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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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I have been getting closer and closer to just not owning a cellphone anymore and this might tip me over the edge lmao
Normal and great 🫩

> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Share your favourite video game villain in a gif if you can!

Video-game villains are hit and miss so it's hard for me to name a favourite but Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII is the pettiest of bitches.

Look at the alt text. 😂
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My kids had never had a movie marathon, so we had one yesterday. (They’re generally meh on newer movies, love older ones.)

Horror movies, of course, with those two. 😂 I used to say I categorically hated horror, but surfing through horror selections yesterday, I realized *many* of my fav movies
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Remains of a past library: a “pierced” book of a so-called chained library. #bookhistory
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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
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November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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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
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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In a Field of Flowers
#art#painting#flowers#horse
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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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
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.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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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
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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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
Today is apparently a day where my coffee wants to be worn, not swallowed.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 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.
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!
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!
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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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
This is such a hilarious image to me because I'm AuDHD and YUP! 😂

That's what it be like.
ADHD & Autism often co-occur
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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.
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.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 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
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"I will never forget you..."
#Solavellan #DragonAgeFanArt #Solas
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM