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" #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.
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Golden Years plays in the background
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Golden Years plays in the background
1000% more interested in this than another modern Bond
i know what i want. i want Elizabethan James Bond. as in QEI not QEII we already had that
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
1000% more interested in this than another modern Bond
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they just should start naming the bonds like 007_1, 007_1 copy, 007_1 copy final version, 007_1 copy final version FOR REAL THIS TIME FUCK ISTG
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
they just should start naming the bonds like 007_1, 007_1 copy, 007_1 copy final version, 007_1 copy final version FOR REAL THIS TIME FUCK ISTG
I just assumed 'James Bond, 007' was as much a designation as M or Q. Which was how you ended up with Connery, Dalton, Brosnan et al all being The Same Guy and no one batting an eyelid.
Alternatively, start over, never mention it again, and literally no one will care.
Alternatively, start over, never mention it again, and literally no one will care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I just assumed 'James Bond, 007' was as much a designation as M or Q. Which was how you ended up with Connery, Dalton, Brosnan et al all being The Same Guy and no one batting an eyelid.
Alternatively, start over, never mention it again, and literally no one will care.
Alternatively, start over, never mention it again, and literally no one will care.
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At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
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Harrow the Ninth (2021, colorized)
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Harrow the Ninth (2021, colorized)
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Thanks for the interest in, boosts & purchases of this trans books bundle! (I've had to increase the goal multiple times 😄).
These books, some also including queer normative and or LGBTQIA+ joy, are available as this set for 4 more days.
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐 itch.io/b/3352/trans...
These books, some also including queer normative and or LGBTQIA+ joy, are available as this set for 4 more days.
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐 itch.io/b/3352/trans...
I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors
Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thanks for the interest in, boosts & purchases of this trans books bundle! (I've had to increase the goal multiple times 😄).
These books, some also including queer normative and or LGBTQIA+ joy, are available as this set for 4 more days.
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐 itch.io/b/3352/trans...
These books, some also including queer normative and or LGBTQIA+ joy, are available as this set for 4 more days.
🌈📚💙💕📚🪐 itch.io/b/3352/trans...
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Head's up indie authors wanting to participate in the Anthropic class action.
WriterBeware has noted the ads this post warns about, and has some goods links and information on Anthropic: writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
WriterBeware has noted the ads this post warns about, and has some goods links and information on Anthropic: writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Head's up indie authors wanting to participate in the Anthropic class action.
WriterBeware has noted the ads this post warns about, and has some goods links and information on Anthropic: writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
WriterBeware has noted the ads this post warns about, and has some goods links and information on Anthropic: writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
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the energy we harnessing this newyears
December 31, 2024 at 4:01 PM
the energy we harnessing this newyears
It's grotesque that this is what it's come to. Literally a problem of rent seeking.
People's fundamental needs - food, warmth, housing, water, health, communication - should not be profit opportunities.
People's fundamental needs - food, warmth, housing, water, health, communication - should not be profit opportunities.
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches Newcastle
The homelessness charity Crisis is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”.
Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, said it was preparing to launch a fundraising appeal to buy its own housing stock as it can longer get access to social housing to help homeless people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It's grotesque that this is what it's come to. Literally a problem of rent seeking.
People's fundamental needs - food, warmth, housing, water, health, communication - should not be profit opportunities.
People's fundamental needs - food, warmth, housing, water, health, communication - should not be profit opportunities.
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Tax the rich to solve these problems.
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches Newcastle
The homelessness charity Crisis is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”.
Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, said it was preparing to launch a fundraising appeal to buy its own housing stock as it can longer get access to social housing to help homeless people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Tax the rich to solve these problems.
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happy (early) halloweeeeeeeen
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
happy (early) halloweeeeeeeen
"Employees must smile if lees than 10 feet from a customer."
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Employees must smile if lees than 10 feet from a customer."
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Frankenstein (2025)
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
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Took some break from current work with doing the DTIYS of @pringl-draws.bsky.social. Very enjoyed to redraw the cool pose even if I made it quite more "suggestive" 😬
Tested coloured pencils over pencil drawing, not sure it was a good idea, but at least was fun.
#pringl3kdtyis
Tested coloured pencils over pencil drawing, not sure it was a good idea, but at least was fun.
#pringl3kdtyis
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Took some break from current work with doing the DTIYS of @pringl-draws.bsky.social. Very enjoyed to redraw the cool pose even if I made it quite more "suggestive" 😬
Tested coloured pencils over pencil drawing, not sure it was a good idea, but at least was fun.
#pringl3kdtyis
Tested coloured pencils over pencil drawing, not sure it was a good idea, but at least was fun.
#pringl3kdtyis
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Enclosed.
Model: @zapianna
Rebuilding my IG instagram.com/darth.slr
#nsfw #art #nude #artnude #artistic #beauty #model #nudity #nudes #darthslr #naked #fineart #fineartnudes #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude #artnudes
Model: @zapianna
Rebuilding my IG instagram.com/darth.slr
#nsfw #art #nude #artnude #artistic #beauty #model #nudity #nudes #darthslr #naked #fineart #fineartnudes #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude #artnudes
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Enclosed.
Model: @zapianna
Rebuilding my IG instagram.com/darth.slr
#nsfw #art #nude #artnude #artistic #beauty #model #nudity #nudes #darthslr #naked #fineart #fineartnudes #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude #artnudes
Model: @zapianna
Rebuilding my IG instagram.com/darth.slr
#nsfw #art #nude #artnude #artistic #beauty #model #nudity #nudes #darthslr #naked #fineart #fineartnudes #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude #artnudes
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On Instax with @portraitsandlight.bsky.social 🥰
#instax #instaxphotography #availablelight #nude #nudeart #artnude #finenudeart #nylons #nylontights #pantyhose #sheertights
#instax #instaxphotography #availablelight #nude #nudeart #artnude #finenudeart #nylons #nylontights #pantyhose #sheertights
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM