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Author of UF, Sci-Fantasy & Romance. Professional Editor. Graphic Designer. Researcher. Historian. Linguist. Bioanthro/Forensic Chemist. Folklorist. Neurodivergent, Non-binary, xie/xem/they/them. Bylines NY Observer & Bustle. Books> https://kaijarayne.com/
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Canada Jays aren't super common here, but wow are they special. I've heard they're fearless but I've never had a bird perch on my hand like this, for no reason other than curiosity. A pair was following me around and I tried sticking my hand out when one almost landed on my head.
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Canada Jays aren't super common here, but wow are they special. I've heard they're fearless but I've never had a bird perch on my hand like this, for no reason other than curiosity. A pair was following me around and I tried sticking my hand out when one almost landed on my head.
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Murguero. This character illustration is inspired by a festive culture from Uruguay. From the pose to the clothes, but with some creative freedom behind it and a little drop of surrealism.
#art #drawing #illustration
#art #drawing #illustration
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Murguero. This character illustration is inspired by a festive culture from Uruguay. From the pose to the clothes, but with some creative freedom behind it and a little drop of surrealism.
#art #drawing #illustration
#art #drawing #illustration
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King Charles XI of Sweden was born #OnThisDay in 1655. This 1680s ensemble, consisting of a long, grey-brown, quilted silk moiré waistcoat embellished with guipure lace in silver and gold, breeches, and a cloak, belonged to Charles XI. Livrustkammaren collection. #fashionhistory
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
King Charles XI of Sweden was born #OnThisDay in 1655. This 1680s ensemble, consisting of a long, grey-brown, quilted silk moiré waistcoat embellished with guipure lace in silver and gold, breeches, and a cloak, belonged to Charles XI. Livrustkammaren collection. #fashionhistory
An ache in my soul
For a home
I've never been to
Nor will ever go
Sadness and longing
For places
I've dreamed to see
To walk, and breathe
To feel
And knowing it is not to be
-Kai
Random attack of poetry inspired by pics of Scotland.
For a home
I've never been to
Nor will ever go
Sadness and longing
For places
I've dreamed to see
To walk, and breathe
To feel
And knowing it is not to be
-Kai
Random attack of poetry inspired by pics of Scotland.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An ache in my soul
For a home
I've never been to
Nor will ever go
Sadness and longing
For places
I've dreamed to see
To walk, and breathe
To feel
And knowing it is not to be
-Kai
Random attack of poetry inspired by pics of Scotland.
For a home
I've never been to
Nor will ever go
Sadness and longing
For places
I've dreamed to see
To walk, and breathe
To feel
And knowing it is not to be
-Kai
Random attack of poetry inspired by pics of Scotland.
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Emperor Heraclius trying to carry the True Cross to Jerusalem in pomp but being obstructed by an angel until he dismounted & removed his crown.
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 15903; Perikopenbuch aus St. Erentrud in Salzburg; 12th c; Salzburg; p.178
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 15903; Perikopenbuch aus St. Erentrud in Salzburg; 12th c; Salzburg; p.178
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Emperor Heraclius trying to carry the True Cross to Jerusalem in pomp but being obstructed by an angel until he dismounted & removed his crown.
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 15903; Perikopenbuch aus St. Erentrud in Salzburg; 12th c; Salzburg; p.178
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 15903; Perikopenbuch aus St. Erentrud in Salzburg; 12th c; Salzburg; p.178
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
Today is apparently a day where my coffee wants to be worn, not swallowed.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today is apparently a day where my coffee wants to be worn, not swallowed.
So much appreciation to K.A. for these lists.
If you haven't read their trilogy, The Chronicles of Ghadid, (TOR books), you're missing out.
Fantastic characters, great descriptions, interesting plot, fascinating world, oh! And they're beautifully written, too.
Shoos you toward epic assassins.
If you haven't read their trilogy, The Chronicles of Ghadid, (TOR books), you're missing out.
