Kay Claire
@kayworx.bsky.social
South African queer comic creator and author. 🇿🇦
Current fixations: bird watching
He/They 🏳️⚧️
https://www.kayworx.com
https://kay-claire.carrd.co/
Current fixations: bird watching
He/They 🏳️⚧️
https://www.kayworx.com
https://kay-claire.carrd.co/
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Had drama in the garden this morning - my dad went out to feed the birds and Luna went out with him started sniffing at something my dad thought was a dead baby bird. But when he went to grab her, he realised it was a dead shrew, and there was a small puff adder right next to it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Had drama in the garden this morning - my dad went out to feed the birds and Luna went out with him started sniffing at something my dad thought was a dead baby bird. But when he went to grab her, he realised it was a dead shrew, and there was a small puff adder right next to it.
You ever have a task where you like KNOW it's not going to take too long, but then end up procrastinating on that task just because you know it won't take too long, and it ends up taking the whole day? Today was one of those days for me.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You ever have a task where you like KNOW it's not going to take too long, but then end up procrastinating on that task just because you know it won't take too long, and it ends up taking the whole day? Today was one of those days for me.
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Before transitioning, I hated shaving my legs but was self-conscious of showing my legs in public because I was worried people would make comments. Today I wore shorts out, all my clothes from the men's section, more leg hair than I ever had back then, and I still got called ma'am.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Before transitioning, I hated shaving my legs but was self-conscious of showing my legs in public because I was worried people would make comments. Today I wore shorts out, all my clothes from the men's section, more leg hair than I ever had back then, and I still got called ma'am.
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ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
I'm watching del Toro's Frankenstein, and all it's doing is making me want to rewatch Crimson Peak
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'm watching del Toro's Frankenstein, and all it's doing is making me want to rewatch Crimson Peak
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A Mutual Connection, my nonbinary x nonbinary online friends to workplace romance, is out now in ebook!
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A Mutual Connection, my nonbinary x nonbinary online friends to workplace romance, is out now in ebook!
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Found out today that the town I live in is at 27% filled dams and is set to run out of water in 17 days. So that's FUN. 🫠
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Found out today that the town I live in is at 27% filled dams and is set to run out of water in 17 days. So that's FUN. 🫠
A Mutual Connection, my nonbinary x nonbinary online friends to workplace romance, is out now in ebook!
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A Mutual Connection, my nonbinary x nonbinary online friends to workplace romance, is out now in ebook!
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
All ebook stores: books2read.com/A-Mutual-Con...
Itchio: kayworx.itch.io/a-mutual-con...
Patreon store: www.patreon.com/c/kayworx/shop
TOMORROW
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
TOMORROW
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ONE MORE DAY
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ONE MORE DAY
The thing that keeps me watching the Traitors is seeing overly-cocky men thinking they're playing the game amazingly and everyone is their pawns, and then they get banished and look like the absolute fools they are.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The thing that keeps me watching the Traitors is seeing overly-cocky men thinking they're playing the game amazingly and everyone is their pawns, and then they get banished and look like the absolute fools they are.
Got a pretty photo of Luna today ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Got a pretty photo of Luna today ❤️
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I might be putting my tin-foil hat with this but it's kinda weird paypros are pressuring and making it a living hell for NSFW artists and creators but every AI company released adult options at the same time... 🤔
If they make it so people cannot buy porn they will have to ai generate it saving the tech bubble.
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I might be putting my tin-foil hat with this but it's kinda weird paypros are pressuring and making it a living hell for NSFW artists and creators but every AI company released adult options at the same time... 🤔
Having a book (that I've already been extremely anxious about) come out same week as my period is very unfortunate timing
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Having a book (that I've already been extremely anxious about) come out same week as my period is very unfortunate timing
I update my list of every book I've read with a trans/nonbinary main character every March for Trans Week of Visibility and every November for Trans Awareness Week, and I have 43 new titles to add to that list since March! 🥳🏳️⚧️
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I update my list of every book I've read with a trans/nonbinary main character every March for Trans Week of Visibility and every November for Trans Awareness Week, and I have 43 new titles to add to that list since March! 🥳🏳️⚧️
I'm anti all genAI, but when people use Grok I'm like. Really? On top of all the issues with GenAI, you also chose to use the Nazi one??
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm anti all genAI, but when people use Grok I'm like. Really? On top of all the issues with GenAI, you also chose to use the Nazi one??
Only a few more days until my next book is out 😱
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Only a few more days until my next book is out 😱
Trying to do online shopping is torture. None of these sites have functional search algorithms.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trying to do online shopping is torture. None of these sites have functional search algorithms.
My Gmail keeps insisting I've used 70% of my storage, so I was like OK FINE I'll delete some emails. My oldest email is from 2008 😬
I could probably delete these
I could probably delete these
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My Gmail keeps insisting I've used 70% of my storage, so I was like OK FINE I'll delete some emails. My oldest email is from 2008 😬
I could probably delete these
I could probably delete these
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A new South African high court ruling will make electricity price increases more transparent, and force municipalities to consult the public about price hikes.
theconversation.com/secret-elect...
#EnvironmentAndEnergy
theconversation.com/secret-elect...
#EnvironmentAndEnergy
Secret electricity price hikes in South Africa to be curbed in a game-changing court ruling
A new South African high court ruling will make electricity price increases more transparent, and force municipalities to consult the public about price hikes.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A new South African high court ruling will make electricity price increases more transparent, and force municipalities to consult the public about price hikes.
theconversation.com/secret-elect...
#EnvironmentAndEnergy
theconversation.com/secret-elect...
#EnvironmentAndEnergy
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Only a couple days left to snatch up the "Trans People Take on the World" bundle on Itchio. This bundle ends Nov. 15th. Support trans authors / representation and get yourself 32 books for only $35? Sounds like a win-win to me! 🌈📚
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Only a couple days left to snatch up the "Trans People Take on the World" bundle on Itchio. This bundle ends Nov. 15th. Support trans authors / representation and get yourself 32 books for only $35? Sounds like a win-win to me! 🌈📚
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
itch.io/b/3352/trans...