Reposted by Kay OrchisonTracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 12mJourno request: those who have read my memoir know it opens with a child exorcism. I am looking for other people who were exorcised as a child or otherwise dramatically affected by religion, or whose child was exorcised. Can be anonymous. DMs open, shares appreciated. Thank you. 0613
Reposted by Kay OrchisonGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 48mI don’t imagine a Hispanic man who spent years in San Quentin is pro police/pro ICE but that would require even 5 seconds of critical thinking which the internet hates 1176
Reposted by Kay OrchisonTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4hI thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try 611420
Reposted by Kay OrchisonSuzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 2hSimba Kundizeza is owed an apology by the Atlantic. That's at the very least, imo. I am not litigious in any way but this has done damage to his reputation with no evidence other than our AI machine detects AI. 1146
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 1hSaw ambos pulling the bloody sheet over a guy lying in the middle of the highway next to his wrecked Harley just now, one bare arm protruding at a weird angle. ATGAT, mofos. Ride safe. Get home. 041
Reposted by Kay Orchisonhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 14hGoodnight from Ashcourt, where the Guild of John the Baptist lead a fire-snake of torches from Church of St. John-atte-Bower down to the sea for the festival of Safe Return. Goodnight from Penny Ash, hoping the House Hob has put her supper on the boil. Goodnight from Hookland. 2023326
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 5hI am very tired, skimming as I scroll, I saw "the moving wound" and backed up going OOooo new body horror I stand by this, might have to write it now 010
Reposted by Kay OrchisonVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 6hSimba Kundizeza's statement on his Caine Prize-winning story "The Blue Fighter" is also worth reading—keep in mind, the evidence-free article slandering him was published in The Atlantic to a mass readership and his defense is a tweet to his eight hundred followers 8227100
Reposted by Kay OrchisonClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8hgirl please be so serious, how do you “vet” someone for the masked secret police murder and kidnapping squad designed to terrorize people of color that they want the job at all is disqualifying 11382208
Reposted by Kay OrchisonLightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 22hWe're now 95% funded with 61 hours & $2300 left to go! This is Kickstarter, so it's all-or-nothing, meaning if we don't reach $50K the campaign doesn't fund. So if you've been thinking about backing, now's the time—and if you already have backed (thank you!), please spread the word! bit.ly/LS-NM-26 12319
Reposted by Kay OrchisonC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 8hThe author isn't allowing quote sharing, so check my retweets - I'm all for a good woke mob, but the most recent Daily Wire movie was written under the pseudonym "Ben Stark" not Ben Shapiro, because the Daily Wire knows how toxic their brand is & are hoodwinking actors to cast them in their films. 615933
Reposted by Kay OrchisonDai Wolf @daiwolf.bsky.social · 8hMeanwhile these creeps are mass deketing queer owned business' facebook pages for wholely contrived and often flat out false reasons A bar in Sydney had their page permanently deleted because of "human trafficking" according to their ai mod 044
Reposted by Kay OrchisonErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9hHoly shit ASOS released an adaptive clothing line specifically for people with disabilities?!?!!! Magnets instead of buttons, special pockets and holes to hold wearable medical devices that have tubes, and zippers to make them more comfortable for wheelchair users. www.asos.com/women/fashio... 2840791094
Reposted by Kay OrchisonRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12hHi. I wanted to explain something. If you see me posting my purchase links a lot it's because I have to. Almost all writers do at this point. Most publishers have shrunk or killed off their publicity departments, so we have to get the word out ourselves. That's the writing life in 2026. 212235
Reposted by Kay OrchisonSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 13hI’m looking to speak with high school aged trans athletes or their parents in both red and blue states for a series of stories on how the landscape for trans people wanting to play sports looks after this summers SCOTUS decision. Email: sydneyerinwrites @ gmail dot com Signal: SydneyBauer.30 1194131
Reposted by Kay OrchisonThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12hyou and 13 friends have the opportunity to do the coolest thing 12913
Reposted by Kay OrchisonTenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 11hOne of our absolute fave things in indie publishing is New Art Day. Just this week we got cover roughs in from @slimyswampghost.bsky.social & @kerissonlp.bsky.social for a pair of 2027 titles & CHRIST Y'ALL🔥 At this point I just feel fuckin' BAD for the deluded idiots who opt not to work w/humans🚫🤖 1416
Reposted by Kay OrchisonMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 10hApropos of nothing if you see someone stealing food no you didn't 514243
Reposted by Kay OrchisonJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 11hcan’t believe OpenAI had someone on staff who thought it was appropriate to record everything that people around him said 242369349
Reposted by Kay Orchisonhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I remember car journeys with my Dad. A speeding along country roads till everything became green blur. I felt that if we had stopped the car, that's the moment we could have travelled into another country – Elfland, Faerie, England of the Shadows. Beyond the hedge lived wonder. – Ruth Lee #VOH 226421