Fantastic characters, great descriptions, interesting plot, fascinating world, oh! And they're beautifully written, too.
Shoos you toward epic assassins.
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So much appreciation to K.A. for these lists.
If you haven't read their trilogy, The Chronicles of Ghadid, (TOR books), you're missing out.
Fantastic characters, great descriptions, interesting plot, fascinating world, oh! And they're beautifully written, too.
Shoos you toward epic assassins.
If you haven't read their trilogy, The Chronicles of Ghadid, (TOR books), you're missing out.
Fantastic characters, great descriptions, interesting plot, fascinating world, oh! And they're beautifully written, too.
Shoos you toward epic assassins.
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We exist in the age of the Dweebpocalypse.
I can’t remember which journalist it was who first said ‘I never thought the men who would bring down democracy would be such losers’ but….. that.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We exist in the age of the Dweebpocalypse.
This is such a hilarious image to me because I'm AuDHD and YUP! 😂
That's what it be like.
That's what it be like.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is such a hilarious image to me because I'm AuDHD and YUP! 😂
That's what it be like.
That's what it be like.
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“Cyberpsychosis” is a concept that the Cyberpunk game (and others) has been discussing since 1988.
It’s fascinating to me that I have existed from the point that “Cyberpsychosis” was coined as a fantasy to the point that “AI psychosis” was coined as a real condition …
Mike Pondsmith is a Gibson.
It’s fascinating to me that I have existed from the point that “Cyberpsychosis” was coined as a fantasy to the point that “AI psychosis” was coined as a real condition …
Mike Pondsmith is a Gibson.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Cyberpsychosis” is a concept that the Cyberpunk game (and others) has been discussing since 1988.
It’s fascinating to me that I have existed from the point that “Cyberpsychosis” was coined as a fantasy to the point that “AI psychosis” was coined as a real condition …
Mike Pondsmith is a Gibson.
It’s fascinating to me that I have existed from the point that “Cyberpsychosis” was coined as a fantasy to the point that “AI psychosis” was coined as a real condition …
Mike Pondsmith is a Gibson.
Recovering from the strokes was hard. Adding the pulmonary embolism to the mix feels like adding insult to injury.
Thanks, Covid. I needed more health problems. Really.
*looks at sarcasm puddled on the floor*. Well, that can stay there cause I'm sure as shit not cleaning it up.
Thanks, Covid. I needed more health problems. Really.
*looks at sarcasm puddled on the floor*. Well, that can stay there cause I'm sure as shit not cleaning it up.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Recovering from the strokes was hard. Adding the pulmonary embolism to the mix feels like adding insult to injury.
Thanks, Covid. I needed more health problems. Really.
*looks at sarcasm puddled on the floor*. Well, that can stay there cause I'm sure as shit not cleaning it up.
Thanks, Covid. I needed more health problems. Really.
*looks at sarcasm puddled on the floor*. Well, that can stay there cause I'm sure as shit not cleaning it up.
I have a comfy bed. I just wish I could get *out of it* more often.
One bad health event has completely wrecked everything for me. Stamina, balance, ability to breathe, laugh, do anything physical...
I'm still pushing every damned day to get better.
And if you know someone in
One bad health event has completely wrecked everything for me. Stamina, balance, ability to breathe, laugh, do anything physical...
I'm still pushing every damned day to get better.
And if you know someone in
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I have a comfy bed. I just wish I could get *out of it* more often.
One bad health event has completely wrecked everything for me. Stamina, balance, ability to breathe, laugh, do anything physical...
I'm still pushing every damned day to get better.
And if you know someone in
One bad health event has completely wrecked everything for me. Stamina, balance, ability to breathe, laugh, do anything physical...
I'm still pushing every damned day to get better.
