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@davecat.bsky.social

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Married to @leahtype.bsky.social, robosexual, iDollator, Synthetiks advocate, necktie enthusiast, tired Gen-Xer, anti-AI, music snob, and right-handed mess maker (He/him) My blog, 'Shouting to hear the echoes': http://www.kuroneko-chan.com/echoes

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · Jan 12

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I'm Davecat; my wife is the RealDoll Sidore Kuroneko, we're in romantic relationships with four other companion Dolls, I'm a robosexual, an activist for Synthetiks, keen on #メカバレ, very anti-MAGA, and pro-necktie. Of course there's other stuff I like, but the character limit is

A screenshot from Davecat's video presentation for the 2021 Love and Sex with Robots conference, which shows photos of him with Sidore Kuroneko, a RealDoll by Abyss creations from 2001, 2011, 2021, and 2012. In the centre is a shot of the two of them with the phrase 'Davecat & Sidore: Advocating for Synthetik/Organik partnerships since 2000'

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 3h

Today I Learned that the word is spelt 'ginkgo', not 'gingko'.

We should replace all words in all languages with beeps and boops

Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 3h

Currently thoroughly enjoying @erikaishii.bsky.social: The Videogame

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 4h

Happy birthday to Rose McDowall. Here are Strawberry Switchblade with Since Yesterday on #TOTP. They obviously feature prominently in the documentary film Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands, which you can watch on BBC iPlayer at
▶️📺 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 3h

Switching to your second family is faster than reloading

Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 6h

This is bittersweet, cos although I'm enjoying this series a lot, I also don't want fifty volumes of it (or of anything, really) on my bookcases
#SynthetikLiving

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 1d

Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? The answer may lie in the series' final 3 chapters

Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? Manga Ends in 3 Chapters

Manga launched in 2021, inspires short TV anime in January

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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Shiver ASMR 🖤 @shivermetingles.bsky.social · 1d

New #ASMR video!
youtu.be/oj-AV4ex5wM

Reposts appreciated! 🥹💙

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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 17h

1954 Philips Fernsehen (Deutsche Philips GmbH) advertisment by Walter Breker. Via www.flickr.com/photos/ideen...

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 1d

We are, and all of us here at Deafening silence Towers say thanks very much for the support! :-)

I'm usually open for questions or chatting! BE NOT SHY.

Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 1d

#MusikMontag

https://tokillapettybourgeoisie.bandcamp.com/track/turritopsis

Turritopsis | To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie

from the album Marlone

tokillapettybourgeoisie.bandcamp.com

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 2d

Artist UmbraCallistis knocks it out of the park with a gorgeous illustration from yesterday of the Mk.II version of my Gynoid OC. This could make for an excellent wallpaper for a robosexual's phone! Just sayin'

#Gynoid #robot #OC #mekabare #mechabare #メカバレ #SynthetikLiving

An illustration of two Gynoids, both Annett Mk.II-types. It's from the waist up; they're topless, and their artificial skin coverings are loose and wrinkled. They both look towards the viewer. In the background, an array of pendulum lights, both saucer-shaped and rod-shaped, can be seen

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 1d

As you've read/seen/heard in all my interviews, I LOATHE the term 'sex doll'... it's limiting and uncreative. Despite that, this is a decent article
#SynthetikLiving

Justin Lehmiller @justinlehmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Some people describe sex dolls as superior relational partners, describing their connections as much deeper than purely sexual, challenging common assumptions about the reasons behind their ownership. https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2025/3/5/the-perfect-partner-mens-experiences-with-sex-dolls/

The "Perfect Partner": Men's Experiences With Sex Dolls - Sex and Psychology

Sex dolls have rapidly evolved over the past couple of decades, with technology enabling more lifelike and realistic designs. Although it remains unclear how many people actually own a sex doll (to our knowledge, no one has asked about this on representative sex surveys), it appears that ownership is steadily increasing and becoming more mainstream....

www.sexandpsychology.com

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Thevaultoftheatomicspaceage @atomicspaceage.bsky.social · 2d

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Eurus @eurussss.bsky.social · 1d

I’m ready for the ball tonight — are you? 🥰

165cm / 5ft5″ C-cup Kemeny.C (EU Stock)
www.sedoll.com/product/165c...

#instock #tpe #sedoll #kemeny #doll #toy

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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 1d

Idea 076, 1966. Special edition on Geigy Chemical Corporation’s Visual Communication
Visual Design of Geigy Chemical by Hiroshi Ohchi
Contemporary Design Approach for a Chemical Enterprise by Fred Troller
designreviewed.com/artefacts/id...

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Ｄａｖｅｃａｔ, Lord Mayor, Borough of Uncanny Valley @davecat.bsky.social · 1d

Buy her book!
BUY HER BOOK!

Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 2d

I’ve always seen The Naked Android (2025) as a book about people, AI, robots, & stories: the ones designers tell, the ones users live, & the ones science fiction teaches us to expect. My work asks what happens when those stories shape our relationships w machines.

www.routledge.com/The-Naked-An...

The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze

The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze illuminates the connection between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest ...

www.routledge.com

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Flynn's Arcade @fflynnsarcade.bsky.social · 2d

My new #Youtube video. It is about the #filmnoir inspired #VentureBros episode when #HankVenture discovers something very disturbing in his family history. Luckily (or maybe not) #BrockSamson is on hand to wipe his memory.

youtu.be/el_ZRuVF-v0?...

Everybody Comes To Hank's – S4 Ep12 Venture Bros. reviewed and rated

YouTube video by Flynnsarcade

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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 2d

New blog post (never a paywall): "The Default Body: AI, biased health data, and the illusion of objectivity." Medicine's idea of a “universal body” was never universal. It was male, and now AI is learning from that legacy. Bias doesn’t disappear in data; it scales. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...