Reposted by Kay Orchisonhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 23hSo all the hedging magics – leaving notes for the Faeries, obligations for the Hobs, sitting in hope of hearing it whisper – I understand them. Bone-deep I know that beyond the hedge there is another England not shown on any map the offered by the AA or Ordinance Survey. – Ruth Lee #VOH 0865
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 23hIt has been decreed that when we crawl bloody-clawed and screaming out from under the fist of a neoliberalism-fucked welfare system and live together at last the problem of my partner having six cats—which is objectively a lot of cats—will be mitigated by us technically having three cats each 160
Reposted by Kay OrchisonSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Gee what has happened in the last 6 years I wonder 2429049
Reposted by Kay OrchisonNat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'm not convinced people should have internet access anymore let alone appliances. 1254
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Heavy fuckin surf out there on the road tonight Visibility got down to 10 metres, wipers were a lame joke, the dip under the motorway filled up to knee deep where nobody could see it, left lane of Canterbury Rd completely unusable Advice to Sydney drivers: don't Seriously just stay where you are 050
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Helped a mum piggybacking a baby across the road a couple of weeks ago So glad the driver whose wheel she leaped under was going slow, had good reflexes and instantly braked when I yelled STOP Mama and baby made it over the road and safely up a big eucalypt I wonder how they're doing in this rain 110
Reposted by Kay Orchisongarethhutchens.bsky.social @garethhutchens.bsky.social · 13/10/2026What is the Mont Pelerin Society? I covered it extensively in this piece earlier this year, on the history of neoliberalism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...abc.net.auA discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's howA constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network. 25435
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Defo a baby ringy not a pygmy possum? Cos those lil guys are the greatest and far less common than ringies 120
Reposted by Kay OrchisonKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/10/2026While the below is true, the fastest tell is actually that no publisher is going to reach out to you to ask about your work. Ever. They just aren't. 15523134
Reposted by Kay Orchisoniknowthezarbi 🏳️🌈 @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Found this on a greeting card one time 173
Reposted by Kay OrchisonClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 12/10/2026Our subscription drive is closing in on its goal. So far, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we've managed to give everyone but our authors a raise. We're only 20 subscriptions away upping author pay from 14 to 15 cents/word. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/clarkesworldmagazine.comSubscribe to Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 110672
Reposted by Kay OrchisonChicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ms Rachel from the top ropes 55111422945
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Just straight up deciding they don't want to sell this one 000
Reposted by Kay OrchisonMaria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 13/10/2026Part of my short fiction review column from the September issue of LOCUS is now available in Locus Online, featuring stories from Tasavvur, Lightspeed & Beneath Ceaseless Skies. locusmag.com/review/tasav... Get the issue here: subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-... 0174
Reposted by Kay OrchisonDr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026As someone who lost his last cat to cancer, whatever you can do for Juno's cat, you should. Even if it's just hoping that it's only an immune or stomach thing. 02612
Reposted by Kay OrchisonResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Israel is a terrorist state 16748
Reposted by Kay OrchisonDr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 13/10/2026In just one week, 19 people signed up for monthly giving to support around 200 people in Gaza not with basic emergency needs for survival, but with exceptional emergency needs on top of that... We keep going. Lowest tier is a dollar a month: chuffed.org/project/hope...chuffed.orgKeep Hope Alive: Emergency FundFrom the volunteers behind the Hope Giving Circle: As support dwindles for our friends in Gaza, their needs are only increasing, and it's time to answer. To continue our duty to Palestinian life, we… 077
Reposted by Kay OrchisonElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Over a year since I pulled my ebooks from Amazon, delisting from D2D (who distribute paperbacks to all stores or none🙃) has my Zon print books 'out of print' 😄 Now my books are just on sale direct from me, indie bookstore Itchio or Canadian store Kobo (+their national partners) 🎉😎 (Hence my new📌😉) 22510
Reposted by Kay OrchisonAnt @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit. 413119864421
Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The thing where a shared prefix means people think getting unmoored from reality for a time is the same as persistent malevolence as a personality trait 090
Reposted by Kay Orchisonwendell the sweetbitter unmanageable creature @wendellwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2026i think the entities with flock contracts are about to discover they were never the company's real customers, and the stakes for people with the cameras in their area have gotten even higher. 06025
Reposted by Kay Orchisonkayla, belated reptilian 🏳️⚧️🐊 @kaylagator.bsky.social · 13/10/2026speaking as a programmer: yes, do that! you should actually avoid most software and i've been saying this for many years at this point. tons of software is in fact very bad, user-hostile and/or filled with bugs and dark patterns, this is just the latest round in irresponsible management 0304