And if you know someone in
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Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
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Maybe you think it’s okay to get in here and insult and berate folks who use AI to make “art,” and I’m here to tell you that you’re right. Good job, everyone. Keep it up. Much love.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Maybe you think it’s okay to get in here and insult and berate folks who use AI to make “art,” and I’m here to tell you that you’re right. Good job, everyone. Keep it up. Much love.
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Hollywood not jumping all over Manny Jacinto’s popularity & sex appeal after The Acolyte is especially baffling like HELLO???
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hollywood not jumping all over Manny Jacinto’s popularity & sex appeal after The Acolyte is especially baffling like HELLO???
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Oh, good the whole book piracy discourse is back, in which a bunch of people with no money argue about whether a bunch of other people with no money deserve to get paid for their labor or not while a few billionaires hoover up all the money from everybody's labor.
Yay.
Fun.
Yay.
Fun.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Oh, good the whole book piracy discourse is back, in which a bunch of people with no money argue about whether a bunch of other people with no money deserve to get paid for their labor or not while a few billionaires hoover up all the money from everybody's labor.
Yay.
Fun.
Yay.
Fun.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Now I've probably pissed off a lot of the writing community w/my thread on tropes... 😂❤️
I tried to watch a thing on YT by an expert claiming to tell what's good/bad about long sword fighting in movies.
Talk about misrepresentation. I didn’t want to know if they liked them. I wanted information.
I tried to watch a thing on YT by an expert claiming to tell what's good/bad about long sword fighting in movies.
Talk about misrepresentation. I didn’t want to know if they liked them. I wanted information.
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Now I've probably pissed off a lot of the writing community w/my thread on tropes... 😂❤️
I tried to watch a thing on YT by an expert claiming to tell what's good/bad about long sword fighting in movies.
Talk about misrepresentation. I didn’t want to know if they liked them. I wanted information.
I tried to watch a thing on YT by an expert claiming to tell what's good/bad about long sword fighting in movies.
Talk about misrepresentation. I didn’t want to know if they liked them. I wanted information.
I really don't have the energy to heavily discuss it & y'all know that tropes aren't bad things, right?
Humans have been using tropes since we first began telling stories. If you write, you're using tropes even if you think you aren't. Don't believe me? Go look at the list of tropes on tvtropes.org
Humans have been using tropes since we first began telling stories. If you write, you're using tropes even if you think you aren't. Don't believe me? Go look at the list of tropes on tvtropes.org
TV Tropes
TV Tropes, the all-devouring pop-culture wiki, catalogs and cross-references recurrent plot devices, archetypes, and tropes in all forms of media.
tvtropes.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really don't have the energy to heavily discuss it & y'all know that tropes aren't bad things, right?
Humans have been using tropes since we first began telling stories. If you write, you're using tropes even if you think you aren't. Don't believe me? Go look at the list of tropes on tvtropes.org
Humans have been using tropes since we first began telling stories. If you write, you're using tropes even if you think you aren't. Don't believe me? Go look at the list of tropes on tvtropes.org
A good 16 days of hell from whatever that un-masker gave me and my family. Still not completely well, but my brain is almost-not-really-yet working again.
I read dissertations and scientific papers with breakfast, so it's obviously sputtering back to life.
Heavy on the 'sputtering'.
I read dissertations and scientific papers with breakfast, so it's obviously sputtering back to life.
Heavy on the 'sputtering'.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A good 16 days of hell from whatever that un-masker gave me and my family. Still not completely well, but my brain is almost-not-really-yet working again.
I read dissertations and scientific papers with breakfast, so it's obviously sputtering back to life.
Heavy on the 'sputtering'.
I read dissertations and scientific papers with breakfast, so it's obviously sputtering back to life.
Heavy on the 'sputtering'.
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Orion.
Personal art, study.
Personal art, study.
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Orion.
Personal art, study.
Personal art, study.
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I'm in PastsImperfect! along with a lot of very cool and exciting news 😍
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm in PastsImperfect! along with a lot of very cool and exciting news 😍