weirder than we thought, the hunt for the world's oldest story, calls for the UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft, and much more:

www.dailygrail.com/2025/10/news...
News Briefs 14-10-2025
Feel free to take issue with any of today’s news briefs, but please don’t take it all too seriously… Thanks Kat. Quote of the Day There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would mee...
www.dailygrail.com
kayorchison.bsky.social
"THAT! THAT! THAT! THAT!"
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’
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lexialex.bsky.social
I need you all to remember this as well...that bluesky actively assisted in ethnically cleansing Palestinians
indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Just saw 2 Palestinian accounts vanish right after asking me for help--one a mother grieving her baby daughter who just died of starvation, another begging for help to keep her little sick, starving baby daughter alive. I cannot say what I think of Bluesky admin.
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rmmbr.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay
I'm Neil - a Scottish artist who loves stories about people and places written on things and faces.

I’m building an illustration portfolio so hmu if you are looking to collab. I want to bring worlds to life!

I am also a Rebelle Featured Artist!

link: neiljganderson.com
A wandering adventurer, grasping a chipped knife, and their giant corgi wade through a lush, warm swamp. Behind them, a giant snake uncurls and stalks them. Will they survive? An oil painting on linen. A man leans back looking off right. His eyes and forehead are cast in light. His young child leans, half asleep, against him. A digital portrait of a woman with a mass of curled hair is spotlit by a harsh light from above. Tight brushes around the face, give way to loose and abstract brushstrokes around the perimeter of the subject. A portrait of a man interrupted while playing guitar in a living room. He looks at the viewer. Day light from behind diffuses into the room while a lamp lights the figure from the left.
kayorchison.bsky.social
This is what I mean when I say that AI is destroying art and with it an essential part of human connection, which if you think about it is really our sole evolutionary advantage

Art is communion, an act of trust wherein we open our senses to one another. The existence of AI art disrupts that thrust