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Orin Drake

@wickedorin.bsky.social

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Queer maker of things and professional thorn. Pronoun preference: whatever's funniest at the time. Practitioner of defiant hope and the sacred melancholy, dethroner of gods, servant to none. https://reignofangels.com/

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Orin Drake @wickedorin.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Art: www.reignofangels.com/jewelry/pand...
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Music: blackdogsatmyback.bandcamp.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/orindrake

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Orin Drake @wickedorin.bsky.social · 12h

Kinktober Day 8 drabble, mind the tags, don't like don't read, the drill you know it.
archiveofourown.org/works/72121921

Wonders of Modern Technology - wickedorin - Tron (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

The case of virtue signaling

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Tailblazer 🏴‍☠️ @tailblazer.bsky.social · 3d

first wip of the new deep rift mini animation is up!
honestly really happy with how it looks so far i love animating my ocs!!!!!!

ko-fi.com/post/afterma...

#ocart #indieanimation #ocsky #art

aftermath wip 1

Tailblazer published a post on Ko-fi

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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ananth @ananthhirsh.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: We launched the Kickstarter for the ✨ BARBAROUS Chapter 6 book ✨ this morning! And we're rapidly approaching goal!! You guys are the best! So psyched to get this into your hands!

Check it out:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/746...

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 17d

Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 1d

Oh tumblr, I can always count on you for wisdom

A tumblr post in two parts: the first post reads: writing is so fun. The second post reads: writing is impossible why does anyone do this.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 13d

UPDATE: I saw it happen! At the Birds Canada research station at the tip of Long Point I watched an expert ever-so-gently and carefully put one of these tiny tags on a monarch. Let me walk you through the steps (1/4)

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 18d

So cool to visit the Motus workshop at Birds Canada headquarters. The Motus community is studying the movement of birds, bats and insects. This tiny radio telemetry device will fit on a Monarch butterfly 😲 #invertebrates #birds 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/bird-science...

Brown wood-sided building with a wi Dow and a door. Sign above the door says, “Motus Workshop and Research Laboratory”.

Tiny antenna with a rectangular box on the end. The whole thing is on an open hand and is about 5cm long.

Orange and black butterfly on purple flowers.

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Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 1d

Fish cranial kinesis model is now listed in my Etsy shop! Hopefully useful for showing the mechanism that opens and closes a teleost fish's mouth.

(Ships from US) blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com

#SciArt #SciComm #BSNM #ArtShop #Fish

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Miya ☆ @ni053791.bsky.social · 1d

[PWYW | Trigun Emotes]

Go my grape juice cube, go!! 🍇 🍇 🍇
Since the first 2 episodes will be premiered at NYCC on Friday have some EP12 Emotes to match with 🍊 Vash for #trigunstargaze!
#kofi #emotes - #trigun #tristamp #vashthestampede

━━ L𝔦nk below:

Text reads: TriStamp Emotes: Vash the Stampede
For personal and non-commercial usage ONLY. Do NOT use for streaming purposes.

A total of 24 emotes of Vash the Stampede from Trigun Stampede with various expressions and more, designed to be used on Discord.

IMPORTANT:
Please be so kind to respect my Copyright & Terms of Usage written in the description on Ko-fi. I love sharing my work for others to enjoy but if there is any infringement I will not hesitate to discontinue sharing more of my assets online.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social · 1d

BookshopOrg is having an Anti-Prime Day sale--for the next 2 days, you get FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders! A great time to order manga, comics, & books from indie bookstores. Bonus: if you're feeling generous, you can use my portal link to shop to support me, too! bookshop.org/shop/AnimeNo...

A promo image for Bookshop.org's "Anti-Prime Sale", which reads "FREE Shipping Oct 7 & 8. Support bookstores, not billionaires."

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18h

@mediajustice.bsky.social did a deep dive on this - it’s definitely not a coincidence but Black + Brown communities are calling out decision makers + organizing against data center development all across the South 👏 mediajustice.org/resource/the...

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Mascot rave actually seems like an incredibly effective tactic. There's absolutely no way to spin that the dancing unicorn was threatening.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17h

This is good news. It would be even better if Trump wasn't torpedoing the U.S. solar and wind industry and ceding the energy future to China. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian: Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15h

We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T

#Wayback1T

Graphic with pixelated, 3D-styled webpage icons radiating outward from a bright point. Center text reads: "Fundraise with us! Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived."

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 19h

Trans rights protect EVERY GENDER. Just like the rights black people fought for protect EVERY RACE. Including white people! Y'all are enjoying the spoils of someone else's hard work every damn day.

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Kingbooooo @kingbooooo.bsky.social · 16h

If you, like me, have no desire to upgrade to Windows 11 but Microsoft is rattling their metaphorical "no more protections for YOU!" saber,

Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.

Do it before October 14!!!!!

windowsforum.com/threads/how-...

How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends

As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's security without transitioning to Windows 11. Microsoft's Extended ...

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

they’re Big Fucking Mad that we greeted them with an inflatable costume rave rather than all out war

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Orin Drake @wickedorin.bsky.social · 1d

Kinktober Day 7 drabble, with the continued reminder to mind the tags, don't like don't read, and other such ancient sayings from a bygone era.
archiveofourown.org/works/72061606

Always Mine - wickedorin - Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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